We're looking at a Wesleyan understanding of Grace this month. Two weeks ago, you examined God's prevenient grace. Before we knew we needed it, God showed us his grace. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8) Last week, you heard the first part of chapter six in Paul's letter to the church at Rome. It was all about the grace God offers through Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross. We call this justifying grace – becoming dead to sin, and alive in Christ, puts us right with God. We are justified through our faith in Christ Jesus.
Today we look at another aspect of God's grace: sanctification. Sanctifying grace sets us apart as holy to the Lord. It is through the ongoing process of sanctification that we become more and more like Christ.
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
"Therefore," Paul writes, and immediately we realize we need to jump back to last week's passage to understand what Paul is about to say. Here's how that passage ended, in verse eleven: "You must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Consider yourselves dead to sin, and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Now verse 12 makes sense! Therefore, don't let sin overpower you, because obedience to sin leads to death.
Sin isn't a very popular topic in today's churches. We don't like to hear about the ways we fall short of God's plan for us. We don't want anyone reminding us that our self-centered pursuit of what pleases us is not always pleasing to God. And it's really easy, when we start talking about sin, to point out the sins of others, as if they might be more terrible than our own mediocre sins.
But all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We are all guilty, in one way or another. We all need grace. And even after we have accepted Christ's justifying grace, even after we have begun to walk in newness of life, we keep on needing grace.
Paul tells us that we need to keep on choosing grace as we seek to become more and more like Christ. Whatever we obey, that is what rules us. If we obey sin, it leads to death, but if we obey God, it leads to life. And this is not just-barely-getting-by life. Obedience to God brings us abundant freedom for all eternity, beginning now.
But doesn't this freedom simply mean that we can go ahead and sin, knowing that God will forgive us? In fact, shouldn't we sin more, so we can experience even greater levels of God's grace? No, Paul says. You're missing the point. The point isn't personal freedom to do whatever we want.
Theologian Rudolph Bultmann writes, "Genuine freedom … withstands the clamor and pressure of momentary motivations." Harold Masback adds, "Mere 'freedom from' this law or that obligation never leads to flourishing life unless it is linked with 'freedom for' a higher, heartfelt commitment." (Feasting On the Word, Year A, Volume 3, 187.) The point of grace isn't freedom. The point is sanctification.
Now there's a word you don't hear at the coffee shop during the week! That's definitely a Sunday word, a great example of churchy language that we are supposed to avoid if we want to attract new people, people who might be put off by words that only the Christian insiders understand. But do we understand what sanctification means?
The biblical definition of sanctification is to be set apart for God's glory. John Wesley used sanctification and perfection interchangeably. We don't like that word, perfection, either. But Wesley wasn't trying to set up an impossible standard for living.
For Wesley, "going on toward perfection" was a life-long process of Christian discipleship. Being perfected in grace means that we become more and more like Jesus, saying and doing the things that Jesus said and did, living our lives as he would live them if he were us. It's a process of transformation.
One of the most frequent criticisms young adults offer the church is that we are hypocrites. We talk the talk, but we don't walk the walk. We say we love Jesus, but we live our lives as if he didn't exist (Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist).
Paul reminds us, "What advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death" (v 21). Walk the walk, Paul tells us. Live for Christ, now that you are dead to sin. Sanctification isn't something that happens automatically; it's a choice we make day by day, sometimes moment by moment.
Sanctification is what happens to us, by God's grace, when we decide to center our lives on being disciples of Jesus Christ. It is that life of discipleship that sets us apart, and gives glory to God. And here's the really wonderful thing: when we allow ourselves to be transformed in this way, we begin to transform the world around us.
"The point of discipleship is to influence the culture around us. We limit discipleship by segregating the secular from the sacred. We never take our faith public!
You have been strategically positioned to impact the people around you by the way you live out your faith, the way you 'walk the walk.' Think about that. How are you strategically placed to bring glory to God throughout the week?
It isn't by our effort; we can't strive for it. It is by God's grace alone that we can be transformed. To what end? What's the advantage of sanctifying grace? "But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life." The wages of sin is death – that's what we earn, what is due to us right now. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord – we can't earn it. God gives us this gift through his Son, Jesus Christ.
This entry was posted in Discipleship, Sermons, Uncategorized and tagged going toward perfection, grace, sanctification, wages of sin on June 30, 2017 by pastorsings.


If the weather is this awesome in the island it must be blissful on the continent, we thought. Time for a European holiday?. We deliberated a lot and decided on France.
Yes, the same country we lost our passports and almost got stranded an year ago! But how many guys do you know who have lost passports twice?
We decided to have faith in the laws of probability, confirmed the dates and quickly applied for Visa and started planning.
to the south of France. Had heard so many stories from othe bikers and read many travel specials on motorcycle sites etc.
Only problem now was that wife was dead sure this was going to be a 'take a flight,enjoy the food and scenary and come back, on a flight as well' trip, like normal people.
last continental foray ended in disaster and we are going to have no more.
Well, made sense as well. South of France was a good 1200 kms from any ferry port in the north plus the ferry crossing from UK!
Paris to most holiday destinations within France with daily services during the summer.
So a plan was hatched!
It took great effort and all of my persuasive powers had to be summoned for her to finally relent and off we rode to London for the Visa!
The visa duly arrived in 3 day's time.I replaced the barely 3000 miles old oil and got new Michelin Pilot 4 pair for the bike as well and we were all set.
This trip was 9 days long including 2 mostly travel days, but I'll try to keep it short and crisp.
We took the overnight ferry from the port of Newhaven and called ashore the next morning at Dieppe in France.
After clearing immigration, we made our way to Paris, but bad weather slowed us down. We spent as much as 4 hours at a restaurant on the way, hoping for the rain to subside.
When it did it was almost 1pm, so we could reach Paris only by 2pm and checked into the prebooked hotel.
bike the day after. I was disappointed, but had no other choice anyway. So got back to the hotel, had some food and slept off. We were both very tired.
given what had happened the last time.
rails. France has a speed limit of 130kmph on Motorways, but on sections where the TGV line runs parallel to motorways, the train was passing traffic like it was stagnant!
It was only fitting that we reached almost 1 hour late on the world's fastest train We both had a little chuckle on the irony when we got down.
In its defence, the TGV was really quick from Paris to Avignon. Like really quick. It took just more than 2.5 hours to cover this distance.
the lines are not dedicated TGV so have slower rating plus there were delays etc.
ANyways, we checked into the hotel and then set out in the evening for sightseeing.
for day excursions into the mountains and other pretty French towns and cities like Cannes, Antibes, Monaco(technically a separate principality) etc.
This is the Promenade Des Anglais. This place reminded me of the Marine drive in Mumbai. Shaped as a necklace it looks beuatiful at night.
This was also the scene of the Bastille day attacks an year ago where so many people were killed! Life moves on though.
View from the window in Nice!
Bollywood to theek hai par lollywood?
We have resolved to collect a fridged magnet from every place we visit. We have quite a few now, but many more to go.
We'd need to buy a huge fridge in future!
I don't like two things in Europe. One is, you can't take a break just about anywhere on the road. Rules of the road are strictly observed and stopping for a photo/sutta break on a whim is not possible.
The other thing is that there has to be a damn naked statue in almost all town squares and otherwise beautiful locales.
Thankfully the autotrain had arrived in the morning.Rode the bike back to the hotel and we then set out for Cannes which is barely 40 minutes from Nice.
Wife wanted to see the Palais Des Festivals which comes alive during the famous annual Cannes Film Festival. The beaches are not bad either!
Cannes, along with Monaco is what European elites call home and it shows everywhere. Harbors teeming with swanky yachts, casinos in every nook and cranny and most people on the streets looking like they are coming back from a photo shoot!
Btw the Mediterranean weather was awesome. Bright sunshine with temperatures well in late twenties and early thirties but no humidity.
Aishwarya Rai gets good space inside the Palais Des Festivals.
This was a beautiful and not so crowded beach in Antibes another small seaside resort town between Cannes and Nice!
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Well done. Must say the places are so clean, structured and pleasing on the eyes.
Awesome yaar.... Just the pics sends one's mind into a frenzy. Need to visit such places before i die.
Everybody has their own version of TRUTH!!!!!!
Another virtual Europe tour from home for us!
Thanks for the quick approval Monk!
crisp white uniforms the police were wearing even.
Yes, should be on any list, especially if you come to Europe.
Pics and the ride look great, Doga !
Awesome pictures man. Keep them coming.
An IT Engineer by profession and a rider by soul.
Biking, biking, biking....the three great pleasures of life.
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Q: property about transient and recurrent states of a Markov chain From here, we know that given a Markoc chain ans a state $i$, $i$ is transient if
$$ P(X_n = i, \text{ for some } n \geq 1 |X_0 =i) <1$$
Consider the following statements:

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*States in a class of a finite Markov chain is either all transient or all recurrent.

*There is no finite Markov chain in which all states are transients.

*All states of a finite irreducible Markov chain are recurrent.
So here is my attempt to prove the claims:

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*Suppose that state $i$ is transient and state $i$ and state $j$ belong to the same class in a Markov chain, then there exist $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $P^n(j,i)>0$ and there is a state $m$ where $m$ is accessible from $i$ but $i$ is not accessible from $m$. But then $m$ is accessible from $j$ via $i$ but $j$ is not accessible via $m$ or else $i$ would have been accessible from $m$.

*Suppose there is a Markov chain where all of its states are transient, then given a initial distribution of being at any given states, the probability that we are at any given states after several time step tends to $0$. But this cannot be possible as the probability at any given state must sum up to one.(So here I think the claim is not rigorous, so any comment would be appreciated.)

*A Markov chain is irreducible if it has only one class. Hence all states are reachable from all states. Therefore, the probability that a state comes back to itself is not null.

A: I left some comments regarding my impressions of your proofs, so here's how I would do the proofs myself.

States in a class of a Markov Chain are either all recurrent or transient.

Suppose state $i$ and $j$ communicate, and state $i$ is recurrent. Let $p=P_n(i,j)>0$. Thus, the expected number of visits to $j$ is at least $p$ times the expected number of visits to $i$, which is infinite. Hence, the expected number of visits to $j$ is infinite, hence it is recurrent. If $i$ is transient, $j$ can't be recurrent, since by the previous argument, that would imply $i$ is recurrent.

There is no finite Markov chain in which all states are transient.

By the pigeonhole principle, there is at least one state that will be reached infinitely many times. In other words, if $M$ is a Markov chain with states $[k]=\{1,\ldots, k\}$, if $A_i$ for $i\in[k]$ represents the event that state $i$ is reached infinitely many times, then by inclusion exclusion $$1=P(A_1\cup\ldots\cup A_k)=P(A_1)+P(A_2)+\ldots+P(A_k)-P(A_1\cap A_2)-\ldots+P(A_1\cap A_2\cap A_3)+\ldots\pm\ldots\pm P(A_1\cap A_2\cap\ldots\cap A_k)$$But all of the terms on the right side of the equation are $0$ if each state is transient. This is a contradiction.

All states of a finite irreducible Markov chain are recurrent.

As irreducible Markov chains have one class, statement $1$ implies all states are either transient or recurrent. But statement $2$ implies that all states are not transient. Hence, they are all recurrent.

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Europol has just published a Spanish language version of the guidelines to help industry and law enforcement counter the threat presented by ATM logical and malware attacks. The English version of the document was officially launched in June 2015 at the EAST Financial Crime & Security (FCS) Forum – EAST FCS 2015 – and the German version was published in January 2016..
The production of this document was coordinated by the EAST Expert Group on ATM Fraud (EGAF), and it is a first of its kind.
The document is a great example of a coordinated central response from both Law Enforcement and the industry to fighting ATM malware threats in an effort to respond much more quickly than was the case with the card skimming threat when it first materialised.


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Q: In JDBC, what should I do if a Connection fails to rollback? The Java documentation of the interface java.sql.Connection says this about the close() method: "It is strongly recommended that an application explicitly commits or rolls back an active transaction prior to calling the close method. If the close method is called and there is an active transaction, the results are implementation-defined."
This creates a subtle but serious problem: If I call the rollback() method of a Connection but this method fails (for example, a timeout occurs), then can I call the close() method of this Connection? Is it possible that there is still an active transaction when I call the close() method, and so the results are implementation-defined, and so the transaction may be committed?
I can choose to not call the close() method if the rollback() fails, but this may make the JDBC resources not released. Furthermore, maybe eventually the close() method will be called (maybe when the Connection object is garbage-collected). If this is the case, then this approach will not help.
So, what should I do when the rollback() method of a Connection fails? If the rollback() method fails, can I still call the close() method of this Connection?

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If I call the rollback() method of a Connection but this method fails (for example, a timeout occurs), then can I call the close() method of this Connection?

According to the JDBC specification, SQLTransactionRollbackException is a Transient SQLException.

A Transient SQLException will be thrown in situations where a previously failed operation might be able to succeed when the operation is retried without any intervention by application-level functionality. After a Transient SQLException other than SQLTransientConnectionException occurs, the application can assume that the connection is still valid.

So, if the rollback() failed with an SQLTransactionRollbackException, you should be able to close() the connection, or retry the rollback().  (If you called close(), after calling rollback() it would be perverse for the driver to commit the transaction.)
However, if the rollback() failed with a SQLTransientConnectionException the connection will be invalid.  Calling close() could fail ... or it might commit the transaction1.  The cautious approach is to just abandon the Connection, and trust that the database will rollback the transaction automatically.  Alternatively, if you can figure out (from your driver's documentation, etc) that a close() won't commit a transaction, then call close().
In the latter case, I think we should assume that when the JDBC driver detected that the connection has been lost it would release the Socket and other resources, as far as possible.  A Socket whose network connection has been broken cannot be "reopened" so there is no point hanging on to it.
If we didn't call close() and just forgot about the Connection (after a rollback failure), the resource leak probably doesn't matter since:

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*database connection failures should be a rare occurrence,

*the Java GC should eventually finalize the Connection and release the associated Socket etcetera.

1 - In theory.  The JDBC Javadocs say that it is unspecified what happens if you close() a connection with an active transaction.  But it would be worth checking the documentation for the specific drivers that you are using.


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Mark Wahlberg eating 7000 calories a day to put…
Mark Wahlberg eating 7000 calories a day to put on weight for new role
PUBLISHED: May 6, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: October 6, 2021 at 10:42 a.m.
Mark Wahlberg is eating 7000 calories a day to put on weight for his new role.
The 49-year-old actor needs to gain weight for his role in new movie 'Stu' and according to his personal chef, Lawrence Duran, Mark is making a big commitment to his weight gain.
Sharing his meal plan, Lawrence said: "So morning usually starts about 3 a.m. and his first breakfast is four eggs – that's the pre-breakfast. Then, he does his workout and then after the workout, which is usually around 5 to 6 o'clock in the morning, we do eight eggs, six strips of bacon, a cup of rice, two tablespoons of olive oil and a protein shake. It's his protein-inspired mass weight-gainer to help build on a little more muscle as well. Then, three hours later, we do some kind of ground beef or ground turkey, whether it's been made into a hamburger patty or a meatloaf, with another cup of rice.
"And then, three hours later, I usually do half of a roasted chicken, another cup of rice, I'll do about a cup of cooked spinach and a cup of cooked beets as well. Three hours after that, we'll go into either a veal chop or a pork chop – I'll do about eight ounces of that and then a small, four-ounce piece of salmon with another cup of rice, olive oil and beets as well. And then we'll do another meal, which is usually eight ounces of some type of steak, eight ounces of some kind of white fish."
And Mark also has one more meal before bed to help him pile on the weight.
He told E! News: "It's one cup of cooked oatmeal, two tablespoons of apple sauce, two tablespoons of jelly or jam, two tablespoons of almond butter and a tablespoon of molasses. He has to take that down right before he goes to bed. It's just another mass gainer to put on weight during his sleep."
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You could say that a Byzantine Studies Research Center at Boğaziçi University has been a long time in the making. Alexander Van Millingen (1814–195), one of the first professors at Robert College, was a renowned scholar of Byzantine Constantinople and well known for his 1899 book Byzantine Constantinople: The Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites. In his will, Van Millingen instructed that his entire collection of books be given to Boğaziçi's library – these volumes were the cornerstone of what would become one of the best university libraries in Turkey.
Prof Dr Gülay Barbarosoğlu, the rector of Boğaziçi University, told us this story at the official opening ceremony of the centre – the first of its kind to be attached to a public university in Turkey – on November 24. Sitting as we were in Van Millingen Hall, in what was formerly the reading room of the library and now the rector's conference hall, the ties between Boğaziçi and Byzantine studies were as clear as the Bosphorus.
Next came the director of the centre, and a leading scholar of Byzantium, Prof Dr Nevra Necipoğlu, sister of the Ottoman architectural historan Gülru, who wrote what ten years on remains the book on Sinan. She took to the podium to introduce the centre in more detail and welcome two illustrious speakers who would be presenting their research. Practically beaming, she emphasised how 'incredibly exciting' this moment was for her, as something that she and many others had worked on for quite some time. She explained how the study of this period, with its vibrant political, cultural and religious life, had become an integral part of the Boğaziçi curriculum. The university also contributed to the advancement of Byzantine studies within Istanbul through the organisation of major conferences, such as the one on the monuments, topography and everyday life of Byzantine Constantinople held in April 1999. In her eyes, this was an important juncture demonstrating Boğaziçi's serious engagement with the field.
According to Necipoğlu, the centre's aims are manifold – to contribute to the development of Byzantine studies, preserve Turkey's Byzantine heritage, provide direct access to material remains of the Byzantine civilisation, and foster joint studies with other universities (incidentally, Koç University had opened a centre for Late Antique and Byzantine studies only two weeks earlier). There will also be a focus on the medieval Balkans and the early Ottoman Empire, more specifically the transition from the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire. In this undertaking, the centre will be bolstered by Boğaziçi's other faculties, in particular its well-regarded department of history.
Support for the centre was evident not just from the crowds that packed the conference hall to its rafters, but also from the many prominent academics who championed this venture. Necipoğlu paid tribute to two scholars who would have been only too happy to see the centre finally open: Prof Angeliki Laiou, her PhD advisor at Harvard University who inspired and mentored an entire generation of Byzantine scholars before passing away in 2008, and Prof Vangelis Kechriotis, a beloved professor of history at Boğaziçi and a member of the centre's advisory board, who died in August.
She then handed over the podium to two respected scholars. Prof Dimiter Angelov of Harvard University – whose great-grandmother attended Robert College – gave a lecture on the 13th-century Byzantine emperor Theodore II Laskaris and what his writings show us about the political and socio-economic realities in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, Laskaris's activities as Emperor of Nicaea and his search for identity in Anatolia. Next came Prof Maria Mavroudi, currently at UC Berkeley, who gave a nuanced analysis of Byzantine philosophy and science at the court of Mehmed the Conqueror, with a particular focus on the various historiographical approaches to the intellectual achievements of the Byzantines and the Ottomans.
With these initial talks, which illuminated the depth and range of recent scholarship on the Byzantine Empire, the centre is off to a good start. As Necipoğlu stated, 'There's no reason why Istanbul should not fulfil its predestined role to be a preeminent centre for Byzantine studies.' The same could be said for all other areas of academia that are closely linked with Istanbul – there are numerous aspects of both its history and environs that are neglected or deserve special consideration. For the moment, however, we applaud this development and look forward to seeing what it brings to the study of Byzantium.
The first three images were provided by Boğaziçi University.


Disney has released Color by Disney, the latest app that aims to build on the recent trend of adult coloring books.
The app features designs from Disney's huge stable of animated films including recent hits such as Frozen and Moana, as well as classics such as Beauty & the Beast, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid.
The app itself is free, however you can pay to subscribe on the US App store for unlimited access to the Disney art collection.
Available via an in-app purchase, users can get a week of access to the collection for $3, a month for $8, or a year for $40. The UK version of the app appears to only offer Art packs that can be purchased and downloaded from prices ranging between £1.99 and £11.99.
The app is now available on the Apple App Store, Google Play and the Windows App Store.


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The first Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1599 in Marseille, France as the "Chambre de Commerce". The meeting was held in a room, a chambre, to talk about shared concerns in their businesses and the world of commerce in which they inhabited.
The Chamber of Commerce made it to New Zealand shores in the 1850s, with the Gisborne Chamber commencing in 1877. Despite the fact that a lot has changed since then, chambers still do much the same thing. Over the years chambers have helped businesses through the industrial revolution, two world wars and countless economic shocks, and they are playing a vital role helping businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic too. Through lobbying and campaigning activities, advice and support, networking and more, chambers really do come into their own in the toughest of times.
Faced with Covid-19, the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce put in place a plan to speedily make contact with and support members during this period of unprecedented uncertainty and concern, offering support and helping them to continue to do business where possible — a function which is vital to the region's economic recovery from Covid-19. Bringing businesspeople together — to make introductions, to learn from and support one another, to exchange tips and ideas and, of course, to do business. Our chamber networking events are central to this and we continue to serve this purpose even as social distancing continues.
Of further interest is the "Tairawhiti Trade and Construction Survey 2020", from which initial results are reported in today's Business Quarterly. The Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has almost finished correlating the results and feedback received from the recently rolled-out survey which was sponsored by Civil Project Solutions and Trust Tairawhiti. We have really appreciated the many tradesmen and women who have given their valuable time to participate in this relatively short business survey, to hear their views around what is happening on the ground from their own perspective. The information being gathered will further assist the Gisborne chamber, Trust Tairawhiti and others to understand not only the success stories and initiatives but the different challenges currently being faced by the trades in this current business climate. Watch this space as the full results from the "Tairawhiti Tradie Survey 2020" will be made available soon.
Moving forward, the data collected will help towards opening up further important discussions in forming regional strategies to assist and support businesses here. One key theme from the feedback noted to date is that the trade industry in Gisborne is healthy, but a shortage of experienced and qualified staff is a major challenge faced by local companies in this sector at the moment.
Whether your business is just starting up, scaling up, innovating and exporting or simply trying to keep the lights on, the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has a strong network and can help your business navigate through the best and worst of times.
Advocacy, business promotion, business support, inspiration, member-only offers, networking and training. These are just some of the ways the Chamber of Commerce is playing a key role in helping local businesses through this difficult time. Being a part of the chamber is perhaps more important now than it has ever been.
Together we are working to find a pathway out of this economic crisis and while we cannot purport to have quelled all the anxiety and uncertainty we are facing, we have been able to provide at least some comfort to many of our members.
■ Nikki Archdale is an executive member of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce.
Interested in joining the chamber? Connect, share and grow — raise your business profile locally and nationally. Contact Lena Bevan on 021 448 146 or lena@gisborne.org.nz for more information.
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We Got a Gaggle of Letters!
We finally got a gaggle of letters from Elder Haycock. They encompass the entire month of October...but it was wonderful to hear from him!
Well, I don't know if you will get my last letter because I had every intention of sending it but I don't know where it went after I wrote it and sealed it. Well this last week had its highs and lows. Some things that happened this week: So the school here is having a competition against the other schools in the Tarawaieta. All of our member have been working since sunrise to 8 or 9 pm every day this week getting the school ready. I am so excited that the work will be done soon so we can get back to teaching the gospel more. On Thursday we went to Nabeina and we got invited to a birthday party on Saturday. (Kiribati people only really celebrate 2 birthdays - when they turn 1 and 21.) So this party gave us a way into the hearts of the people of Nabeina. The only problem we had this week is all our Melchezidek Priesthood holders were busy with fixing the school. This made us have problems finding people to go on splits with us. All the people we were supposed to meet with weren't home, so we spent a lot of our time rescheduling our appointments for later in the week. Saturday was an interesting day for Curren and I. It was also a frustrating day. We were told that this Bootaki (party) was supposed to start at 2, but it turned out that the cake stayed in Tarawa and the boats couldn't get out because it was low tide. So we were forced to wait on that until 4 and had a dinner appointment for the same time. Elder Curren and I divided and conquered both tasks.
I decided I was going to combine this letter. Monday was a great combined day, it was nice to see almost everyone from my intake. Tuesday through Thursday was pretty much ordinary missionary days where we wake up at 6 am, excercise, shower, study, teach 8 - 10 lessons per day, have dinner, go to bed. Thursday night we had YSA from Eita 2nd Ward come and stay here for three days so we had a kainutu that night. Friday was a bigger day as they wanted to help with the missionary work. They helped us track 90% of the houses here in Kainaba. That night we had a game night with a fishing contest and a bunch of card games. Saturday we were priveledged to have the baptism of Taniera, a member who lost his records from Abemama. Really awesome baptism. Sunday was a nice taromauri and relaxing Sunday. Sorry that this note is short - just not a lot happened.
Ngkami kam uara n te wirki aei? I am doing great and happy that help is coming this next week, I think I will know more on Wednesday. So for Monday, what a waste of a P-day. I helped Elder Curren with his test, fix his essays, grab stuff for Kainaba, and then we finally got to Moroni at 4:30 with just a half an hour to play games and to relieve some of my stress. But nope - it wasn't to be because he had to find a bar for his pullups so that time was wasted. Then we had a kainutu.
This week has been a little frustrating as we were super busy with two companionship's and just a little frustrated with how many times I've been lied to this week.
Thougts for this week comes from a list of scriptures that I have been studying. 2 Nephi 4:28, Jude 1:21, 2 Nephi 9:45, 2 Nephi 11:6 and 3 Nephi 12:48. The general theme that I have gotten is that as I rely on my Savior I can receive strength to do all things even when I'm frustrated with members, investigators, companions, branch presidents, etc. I know that he can give me strength. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
2 Nephi 4:28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.
2 Nephi 11:6 And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that save Christ should come all men must perish.
3 Nephi 12:48 Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
How are you all doing? Ngai, I rangi ni maraning n te bong aei. Well the breakdown of the week. I am sending four letters this week. Oops. Life has been crazy busy. Breakdown of Tuesday: normal work day with Elder Curren. On Wednesday we came in for Zone Conference. Super good. It was really nice to see almost everyone from my intake. Thursday was an adventure. We ended up missing the waa and so we had to bike from Kainaba to Temwaiku during low tide because we had to be at infield orientation. That was my first time training as I got a new "kid". His name is Elder Roberts. So I am still working on Kainaba with my "kid" and Elder Curren and his "kid" - Elder Payne - so now there are four of us. Friday we came back and had a bootaki to welcome the new elders. Super fun. Saturday was a full day along with Sunday. That pretty much sums up the week. I would like to close with my testimony that I know this church is true. That Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. That through Him, I am saved.
These are all the missionaries serving in Kiribati. Elda Ekaki is on the top row, 7th from the left.
We didn't hear from Elder Haycock this week via email because of his Mission wide conference, but did receive a letter dated October 30, 2017.
Before I go over teh contents of the week, I just want to say thank you for that package. It has been a HUGE help - especially the white shirts. You know I started my mission with 15 white shirts. Well, the week before the package came, I was down to 1 white shirt. When it got dirty I would wash it at night and hang it up to dry. So yeah....thanks!
Contents of this week: Tuesday was a normal busy work day. Wednesday was a little tough as everyone does what is called "the Market". Basically it is like this: they prepare some food such as the breadfruit, fish that has been sun dried, sand worms that are cooked, or they prepare stuff for smoking. Then after they prepare it all, they get on a waa and take it to South Tarawa and sell it and that is how people get their money here. Thursday was very busy as we each taught 10 lessons for a total of 20 that day. Friday is known as the bwakabwai as that is when government jobs get their money or when retirement money is paid. So everyone works extra hard to make sure that they have stuff for this past weekend so that they can have money for the week. It is basically the same in how we get paid every other week for the work we do. So there was no one in their houses until after 6:30 when the waa came back. Saturday was the same as Friday plus there was a bootaki for the teachers from the KTC (local church that doesn't really like Mormons) and so everyone on the south end of the island was busy as it was their turn to feed them. Sunday was interesting. We had President Tongoi, the District President, come and he called a new group leader which should be good for Kainaba. Yep, that's what happened this week. Still struggling with being lied to, but, I know without opposition, there is no growth.
My spiritual thought this week comes from a scripture that was quoted by President Uchtdorf in this month's Home Teaching Message. It comes from 1 Corinthians 1:27 which says, "God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty." I really liked this scripture because that is how our Heavenly Father works. I can name countless experiences such as David and Goliath, Elijah, Adam and Eve - even Jesus Christ. But I want to focus on just one and that is the name of a 14 year old farm boy, Joseph Smith. He was born and raised in a family who believed in the Bible and taught him to read from it. He also lived in a time of great religious excitement. He was really confused why there were so many churches because they were all different to the point that he didn't attend any of them. But one thing he kept doing was reading from the Bible when he came across this verse in the Epistle of James Chapter 1 verse 5. It says, "If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not." Because of Joseph Smith, Jesus Christ's church is back on the earth restored in fullness - never to be taken again. I know my Savior lives. What joy this sentence brings. I know that through Him I can be saved. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
How has your week been? Any fun and exciting projects coming up? What are your plans for Christmas? How are your prayers? How is your Book of Mormon reading going? These last two questions we ask every investigator, recent convert and member. We might think that these little things are so simple and that sometimes we can put them off. However, that is not the case. Eternal salvation is on the line. Only through our small righteous actions can we be ready for the daily temptations of the Devil. Through prayer we can build our testimonies and our truths here a little, there a little. But if we don't exercise our faith, we lose those precious truths. This is my thought that has touched me this past week as that is the only way investigators can progress. I know that my Redeemer lives! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
How are you? How is school treating you? What are your plans for after school? Are you still thinking about a mission?
I will share a small mission experience with you. So in the end of September, we baptized a lady named Eretia. She is 23 years old and hasn't married yet. So anyway, I was lessoning (teaching haha) with her and I asked her if she had received her truth about the Book of Mormon and she said she did. I then asked her how she got that truth. She said, " I was praying one night after a long day of work. And I asked my Heavenly Father for the truth of the Book of Mormon. " She continued, "As soon as I said those words, I felt this overwhelming feeling of joy rush over me. I knew in that instant it was true." Because of her sweet little testimony, my testimony was strengthened. I want to testify to you that if we have a question, we can "ask of God" and He will give the answer to us. I know this to be true. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
What's up bro? I want to share a mission experience with you - it's with this family - her name is Bwataua and her son's name is Kauma. So she was reading one night and had a picture out of Joseph Smith. When her son came in and said, "What's that?", hit the picture and then spit on it. As soon has he spit on it, a small solar panel that was placed very securely fell and hit him in the head. Because of this experience, she now has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and that Joseph Smith is a prophet. I want you to know how much your Heavenly Father loves you and I want you to know he wants what is best for you. I know that as you follow his counsel, you will be blessed.
1. Put God first. If you do this everything will run smooth.
2. Daily scripture study and prayer. By building our faith daily we are ready to face the fiery darts of the adversary.
3. Keep the Commandments - keep them all so that you may be blessed, so that you will prosper.
These are three things that I know will help us stay on the path, the straight and narrow path. I know my Savior lives and loves me too. I atongi bwaai aikai, Amen.
1. We need to know what we are doing is wrong and recognize it.
2. We need to feel remorse for what we did.
3. We need to ask for forgiveness from our Heavenly Father.
4. If we committed a sin against someone else, we need to ask for their forgiveness too.
5. We need to work hard to never do it again.
How are you? Are you helping mom and dad out by being a good girl? I want you to know how much Heavenly Father loves you and wants what is best for you. As you follow the counsel of your parents and listen to what they say, they will love and help you to choose the right. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
My Comp is Doing Good!
My comp is doing good! He is definitely opening up. The members are getting better but are still struggling with opposition and the word of wisdom.
Christmas package...I guess don't worry about the sandals - I'm using my Tevas with the backs cut out. So yeah... SD Cards: preferably the ones that are micro because they can be used with everything. Can you make sure there are drink packets in it because the water is not the best tasting. I want you to know how much I love you. I feel okay but I am a little stressed as I don't know what the future holds... As my time is coming close to leaving Kainaba. But I am excited for what the Lord has in store for me. This week we are having a mission tour so I don't know what to do because that backpack allows me to carry stuff I need to every lesson. So I don't know what they will do. Well that is news to me about the bags and shoes because that will cause more back pain, but if that is what they want, we will follow it. (Changes to the bags and shoes missionaries in this region can use were put on the mission website earlier this week with the understanding that the current missionaries would phase out in 4 to 6 months to the new standards which is a challenge for most of the missionaries serving here. That would be about 3 months shy of Elder Haycock returning home.) It'll probably be a while before you hear from me again. Don't panic if it's 3 or 4 weeks.
Me on the way back form south Tarawa. It was a bit windy.
Wow, what a week this has been as we have found 10 new investigators! Nothing really too exciting happened.
Monday we went into Tarawa to finish up some of Elder Curren's college applications and to put in Tiingau's birthday. So...turns out we took the wrong person's information with us. Turns out it was the wife of Taorita that we needed to put in. So that was wonderful. (sarcasm) Tuesday was a high investigator finding day. As well as Wednesday. Thursday was like an other day of work as you see your investigators start to progress. Friday was a little slow as no one was in their house because of the waa. We also helped to build a seawall behind the Primary. Saturday all of our investigators came back like at 5:00 to 6:30 PM, so we taught 7 lessons in 2 hours. That was fun. Sunday was great. Namwaroro gave his wife a piggy back just so that both of them could come to church. They are on their way to being ready for baptism. Elder Curren and I went on splits so that Nabeina (little villiage to the north) could get church this week too.
We know that there are times when we will experience heartbreaking sorrow, when we will grieve, and wen we may be tested to our limits. However, such difficulties allow us to change for the better than we were, more understanding than we were, more empathetic than we were, with stronger testimonies than we had before.
This should be our purpose - to persevere and endure, yes, but also to become more spiritually refined as we make our way through sunshine and sorrow.
This though has been a huge help this last week as I have persevered through the ups and downs of things not working in the local government and other challenges. I have a testimony of my Savior, I know that through Him I can do all things. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Ngkami, kam uara? I am doing great this week! This last week has been fun and hard as we will have to fix some of the church structure this next week. Baptism this week was awesome! Eretia was able to get baptized this past Saturday. She was an awesome investigator, knew everything was true. She was so cool. While she was an investigator, she helped with the youth by having a barbecue for all the youth and she brought all the food. It has been a very fast week - we got a lot done, but there is not a lot to talk about.
My spiritual thought comes from 1 Nephi as I have been studying it deeper. I love Nephi's example even though he was young, he put his strength and trust in the Lord. Because of this he was blessed. I have noticed this also. Instead of complaining, if I ask the Lord for help, He gives it to me. I know that my Redeemer lives. I know that Heavenly Father loves you all. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.


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Q: Is selecting fewer columns speeding up my query? I have seen several questions comparing select * to select by all columns explicitly, but what about fewer columns selected vs more.
In other words, is:
SELECT id,firstname,lastname,lastlogin,email,phone

More than negligibly faster than:
SELECT id,firstname,lastlogin

I realize there will be small differences for more data being transferred through the system and to the application, but this is a total data/load difference, not a cost of the query (larger data in the cells would have the same effect anyway I believe) - I'm only trying to optimize my query, as I will have to load ALL the data at some point anyway...
When my admin user logs in, I'm going to load the entire user database into a cache, but I can either query only critical data upfront to shave some execution time, or just get everything - if it works out roughly the same. I know more rows equals longer query execution - but what about more selected values in my query?

A: Under most circumstances, the only difference is going to be slightly larger data for these fields and the additional time to fetch them.
There are two things to consider:

*

*If the additional fields are very big, then this could be a big difference in performance.

*If there is an index that covers the columns you actually want, then the index can be used for the query.  This could speed the query in the database.

In general, though, the advice is to return the columns you want to the application.  If there is complex processing, you should consider doing that in the database rather than the application.


Plasma TV Problems: What Are the Issues with Plasma TVs?
- What Are the Issues with Plasma TVs?
A plasma flat screen TV used to be a good option when you were looking to buy a new television.
Unfortunately, this type of TV is no longer manufactured. However, if you already own one, then this article might be useful if you are having problems with your plasma TV.
Even though the picture quality was always terrific on this type of television, what were some of the issues with this technology?
To find out more about the latest TV technologies, check out the article on buying the best OLED & LED flat screen TVs.
Plasma flat panel TVs have a reputation of being prone to screen reflection.
This means that you can see your room reflected on the screen.
This can be distracting and can also affect the quality of the picture you see - the contrast and colour will be worse.
This is one of the main plasma TV problems.
Therefore, in bright rooms with lots of daylight coming through windows, or if you have some lights on while you are watching TV, you may be bothered by this.
You will be more likely to notice this when there is a dark picture on the screen - with a bright picture you are unlikely to notice anything.
Some people will get annoyed by this and see nothing else but the dim reflection on the image - others will see the same picture and hardly notice.
Which type are you? Only you can decide.
Manufacturers of plasma panels have tried in recent years to put anti-reflective coatings on the screen and this does make some difference, but you will have to decide if your room environment is suited to a plasma TV.
There are also ways to reduce this effect. You can close curtains/blinds during the daytime or reduce the lighting while you watch the TV in the evening.
This effect is always worse if there is a light or window directly behind you as you a sat watching the TV, so try to avoid this.
Plasma technology generally uses more power compared to other display types, so your electricity bill may be affected.
Now, it's not going to make that much of a difference to your bills - you're not going to double your charges overnight or anything like that - but if your household has the TV running for 18 hours a day then you may see an increase compared to an LCD or LED TV.
Also, a plasma flat panel works in a different way to an LCD flat panel. The power that a plasma TV actually uses will vary depending on the type of image on the screen - whereas with an LCD this is constant.
If you have a dark image on the screen then a plasma TV will use much less power than when there is a bright image.
Therefore, if you only watch documentaries about black cats living in dark caves (at night), you'll save yourself some money!
However, in today's green eco-friendly society you may feel uncomfortable with any increased power consumption.
Your conscience (and budget) can decide this one!
If you're researching plasma flat screen TVs, it won't be long before you come across the term screen burn.
This is also known as burn-in or image retention.
Well, here it is, you've come across it!
Historically, a plasma screen has been prone to retaining (or in extreme cases, burning) an image onto the screen. The different terms are actually slightly different things.
Pretty much all plasma TVs will have some 'retention' - where you may see a ghostly image left on the screen when you switch it off. This 'retention' will soon fade, but in extreme cases, the panel can be damaged permanently. This is called burn-in.
This problem can happen if you leave a static image on the screen for too long.
Such as, by pausing a movie or if you regularly watch certain TV channels that have static logos on screen all the time. This can be common in news, sports and children's TV channels.
Retention is fairly common but isn't much of a problem and will soon disappear. Burn-in is more serious and needs to be avoided at all costs.
In the picture here, you can see an extreme example of screen burn on a plasma screen.
Now don't worry, this isn't going to happen to your plasma TV unless you are really careless... and you aren't going to be really careless, are you?
It's here as an illustration of what screen burn looks like - and why you want to avoid it!
You may also want to think twice about a plasma TV if you are intending on using it for long periods as a computer monitor. The static icons and images could be a problem with extensive use.
The good news is that plasma screens are much less likely to suffer from screen burn than they were a few years ago. Manufacturers have made great efforts to reduce this problem.
That being said, it is still good to be aware of this potential issue and be careful when using the screen day to day.
Many people will 'run-in' their new screens for the first few hundred hours by keeping the contrast and brightness settings down. Or, by avoiding watching channels with fixed logos for too long at a time.
However, most manufacturers don't actually recommend that this is necessary.
Although, they may warn about image retention in the manual and say that any damage will not be covered by the warranty!
Generally, if you are aware of the potential for problems and use your common sense, then you shouldn't have too many problems with screen burn-in.
Keep brightness and contrast around 50%. Avoid 'dynamic', 'vivid' or similar pre-sets - you really shouldn't need these settings in your home anyway.
When the TV is new, keep 4:3 transmissions in full screen or with light-coloured sidebars. You should be able to change the color of the sidebars in the menu of the TV.
Some models of plasma screen can be shown to suffer from a phenomenon called phosphor trails or phosphor lag.
This is shown up mainly in fast moving, graphic intensive computer games or some scenes in movies - especially black and white movies.
The issue is caused by a quick change from light to dark in an area on the screen, and looks like green trails or flashes.
These green trails are caused by the phosphors changing colour in the plasma screen (I shan't bore you with the technical details). The green phosphors change colour the slowest and so you the green colour is 'left behind' when the colour changes quickly.
You will most likely only really see this if you are carefully studying the screen and are looking for it.
However, some people find this distracting and annoying.
If you've got a very critical eye this may be a problem and I would suggest you research the model of plasma you are interested in carefully before you buy.
For most people however, it won't be an issue. If you do have trouble with phosphor trails, you can alleviate the problem by lowering the contrast of the picture, or by having more ambient light in the room.
No, not your increasing weight as you sit down in front of your new TV all day!
Plasma TVs are generally heavier than other types of panel. This won't be a problem in most cases, but be aware of this especially if you are planning to mount the panel on a wall.
Depending on your room, it may be a factor when you decide on your choice of panel.
You may be told that plasma screens don't last very long or will need their gas re-filling after a certain amount of hours.
Stop the conversation immediately and leave the room. That person can be of no help to you if they're reeling out those old chestnuts!
A modern flat screen plasma TV will be rated with a lifespan of 60,000+ hours.
This is the time it takes to reach half the brightness of when they were new. Even then, they would still be watchable.
At an average use of 5 hours a day, this would mean the TV would be good for about 32 years.
That's good enough for me, I think I'll be ready for a new TV before then!
Oh, and that's also about the same as an LCD TV. Case closed.
So, that's given us something to think about.
Plasma flat screen TVs give a fantastic picture, and with a high-definition source you will be stunned by the quality. However, there may be reasons why a plasma panel isn't right for you.
If you are looking to buy a new TV, then these days you might want to consider an OLED TV. These have many of the benefits of plasma technology, and many of the issues highlighted above have been overcome.
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1 Comment on Emirates unveils new A380 cabin products, including Premium Economy
Emirates has revealed its latest cabin product enhancements for the final batch of Airbus A380s ever to be produced, including the first Premium Economy seat to be offered by a Middle East carrier.
Middle East carrier Emirates has unveiled the latest product enhancements for its final batch of six Airbus A380 superjumbos, with new features rolled out in all three longstanding cabin classes, plus perhaps its most anticipated brand new offering – Premium Economy.
This new cabin product, bridging the gap between Economy and Business Class, is a first among Middle East carriers, which to date have stuck with a three-class offering; First, Business and Economy.
Brand new Premium Economy
Let's start with what Emirates describes at its "highly-anticipated" Premium Economy product, which will occupy the forward main deck section of these Airbus A380s, immediately behind the superjumbo's main staircase.
Premium Economy is directly behind the forward A380 staircase on the aircraft's main deck. (Photo: Emirates)
56 seats are installed in a 2-4-2 layout, with 40 inches of pitch, 19.5 inches of seat width and a 8-inch recline. That's a little more legroom than Singapore Airlines offers in its A380 Premium Economy seats. Two dedicated toilets will serve this cabin.
Emirates opted for the Recaro PL3530 model, despite rumours that HAECO's Eclipse seat had been chosen. Of course regardless of the product, it has been heavily customised by the airline with cream-coloured anti-stain leather, including stitching details and a wood panel finish similar to the airline's latest Business Class seats.
(Photos: Emirates)
Each seat is designed to provide optimal comfort and support with 6-way adjustable headrests, calf rests and footrests. A 13.3″ personal in-flight entertainment screen is offered.
There's also a wide dining table, side cocktail table and of course the obligatory in-seat charging points to keep your devices on the go.
Commenting on Emirates' premium economy cabins, president Tim Clark said:
"Our Premium Economy product was carefully developed in keeping with Emirates' brand positioning as a full-service airline of the highest quality. Our First, Business and Economy experiences reset industry standards when they were introduced, and we are confident that our Premium Economy will also make its mark as a distinct premium offering.
Sir Tim Clark, Emirates' President
It's not yet possible to book or redeem this product, since it's only installed on one aircraft. Until a viable number of seats are rolled out, the airline will instead offer the seats "as a complimentary upgrade to valued customers".
Emirates will announce details of where its newest Airbus A380 aircraft with Premium Economy will be deployed in the coming weeks.
Here's a video showing more of the new Emirates' Premium Economy seat.
The First Class cabin of 14 private suites on these new aircraft remains largely the same as those installed on the airline's other A380s, so there's no floor-to-ceiling enclosed private cabins or virtual windows like on the carrier's latest Boeing 777-300ERs (see our review of those).
In this new enhancement, the suites are slightly wider and have taller doors for increased privacy.
The enhanced First Class shower suite includes the airline's latest Ghaf tree design. (Photo: Emirates)
Emirates has not provided any images of the First Class Suites themselves, probably because they represent the only real 'downgrade' compared to the carrier's latest Boeing 777-300ERs.
Cabin detail and finishes have also been refreshed with new motifs and colours, from the sweeping stairs that lead from the main deck to the upper deck, to refreshed design trims and modern fittings in the Shower Spa.
In the upper-deck Business Class cabin, Emirates is retaining its all aisle access layout with a staggered 1-2-1 arrangement.
The latest Airbus A380 Business Class. (Photo: Emirates)
The finish of these seats now more closely resembles the product on the airline's latest Boeing 777 jets, with the modernised cream leather stitched finish and dark wood panelling, though the integrated minibar retains its head-height position rather than being at the footwell.
The same classic colour scheme has also been applied to the Onboard Lounge at the back of the upper deck, for the exclusive use of First and Business Class passengers.
The latest Airbus A380 Bar. (Photo: Emirates)
Finally 'down the back' Emirates has replaced its former Economy Class seats with a new version incorporating leather headrests and flexible side panels, "which can be adjusted vertically for optimum support".
New Emirates Economy Class. (Photo: Emirates)
The airline states this is an even better version that on its latest Boeing 777-300ERs.
This latest seat model is a step up from the version currently installed on Emirates' Boeing 777 Gamechanger aircraft. It is lighter, without compromising on comfort or function. Each seat features a classy wood grain finish on tray tables, as well as a 13.3" personal screen to enjoy Emirates' award-winning ice.
It's great to see the much-anticipated Emirates Premium Economy seat "in the flesh", given the many rumours about which product the airline had chosen surfacing over recent months.
Emirates Premium Economy. (Photo: Emirates)
It's still not a product we particularly value (industry-wide), and you still can't book or redeem it on Emirates flights, but for those who appreciate the option it certainly looks to be among the better options out there, including a 2-inch legroom benefit over the Singapore Airlines version.
In other cabins Emirates has brought the finish right up to date with the latest spec found on its new Boeing 777-300ER (and in some cases 777-200LR) aircraft, but has stopped short of installing the new fully-enclosed Suites, which now look unlikely to make it on to the carrier's superjumbos.
What do you think of Emirates' latest Airbus A380 cabin products? Let us know in the comments section below.
(Cover Photo: Emirates)
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Safari park fire that killed 13 monkeys caused by 'technical fault'
The Patas monkeys were killed at Woburn Safari Park in the early hours of the morning
Adam Care
A fire at a safari park that killed 13 monkeys is believed to have been caused by a faulty generator.
The Patas Monkeys died at Woburn Safari Park this morning, after a fire broke out in the drive-through enclosure.
Speaking to Sky News park spokesman Drew Mullin said an initial investigation by the fire service showed the blaze had started in a nearby generator.
He said: "We must now clear up and look after the staff.
One of the Patas monkeys at Woburn Safari Park (Image: SWNS)
"They are devastated, they build up a bond with the animals.
"We will keep the jungle closed for today, tomorrow and the next few days and then we will make a decision about reopening."
It's understood that the enclosure the monkeys were kept in had only been built in the last year.
The drive-through area where the monkeys are kept is a 14-acre enclosure inside the 360-acre site that makes up Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire, near Milton Keynes.
Two of the Patas monkeys at Woburn Safari Park (Image: SWNS)
Marketing manager Abu Crowley said she believes the fire is likely to have been caused by a "technical fault".
She said: "By a technical fault, something to do with electrics, because that's all that could have started it, really."
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue service arrived at the monkey enclosure at 2.37am this morning, and found the outbuilding housing the monkeys was well alight and its roof had fallen in.
Two of the Patas monkeys at Woburn Safari Park, Beds (Image: SWNS)
A spokesman said: "They fought the fire using fire hoses while wearing breathing apparatus to protect themselves from the smoke and fumes.
"The building was 90 per cent damaged by the fire."
What are Patas Monkeys?
Patas monkeys originate from Africa, where they live in open grassland, wooded savannahs and dry woodland.
They grow up to 85cm in length and their tails grow to 75cm.
Males can weigh up to 12 kg and females 6.5 kg and they have a lifespan of up to 20 years.
In Africa, Patas monkeys are hunted for meat and are persecuted as a crop pest.
Describing the Patas monkeys, a page on Woburn park website reads: "Our troop of Patas monkeys can be seen on the road safari in the African Jungle.
"Here they roam in their 16 acre exhibit with our troop of Barbary macaques and herd of Eastern Mountain Bongo.
"They are housed at night time in the winter but in the warm summer months they have 24/7 access to their large exhibit."
The service said the blaze was out by 4.46am.
Paul Goddard, the Fire Station Commander at Kempston, told the BBC he was 'surprised at the amount of animals still in the cage which couldn't get out' while firefighters desperately tried to put out the blaze.
Firefighter Paul Godard at Woburn Safari Park (Image: SWNS)
He added: "It's traumatic for our staff, it's not an everyday occurrence as you can imagine.
"Those fire crews that have been involved obviously will be talked to about (their) welfare."
The park has another 30 or so monkeys which are kept in a separate enclosure and haven't been affected.
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Today, in the fifth of our 8-part series "Taking the Bible Seriously," we would be looking at the Law and the Prophets.
I am not sure how you all feel about the series so far – most of the time, I only receive the positive feedback, and the negative feedback – well that expressed when people vote with their feet. I hope that you are patient with me, and with us as we go through this important series, and as we experiment with a better way of learning that includes questions and answers at the end of the sermon.
I can imagine Jesus preaching during his time – people then would interrupt, challenge, ask questions the whole time. They didn't sit quietly and obediently listening. They were engaged and they were in conversation.
I am considering adopting this format for all my sermons. This has been as enriching for me as I get to glimpse at what some of you might be thinking, and what you are concerned about. Instead of guessing what you might be thinking, I now have direct feedback, and we can get to engage – something I have been struggling to find a solution to do what Rev Yap has been pressing me to do. It is important that we engage differently – and because we are not as tied down to tradition, we are able to be agile and adapt.
We need to change with the times, and we need to discern what would be helpful for us to grow spiritually as Christians. I am grateful for teachers and lecturers like Kenny and Paul who have shared with me their perspectives, their knowledge and the tools they know. And even if you are not a teacher, your perspective matters because you are a student – and I want to do better to help you get what you need.
We often forget we live in the most connected era in humankind's existence. We live in a time with the highest literacy rate, we live in a time we don't have to wait for the postman or messenger or pigeon to deliver our messages – we have it at our fingertips. Yet much of the church service – especially the preaching – have remain how it was decades ago, with the exception of the use of powerpoint presentations, ignoring the changes in our society, our culture and technology.
Bear with me while I grapple with these questions about the method, while being faithful to the substance of the Good News, the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
TL;DR. I first read it online, and wondered it meant. Too Long; Didn't Read.
Isn't that how we may look at the Bible, especially the Law in Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers?
The Law has been one of the many parts of the Bible I would skip. Like many of you, I have wondered – "what has laws from a different culture, thousands of years ago, relevant to us today?" The Prophets on the other hand, have been easy for me to connect with, and connect to. They were addressing issues of that time, and very often those issues are still relevant today.
The word has come to be translated "law" in English because the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament, used the Greek word nomos as the equivalent of torah. But while "law" is a faithful rendering of nomos, it is not the best translation of torah. "Law" implies a connection with an official set of rules by which the courts try cases. But the nature of the law in the Old Testament is something very different. A better translation – more faithful to the Hebrew as well as to the character of the law in the Pentateuch – is the word "instruction." The torah is God's instructions to the people of Israel. Just as a human teacher can instruct students (Ps 78:1, Prov 1:8) so can God instruct Israel. God's law informs them how they are to live as the people of God, a people established through the exodus from Egypt. The law in the Bible sets out the principles by which the people of God were to order their lives, both as individuals and as a community.
Some scholars, like Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, writers of "How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth," interpret the Old Testament law by grouping them into 3 categories – the Israelite civil laws and the Israelite ritual laws, and the moral/ethical laws. They argue that some of these Old Testament laws still apply to us, but the first two categories – the Israelite civil and ritual laws – do not. So do we just skip the civil and ritual laws?
I think one question that would be on our minds is: why should we take the Law seriously? How are we to be motivated to take the Law seriously?
What does Jesus mean when He said "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill"?
Very often I have heard Christians say that Jesus fulfilled the law by His death on the cross, and we are sanctified and saved. Basically, in a nutshell, it is the idea that Jesus is the ultimate offering for all the laws we have broken, and all the laws we will ever break, through His sacrifice on the cross.
But that, I think, is not correct.
God isn't the one who changed / is changing, but humankind's ideas of God that is changing.
This is my approach to the law, and my understanding of what Jesus meant by fulfilling – fulfilment of the law is revealing the spirit of the law.
He came to show us that we need to understand the spirit of the law.
The law, like what I said earlier, is better understood as instructions. Instructions guide us. But sometimes, instructions fail us – when do instructions fail us?
When situations fall outside of the norm. When there is a higher imperative.
I was speaking to Rain earlier this week, and I think connecting with parents, and feeling in some way like a parent being a pastor, I understand some things in a new perspective.
But when the child grows older, it is not sufficient to just give rules or instructions. We teach them the rationale behind these rules. One, they would be more likely to obey when they understand the rationale and that it is for their own good, but also, they can discern when the rules can be broken when there is something more important and more pressing.
We have a rule – more like a guideline – that we hope folks refrain from dating within the first 4-6 months after getting to know someone in church. Some of you know the rationale, some of you can guess, some of you have seen or experienced how this can have an impact not just on the 2 people dating, but on the community itself.
When the Israelites were first freed from Egypt, they were given the law. It guided them as a young nation, as a young people. It was a way of creating their identity and setting them apart from others as the ones God delivered from Egypt with whom they have a covenant with.
When we were young, or young Christians, we were told the rules. It guided us as we were new to the faith.
But as we grow older, and as we want to grow spiritually, we need to learn more about the spirit of the law.
We cannot be blindly following the rules. We cannot just follow the rules without understanding the spirit of the rule.
Sometimes, we have followed the law for so long, we have forgotten the spirit behind the law. Why was it there in the first place? While I was growing up, many Christians were very observant of the Sabbath law. Many shops were closed on Sundays. Do you remember the time CK Tang was closed on Sundays? I do.
Why do we observe the Sabbath? Because it says so in the Bible?
So what if we rest on Sunday – doesn't majority of people take Sundays off as well?
Jesus replied, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6But I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
The rule / law is a guide – we need to understand the spirit of the rule / law – the spirit of the law, and not the letter of the law.
I think the Sabbath law is a special time we set aside to be with God. God is present with us all the time, but we are not always present with God. I think there were a few days I spent more time playing Pokemon than being with God.
The Sabbath is also about resting and not working and not worrying about work. It is recognising and trusting that God will provide. Too many people keep working and keep busy 7 days a week because they are afraid. They are afraid that if they stopped working for a day, they would not be able to provide for themselves and their family. But that is not putting God as priority and not trusting that God will provide.
When we recognise what the Sabbath is for – the spirit of the law – then we understand that it is about prioritising what is important – putting God first.
The same is the case for other laws. If we understand the spirit of the law – and follow the spirit of the law, then we may decide to break those laws – we may be wrong, but we have given it serious consideration before breaking the law.
I often think about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. He was part of a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and he was arrested and imprisioned for a year and a half and executed just before WWII ended. I wonder what went through his mind before deciding to violate the law that we shall not murder. I don't know if he was right or wrong. All I know is this – he tried to be as faithful as possible and he did a lot of reflection.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.[a] 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Yet, when asked what is the greatest commandment, Jesus answered with two.
I cannot go through all the laws in the Bible today and show how this two commandments are the spirit of the law. I would just use the one we are most familiar with: the Ten Commandments. The ten commandments fall neatly into 2 sections – the first 4 deal with our relationship with God, and the last 6 deal with our relationships with others. Our relationship with God cannot be separated from our relationships with others.
How are you doing right now? If I were sitting in the congregation now, I would be thinking : Oh dear. Today is the Law and the Prophets and Miak is just done with the Law.
Let us move to the Prophets.
The Prophets in the Old Testament were human beings God spoke through to call for people to return to God. Prophets challenged the people then, and us to turn inward, free ourselves of the distortions we worship and engage the world justly, kindly, and simply. They call us to free ourselves from the false gods we worship.
The prophets relentlessly attack on form for form's sake, on ritual as a way of controlling God, on a theology that is at root manipulative, reducing God to a puppet pulled by priestly strings, is in effect an attack on your own egocentric thinking.
When the prophets address the people, can you hear them addressing you? What are the idols of today? What are our idols? What are your idols?
But what does justice look like? What does mercy look like? How does walking humbly with God look like?
That is what we are called to examine deeply ourselves, and as a community.


31. Aug. 2007. Actor Salman Khan was on Friday released from the Jodhpur Central Jail on bail after six nights in confinement in the chinkara poaching case. The Rajasthan High Court admitted his revision petition against the award of five-year imprisonment.
After spending six nights behind bars, Bollywood star Salman Khan today walked out of the prison after the Rajasthan High Court gave bail and suspended his five-year sentence awarded for killing an endangered deer nine years back. Justice HR Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old star in the Chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs one lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000. The next date of hearing of the revision petition has been fixed on October 24.
The actor came out of the jail around 6 p.m. waving to crowds waiting outside.
In the jail he spent most of his time reading and sketching.
The actor, along with Katrina Kaif, his sisters Alvira and Arpita, took a chartered flight to Mumbai. His scriptwriter-father Saleem Khan and mother Salma left earlier by a regular flight at 6 p.m. His family members did not visit the court premises during the day.
The day's hearing, for about three hours, was held in the principal seat of the High Court in Jodhpur on the last working day of the month despite a protest by local lawyers against the establishment of a Jaipur Bench of the High Court.
For, Salman's lawyers were from Delhi and Mumbai.
Salman, who was arrested on Saturday, was lodged in Central Jail in Jodhpur after losing his appeal in the district and session court of Jodhpur against his sentence in the chinkara poaching case handed out by the Chief Judicial Magistrate on April 10.


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Over the years, has represented some pretty big names and brands and has a reputation with media for his style. He lives in Los Angeles. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois When Michael Jackson unexpectedly passed away, I called Mike. Unilever engaged psychologists to uncover and explore the depth and breadth of the insight. There is no one better than Mike Sitrick.
What ties it all together is powerful strategy, laser-focused messaging and the hawk-eyed, relentlessly creative leadership of founder James Brodsky. One of those influencers, in fact, is Shadow partner Liza Suloti, a regular presence on the morning shows who touts clients and non-clients alike in strategically packaged segments. Back in America, the Gagosian galleries in California and the Brooklyn Museum in New York rely on Fitz to protect their biggest scoops. Plus, they nabbed the World Trade Center project from Rubenstein. Barri Rafferty and Rob Flaherty. Don't let a damaging truth, stripped of nuance and context, damage your reputation forever. It could be something they learnt or a meaningful perspective they got from a coworker.
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We consider questions like these, and more. Drafting a press release to address a crisis situation may need professional help. Tech and business drove the train this year, with agency-of-record relationships for clients like Roku, Instacart and Shutterfly, along with high-profile assignments from eBay, Facebook plenty of work to be done there! Organizations are aware that digital and technological disruptions will continuously impact their culture and employees. Flash-forward to 2018 and the firm has more than 100 active clients who are leaving footprints across the U. He's creative, he's dedicated, and he has the very best media contacts. Rowe Price and Deutsche Bank among them.


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Q: Why does ffmpeg not play the corrected pixel aspect ratio defined in the fMP4 boxes of an HLS file set? We created a 10 sec 1920x1200 video file of a circle with a border to test HLS streaming pixel aspect ratio (PAR) correction. The video was scaled and encoded with x264 to 320x176 giving a PAR 22/25. Our source and output HLS fMP4 files can be found here https://gitlab.com/kferguson/aspect-ratio-streaming-files.git
The moov.trak.tkhd MP4 box in the fragment_1000kbps_init.mp4 file shows the correct visual presentation size of 281x176 and the ...avc1.pasp box shows the correct PAR of 22/25. (We used the "isoviewer-2.0.2-jfx.jar" application to view the MP4 boxes.)
If the master.m3u8 file is played with the VLC player or with gstreamer,
gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///master.m3u8

the aspect ratio is correctly displayed. However, with ffplay or streaming to hls.js embedded in a web site, the PAR is not corrected (the circle in the video is squashed). What is ffplay and hls.js 'looking' for in the MP4 boxes for them to playback correctly?
We did a further experiment by concatenating all the fMP4 files into one .mp4 file with the following Powershell command:
gc -Raw .\fragment_1000kbps_init.mp4, .\fragment_1000kbps_00000.m4s, ..., .\fragment_1000kbps_00000.m4s | sc -NoNewline .\fragment_1000kbps.mp4

Strangely, ffplay plays this concatenated mp4 file back with the correct PAR. (Also included in the git link above.) We assumed by this that there is some info in the fragment m4s file boxes that ffplay (and hls.js) require to playback correctly but, we cannot find it?

A: The issue is the requirement of the optional vui parameters (sar_width and sar_height) within the H.264 Sequence Parameter Set (SPS) of the "avcC" MP4 box. The vlc player and gstreamer only require the pasp box inclusion but, ffmpeg and hls.js players require the additional vui parameters to be set correctly.


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Westfield brought 8 debaters to the St. Seb's debate tournament: Marlah, Grace, Jack, Oliver, Kyle, Ryan, Ben Mione and Patrick. It was a wonderful day!
Congratulations to Patrick for winning 3rd Place Advanced Overall and Top Speaker for our school! And to Ben M. for winning 4th! And to Patrick, Ryan, Ben M. and Kyle for having the highest points of all the Advanced 4-person teams!