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Q: Main.java together with simple static double calculation I'm working on a school assignment and I'm kinda confused right now. it would be awesome of somebody can point out the problem so I can learn from it. So here it is:
It's a simple calculation from miles to kilometers and vice verca. This is what I have:
public class Kilometer {

    static double mijlToKilometer(double mijl) {
        double kilometer = 1.609 * mijl;
        return kilometer;
    }

    static double kilometerToMijl(double kilometer) {
        double mijl = 0.622 * kilometer;
        return mijl;
    }
}

And this is the main:
public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("mijl?");
        double mijl = input.nextDouble();
        Kilometer eenBerekening = new Kilometer();
        eenBerekening.mijl = mijl;
        eenBerekening.mijlToKilometer();

        System.out.println("kilometer?");
        double kilometer = input.nextDouble();
        eenBerekening.kilometer = kilometer;
        eenBerekening.kilometerToMijl();
    }

}

I do have the "import java.util.Scanner;" line so it's not that. Netbeans is giving a problem at these lines:
    Kilometer eenBerekening = new Kilometer();
    eenBerekening.mijl = mijl;
    eenBerekening.mijlToKilometer();

Help anyone? Thx in advance!!
UPDATE
So this is what I have right now and it's working. Thx for all the help!!!
Kilometer.java
public class Kilometer {

    static double mijlToKilometer(double mijl) {
        double kilometer = 1.609 * mijl;
        System.out.println(kilometer);
        return kilometer;
    }

    static double kilometerToMijl(double kilometer) {
        double mijl = 0.622 * kilometer;
        System.out.println(mijl);
        return mijl;
    }
}

Main.java
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("mijl?");
        double mijl = input.nextDouble();
        Kilometer.mijlToKilometer(mijl);

        System.out.println("kilometer?");
        double kilometer = input.nextDouble();
        Kilometer.kilometerToMijl(kilometer);
    }

}

A: You class Kilometer doesn't have a field called mijl, that's why the compiler complains.

A: You do not have a mijl attribute on your Kilometer class. And as pointed out by others your Kilometer methods are static. Just call it from the class, you do not need an instance:
Kilometer.mijlToKilometer(mijl);

A:
   Kilometer eenBerekening = new Kilometer();
   eenBerekening.mijl = mijl;

You're creating an instance of class Kilometer and assigning to a property that is not defined in that class.

   eenBerekening.kilometerToMijl();

Here you're calling a static method on an instance and failing to pass in the required parameter.

A: public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("mijl?");
        double mijl = input.nextDouble();
        Kilometer eenBerekening = new Kilometer();

        Kilometer.mijlToKilometer(mijl); //calling static class and passing parameter to function

        System.out.println("kilometer?");
        double kilometer = input.nextDouble();

        Kilometer.kilometerToMijl(kilometer); // same as before but other function
    }

}

A: You are using the keyword static for your method declaration when you are in fact calling them using an instance.
Also, you trying to set
eenBerekening.mijl = mijl;

while you have no class parameter mijl in your class. Just call your method with
eenBerekening.mijlToKilometer(mijl);

A: You have static methods. These methods are at Class-Level not at instance-level, so you have to call:
Kilometer.mijlToKilometer()

A: As you have declared these methods static, you don't need an instance of Kilometer to use them, you can just do:
Kilometer.mijlToKilometer(12.02)

A: *

*The methods are static, so you don't need to new.

*There's no mijl field of the Kilometer class, public or otherwise.

*The static methods on Kilometer expect a parameter, but your code does not pass one.

So:
double mijl = input.nextDouble();
double kilometer = Kilometer.mijlToKilometer(mijl);

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Q: C compiler cannot create executables when installing gcc AND binutils I've been having a problem with building pretty much any GNU program. I try to build Binutils, or GCC using:
./configure
make
make install

However, ./configure always seems to throw the error:
configure: error: in `/home/user/Desktop/binutils-2.28':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

This happens on both Binutils and GCC. I tried everything from other questions and articles, but nothing solves it...
I'm mostly asking for help with GCC, because I need that one the most. (Binutils is pre-installed on my system.)
++++ Config.log Output for GCC ++++
https://pastebin.com/BJzNMjG2

A: gcc as a standalone install will not be usable for compiling on the most 'Linux OS'. Install g++ (gcc-c++) and the missing parts will be installed too.
How to build gcc : gcc requires a build folder outside the gcc-7.1.0/ source !
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter05/gcc-pass2.html
Unpack gmp, mpfr, mpc as described in the link, and you can configure, from build/ , example:
../gcc-7.1.0/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc7 --program-suffix=7 --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib


If you have a Twitter account or watch the news, you know that it's been a rather emotional week, and I honestly don't know what to say about any of it. I do know that I'm happy it's the weekend and I'm looking forward to having some fun with my family. I wish you a safe weekend, and God bless.


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War and Gold
A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures, and Debt
by Kwasi Kwarteng
ON SALE: May 27th 2014
Genre: Nonfiction / History / World
The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't compensate for the Spanish government's extraordinary military spending, which would eventually bankrupt the country multiple times over and lead to the demise of the great empire.
Gold became synonymous with financial dependability, and following the devastating chaos of World War I, the gold standard came to express the order of the free market system. Warfare in pursuit of wealth required borrowing — a quickly compulsive dependency for many governments. And when people lost confidence in the promissory notes and paper currencies issued during wartime, governments again turned to gold.
In this captivating historical study, Kwarteng exposes a pattern of war-waging and financial debt — bedmates like April and taxes that go back hundreds of years, from the French Revolution to the emergence of modern-day China. His evidence is as rich and colorful as it is sweeping. And it starts and ends with gold.
"The title's implications aside, this is really a history of money—thoroughly satisfying and remarkably accessible...While John Kenneth Galbraith's 1975 Money: Whence it Came, Where It Went remains the subject's touchstone, Kwarteng superbly brings that volume up to date in explaining the almost unexplainable." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Absorbing… a fascinating, lucid and serious history of money, from the discovery of the wealth of the Americas to the present financial crisis."—The Times (UK)
"Enormously entertaining… so engagingly written that readers of all political persuasions should enjoy it."—Sunday Times (UK)
"This clever history of money weighs its enduring ability to destabilise society… For people brought up in the internet age, the concept of an economy propped up by a rock, a hill, a mountain of gold might seem quirky. If so, Kwarteng's detailed tracking of the shift from gold to paper will come as a revelation…. Kwarteng might not know how to stabilise a financial system that floats on credit, but he certainly understands the forces and the mistakes that have led to that destabilisation."—The Observer (UK)—-
"'War and Gold' is a chronicle of fiscal ruination and redemption, with the emphasis on the former… Mr. Kwarteng, a heroic reader, has compiled a wonderful bibliography and gathered a colorful grouping of monetary characters to people his chapters." —James Grant, Wall Street Journal
"This near-perfect volume appears with almost preternaturally perfect timing around the centenary of the beginning of World War I … War and Gold is a compelling successor to Liaquat Ahamed's delightful and invaluable The Lords of Finance, awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in history. Kwarteng delivers up a successor volume worthy of such a prize. It extends Ahamed's temporal framework by a factor of ten, to 500 years. Kwarteng, too, has compelling narrative virtuosity. His book is full of dramatic, charming, often wry vignettes of fascinating characters — heroes and villains, adventurers and knaves — spinning around, and off, the axis of the gold standard, in war and in peace." Ralph Benko, Forbes.com
"A well-written history of money...It's refreshing to read such a concise and cutting book" —Jim Landers, Dallas Morning News
"'War and Gold' offers fresh, big-picture perspective on issues as tangible as our wallets' contents." —Alan Wallace, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—-

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Protecting Emergency Responders
BY KATHLEEN S. MURPHY, AIHA PRESIDENT
In an emergency such as an accidental chemical release, the usual rules for IH practice don't apply. There isn't time to measure exposures, analyze the results, and communicate guidance to employees, emergency responders, and the surrounding community. In such a situation, responders need immediate access to guidelines that can help them take appropriate action to protect themselves and others.
For years, both EPA and AIHA produced such guidelines. EPA developed the acute exposure guideline levels, or AEGLs, which describe the human health effects from once-in-a-lifetime exposure to airborne chemicals. New and updated AEGLs were published each year by the National Academies Press. AIHA's contributions were the emergency response planning guidelines, or ERPGs. The ERPGs are air concentration guidelines for single exposures to agents and are intended for use in assessing accident prevention and emergency response plans. Like the AEGLs, the ERPGs were updated annually. Currently, the AIHA Guideline Foundation oversees the ERPGs. In recent years, due to budget cuts at EPA, responsibility for updating the AEGLs shifted to the National Research Council, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Information about AEGLs still appears on the National Academies and EPA websites, but the AEGLs haven't been updated since 2015. This means that the ERPGs are the only up-to-date airborne levels for risk assessment of a single brief exposure to chemicals.
The ERPGs are the only up-to-date airborne levels for risk assessment of a single brief exposure to chemicals.
KATHLEEN S. MURPHY, CIH, is AIHA president and director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Sherwin Williams in Cleveland, Ohio.
THE THREE LEVELS The Guideline Foundation publishes the ERPGs each year in a spiral-bound handbook that includes background information and explanations for use. Each chemical has three values, designated as ERPG-1, ERPG-2, and ERPG-3. These three levels indicate thresholds below which nearly all individuals could be exposed for up to one hour without experiencing certain health effects. Concentrations that exceed ERPG-3 values for longer than one hour may cause life-threatening health effects. The handbook also provides lower explosive limit (LEL) warnings, where applicable, to alert emergency responders that an explosion hazard may exist in addition to toxicity hazards. The task of updating ERPGs and developing new guidelines falls to the Guideline Foundation's Emergency Response Planning Committee, a group of 23 dedicated volunteers who have backgrounds in inhalation toxicology. The committee recently welcomed four new members who responded to AIHA's call for applications earlier this year. Each committee member typically reviews the literature on a chemical, determines the robustness and relevance of each source, and presents findings at the committee's annual meeting. After lively (and occasionally intense) discussion, the committee votes on whether to propose a new ERPG value or change an existing value. Notices of intended changes are then published in The Synergist and posted to Catalyst. AIHA members and other interested parties may then submit comments on the proposed values for the committee's consideration. Once the committee has addressed all comments, it will vote again on whether to approve the new values. SUPPORT THE GUIDELINE FOUNDATION Submitting comments on proposed values isn't the only way that interested observers can get involved. The committee welcomes suggestions of chemicals that may need ERPG values. If you'd like to nominate an agent for consideration by the ERP Committee, download the form (.docx). Please note that the process of producing an ERPG can take a couple of years. For more information, visit the AIHA website. As the only regularly updated guidelines for emergency responders, the ERPGs fulfill a crucial role. Maintaining these essential resources is vitally important to emergency responders and to the communities who could be affected by accidental chemical releases. Unfortunately, maintaining the ERPGs requires significant time and money, and the Guideline Foundation needs support to defray these expenses. Please consider asking your company to make a donation to support literature searches, document retrievals, and the ERP Committee's annual meetings. For more information on donations, email Laura Cilano Garcia or call (703) 846-0748.


La Cucaracha: Border Militia, meet the Mexican Militia!
La Cucaracha: New barbedwire in the border wall!
Thank God for patriots like the Minutemen, who are mobilizing a militia to stop the hordes of refugee children invading our country. These volunteer vigilantes are fighting the fiendish conspiracy which wants to Latino-ize America! The Daily Show's Michael Che is on the case.


Why are we so keen on index cards?
There is a consensus that index cards are the best tool for grooming user stories. Index cards are physical, they encourage participation and are easy to handle, store and update. Index cards are good but there are situations when their usage can introduce problems. I will here address three of them.
First, if an agile team contains remote members physical index cards are pretty useless to the remote person. Then an electronic system would be better. Some use shared spreadsheets some use a specific program like ScrumWorks or JIRA. The idea is of course to provide the same information to the remote team members that is available to people present in the grooming.
Secondly and a much more common issue is when the groomed items requires lots of detailed information, for example, when grooming a particularly nasty defect in your overly complicated system. You just can't fit the logs on a single index card, right? You really need the full email correspondence!
Thirdly, people might be reluctant to use index cards because it is secretary work. That is, they don't like the idea of writing a lot.
I can understand and support the first issue and its solution but I disagree with the second and third issues.
You don't have to put all relevant data into an index card. You need only the high level story, acceptance criteria and/or story tests and a small space for the estimate. Everything else can remain in whatever electronic tracker you are using.
For the reluctance of writing in hand I would just emphasize the ease of participation with index cards. Anyone can grab one and add a note. Try to do the same with a laptop.
With index cards after the grooming someone will volunteer to insert the contents of the index cards into the tracker and you have had an enjoyable grooming session with people discussing actively and you have witnessed participation. No more neck-breaking peeks at the projection screen nor watching someone type the discussion as it happens.
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Padley Gorge to Burbage Moor at Dawn is the quieter, more serene second of two walks on consecutive mornings that I created earlier this year on the 20th July at 5am while having a few days break in the Derbyshire Dales. Recorded in a single continuous take, with small edits to reduce the running time to fit Framework Afield, this walk is from near Grindleford Station to the top of Padley Gorge and into Burbage Moor. It runs partly beside the boulder strewn stream and also on footpaths through the surrounding woodland. Please use headphones fore the full surround sound experience.
A very good moment, and this singing bird at the end, somptuous.


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public class XOREncryption {

	private static String encryptDecrypt(String input) {
		char[] key = {'K', 'C', 'Q'}; //Can be any chars, and any length array
		StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

		for(int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
			output.append((char) (input.charAt(i) ^ key[i % key.length]));
		}

		return output.toString();
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String encrypted = XOREncryption.encryptDecrypt("kylewbanks.com");
		System.out.println("Encrypted:" + encrypted);

		String decrypted = XOREncryption.encryptDecrypt(encrypted);
		System.out.println("Decrypted:" + decrypted);
	}
}

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Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad (arabiska: مسجد, مدرسة وقبة الناصر محمد, franska: Masǧid, madrasaẗ wa-qubbaẗ al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn, engelska: Masjid, madrasah wa-qubbah al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn, franska: Gama Malek el-Nasr ben Kalâoun, Mosquée Mohammed El Naçer, Mosquée et tombeau du sultan el-Nâsser Mohamed, Collège el-Nâsserieh, Mosquée du sultan an-Nâssir Mohammad ibn Qalaoûn, Madrasa Mouhammad ibn Kalaoun, engelska: Mosque and mausoleum of an-Nāṣir Muḥammad, Complex of al-Nasir Muhammad, Madrasat wa-Qubbat al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun) är ett monument i Egypten.   Det ligger i guvernementet Kairo, i den norra delen av landet, i huvudstaden Kairo. Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad ligger  meter över havet.

Terrängen runt Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad är platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydost om Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad. Runt Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad är det tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Kairo,  km nordväst om Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad. Trakten runt Mausoleum of al-Nasir Muhammad är ofruktbar med lite eller ingen växtlighet.

I trakten råder ett hett ökenklimat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är januari, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är april, med  mm nederbörd.

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In the Mix - Music
By Chris Baldwin
Sleater-Kinney performs a three-night stand at the Fillmore in San Francisco Sept. 23-25.
One of the most anticipated releases of the year, Portland trio Sleater-Kinney's sixth album actually lives up to the ladies' billing (by noted rock critic Greil Marcus) as one of the most important rock bands in the world. Former Chicoan Larry Crane produced the record and did a great job of isolating the live dynamics of the riot-grrl-influenced rockers. That dynamic is colored first and foremost by the overpowering vocals of lead singer/guitarist Corin Tucker—who seems to be drawing from an endless well of rock lung power—and complemented by the electrifyingly concise work of guitarist Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss. Shades of Tom Verlaine and Patti Smith can be heard throughout, and the album has a number of musical guests (including Sam Coomes on theramin) while also marking the first time a man—Stephen Trask, author of Hedwig and the Angry Inch film songs—has ever sung on an SK record, in this case for the explosive ode to female bookworms, "Pristina."
Yet what makes the record great for me are two things: first, the tangible thrill the girls have experimenting with their established sound—going more New Wave in spots while maintaining their fundamental assault on guitar rock. And second, the attempts to lyrically address political issues aside from feminism. The song "Combat Rock" offers the lines, "Oh god I love my dirty Uncle Sam/ our country is marching to the beat now … where is the protest song? Since when is skepticism un-American?"—a welcome relief that somebody has the balls (pun intended) to start making relevant protest songs again.
Overall, one of the best rock records of the year from one of the most driven of American rock bands, a group that continually lives up to the tired tag of "great female rock hope" even as some argue that it coasts on media hype. But the bottom line remains: Is the rock real? And here SK proves again that it is—while managing to grow in an interesting musical direction at the same time.
More Music » In the Mix - Music
Television Personalities
Several European labels re-issue the dark genius of songwriter Dan Treacy.
Black Letter Days
Former Pixie Frank Black releases two albums that emphasize his mature songwriting talents.
One line summary.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (EP)
Lead singer Karen O knows how to molest the mic on the EP reissue from up-an-comers Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Hank Williams
You can't go wrong with the latest 2CD Hank Williams collection—everything he touched was golden.


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Apple iPad & New Media: from Time Magazine
Some really interesting writing from Time Magazine lately about the iPad, it's potential impact and the related area of journalism and new media.
To the iPad itself, the April 12 issue gave us a cover image of Steve Jobs and mention of two stories within the pages (but, more later on this idea of "pages").
First was "The iPad Launch: Can Steve Jobs Do It Again?", a fanboy piece penned by novelist and screenwriter Stephen Fry and second was "Do We Need the iPad? A TIME Review" by Lev Grossman.
Grossman wrote a number of nice things about the iPad, but also noted that it's usage appears to be "lovely for consuming content, but not creating it"... which echoed what I've seen from writers such as Jeff Jarvis in his BuzzMachine post "iPad danger: app v. web, consumer v. creator."
Fry's essay takes a very different approach in that he writes of his visit to Apple headquarters to speak with Jobs and his lieutenants responsible for running various facets of company business. While not having anything that would contradict the idea of the iPad as being for content consumption, Fry presents a compelling vision of it being an elegant and personal device for it's intended purpose... allowing users an immersive user-friendly experience with the things they want to access on a computer (including, but not limited to: music, videos, pictures, games, books and websites).
While the iPad itself is simply a device, the Editor's Letter from this April 12 issue gave a glimpse of at least the potential for it to change markets (in this case the field of Journalism). In "Ushering in a New Era", Richard Stengel writes of Time's efforts to get a version of the magazine available for the iPad.
In the same category of "Journalism: Where it's Been, Where it's Going" was an essay by Alan Brinkley from the April 19 issue of Time. "What Would Henry Luce Make of the Digital Age?" covered the co-founder and former head of Time Inc. and addressed how he might have approached the current business climate and rush to digital facing print media.
What media should do doesn't have an easy answer, but is a fascinating topic. In February of last year I linked to and wrote about the Walter Isaacson Time cover story "How to Save Your Newspaper" and also find interesting (and encouraging) people like the aforementioned Jeff Jarvis and his BuzzMachine blog (and teaching around Interactive/Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York Journalism School).
No way to tell where things with media will wind up, but ranging from the guys writing about and working on it to the new products coming up in the space (even if they're designed more for content consumption than creation), there's a lot of interesting stuff going on around this field of new media and user experience with media new and old.
Labels: Alan Brinkey, Apple, BuzzMachine, City University of New York, Henry Luce, iPad, Jeff Jarvis, Lev Grossman, Stephen Fry, Steve Jobs, Time, Walter Isaacson
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IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY ROMANTICIZED NOTIONS OF HOW MUCH BETTER IT WAS IN THE OLD DAYS
While I was wandering around on the web, I came upon a lengthy story about a woman I had never heard of who died three days ago at the age of 105. Marian Cannon Schlesinger was, by this account, an interesting and accomplished person. She was married for thirty years to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., L'il Arthur as he was known around Harvard Square to distinguish him from his famous professor father, Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. Marian Cannon Schlesinger's sister was married to the great scholar of China John Fairbank. [This was an era when brilliant Radcliffe students, instead being encouraged to continue their studies, were expected to marry smart Harvard students and keep house for them, but that is for another blog post.] If you spent eleven years hanging around Harvard Square, as I did, you will be interested in the gossip in the obituary. You can read the whole thing here.
One brief quote from Marian Schlesinger really caught my eye, since it confirmed the impression I had formed from afar. Writing of the Kennedy White House, she said, "I had a curious feeling that great decisions were made in an almost frivolous way, like the Bay of Pigs fiasco, which from my remote perch seemed to have been run by a bunch of hubris-mad teenagers, mostly Yale boys, who dominated the Central Intelligence Agency and who looked upon the Cuban enterprise and the catastrophe rather like a Harvard-Yale game they would win next time." This line deserves to go into the histories of that time, if it has not already done so.
She comes from an interesting generation of educated women, expected to defer to their husbands (as you point out above) regarding career achievements, with inchoate feminist sentiments and beliefs more formed by reading Middlemarch than by reading Sexual Politics and thus, less doctrinaire, less politicized and more personal and however, much more heart felt than those of their mothers.
Transitional generations tend to be more complex and if I dare say, more interesting than those on either side of a divide in basic values.
I like the following story about how she publicly supported Stevenson over Kennedy in the Democratic primary:
When Mr. Schlesinger endorsed Kennedy in 1960 for the Democratic presidential nomination, she not only stuck with her idol and Kennedy rival, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, but also said so publicly — prompting Kennedy's brother Robert to complain to Mr. Schlesinger, "Can't you control your own wife — or are you like me?"
The story goes on to record that she and Schlesinger divorced in 1970.
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§ 24.2-305. Composition of election districts and precincts.
A. Each election district and precinct shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory and shall have clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries.
B. A "clearly observable boundary" shall include (i) any named road or street, (ii) any road or highway which is a part of the federal, primary, or secondary state highway system, (iii) any river, stream, or drainage feature shown as a polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States Bureau of the Census, or (iv) any other natural or constructed or erected permanent physical feature which is shown on an official map issued by the Virginia Department of Transportation, on a United States Geological Survey topographical map, or as a polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States Bureau of the Census. No property line or subdivision boundary shall be deemed to be a clearly observable boundary unless it is marked by a permanent physical feature that is shown on an official map issued by the Virginia Department of Transportation, on a United States Geological Survey topographical map, or as a polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States Bureau of the Census.
1986, c. 593, § 24.1-40.7; 1990, c. 500; 1992, c. 425; 1993, c. 641; 2001, c. 614.


Coffea (coffee) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are shrubs or small trees, native to subtropical Africa and southern Asia. Seeds of this plant are the source of a stimulating beverage called coffee. The seeds are called "beans" in the trade. Coffee beans are widely cultivated in tropical countries in plantations for both local consumption and export to temperate countries. Coffee ranks as one of the world's major commodity crops and is the major export product of some countries.
This past weekend in Saigon, there was a large coffee festival at Tao Dan Park in District 1. The event was organized by a few central highland provinces to showcase their exquisite coffee. The festival also provided an opportunity for local coffee brands to introduce their products (i.e. instant coffee) to the public.
I'm not much of a cà phê drinker, but Vietnamese people in general love the stuff. The preparation of choice is cà phê sữa đá, which consists of Vietnamese coffee, sweetened condensed milk and ice.
One of the highlights of the event was a giant archway made of ground coffee and coffee beans.


THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- An online educational program aims to help physicians get back to work and reduce the nation's physician shortage, according to an article published by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
The program is open to licensed physicians of any specialty who successfully complete an intensive online curriculum of 15 modules that covers topics ranging from cardiology to dermatology and electronic health records. The program does not teach pediatrics, surgery, anesthesia, or hospitalist work. On average, the time to complete the course is six months, and participants must travel to California to take a final exam.
Between 125 and 130 physicians have enrolled in the course, and about 20 percent have completed the program. The program works collaboratively with the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Family physicians are integral to the program, and at least eight of the 12 physicians writing the curriculum are UCSD family physicians.
"Physicians not already trained in family medicine who choose to enter the program certainly can't learn the full spectrum of prenatal to geriatric medicine in which family physicians are trained during their intensive three-year residency programs -- but they do come away able to deliver an abbreviated version of primary care to ambulatory adults," according to the report.


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Gun found in area where woman, 34, was killed in Warren
The woman was found shot at a condo complex Friday in Warren and died. The gun, which is being examined, was found Monday.
Gun found in area where woman, 34, was killed in Warren The woman was found shot at a condo complex Friday in Warren and died. The gun, which is being examined, was found Monday. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2jDZl91
Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press Published 2:42 p.m. ET Jan. 19, 2017
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Warren police said today that they found a handgun in the area where a 34-year-old Oak Park woman was shot at a condo complex Friday and are awaiting confirmation from Michigan State Police as to whether the gun is the murder weapon.
Julii Larrie Johnson was found on the front lawn of a residence in the 30000 block of Berghway Trail at the Stoneridge at Heritage Village condos near 13 Mile and Mound in Warren, police said.
They received a 911 call about a possible shooting about 7:30 a.m. Friday and received information that a female was shot and was in the front of 30000 Berghway Trail. Officers found her on the lawn, next to her white 2016 Ford Fusion, with multiple gunshot wounds to her torso, police said.
Multiple police agencies raid Detroit motel
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She was taken to St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights, where she was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m., according to a release from police. A witness saw a person fleeing the scene on foot right after the gunshots. Police did not release a description of the person in the release.
Officers and a Troy police K-9 searched the area, but found nothing.
On Monday, police said today, Warren detectives found a handgun in the vicinity of the murder scene.
Anyone with information about the slaying is asked to contact police at 586-574-4700 or Detective Dan Bozek at 586-574-4783.
Contact Christina Hall: chall99@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @challreporter.
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Since 2002, Eric started his career at Pacific Allied Asset Management, LLC ("PAAM") managing operational duties and spearheading initiatives for PAAM portfolio of commercial properties.
Eric has helped streamline PAAM's property management arm. He is currently awaiting his ©IREM, CPM designation and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of California Irvine in 2002.


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"Eating the Invaders: The Prevalence of Round Goby (Apollonia melanostomus) in the Diet of Double-Crested Cormorants on the Niagara River"
Eating the Invaders: The Prevalence of Round Goby (Apollonia melanostomus) in the Diet of Double-Crested Cormorants on the Niagara River
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Eating the Invaders: The Prevalence of Round Goby (Apollonia melanostomus) in the Diet of Double-Crested Cormorants on the Niagara River [2012]
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The Round Goby (Apollonia melanostomus) is a small benthic fish, native to the Eurasian Ponto-Caspian region, that has rapidly spread through the entire Laurentian Great Lakes system since its 1990 discovery in Lake St. Clair. Tolerant of high population densities, the exotic Round Goby competes aggressively with native fish for food and habitat, and has increasingly been exploited by endemic Great Lakes predators. A management program for the Upper Niagara River, initiated in 2004, has provided an opportunity to study the interactions between these invaders and the Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocoiax auritus), a native top predator. The gut contents of 1,119 cormorants nesting at two sites in the Upper Niagara River from 2004 to 2007 were examined, and the species composition of ingested prey (by number and weight) was quantified for the 600 stomachs that contained identifiable prey. Results of these analyses indicate that Round Goby can constitute up to 85% of the biomass in cormorant diet during periods of the breeding season, and that gobies are consumed by cormorants through all dates sampled (May through August). Lengths of Round Gobies recovered in the cormorant diet were skewed towards larger members of the goby population, suggesting non-random selection relative to the range of size possibilities, and displayed significant declines in length between and within seasons.
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Top 10 Highest Paid College Coaches In March Madness (SLIDESHOW)
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Sebastian Obando Contributor
March 13, 2018 2:51 PM ET
Multi-million dollar contracts for college coaches are the norm, though only a few end up earning their big money and delivering a national championship.
Heading into the tournament, the average head coach salary of the four No. 1 seeds (Virginia, Villanova, Kansas and Xavier) is around $3 million per year. However, the average head coach salary of the four No. 2 seeds (Cincinnati, North Carolina, Duke and Purdue) is a little more, at around $3.95 million.
Interestingly, the No. 5 seeds (Kentucky, Ohio State, West Virginia and Clemson) have the highest average head coach salary in the tournament, at around $5.15 million per year.
Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak is the highest paid coach to miss the tournament, earning $3.3 million per year.
In contrast to the millions head coaches at basketball powerhouses make, No. 16 seed Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis earns $250,000.
Click through the slideshow to see the top 10 highest paid college basketball coaches in this year's NCAA tournament.
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On 20 December we will celebrate the Christmas Party of Hogeschool Rotterdam Business School! A wonderful opportunity to celebrate the end of 2018 together!
A festive night with delicious food, live music and good company. All in a lovely, glittery Christmas setting!
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To what degree is Douglas's position about the differences in the African Americans perceptions and white Americans perceptions of the Fourth of july still valid today? Fredrick Douglas is a former slave and was asked to show his idea of the 4th of July. Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. The 4th of July is a national holiday that celebrates the adoption of the declaration of independence and signifies the freedom of america. The reason why Douglas was talking about was to share the view of a former slave and how he felt about it.
The white american view of the 4th of july is to celebrate our independence it has changed its meaning over the number of years ever since it was first made a holiday. The americans back in the 1700's-1800's used to celebrate it the way it should be celebrated to show our independence and prove that we are our own nation. Now americans celebrate the 4th of the july as just a day to drink beer and have fun no one really celebrates for the real reason the day was made a national holiday. The national holiday also is different for how white americans celebrate to how black americans feel about it. "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you,not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of july is yours not mine." This statement is made by Douglass when he is talking in front of 100's of white americans and he is explaining how it is different to how he a freed black man feels about the holiday to how they feel.
The black american view is different from how they viewed it as freed slaves to how they feel now. Black americans now celebrate the 4th of july the same way as every other american out there they open a beer and drink away and have fun. The way the freed slaves used to see it was just a way the white americans were freed from the british but the black americans were still slaves and dying everyday from the whites that owned them. "The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me". Frederick Douglass said this because when his fathers were trapped and dying the whites were becoming free from england.
To what degree is Douglas's position about the differences in the African Americans perceptions and white Americans perceptions of the Fourth of july still valid today? The perceptions of the 4th of july that Frederick Douglass
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Olympic champion, professional boxer of Uzbekistan Fazliddin Gaibnazarov held a bout against Wilbert Lopez of the USA in Las Vegas.
The eight round ended in the second round as Gaibnazarov knocked out Lopez, the press service of the NOC of Uzbekistan reports.
Now, the Uzbek boxer won all of his six bouts in the professional boxing, including 3 knockouts.
Lopez has 35 fights, 23 wins and 15 knockouts. The boxer lost 10 times and was twice knocked out.


My pal Megan is a real inspiration....she is just an all around cool gal, a cherished friend, travel extraordinaire (she lived in Hong Kong for what seemed like an eternity), rockstar baker, and avid letter writer. Each time I get a little note in the mail from her, I think to myself, "Self, you really need to send more letters...especially to Meggo. And get the last of your wedding thank yous in the mail. Why haven't you finished your thank yous, bonehead? What's that you say? Etiquette technically says you have a year to send them out? So why do you feel so guilty and lame then? Huh?? Answer that, Self." While I could keep rambling on about my inner monologues, but I would rather rave about Paperwink instead.
Note to self: Must buy this stamp after first home purchase.
I discovered the stationary brand while doing the wedding invitation search and they quickly made it to the top of my "things I covet" list. They make my keyboard and carpal tunnel-ridden hands crave the written word. There is something just super cool about their line of notecards, labels, rubber stamps, calling cards, notebooks, and accessories...a little bit of vintage flair mixed with clean design and loads of personality. I wish I could still walk to Urbanic on my lunch break and pick some of these up....Paperwink, it's time to invade Boston with your pretty papers and more!
A gorgeous calling card....that also happens to make me hungry for avocados.
I love it. I wish I got more letters rather than emails. When I was in college my boyfriend used to write me all the time. It was so fun!
I love love love getting written letters in mail! its my new favorite thing to send letters to people, its alot more fun to check the mailbox when you get an unexpected letter instead of just getting bills bills and more bills!
I love paper stationary and letterpress, thank you for sharing.


True Success Stories Archives - Ignite Christian Church Who among us doesn't want success in our lives? Thing is, most of us don't even know what success looks like. Is it the big car, the big house or the fat bank account? Is it the perfect family, 2.4 children, or the perfect career or is it fame, fortune or fun? The dictionary defines success as "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose." Or "the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status." That's worldly success, it's the power with which to acquire whatever one wants in life, preferably without violating the rights of others. A Christian definition of success, true success, needs to go beyond just getting what you want without hurting others. Success is more than just power for you; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others. God has plans for you, and as we saw last week, abiding in Christ and reading His Word daily will cause you to be successful in every area of your life. Joshua 1:8 (ESV Strong's) This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Here are three reasons why people fail to achieve true success in their life.
Some people are secure; they don't need to prove anything. They're happy, content, and they like what's happening to them, happy with their lot in life. But if God has great plans for you, then stopping short is short changing yourself, and others around you. If you're content with everything in your life, then you will never be all you can be, because whatever we achieve, there is always more in Christ! Romans 12:11 (ESV Strong's) Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Many people want true success, but they don't even know what success looks like! Do you know what Christ has for you in your life? Research shows that approximately 95 percent of us have never written out our goals in life, but of the 5 percent who have, 95 percent have achieved those goals. In 1953 at Yale University, 3 percent of the graduating class had specific, written goals for their lives. In 1975, researchers found that the 3 percent who wrote down their goals had accomplished more than the other 97 percent put together. Proverbs 16:9 (ESV Strong's) The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. So, by all means select your goal, but if you want true success in life, select a goal that is not really yours, it's God's goal for your life. Like Paul and his goal… Philippians 3:14 (ESV Strong's) I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. So what does a godly goal look like? Firstly, your goal must include others. No goal is worthwhile if it is just for you. Set a goal big enough to include and help other people. Next, it must be worthwhile. A frivolous goal is a worthless one, even if you achieve it. Your goal must be measurable. You need a way to see if you are making any progress towards true success. Finally, your goal must be expandable. Don't set your goals in concrete. If your goal is not expandable, it's expendable. As we grow, we see the picture more clearly, and we continually need to "up" our goals, to progress them into something even greater. It's a sad day when we think we have achieved all our goals and have nothing else to do.
Most of us have far more potential than we think, and than we will ever realise! If you are in Christ, when God looks at you, he doesn't see your failure, He doesn't see your past sins, He sees potential. A person can sit and count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in a seed! Ephesians 3:20 (ESV Strong's) Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, Remember, you are joined into the unlimited power supply of the vine of Christ. And God sees amazing potential in you, but what are the steps towards unlocking this potential and true success?
Take the time to look around and see if there is someone who seems to be fulfilling their potential more than you. As Aussies we are particularly skilled and the tall poppy syndrome, chopping other more successful people down to size. This is a stupid trait we need to eliminate from our culture, because we should not only build up others, but get beside them and learn how they became successful, and use that information to strive for our own brand of success in Christ. I modelled much of how I face life's situations on my dad, who always seemed wise, graceful, generous and strong in all his dealing with people. I look up to him and others and try to learn from them. They might stretch me a bit, but it means I'm growing into the person God wants! Hebrews 13:7 (ESV Strong's) Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. So who do you look up to, especially in the Christian walk?
To reach your potential, you must be prepared to give up at any moment all that you are and all that you have in order to receive what God has for you. Many people don't understand this. They want to hang on to what they are and at the same time be all they can be. You have to let go. Moving into God's destiny and true success always costs. Abraham gave up his home to follow God, Moses gave up riches, David gave up security, Paul gave up tradition. Andre Rieu gives up 4-5 hours a day to practice the violin, even when touring. He's fired up, and prepared to give up time to invest in his craft, and so should you! Even Jesus gave up His glory with the Father to fulfil His destiny and give His life for all of us. Philippians 2:6-7 (ESV Strong's) who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. Are you ready for true success, to empty yourself of your own desires? What do you have to give up to move towards spiritual success in your life? Is it time, to invest in a quiet time? Is it people who are holding you back? Is it a stubborn attitude that is stopping progress?
If you want to see true success in 2019, get fired up! Get excited, get enthused! Romans 8:18 (ESV Strong's) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Wherever you are at right now is nothing compared to what God wants to achieve in and through your life. What's the next thing you want to do for Him? What's the next Bible book you want to study? What's the next role you want to fulfil in church? Who is the next person you want to share Christ with? There is more, always more, for you as a person and for us as a church, if we're fired up… ignited!
Many people run when they face challenges in their lives, but successful people show up and face those challenges down. They show up for that course, they attend that connect group, they strive to never miss an opportunity, even if it seems hard. Isaiah 41:13 (ESV Strong's) For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I am the one who helps you." Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. Show up and face whatever life throws at you to reach your God given potential and destiny.
To become successful and reach your God given potential, it takes courage and it takes faith to step up, step out on a limb and step into your destiny. Many people come to church and get fired up, but when the moment comes they are too scared to step up and take a chance and attain true success. A young man working for an advertising firm in Kansas City grew tired of drawing two bit cartoons, eating beans and living in his office. He drew a character called Oswald, the lucky rabbit, and it was stolen from him. Desperate to succeed, he gave up his job, moved to Los Angeles with a dream of starting his own movie studio. But it all went wrong, and he was advised to give up the dream and just go broke. That was until he watched the mice feeding on garbage in the corner of his dingy, dirty office, he took a risk, drew a cartoon mouse called Mickey, and at that point Walt Disney pursued his dream and saw it all come true, saying, I dare to take risks, and pursue my vision until it comes true. Matthew 14:29 (ESV Strong's) He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. Are you willing to step out of today's boat and into what God has for you? MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE THE RIGHT AIMS IN LIFE; THEY JUST NEVER GET AROUND TO PULLING THE TRIGGER. What risk is God calling you to take this year? I don't want to die until I have attempted something so outrageous that without God it is destined to fail!
If we look up to a person who is reaching his or her potential, if we give up anything that hinders us from being our best, if we fire up our desires until we are no longer satisfied, if we show up to our challenges and not become fearful, and if we step up and take a chance, then we will go up. We'll go up to the top of our potential—but only after we look up, give up, fire up, show up and step up. So that's U= Unlock your potential.
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV Strong's) For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. If He has a plan for your life, to prosper and not to harm you, then get on board and get committed to the plan! So how do you find and get committed to God's plan in your life? Firstly, if you don't get to know God, you can't trust Him when things get tough. If a street person asks me for $100, I won't give it to them, because I don't know them. If my wife asks me, I will give it to her because I know her and I trust her. To trust someone, you need to get to know them, and to get to know God, you need to read His Word and come to church. Once again, a plug for the Bible Reading Plan … use it every day, and over the next few months you will be amazed at how you grow in Christ, and how much you get to know Him, and therefore trust Him! Next, what are your gifts and desires, because God's plan will often align with these. What do others in church see in you, what gets you excited. What are you ministering in right now. Chances are that God's plan extends from how you are currently serving, or how you would like to serve.
If God has a plan for your life, for true success, is it wrong to make your own plans? Well sometimes God wants you to stop and wait, but the Biblical word for wait is qawa, which is an active, not a passive word. It means keep on going expectantly. It means keep doing what you're doing and trust God. So make your plans, but as you chart your course, be flexible enough to let God guide you. Paul made plans to go straight to Rome, but a vision appeared which caused him to modify his plans and head to Macedonia. It is far easier to steer a moving ship then a stationary one, so make your plans but get ready to change… Proverbs 19:21 (ESV) Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
If you find a path that has no problems, you will find it leads nowhere, let alone to true success. You will face problems, and you should rejoice in these because it means you are on the right path. James 1:2-4 (ESV Strong's) Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. When you face adversity, you can either change the problem or the person. The best way is to change yourself, the person, and as you become more Christlike you will find yourself overcoming problems along the way.
If you want true success in your life, surrender first to Jesus. Most people turn to the Lord when things get tough, they look to Jesus only as a last resort, but to be truly successful, turn to Him first… John Maxwell says, "Surrender to God the first part of every day, the first day of every week, the first portion of your income, the first consideration in every decision, and the first place in all of your life. When we surrender to him, then we have a power that really caps off the formula for success. Surrender is what brings power. We fight for power and we lose it; we surrender and we find it." Matthew 6:33 (ESV Strong's) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. God is speaking to people in this room right now about surrendering, and giving up something that seems precious and placing yourself, no holes barred, totally committed into His hands. If you've been holding onto what you know and are comfortable with, today is the day to surrender it all and to move towards true success in your life!
True success is awaiting us in 2019!
Who among us doesn't want success in our lives? Thing is, most of us don't even know what success looks like. Is it the big car, the big house or the fat bank account? Is it the perfect family, 2.4 children, or the perfect career or is it fame, fortune or fun?
The dictionary defines success as "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose." Or "the attainment of fame, wealth, or social status." That's worldly success, it's the power with which to acquire whatever one wants in life, preferably without violating the rights of others.
A Christian definition of success, true success, needs to go beyond just getting what you want without hurting others. Success is more than just power for you; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.
God has plans for you, and as we saw last week, abiding in Christ and reading His Word daily will cause you to be successful in every area of your life.
Some people are secure; they don't need to prove anything. They're happy, content, and they like what's happening to them, happy with their lot in life. But if God has great plans for you, then stopping short is short changing yourself, and others around you. If you're content with everything in your life, then you will never be all you can be, because whatever we achieve, there is always more in Christ!
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed. A person who gets straight As on a report card sets a pattern of achievement and must keep achieving. Sometimes we just don't want to be responsible, so we shrink from success. Some think that success will isolate them and see them lonely, different or shunned by others. Risk is another reason; people don't want to stick their necks out.
There are many more reasons, but the main point is that some people are afraid of true success.
Some think that to have true success, you have to be full of pride, that you can't be humble and you can't be spiritual. Look at Abraham, Joshua, Nehemiah, David, Solomon, Paul and many others, and you will see that's simply not true. People who are successful and humble are a joy and inspiration to others around them!
Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.
Many people want true success, but they don't even know what success looks like! Do you know what Christ has for you in your life?
Research shows that approximately 95 percent of us have never written out our goals in life, but of the 5 percent who have, 95 percent have achieved those goals. In 1953 at Yale University, 3 percent of the graduating class had specific, written goals for their lives. In 1975, researchers found that the 3 percent who wrote down their goals had accomplished more than the other 97 percent put together.
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
So what does a godly goal look like?
Firstly, your goal must include others. No goal is worthwhile if it is just for you. Set a goal big enough to include and help other people. Next, it must be worthwhile. A frivolous goal is a worthless one, even if you achieve it. Your goal must be measurable. You need a way to see if you are making any progress towards true success.
Finally, your goal must be expandable. Don't set your goals in concrete. If your goal is not expandable, it's expendable. As we grow, we see the picture more clearly, and we continually need to "up" our goals, to progress them into something even greater. It's a sad day when we think we have achieved all our goals and have nothing else to do.
Most of us have far more potential than we think, and than we will ever realise! If you are in Christ, when God looks at you, he doesn't see your failure, He doesn't see your past sins, He sees potential. A person can sit and count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in a seed!
Remember, you are joined into the unlimited power supply of the vine of Christ. And God sees amazing potential in you, but what are the steps towards unlocking this potential and true success?
Take the time to look around and see if there is someone who seems to be fulfilling their potential more than you.
As Aussies we are particularly skilled and the tall poppy syndrome, chopping other more successful people down to size. This is a stupid trait we need to eliminate from our culture, because we should not only build up others, but get beside them and learn how they became successful, and use that information to strive for our own brand of success in Christ.
I modelled much of how I face life's situations on my dad, who always seemed wise, graceful, generous and strong in all his dealing with people. I look up to him and others and try to learn from them. They might stretch me a bit, but it means I'm growing into the person God wants!
So who do you look up to, especially in the Christian walk?
To reach your potential, you must be prepared to give up at any moment all that you are and all that you have in order to receive what God has for you. Many people don't understand this. They want to hang on to what they are and at the same time be all they can be. You have to let go.
Moving into God's destiny and true success always costs. Abraham gave up his home to follow God, Moses gave up riches, David gave up security, Paul gave up tradition. Andre Rieu gives up 4-5 hours a day to practice the violin, even when touring. He's fired up, and prepared to give up time to invest in his craft, and so should you!
Even Jesus gave up His glory with the Father to fulfil His destiny and give His life for all of us.
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
Are you ready for true success, to empty yourself of your own desires? What do you have to give up to move towards spiritual success in your life? Is it time, to invest in a quiet time? Is it people who are holding you back? Is it a stubborn attitude that is stopping progress?
If you want to see true success in 2019, get fired up! Get excited, get enthused!
Wherever you are at right now is nothing compared to what God wants to achieve in and through your life. What's the next thing you want to do for Him? What's the next Bible book you want to study? What's the next role you want to fulfil in church? Who is the next person you want to share Christ with? There is more, always more, for you as a person and for us as a church, if we're fired up… ignited!
Many people run when they face challenges in their lives, but successful people show up and face those challenges down. They show up for that course, they attend that connect group, they strive to never miss an opportunity, even if it seems hard.
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. Show up and face whatever life throws at you to reach your God given potential and destiny.
To become successful and reach your God given potential, it takes courage and it takes faith to step up, step out on a limb and step into your destiny.
Many people come to church and get fired up, but when the moment comes they are too scared to step up and take a chance and attain true success.
I dare to take risks, and pursue my vision until it comes true.
He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.
Are you willing to step out of today's boat and into what God has for you? MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE THE RIGHT AIMS IN LIFE; THEY JUST NEVER GET AROUND TO PULLING THE TRIGGER.
What risk is God calling you to take this year? I don't want to die until I have attempted something so outrageous that without God it is destined to fail!
If we look up to a person who is reaching his or her potential, if we give up anything that hinders us from being our best, if we fire up our desires until we are no longer satisfied, if we show up to our challenges and not become fearful, and if we step up and take a chance, then we will go up. We'll go up to the top of our potential—but only after we look up, give up, fire up, show up and step up.
So that's U= Unlock your potential.
If He has a plan for your life, to prosper and not to harm you, then get on board and get committed to the plan! So how do you find and get committed to God's plan in your life?
Firstly, if you don't get to know God, you can't trust Him when things get tough. If a street person asks me for $100, I won't give it to them, because I don't know them. If my wife asks me, I will give it to her because I know her and I trust her. To trust someone, you need to get to know them, and to get to know God, you need to read His Word and come to church.
Once again, a plug for the Bible Reading Plan … use it every day, and over the next few months you will be amazed at how you grow in Christ, and how much you get to know Him, and therefore trust Him!
Next, what are your gifts and desires, because God's plan will often align with these. What do others in church see in you, what gets you excited. What are you ministering in right now. Chances are that God's plan extends from how you are currently serving, or how you would like to serve.
If God has a plan for your life, for true success, is it wrong to make your own plans? Well sometimes God wants you to stop and wait, but the Biblical word for wait is qawa, which is an active, not a passive word. It means keep on going expectantly. It means keep doing what you're doing and trust God.
If you find a path that has no problems, you will find it leads nowhere, let alone to true success. You will face problems, and you should rejoice in these because it means you are on the right path.
When you face adversity, you can either change the problem or the person. The best way is to change yourself, the person, and as you become more Christlike you will find yourself overcoming problems along the way.
God is speaking to people in this room right now about surrendering, and giving up something that seems precious and placing yourself, no holes barred, totally committed into His hands. If you've been holding onto what you know and are comfortable with, today is the day to surrender it all and to move towards true success in your life!


The triple camera setup on the LG V40 ThinQ will be the first to feature a telephoto lens running alongside a super-wide lens and a standard lens.
LG is also set to launch its latest flagship the V40 ThinQ on October 4. Based on rumors and leaks we already know quite a lot about the smartphone and features it is said to carry. One of its main highlights is expected to be the camera, as rumors have suggested the V40 ThinQ to come with five cameras, three at the back and two at the front. Now, more leaks have emerged around the LG V40 ThinQ camera and how it will function.
According to a tweet from popular tipster, Evan Blass the triple rear camera setup on the LG V40 ThinQ will be featuring a combination of a standard lens, super wide-angle lens, and a telephoto lens as well. It will be the first smartphone to features such a setup. The front camera on the other hand, is said to come with a standard and a wide-angle lens.
According to previous leaks, the triple camera setup at the back is said to carry a combination of a 12-megapixel sensor working alongside a 16-megapixel sensor and a 12-megapixel sensor. The latter two are expected to feature the super wide-angle and telephoto lens respectively. The dual camera setup at the front is expected to carry an 8-megapixel sensor and a 5-megapixel sensor.
Besides the camera, the LG V40 ThinQ is also suggested to features a large 6.4-inch QHD+ pOLED FullVision display with a notch at the top an and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The handset will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC running the Adreno 630 GPU alongside 6GB of RAM. The phone is expected to come in two storage configurations of 64GB and 128GB.
The device is also touted to be backed by a 3,300mAh battery and will likely be running Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-box. Some additional features like a Quad DAC and stereo speakers are also expected.