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It's inevitable. The school you once called home will call you up after you've hung your cap and gown, and ask for donations. For those postgraduates who feel financially stable enough to give, it is a warm call to action. But for the growing number of postgraduates who feel the burden of student loans and tough job markets, it is a guilt-ridden reminder that the comforts of college are over. You are now an alumna, however aimless or surefooted, and you have a responsibility to guide younger classes through the same transition. But without a hefty paycheck, how can you give back?

"Links updated May 2009 αμαθεστατε και κακε, αφες τον παλαιον, μη μεταποιει (Fool and knave, can't you leave the old reading alone and not alter it!) -The complaint of a scribe, written in the margin of Codex Vaticanus at Heb. 1:3. Greek Texts Online * bibelwissenschaft.de. Website of the German Bible Society. Full text of the Nestle-Aland edition of the Greek New Testament, and the Septuagint of Rahlfs. * The Online Parallel Bible Project. By John Isett. Full text of several editions of the Greek NT, including an interlinear Westcott-Hort with parsing and a concordance. Also has the full text of the Septuagint. * The Unbound Bible. At Biola University. The Greek New Testament in four different editions. Uses the "symbol" font that comes with Windows so that everyone can see the Greek. At this site you can also search the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate and several English translations. The Greek texts (in unicode characters) can also be downloaded in zipped archive format. * The Online Greek Bible. A very pleasantly designed site that presents the Nestle-Aland (26) Greek text in a variety of font options, including the Symbol font (already installed on your machine with Windows). Click on any word to see it parsed and defined. The search function is very sophisticated. * Greek New Testament. By Tony Fisher. The Nestle-Aland (26) Greek New Testament in searchable images. No need for Greek fonts on your machine. Search for words by base or inflected form, and by tense, voice and mood. Also here. * Olive Tree Greek New Testament. Search four different editions of the Greek New Testament: 1991 Byzantine Greek Text; Westcott and Hort; Stephens 1550, and Scrivener's 1894 Textus Receptus. Also has interlinears and texts with grammatical tags. * Greek New Testament Editions in downloadable zipped files (you will need an unzip utility to open them) provided by Vincent Broman. Includ

"TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel is developing an army of robotic fighting machines that offers a window onto the potential future of warfare. Sixty years of near-constant war, a low tolerance for enduring casualties in conflict, and its high-tech industry have long made Israel one of the world's leading innovators of military robotics. WSJ's Charles Levinson reports from Jerusalem to discuss Israel's development of robotic, unmanned combat systems. He tells Simon Constable on the News Hub how they are deploying unmanned boats, ground vehicles and aerial vehicles. "We're trying to get to unmanned vehicles everywhere on the battlefield for each platoon in the field," says Lt. Col. Oren Berebbi, head of the Israel Defense Forces' technology branch. "We can do more and more missions without putting a soldier at risk." In 10 to 15 years, one-third of Israel's military machines will be unmanned, predicts Giora Katz, vice president of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., one of Israel's leading weapons manufacturers. "We are moving into the robotic era," says Mr. Katz. Over 40 countries have military-robotics programs today. The U.S. and much of the rest of the world is betting big on the role of aerial drones: Even Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite guerrilla force in Lebanon, flew four Iranian-made drones against Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War. When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, it had just a handful of drones. Today, U.S. forces have around 7,000 unmanned vehicles in the air and an additional 12,000 on the ground, used for tasks including reconnaissance, airstrikes and bomb disposal. In 2009, for the first time, the U.S. Air Force trained more "pilots" for unmanned aircraft than for manned fighters and bombers."

Going through a divorce is in most cases a very painful experience that often triggers feelings of anger, fear, stress, insecurity, confusion, bereavement, abandonment, and depression. Even though it may feel like your life has come to an end, going through a divorce can be the start of a new chapter in your life.

I started talking to a woman who was a few years older than me on an online dating site and very quickly she called me. Since we had not spoken for a very long time, it surprised me, and what surprised me was that she opened up on her own story. It was something that happened in early 2012, and it soon became clear that it was someone who had a difficult childhood. At that time, she said that she did not know why she was telling me all that.

Just 30 years ago, Bangkok was a crowded, noisy, polluted city - little more than a hasty point of entry and departure for your Thailand adventures to the north or south. Now it counts as one of the most interesting and exciting capitals in Asia, a booming megalopolis with gleaming skyscrapers, hedonistic shopping malls, some of the most gracious and luxurious hotels in the world and a deep layer of history and culture to explore. The history and culture were always there but just tackling the urban craziness surrounding it was daunting. Well, no more. Believe it or not the City of Angels is less noisy,

Today we as mankind need hope, without any doubts. We need hope in something greater than that of our governments, teachers, doctors, and so on. Even though these are good for us, we still are sometimes without the understanding of true reality. Today, we can have a greater hope in something greater than you can imagine. Just look to the heavens my friend. Just think, everything that your eyes can see, your eyes can hear and your fingers can touch will be gone, like a vapor one day. It isn't a matter of "IF" it is a matter of just "WHEN." Then what?

Salmo 34 Quer ter uma doce surpresa? Seja abençoado por Deus, ao contemplá-Lo. Neste mundo vivemos maus dias com alguma frequência. Isto não é pessimismo, é uma realidade que não nos avisaram quando éramos crianças, mas... graças a Deus: esses dias aziagos, porém, não são ainda a nossa

What about to be saved by an order of the Holy God, that will send you an angel that will stay around and will deliver us from tha threats? It is not an idea, or a excessive sensibility, it is real, and is the reason of the peace within the heart of the believers. Read it, and be blessed. This article is originally in portuguese, but you may translate to the language you would prefer.

Are you ready? Let's activate our reasoning power. The journey itself will not be painless, but in the distance beckons a land where tears are wiped away, sorrow and crying will be a thing of the past, and pain is banished. Our America is so far from being a land with no pain that we cannot fathom, even with our most liberated, free, far-reaching imaginations, how we can become a land with no pain...

This is a religious short story written by Alexis Sullivan. In this story a young woman lives an empty and incomplete life until she receives Christ and experiences a life-changing transformation and becomes a new person.

Jó capítulos 11 a 14 Mentiras ditas com frequência acabam por adquirir a forma exterior de verdades. Dizem alguns que assim como pretendem, acabam se tornando em verdades. Há também quem pretenda vencer uma discussão falando mais alto, como quem acha que ganhará a disputa com seus gritos.

Zofar, naamatita, norte da Arábia, seguro de si, desprezo, acusação, defesa, Jesus

Ester capítulo 5 Há momentos decisivos na vida, dos quais não podemos fugir, e neles somos impelidos a agir, mesmo que a situação envolva riscos iminentes. Quando temos que salvar uma pessoa, prestando-lhe socorro ou ajuda necessária, não devemos nos furtar a isso, ainda que tenhamos que

Hamã, manobra política, crime, perseguição, sabedoria, maturidade, Ester, Assuero, banquete, pedidos, Jesus, o Salvador

Ester capítulo 6 "A soberba precede a ruína e a altivez do espírito precede a queda." (Provérbios 16:18) Para muitos o orgulho advém de conquistas; logo, supervalorizam-no como um dos itens que desfrutam com muito gosto, quando da elevação de suas carreiras. Na verdade, o orgulho enche o

Hamã, Ester, judeus, Mardoqueu, Assuero, Xerxes, mortandade, chacina, maldade, logro, engano, orgulho, feitiço, feiticeiro, Jesus, Salvador...

Salmo 56 Longe da sua família, distante de amigos e de pessoas que lhe poderiam ajudar... Já ouviu alguma vez o arrulho desse pássaro, que ansioso por poder rever a sua companheira, parece chorar, e em alguns casos, o faz em vão, porque a pomba a quem estava chamando não mais a ouvirá. Alguma

Davi, Saul, filisteus, cerco, choro, abandono, aprisionamento, Golias, Gate, livramento, Jesus

It's high time you began a disciplined approach to reading Scripture, don't you think? Here is a review of the ESV Daily Reading Bible and three ideas for how you can move through the Scripture in a systematic and helpful way.