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Emmy Verhey (born 13 March 1949, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist. She received her first violin lesson from her father when she was seven. Within a year, she played the Violin Concerto in A minor and the Concerto for Two Violins by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recognized as a child prodigy, she went to study at age 8 with the Austrian-born violin teacher Oskar Back. Later she studied with Herman Krebbers, Bela Dekany, Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Lucerne and David Oistrakh in Moscow.

At the age of 17, she was the youngest prize winning finalist at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. A week later Verhey graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory. The public interest for her examination was so huge that it had to take place at the Concertgebouw.

Verhey has played with eminent conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, Hans Vonk, Ed Spanjaard, Edo de Waart, Neville Marriner, Klaus Tennstedt, Jean Fournet and with fellow violinists Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh [小歐]. She has also played with soloists such as Youri Egorov, Janos Starker, Mischa Maisky and Maria João Pires. She has performed in Europe and in many other parts of the world such as the United States, Israel, South Korea and Japan. She is known for her solid technique and her warm and rich tone. Her repertoire spans all the range from early to contemporary music.

約翰福音 1：15~37

吾不知誰之子 象帝之先

15 約翰為他作見證，喊著說：這就是我曾說：那在我以後來的，反成了在我以前的，因他本來在我以前。

according to its officail website:

Formed on 1 July 2002, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is the leading public organisation responsible for ensuring a clean and green environment, and the sustainable development of Singapore. Its key roles are to protect Singapore's resources from pollution, maintain a high level of public health and provide timely meteorological information. 

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mcavoy said to jenny:

and yeah, you sorority/fraternity girl/boy. just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day. there are some things you should know: one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we are the greatest country in the world. we are 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, 4th in labor force, and 4th in export. we lead the world in only three catagories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. now none of these is the fault of a 20-year-old college student. but you, nonetheless, are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation ever. so, when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, i don't know what the f*** you are talking about. yosemite?

it sure used to be... we stood up for what was right: we fought for moral reasons. we past laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. we waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. we sacrificed. we cared about our neighbors. we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat out chest. we built great big things, made ungodly technological advanced, explored the universe, cured the disease, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and world's greatest economy. we reach for the stars, acted like men. we aspired to intelligence. we didn't belittle it. it didn't make us inferior. we didn't identify ourselves by whom we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easily. we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed by great men, who were revered. first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. america is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

寫在前面

今天開始，我們要讀四福音書的最後一部 約翰福音。有些話題，在接下來讀本福音時不太想討論，因為會壞了愉快讀經的興致，所以想這裡一併交代清楚就好：

1. 整卷福音書，作者不討論族譜、不細說每個門徒的名字、不多談主耶穌詳細的行程與傳道歷程 (整卷書只提及主耶穌七個神蹟)、更不注重時事的變化與年號數字的更替；有別於前三部福音，作者更在乎的似乎是 '感動'。所以往後將不太著重 '字義' 上的理解，所以不算寫 '心得報告'、不想強調對觀福音的版本比較差異，所以不是寫 '經文比較'、更不想再注意 '考證'、'歷史次序'、或語法上用字遣詞的優美與用心，於是也談不上 '解意賞析'；因此在讀經解經分享的寫法上，將有一點改變。我邀請大家：在認真讀完三部福音書之後，請一起拿出勇敢的真心、單純的相信、與對主的熱愛，用寧靜的情緒、純誠的感覺、與渴慕的靈魂來 '體會' 此書卷樸實無華的敘述、字裡行間流露的忠心、與作者對主耶穌以及神殷實的信仰與摯愛。讀這卷書，要用的絕不是 '神學知識'、也不須有多好的 '閱讀能力'、而是 '用心細細體會'、'安靜慢慢體察' 主耶穌對世人的愛。