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I use Windows XP home SP2
I have just set up Dual monitors on my desktop PC. One is 19" LG Flatron and a 17" Diamond Digital Flatscreen. Running on an AGP GeForce FX5500 video card.
The 17" is running off a DVI to VGA adapter and is set as the secondary monitor.
My problem is that this secondary monitor is not displaying colour correctly, it looks faded in areas and text is just about unreadable. I have adjusted all colour settings and it does not change the appearance at all.
I have installed all the latest drivers and nothing changed. I have changed over the connections on the video card the prob is still there. When I plug the monitors in separately they both work OK, so it's not the monitors.
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Be Smart - Don't Start Anti-Tobacco Day teaches Oklahomans about the Dangers of Tobacco Use
On Thursday, May 10, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK) presented Be Smart-Don't Start Anti-Tobacco Day at Science Museum Oklahoma . Nearly 2,000 guests received free admission to the museum and more than 1,200 students from 15 schools attended, courtesy of BCBOSK.
Participating schools included:
To help educate school-aged children about the dangers of tobacco use, BCBSOK initiated the Be Smart-Don't Start program in 2004, teaching thousands of Oklahoma youth how to live a healthy lifestyle and make smart choices.
The program also includes an anti-tobacco curriculum that is distributed to over 1,000 teachers in 680 schools through Newspapers in Education and published in The Oklahoman, impacting almost 200,000 students and over half a million Oklahoma citizens.
According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, approximately 2,100 children under the age of 18 in Oklahoma will become new smokers each year, setting them up for serious health risks throughout their lives. The Be Smart-Don't Start program uses fun hands-on, educational activities as a prevention tool to help address the rising issue.
"Tobacco use is a major health issue affecting the quality of life in Oklahoma," said Ted Haynes, President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma. "Educating our children and families can help to improve the health and well-being of Oklahomans today and in the future."
Additional partners who participated included American Cancer Society , American Lung Association , Newspapers in Education , Oklahoma City Energy FC , Oklahoma State University , Science Museum Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma . BCBSOK's Mobile Assistance Center was also on-site.
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5 Things to Consider When You Install a SATA Hard Drive
Updated by Gavin Phillips on 10/28/2017
Hard drives with a Serial ATA (SATA) connector were introduced to replace IDE, and Enhanced IDE (Parallel ATA) drives. SATA removes the master-slave relationship between parallel hard drives, with each driving connecting to the motherboard using its own SATA adapter.
As well as a specific port, SATA offers substantial improvements in data transfer rates. The original SATA specification transfers data at speeds up to 150MB/s. The latest revision, SATA 3.2 transfers data at speeds up to 1969MB/s (1.969GB/s). While the latter isn't in use for consumer drives, the technology does eventually filter into those products.
Solid State Drives sales have rapidly increased throughout the past five years, from around 39 million units in 2012 to an estimated 190 million in 2017. If you're ready to upgrade your drive to a faster model Buying a New Hard Drive: 7 Things You Must Know Buying a hard drive is easy if you know some basic tips. Here's a guide to understanding the most important hard drive features. Read More with larger capacity, there are several things to consider.
1. Safety Guidelines
Installing new hardware isn't rocket science, but it can feel daunting. However, by taking the following pre-installation steps, you won't damage your hardware before you even begin.
Ground Yourself
Electrostatic shock can wreck your drive What Is Static Electricity? And How to Get Rid of It Concerned about static electricity? If you're building a PC, you should be. Learn how to get rid of static electricity today. Read More , even as you take it out of the packaging. An electrostatic shock comes from a static energy build-up. It is transferred to the metallic case of the drive and can fry vital components. Luckily, most new hardware arrives in an anti-static bag and should come with a handling warning too. However, some modern components have integrated anti-shock technology that will 99% stop any hardware damage from an unexpected static shock.
But just because your drive has shock protection, it doesn't mean you shouldn't be wary of affecting other hardware components. The easiest way to protect your hardware is to ground yourself. Touch a metal table leg or the case of your computer (do this after discharging your motherboard by holding down the power button for a few seconds after you've shut down).
Alternatively, buy an anti-static wristband.
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Power Off
As just mentioned, after shutting your system down, you need to discharge any remaining charge. Before you open the case and begin fiddling with the hardware, turn off the mains power switch. You'll find the switch at the back of your case. Once turned off, hold the power button down for a few seconds to discharge any remaining power.
2. Connectors
This article assumes you have a modern motherboard, e.g., no longer has IDE connectors. IDE drives haven't featured in consumer computers for some time. The overwhelming majority of computers and motherboards sold in recent years will focus solely on SATA drives (with a few exceptions, of course). Let's familiarize ourselves with the SATA connector and port.
Both HDDs and SSDs use SATA connectors, so there is nothing to distinguish between the two drive inputs. Your SATA cable will have two connectors What Are the Different Computer Cable Types You Need to Know? Not sure what that cord is for? Here are the most common computer cable types explained, from monitor cables to network cables. Read More , like so:
The top connector is for data, while the second powers your drive. It is possible to buy an all-in-one, 22-pin SATA cable that combines both connectors (but is less flexible).
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Your motherboard will have the following ports available:
Should you find that you don't have a Serial ATA connector available, you can upgrade your motherboard with a SATA PCIe card PCIe vs. SATA SSDs: Which Storage Drive Is Best? PCIe SSDs are faster than SATA SSDs. But you might not need it. This article explains how PCIe SSDs differ from SATA SSDs. Read More . Make sure you have a PCIe slot available on your motherboard. A PCIe slot looks like this (this illustrates the x4, x1, and x16 slot variants, as well as a standard PCI slot in gray):
It isn't a case of forcing two SATA connectors into one SATA slot via an adapter. It just doesn't work that way. In those cases, a PCIe adapter is the best option to immediately grant extra SATA slots (following by upgrading your motherboard or PC).
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3. Cables
Your new HDD or SSD probably arrived with at least its interface cable (the top cable in our example image, above). But your drive also needs power. That power usually comes in the form of a 4-pin Molex power connector with a SATA drive specific connector. The below image is a 4-pin Molex SATA power cable:
A SATA HDD can arrive with a range of input connectors, allowing you to choose between a SATA power connector or 4-pin Molex connector (number 1 and 3, respectively, in the following image). You can choose either one but not both at the same time!
A reader notes that you should "never use the Molex (4-pin) to SATA power adapter" because "most hard drives and solid state drives require the orange 3.3V wire to supply power for the drive electronics." This may cause the drives to fail at spinning up or registering in the computer's BIOS, Device Manager, or Disk Management. Thank you for the heads-up, Doc!
Consequently, some modern HDDs have done away with 4-pin Molex power inputs and now offer just a SATA power input.
A SATA SSD will arrive with only a SATA power connector and a data transmission cable, respectively 1. and 2. in the following image:
4. Installation Procedure
Installing a SATA drive is an easy procedure The Complete Guide on Installing a Solid State Hard Drive in Your PC A solid state hard drive is one of the best upgrades available for a modern computer. It increases the load times of programs dramatically, which in turn makes a PC feel snappier. Results can be... Read More . The following video details the installation process for a desktop PC.
Changing the drive on your laptop is also an easy process. As there are numerous laptop makes and models, I would suggest heading to YouTube and searching for "[your laptop make and model] drive install."
5. Configuring Your Drive
Your existing setup might recognize the new drive if you're simply adding it for extra storage. But there is a chance it won't. If you install your drive and it doesn't recognize it, type disk management into your Start menu search bar. Select the first option. We'll use the Disk Management panel to bring your new drive to life How to Manage Hard Drive Partitions and Volumes in Windows 10 Is Windows slow and running out of storage space? Or do you want to re-allocate space? We'll show you how to use Windows 10's partition manager. Read More .
Your unallocated drive should be visible on a separate row. If it is an entirely new drive, it will appear as Unknown and Not Initialized. We will initialize the drive before use using the following steps.
- Right-click the uninitialized drive and select Initialize disk.
- Select MBR (Master Boot Record) for a drive smaller than 2TB, and GPT (GUID Partition Table) for a drive larger than 2TB.
- Once initialized, right-click the newly Unallocated space and select New Simple Volume.
- Choose the Volume Size. If you're using the whole drive, leave the default allocation. If you're planning more than one partition How to Set Up a Second Hard Drive in Windows: Partitioning You can split your drive into different sections with drive partitions. We'll show you how to resize, delete, and create partitions using a default Windows tool called Disk Management. Read More , allocate the volume size as you see fit. Hit Next.
- Assign a drive letter using the drop-down Your existing drives will not be listed. Hit Next.
- Select a file system. It is recommended to use NTFS with Windows 10. Add a Volume label, and make sure Perform a quick format is unchecked. Hit Next.
- Hit Finish.
Windows 10 will promptly create a new partition and format the drive ready for use. If you're wondering why I specified unchecking the quick format option, here's why: a quick format doesn't check the drive for errors or damage How to Format a New Internal Hard Drive or Solid State Drive If you have a new HDD or SSD, you should format it. Through formatting, you can wipe old data, malware, bloatware, and you can change the file system. Follow our step-by-step process. Read More . It is preferable to uncover any errors or damage at this stage, rather than when you're trying to upload data or install an operating system.
Configuring Your BIOS
You might not have to make any changes to your PC or laptop BIOS. However, if your computer doesn't detect the new drive by default certain BIOS settings will require a tweak. Since BIOS options aren't standardized, I can only offer vague guidelines here.
To launch the BIOS, you have to press a hardware specific key before the computer boots into Windows. The key is usually DEL, ESC, or F1, but it does vary by manufacturer. However, most systems display the correct button during the boot process, before Windows begins to load. Alternatively, consult our guide to entering the BIOS How to Enter the BIOS on Windows 10 (And Older Versions) To get into the BIOS, you usually press a specific key at the right time. Here's how to enter the BIOS on Windows 10. Read More , including a list of commonly used keys by manufacturers.
Once you're in the BIOS, be careful not to change any unfamiliar options Discover Your BIOS & Learn How to Make the Most of It What the heck is the BIOS, anyway? Is it really that important to know? We think so and fortunately it's pretty easy. Let us introduce you. Read More . You may need to toggle an option to "auto-detect new hardware," or specifically turn on the unused SATA port on the motherboard. Carefully check that each cable is well seated in its port at each end and that you haven't accidentally knocked other cables during the process.
Ready to Use
At this point, your new drive should be installed in your laptop or desktop computer. Following these steps is easy and ensures (almost) nothing can wrong. If you would like to learn more about your system hardware, check out our thorough guide to every part of your PC.
When you're done, don't throw out your old drive. There are many ways to get use out of that disk 7 DIY Projects for Your Old Hard Drive Wondering what to do with your old hard drives? Don't throw them out! Turn it into a DIY external hard drive or many other things. Read More , even if it's dead.
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Aberrant salience? Brain hyperactivation in response to pain onset and offset in fibromyalgia (FM). Our results suggest that the increased sensitivity exhibited by FM patients in response to painful stimuli may reflect a more generalized hypersensitivity to salient sensory events. PubMed, Arthritis Rheumatol, 02/03/2020. (Also see Fibromyalgia) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
Association of patterns of moderate–to–vigorous physical activity (MVPA) bouts with pain, physical fatigue and disease severity in women with fibromyalgia: the al–Ándalus project. The results suggest that longer bouts of continuous MVPA are associated with better symptoms profile in this population, which needs to be corroborated in longitudinal research. PubMed, Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 01/05/2019. (Also see Treatments for Fibromyalgia) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
Helping Children Conquer Chronic Pain.Helping Children Conquer Chronic Pain. There is strong evidence for using psychological treatment for chronic pain, but that does not mean the pain isn't real. New York Times, 01/22/2019. (Also see Pain Management) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
Pain and emotion as predictive factors of interoception in fibromyalgia (FM). Pain–related affect and reactions in FM patients can reduce their interoceptive ability and our results help to better understand the integration between bodily signals and emotional processing in chronic pain. PubMed, J Pain Res, 2018 Apr 19;11:823-835. (Also see Fibromyalgia) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
quiltfairy posted a topic in Personal SupportMy family had a barbecue today and I was not sure I wanted to go. I asked my dad how my son was doing and he said he was okay, so we had lunch. I went outside with my brother and sister in law and we were talking about this, that and the other. My brother said that we all knew it would happen. That is when I was told he is in prison for breaking and entering. I think the judge got tired of seeing him; he had his chances and the last Chance was 15 years suspended. I will not put on here what the charges were. I got a little angry when I was told that it happened a month ago. People are starting to understand when I say I do not feel like a family member.
Disability, fatigue, pain and their associates in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc): the European Scleroderma Observational Study. The European Scleroderma Observational Study highlights the burden of disability in early dcSSc, with high levels of disability and fatigue, associating with the degree of skin thickening (mRSS). PubMed, Rheumatology (Oxford), 11/30/2017. (Also see Diffuse Scleroderma) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
Impaired Pain Modulation in Fibromyalgia Patients in Response to Social Distress Manipulation. These results are in line with previous studies demonstrating altered pain inhibition in FM patients, and suggest that being socially included may increase pain perception in them. PubMed, Clin J Pain, 2017 Jul;33(7):611-619. (Also see Fibromyalgia) This item was posted in the ISN Newsroom. Please check the newsroom daily for updates on scleroderma and other related articles.
Hello Everyone, I am 24, from Ohio, and have widespread plaque morphea, the start of linear morphea, lichen sclerosus, and a lot of joint pain and fatigue with hands being swollen frequently. I am a biology and sociology college student and physically active (despite the pain) who currently works in the medical field with aspirations to attend med school. Sorry for the length of this post, but I wanted to give you the full picture of my sclero-journey... This is my first post in the Sclero Forums despite my diagnosis about a year ago. I have found myself extremely frustrated in the last few days- as I have had so much widespread pain through my body, I feel like I can't do anything myself. I have been feeling this way most days for about 2 years now-which is what prompted me to finally see a doctor. Below is my story and some questions for those of you sharing frustrations who might have some advice and answers. I have widespread morphea, lichen sclerosus, and am wondering if I could be possibly have more? Since about the age of 7, I had this dark colored spot on the left side of my abdomen. It never bothered me, it was just there seemingly overnight. It's about 3 inches in diameter. I can remember my mom taking me to several doctors who told me it was just a birthmark. Then a few years later, I can remember it starting to itch and burn with bright red on the edges-it started to get bigger. At about age 19, I started to notice a few smaller spots popping up that looked similar to this one-under my armpit areas and along my pants line. After tanning, these spots would become a lot more pronounced (I am very fair skinned) and I decided to get them checked once more. Once again, several doctors assured me they were birthmarks or cafe au lait spots. Then about 2 years ago while in college, I just started to explode with more spots. The ones that I had started to grow in size, sometimes with pain. Aside from this, I was also battling debilitating fatigue, frequent illness, and widespread pain almost everyday for a year. (Pain so debilitating that simply laying in bed hurt and doing anything was just as bad. I also had bouts of 'creakyness', where my body cracked and made popping noises with any movement-my joints and bones feel rickety and creaky.) I started to not go to class, my grades fell. I felt as if my body was falling apart and there was nothing I could do. I went from being a highly motivated pre-med student to not being able to leave my bed most days and feeling guilty because I just physically could not keep up. I finally decided to go out on a limb and see a specialist dermatologist, because while all this was going on, I was continuing to get more spots. I finally got my diagnosis of morphea. My doctor did not elaborate and all he said was "you have scleroderma, you can look it up online," and sent me home with a script for prednisone.(which helped with the pain and exhaustion but came with its own horrific side effects.) Needless to say, when I went home, the information I was bombarded with online was scary and horrific because he had not distingushed between local and systemic. I made an appointment with a rhematologist/immunologist at the Cleveland clinic. The Cleveland Clinic doctor was wonderful and cleared up a lot of misunderstandings for me. My ANA tests came back negative for systemic sclerosis, but I did find that I also had morphea and lichen sclerosus overlap and a vitamin D deficiency so low it was almost untraceable (less than 10); which we decided could be the trigger of my pain. We discussed treatment options because my morphea was in a very active phase and seemed to be going through several phases of reactivation. -Now- Although my pain on the whole is a lot better (most days are good days), I still do have very rough days. My vitamin D has come up to an acceptable level after being put on 50,000 units 2x a week for 6 months. My spots have gotten a lot worse. I now can count 4 spots that are larger than 5 inches in diameter. They start from the front of my abdomen and wrap around my side and back, with1 spot which is almost 10 inches wide, as well as 6 that encircle my breasts, and several more along my trunk and opposite side which are also expanding. My spots are indented, hard, and painful. Sometimes they itch but lately the pain in my chest from my spots have been making me feel like I'm having a heart attack. A few weeks ago I also noticed a discoloration and spotty pattern coming down the backside of my left arm and down my bicep on the right. I am not 100% sure that this is the morphea, but it hasn't gone away and only gotten darker, so I am venturing a guess that it could be linear progression of my spots. My lichen sclerosus (which I have on my body as well as genitals) has also flared and I have been working with my OB/GYN (obstetrician/gynecologist) to treat it. I also have about 7 lipomas inside my abdomen which I can feel under my skin (the doctor told me they are nothing to worry about). Lately, I have been starting to feel creaky, achy, and in pain a lot more. I have also noticed my hands hurting. They are frequently stiff and swollen and puffy from the finger tips to my wrists. I wake up with them swollen and sometimes they spontaneously do it. I do not have Raynaud's (no color change or response to cold) but I do have some Sjogren's issues (dry mouth, dry eyes). It seems that things are getting worse, despite my creams, steroids, and light therapy. The next step is methotrexate and I am not sure if I can handle it in my last year of school. Questions I am wondering if I am 'progressing.' I understand that morphea does not 'turn into' systemic, however I do understand that systemic is variable between people and diagnosis is not cut and dry. I have a couple questions that maybe people can lead an ear to from personal experience or knowing someone else: Does anyone have both systemic sclero AND morphea? Can they be presented the same time? What is early systemic like? How does it manifest? At what age and how did you know it was getting worse? Has anyone else had issues with their hands swelling and hurting randomly? Or widespread pain? Is it possible to have both Morphea and Linear Scleroderma? Thanks to everyone for your advice and support! I look forward to hearing from you and browsing the forums. Stay strong and thank you! :D


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If you have ever tried writing a book or maybe a long letter, or even a multi-page report; anything that takes many sessions, then you will understand when I say "I'm back!" I go through these spells where I just can't write. I would like to, but it just isn't happening. The pattern is identifiable to me now. It starts with anger. This can be almost anything. As little as my favorite team losing (which most of my favorite teams do a lot), or politics, or wet heavy snow that has to be shoveled—you can see the trend; it is life.
Something will get me out of my writing rhythm, and I can't get back. I try. It's not fun to be a writer and not be able to write. What follows is a period of time where all ideas on the next chapter are absolutely stupid. The effort becomes a farce. Sentences are impossible. A single word is like pulling teeth.
I have just lived through one of those spells. It has been months since I have written anything on my book projects. My latest book, Durango Two Step, is the fourth book in the Vincent Malone series. I started that book during a high energy period and had the first few chapters in a very short amount of time. I had also done an extensive outline and had the overall plot. But then life struck. Don't remember the exact cause, but no doubt something silly. No writing for months.
Just as the blackout came on unexpectedly, so did the light. I'm writing again. Yippee!
Durango Two Step takes place in Durango (duh!) which is located in southwest Colorado. It's a touristy place with a narrow gauge railroad that travels from Durango through the mountains to Silverton. The scenery is magnificent. The train ride is okay, but still it is a ride on an old train. The fascination is, of course, that it is an old train and with only a little imagination you could find yourself thinking about the same trip in the 1870s. But comfort is not necessarily a main feature of the adventure. If you are ever in that part of the world I would highly recommend a visit to Durango; a very interesting place with lots of great restaurants.
Also I have been spending time working with a designer to re-do the book covers for The Muckraker Series. The first book Murder So Wrong originally had a red cover with a capitol building. After the book was released I decided I didn't like that cover and a new one was designed. Both old covers are below and the new (improved?) cover the last one.
This discussion is not to try and get you to buy these books—you should wait until the new re-edited editions with the new covers come out—probably in a few weeks. This is about the process of picking book covers. Most indie authors sell their books on-line (Amazon, B-N, Kobo, Apple and others), so book covers are small images that potential buyers will only glance at, but the cover is a very important piece of the marketing puzzle. Will a book sell better with a great cover—obviously the answer to that question is: Yes! Do we know what makes a great cover—NO.
Sure there are people who claim to have this knowledge about what is good and bad about these little images. But I doubt you could prove one theory over another. There are many elements that drive sales of on-line books; descriptions, reviews, advertising/marketing, price, author's ranking and many more. To isolate just the cover would be difficult. Even with that said the cover obviously does have some impact; maybe a lot.
There is a whole industry marketing services to indie authors. One of those services is cover designs. I have seen prices from $100 (the example of the covers on this web site showed some great looking covers for only $100? —looked too good to be true) to high-end services for thousands. Typical prices are $350 to $650 for both an e-book and paperback cover. I would not argue with the value of the "typical" prices, but trying to select the right designer is mostly guess work. Because the covers are so small on-line, usually bold titles and limited detail is necessary. But what's a good, bad or great cover is just one person's opinion. The ultimate judge would be if you could isolate book sales based on the cover, but you can't; so it just speculation.
I have redesigned the book covers (and re-edited the books) to improve the books generally, but to more importantly improve sales. That would be the ultimate test did the new covers increase sales. I will be testing that over the next few months as these new covers are released and promoted. After a few months I will report back the results and maybe then determine if there was an impact or if it was just shuffling of the deck chairs.
Blog direction. Since its inception this blog has been about writing, indie books and the process of producing/marketing those books—it will continue to be. However, a new direction will focus on the locations of those stories. My books take place in the southwest United States and the general region. This includes New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma.
The Bootlegger's Legacy takes place in Oklahoma, El Paso, Texas, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico.
Pacheco & Chino Series takes place in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas.
Muckraker Series takes place in Oklahoma.
Vincent Malone Series takes place in New Mexico and Colorado.
I will feature in future blogs specific places in these areas with special attention to food including favorites restaurants and places to stay if visiting. Hope you occasionally enjoy reading about these places and their attractions. (And, yes this may just be a way for me to deduct travel expenses as business costs but don't tell anyone.)
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24 Hours exploring Rome | Rome, Italy | So on our last and recent visit to Italy, we arrived to Rome, and literally we had 24 hours to explore the entire city. This was not my first time there, but yes the first one reporting for my blog. So we got in touch with a local tour operator who took care of us from the minute we arrived to the airport, till the moment we left Rome, onwards to our next adventure in the Tuscan Valley and Florence. ANDIAMO Travel was the company we chose for the challenge of discovering Rome, Florence and Venice in only 6 days. After a week and a half of exploring Italy, thanks to the expert local eye, knowledge and expertise of their tour guides, we can say that we DID IT. !!!
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It was an early morning, when we arrived to Rome and our driver was waiting for us at the airport on a luxury private transfer, to take us to our hotel The First Luxury Art Hotel. Three hours to freshen up, enjoy a lovely local lunch, and off to explore Rome. We visited almost all main highlights and attractions, of course including the Coliseum, the Vatican City, Piazza Navona, Piazza del Popolo, Vittorio Emananuele Monument, and breathtaking panoramic views of the city for Gianicolo (or Janiculum) hill.
We went back to our hotel after our tour, ready to take a shower and head out to explore, this time on our own walking, Rome by night. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at the top floor of the Hassler Hotel, IMAGO Restaurant (review to come soon) and then we walked along the Piazza di Spagna, down the Spanish Steps, along Via del Corso and off to the Fontana di Trevi. Following morning, we woke up early, to continue our transition across Italy to the Tuscan Valley at the Relais Borgo Santo Pietro and onwards to our next destination, Florence and the stunning Villa San Michele.
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So, here comes the problem: How do we take the basic fan system and improve it such that it can be integrated into an existing smart home system? Today, we would like to introduce the newest solution in Chaihuo's Solution Hub- a Smart Controlling System for Ceiling Fan.
The solution mainly upgrades the wired control system of the industrial or household ceiling fans (and its attached lights) into a smart remote control system accessible via the mobile APP. This allows users to remotely control their ceiling fan/ lights from across the globe and monitor the device's usage status on the phone in real time.
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Visual Arts Gallery
FBCH Audio Visual Ministry
- To glorify Christ through the use of technology by enhancing the worship, preaching, and teaching of God's Word
- Provides sound, video and media for all worship services and events
- Digital recordings of events for church archives
- Production and distribution of service related media
- Trains volunteers and interns in audio visuals
Contact Brother John Brooks, Jr. @ 757-723-0988 ext. 20 or email@example.com
Liturgical Dance Ministry
Mission Statement:
The Dance Ministry is guided by Psalm 149:3, "Let us praise His name with the dance." The purpose is to minister to through expressive movement performed to sacred and contemporary music designed to uplift and inspire others during the worship experience.
The Ministry:
The Dance Ministry consists of eight groups whose focus is praising God through unique movement styles. These groups include:
- God's Angels – Children in grades 1-5 who dance to praise and worship God and celebrate His goodness.
- Praise 'N Motion – Children in grades 6-12 who believe that all who see us in motion will experience the fullness of God.
- Wings of Praise – Adult women who are dedicated to expressing the love of God and offering praise through dance.
- Silver/Platinum/Gold – Senior women who bring others to God as they give Him honor, glory and praise with the backdrop of old standard hymns, spirituals, and gospel.
- Intergenerational – Adults and youths, whose appeal is to all ages as they dance to the glory of God.
- Men of Valor – Men of the church who have dedicated themselves to praising God through dance by using their gifts in their own unique style.
- United Grace – Married couples who minister to others by expressing their love for God and each other through movement.
- Mime – Adults and youths who share and act out a spiritual message, with music and without speech
- Minister at worship services
- Annual Concert
- Minister on other occasions as invited
Contact Trustee Jean Braxton, Director: firstname.lastname@example.com
Music Ministry
The Choirs of First Baptist Church of Hampton are an integral part of our music ministry. Each Sunday morning and throughout the week they minister with excellence. We are proud that our choirs are eclectic. FBCH enjoys all genres of sacred music!
Contact Brother Milton Marriott, Minister of Worship & Arts: firstname.lastname@example.com
Usher Ministry
- Serves as one of the church's official greeters
- Ushers, directs and assists parishioners
- Distributes resource materials
- Receives offerings, tithes and gifts
- Maintains orderly movement before, during and after church services
- Sponsors bi-annual training retreat
Contact Sister Theora Rankins, President: firstname.lastname@example.com


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TAMPA – The team projected to finish last in the AL East has the player (Chris Davis) who led the majors in homers last year and over the past four years combined.
The Orioles have Manny Machado, who might be among the five best players in the game, and Adam Jones, who is somewhere in the top 25. Baltimore's closer, Zach Britton, can stand with any of the Yankees' supreme finishing trio, and Darren O'Day is an elite setup man.
Buck Showalter would be on any best manager shortlist. Players such as Jonathan Schoop and Matt Wieters are pretty darn good, and the Orioles haven't exactly stopped trying to improve their team recently by adding Yovani Gallardo and Pedro Alvarez. That brought their free-agent spending this offseason beyond $235 million, fourth most in the majors.
In other words, the Orioles are not a last-place pick in a hopeless cellar-dweller kind of way.
"Sure," Showalter said about whether his team could win the AL East. "It's always about pitching. We scored more runs last year than in 2014 [when the Orioles won the AL East], but we didn't pitch well from our rotation."
If the Orioles do get good starting pitching – if Kevin Gausman has his breakout year and Chris Tillman reverts to his 2014 form and Gallardo brings steadiness – sure, they can win the AL East without it being a shock. But that is the thing. Any of the five clubs could win the AL East.
If you wonder why the Yankees no longer win 95 games, well, obviously, they are not as good. But it is also because one-to-five the division is tougher, symbolic of how money, talent and front-office brainpower is better dispersed.
All five AL East teams have finished first in the past six years. No other division offers that.
Gone are the days when the Yankees only had to outdo the Red Sox, plumping their win totals by feasting on three divisional patsies.
Consider that from their inception in 1998 until 2009, the Rays managed one winning season against the Yankees, going 69-133 or roughly 6-11 on average annually. In 2010, the Rays went 10-8 against the Yankees and won the AL East.
From 1998-2013, the Orioles did not have a winning season against the Yankees, going 97-179 or roughly 6-11 on average annually. In 2014, the Orioles went 13-6 against the Yankees and won the AL East.
From 1995-2014, the Blue Jays had two winning seasons against the Yankees, going 133-199 or roughly 7-10 on average annually. In 2015, the Blue Jays went 13-6 against the Yankees and won the AL East.
George Steinbrenner annually used to say, "The AL East is the toughest division in baseball." But that was offered how Lou Holtz would build up Purdue or Navy while at Notre Dame to be gentlemanly or to deflect criticism should there be a close game or upset, or to inflate their reputation when the inevitable wins came. Like the Fightin' Irish with their cream puffs, the Yankees spent years raising their win total with easy marks.
Now, there are no teams clearly rebuilding in the entire AL, and the East has five teams trying to win.
The division lined up similarly last year with scenarios in which any team could win. I thought the Red Sox had the most 1-to-25 talent plus the deepest farm system, yet they finished last. I think the same about Boston this season. But you see how quickly this can tilt with an injury or two or some bad mojo or by a team in the division such as Toronto making a series of huge acquisitions.
As of Friday afternoon, Bovada had the AL East over-unders as: Blue Jays 87.5 wins, Red Sox 86.5, Yankees 85.5, Rays 81.5 and Orioles 79.5.
The Orioles are generally viewed as the least likely to succeed in the AL East because of concerns about their rotation, corner outfield spots, strikeout frequency and lack of minor league impact. They have done nothing to quell concerns this spring. They lost 7-1 Friday to the Yankees and are now 0-10-2 this spring. Even in exhibition season, that is a hard-to-ignore blight, but remember Texas had the majors' worst spring record last year (9-19) and won the AL West.
Still, even if their destiny is last place, the Orioles are not a roll-over-and-play-dead rival. They have a handful of the game's best players, a top manager and the ability – particularly in their home park – to long ball opponents to submission. If they are the worst of the AL East, then this division is the best one-to-five of any in the sport.


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Colonial Jungle is the ninth level in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids. It is also the fourth part of the Forest world.
The enemies in this level are dancing rabbids, boxer rabbids, squabs, piranhas, livingstones and hunters.


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For John, BLUF: . Nothing to see here; just move along.
We have a ruling from the US Supreme Court on same sex marriage, OBERGEFELL v. HODGES.
Held: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State.Justice Kennedy, who wrote the opinion, seemed to write with blinders on.♠ He writes:
(a) Before turning to the governing principles and precedents, it is appropriate to note the history of the subject now before the Court.Hello! How many plural marriages exist, de facto, if not de jure, here in the United States? Let alone across the globe. Are we an immigrant nation that will not allow cultures to flow into our nation? What about the degree of consanguinity issue?
(1) The history of marriage as a union between two persons of the opposite sex marks the beginning of these cases. To the respondents, it would demean a timeless institution if marriage were extended to same-sex couples. But the petitioners, far from seeking to devalue marriage, seek it for themselves because of their respect—and need—for its privileges and responsibilities, as illustrated by the petitioners' own experiences.
(2) The history of marriage is one of both continuity and change.
Changes, such as the decline of arranged marriages and the abandonment of the law of coverture, have worked deep transformations in the structure of marriage, affecting aspects of marriage once viewed as essential. These new insights have strengthened, not weakened, the institution. Changed understandings of marriage are characteristic of a Nation where new dimensions of freedom become apparent to new generations.
We are not at the end of this issue.
Justice Kennedy was correct when he said, in his ruling,
Finally, this Court's cases and the Nation's traditions make clear that marriage is a keystone of the Nation's social order.Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
♠ Former Commonwealth Chief Justice M Marshall had the same problem.


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I'm not dead. At least, I don't think I'm dead. With the way I've been staggering around my life's path in a malaise-induced half-coma, most of the people around me might not be as convinced that I am, in fact, alive.
It's been almost exactly a year since I started blogging, and the daily grind of it is catching up to me. Where did the joy go? When did the excitement disappear? Once I gave myself the out to focus on NaNoWriMo this month (which turned into a Big Fat FAIL), I sort of gave up the whole blogosphere. I wanted to come back refreshed and ready to tackle reviews for all of the books I've read in the last month. Instead, I find myself dreading the backlog and wondering if I can even offer coherent thoughts on any of them.
It's the blogging blues, babe.
I can't bear to close up shop, but I think that daily entries are only going to burn me out again. Moving forward, I'm going to try out a three day per week schedule. I'll aim for one or two reviews each week, and one or two discussion or meme posts. Maybe if I put less pressure on myself, I'll get the joy back.
What do you all do when you get behind on your blog? Or if you don't blog, how do you find the passion in your hobbies when the going gets rough?


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European soccer's governing body UEFA has charged Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos with "receiving a yellow card on purpose" in the club's Champions League tie against Ajax Amsterdam earlier this month.
Ramos fouled Kasper Dolberg in the 89th minute of the last-16, first leg tie in the Netherlands, which the holders won 2-1. As a result, the 32-year-old is suspended from next Tuesday's second leg.
UEFA decided to investigate the incident after Ramos told reporters he would "be lying if I said I didn't force (the booking)".
Although Ramos later said: "I was referring to forcing the foul, a foul that was inevitable. Not to forcing the booking.
"That's why I said that I would lie if I said I did not know that I was carrying a penalty, just as I knew that I had no other choice than to make a mistake.
"And that's what I meant when I said that in football you have to make complicated decisions."
Missing the home tie against the Dutch side would reduce Ramos' chances of possibly missing a more important match later in the competition, as all bookings are wiped following the quarter-final stage.
However, if a player is found to have obtained a booking deliberately, he can be banned for two games.
When asked if he knew the foul could lead to a yellow card and a ban, Ramos said: "Yes, but I had no choice."
Ramos' team mate Dani Carvajal was punished by UEFA last season for intentionally getting booked in a group stage game at APOEL Nicosia.


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Matthew 23:37
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Matthew 23:37-39
Psalm 91:4
Jeremiah 13:17
Hosea 7:13
Luke 19:41
John 5:40
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!
I wanted to gather your children together
, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and
you were unwilling
. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
When the Gnostics, who were heavily involved with Platonic philosophy, asserted that God was indeed the author of sin, it was Irenaeus (130-200) who immediately rejected it in his discourse entitled:
God, not the Author of Sin
. (
Peri Monarchias
) In it, he appeals to Matthew 23:37: "This expression, '
How often would I have gathered thy children together, and thou wouldst not
set forth the ancient law of human liberty
, because God made man a free (agent) from the beginning, possessing his own soul to obey the behests of God voluntarily, and not by compulsion of God...And in man as well as in angels, He has placed the power of choice...If then it were not in our power to do or not to do these things, what reason had the apostle, and much more the Lord Himself, to give us counsel to do some things and to abstain from others?" (
Against Heresies XXXVII, Book 4, Ch. 37
, emphasis mine)
One member of The Society of Evangelical Arminians comments:
"It would
baffle me if Jesus took all this time in appealing to people
to come to Him and then tell them, '
but the reason you aren't is because I'm not enabling it
' and
then go on to keep appealing
them to cease their disbelief and chastising them for it.
, emphasis mine)
God had indeed had a wonderful plan for Israel, as God stated at
Jeremiah 29:11
I know the plans that I have for you
declares the LORD,
plans for welfare and not for calamity
to give you a future and a hope.
Luke 19:41-44 records: "
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and
over it, saying, '
If you had known
in this day, even you, the things which make for peac
But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because
you did not recognize the time of your visitation
" Israel missed out. They blew it. God had something better for them, plans for "
," and instead they missed their opportunity. So how would this make sense if Determinism was true? Determinism is a philosophy which teaches that every thought, word and deed, from eternity to eternity, is entirely scripted, in which there is no such thing as "independent thought." Moreover, in such case, if all life, from eternity to eternity, is entirely scripted by an alleged, immutable decree, then what reason would God have in feeling rejected by Israel, prompting Jesus to have wept with tears?
Along the way to Calvary, Jesus similarly lamented: "
Daughters of Jerusalem
, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for
your children
" (Luke 23:28)
Dave Hunt writes:
"God irrationally mourns and weeps over the multitudes He has predestined to eternal doom and from whom He withholds the ability to repent?" (
Debating Calvinism
, p.333, emphasis mine)
While many in Israel had received Jesus, many had also rejected Him, as Matthew 27:25 records: "
And all the people said, 'His blood shall be on us and on our children!'
" Additionally, recall from John 1:11 that Jesus came into His own, and His own received Him not. When considering the long history of Israel, in terms of how often God had reached out to it (Isaiah 65:2), with many pleas to "
turn back
" (Jeremiah 18:1-13), one must conclude that the Lord
's oft desire to see it gathered, as a hen gathers its chicks, had
occurred, and now
would not
occur, until
much later during the time of the Great Tribulation, when from the leaders down to the peasants, Israel utters with one united voice: "
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
" (Matthew 23:39)
Calvinist, James White, comments:
"This verse is cited as evidence that God wanted to do something. God wanted to gather the Jews, but they were unwilling. So their unwillingness
undoes God's willingness
. God wants to do something, man frustrates Him, therefore such concepts as Irresistible Grace (the grace of God causing regeneration, ect., ect.), cannot possibly be true, because Jesus taught contrary to this.
Do Matt 23:37 and 2Pet 3:9 Void Calvinism?
, emphasis mine)
As an illustration, a parent may express how often they wanted to bless a particular child of theirs, but due to disobedience in the child, the child either wasn't ready for the responsibility of a particular blessing, or the parent
couldn't morally justify rewarding disobedience
. Either way, the parent is still in control. The parent, by their own sovereign authority, has simply set a condition on bestowing their gifts, yet while being fully desirous of giving gifts, because they do very much love their child.
Calvinists have historically interpreted Matthew 23:37 in different two ways. The first is by proposing a
Secret Will
explanation, and the second is by restricting Jerusalem to its leaders. Since Calvin employed
the former
, we will begin with that:
Calvinist, Erwin Lutzer, writes:
"When Christ pled with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, we see the
of God. Yet, the
of God was that the people would not believe. God apparently had some ultimate purpose for displaying mercy to some and hardening others." (
The Doctrines That Divide
, p.171, emphasis mine)
John Calvin comments:
"As for this passage being taken by sophists to
support free will
abolish God's secret predestination
, there is an
easy answer
. God wishes all to come together,
they say
: therefore
all are free to come
and their wish
does not depend on the election of God
. I answer, that
the will of God as mentioned here must be judged by the result
. Seeing that in His Word He calls all alike to salvation, and this is the object of preaching, that all should take refuge in His faith and protection,
it is right to say that He wishes all to gather to Him
. Now the nature of the Word shows us that here there is no description of the
secret counsel of God
Arcanum Dei consilium
just His wishes
. Certainly those whom He wishes effectively to gather, He draws inwardly by His Spirit, and calls them not merely by man's outward voice. If anyone objects that it is absurd to
split God's will
duplicem in Deo volunteer fingi
), I answer that
this is exactly
our belief
that His will is one and undivided: but because our minds cannot plumb the profound depths of His secret election (
ad profundam arcanae electionis abyssum
) to suit our infirmity,
the will of God is set before us as
)." (
Calvin's New Testament Commentaries, Matthew, Mark and Luke, Vol. III, James and Jude
, p.69, emphasis mine)
In other words, when Jesus said, "
How often I wanted
," but "
you were unwilling
," what He
meant was "
really wanted
" since you were purposely excluded from the secret predestination of God. Moreover, did Jesus tearfully weep over Jerusalem because He had
, willfully reprobated them, and as a result, they were now unwilling?
Calvin's "
easy answer
" is that by "
God's secret predestination
," salvation depends solely upon "
the election of God
" born in the "
secret counsel of God
" in which God displays a "
" split-will, whereby the eternally elect alone, He "
draws inwardly by His Spirit
" and "
calls them not merely by man's outward voice
." Calvin's "
easy answer
" horrifies Arminians because it presents God's Word as contradictory. Surprisingly, some Calvinists actually embrace the thought that God's Word allegedly has contradictions:
Calvinist, John McArthur, states:
"That's one of the
reasons I know the Bible is written by God
, because men would fix it. If I wrote a book that had those
, Phil [Johnson] would edit them all out. One of the bench marks of divine inspiration is the fact that you're dealing with transcendence." (
Election and Predestination: The Sovereignty of God in Salvation
, emphasis mine)
What MacArthur does not consider is the possibly that his interpretations might actually be wrong. Like their forefathers in the wilderness, the Jews of Jesus' day also missed their opportunity. Jesus said:
to come to Me so that you may have life.
(John 5:40) Now did God secretly
that they grieve the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51), or did He just
it? In fact, how is it that an omnipotent God could "
" (Matthew 23:37) allow Himself to be frustrated by mere mortals? How is it that His will is not always done on earth, as it is done in heaven? (Matthew 6:10) To the Calvinist, the answer is simple: God is just
to be frustrated while everything secretly happens exactly as He planned it. In other words, if a man is saved, God planned it that way. If a man perishes and goes to Hell, God must have planned it that way too. This is a simple paradigm that many have embraced and ended up converting to Calvinism. Arminians reject it on the basis that such a fatalistic paradigm makes God's Word contradictory.
Consider a similar passage in Luke:
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, 'If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace!
they have been hidden from your eyes
. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another,
did not recognize the time of your visitation
(Luke 19:41-44)
Lutzer writes:
Arminianism says that God gave man free will
; though God may plead with men and women to repent, he
never works in their hearts in such a way as actually to determine their decision
. So he
does his best to save as many as he can
, but his respect for human freedom means that his options are limited." (
The Doctrines That Divide
, p.211, emphasis mine)
. (Revelation 3:20) He does not
enter. He
Prevenient Grace
but does not kick the door down with
Irresistible Grace
, and that is His sovereign prerogative, or should we deny the Judge (John 5:22-23) His prerogative to wash the feet of His servants?
Lutzer continues:
Arminians must explain why God's goal of saving as many as he can seems to be failing
. He is actively working to save as many as he can, but only a
small percentage
of the population is willing to believe." (
The Doctrines That Divide
, p.212, emphasis mine)
God's arm is not so short that He cannot save. God could easily persuade every single person in the whole history of mankind to repent and turn to Him, by their own voluntary choice, just as one look at Luke 16:19-31 shows that there was even a man in
who developed the heart of an evangelist. God could easily drop each person into Hell for a few hours, or a few months or even a few years and that person, I assure you, would be willing to repent. Although God does
, what He
do, is give the unregenerate sinner a
of Hell when the Gospel is preached and the lost are convicted of their sin and are shown their future if they fail to repent. (John 16:8) So it's clearly not a matter of God trying the best that He can but coming up short. God has set the ground rules according to John 3:16, and Jesus has made the provision for salvation, and exactly as John 3:16 states, man must believe in Him in order to not perish, but have eternal life.
Lutzer adds:
Calvinists believe that election makes the success of God's plan certain
. God has
committed himself to save a certain number
, and they will be saved, despite the rebellion of mankind.
The unbelief and failure of man can never thwart the
intended plan of God
." (
The Doctrines That Divide
, p.213, emphasis mine)
The "
intended plan of God
" was to gather Israel like a hen gathers its chicks. (Matthew 23:37) According to Calvinism, though, this was
really God's intention at all. Calvinism takes clear statements in Scripture and makes them mean the exact
of what they say. Therefore, challenge the Calvinists to believe in the Bible exactly as it is written. Furthermore, God isn't failing. Men fail
. God's design is to make salvation available to all men as an offer, and if we do not repent, we will all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3) Jesus knocks. (Revelation 3:20) He gives men a choice, having also determined the blessings for right choices and consequences for wrong choices, life and death, Heaven or Hell. (Deuteronomy 30:19-20; Joshua 24:15)
In terms of God's will, consider this statement: "God has a
Permissive Will
and a
Perfect Will
. The Perfect will of God is that everyone does His will. The Permissive Will of God is that He permits men, such as Adam and Eve, to do their
will, even if it was to reject Him, and experience God's wrath and judgment, such as in the Garden of Eden. God's Perfect Will is that Israel be gathered together like a hen gathers its chicks. But God's Permissive Will was to allow them to reject Him. Jesus stated:
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.' (Matthew 23:27) What could be a better statement of God's Perfect Will and His Permissive Will?" (
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John Calvin explains:
And ye would not
This can be said of the
as much as of the scribes: but I rather interpret it in connexion with the latter because they chiefly prevented the gathering-in. And Christ's whole invective in the contest is against them: after addressing Jerusalem in the singular He now reasonably enough turns to the plural. There is an
emphatic contrast between God's
and their
would not
. It expresses the diabolic fury of men who do not hesitate to fight against God." (
Calvin's New Testament Commentaries, Matthew, Mark and Luke, Vol. III, James and Jude
, p.70, emphasis mine)
If God "
," then why does Calvin say that God secretly predestined that
would not
"? That's the contradictory nature of Calvinism, which some have tried to avoid by limiting the scope of whom Jesus had referred. The delight of the Arminian is that you can pit Calvin against the Calvinists in order to show that even one of their
weighed their argument and dismissed it, since Calvin affirmed that "...
this can be said of the
Calvinist, James White, comments:
Who, then, is 'Jerusalem'?
It is assumed by Arminian writers that
Jerusalem' represents individual Jews who are, therefore, capable of resisting the work and will of Christ. But upon what warrant do we leap from
Jerusalem' to
individual Jews'?" (
The Potter's Freedom
, p.137, emphasis mine)
Psalm 81:13-14 has a similar lament to Matthew 23:37: "
Oh that
My people
would listen to Me, that
would walk in My ways! I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries
" Should we ask, "Who, then, is
Isn't it clear that the individual people of Israel had resisted the work and will of God?
White adds:
vitally important point
to make here is that the ones the Lord desired to gather are
the ones who
were not willing'! Jesus speaks to the leaders about their children that they, the leaders, would not allow Him to
Jesus was not seeking to gather the
, but their
. This one consideration alone renders the passage useless for the Arminian seeking to establish freewillism." (
The Potter's Freedom
, p.138, emphasis mine)
Were they gathered? The parallel passage of Luke
19:41-44 indicates otherwise.
Simply contrasting 'leaders
from 'children
does not alter the fact that Jesus lamented over those who weren
t gathered.
The impact of Calvinistic thought has wide-ranging results:
White continues:
"Surely it is part of
modern evangelical tradition
to say, '
God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life
,' but providing a meaningful biblical basis for this assertion is significantly more difficult." (
Debating Calvinism
, p.265, emphasis mine)
would you not consider God gathering Israel together like a hen gathers its chicks to constitute a loving "
wonderful plan
"? You have the love and protection of the mother hen, and you have a plan to gather them together. Furthermore, would you conclude that on the basis of John 3:16, God has a wonderful plan for the world which He so loved? Therefore,
do you
conclude that "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life," and not just
, but the whole world
? This is why Arminians consider Calvinism to be bizarre.
White writes:
Does the Bible teach that God lacks the ability to discriminate in the kind and nature of the love He exercises toward His creation
? That is, does God have at least the same level of ability and freedom to exercise
of love
that man obviously possesses. Or is man superior to God in being able to discriminate in the matter of how he loves?" (
Debating Calvinism,
p.265, emphasis mine)
Dave Hunt responds:
've never said that 'God lacks the ability to discriminate in the kind and nature of the love He exercises' or that He is '
less free
than His creatures in the matter of how He loves.'
But 'freedom'
to love
can't justify
not loving at all
" (
Debating Calvinism,
p.273, emphasis mine)
Is God free to love who He said He loves? And who does He say that He loves? "
The world
." Certainly, God has a special love for those who are
in Christ
, but why use that as a basis to diminish the love that God has for "the world"?
Obviously, if God did not have degrees of His love, then you'd have Universalism, and Arminianism does not teach that. So while it is agreed that God has "degrees" of love, is it
to suggest that eternally predestining someone for hell constitutes a degree, level, kind, type, form or fashion of "love"? This is perhaps the one area in which Calvinism most often loses credibility with Christians. However, some Calvinists feel that God's love is demonstrated if it includes
judgment. In other words, God can still genuinely love someone that He creates for the purpose of spending eternity in the Lake of Fire, provided that He is
about it. While that might meet Calvinism's very liberal definition of love, does it meet
definition of love? Here is what the Bible states:
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them,
Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,' and
yet you do not give them what is necessary
for their body,
what use is that?
(James 2:15-16)
White explains:
"Indeed, we must conclude [
according to Arminianism
] that
God will be eternally unhappy
, since He
will love those in hell
with the very same kind of undifferentiated love He has for the myriad surrounding His throne." (
Debating Calvinism
, p.18, emphasis mine)
Although the argument of an "undifferentiated love" is a straw man, it is nevertheless valid to ask whether God loves people who are in hell, who are being tormented for all eternity? The answer is that He doesn't, since they have been cut off from God's love, and He no longer has any compassion for them because He does not provide for them there. While man has compassion for those in torment, God prevented people from even trying to help them. (Luke 16:26) Those who are in hell, are pretty much completely cut off from God's love, and now experience God's wrath for all eternity. That's why evangelism is so important.
White concludes:
"…the Father can
seek the salvation of each individual, the Son can die to secure it, and the Spirit come to bring conviction of si
n, and
yet the entire desire and work of the triune God
collapse because of the unwillingness of the sovereign creature, man?
Yes, this is indeed Mr. Hunt's view, and
I simply do not understand its appeal
to the person who boasts only in the Lord." (
Debating Calvinism
, p.332, emphasis mine)
The "
" is submission to Scripture. Apparently, God wants man to make a willing decision for Him, otherwise the tears of Matthew 23:37 makes no sense at all.
Calvinist, Erwin Lutzer, writes:
Arminians teach that God is frustrated
by the
free will
of his creatures. He decrees to save as many as possible, but the numbers are comparatively few.
He plans and wills the salvation of all, but his goals remain unfulfilled
." (
The Doctrines That Divide
, pp.212-213
, emphasis mine
If God, by His own sovereign choice, doesn't allow Himself to be frustrated by the Free Will choices of His creatures, then over
was the Lord lamenting at Matthew 23:37? Wouldn't a suggestion that God blindly predestined Israel to reject Him, make the Lord's tears at Matthew 23:37 become crocodile tears? Again, what truthful person is going to say, "
How often I wanted
," while secretly desiring and predestining, the very opposite? What does Calvinism make the Lord ought to be, for saying "
how often I wanted
" while having secretly, allegedly, eternally
One Calvinist responded concerning Matthew 23:37:
I cannot believe in a God who surrenders His sovereignty over to the creature, man
I cannot believe in a God who opposes my theological presuppositions.
This sounds like the voice of Peter who said to Jesus:
shall You wash my feet!
(John13:8a) But Jesus answered him:
If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.
(John13:8b) When Calvinists insist that God is "
sovereign in the matter of salvation
," what they really
is that God eternally choose who will be given the grace to believe and who it is that allegedly will be
passed by
. The problem is that Calvinists have narrowed the scope of God's sovereignty to a manner that makes perfect sense
to them
. This is problematic because, like Isaiah 55:9 says,
My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
This is why when it comes to the ways of God, we cannot trust our own perceptions, but must strictly rely upon what God has explicitly said. To put it into practice, if Jesus said that He was denied what He so often "
" (Matthew 23:37), then He must be believed, and not doubted.
See also:
Calvinism and Free Will, an Exegetical Vindication of Matthew 23:37
In the Garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus prayed "
Not My will, but Thine, be done
" (Luke 22:42), was this evidence a contradictory-will within God, which might explain a contradictory statement from God?
Jesus was torn between two
desires, and yielded to the
desire to obey His Father. This, however, does not translate well into Matthew 23:37. Would we honestly want to say, regarding Jerusalem, that Jesus truly did "
" want to gather Israel like a hen gathers its chicks, if He eternally decreed the opposite?
The second way that Calvinists have interpreted Matthew 23:37 is by restricting those to whom Jesus had wanted to save. However, Calvin, who instead embraced a
Secret Will
defense, dismissed that argument, and I recommend citing Calvin in discussions with the Calvinists.
Who is meant by "
"? Who is meant by their "
When Jesus criticized Chorazin and Bethsaida at
Matthew 11:21
, did He mean only the leaders? Of course not. Moreover, Matthew 27:25 states:
all the people
His blood shall be
on us
and on our children
These were the people that attended the Sentencing, and they spoke on behalf of the
voice of Jerusalem, attesting to the fact that Jesus "
came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him
." (John 1:11) So on this basis, you cannot simply restrict "
" to its Leaders only, and we may agree with John Calvin, that what is said of its Leaders can also apply to the "
whole people
Adrian Rogers comments:
"Now folks, I want to submit to you that if He had said,
I would have, but you
,' that whole thing will have been a great charade.
" (
You Can Be Saved: Romans 8:28-31
, emphasis mine)
Also notice that it doesn't say that
. God
have unilaterally gathered Israel, but He didn't, because as Norman Geisler points out,
God chooses only to reveal Himself personally to the
Chosen But Free
, p.73)
Is this just
pretending? Were these just
tears? How is it that God would cry over something that went exactly to script?
Rather, Jesus was
pretending. These were
tears. And what transpired was not the Lord's desire at all. They rejected Him, primarily because they rejected His Father (Isaiah 65:2), whom they claimed to serve. (John 9:28)
Consider other passages in which
Calvinists employ the dual,
Secret Will
2nd Peter 3:9:
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,
not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance
1st Timothy 2:3-4:
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who
desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
However, while God is indeed "
not wishing for any to perish
," it is connected to the condition for
all to come to repentance
." God
desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth
but it is through the decreed condition of John 3:16: "…
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life
Were the children of Israel gathered, as a hen gathers its chicks?
The Calvinist has a theological commitment to say "
," but without support from the context. For
if Jesus
gathered the children
, as often as He says that He wanted, then
how do you explain His lament?
The reasonable explanation is that His oft-desired gathering had
taken place, which even the disciples recognized when, after the Lord
s resurrection, they asked: "
Lord, is it
at this time
You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?
" (Acts 1:6)
There are two aspects to this passage that are at the forefront of the debate:
1) What God had often wanted to do, and,
2) What Jerusalem, just as often, had refused to allow God to do.
to a Calvinist, God
s will is never thwarted
, and God is never truly disappointed in anything, in which any and all displays of divine disappointment, are purely expressions of anthropomorphisms, and not how it truly is with God. To a Calvinist, this is a foundational prerequisite for their respect and admiration of a Deity, and which is why Calvinists loathe Arminianism. Anything less than Calvinist standards will result with the charge of God being "
" and "
," or at least what they will charge on
this side
of eternity.
did Jesus lament over, and
did He lament about?
(1) The Jews, and (2) the fact that they refused His grace. God states: "
I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts.
" (
Isaiah 65:2
) However, if, as often as Jesus desired to gather "X", He
in fact gather "X", then what is the lament regarding? The natural implication is that "X" was *not* getting gathered, but Calvinists need for it to be the opposite. As I see it, Calvinism cannot make sense of any lament, period, which is why they often deem such expressions of emotion as an anthropomorphism, and not a true reflection of God
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Though frustrated by the delay, Mr. Lankford remained hopeful.
"People only start fighting over words and phrases and grammar in a bill when they actually think it's going to pass," Mr. Lankford said.
Ms. Klobuchar was more circumspect: "I'm optimistic only because no one has put a dagger in it yet."
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I decided to start a blog. Why? Well, several reasons, actually. First of all, my wife and I seem to belong to a rather rare species in the UK: a dual-line kiting team, or to be more precise, a kiting pair (we're also part of a team, though; more on that later). Second, we're about to become 'grown-up', in the sense of flying at a public event. This will happen on June 16 & 17, at the Southampton Kite Festival. So, as we're the new kids on the block, maybe a good time to establish a web-presence, and let anyone interested know what we're up to in terms of kite-flying. To tell how we got to this point. To talk about what's happening in the world of kite-pair/team-flying. To promote pair/team-flying. And a final reason for starting a blog is simply to see what it is like to maintain one.
Bit more introduction in this first post; more will come in later posts. Flying Fish consists of Lex and Irma, Dutch born and bred, but living and working in the UK for close to 20 years now. We both have busy jobs (Irma as a landscape gardener; Lex as a university lecturer), but try to fly kites during weekends and other days off as much as we can (and the weather allows). We normally fly at Stoney Cross, New Forest, on Saturdays, and Stokes Bay, near Lee-on-the-Solent, on Sundays (together with other members of Solent Kite Flyers, the local kite-flying club that we're members of).
This blog will hopefully grow over the coming weeks and months, and be a mixture of kiting past, kiting present, and kiting yet-to-come ... But I'm going to finish writing this first post now, and see whether I can actually publish it! Here goes (if you read this, it worked ...).


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Morning Grovers! How much can one man get wrong in a post? I thought Koscielny would play, I thought Ramsey would get a start and I thought Giroud would play central!
Turns out my thoughts were wrong. I'd like to blame the beer, but a good drinker never blames his can.
So onto the game. Coquelin's moaning did him the world of good as he made his first appearance of the season. Diaby was 'rested'. When Wenger says rested, what he doesn't follow it up with is rested from injury. Up front we played Gervinho centrally and back into the side was Chesney.
The game is going to be pretty simple to report on. We dominated. We destroyed. We conceded a very disappointing first goal of the season.
Podolski was the creator for the first… kind of. He played a nicely weighted pass into Gibbs out wide on the left, the Englishman shot across goal, the Southampton keeper parried and luckily for us Jos Hooiveld was on hand to tap in.
When new teams come to the Premier League and go a goal down so early on in a game, it can end up turning into a massive thumping. We really did find our rhythmn today. Southampton were chasing shadows for the most part as Arsenal carved out chances all over the park.
Gervinho had a chance to put us further ahead but fluffed his lines, Per Mertesacker came close to scoring with his head but the keeper saved well.
Then our 2nd came. A freekick was won outside the Southampton box after Coquelin was fouled. Cazorla, Arteta and Podolski lined up for the freekick. The German elected for the smash over the wall and hit the sweet spot. What a freekick… and boy didn't he love celebrating it?
Gervinho took the third goal, timing his run to perfection to get on the receiving end of an absolutely class pass from Arteta. He powered into the box and drilled the ball inside the keepers near post. Gervinho as a striker? Who knew!
The fourth came from an Gervinho pass to Podolski, the German ripped a shot at goal and it was again deflected into the back of the net by a Saints player. I had to double take… had Arsenal been taking lessons from Frank Lampard in lucky goals?
The second half was a little less frenetic than the first. The boys knew they'd won and they slowed down. I wonder whether the coach tells them to slip into second gear when they're 4 in front? Conserve energy and all that… Anyway, one player who totally switched off was Chesney. A cross was floated into the back stick, he went for it, dropped it and allowed Fox to fire home into an empty net. Not a great way to concede your first goal. However, at least it was an individual mistake rather than a collective problem. Our keeper was pretty poor the whole game if I'm honest. I wonder if those high profile mistakes he made at the Euros are bothering him still? His kicking was atrocious at times. Most of Southampton's chances came from his poor passing.
We still had some more goals left in reserve. Ramsey came on for Coquelin. He and Cazorla combined nicely, he powered into the box and held onto the ball for far too long, he toe poked the ball past the keeper, it hit the post but Gervinho was on had to finish from a yard. I'm pretty sure he took three touches to get it over the line. But he finished. The final goal came from Theo Walcott when he slotted past the keeper in a crowded box.
All in all. A superb day. One of the last sunny ones for a while I sense. The atmosphere was fantastic as well. Plenty of singing in my block which was unusual!
So to conclude footballistically?
It's tough to really give any insight into a game we totally dominated. The team are finding a rhythm now, our best players are finding form and some of the players who needed to step up to the plate are finally doing so. I thought Gervinho through the middle was an experiment that worked out. He's far from cultured as a striker but he knows how to go round players, he's very fast and he sometimes knows where the net is. I still think he lacks that decisive edge that is going to make him a really top, top player… but that could come.
I thought the back four were solid today bar the error. Having a midfield that supports you is new thing at Arsenal and it's paying dividends. I thought Coquelin had a very solid game today. He'll learn plenty from Arteta. You don't realise how big he is until you see him in the flesh. He looks a far more promising prospect than Denilson ever did. Like I said earlier in the summer, he's only a year younger than M'Vila. If he can have a good season this year, it'll vindicate binning Song and not replacing him.
Cazorla looks like the signing of the summer. What an absolute dream of a player he is. He can play with both feet, his movement off the ball is as good as his movement on the ball and his range of passing gets me excited in a totally inappropriate way. There were a flurry of passes in the first half that he was at the heart of… mesmerising stuff. It actually opened my eyes to how good a player Podolski is. I thought he was quite an industrial footballer, but he actually has great technique and a superb touch. He showed some deft touches when showboating with Cazorla.
All in all, positive vibes all round. Our starting 11 is up there with the best in the league. If we can keep key players fit this year, I still think we'll be in the mixing pot. It's a massive if obviously, but this team and squad is getting stronger by the week.
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