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Efforts to reform the U.S. health-care and bank lending systems are likely to lead to an increase in information-technology spending, said one potential beneficiary, Sudhakar Ram, chairman of IT firm Mastek.
Overhauling the country's IT systems could cost as much as $250 billion to $300 billion over five to seven years, he said in an interview. In addition, he estimated that electronic health records will cost some $150 billion to $200 billion under the Obama administration's health-care initiatives ($20 billion of stimulus funds have already gone toward the project).
Stronger systems might have mitigated last year's economic turmoil, Mr. Ram said. "The subprime crisis started with poor controls at the loan origination process, which a halfway decent loan-origination system should have trapped," he said. "The core systems are several decades old and written in outdated programming languages."
That's like blaming superhighways for traffic jams, said Andrew Bartels, an analyst at Forrester Research (FORR) who studies tech-spending trends.
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In all parts of the world, children play as soon as they are given the opportunity, doing so in a natural way. Gambling is part of their lives; maybe it's one of the few things they can decide for themselves.
If we look at the origins, we can shed the contribution of the game to the human species. There is no humanity where the game does not exist. It is something that anthropologists have discovered, and if we think that the game goes together with childhood, deepening on it, we will come to consider the role of youth throughout history.
Proof that play is not an invention of our days is to be found in the literature and art of ancient, in which are described the activities of the children, and in the Roman Forum, there is a hopscotch board embedded in the floor. Older rattle makers were made of pig bladders or bird throats, which were filled with stones so that the sound produced stimulated the curiosity of younger children.
Surprisingly often, children play the same kind of games: hopscotch, a jump on the rope, with dolls or balls. However, games and toys often differ in different societies, depending on this phenomenon of access to different types of materials and existing values related to gambling.
Sharing positive play experiences creates strong links between adults and children throughout childhood. In a word, playing is vital for Childhood Development as all the skills that encourage maturation and learning are put into practice through the game. Although children learn through play with pleasure, it is not a goal in itself. It is only a means to reach a final goal. It is a natural activity that gives them joy and satisfaction.
If we take back the more primitive tribes, we find that the game was a preparation for life and survival. In the beginning, when the barbarian horde subsisted from the gathering of those who eventually found men in their nomadic wandering, the children participated, since they could have an independent march. In the common task of subsistence, so that childhood, understood as such, did not exist although the play period of the children was much shorter than it would be in later times.
In Greece, we have the inescapable example of the Greek games, which are undoubtedly the Olympic Games. These Olympic festivals were held every four years, it was the most important religious celebration, and it offered disunited Greeks the opportunity to assert their national identity.
It is not known precisely when they were held for the first time; it is known that they were held periodically before 776 BC, the official date of their beginning. Pilgrims came from everywhere, tyrants, kings, and judges began to Olympia protected by the truce. People in business and manufacturers signed contracts. There were also street vendors of statuettes, snacks, souvenirs – jugglers, saltimbanquis, magicians and seers; authors reading their works aloud from the stairs of the temples
In Rome, according to the Latin poet Juvenal (60-130), the primary concern of the people was "bread and games" (Panem et circenses). The political use of games for adults. They adopted the Greek children's games, and slaves incorporated others.
Classical thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle already attached great importance to learning by playing and encouraged parents to give their children toys that would help "shape their minds" for future activities as adults.
Plato was one of the first to mention and to acknowledge the practical value of the game, given the prescription that makes The Laws, that the children used apples to learn better math, and that children of three years that later will be builders will serve as a useful authentic, only on a smaller scale.
The same Aristotle, who deals with educational problems for the formation of free men, mentions in several places of his work ideas that refer to the behavior of play in children. For example, "until the age of five, when it is not yet good to orient them to a study, nor coercive works so that these do not impede the growth. They must nevertheless be allowed movements to avoid bodily inactivity; and this exercise can be obtained by several systems, especially by the game". In another passage, he mentions that " most childhood games should be imitations of the serious occupations of the future age."
In the Middle Ages, the game had little regulation and a simple structure, and few objects were used. Most of them took place outdoors, rudimentary, slow, and without passion for the result.
In the Renaissance, there is a change in mentality. The individual came to replace the collective; it no longer revolved around God. Simplified and traditional games gain strength, justify and reinforce the class position that practices or contemplates them.
In the second half of the NINETEENTH century, appear the first psychological theories about the game of Spender (1855), Lázarus (1883) and Groos (1898, 1901). And already started in the 20th century, we find Hall (1904) and Freid. All the theories they develop will become very important for the explanation of the game and will be prepared further ahead.
In more recent times the game has been studied and interpreted according to the new theoretical approaches that have emerged in Piaget's Psychology (1932, 1946, 1962, 1966) that has highlighted both in his academic writings and in his clinical observations the importance of the game in the development processes. Sternberg (1989), also contributes to Piagetian theory. There are many authors who, according to Piagetian theory, have insisted on the importance for the process of human development of the activity that the individual himself carries out in his attempts to understand the material and social reality. Educators, influenced by Piaget's theory revised, have come to the conclusion that the class has to be an active place, in which children's curiosity is met with appropriate materials to explore, discuss and debate (Berger and Thompson, 1997). Piaget also bases his research on moral development on the study of the development of the concept of the norm within games. How to relate to and understand the rules of play is indicative of how e idea of social model evolves in the child.
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End of the Summer on the Charles River - 2016
I don't know when the gondoliers and guitar players appeared on the Charles River. The Yelp reviews claim to go back a decade but there aren't that many of them and I just hadn't noticed until I bicycled through this Sunday. Maybe it was the sunset, maybe it was the last weekend in August.
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My Final Five on the Blame It on Rio Olympics
In no particular order, here are a few thoughts as the rain falls on the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony on my TV in the background.
1. Brazil's story, a negotiated settlement that may or may not have been at gunpoint, is just as fishy as Ryan Lochte's. I like Ryan's touch of explaining his original over-exaggeration by saying that he was "still intoxicated" from his wild night of partying when he did the first interview that got the snowball rowing. Personally, I think if you ask your cabbie to stop someplace with a bathroom you can use, and he doesn't, it's on the cabbie. And that first interviewer may have some explaining to do.
2. Volleyball is more interesting to watch than basketball, even when played in the sand by mid-aged women in bikinis. Handball is a stupid sport. I was disappointed to miss the equestrian events but not to miss golf and tennis. Balance beam in women's gymnastics requires the most courage.
3. Those GE ads were annoying. I'll bet Rick marries the Asian-American chick and one or both of them ends up running GE, while Sarah becomes an embittered old cat lady after learning she makes less than Earl. If I have to see another ad or trailer for Bridget Jones's Baby. I am going to vote for Trump.
4. Listening to the Brazilian announcers, every time Team U.S.A. won a medal, Estados Unidos da America won one too. We'd better watch out for Tostadas Unix/DOS (if that's the correct translation to American English) or America will be toast.
5. Who won these Olympic Games? Not the U.S. if you adjust for population. In the large country division (100 million or greater), the U.S. got the most gold per capita but was second to Russia in total medals, Japan gets the bronze. In the medium-sized country division (more than 20 million but less 100 million), the gold per capita goes to Great Britain, silver to France, and bronze to Canada. In the small country division (less than 20 million but at least 10 medals), Jamaica got by far the most gold per capita, but was second to New Zealand for total medals, with Denmark getting the bronze. I'd show my math, but that would be boring.
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Please join us for our Open Afternoon on Thursday 18th October 2018, between 1pm and 2pm.
Over the Summer we have been renovating the Nursery to restore its original beauty and yet modernise a little; stripping away the old carpet tiles and exposing the original floorboards. The kitchen has been renovated, we have painted the dark wooden walls of the entire nursery a peaceful pale blue to match the sky, and it all looks wonderfully light and welcoming for the start of term! We look forward to seeing you on 4th September.
On 30th June we held an art exhibition at Hunsdon House for local artists from 10am to 4pm. Refreshments were provided and all were welcome to bring picnics for the garden!
Welcome back everybody. We are learning about winter, the continents Antarctica, the North & South Pole and winter animals, in particular snow geese. We are planning a small event in February; a continental Carnival, which we will celebrate in February. Keep warm, it's a chilly month!
We are looking forward to singing and acting during our Nativity, which we will perform on our last day of term. It has been too cold to play in our garden recently, but we go outside every day to look at the seasonal changes.
Thank you to everyone for supporting and preparing for our Christmas Market; we managed to raise £144.20 for the Amos Trust charity.
We wish everyone a merry and peaceful Christmas and New Year and we will return on Thursday 4th January 2018!
As the days are darker now, we are looking forward to our traditional St Martin's Celebration with our handmade lanterns. We have practised some songs and hope many of our families will attend.
Children and parents of the nursery have been busy with arts & crafts, creating beautiful decorations to sell at our upcoming Christmas Market on Friday 24th November, this will be in aid of our chosen charity Amos Trust.
We are happy to be back in our nursery and we welcomed our new starters and returning children at the beginning of term. We are currently covering the theme of "Continents of the world, their trees and animals", which is a very interesting subject!
Our garden is looking beautiful with autumnal colours at the moment and we have collected potatoes, carrots and tomatoes from our vegetable plot recently.
We will hold a Harvest Celebration and collection of food donations for the Oxford Food Bank in October.
Our Open Afternoon will be held on Tuesday 3rd October, from 1 until 2pm. This is an opportunity for parents who are interested in future places for their children to visit us . Please call 01865 762604 for more information.
We are now closed for the summer until Tuesday 5th September. Thank you everybody for all your support throughout the school year and also on our last day of term, when we held our yearly "Summer Celebration". As always, it was a lovely morning and well done to our children singing and acting in our Circus performance. We were sad to say goodbye to our leavers, but please stay in touch. Happy summer to all our families.
Our Charity Spring Concert on 15th March was a great success, it was absolutely wonderful to see all our former children so grown up and talented, and singing and playing their instruments so beautifully. The concert was a delight to all and inspiring for parents and children, listeners and performers. A great deal of practising and dedication had gone into preparing for it. Many of the children who took part had discovered a love of music while exploring the cello as four year olds at Hunsdon House. The standard of playing was excellent, but more importantly, these children are helping to inspire the younger ones to do the same, contributing to our community and those of children less fortunate. Over £275 was raised for our favourite charity, the Amos Trust which supports street children in Africa.
We are holding our annual Art Week from 7th to 11th of August, 9 am to 2.30 pm for children aged 4 - 10 years.
Cost : £ 220 for 5 long days, £ 180 for the 5 mornings only. Materials are all included. 1 or 2 places still available.
We have planned the following activities : silk painting a scarf, textile potato print (a table centrepiece), lino printing creating cards, candle making and beeswax rolled candles, decorating tiles with coloured glass stones (mosaic), creating a small collage with natural materials found on beaches, pebble stone painting, string painting, seaside mobile with painting on wood bark, watercolour painting, mobiles with fimo, pottery, mindful colouring of fine designs.
We held our annual Christmas Market on 1st December and thank all parents and children for their help and support, especially when preparing our handmade decorations! We raised funds for our nursery, to buy new educational materials.
We are looking forward to welcoming our families to our Nativity on Thursday 15th December, from 11.15am. This is also our last day of term, finishing at 12noon. We wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Our new term will start on Thursday 5th January.
Thank you to all families supporting our Art Exhibition and Picture Sale during the weekend of 15th and 16th October, when we sold works by various artist friends of Hunsdon House. The sale extended right up to Christmas and we were delighted to raise £ 500.- in aid of the Amos Trust charity.
We are pleased to have our St Martin's lantern procession again, this year it will be on Thursday 10th November at 5pm (for 1 hour). The children have made their own colourful lanterns.
In preparation for our Christmas Market on Thursday 1st December, parents are welcome to come to our Christmas Crafts workshops on Thursdays 17th and 24th November, from 12.30 until 2.30pm. The children will play the Nativity on our last day of this term, Thursday 15th December. Lots to look forward to!
Any parents interested in longer nursery hours for their child please contact us to discuss your requirements for a longer afternoon session until 5pm. For details please see posters below.
This year we invited parents on three consecutive Thursday afternoons to join us for a Christmas Craft Workshop, where they learned to make felt tree decorations, wreaths, hanging garlands, paper stars and many more beautiful ornaments. It was lovely to discover the wonderful talents some of our parents have been blessed with, and a nice treat to be able to sew or craft in peace while the children were taken care of by staff in the next room. (One rather heroic mum turned up every week and sewed beautifully while juggling a restless snuffly baby!) We sold the decorations at our Christmas Market to raise money for the Ugandan orphanage and street childrens' charities we support.
For the first time we invited a professional photographer, Danny Reeve, to make a video of our traditional Nativity play which we hold every year on the last day of the Autumn Term. The Nativity went very well, with the children looking lovely as angels, shepherds, kings, animals and the Holy Family. There was as always an excellent audience of parents and younger siblings, with contributions of a poem, a beautiful solo and talented musicians to accompany the carols. Parents were able to take home a copy of the video. A clip is shown below.


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To be fair to America, he didn't say anything particularly new. But there's no end in sight.
Robert Mueller gave a surprise press conference at the Justice Department on Wednesday morning, in which he essentially offered up the CliffNotes of his 448-page findings. There was nothing particularly new or surprising revealed, so instead, we watched this become yet another example of the Yanny versus Laurel–ification of everything in America. By that, I mean we all listened to the same brief prepared statement, and the left heard that the president would have been cleared had the special counsel been able to determine that he had not committed a crime, and he was not cleared, which implies that perhaps the president in fact committed a crime, even though Mueller was constitutionally barred from saying so. The right heard what it has heard since the day Attorney General William Barr first "summarized" the findings in the initial report: "No collusion, no obstruction." In under an hour, the president tweeted, again, that he had been cleared: "Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you."
Robert Mueller is a man who wants nothing to do with the incipient decline of norms, civility, and the rule of law. That's why we never should have been surprised when he originally tried to put out his meticulous report and then, essentially, ghost us. That is also why we shouldn't be surprised that he spent this morning essentially repeating exactly what he put in his report two months ago, a report he would really like us to read. Mueller wrote his special counsel report for a world in which it is assumed that facts and truth will inform actions. As his speech this morning made clear, he still believes that we live in this world. We do not.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller issued a final statement on Wednesday before resigning from the Department of Justice, which clearly appeared aimed at one person: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mueller's simple message to Pelosi is that it is the constitutional duty of Congress—and her sworn duty as speaker of the House—to begin an investigation of the president and seriously consider impeaching him.
Unlike Attorney General William Barr's early characterization of the Mueller report's decision not to find criminal behavior on the part of the president as having nothing to do with the Department of Justice policy against indicting a sitting president, Mueller's statement made clear the special counsel's office believes "it was bound" by department policy not to indict the president—or even accuse him. "It would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge accuse him of committing a crime," Mueller said, reemphasizing something he had already directly stated in his report.
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President Donald Trump swears he's a patriot. He hugs the flag, preaches "America First," wages trade wars, and builds up the military. He points out, correctly, that the Mueller investigation failed to prove that he criminally conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election.
But a president can betray his country without engaging in a secret conspiracy. He can do it out in the open, just by being pathologically disloyal. That's how Trump has sold out America to a series of dictators, starting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This week, while visiting Japan, Trump again made himself a tool of foreign influence, by joining North Korea in a verbal assault on former Vice President Joe Biden.
The Japan trip showcased three elements of Trump's personality that make him an easy mark for foreign exploitation. The first is narcissism. Trump routinely abandons the people around him: wives, employees, officials, and aides. He applies the word treason not to betrayals of the Constitution, but to any threat to himself, including the FBI's decision to open an investigation into his campaign in 2016, when Trump was just a candidate. He spurns NATO, scorns American war heroes, and ridicules U.S. intelligence agencies. Trump believes he is the state. Therefore, he feels nothing for any part of the state beyond himself.
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He is serving a vision of America that no longer exists.
Robert S. Mueller III has spoken, but he had very little to say. As he said at a brief news conference on Wednesday morning, he will not go beyond what his report said. He will not criticize Attorney General Bill Barr, even though he wrote a letter to Mr. Barr in late March complaining that the attorney general's summary of the Mueller report did not capture its "context, nature, and substance."
And while he didn't completely close the door on appearing before Congress, Mr. Mueller made it clear that it wouldn't exactly be must-see TV, so what would be the point.
What we saw on display in Mr. Mueller's nine-minute statement was his often discussed sense of rectitude and propriety. These are admirable attributes, normally. But we might well wonder whether those attributes are what is needed in the age of Donald Trump, or whether the preservation of our democratic institutions demands more.
Born in Manhattan to a former Navy officer and the granddaughter of a railroad executive, Mr. Mueller was the product of an era and a social class to whom the kind of flesh-ripping partisanship we have today was absolutely anathema.
Farhad Manjoo: Worry About Facebook. Rip Your Hair Out in Screaming Terror About Fox News.
Novel forms of digital misinformation still pale in comparison with Fox News' full-time hall of mirrors.
At the risk of losing street cred as a tough-as-nails tech pundit, I'll confess that I couldn't muster much outrage when Facebook declined last week to delete a video doctored to make Nancy Pelosi look like a drunken mess.
Sure, there's a good argument that Facebook should have taken down the fake, as YouTube did. But what the company did do — label the clip as misinformation and limit its virality so that very few people got to see it — struck me as a reasonable effort to quash the lie, especially since I worry about Facebook's overreach. Demanding that Facebook remove posts that cross some hard-to-define line may end up dragooning lots of legitimate political speech into its memory hole. Such a policy would also enrich Mark Zuckerberg with the last thing we should want him to have: more power over what we read, watch, listen to and think about.
Mostly, though, I felt indifferent to the debate. Whatever Facebook decides to do with this weird little video is a big meh, because if you were to rank the monsters of misinformation that American society now faces, amateurishly doctored viral videos would clock in as mere houseflies in our midst. Worry about them, sure, but not at the risk of overlooking a more clear and present danger, the million-pound, forked-tongue colossus that dominates our misinformation menagerie: Fox News and the far-flung, cross-platform lie machine that it commands.
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CX is about action. Is Market Research?
Three years ago, Nicole Newton (then Director of Customer Experience with Thomson Reuters, now at Heart of the Customer) spoke at a Market Research Association (MRA) conference. The topic was "Moving from Insights to Action," about making the move from Market Research to Customer Experience (CX), as we both recently had.
The biggest change we discussed was that in traditional market research you're expected to develop a clear report that shows the research results and the insights generated from the work, and then you're done.
When we moved to CX, the rules changed. We still needed to do thorough research and generate insights. But CX requires you to go further, and drive customer-focused change.
The talk seemed to resonate, with attendees afterward asking us about this "customer experience" thing, and wanting to know how they could get involved. Just like us, they wanted to drive change, but felt they didn't have the mandate.
Not everybody felt that way, of course. Others confided that they liked the focus on insights, and keeping themselves knee-deep in the data. They didn't feel comfortable telling the business that they needed to change – and especially weren't comfortable having this as a core job requirement.
The last three years haven't been kind to this attitude. Businesses expect more. If they invest $100,000-$150,000 in a project, they want to know there will be business impact. And they expect those who lead the research, the ones who know it the most, to be the ones working with the business to lead the change.
Which is why I was amused at the MRA's recent rebranding after their merger with CASRO. They are now the Insights Association.
Quirk's Magazine, long a staple of the market research industry (but which now also includes many CX articles, including two by us), has written multiple articles about the divide between the two approaches. And in our own Journey Mapping Best Practices Survey, we discovered that half the time, CX practitioners didn't include market research in their projects – despite using market research tools and approaches in their journey mapping. Although it was surprising to see that vendors had the opposite approach, including the market research capability more than any other.
I'm a huge believer in the power of market research and its practitioners. But the focus on driving insights – rather than action – puts them at risk of being put behind.
CX is about change. What about market researchers? Are you really just about the insights?
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If market research isn't actionable, it's a waste of time and money. It is, however, driving different kinds of change than CX. Ad not testing well? Then don't run the ad–that's a change. The product test shows it's too salty–reformulate. And so on.


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Qatar starts banning England supporters from wearing crusader costumes inside stadiums during 2022 FIFA World Cup
by Ujan Chakraborty
in Football
After a couple of supporters seemed to be carried away by security this week, England fans have been advised not to dress up in crusader costumes to avoid hurting Muslim sentiment at the World Cup in Qatar. Although a video shared on Twitter appeared to show two England fans wearing chain mail and helmets being turned away by officials before Monday's victory over Iran, supporters frequently show up to England matches dressed as St George, the patron paint typically portrayed as a knight on horseback.
The best-known Crusades, which took place between 1095 and 1291 when Christian troops fought to retake Jerusalem and the surrounding territory from Islamic authority, run the danger of upsetting the locals in Qatar. An official from the anti-racism organization Kick It Out has cautioned England fans against donning the costumes to World Cup games, stating that stadium staff in Qatar may not be amenable to them if they do so.
The stringent laws and customs of the country have prompted concerns over whether England fans should be wary of upsetting locals by dressing as crusaders at Three Lions games. Several England supporters have been observed in knight costumes throughout the early stages of the World Cup in Qatar.
Qatari authorities have started banning England fans from wearing crusader costumes in stadiums.
The attire, complete with swords and crosses, are offensive due to crusader history of rape, slaughter and occupation of Arab lands.#Qatar #Eng #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/BoL6dnZEjz
— Robert Carter (@Bob_cart124) November 23, 2022
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FIFA releases strict dress code For FIFA World Cup In Qatar
Following various issues, the FIFA World Cup 2022 began on Sunday in Qatar. The event's organizers have released comprehensive rules that spectators are urged to follow while watching matches. The "stadium code of conduct" that is in effect for all 64 games in the Gulf state strongly advises supporters to abide by the "drinks" and "clothing" regulations. By law, spectators at World Cup stadiums in Qatar must keep their shirts on and not be "visibly under the influence of alcohol."
Alcohol use is not permitted inside stadiums or outside of designated areas for visitors. While it may be legal to consume alcohol in some locations, it is not allowed to bring alcohol into stadiums or other sites that are not permitted. The FIFA officials issued a resolute statement saying spectators are strongly discouraged from taking their clothes off while watching the game.
Then stop point fingers at Qatar, fifa gave them the right to host the world cup, they can't bend their rules for you lots, rules that have kept their society sane
— Ókò Bisòlà Babi 👑 (@i_am_tobee) November 24, 2022
Unlike in previous years, football world cup organizers have recommended that supporters not bring any musical instruments, such as vuvuzelas, to the game. If intended or done for commercial use, it is forbidden to stream or broadcast any descriptions of or information relating to the match outcomes or statistics.
Also Read: "Where is Lionel Messi?"- Saudi Arabia fans take yet another dig at Argentine star after defeating them at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Filipa Tojal — 2021
Pigments on linen
Portuguese Sycomore Wood Frame
19 9/10 × 27 1/2 × 1 2/5 in
Since her experience in Japan, Filipa has been fascinated by pigments and the cooking performance of the painting process. For that, she hasn't been using paint tubes, preferring, instead, the slowly and dedicated method of grinding, mixing, blending, and findings the textures and irregularities that she so appreciates in her final works.
Culturally significant, most of these paintings are made using hand-woven textiles that, from plant fibers, talk about Portuguese soil, its true origin. "Riverbank" is textured and washed away. Each brushwork is tense and fighting the other, just as the water streams between the river margins. Layers and layers of soft watery colors bring together an unpredictable and self-isolated image of what can be soil, sky, or water. It is natural for the artist to walk around and to collect – to bring home some objects, being them stones, leaves, twigs, moss:
"As they are placed in a minimal studio next to the pigments, mixing them up came naturally. Without reducing them to powder, they appear in the linen as a surprise but not unexpected. They belong to those tones - to that reality - and its appearance just comes as a confirmation that we are indeed facing a landscape and a personal experience of nature."
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Demand for our advanced email marketing software services is undergoing strong growth as marketers shift their attention from costly acquisition marketing to highly profitable retention e-mail marketing programs.", says Olivier Piscart, Managing Director Emailvision U.S.A. "This new version of Campaign Commander(TM) will ensure that Emailvision clients make a significant improvement in their e-mail deliverability and profitability" added Olivier Piscart.


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7. Staple three places along the rear edge of the pocket facing (marked with an "X" in the figure to the left), then trim off the superfluous cloth at the pocket area.
8. If the rail is an end rail repeat Step 7 at the other corner pocket then, starting at the center of the rail, stretch the cloth tightly over the cushion and staple at the bottom of the rail working toward each end.
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package com.wjiec.springaio.integration.config;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.integration.channel.PublishSubscribeChannel;
import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;

import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;

@Configuration
public class LoggingIntegrationConfig {

    @Bean
    @Qualifier("loggingChannel")
    public MessageChannel loggingChannel() {
        return new PublishSubscribeChannel(integrationExecutor());
    }

    @Bean
    public Executor integrationExecutor() {
        return Executors.newFixedThreadPool(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2);
    }

}

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GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH HONEY BROOK, PA
Key to Heaven Ministries
 This is the Thomas Nelson Authorized King James Version Holy Bible (copyright 2003 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.) translated out of the original tongues and with previous translations diligently compared and revised. It is has read-along references and read-along translations. Descriptions in the beginning of each book or gospel are typed exactly as they appear from this Thomas Nelson Authorized 1611 KJV Bible.
If you have a bible from a different publisher, the wording will be the same.
The Gospel According to MATTHEW
Matthew is the gospel written by a Jew to Jews about a Jew. Matthew is the writer, his countrymen are the readers, and Jesus Christ is the subject. Matthew's design is to present Jesus as the King of the Jews, the long-awaited Messiah. Through a carefully selected series of Old Testament quotations, baptism, messages, and miracles all point to the same inescapable conclusion: Christ is King. Even in His death, seeming defeat is turned to victory by the Resurrection, and the message again echoes forth: the King of the Jews lives.
At an early date this gospel was given the title Kata Matthaion, "According to Matthew." As this title suggests, other gospel accounts were known at that time (the word "Gospel" was added later). Matthew ("Gift of the Lord") was also surnamed Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27).
The Gospel According to MARK
The message of Mark's gospel is captured in a single verse: "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many" (10:45). Chapter by chapter, the book unfolds the dual focus of Christ's life: service and sacrifice.
Mark portrays Jesus as a Servant on the move, instantly responsive to the will of the Father. By preaching, teaching, and healing, He ministers to the needs of others even to the point of death. After the Resurrection, He commissions His followers to continue His work in His power - servants following in the steps of the perfect Servant.
The ancient title for this gospel was Kata Markon, "According to Mark." The author is best known by his Latin name Marcus, but in Jewish circles he was called by his Hebrew name John. Acts 12:12, 25 refer to him as "John, whose surname was Mark."
Luke, a physician, writes with the compassion and warmth of a family doctor as he carefully documents the perfect humanity of the Son of Man, Jesus Christ. Luke emphasizes Jesus' ancestry, birth, and early life before moving carefully and chronologically through His earthly ministry. Growing belief and growing opposition develop side by side. Those who believe are challenged to count the cost of discipleship. Those who oppose will not be satisfied until the Son of Man hangs lifeless on a cross. But the Resurrection insures that His purpose will be fulfilled: "to seek and to save that which was lost" (19:10).
Kata Loukan, "According to Luke," is the ancient title that was added to this gospel at a very early date. The Greek name Luke appears only three times in the New Testament (Col. 4:14; Tim. 4:11; Philem. 24).
The Gospel According to JOHN
 Just as a coin has two sides, both valid, so Jesus Christ has two natures, both valid. Luke presents Christ in His humanity as the Son of Man: John portrays Him in His deity as the Son of God. John's purpose is crystal clear: to set forth Christ in His deity in order to spark believing faith in his readers. John's gospel is topical, not primarily chronological, and it revolves around seven miracles and seven "I am" statements of Christ.
Following an extended eyewitness description of the Upper Room meal and discourse, John records events leading up to the Resurrection, the final climatic proof that Jesus is who He claims to be - the Son of God.
The title of the Fourth Gospel follows the same format as the titles of the synoptic Gospels: Kata Ioannes, "According to John." As with the others, the word "Gospel" was added later. Ioannes is derived from the Hebrew name Johanan, "Yahweh Has Been Gracious." Description taken from the Thomas Nelson Authorized King James Version Bible.
Enjoy the audio in its entirety and read along with your Bible in hand.
THE ACTS of the Apostles
Jesus' last recorded words have come to be known as the Great Commission: "Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" (1:8). The Book of Acts, written by Luke, is the story of the men and women who took that commission seriously, and began to spread the news of a risen Savior to the most remote corners of the known world.
Each section of the book (1-7; 8-12; 13-28) focuses on a particular audience, a key personality, and a significant phase in the expansion of the gospel message.
As the second volume in a two-part work by Luke, this book probably had no separate title. But all available Greek manuscripts designate it by the title Praxeis, "Acts," or by an expanded title like "The Acts of the Apostles." Praxeis was commonly used in Greek literature to summarize the accomplishments of outstanding men. While the apostles are mentioned collectively at several points, this book really records the acts of Peter (1-12) and of Paul (13-28).
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the ROMANS
Romans, Paul's greatest work, is placed first among his thirteen epistles in the New Testament. While the four Gospels present the words and works of Jesus Christ, Romans explores the significance of His sacrificial death. Using a question-and-answer format, Paul records the most systematic presentation of doctrine in the Bible. Romans is more than a book of theology; it is also a book of practical exhortation. The good news of Jesus Christ is more than facts to be believed; it is also a life to be lived -- a life of righteousness befitting the person, "justified freely by [God's] grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Although some manuscripts omit "in Rome" in 1:7, 15, the title Pros Romaious, "To the Romans," has been associated with the epistle almost from the beginning.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS
Corinth, the most important city in Greece during Paul's day, was a bustling hub of worldwide commerce, degraded culture, and idolatrous religion. There Paul founded a church (Acts 18:1 - 17), and two of his letters are addressed "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth" (1:2; 2 Cor. 1:1).
First Corinthians reveals the problems, pressures, and struggles of a church called out of a pagan society. Paul addresses a variety of problems in the lifestyle of the Corinthian church: factions, lawsuits, immorality, questionable practices, abuse of the Lord's Supper, and spiritual gifts. In addition to words of discipline, Paul shares words of counsel in answer to questions raised by the Corinthian believers.
The oldest recorded title of this epistle is Pros Kointhious A, in effect, the "First to the Corinthians." The A was a doubt a later addition to distinguish this book from Second Corinthians.
The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS
Since Paul's first letter, the Corinthian church had been swayed by false teachers who stirred the people against Paul. They claimed he was fickle, proud, unimpressive in appearance and speech, dishonest, and unqualified as an apostle of Jesus Christ. Paul sent Titus to Corinth to deal with these difficulties, and upon his return, rejoiced to hear of the Corinthians' change of heart. Paul wrote this letter to express his thanksgiving for the repentant majority and to appeal to the rebellious minority to accept his authority. Throughout the book he defends his conduct, character, and calling as an apostle of Jesus Christ.
To distinguish this epistle from First Corinthians, it was given the title Pros Korinthious B, the "Second to the Corinthians." The A and B were probably later additions to Pros Korinthious.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the GALATIANS
The Galatians, having launched their Christian experience by faith, seem content to leave their voyage of faith and chart a new course based on works--a course Paul finds disturbing. His letter to the Galatians is a vigorous attack against the gospel of works and a defense of the gospel of faith.
Paul begins by setting forth his credentials as an apostle with a message from God: blessing comes from God on the basis of faith, not law. The law declares men guilty and imprisons them; faith sets men free to enjoy liberty in Christ. But liberty is not license. Freedom is Christ means freedom to produce the fruits of righteousness through a Spirit-led lifestyle.
The book is called Pros Galatas, "To the Galatians," and it is the only letter of Paul that is specifically addressed to a number of churches ("unto the churches of Galatia," 1:2). The name Galatians was given to this Celtic people because they originally lived in Gaul before their migration to Asia Minor.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the EPHESIANS
Ephesians is addressed to a group of believers who are rich beyond measure in Jesus Christ, yet living as beggars, and only because they are ignorant of their wealth. Paul begins by describing in chapters 1--3 the contents of the Christian's heavenly "band account": adoption, acceptance, redemption, forgiveness, wisdom, inheritance, the seal of the Holy Spirit, life grace, citizenship--in short, every spiritual blessing. In chapters 4--6 the Christian learns a spiritual walk rooted in his spiritual wealth. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus [1--3] unto good works,...that we should walk in them [4--6]" (2:10).
The traditional title of this epistle is Pros Ephesious, "To the Ephesians." Many ancient manuscripts, however, omit en Epheso, "at Ephesus," in 1:1. This has led a number of scholars to challenge the traditional view that this message was directed specifically to the Ephesians. The encyclical theory proposes that it was a circular letter sent by Paul to the churches of Asia. It is argued that Ephesians is really a Christian treatise designed for general use: it involves no controversy and deals with no specific problems in any particular church. Some scholars accept an ancient tradition that Ephesians is Paul's letter to the Laodiceans (Col. 4:16), but there is no way to be sure. If Ephesians began as a circular letter, it eventually became associated with Ephesus, the foremost of the Asian churches. Another plausible option is that this epistle was directly addressed to the Ephesians, but written in such a way as to make it helpful for all the churches in Asia.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the PHILIPPIANS
Paul writes a thank-you note to the believers at Philippi for their help in his hour of need, and he uses the occasion to send along some instruction on Christian unity. His central thought is simple: Only in Christ are real unity and joy possible. With Christ as your model of humility and service, you can enjoy a oneness of purpose, attitude, goal, and labor--a truth which Paul illustrates from his own life, and one the Philippians desperately need t hear.
Within their own ranks, fellow workers in the Philippian church are at odds, hindering the work in proclaiming new life in Christ. Because of this, Paul exhorts the church to "stand fast...be of the same mind...rejoice in the Lord alway...but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known...and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (4:1,2,4,6,7).
This epistle is called Pros Philippesious, "To the Philippians." The church at Philippi was the first church Paul founded in Macedonia.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the COLOSSIANS
If Ephesians can be labeled the epistle portraying the "church of Christ," then Colossians must surely be the "Christ of the church." Ephesians focuses on the body; Colossians focuses on the Head. Like Ephesians, the little Book of Colossians divides neatly in half with the first portion doctrinal (1 and 2) and the second practical (3 and 4). Paul's purpose is to show that Christ is preeminent--first and foremost in everything--and the Christian's life should reflect that priority. Because believers are rooted in Him, alive in Him, hidden in Him. Clothed in His love, with His peace ruling in their hearts, they are equipped to make Christ first in every area of life.
This epistle became known as Pros Kolossaeis, "To the Colossians," because of 1:2. Paul also wanted it to be read in the neighboring church at Laodicea (4:16).
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS
Paul has many pleasant memories of the days he spent with the infant Thessalonian church. Their faith, hope, love, and perseverance in the face of persecution are exemplary. Paul's labors as a spiritual parent to the fledgling church have been richly rewarded, and his affection is visible in every line of his letter.
Paul encourages them to excel in their newfound faith, to increase in their love for one another, and to rejoice, pray, and give thanks always. He closes his letter with instruction regarding the return of the Lord, whose advent signifies hope and comfort for believers both living and dead.
Because this is the first of Paul's two canonical letters to the church at Thessalonica, it received the title Pros Thessalonikeis A, the "First to the Thessalonians."
The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS
Since Paul's first letter, the seeds of false doctrine have been sown among the Thessalonians, causing them to waver in their faith. Paul removes these destructive seeds and again plants the seeds of truth. He begins by commending the believers on their faithfulness in the midst of persecution and encouraging them that present suffering will be repaid with future glory. Therefore, in the midst of persecution, expectation can be high.
Paul then deals with the central matter of his letter; a misunderstanding spawned by false teachers regarding the coming day of the Lord. Despite reports to the contrary, that Day has not yet come, and Paul recounts the events that must first take place. Laboring for the gospel, rather than lazy resignation, is the proper response.
As the second letter in Paul's Thessalonian correspondence, this was entitled Pros Thessalonikeis B, the "Second to the Thessalonians."
The First epistle of Paul the Apostle to TIMOTHY
Paul, the aged and experienced apostle, writes to the young pastor Timothy who is facing a heavy burden of responsibility in the church at Ephesus. The task is challenging; false doctrine must be erased, public worship safeguarded, and mature leadership developed. In addition to the conduct of the church, Paul talks pointedly about the conduct of the minister. Timothy must be on his guard lest his youthfulness become a liability, rather than an asset, to the gospel. He must be careful to avoid false teachers and greedy motives, pursuing instead righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and the gentleness that befits a man of God.
The Greek title for this letter is Pros Timotheon A, the "First to Timothy." Timothy means "honoring God" or "honored by God," and probably was given to him by his mother Eunice.
The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to TIMOTHY
Prison is the last place from which to expect a letter of encouragement, but that is where Paul's second letter to Timothy originates. He begins by assuring Timothy of his continuing love and prayers, and reminds him of his spiritual heritage and responsibilities. Only the one who perseveres, whether as a soldier, athlete, farmer, or minister of Jesus Christ, will reap the reward. Paul warns Timothy that his teaching will come under attack as men desert the truth for ear-itching words (4:3). But Timothy has Paul's example to guide him and God's Word to fortify him as he faces growing opposition and glowing opportunities in the last days.
Paul's last epistle received the title Pros Timotheon B, the "Second to Timothy." When Paul's epistles were collected together the B was probably added to distinguish this letter from the first letter he wrote to Timothy.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to TITUS
Titus, a young pastor, faces the unenviable assignment of setting in order the church at Crete. Paul writes advising him to appoint elders, men of proven spiritual character in their homes and businesses, to oversee the work of the church. But elders are not the only individuals in the church who are required to excel spiritually. Men and women, young and old, each have their vital functions to fulfill in the church if they are to be living examples of the doctrine they profess. Throughout his letter to Titus, Paul stresses the necessary, practical working out of salvation in the daily lives of both the elders and the congregation. Good works are desirable and profitable for all believers.
This third Pastoral Epistle is simply titled Pros Titon, "To Titus." Ironically, this was also the name of the Roman general who destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and succeeded his father Vespasian as emperior.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to PHILEMON
Does Christian brotherly love really work, even in situations of extraordinary tension and difficulty? Will it work, for example, between a prominent slave owner and one of his runaway slaves? Paul has no doubt! He writes a "postcard" to Philemon, his beloved brother and fellow worker, on behalf of Onesimus--a deserter, thief, and formerly worthless slave, but now Philemon's brother in Christ. With much tact and tenderness, Paul asks Philemon to receive Onesimus back with the same gentleness with which he would receive Paul himself. Any debt Onesimus owes, Paul promises to make good. Knowing Philemon, Paul is confident that brotherly love and forgiveness will carry the day.
Since this letter is addressed to Philemon in verse 1, it becomes known as Pros Philemona, "To Philemon." Like First and Second Timothy and Titus, it is addressed to an individual, but unlike the Pastoral Epistles, Philemon is also addressed to a family and a church (v.2).
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the HEBREWS
Many Jewish believers, having stepped out of Judaism into Christianity, want to reverse their course in order to escape persecution by their countrymen. The writer of Hebrews exhorts them to "go on unto perfection" (6:1). His appeal is based on the superiority of Christ over the Judaic system. Christ is better than the angels, for they worship Him. He is better than Moses, for He created him. He is better than the Aaronic priesthood, for His sacrifice was once for all time. He is better than the law, for He mediates a better covenant. In short, there is more to be gained in Christ than to be lost in Judaism. Pressing on in Christ produces tested faith, self-discipline, and a visible love seen in good works.
Although the King James Version uses the title "The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews," there is no early manuscript evidence to support it. The oldest and most reliable title is simply Pros Ebraious, "To Hebrews."
The Epistle of JAMES
Faith without works cannot be called faith. "Faith without works is dead" (2:26), and dead faith is worse than no faith at all. Faith must work; it must produce: it must be visible. Verbal faith is not enough; mental faith is insufficient. Faith must be there, but it must be more. It must inspire action. Throughout his epistle to Jewish believers, James integrates true faith and everyday practical experience by stressing that true faith must manifest itself in works of faith.
Faith endures trials. Trials come and go, but a strong faith will face them head-on and develop endurance. Faith understands temptations. It will not allow us to consent to our lust and slide into sin. Faith obeys the Word. It will not merely hear and not do. Faith produces doers. Faith harbors no prejudice. For James, faith and favoritism cannot coexist. Faith displays itself in works. Faith is more then mere words.; it is more than knowledge; it is demonstrated by obedience; and it overly responds to the promises of God. Faith controls the tongue. This small but immensely powerful part of the body must be held in check. Faith can do it. Faith acts wisely. It gives us the ability to choose wisdom that is heavenly and to shun wisdom that is earthly. Faith produces separation from the world and submission to God. It provides us with the ability to resist the devil and humbly draw near to God. Finally, faith waits patiently for the coming of the Lord. Through trouble and trial it stifles complaining.
The name Iakobos (James) in 1:1 is the basis for the early title Iakobou Epistole, "Epistle of James." Iakobos is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Jacob, a Jewish name common in the first century.
The First Epistle of PETER
Persecution can cause either growth or bitterness in the Christian life. Response determines the result. In writing to Jewish believers struggling in the midst of persecution, Peter encourages them to conduct themselves courageously for the Person and program of Christ. Both their character and conduct must be above reproach. Having been born again to a living hope, they are to imitate the Holy One who has called them. The fruit of that character will be conduct rooted in submission: citizens to government, servants to masters, wives to husbands, husbands to wives, and Christians to one another. Only after submission is fully understood does Peter deal with the difficult area of suffering. The Christians are not to think it "strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you" (4:12), but are to rejoice as partakers of the suffering of Christ. That response to life is truly the climax of one's submission to the good hand of God.
This epistle begins with the phrase Petros apostolos Iesou Christou, "Peter, and apostle of Jesus Christ." This is the basis of the early title Petrou A, the "First of Peter."
The Second Epistle of PETER
First Peter deals with problems from the outside; Second Peter deals with problems from the inside. Peter writes to warn the believers about the false teachers who are peddling damaging doctrine. He begins by urging them to keep close watch on their personal lives. The Christian life demand diligence in pursuing moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and selfless love. By contrast, the false teachers are sensual, arrogant, greedy and covetous. They scoff at the thought of future judgement and live their lives as if the present would be the pattern for the future. Peter reminds them that although God may be longsuffering in sending judgement, ultimately it will come. In view of that fact, believers should live lives of godliness, blamelessness, and steadfastness.
The statement of of authorship in 1:1 is very clear: "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ." To distinguish this epistle from the first by Peter it was given the Greek title Petrou B, the "Second of Peter."
The First Epistle of JOHN
God is light; God is love; and God is life. John is enjoying a delightful fellowship with that God of light, love, and life, and he desperately desires that his spiritual children enjoy the same fellowship.
God is light. Therefore, to engage in fellowship with Him we must walk in light and not in darkness. As we walk in the light, we will regularly confess our sins, allowing the blood of Christ to continually cleanse us. Two major roadblocks to hinder this walk will be falling in love with the world and falling for the alluring lies of false teachers.
God is love. Since we are His children we must walk in love. In fact, John says that if we do not love, we do not know God. Love is more than just words; it is actions. Love is giving, not getting. Biblical love is unconditional in its nature. Christ's love fulfilled those qualities and when that brand of love characterizes us, we will be free of self-condemnation and experience confidence before God.
God is life. Those who fellowship with Him must possess His quality of life. Spiritual life begins with spiritual birth which occurs through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ infuses us with God's life--eternal life.
Although the apostle John's name is not found in this book, it was given the title Ioannou A, the "First of John."
The Second Epistle of JOHN
"Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor. 10:12). These words of the apostle Paul could well stand as a subtitle for John's little epistle. The recipients, a chosen lady and her children, were obviously standing. They were walking in truth, remaining faithful to the commandments they had received from the Father. John is deeply pleased to be able to commend them. But he takes nothing for granted. Realizing that standing is just one step removed from falling, he hesitates not at all to issue a reminder: "love one another" (v. 5). The apostle admits that this is not new revelation, but he views it sufficiently important to repeat. Loving one another, he stresses, is equivalent to walking according to God's commandments.
John indicates, however, that this love must be discerning. It is not a naive, unthinking, open to anything and anyone kind of love. Biblical love is a matter of choice; it is dangerous and foolish to float through life with undiscerning love. False teachers abound who do not acknowledge Christ as having come in the flesh. It is false charity to open the door to false teaching. We must have fellowship with God. We must have fellowship with Christians. But we must not have fellowship with false teachers.
The "elder" of verse 1 has been traditionally identified with the apostle John, resulting in the Greek title Ioannou B, the "Second of John."
The Third Epistle of JOHN
In Third John the apostle encourages fellowship with Christian brothers. Following his expression of love for Gaius, John assures him of his prayers for his health and voices his joy over Gaius's persistent walk in truth and for the manner in which he shows hospitality and support for missionaries who have come to his church.
But not everyone in the church feels the same way. Diotrephes' heart is one hundred and eighty degrees removed from Gaius's heart. He is no longer living in love. Pride has taken precedence in his life. He has refused a letter John has written for the church, fearing that his authority might be superseded by that of the apostle. He also has accused John of evil words and refused to accept missionaries. He forbids others to do so and even expels them from the church if they disobey him. John uses this negative example as an opportunity to encourage Gaius to continue his hospitality. Demetrius has a good testimony and may even be one of those turned away by Diotrephes. He is widely known for his good character and his loyalty to the truth. Here he is well commended by John and stands as a positive example for Gaius.
The Greek titles of First, Second, and Third John are Ioannou A,B, and G. The G is gamma, the third letter of the Greek alphabet; Ioannou G means the "Third of John."
The Epistle of JUDE
FIGHT! Contend! Do battle! When apostasy arises, when false teachers emerge, when the truth of God is attacked, it is time to fight for the faith. Only believers who are spiritually "in shape" can answer the summons. At the beginning of his letter Jude focuses on the believers' common salvation, but then feels compelled to challenge them to contend for the faith. The danger is real. False teachers have crept into the church turning God's grace into unbounded license to do as they please. Jude reminds such men of God's past dealings with unbelieving Israel, disobedient angels, and wicked Sodom and Gomorrah. In the face of such danger Christians should not be caught off guard. The challenge is great, but so is the God who is able to keep them from stumbling.
The Greek title Iouda, "Of Jude," comes from the name Ioudas which appears in verse 1. This name, which can be translated Jude or Judas, was popular in the first century because of Judas Maccabaeus (died 160 B.C.), a leader of the Jewish resistance against Syria during the Maccabean revolt.
Just as Genesis is the book of beginnings, Revelation is the book of consummation. In it, the divine program of redemption is brought to fruition, and the holy name of God is vindicated before all creation. Although there are numerous prophecies in the Gospels and Epistles, Revelation is the only New Testament book that focuses primarily on prophetic events. Its title means "unveiling" or "disclosure." Thus, the book is an unveiling of the character and program of God. Penned by John during his exile on the island of Patmos, Revelation centers around visions and symbols of the resurrected Christ, who alone has authority to judge the earth, to remake it, and to rule it in righteousness.
The title of this book in the Greek text is Apokalypsis Ioannou, "Revelation of John." It is also known as the Apocalypse, a transliteration of the word apokalypsis, meaning "unveiling," "disclosure," or "revelation." Thus the book is an unveiling of that which otherwise could not be known. A better title comes from the first verse: Apokalypsis Iesou Christou, "Revelation of Jesus Christ." This could be taken as a revelation which came from Christ or as a revelation which is about Christ--both are appropriate. Because of the unified contents of this book, it should not be called Revelations.
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Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you have a great and productive week. In the latest post and video I have noticed that majority of you have a dry skin. My closest friends always ask me how come my skin is so soft on the touch. That have given me an idea to write how I take care of my skin, maybe some tips are going to work on your skin too. I'm planning to make a part two as well. In case, you have oily skin and bad acne I used to have a big problem with the acne I can give you my tips and what have helped me during that time. In other hand, if you see I didn't mention but works on your skin let me also know in the comment below.
In this first part, I'll talk about my skin care routine, what product I'm currently using, am I satisfied with them, what ingredients work the best for me. I'm not of any kind professional, everything I know I've learned by myself and trying out the products.
Lately, I have started to be more consistent on moisture my face with masks that I put minimum once a week. More about face mask I'd be talking in the next post. They have saved my face of the extreme dryness. Skin on my face was so dry like I have had dandruff on my face. Over the years I have learned that my skin has good reaction on the almond and coconut oil. Those are my top two oils, I got back and forth with them. I don't know if you have known but coconut oil is also good for removing your makeup. In this post here, I have written about ow I use coconut oil if you are interested in knowing a bit more about it. For hydration, you can try also jojoba, marula, argan, lavender oil etc.
The first product that have helped me to put everything in control are by Mixa I have also made a review on these products before. Unfortunately, my skin have used to it so much after a while. I need to found new products. I have also mentioned in my winter skin care post last month. In my last unboxing post you could see I got two tonics, which are bio products.
I started to first try out Melissa tonic because is Croatian product and manufacturer have family farm. I like to give them support by a try this product and see is it worth of buying in my opinion. I'll give you a full review, after I see how it works on the longer period. When it comes to taking care of your skin I always at least have one product that's bio (for example oil). In my opinion, I have seen that cleanser with oil in the product have much better effect my skin I don't find that dry my skin so much. Good moisture is the most important thing to find if you ask me. Sometimes when you run out of it, I would put oil instead or if I noticed that my skin is drier than usual I'd put coconut/almond oil. I don't have nay specific brand I usually am goin in bio section and by bio raw coconut oil in Müller because of the cheaper price. I have heard great things about this one too.
In the process of cleansing my face I would always start with warm water and run out cleansing product with cold water. I have noticed if I to everything with warm water my face in the morning would be drier than usual.
With what do you clean your face? Well, I have found out that the microfiber cleansing gloves performs best for me. I have start with silicone pad like this, but I have lost that one and bought microfiber cleansing glove like this. I think that the glove do better job for me when it comes to removing makeup and cleaning my face. If you are interested in giving a try, you can check it out here.
Tell me: Did you try microfiber cleansing glove or silicone pad for face? Which oil is best for your skin?
Do you have trouble in taking care of your skin?


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President Trump's SOTU Address Touts $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Investment
January 31, 2018 by admin 2 Comments
Union appeals to lawmakers to support Trump's infrastructure bid.
A crumbling railroad bridge, one example of America's challenges.
In his first State of the Union address to the American people last night, President Donald J. Trump reiterated his request for a comprehensive infrastructure initiative, an investment that would cost "at least $1.5 trillion."
The president underscored the problem of getting key work done by noting it took only one year to build the Empire State Building, but it can take 10 years to get a permit approved "to build a simple road." Immediately after Trump covered infrastructure in his 90-minute speech, a key union released a response favorable to the president's initiative.
Crumbling Infrastructure Improvements and Union Support
The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) was one of the first unions to comment on the Trump's initiative, although the AFL-CIO and other unions have long advocated for such a plan.
"We applaud President Trump tonight for outlining a renewed focus on the need for bipartisan action towards improving and investing in America's transportation infrastructure," offered Patrick Jones, Executive Director and CEO of IBTTA. Jones went on to make a case for cutting "…burdensome regulations and laws that prevent states from accessing all available funding options to meet their local needs."
AMTRAK may benefit from the president's initiative.
Those regulations include restricting tolling of the Interstate System, an important way states might fund improvements. Jones noted that some of America's highways would never have become a reality without tolls. He added, "Tolling is both a proven and effective tool to help pay for our nation's infrastructure and an incubator of ideas driving mobility in the future."
Although tolls are one way to pay for improvements, a fuel tax increase and vehicle registration are among the others. The president said nothing about infrastructure improvement funding, something Congress must address when taking up legislation.
ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
The term "infrastructure" goes well beyond roads, bridges, tunnels and rail to include such matters as transit, dams, ports and aviation. The American Society of Civil Engineers casts a wider net, adding drinking water, wastewater, hazardous waste, schools and public parks to the list. In effect, the term covers everything that underpins society.
The ASCE closely monitors America's framework, giving the country a D+ in its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, while noting it "…costs every American family an average of $3,400 a year in disposable income because it is outdated and unreliable."
Following the president's speech, Kristina Swallow, PE, President, American Society of Civil Engineers said, "Congress should seize this opportunity to provide better infrastructure to the American people in a bipartisan fashion by closing the infrastructure deficit, as President Trump proposed. Infrastructure investment is one area where both Democrats and Republicans agree. I urge Congress to develop legislation that increases federal investment in infrastructure, including fixing the Highway Trust Fund. Further, this bill should make investments that provide substantial, long-term benefits to the economy, consider the cost of a project over its lifespan, and be built sustainably and resiliently to maximize investment. Using existing federal programs' selection process as a starting place, ASCE is confident that increased investment will modernize our infrastructure, improve public health and safety, and drive our economy forward."
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Roads, bridges and tunnels across the country need work.
Widespread Public Support for Improvements
Regular polling of American citizens shows strong support for infrastructure spending. Indeed, the results of a Summer 2017 poll released by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) revealed that 89 percent of adults believe that such investments would strengthen the U.S. economy.
Further, more than eight in 10 said such an initiative would create jobs in their communities and improve their quality of life. The three top areas respondents said would benefit from improvements are transportation, construction and manufacturing.
Will Congress take up legislation in response to the president's State of the Union address? It seems likely they will. Moreover, with a key tax victory behind him, the president isn't likely to let up on another chance for success. This time, the vast majority of Americans may support him or at least the legislation required to get the work done.
See Also — America's Crumbling Infrastructure and Your Car
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Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: AFL-CIO, AMTRAK, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, CONGRESS, engineers, IBTTA, INFRASTRUCTURE, President Trump, SOTU, unions
Ford Raises 2017 Michigan Investment to $1.9 Billion
March 29, 2017 by admin 1 Comment
Money, jobs, and a presidential tweet.
Watch or read the news and you may have a different take on a story compared to the person observing it with you. That's nothing new, especially in the way stories are presented by various networks, newspapers, and individuals.
Three Michigan Plants
The Ford Motor Company announced on Tuesday its plans to invest additional money covering three Michigan plants, on top of the one plant it had previously targeted. The earlier announcement, made in January, was for $700 million and 700 new jobs at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, while the latest plan adds an additional $1.2 billion and creates 130 new jobs, raising Ford's new investments in Michigan to a grand total of $1.9 billion for 2017 alone. In all, 830 new Michigan jobs are on the way.
Ford says the investment comes as it seeks to strengthen two of its profit pillars — trucks and SUVs — as well as expand the company's mobility initiative.
So, here is how the $1.9 billion will be earmarked:
1. Flat Rock Assembly — In January, Ford announced a $700 million investment in its Flat Rock Assembly plant for "high-tech electrified and autonomous vehicles."
2. Michigan Assembly Plant (Wayne) — Ford's Wayne, Michigan, assembly plant will receive $850 million in upgrades to produce the Ford Ranger (2019) and the Ford Bronco (2020). Work begins next May to transform the plant, with plans to remove and install the tooling in just four weeks.
3. Romeo Engine Plant — Ford's Romeo engine plant will benefit from an expansion to allow it to build engine components for several vehicles, including the Ranger and Bronco. The plant already produces engines for the Super Duty, E-Series, Ford Shelby GT 350 Mustang and Shelby GT350R Mustang, along with components for F-Series, Mustang, Explorer and Edge. Ford says 130 new jobs will be created to handle the expanded capacity.
4. Data Storage Expansion. The automaker's data storage requirements are expected to increase sharply over the next four years. To handle the growth, Ford is investing $200 million to upgrade its data center for improved storage, processing, and integration of this data. A side benefit will enable Ford to introduce new mobility products and services.
"At Ford, we are investing aggressively in building on our strengths today – including trucks, vans, commercial vehicles, performance vehicles and SUVs – while at the same time growing our leadership in electrification, autonomy and mobility services," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, The Americas. "As America's top producer of automobiles, we are proud to be going even further in our commitment to invest in manufacturing here at home."
Ford says it investments are supported by the automaker's partnership with the UAW, as well as with federal, state, county and local governments.
"UAW-Ford is proud of the total investments in three of our Southeast Michigan assembly and engine plants, which will lead to stronger job security for our members and continued support for the surrounding communities," said UAW-Ford Vice President Jimmy Settles. "Thanks to collective bargaining, the hard-working men and women at each of these locations will now reap the full fruits of their labor. We look forward to celebrating more product investment and job growth at each of our UAW represented facilities in the months and years to come."
See Also — New Ford Super Duty F-600 Unveiled
President Trump Sends a Tweet
For a full day leading up to Ford's announcement, news that something was brewing surfaced on media outlets online. Further, just hours before Ford released details of its plans, President Donald J. Trump tweeted — "Big announcement by Ford today. Major investment to be made in three Michigan plants. Car companies coming back to U.S. JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!"
The president has been pushing automakers to expand jobs stateside, giving him yet another victory lap to run.
Photo copyright the Ford Motor Company.
Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: data storage, Flat Rock Assembly, Ford Motor Company, JOBS, MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT, mobility, President Trump, Romeo Engine Plant, TWITTER, UAW


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