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Terror in Lake Toba 1816-1833

For historical background I present you quotes about Pongkinangolngolan alias Tuanku Rao then newly converted Batak who lead the first terror for the Padri of Minangkabau between 1816-1821, http://batarahutagalung.blogspot.com/2008/01/beberapa-catatan-mengenai-tuanku-rao.html

Genoside conducted by the Padri jihadist around the lake Toba led by Tuanku Rao, following direction of Tuanku Nan Renceh of Bukittinggi stalled altogether in 1820. This is because many jihadist died from epidemics of cholera and plague and pestilence. From the original 150,000 Padri army who entered Batak Land in 1818, only about 30,000 left two years later. The vast majority were not killed in battle, but died of various diseases.

Padri jihadist attacked again the second time in 1827, directly under the leadership of Tuanku Imam Bonjol ready to resume their attrocities. It's because Tuanku Rao had been killed earlier in the battle for Air Bangis in 1821. This time the Padri attack with greater force and with better preparation. However when camping in Pahae, even before entering Silindung valley, various elements of Batak society together with security troops who were there, destroyed the Padri. Padri forces retreated entirely from the Batak land in 1833 and fought until its demise in Bonjol Pasaman 1837. Tuanku Imam Bonjol himself died in exile in 1864.

For this, we thank Lord Jesus Christ because He spared the Batak tribe and opened their hearts for the good news of the Holy Gospel some 40 years later.

Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
"Ah, I will get relief from my foes
and avenge myself on my enemies.

Amin

Sunday School Song

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 10:03pm

Dear Friends,
Can you send me your Sunday School song lyrics?
Its for me and for Immanuel, we're both enrolling again shortly:)
Hmm, maybe not shortly but in 5 years definitely

That is if you still remember them, ehehe...
Peace in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour

Lho kok jadi begini yah?

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 3:01pm

Hari ini saya sedang melihat2 email yg masuk dan ketemu dgn photo yang dishare oleh teman lama. Berikut saya share juga disini, Jiah!! kok jadi begini yah? Tempo hari masih tanah kosong lempang kok malah jadi ada kantor guru didepan? Jadi kalo mau parkir sepeda motor apa di gas lewat meja guru BP dulu atau lewat ruang tamu kepsek? Ehehe

Lah kalo lubang pagar di belakang, yang ada dekat hall basket dan mengarah ke SoftBall masih ada ga ya? Wah apa kawan2 udah tau sekarang tampak depannya udah kaya gini? Dan lagi itu halaman tengah udah ganti nama jadi ceremonial plain, wuih apa pulak artinya tuh. Hmm silahkan komentar tapi jangan marbadai dison ya. Yang sopan dan dewasalah kita hendaknya.

Botima, Tole Bahen, Suar-Sairhon ma jolo catatan on, Saok ma!
Abba Nuel

Pergeseran Adat Batak Toba

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:14pm

sumber: http://www.silaban.net/2006/06/25/pergeseran-adat-batak-toba

Kepada teman-teman dan sanak saudara kami yang kami hormati, marilah kita sejenak bertukar pikiran mengenai pergeseran Adat Batak Toba yang kita praktekkan dan kita jalankan.

Terutama dengan adanya keterkaitan antara adat inti Habatakon dengan animisme ataupun parmalim yang merupakan dasar bagi kita untuk menggeser hal-hal tesebut untuk menjadi yang lebih baik, yang lebih berkenan dan kudus dihadapan Tuhan dan Juruselamat kita Jesus Kristus dan sesuai dengan Firman Tuhan yang kita baca dan terima di dalam Alkitab.

Aek godang tu aek laut
Dos ni roha do sibahen na saut
Nangkok si puti tuat si deak
a i na ummuli ima tapareak

Seluruh saran dan komentar mohon disampaikan di dalam iman pengharapan dan kasih.Tujuan dari note ini untuk sharing topik yang penting ini dan mendapat diskusi yang membangun, agar seluruh adat Batak Toba nantinya yang akan kita praktekkan dan jalankan seluruhnya tiada yang melanggar Firman Tuhan.Mohon maaf bila ada kata-kata yang salah dan sulit untuk dimengerti

Amin
Bapa Nuel

Misrepresentation of the Holy Trinity

Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:54pm

Sadly, this is a very common error of the Muslims. The single greatest instance of this is in the doctrine of the Trinity. Muslims so often attack a false understanding of the Trinity by stating that it is three gods. That is not the correct Christian definition of the Trinity doctrine. Christianity does not teach there are three gods. It never has and it never will. The doctrine of the Trinity is that there is only one God who exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Trinitarianism is monotheistic. If a Muslim continues to proclaim that the Trinity is three gods, then I simply stop discussing the issue with him because he is not willing to accept what the definition is and it isn't possible to have a meaningful dialogue.

Another Christian doctrine they fail to understand is the Hypostatic Union. This is the teaching that Jesus is one person with two natures. He is both God and man as is declared in Col. 2:9, "For in Jesus Christ dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Because Jesus was also a man, we have verses such as John 14:28 where Jesus says "the Father is greater than I." Muslims will say that if Jesus is God, how could He be greater than Himself? Of course, they fail to understand the Trinity (three persons) and they fail to understand that Jesus, as a man (Phil. 2:5-8), cooperated with the limitations of being a man and was in a lower position than the Father (Heb. 2:9) for a while.

Sometimes Muslims refuse to accept Christian explanations for things because it doesn't fit their agenda nor their preconceived ideas of what they think Christianity is. Oddly enough, Christians often contribute to this problem by offering inadequate and sometimes erring explanations of Christian doctrine. Thus, many Muslims are led into error regarding what Christianity really teaches. Christians need to know their doctrine, and Muslims need to understand the proper explanations for those doctrines.

INDONESIA RAYA, Selamat Ulang Tahun Republik Indonesia ke 64

Friday, August 14, 2009 at 9:38am

Indonesia Raya
(Wage Rudolf Soepratman)

Indonesia tanah airku,
Tanah tumpah darahku,
Di sanalah aku berdiri,
Jadi pandu ibuku.

Indonesia kebangsaanku,
Bangsa dan tanah airku,
Marilah kita berseru,

Indonesia bersatu.
Hiduplah tanahku,
Hiduplah neg'riku,
Bangsaku, Rakyatku, semuanya,
Bangunlah jiwanya,
Bangunlah badannya,
Untuk Indonesia Raya.

Indonesia Raya,
Merdeka, merdeka,
Tanahku, neg'riku yang kucinta!
Indonesia Raya,
Merdeka, merdeka,
Hiduplah Indonesia Raya

Selamat Ulang Tahun Republik Indonesia
Selamanya jaya dan berdaulat

Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַיִם القُدس , the Holy City

Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10:22pm

This portion of the lyric of the song Holy City stuck in our minds each time we mention Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim) (Arabic: القُدس al-Quds)

Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Lift up your gates and sing,
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna to your King!

This is the city where our Lord triumphantly enters on Palm Sunday, the city where the Lord has His last supper, the city where our Lord was arrested by the temple guards, faced the trial in front of Sanhedrin and then from Pontius Pilatus, the city where our Lord was sentenced to death but not before He suffered the sadistic flagellation and crowned with thorns, carried His cross along Via Dolorosa and the city where our Lord was crucified and later resurrected on the third day, gave us the Holy Spirit and our great commission before He ascended up to heaven.

We pray for peace in this holy city and for the Christians brothers and sisters here to be able to live in their homes, own lands and freely worship and practice their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Peace in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour
Abba Immanu'el
Undeserved Forgiven Sinner

Jericho, in the steps of our Lord Jesus Christ

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:05pm

I was going to write this note sooner but for some reason or another, now it's the right time to do it. In comparison to several other places in the West Bank I found out that Jericho is one of my favorite place to visit. An oasis in the Arava Jordan, and a holy place because Lord Jesus steps on this land and gave us eternal life through His grace.

Jericho (Arabic: أريحا) is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route 16 kilometers north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently inhabited site on earth. It is also believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world.

For me, I focused on the Gospel of Jesus Christ in thinking about Jericho.Mark 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus Receives His SightThen they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means "son of Timaeus"), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

How we love to be Bartimeus to throw away our full of sin vengeance and fear cloaks, receive our sight and peace back, made whole and follow Him wherever He go.

and also in that Parable of the Good Samaritan; Luke 10: 25-37"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead with no clothes. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, and he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, he too passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and looked after him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' "Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."

Very well, the Lord has commanded us to do likewise, then by all means we shall do likewise

Salam al Massie7 ma3kom
Abba Immanu'el
Undeserved Forgiven Sinner

Dalihan Na Tolu Kami, 28 July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009 at 7:51pm

Jujur saja ya, saya tidak mengerti adat batak makanya agak ragu dalam menuliskan catatan ini.Alkisah suatu hari ada seorang tua-tua adat yg dianggap berpengalaman punya sedikit waktu untuk menjawab beberapa pertanyaan dari penulis saat santai sebelum mar-tonggo raja untuk ulaon salah satu dongan tubu kita.

Berikut pertanyaan dan jawabannya:
P: apa itu dalihan na tolu?
J: suku Batak memiliki falsafah adat dan sosial yang disebut Dalihan Natolu yakni Somba Marhulahula (hormat pada pihak keluarga ibu/istri), Elek Marboru (ramah pada keluarga saudara perempuan) dan Manat Mardongan Tubu (kompak dalam hubungan semarga). Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, falsafah ini dipegang teguh dan hingga kini menjadi landasan kehidupan sosial dan bermasyarakat di lingkungan orang Batak. Dalihan na tolu ini seperti tiga tungku sejajar, semua berdiri sama tinggi, duduk sama rendah.

P: lah hula-hula saya siapa?
J: mama Immanuel kan boru Sinambela Si Raja Oloan jadi mereka itulah hula-hulamu. Kamu menantu mereka. Sementara tulang mu Tobing Jae Jae.

P: terus dongan tubu saya?
J: ya jelas dongan sabutuha/ semarga kamu, ya Aritonang-lah, Radjagoekgoek, Datusangap -Tagor Nilaut.

P: nah yg disebut boru?
J: ya marga2 yang mangalap boru Aritonang dan dianggap menantu laki2 dikeluarga Aritonang

P: ehmm, noh disitu ada ditulis bona tulang, tulang rorobot, apaan tuh artinya?
J: Kalau tulang rorobot ya tulang istrimu, tulangnya mama Immanuel kan Pangaribuan, ya Pangaribuan- lah. -Nah kalo bona tulang ya itu tulang dari ayahmu, ya Hutapea Puraja Laguboti kan.

P: terus yang disebut tarombo itu apa ya?
J: Tarombo (berarti silsilah) merupakan suatu hal yang sangat penting bagi orang Batak. Bagi mereka yang tidak mengetahui silsilahnya akan dianggap sebagai orang Batak kesasar (nalilu). Orang Batak khususnya lelaki diwajibkan mengetahui silsilahnya minimal nenek moyangnya yang menurunkan marganya dan teman semarganya (dongan tubu). Hal ini diperlukan agar mengetahui letak kekerabatannya (partuturanna) dalam suatu klan atau marga.

By the way, Immanu'el Aritonang rencananya akan dibaptis di gereja rumbai; desember ini.Segitu saja dulu. Kan nanti bisa tambah dan edit kan?
Ok deh, Shalom Aleichem

One moment in your border, 1 June 2008

Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 9:07am

We were in the wall security embankment one day early in June, passing the wall in order to return to Jerusalem to continue our prayer at Via Dolorosa.We didn't know that the IDF border guard was looking for somebody returning back from Bethlehem. There it happens. The bus was redirected to the parking lot and we got down for the passport check and x-ray.

In the confusion, my wife mistakenly put her wristwatch on the conveyor without putting it on a plastic basket. Surely enough, her watch got stuck and the conveyour was jammed. I told the IDF soldier to stop the conveyor in order for us to retrieve the watch.

She didn't understand simple english and instead she called another IDF soldier to check what is wrong which leads to my talking to her from the line.

This IDF grunt just shouted at us to get back then ask the conveyor x-ray operator "what's wrong?"

He then proceed to talk to me rudely shoving his automatic assault rifle in my face. Wrong choice brother! I shouted obscenities back at him, then at his sargeant at the gangplank 3 meters above and to all his squad fellows nearing up. Basically I let it all rip!

It is just unbelievable how these youngsters act toward pilgrims, US dollar paying ones, who happen to be a respected visitor in this land.

That settled, the IDF soldiers was admonished by their sargeant above and got back to their stations with their tails behind their legs.

I was told later that Shin-Beth was trying to catch individuals known to have attacked a watchtower with stones and bee bee guns.

Wow, I told him -we are Indonesian who live day by day in a third world country violence and mayhem, anybody shouted at you and point their rifles ought to know better and do better. Indonesians stands to and never retreats, let alone by this green 18 year old rambo wanabees

Lesson learned for me as a new father to Immanuel Aritonang

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 3:14pm

It's nothing new, and you probably have read this somewhere down the line, written by different people with different approach and different conclusions.But here is my lesson learned as a new father.

Immanuel Aritonang was born 3 months ago on April 13, 2009 and lo and behold was blessed with yours truly as his lovely father.
As you all may have guessed, yes I did not and have never taken any fatherhood class or any daddy grooming seminars.
It's all learning by doing.And the following shall be my humble list of lesson learned. You are all free to comment, add or advise to delete or edit, but keep the insults and the sarcasm to the minimum, alright!

So here goes:
1. It's best that you prepare before hand your wife's clothes and things inside a bag in your car before you go to the hospital for child birth. Your new child's clothes shall be lent from the hospital when he is born but your wife needs her clothes, bathing stuff etc.

2. For you who cannot stand the sight of blood, then it's best to opt out attending the child birth in the delivery or operating room. I pass out just watching the video, let alone being in there personally. The doctors are so focused on your wife's labor and child's birth, let's not trouble them by passing out and dropping to the floor while your wife is in labor.

3. Try not to hear the complaints of the nurses and midwife about how ill-informed you are as a new father. Their father's and husband's poor performance might have bigger impact in their perspectives.

4. When your wife has just finished her caesarean section in the operating room, chances are she is still under sedation when your child needs feeding. So prepare a baby milk before hand to feed the baby. This is just for the early phases. Once she regain her consciouness, mother's milk is better by far. Now Immanuel only feed on his mother's milk until 6 months -nothing else for now.

5. Learn how to help your wife feed and nurse the baby, bathe them with warm water and to look for symptoms of irregularities such as warm, flu etc. I learned on how to hold Immanuel and to burp him in these early days. I am so proud of myself, ehehehe.

6. Babies tend to love being hold and carried around. Don't worry it's just the way babies make sure that they got proper love, attention and care from mother and father. Immanuel does not cry but he shall shout and throw punches and kicks if you do not carry him around showing stuffs in the house.

7. Make sure that your babies are feed properly. In Immanuel's case he wants to be fed every 15 minutes in his initial days. Now in his 3rd month, he wants his baby milk every 3 hours.

8. I don't know exactly what happened, but Immanuel does not like baby talcum powder. He sneezed a lot when applied and told us that he does not like talcum. Baby oil works wonders, so please use baby oil instead of baby powder.

9. Our bed is 2 meter by 2 meters and the height is around 1.25 meter. My mom and mother in law told me to remove the bottom portion and just use the pillow top. Having your baby rolls over and drop from that height straght to the floor is a definite no-no. Prepare yourself with baby car seat and stroller for traveling and his crib for social time in the living room. For Immanuel: we have to be careful, he is an active baby with lots of roll over, bends and kicks.

10. Keep fresh clothes at all time for your babies. There's lots of pee-pee time and poo-poo time. It's normal. Anyway Immanuel is the new boss in this house and he can do whatever he wants to do anywhere, anytime he wants it done.

God bless everybody!

Bali vacation package cost a lot more than Thailand package ??

Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 1:46pm

This is amazing facts.
I just found out that the current prices for a trip to Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya is a lot cheaper than a trip to Bali.
Comparing between the two packages which includes the same classes of accomodation and transportation and of course the same duration, I was so surprised even when I check into the details.

Why is this happening? We are in Indonesia and the logical choice would be Bali for it is still in Indonesia.
Ah, but lots of people do not tangle themselves with this question and proceed to book Thailand instead of Bali.
There goes the income to this country.
That also goes for corporate or company getaway or functions for they are booking a lot of people at the same time and the priced difference played a lot in their choice.
Amazing, Thailand won on this one and I believe that this has been going for quite sometime.
Maybe somebody can answer this question for me.

Michael Jackson memorial

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 6:51pm

On the memoral for Michael Jackson,
I thank God that Katherine Jackson put a ruling foot on every thing on that memorial.
Yes, they made a Christian memorial.
Jermaine who has been a muslim for 20 years did not utter a single word of Allah.
Plus no members of Nation of Islam there.

Michael Jackson's mother Katherine said no way.
I thank God for comments from Smokey Robinson, that gospel choir by Andrae Crouch, "Jesus is Love" song by Lionel Richie and the commodores and Stevie Wonder performed a version of his song "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" and "They Won't Go When I Go" , Mariah Carey saying thank you Jesus on her last part of "I'll be there", Queen Latifah reception as one of MJ fans, both Martin Luther King III & Bernice King and Sheila Jackson Lee said Christians eulogies for MJ and that was good along with Rev Al Sharpton who said "There wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. What was strange was what your daddy had to deal with"Especially the Christians prayer by Pastor Lucius Smith, the Jackson family friend.

Yes, I am glad that they did it as a Christian memorial.

Friends, by Kahlil Gibran

Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind,
nor do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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וויקיפדיה הנוצרית

Yarden László Zelivansky Grünwald (Israel) wroteon May 8, 2009 at 5:46pm
בוויקיפדיה יש חוסר נוראי במידע על נצרות בוויקיפדיה העבריתהייתי רוצה לבקש ממכם,כל דוברי העברית,להתרם למאמץ ולערוך את הערכים נאנמנה לאמונהתודה.ירדן.

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You replied to Yarden's poston May 8, 2009 at 9:27pm
This is a very good subject my brother.I shall pray for you guys on this work.I have not check out the Wikipedia Hebrew articles on Christianity.But I assumed from your information that there are only but a few.Meanwhile there is a strong anti-God, atheist, irreligious and humanist stance on Wikipedia English articles.The sentiment from those opposing the Word of God there is so strong, their wording sounds like the Chinese Revolutionary Youth back in 1949 on the big purge. From my view they have declared war on Christians.Please stay safe there in Terrae Sancta, good Christian Soldier.

Yarden László Zelivansky Grünwald (Israel) wroteon May 8, 2009 at 10:26pm
Thank you so much,Ricardo!There are indeed just a few articles on Christianity in the Hebrew Wikipedia, and most are written in an awefully incorrect manner.Latlely it seems like most non-Christians have indeed declared war on us.It's scary how exetreme they can sound.Indeed like some fundamentel anti-liberty group from way back.I mean-even musolini wanted a Catholic Fascist Italy,and was tolarent to all Religions!

You replied to Yarden's poston May 8, 2009 at 11:57pm
Just go take a a look at definition of God in the English wikipedia.Wow, surprise.. surprise there we see that thrice married, twice divorced Richard Dawkins opinion stated in there. Why? Because their atheist/ irreligious supporter feels good about seeing their opinion written on this information site.Nowadays they would deem anybody objecting to their opinion as either fundamentalist or idiots. Moreover if you discuss the downside of Darwinism.Why can't people write their opinion on the Origin of Species in ENG Wikipedia. Its closely guarded I tell you.I say those people are doing hate crime.

Yarden László Zelivansky Grünwald (Israel) wroteon May 9, 2009 at 12:00am
I'll say!It's horrible.The act that way,with no respect to us,and then expect us to respect them.

An article on Pope Benedict XVI visit to the Holy Land, May 2009

created by Ashraf Abdalla Dabain, 19 Feb 2009

زيارة وتبعات ما قبل الزيارةمع الاعلان الرسمي لزيارة الحبر الروماني للاردن فلسطين واسرائيل في شهر آيار القادم فتحت شهية المقالات والتعليقات على الخبر في المواقع الالكترونية العربية إخبارية كانت ام منتديات او حتى مواقع التعارف والتسليه. ان المطلع على هذه التعليقات او المقالات ليرى تشابهاً فيما بينها شكلاً ومضموناً وكان شخص واحد يكتبها هنا وهناك وبأسماء مختلفه. فالغالبية العظمى من هذه التعليقات تدين الزيارة وتتهم البابا بالعدائية للاسلام والعرب لا بل لقد وتمادى البعض منهم ليفتح مواضيع دينية ونقدية هجومية على المسيحية كدين والتهجم على الرموز المسيحية المقدسة ومن هذه التعليقات نقتطف بعضاً منها :" بإذن الله .. سيستعيد المسلمون فلسطين ... ولن تحلم بأن تطأها أقدامك ... طالما قلت أن فلسطين لليهود والمسيحيين دون المسلمين ؟!!! ستعض أصابعك ندما أنت أو الباباوات الذين من بعدك على ما فعلتموه ... ثم هل كان عيسى عليه السلام يلبس هذه الملابس التي تلبسونها من الحرير و الذهب وما لا عين رأت ؟!!"" الذين روجوا لما سمي بحوار الأديان ، واهمون ، فعلى أي أساس سنتحاور مع اليهود ، الذين يقتلون ويغتصبون وينتهكون الحرمات ، كل هذا باسم دينهم ، فأين هي الأرضية المشتركة بيننا وبين النصارى الذين يستهزئون من نبي الإسلام عليه الصلاة والسلام برسوماتهم وكتابتهم ، ولم نر استنكارا من كنائسهم"" من اين تاتيه العظمة انتم لم تصفوا هذا الوصف للقرضاوي لماذا تصفوه للباباهم او مجرد شي قالها الله سبحانه وتعال "لن ترضي عنك اليهود والنصارى حتى تتبع دينهم"" فهذا الشخص أساء كثيرا للمسلمين والأردن اليوم بلد اسلامي هاشمي يضم نصارى شرفاء وهم أهل ذمة وانا متأكد أن نشامى الأردن من العرب النصارى لا يرضون أبدا بزيارة من أساء للمسلمين"" اريد ان انبه الى خطا شائع الى الذين يقولون حوار الاديان فلا يوجد هناك شىء يسمى اديان باستتناء الدين الاسلامي. والمسيحية واليهودية ليست الا شرائع سماوية استنادا لقول الله جل جلاله (ان الدين عند الله الاسلام) وقوله ايضا (ما كان ابراهيم يهوديا ولا نصرانيا ولكن كان حنيفا مسلما )اما بخصوص هذا البابا الذي هو اعظم شخصية عند المسيح فالله سبحانه وتعالى يقول ( ان كثيرا من الاحبار والرهبان لياكلون اموال الناس بالباطل)"وغيرها الكثيرلا يمكن للقارئ هذه التعليقات وغيرها الكثير الا ان يؤكد انها موجه مجنونه ومسعوره قد بدأت ولا نعلم متى ستتوقف... لقد بدأت كحملة منظمة ضد البابا وزيارته ولكنها في طياتها حملة متحامله على المسيحية ورموزها... التي تطالها الاساءة يومياً في المواقع الالكترونية العربية والاسلامية دون ان تجد من يشير اليها لا من قبل المسيحيين العرب او من الغرب...ودون ان نسمع عن جهة ما تهدد وتعربد وترهب بسبب هذه الاساءات ضد المسيحية ورموزها.ولا يقتصر الموضوع على العرب...فحتى اسرائيل بدأت حملتها ضد البابا بعد الاعلان الرسمي مباشرة:فالقناة العاشرة الاسرائيلية بثت برنامجاً عن قداسة البابا الراحل يوحنا بولس الثاني صورته فيها كشاذ جنسي كما شملت حملتها الكنيسة الكاثوليكية والعقائد المسيحية... وطال النقد والتجريح والاساءة البابا بندكتوس نفسه بصفته معادي للسامية بعد ان اصدر قراراً بسحب الحرمان ضد اربعة اساقفة منهم واحد رفض الاعتراف بمحرقة اليهود ايام النازية ولقراره السير بتكريم البابا بيوس الثاني عشر وثم التراجع عنه تحت ضغط اللوبي الصهيوني.فإذا كانت الهجمة المنظمة من طرفي النقيض العرب واليهود تستقبل خبر زيارة البابا للاراضي المقدسة بشقيها الشرقي والغربي فماذا سيكون ردة الفعل عند زيارته الفعلية؟ما دورنا نحن مسيحيو الشرق رغم انقسامنا الطائفي؟طرف يقول انه على البابا إلغاء زيارته او على الاقل تأجيلها بسبب الكراهية العمياء له شخصياً ولموقعه وللدين الذي ينادي به.وطرف وانا منهم نشجع على الزيارة ونؤيدها لماذا؟لانه لا بد ان نثبت لمن هم حولنا من عرب ويهود اننا نحن كمسيحيين لنا وجود في هذا الشرق منذ عشرين قرناً واننا كمواطنين كاملي المواطنية ويجب ان نكون كاملي الحقوق واننا لسنا اهل ذمة او عبيد او ضيوف في هذا البلد وفي هذا الشرق... شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى.اشرف الضباعين
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additional info:
Pope to Visit Jordan Mosque During Holy Land TourAMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Jordan's largest mosque during his first papal tour of the Holy Land in May, a local Roman Catholic priest said Tuesday.The Pope's stop at the Hussein bin Talal Mosque in Amman will be his second visit to a Muslim place of worship since becoming pope in 2005, said Rifat Bader, a Catholic priest in Jordan who is the spokesman for the Jordanian leg of the Pope's Holy Land tour. In 2006, Pope Benedict prayed at Turkey's famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul."He will also meet there with Muslim leaders and religious scholars at the mosque, underlining the coexistence between religions," Bader told The Associated Press.The mosque, built in outskirts of Amman nearly four years ago, is named after the late King Hussein, who died in 1999.Jordan will be the Pope's first stop on the Holy Land tour from May 8-15, Bader said. He will also travel to Israel and the West Bank, making stops in cities including Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Bader said discussions were under way to possibly add Gaza on the Pope's itinerary.During his three-day stay in Jordan, the Pope will also visit Biblical sites including Mount Nebo, where Moses had first seen the promised land, and a spot on the Jordanian River, where Jesus had been baptized, Bader said.The Pope also plans to hold a public Mass in Jordan, where 3 percent of the country's 5.8 million people are Muslims.Pope Benedict will then travel to Israel, where President Shimon Peres is expected to escort him. Bader said the Pope will stop at the recently renovated Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum during his visit to Jerusalem and will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.The late Pope John Paul II came to the Holy Land in a 2000 pilgrimage, visiting Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.The visit to the Mideast comes at a time of strained relations between the Vatican and Israel. The fragile relations worsened last month when the German Pope reinstated an excommunicated bishop who has questioned the extent of the Holocaust. Pope Benedict later condemned the bishop's remarks and spoke out against anti-Semitism.Relations between the Vatican and the Muslim world have also been tense in recent years. In 2006, Pope Benedict made remarks on Islam and holy war during a speech in Germany that angered many Muslims, leading him to backtrack and declare himself "deeply sorry."
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and then my reply on this is as follows:
Ephesians 4:2-16 (New International Version)2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.8 This is why it says:"When he ascended on high,he led captives in his trainand gave gifts to men.9 "What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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John 14:6, Ricardo Aritonang

John 14:6 (New International Version)
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:6 (King James Version)
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:6 (Amplified Bible)
6Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.

1 Timothy 4:16, Ricardo Aritonang

ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 4:16 (1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament)
16επεχε σεαυτω και τη διδασκαλια επιμενε αυτοις τουτο γαρ ποιων και σεαυτον σωσεις και τους ακουοντας σου

The New Testament in the Original Greek is the name of a Greek language version of the New Testament published in 1881. It is also known as the Westcott and Hort text, after its editors Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892). It is a critical text, compiled from some of the oldest New Testament fragments and texts that had been discovered at the time.

Project Management

Project management

Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
A project is a finite endeavor (having specific start and completion dates) undertaken to create a unique product or service which brings about beneficial change or added value. This finite characteristic of projects stands in sharp contrast to processes, or operations, which are permanent or semi-permanent functional work to repetitively produce the same product or service. In practice, the management of these two systems is often found to be quite different, and as such requires the development of distinct technical skills and the adoption of separate management philosophy, which is the subject of this article.
The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honoring the project constraints. Typical constraints are scope, time and budget. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives. A project is a carefully defined set of activities that use resources (money, people, materials, energy, space, provisions, communication, motivation, etc.) to achieve the project goals and objectives.
Project management approaches
There are several approaches that can be taken to managing project activities including agile, interactive, incremental, and phased approaches.
Regardless of the approach employed, careful consideration needs to be given to clarify surrounding project objectives, goals, and importantly, the roles and responsibilities of all participants and stakeholders.
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2.1 The traditional approach
2.2 Critical Chain Project Management
2.3 Extreme Project Management
2.4 Event chain methodology
2.5 PRINCE2
2.6 Process-based management
2.7 Rational Unified Process

The traditional approach
A traditional phased approach identifies a sequence of steps to be completed. In the "traditional approach", we can distinguish 5 components of a project (4 stages plus control) in the development of a project:
project initiation stage;
project planning or design stage;
project execution or production stage;
project monitoring and controlling systems;
project completion stage.
Not all the projects will visit every stage as projects can be terminated before they reach completion. Some projects probably don't have the planning and/or the monitoring. Some projects will go through steps 2, 3 and 4 multiple times.
Many industries utilize variations on these stages. For example, in bricks and mortar architectural design, projects typically progress through stages like Pre-Planning, Conceptual Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Drawings (or Contract Documents), and Construction Administration. In software development, this approach is often known as "waterfall development", i.e., one series of tasks after another in linear sequence. In software development many organizations have adapted the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to fit this methodology, although RUP does not require or explicitly recommend this practice. Waterfall development can work for small tightly defined projects, but for larger projects of undefined or unknowable scope, it is less suited. The Cone of Uncertainty explains some of this as the planning made on the initial phase of the project suffers from a high degree of uncertainty. This becomes specially true as software development is often the realization of a new or novel product, this method has been widely accepted as ineffective for software projects where requirements are largely unknowable up front and susceptible to change. While the names may differ from industry to industry, the actual stages typically follow common steps to problem solving — "defining the problem, weighing options, choosing a path, implementation and evaluation."
Critical Chain Project Management
Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is a method of planning and managing projects that puts more emphasis on the resources required to execute project tasks. It is an application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to projects. The goal is to increase the rate of throughput (or completion rates) of projects in an organization. Applying the first three of the five focusing steps of TOC, the system constraint for all projects is identified as resources. To exploit the constraint, tasks on the critical chain are given priority over all other activities. Finally, projects are planned and managed to ensure that the critical chain tasks are ready to start as soon as the needed resources are available, subordinating all other resources to the critical chain.
For specific projects, the project plan should undergo Resource Leveling, and the longest sequence of resource-constrained tasks is identified as the critical chain. In multi-project environments, resource leveling should be performed across projects. However, it is often enough to identify (or simply select) a single "drum" resource—a resource that acts as a constraint across projects—and stagger projects based on the availability of that single resource.
Extreme Project Management
In critical studies of Project Management, it has been noted that several of these fundamentally PERT-based models are not well suited for the multi-project company environment of today. Most of them are aimed at very large-scale, one-time, non-routine projects, and nowadays all kinds of management are expressed in terms of projects.
Using complex models for "projects" (or rather "tasks") spanning a few weeks has been proven to cause unnecessary costs and low maneuverability in several cases. Instead, project management experts try to identify different "lightweight" models, such as Agile Project Management methods including Extreme Programming for software development and Scrum techniques.
The generalization of Extreme Programming to other kinds of projects is extreme project management, which may be used in combination with the process modeling and management principles of human interaction management.
Event chain methodology
Event chain methodology is the next advance beyond critical path method and critical chain project management.
Event chain methodology is an uncertainty modeling and schedule network analysis technique that is focused on identifying and managing events and event chains that affect project schedules. Event chain methodology helps to mitigate the negative impact of psychological heuristics and biases, as well as to allow for easy modeling of uncertainties in the project schedules. Event chain methodology is based on the following major principles.
Probabilistic moment of risk: An activity (task) in most real life processes is not a continuous uniform process. Tasks are affected by external events, which can occur at some point in the middle of the task.
Event chains: Events can cause other events, which will create event chains. These event chains can significantly affect the course of the project. Quantitative analysis is used to determine a cumulative effect of these event chains on the project schedule.
Critical events or event chains: The single events or the event chains that have the most potential to affect the projects are the “critical events” or “critical chains of events.” They can be determined by the analysis.
Project tracking with events: If a project is partially completed and data about the project duration, cost, and events occurred is available, it is possible to refine information about future potential events and helps to forecast future project performance.
Event chain visualization: Events and event chains can be visualized using event chain diagrams on a Gantt chart.

PRINCE2
PRINCE2 is a structured approach to project management, released in 1996 as a generic project management method. It provides a method for managing projects within a clearly defined framework. PRINCE2 describes procedures to coordinate people and activities in a project, how to design and supervise the project, and what to do if the project has to be adjusted if it doesn’t develop as planned.
In the method each process is specified with its key inputs and outputs and with specific goals and activities to be carried out, which gives an automatic control of any deviations from the plan. Divided into manageable stages, the method enables an efficient control of resources. On the basis of close monitoring the project can be carried out in a controlled and organized way.
PRINCE2 provides a common language for all participants in the project. The various management roles and responsibilities involved in a project are fully described and are adaptable to suit the complexity of the project and skills of the organisation.
Process-based management

Capability Maturity Model, predecessor of the CMMI Model.
Also furthering the concept of project control is the incorporation of process-based management. This area has been driven by the use of Maturity models such as the CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) and ISO/IEC15504 (SPICE - Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination), which have been far more successful.
Agile Project Management approaches based on the principles of human interaction management are founded on a process view of human collaboration. This contrasts sharply with traditional approach. In the agile software development or flexible product development approach, the project is seen as a series of relatively small tasks conceived and executed as the situation demands in an adaptive manner, rather than as a completely pre-planned process.
Rational Unified Process
The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is an iterative software development process framework created by the Rational Software Corporation, a division of IBM since 2003. RUP is not a single concrete prescriptive process, but rather an adaptable process framework, intended to be tailored by the development organizations and software project teams that will select the elements of the process that are appropriate for their needs. The following are phases of RUP, which align to business activities intended to drive successful delivery and deployment of projects. It also provides the taxonomy for blue printing and producing enterprise architecture artifacts across its different domains.
Inception - Identify the initial scope of the project, a potential architecture for the system, and obtain initial project funding and stakeholder acceptance.
Elaboration - Prove the architecture of the system.
Construction - Build working software on a regular, incremental basis which meets the highest-priority needs of project stakeholders.
Transition - Validate and deploy the system into the production environment
The open source version of RUP is OpenUP.
Project development stages
Traditionally, project development includes five elements: control systems, and four stages. Regardless of the methodology used, the project development process will have the same major stages:
initiation,
planning or development,
production or execution,
monitoring and controlling, and
closing.
Project control systems
Project control is that element of a project that keeps it on-track, on-time and within budget. Project control begins early in the project with planning and ends late in the project with post-implementation review, having a thorough involvement of each step in the process. Each project should be assessed for the appropriate level of control needed: too much control is too time consuming, too little control is very risky. If project control is not implemented correctly, the cost to the business should be clarified in terms of errors, fixes, and additional audit fees.
Control systems are needed for cost, risk, quality, communication, time, change, procurement, and human resources. In addition, auditors should consider how important the projects are to the financial statements, how reliant the stakeholders are on controls, and how many controls exist. Auditors should review the development process and procedures for how they are implemented. The process of development and the quality of the final product may also be assessed if needed or requested. A business may want the auditing firm to be involved throughout the process to catch problems earlier on so that they can be fixed more easily. An auditor can serve as a controls consultant as part of the development team or as an independent auditor as part of an audit.
Businesses sometimes use formal systems development processes. These help assure that systems are developed successfully. A formal process is more effective in creating strong controls, and auditors should review this process to confirm that it is well designed and is followed in practice. A good formal systems development plan outlines:
A strategy to align development with the organization’s broader objectives
Standards for new systems
Project management policies for timing and budgeting
Procedures describing the process
Initiation
The initiation stage determines the nature and scope of the development. If this stage is not performed well, it is unlikely that the project will be successful in meeting the business’s needs. The key project controls needed here are an understanding of the business environment and making sure that all necessary controls are incorporated into the project. Any deficiencies should be reported and a recommendation should be made to fix them.
The initiation stage should include a cohesive plan that encompasses the following areas:
Study analyzing the business needs in measurable goals.
Review of the current operations.
Conceptual design of the operation of the final product.
Equipment and contracting requirements including an assessment of 'long-lead' items.
Financial analysis of the costs and benefits including a budget.
Stakeholder analysis, including users, and support personnel for the project.
Project charter including costs, tasks, deliverables, and schedule.
Planning and design
After the initiation stage, the system is designed. Occasionally, a small prototype of the final product is built and tested. Testing is generally performed by a combination of testers and end users, and can occur after the prototype is built or concurrently. Controls should be in place that ensure that the final product will meet the specifications of the project charter. The results of the design stage should include a product design that:
Satisfies the project sponsor, end user, and business requirements.
Functions as it was intended.
Can be produced within quality standards.
Can be produced within time and budget constraints.
Executing
Executing consists of the processes used to complete the work defined in the project management plan to accomplish the project's requirements. Execution process involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan. The deliverables are produced as outputs from the processes performed as defined in the project management plan.
Monitoring and Controlling
Monitoring and Controlling consists of those processes performed to observe project execution so that potential problems can be identified in a timely manner and corrective action can be taken, when necessary, to control the execution of the project. The key benefit is that project performance is observed and measured regularly to identify variances from the project management plan.
Monitoring and Controlling includes:
Measuring the ongoing project activities (where we are);
Monitoring the project variables (cost, effort, ...) against the project management plan and the project performance baseline (where we should be);
Identify corrective actions to properly address issues and risks (How can we get on track again);
Influencing the factors that could circumvent integrated change control so only approved changes are implemented
In multi-phase projects, the Monitoring and Controlling process also provides feedback between project phases, in order to implement corrective or preventive actions to bring the project into compliance with the project management plan.
Project Maintenance is an ongoing process, and it includes:
Continuing support of end users
Correction of errors
Updates of the software over time
In this stage, auditors should pay attention to how effectively and quickly user problems are resolved.
Over the course of any construction project, the work scope changes. Change is a normal and expected part of the construction process. Changes can be the result of necessary design modifications, differing site conditions, material availability, contractor-requested changes, value engineering and impacts from third parties, to name a few. Beyond executing the change in the field, the change normally needs to be documented to show what was actually constructed. This is referred to as Change Management. Hence, the owner usually requires a final record to show all changes or, more specifically, any change that modifies the tangible portions of the finished work. The record is made on the contract documents – usually, but not necessarily limited to, the design drawings. The end product of this effort is what the industry terms as-built drawings, or more simply, “asbuilts.” The requirement for providing them is a norm in construction contracts.
When changes are introduced to the project the viability of the project has to be assessed again. It is important not to lose sight of the initial goals and targets of the projects. When the changes accumulate, the forecasted end result may not justify the proposed investment.
Closing
Closing includes the formal acceptance of the project and the ending thereof. Administrative activities include the archiving of the files and documenting lessons learned. Closing phase consist of two parts:
Close project: to finalize all activities across all of the process groups to formally close the project or a project phase
Contract closure: necessary for completing and settling each contract, including the resolution of any open items, and closing each contract applicable to the project or a project phase.

Project management topics
Project managers
A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, architecture, computer networking, telecommunications or software development. Many other fields in the production, design and service industries also have project managers.
A project manager is the person accountable for accomplishing the stated project objectives. Key project management responsibilities include creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing the triple constraint for projects, which is cost, time, and scope.
A project manager is often a client representative and has to determine and implement the exact needs of the client, based on knowledge of the firm they are representing. The ability to adapt to the various internal procedures of the contracting party, and to form close links with the nominated representatives, is essential in ensuring that the key issues of cost, time, quality and above all, client satisfaction, can be realized.
Project Management Triangle
Like any human undertaking, projects need to be performed and delivered under certain constraints. Traditionally, these constraints have been listed as "scope," "time," and "cost".[3] These are also referred to as the "Project Management Triangle," where each side represents a constraint. One side of the triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others. A further refinement of the constraints separates product "quality" or "performance" from scope, and turns quality into a fourth constraint.
The time constraint refers to the amount of time available to complete a project. The cost constraint refers to the budgeted amount available for the project. The scope constraint refers to what must be done to produce the project's end result. These three constraints are often competing constraints: increased scope typically means increased time and increased cost, a tight time constraint could mean increased costs and reduced scope, and a tight budget could mean increased time and reduced scope.
The discipline of Project Management is about providing the tools and techniques that enable the project team (not just the project manager) to organize their work to meet these constraints.
Work Breakdown Structure
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a tree structure, which shows a subdivision of effort required to achieve an objective; for example a program, project, and contract. The WBS may show hardware, product, service, or process oriented. In a project of contract, the WBS is developed by starting with[4] :
the end objective and
successively subdividing it into manageable components
in terms of size, duration, and responsibility (e.g., systems, subsystems, components, tasks, subtasks, and work packages)
which include all steps necessary to achieve the objective.
The Work Breakdown Structure provides a common framework for the natural development of the overall planning and control of a contract and is the basis for dividing work into definable increments from which the statement of work can be developed and technical, schedule, cost, and labor hour reporting can be established.[4]

Project control variables
Project Management tries to gain control over variables such as risk. Potential points of failure: Most negative risks (or potential failures) can be overcome or resolved, given enough planning capabilities, time, and resources. According to some definitions (including PMBOK Third Edition) risk can also be categorized as "positive--" meaning that there is a potential opportunity, e.g., complete the project faster than expected.
Customers (either internal or external project sponsors) and external organizations (such as government agencies and regulators) can dictate the extent of three variables: time, cost, and scope. The remaining variable (risk) is managed by the project team, ideally based on solid estimation and response planning techniques. Through a negotiation process among project stakeholders, an agreement defines the final objectives, in terms of time, cost, scope, and risk, usually in the form of a charter or contract.
To properly control these variables a good project manager has a depth of knowledge and experience in these four areas (time, cost, scope, and risk), and in six other areas as well: integration, communication, human resources, quality assurance, schedule development, and procurement.
International standards
There have been several attempts to develop Project Management standards, such as:
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
HERMES method, Swiss general project management method, selected for use in Luxembourg and international organisations.
The ISO standards ISO 9000, a family of standards for quality management systems, and the ISO 10006:2003, for Quality management systems and guidelines for quality management in projects.
PRINCE2, PRojects IN Controlled Environments.
Capability Maturity Model from the Software Engineering Institute.
Total Cost Management Framework, an AACE International's process for Portfolio, Program and Project Management)
V-Modell, an originally systems developement method.
See also
Lists
Glossary of project management
List of project management topics
List of project management software
Related fields
Architectural engineering
Construction management
Cost engineering
Earned value management
Human factors
Project workforce management
Portfolio management
Software project management
Related subjects
Project+
Project accounting
Project governance
Program management
Project management software
Project Management Institute
Process architecture

Pemilihan presiden, wapres Indonesia - Juni 2009

Ah rupanya sampai juga kita ke acara pemilihan presiden

Ada 3 pasangan calon presiden loh.

(1) Susilo Bambang Yudoyono & Boediono
(2) Megawati Sukarno Putri & Prabowo Subianto
(3) Jusuf Kalla & Wiranto

Kira-kira mau pilih pasangan mana ya?

Jawaban: ya pasangan yang menang
dan selanjutnya menjadi presiden/ wapres 2009-2014 lah

Gitu aja kok repot

Immanuel Aritonang, my firstborn, my handsome son

At long last I have a son.

My beautiful wife Lola gave birth to my firstborn on the night of April 13th, 2009 in St Elisabeth.
I have waited for a son for God knows how long. At this moment, time after time I can only smile at their lovely faces and wonder what have I done so right to deserve such a blessings.
Blessings do come in floods of happiness -that is what the Holy Bible tells us.
Now and forever, nobody can say any less than Abba Immanu'el to address myself, while Mama Immanuel to address my wife Lola.

Immanuel was born 4.2kg and with length of 52 centimeters.
Yes, Lola delivered him on caesarean section in St Elisabeth. Nobody can deliver such a big baby normally under the circumstances.

Little that we know about Immanuel problem arriving in this world. For we always check with dr. Zuherdy but found no problem prior to the last check.
Initially we were scheduled to have the birth on 23 February 2009 but after 2 weeks of induced birth nothing happens. Immanuel was not going anywhere, still playing and moving around but no sign of prenatal activities.
So when the time comes for our "2nd overdue obgyn check" the doctor gave 2 choices for us.
1. to go to operating room immediately and undergo Caesarean Section
2. to go to delivery room and induce birth by way of drug injection
Either way Immanuel's placenta has already turn white because of the increase in calcium.

But the clinch here: Immanuel for sure was tangled in his own abdominal cord. If Lola and I chose to induce his birth by drug injection, Immanuel would have been strangled to death on the delivery room.

But Lola my beautiful and daring wife, cried her heart out for 2 minutes and then bravely choose the Caesarean Section. Sitting beside her I was dumbfounded and tears welled up in my eyes.

We are not mentally prepared for this, absolutely not. People take 1 whole week to mentally prepare for any operation and on the last night before any operation people always 'fast' in order to remove gastric effect post operation.

But no, Lola bravely went back to the reception desk to check in for immediate operation and walked with me to the Emergency room in order to have the IV inserted into her vein.

Wincing from the pain, she was wheeled into the delivery room to prepare her for the Caesarean. Clothes bundled into her bags and all forms filled up, she was then given initial sedation there.

I said our prayers with Lola and Immanuel and then ask our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have His will in this instance of our lives. Ending with the Lord's prayer I said let's get it on to Lola on the wheeled bed. It was 2100 hours Monday night on 13 April.

21.15 hours, dr. Zuherdy walked by and smiled to our stressed faces, sitting on the floor of that hospital. With me was my brother Edward and both my mother Ria and my mother in law Risma. All silenced and feel daunted. All our hearts in our mouth. Nobody in their right mind was up to this, we were coming in for check up and instead prolonged into the night waiting outside the operating room.

Come 21.45 an empty baby box was wheeled into the operating room. Sure enough, we run up and find a beautiful and big baby boy was there sleeping. "This is Mrs. Lola's baby" said the nurse. "You got that right, sister - that is my baby boy there". Ehehehe, Immanuel was fast asleep, exhausted after the operation. Cleaned up afterwards we could not believe how handsome he is, there in the baby room. Big boy, 4.2 kilos and 52 cm, shouting at the top of his lungs ordering the nurse to bring him his milk on the double.

Meanwhile Lola was in the operating room for another 2 hours and it was 23oo hours when we received her outside the operating room, still heavily under anaesthetics and thus accompany her regaining consciousness in the ward. Not long, by 0200 she drowsily was asking me where Immanuel is sleeping to which I answered there in the next room but he shall be with us in the morning. Ah, she hold my hands, smiled her beautiful smile and said "I am so happy, we have a success and Immanuel is here with us, I am not going to sleep my husbang because I am so happy"

Now, 15 May 2009 Immanuel has passed his 1 month and he is learning to adjust his vision and enhance his hearing ability. Lola and I are so proud of our Immanuel. Such a handsome boy, such a genius, such a strong leader.

Hallelujah to the Lamb of God. Jesus Christ has answered our humble prayers.
Amen, amen and amen

Immanuel Aritonang, ref Matthew 1:23

هذا هو تماما الرائعة. وأنا في انتظار ولادة أول بلدي. اسمه عمانوئيل اريتونانج وأنا مسرور تماما. ليس هناك شيء آخر هو حدث في حياتي التي تجاوزت هذه. الثناء على الرب ، Yehova ، فإن أكثر المقدسة واحدة من اسرائيل. لحبه هو دائم ودائم من أي وقت مضى. ربما الروح القدس يسوع المسيح دائما تألق عليكم ولكم السلام والازدهار. آمين ، آمين ، وآمين.