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The first new schools in Capistrano Unified since San Juan Hills High School was built in 2007 were the topic of discussion Monday night.
Rancho Mission Viejo, South Orange County's last mega-development, is finally under construction. But its future students may not number enough to fill out a traditional high school, the Capo's District's Board of Trustees learned.
So the district will have to consider several options for the 846 ninth- through 12th-grade students the 14,000-home development is expected to generate.
Most of the students who will live in what could become Orange County's newest city will skew younger, said Tim Holcomb, a district consultant working with the developer to plan school facilities. Based on current calculations, among Rancho Mission Viejo's future residents will be 4,561 students who are expected to break down as:
- 2,724 K-5 students
- 991 junior high school students
- 846 high schoolers
The numbers make planning traditional schools more difficult, Holcomb said. While the developer and school district are in the preliminary planning stages, Holcomb said he could imagine a scenario of two new K-8 schools and a traditional K-5 elementary to accommodate most of the students.
With the Ranch being built in stages, the first students to move in will likely be asked to attend existing schools, such as Ambuehl Elementary in San Juan Capistrano, Holcomb said.
This will give the district time to build the permanent school sites so the new students do not have to attend a school made up entirely of portable buildings, he said. The Ranch would pay for the transportation costs.
But as for the high school students, there are several choices, Holcomb said. Initially, the students could be dispersed among existing schools. San Juan Hills High isn't full to capacity yet, he noted.
Alternatively, the district could choose to build a smaller high school, he said. It could wait to until the students grow into needing a comprehensive high school, or the district could expand an existing high school.
Holcomb said there are 20 acres next to Tesoro High School in Las Flores that could make a decent addition or smaller, separate high school. Currently, the land is zoned for either multi-family housing or a cemetery.
"This topic is going to be on lots of board agendas, this is very preliminary," said Superintendent Joseph Farley. "We just wanted to begin the discussion."
Dan Kelly, senior vice president of governmental relations and corporate communications for Rancho Mission Viejo, called the district and the developer "married" in a partnership to provide schools for the future residents. The two organizations worked together previously, most recently on Ladera Ranch.


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Everyone benefits from an up-to-date browser.
Today we are sharing our plan to automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of Internet Explorer available for their PC. This is an important step in helping to move the Web forward. We will start in January for customers in Australia and Brazil who have turned on automatic updating via Windows Update. Similar to our release of IE9 earlier this year, we will take a measured approach, scaling up over time.
As always, when upgrading from one version of Internet Explorer to the next through Windows Update, the user's home page, search provider, and default browser remains unchanged.
Good for Consumers, Developers and Enterprises
The Web overall is better – and safer – when more people run the most up-to-date browser. Our goal is to make sure that Windows customers have the most up-to-date and safest browsing experience possible, with the best protections against malicious software such as malware.
For consumers, the safety benefits are one of the key reasons that the industry has been moving towards automatic updates as the norm. This is increasingly important since the biggest online threat these days is socially engineered malware, which typically targets outdated software like Web browsers. The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, which is based on data from over 600 million systems in over 100 countries, is good reading to give you a sense of risks that stem from outdated software.
We want to make updating to the best protection possible as fast and simple as we can for Windows customers. IE is how millions of Windows customers connect to the Web, so keeping that part of Windows updated at all times is critical to keeping them safe online. With automatic updates enabled through Windows Update, customers can receive IE9 and future versions of Internet Explorer seamlessly without any "update fatigue" issues.
Wider deployment of the most up-to-date browser benefits the Web in other ways as well. Developers and online businesses can rely on better browsers to deliver richer and more capable Web experiences. We built IE9 with a focus on modern web standards and interoperability so that developers could spend less time coding for specific browsers and spend more time building the next big thing on the Web. More of the Web running an HTML5 capable browser, vs. something built ten years ago, is a great thing for developers and the businesses they support.
Respecting Customer Choice and Control
While the benefits of upgrading are numerous, we recognize that some organizations and individuals may want to opt-out and set their own upgrade pace. One of the things we're committed to as we move to auto updates is striking the right balance for consumers and enterprises – getting consumers the most up-to-date version of their browser while allowing enterprises to update their browsers on their schedule. The Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 Automatic Update Blocker toolkits prevent automatic upgrades of IE for Windows customers who do not want them. Of course, we firmly believe that IE9 is the most compelling browser for business customers, and we want them to make the decision to upgrade at their convenience. Commercial customers can learn more about how this auto upgrade affects them here.
Similarly, customers who have declined previous installations of IE8 or IE9 through Windows Update will not be automatically updated. Customers have the ability to uninstall updates and continue to receive support for the version of IE that came with their copy of Windows. And similar to organizations, consumers can block the update all together and upgrade on their own. Finally, future versions of IE will provide an option in the product for consumers to opt out of automatic upgrading.
Peter Clarke, Chief Technology Officer for the Isle of Man government, recently talked about the importance of approach in moving the Web forward, while respecting customer choice:
"Getting people to use the latest browser version has many benefits, chief among them is that newer browsers have better security features and keep users safer. The Internet Explorer team's balanced approach to helping people move to the latest version is a good idea. Not only does it help individual users, it also takes into consideration the needs of enterprises."
Jeremiah Grossman, Chief Technology Officer and founder of WhiteHat Security agrees as well, saying…
"Automatic updates are a very good idea based on every piece of security research I've seen. Keeping software up to date - particularly Web browsers - is critical for online security. With that in mind, I'm pleased that Microsoft is moving toward an automatic update model, particularly since their approach balances the needs of enterprise customers who still need a mechanism to manage software updates."
We are excited to help make the Web better by upgrading Windows customers to the latest version of Internet Explorer.
Ryan Gavin General Manager, Internet Explorer Business and Marketing
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After reading the comments posted it is clear that half the people resisting updating must be on life support and and oxygen and use wheel chairs to get to work. Their bosses must yearn for the days when life was simpler and the pony express made house calls. In these antique bastions of the punch card where DOS based web-servers and browsers that hearken back to the netscape explorer wars are used, the idea of upgrading software to cheaper systems where the business is still in business and issues these newfangled things call updates is to alien to their soviet trained minds.
thankfully old age and rising sea levels will eventually erode their ranks and corporate headquarters. In that wonderful day I will no longer have to code two versions of the website: IE fossil/dinosaur/cro-magnum and the rest of the world. Thankfully mobile devices - a bus microsoft failed again to catch will accelerate the meteor descending on these ancients.
I have no hatred of microsoft, I simply mourn the lost part of my lifespan targeting the technology of the mid 90's
Which version of internet explorer is used in windows 8 and what are the latest features of internet explorer, also if you can mention how it is better than Firefox and Google chrome. 101internetmarketingblog.com
Similarly, customers who have declined previous installations of IE8 or IE9 through Windows Update will not be automatically updated. click here
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Sorry, forgot to mention: Will this automatic upgrade also be available for OEM and Corporate Versions of the Internet Explorer? www.geschenkideen-für-reiter.de
Great news! An automatic update option makes the IE even more secure. No more old PCs www.go-gadget.de/.../erfahrungen-und-berichte-zu-deseo with outdated an insecure Internet Explorer Versions. Good Job! http://www.equimea.de
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I think microsoft IE is losing more and more the market share. Security gaps continue to make problems. Ie without the monopoly position of the Microsoft operating systems would be www.handyflat-vergleich.de much more user-use of firefox and co. Greetings
But as i know,windows 8.0 had released.
Hi there do you have a german translation from this article?
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Automatic Updates for IE considering the safety aspects are certainly an easy and clever solution. I use IE for years, would like to see, however, that the display options can be adapted for websites. Many sites on the web are not apparently Optimize the operations for IE and are not displayed correctly, otherwise with http://www.tarif-king.de Firefox or Chrome browsers, thanks and greetings
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i have done this steps but my problem not fix,so this post was not good for me.
Great News, its propaply very vital to keep things up to date.
Great Update, i always make sure to keep everything up to date to provide as much protection as possible.
I think that it is vital to upgrade stuff folks in order to secure stuff. I am always updating my stuff.
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they could do so by backporting the latest version of IE to older operating systems. http://www.nibincasso.nl
That's really smart considering how good the Internet Explorer really is. I'll be honest IE wasn't my browser of choice, but I was just blown away by the latest version. Keep it up
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Thank you very much for doing this. As a web developer my life will get a little easier. IE9 is significantly better than it's predecessors, and headed in a decent direction. I think where people are finding IE9 breaks things, the breakages are caused by code developed for earlier versions of IE that were wrong in the first place. Like I said, IE9 is now on track and headed in a decent direction.
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Now today I find I am using IE9, without asking for it or reversing the previous "forbid" request. Happily what was broke before is now merely "difficult".
The worst thing is the way the "upgrade" arrived. taoofbadassdating.blogspot.com/.../how-tao-of-badass-ebook-helped-nerd.html I shut down my PC because I had a bus to catch (a week later it would have been a 'plane), and it went into upgrading - forever. "do not shut down your PC ...". In the end I got on the bus holding my notebook open, and 25 minutes later it had done. How can Microsoft do this to me without my permission ?
And if the security is better then I suppose I should be grateful, but can you tell me why I need to learn a whole new interface just to be more secure ?
Computers are supposed to aid productivity if they are worth anything at all, but too often I feel that Microsoft are responsible for lowering my productivity.
I use lots of kinds of bowers,i think ie 8 is the best.
Nice idea but XP is going to be stuck on IE8, Vista on IE9 (when IE10 is released), etc... I reckon if Microsoft really wanted to win the browser war (as they once did) they could do so by backporting the latest version of IE to older operating systems.
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If you "Require" IE 6 or IE7 for your "Mission Critical" website/intranet/software... you're website must look like www.thetaoofbadass-reviews.com ... seriously folks... invest in your IT infrastructure or you will be using IE6 into the next 20 years...
China is biggest IE6 market,Pls push update help web standard.
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This article is really useful and have been looking for some information on this topic. Great job and waiting for your next update. You are great with words. I'm sure you worked really hard on this article, and it shows. I agree with a lot of your material. I enjoyed this and I will be back for more http://www.nulleurocent.de
I was really happy when this happened because I think it is so vital these days to keep updating to increase security and useability. Great stuff microsoft
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"Similarly, customers who have declined previous installations of IE8 or IE9 through Windows Update will not be automatically updated" Not true. I have declined IE8 over and over and just opened my computer to find IE9. Don't want it, don't appreciate having it shoved on me.
@Phil Kobi: Google, Mozilla and Apple all do automatic updates now, so having a go at Microsoft for being the last to join that bandwagon is a little bit rich. And anyway you can disable these updates via Group Policy if you really wanted to.
Obnoxious Microsoft folks should at least prompt/ask users before forcing updates of their buggy bloatware on them. This 'surprise' has caused lots of applications to unexpectedly not work right.
I'm pretty angry about this. Back in 2011 I got IE9 via Windows Update and it broke something I use every day for work (Citrix remote login). So I struggled to get back to IE8 and all was well, even managed to specifically forbid upgrades to IE9.
The worst thing is the way the "upgrade" arrived. I shut down my PC because I had a bus to catch (a week later it would have been a 'plane), and it went into upgrading - forever. "do not shut down your PC ...". In the end I got on the bus holding my notebook open, and 25 minutes later it had done. How can Microsoft do this to me without my permission ?
Computers are supposed to aid productivity if they are worth anything at all, but too often I feel that Microsoft are responsible for lowering my productivity. Rant over.
Text in some core fonts appears blurred in Internet Explorer 9 on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2:
FYI for those complaining about blurry fonts.
Can you just have the updater install chrome or firefox? It's a much better solution.
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If you "Require" IE 6 or IE7 for your "Mission Critical" website/intranet/software... you're website must look like this:http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/ ... seriously folks... invest in your IT infrastructure or you will be using IE6 into the next 20 years...
I work with visually impaired people and this bad news. Visially impaired people and blind people need special softwares as ZoomText (magnifying) and JAWS (speaking) to have access to their computer. The problem is that they don't work very well with IE 9. So, as rehab teacher, we have do downgrade to IE 8 or to use Firefox as default browser. Also, a majority of visually impaired people - I speak of my clients with my own experience - is unable do downgrade IE 9 to IE 8. So, they will encounter problems with IE 9 and they won't know why, we usually disable the WIndows Update to avoid to use IE 9. I juste think this is a bad decision to those people with limitations because they will have problems with IE 9 and we won't be able to avoir these problems as we do know.
how dare you try update ie8 to ie9 on my win7 machine. ie9 is unusable as you have the unreadable smear type that cannot be disabled
And then my company uses Lotus Notes which only really works well with IE7. A lot of folks going to waste time with problems in the New Year.
Mr Gavin,
While Microsofts intent is good, its not going to make one bit of difference. The % of IE6 users remaining globally do NOT have Windows Update enabled, they all use Tomato Garden version of XP. See www.troyhunt.com/.../aye-pirates-be-reason-ie6-just-wont-die.html and then read the comment by Gaëtan Voyer-Perrault - "Honestly, if pirating is a big cause of IE6, then MS actually has the power to fix this problem, they're just choosing not to."
Great news. I'm always using the latest version of IE, but nevertheless, the more people update their old versions, the better for everyone. :)
IE9 is slower in response than IE8 is. To speed it I'm always prompt to disable some adds-on which is a nuisance.
I have been using Internet Explorer 10 (Build 10.0.1008.16421) on my Windows 7 PC.
You can no longer download this version, now that 'build 10.0.8102' is out.
The problem with Build 10.0.8102 is that it only works with Windows 8.
As we can't buy Windows 8 yet, there is no way to get a working version of IE 10 on any computer!
So I believe Microsoft want us to start downgrading our browsers.
When we reach IE 1.0, hopefully they will change their mind.
Hmmmm. If you declined to install IE7 and IE8 before for Win XP, as an example, then you will never be notified of any upgrades. So what will this solve? Same for Vista users who have declined IE8 and IE9.
great news.... now i hope ie can get back to race in browsers
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This may all seem well and good but "customers who have declined previous installations of IE8 or IE9 through Windows Update will not be automatically updated."
If they hadn't blocked the install in the past they would already be upgraded so what is the point of any of this? Yay Microsoft. Make it appear that you plan to do a good thing and then say you are basically going to continue with business as usual.
Pointless article...
Users who have automatic updates on can be assumed to have at least IE8.
As can be read in this article, the client has the choice of updating. The clients who deliberately chose not to upgrade can still choose not to, even though these are the ones who still have the out of date browser.
Henceforth nothing will change...
I recently read this article about the reasons behind the popularity of ie6 in China. If the majority of the versions in China are pirate copies then is the auto update option going to work for them?
With regards to mission critical apps running atop IE6... ha. That just sounds funny.
Nice campaign. But I guess this won't any how affect Windows Vista and Windows XP users since Internet Explorer 10 won't be a part of Windows Vista, and IE9 is anyhow unsupported by Windows XP.
Thank god we're on WSUS, so we can stay out of IE9 and don't need to deploy the blocker either. IE9 somehow breaks our Microsoft CRM 4.0 solution which is part of the software that drives our business. Both IE9 and IE10 will have some "Terror Incognita" I don't want to called out of bed for. Windows XP with IE8 is still on 50% of our OEM fleet, this will slowly melt by gradualy replacing machines well into 2014. For standardisation we will stick with IE8 on all machines.
Very BAD news ?
According to the security settings and problems of fixing Web-Applications after yet another security update for Internet Explorer I don't think this is such a good action.
Every IE8 and IE9 security update has the effect of yet another challange to keep your Web-Applications, like Citrix WebPortal, still "up and running".
This is yet another reason to look at the WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) at the local site with more caution for update for Internet Explorer. That action and the protection against it could mean an unwanted Vulnerability for the Business.
Very BAD news !
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Worst idea ever, Windows Team. First of all, corp IT doesn't want to deal with upgrading from IE6 or IE7 for a lot of valid reasons (think headache, hassle, no time, etc.) and second of all not offering IE9 for WinXP personal users like myself is like making people use IE8 on Vista - it makes no sense to have yesterday's browser (It came out years ago already) on an OS that you're supporting through 2012. I want to hear one single good excuse because you folks don't have one. No one, and I mean no one, is going to buy or upgrade to Vista, Win7 or Win8 *solely* to use a more modern version of IE, so why not just give the more modern version of IE to people who actually want to use it? For example, I want to use it. The CSS support, sandboxing and security are all much better in IE9 than IE8 (so if you like being damned with faint praise, here I am, and you're welcome). But I - and many other people like me - are not going to buy and install another OS just to get those benefits.
There are many use cases. I generally use other browsers for personal use, but I need IE 8 (or IE 7, not IE 9) to log in to my work network. In fact, work is the only reason I use IE8 (or IE at all). I've been very happy until now with the option to uncheck the IE 9 upgrade, because installing it would actually reduce my ability to do the things I want to do. I hope the blog is accurate that I won't get IE 9 if I've always left it unchecked in Windows Update.
I don't see how this is going to work. IE8 requires Vista SP1 or XP SP2. IE9 requires Vista SP2. The reason alot of these folks don't have updated browsers is because they have never updated their service pack.
This needs to be opt-in, not opt-out. I shouldn't have to maintain a toolkit to make sure you don't hose every machine in my company with an update before I can test it. If I want that kind of headache I'll just use FireFox (at least the users would be happy).
Awesome! Maybe now we can move the world off of IE6!!
In my office we allowed IE9 to install on our Vista and Windows 7 systems. Which caused a LOT of problems and we had to roll them back to IE8. We have several sites that did not work correctly after the IE9 upgrade and I had two users that IE9 would break the connection to websites and the tabs didn't work properly so until the issues with IE9 are resolved we will not be moving from IE8.
Bad news for small busineses that run mission critical websites that IE9 is not supported on....
Sorry but telling us, what is good for us?
Is that the new Marketing Spin?
Sounding more and more like Google all the time...
Sorry this is a bad bad thing.
Forcing things down is why everyone hates (XYZ Company)
Unfortunately, there are too many political obsticals in the way from wanting to move users forward to new versions of the OS :(
So is this going to be like firefox/chrome where you update in the browser or it happens automatically regardless of your update preferences? Or is it going to be pushed in the normal windows update?
Kind of late to the party, aren't we, I.E.? Oh OK, you can still come in.
I run Win7 64bit OS, but run the 32bit IE9. Because of the documented problems with 64bit IE9, I do not want automatic updates to switch me to 64bit IE9. Do I need to take any action to avoid auto-installation of 64bit IE9?
Awesome news! Now, Microsoft should do the same for Security Essentials, instead of making it rely on the Windows Update configuration. I don't want my computer restarting after an update when I'm not there, but I would really like if my antivirus would update without requiring any action from my part.
- Just give a standard-compliant fast browser to ALL Windows customers. Sadly, Microsoft cannot do that. IE9 could have been released with software/GDI rendering for XP.
- Just create a customizable, non-dumbed down browser for Windows 7. Sadly, Microsoft cannot do that either. IE9 could have avoided all the dumbing down of the GUI and allowed adding back removed features like a search box, useful status bar indicators etc optionally but shipped streamlined by default.
Microsoft cannot give its IE customers what they want, only what it thinks is the best for them and then forces them to use it by obsoleting older platforms.
Better late than never, only took a few years to think of the idea.
"As always, when upgrading from one version of Internet Explorer to the next through Windows Update, the user's home page, search provider, and default browser remains unchanged."
Except, that's not how it always goes: searchengineland.com/internet-explorer-6-forces-bing-as-default-search-provider-20398
"With automatic updates enabled through Windows Update, customers can receive IE9 and future versions of Internet Explorer "
I take this to mean then that versions of Windows that can't run IE9 (think Windows XP, which is even more prevalent than IE6) won't benefit from these automatic updates?
"We built IE9 with a focus on modern web standards and interoperability so that developers could spend less time coding for specific browsers and spend more time building the next big thing on the Web"
Yeah, now us developers have to go over existing sites and fix hacks that targeted IE because they break things in IE9, like mixing IE-specific CSS filters and CSS3 transforms. Try doing that with a PNG graphic and it's almost as if you're back using IE6 again!
If only IE9 fixed the rendering engine without wrecking the user interface, then I would not have had to block it.
To get a further idea of the disadvantageous impacts on disabled users you might consider the following extract from an accessibility review of IE9 at www.ssbbartgroup.com/.../remarks-on-internet-explorer-9-accessibility-and-compatibility-with-assistive-technology
<START> JAWS users should upgrade to version 12.0.1158, which can be obtained directly from the Freedom Scientific website or by performing a Check for Updates within JAWS 12; Window-Eyes users should upgrade to Window-Eyes 7.5; Users of Dragon Naturally Speaking should upgrade to version 11; .... Users of screen magnification software should consult the manufacturer to determine which font smoothing settings to adjust or to upgrade to the latest version. <END>
Bearing in mind that people with disabilities are statistically more likely to be on lower incomes how reasonable is it to force on them the costs of upgrading to newer versions of their assistive technology tools?
All this does is make it harder for advisory services supporting disabled users to recommend Internet Explorer.
This is only good news if the websites and webtools we rely on still work in the upgraded browser. We are involved in an authoring tool (Xerte) that creates accessible interactive content with onboard text to speech using Active X components. Many education establishments use this tool but as soon as they upgrade to IE9 the text to speech doesn't work. Different users have different requirements and to force users to upgrade to something that gives them a poorer experience is arrogant at best and unethical at worst. The only way this could be justified is if Microsoft was completely committed to implementing agreed open standards and not insisting on adding their own flavours that others are expected to adapt to.
@oskarh Probably IE6 will automatically update to IE8.
I also fail to understand how this affects Windows XP like you say in the title, please elaborate on this.
Hopefully you are conveying this information to everyone in the world who writes web pages as well. There are still one or two out there that don't work right in IE9. Less than a year ago my company's timekeeping system didn't work in IE9. The menu selection tabs on the left side of the form were not functioning, so you couldn't get to any page but the default. It wasn't an in house thing either, but a reputable third party solution that did time keeping. You may have heard of it, Deltek. (Changed jobs so don't know if that is fixed). I also can't dispute charges on American Express's site in IE9. They use a frame that doesn't scale or scroll, so you can't get to the button to submit after putting in all the information. This was recently. Sadly both worked fine in Safari.
Personally I upgrade as soon as possible, typically get the Beta when it is available. Quite often though the hinderance to upgrading is the other end.
Good campaign but what is your objective. If you don't get IE6 to less than 1% or 0.5% you will have done nothing. That update must be soon and be a security update, or whatever has the highest priority. Windows XP still has 40% of market and you are not launching now versions for that OS, just the old IE8. You move, but world moves faster. You do something but you are not committed.
Great news! As a web developer, we'll all be glad to see users on more modern versions of IE. My question though is how will this affect XP users? Are the latest versions of IE 9 don't work on these browsers, is it just being accepted that they are on an unsupported version of Windows & therefore won't get these auto updates?


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Below is a Letter to the Editor that Americans for Fair Taxation submitted to Politico.com about their recent, inaccurate story on the FairTax. We are releasing this letter because the online story has run (and is still available on Politico.com's website) and we believe that it is imperative that correct facts about Americans for Fair Taxation's mission and activities during the upcoming Iowa Straw Poll be available online as well.
Letter to the Editor
Friday's article "Americans for Fair Taxation backs Cain," and Politico.com's subsequent update contained a significant factual error and misrepresented the efforts of Americans for Fair Taxation (AFFT) at the upcoming Iowa Straw Poll on August 11, in Ames, Iowa. AFFT is a non-partisan, 501c4 that does not advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for public office. Let me be clear, AFFT does not now nor has it ever favored, endorsed or backed any one candidate, political party or incumbent over another. We do not make monetary contributions to political candidates and expressly state in guidelines published on our website (www.fairtax.org) that "FairTax.org must not spend money directly or indirectly in support or opposition to a candidate."
AFFT's mission is to actively educate all members of the public and media, and all candidates for public office about the merits of H.R. 25, "The Fair Tax Act of 2011." As such we provide information, briefing materials, public policy data and research to members of all political parties, the media and the public at large.
In 2007, then-presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was (and remains) a very vocal supporter of the FairTax. As candidate Huckabee, he publicly stated, "Now I realize that the FairTax organization does not endorse candidates, but let me be very clear, I endorse you." In 2012, current presidential candidate Herman Cain has been and continues to be a very strong supporter of the FairTax. AFFT will strive to educate all members of the public, including candidates for public office and their prospective constituents, on the FairTax in an endeavor to gain support for this public policy initiative.
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By SIMON WEBSTER
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Lately I have been talking about how many grapes I have in the vineyard, but over the past week I've also had a lot of tomatoes.
Yes, tomatoes. I have planted tomatoes in the spots where I lost a few vines because of the 2011 drought. Since the irrigation is already in place, it made sense to plant some vegetables. So here I am with an abundance of tomatoes – a great problem to have.
Last year the tomatoes I planted didn't do very well, but I think the cooler nights have made this year's crop better. The tomato variety has also made a difference. Some types of tomatoes are doing very well and others look haggard and the blooms never set. I will have to make note of the varieties that thrive in the vineyard soil for next year's garden.
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Ford Windstar Electrical Problems
oyokidude1 Posts: 20I don't think ford techs are scheming, and causing problems. I doubt they think an owner would bring a $900-$4,500 van back to the dealership for repairs. I know for a fact an issue lies with the ABS MODULE ...
Remember you said you just purchased it..
I live in the South so I don't have these axle snappings or rust problems...
and read about the ABS module failure. Also report this Brake issue to http://www.nhtsa.gov/
aerostarfan Posts: 1We just purchased our 2002 Windstar last fall too! and have replaced the alternator 3 times in 18,000 miles. All but one of the recall fixes had been done when we bought it, then the last was done. Other than eating alternators, it's a great ride but sadly, though it's been only 1K miles since alternator replacement #3, it appears the downward spiral leading to alternator death has begun again, since warning lights have started turning on and off randomly during driving.
Here's how the breakdown goes every time: for several weeks the warning lights get intermittently wonky (brake, seat belt and ABS warning lights come on and off randomly), next there will be incidents of gauges swinging wildly, A/C turning off, electric doors/windows failing, and then soon afterwards the engine (in the middle of driving just fine) starts to sputter, then dies, with the alternator dead and battery drained. After each alternator replacement, my regular mechanic then 2 different dealer mechanics said they checked every electrical wire circuit, connection, etc., and found nothing wrong - just sent us on our way with an "all fixed."
I know many would have dumped this van already, but we can't afford to replace it and need a way to transport elderly parents and pets who don't fit into our little Kia sedan. At this point, though, even with 11K miles left on the dealer's repair warranty, it's a safety issue to have elderly and pets on board if/when it breaks down again.
For now I'm driving with a battery/alternator tester plugged in at all times, hoping at least I'll KNOW when the alternator fries and can get to a safe place before the engine dies. The tester shines green (good) at first, then changes to green and yellow (low) after a few minutes of driving. It may be unrelated, but there is sometimes bad radio interference for awhile after the AC fan is turned on, and lately the AC takes about 10 minutes to blow cold air.
Does anyone have any suggestions for fixes we can try before we get rid of this van? I don't even feel right selling it, because I'm sure that's what the previous owners did, passing their misery on to us when we bought it. I don't want to do that to someone else.
Thanks in advance!
Well, I understand your misery. Our van is paid off, but we can't afford a new vehicle with 3 boys, 1 car payment and mortgage. This van is how my wife gets the kids to school and child care. Sometimes she takes their cousins to school.
As of now, the van is running great. Like you said, it rides and handles well. My wife loves it other than the electrical issues.
We just got a new alternator installed.
I only have a few suggestions:
1. Make sure the wire going from the battery to the fuse box goes under the air filter box. This was the beginning of my misery. This caused the short which drained my first battery and killed the alternator. They recharged the battery and put in a new alternator, but the battery did not last long.
2. Along with the new alternator, get a new battery.
3. Replace the Rear Electronic Module.
4. Replace the wiring harness if you notice any part of it that may seem burned. This is a short and will drain your battery and kill your alternator. Remember to put mechanics grease on all electric terminals.
5. Check the timing and any other routine maintenance items (again, I'm not a mechanic).
Every couple of days I am checking the battery because this seems to be where my problems stem from. If your Windstar is fully loaded like mine, then there are many things that can drain the battery. I hope this helps and you can do many of these things on your own. My wiring harness was from the Ford dealer and cost me $120, I put it on myself in about 30 minutes. I put a new starter on before that, but only to find that the battery was dead (mechanic told me it was the starter). This started the downward spiral of the alternator. The battery was dead because the wiring harness was bent at the fuse box instead of coming out straight and going under the air filter box.
Sorry for the rambling.
I have a 2002 Windstar SEL, the driver's side power sliding door and the rear heater both stopped working shortly after I bought it in 2008. Sometimes if we hit a bump or go through a car wash they will both start working again all the sudden. In winter time the air bag light comes on. Sometimes a warning comes on to check charging system and the lights will dim so I turn the van off and restart it and it works again. Lately its draining overnight and at first I thought it was because the passenger power sliding door wasnt closing all the way but even when we make sure its closed it will still drain overnight. Is this all one problem or multiple problems? Dont really have the money to pay 400 in diagnostic work which is what the ford dealer told me it would cost just to find out whats wrong. :confuse:
I don't know where you are from, but here, Auto Zone and Oreilly's both do free diagnostics. Any good mechanic would check your battery for dead cells and see if your alternator is working for a minimum charge or even free if you ask. If it is the alternator, try to get it at Oreilly's with the life-time warranty. Also, check the REM or rear electronic module. This seems to be a problem as well. Go over the wiring harness very closely looking for any signs of arching. This was the start of all my problems. 2 alternators, 2 batteries, diode (or whatever), and a starter later and I am hoping I finally got to the bottom of it. Good luck and keep us posted.
frazzled5 Posts: 2We had the same problem with the battery draining overnight. We've replaced the battery and the alternator but it was still doing it. We've had the ABS module and wiring harness looked at because the ABS and brake lights kept coming on. Everything checked out fine.
Our local mechanic has resolved this issue for us by installing a battery kill switch, like they use to use on hot rods. Our mechanic did not disturb the original battery cables, he ran separate cables off of the battery for the kill switch. When you are ready to park the van for the night, shut everything off (lights, radio, heater), turn the van off and then turn the kill switch key. The next morning, turn the kill switch key on and the van fires right up. We have been testing this for a week now and have not had any problems with it.
No more headaches of having to constantly jump start it. It may be a work around for the real issue but it was a lot cheaper than continually replacing batteries and alternators.
If you need more information on it let us know and we will see if our mechanic would talk to your mechanic but can't promise anything.
I also had some electrical problems with my 2004 Windstar. Something was draining the battery over night. I sent it in to the local mechanic, and after two weeks, he tells us what he found. For one thing, there is a computer set under the steering wheel that he reset and caused my locks, AC, and windows to begin working, as some of the windows had stopped. But the computer behind the instrument gauge, as my gauges would crazily spin, even after I turned the engine off, held the fuse that drained my battery. He says that there is a device in the van that runs 90 min after the van is turned off and enters into sleep mode, so he kept having to wait until that shut off before testing. He said there is a fuse, very tiny, that was draining the battery. When he removed it, EVERYTHING (except for one thing) worked normally. They tested over and over, test drove it, checked the battery for a few days, and nothing went wrong. This fuse...they could NOT find any specification in the manual or internet or anywhere that explains exactly what the fuse was for, but he said that without the fuse, the only thing that did not work was the chime that came on when you leave your headlights on and the engine is off. So we agreed to just leave the fuse out and see how it goes over the months. I get my van back today. But he said that if I want the fuse replaced that I would need a new instrument cluster...which would be very expensive he says. My dad, who is a bit savvy with working on his own vehicles but lives 800 miles away says that seems suspicious and to check with Ford parts and see if they can replace the fuse without buying a new cluster. So I'm doing some searches about this. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Just to correct myself, my van is a 2003, and it was fuse 16 in the fuse box under the dashboard. But now I know what else not having it there does not work...the gauge lights.
And my AC is not working...just blowing air, and my locks will lock everything except the driver side as it will lock and then pop up. I have to lock it manually. And one of my rear side windows still won't open. So I will have to call the mechanic on Monday and see where that goes. Otherwise, it's running good now.
fredtech Posts: 1frazzed5, by using the kill switch, your vehicle's PCM Keep Alive Memory (KAM) is being erased every time the power supply to the vehicle is cut off. When the ignition key is turned off, the vehicle's computers still require voltage to keep their memory alive. The drain on the battery is minimal. The PCM's OBDII monitors will have to be reset or test complete every time you do this. Any DTCs (Diagnostic Trouble Codes) stored will also be erased. DTCs are very helpful in diagnosing performance problems your vehicle may develope. You also lose freeze frame information that shows the precise data that the PCM was receiving when the malfuction occurred. Your mechanic is sacrificing much of value to fix your electrical problem. You may want to ask him about this.
eric77777 Posts: 1Hi everybody!
Seems I'm not the only one with this hobby : OWNING A WINDSTAR!!! What happens is this light on dash is always on, shape of a lightbulb with a ! ... and ABS, Brake light, and engine light come on randomly. Front wipers only work if I click them to the last two speeds (fast and berserk!) Headlights on ''ON'' position, left has high beam while right beam is simply on, and if I push the beam lever forward (always High beam) the left one will turn off while the right one goes high, as if they're one position away one from the other. Power locks also have a problem (driver door won't lock and none work if keys are not in ignition)..
The other day, all warning lights came on and stayed on after starting the van but the rest of dash stayed off and all gauges stayed down (RPM, Speed, Gas, Temperature...) front beams werent working but the 'daylights' were on.
Can someone help me with where to look, if you've had or worked on similar problems ?!
Thank you so much and good luck with yours!
windcare Posts: 1Did that switch fix the problem? I've been having problems for a month; dome lights flashing while driving and the battery dieing over night and more recently over 8 hours since it's Chicago cold weather. Bought a new battery and my mechanic does not want to deal with it anymore. Flipped the switch so the dome lights won't come on anymore but the bottom lights in the rear (by the sliding doors) come on and stay on when they want to. My guess this is what's taking out the battery. Please help!
van7188 Posts: 8For your dash it sounds like a blown fuse. This used to happen to my van when the master cylinder was leaking on to the wire harness. What i did was unplug the wire coming out of the master cylander and change the fuse. Ford did a recall for the issue a little over a year ago. They replaced the master cylinder and the fuse didn't blow again for about a month. Then it started blowing again, so I just unplugged that wire permanently and no problems since. For the dome light mine does this one too. I traced the problem to the right rear passenger slide door. The back latch doesn't lock in properly so when you hit bumps e.t.c. the dome lights come on. I tried wd40 e.t.c. to get the latch to work properly with no success. So I took out the rear side light bulbs and turned the over head dome switch in front and rear off.I probably should replace the latch but I think im just going to trade the Ford in and buy a Dodge or Chevy even though I could get the friends and family discount from Ford. Just tired of the issues and Fords rust way too soon. Hope this helps you.
fystywindstar Posts: 19First off, I would like to thank the admin of this site for it's existence & I would extend a special thanks to those members that contributed to all those fine articles, pictures & research on the problems.
Now I have read most every article on the various problems & it seems that I have a problem related to the ABS/Brake light prblem but mine is quite different than what has been posted in that althopugh these lights are on 100% of the time there is Nothing & I mean nothing wrong with my brakes( I have had the recall done) It was after that the the lights started coming on. now they just stay on. And because I still have brakes as the factory intended makes me think sensors right away. I also have a fewe of the other problems but I am just supplying info that I have personally about the Brakes. Last winter I was on my way to work and was in a left turn lane on a snowy Jan.day, & the left turn light gave me the right of way & as ther were 2 lanes turning, I was in the right, when some idiot tried to jump out from the oncome lanes to make a righ. This put him right in the path of my grill. I jammed on the brake & before I could repond to the act of realeasing the lockup, the ABS took over & I was able to steer out of his way. What made this even more interesting is that this personslmmed his brakes & stopped dead in front of me instead of carrying on. When I came to a stop, my bumper was about a foot awat from his drivers door. I gave thanks to Ford's ABS & gave no more thought to these two idiot lights on the Dash. My "Beast" is an 02 SEL with just over 100,000 klicks. I just love her& unless she burns to the ground, I will drive her until one of us is dead. I have never been a Ford Gal but I just love this Van. It is really to bad that something that is as beautiful & comfortable as these are should have so many problems. If the gremlins such as rear windows & door lock etc do not inconvienence me, then I will just keep on trukin'. hehehe. Not much choice as I am on a pension & no big bucks for repairs & I am too honest to attempt to sell her without telling future buyers about these problems. Any way people THANK-YOU :shades:
Ok so here is the deal with the 2003 ford windstars. First, you need to go to the ford website and look up recalls. Enter your vin in. Apparently for the 2003 ford windstar there is a recall for the scds and the abs module. Both of which could be causing the drain on the battery. The other night when my van was completely drained, there was smoke emitting from the engine even though I know for a fact the engine is fine because we jumped it and it started right up. However, it seems that this problem has also destroyed my battery causing it to leak. Beware of this issue, take your van in for the recall before doing anything else to it.


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Landsat TM image superimposed on three-dimensional view of the Sudety Mountains. Broad deforestation is seen at high elevations
Air pollution from industrial activities resulting in acid rain and deforestation is the main cause of damage to forests. The forests of the Sudety (Poland and Czech Republic), Erzgebirge/Sumava (Germany/Czech Republic) and Harz (Germany) mountain ranges are considered to be the most heavily damaged in Europe. Furthermore, the rapid development of forest decline damage in the western portion of the Sudety Mountains has been described as an ecological disaster. These mountains are located in the "black triangle" of Europe - a heavily polluted region where the use of satellite data is essential as large areas need to be studied by a reliable and repetitive source of information on environmental conditions.
On the basis of Landsat TM satellite data interpretation, the following classes of forest damage were distinguished: impaired spruce stands, severely impaired spruce stands, dying and dead stands, afforestations, old and new clear cuts (deforestation) and mixed and deciduous forest stands. The spatial distribution and area of each class permitted conclusions to be made concerning the state of the forests, the extent of the regions with different degrees of damage and the assessment of the loss of increment in timber volume. Superimposing the satellite image on the digital terrain model also permitted an analysis of the distribution of damage versus elevation above sea level, slopes and other features.
The use of multitemporal Landsat TM images taken in 1984,1990 and 1994 permits the analysis of changes over time in the state of the forests. The spatial extent and the occurrence of the forest decline phenomenon in the Sudety Mountains are shown to be dramatic. Since the end of 1970s there has been a heavy loss of forest in this area which is still continuing. Satellite data show that forest decline is observed throughout the whole area under study and that decline processes are still developing, even though the activities of the Forest Service seem to be more efficient in fighting this deterioration than in the first half of the 1980s. During the last few years, in the region studied there has been a decrease in the area covered by damaged and dying stands as a result of timber cutting and an increase in the surface covered by young and mixed stands as well as a decrease in the bare, open areas as a result of reforestation.
Digital forest maps integrated with descriptive databases form forestry-oriented Geographic Information Systems, which help in the interpretation of the satellite images
Map of the state of forests in the Sudety Mountains (original scale 1:25,000) showing the dramatic extent of damage to the forests. Red colouring represents dead and dying forests; yellow, deforestation caused by declining processes; and different shades of green, spruce stands in varied conditions
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The methodology used for mapping forest decline is especially useful in mountainous regions, where accessibility makes frequent field investigations problematic. Furthermore, the synoptic view provided by satellite data permits the study of the area as a whole.
The study was conducted at the OPOLIS-Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Centre of the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in Warsaw (Poland) with the support of UNEP-Geneva.
Adapted from FAO Remote Sensing for Decision-makers Series, No. 13, "Satellite imagery for forest decline assessment and monitoring". For a full list of issues available in the Series, see FAO Publications on Remote Sensing
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- Melt the vegetable shortening in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the onions, and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Season with cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cumin, garlic powder, and cardamom seeds. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes to release the flavor, stirring constantly.
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This recipe got RAVE reviews from my middle eastern husband. After dinner he was eating it directly from the pot. It's the real thing for sure. I didn't have shortening so I used butter and a touch of olive oil. I was really unsure about the cloth bit but I just tried it with a doubled tea towl under the lid. I'm glad I did.
Umm...yes! This is incredible! Did everything just as the recipe called for, except used ground cardamom in place of the seeds. It was hard to stop eating this. I served it with the Indian Tomato Chicken recipe listed on this site and me and fam (including husband and 3 little kids) were in heaven. I'm not sure what to say about folks who found it bland. I thought it was anything but. Subtle, maybe, but REALLY tasty. Eat it as a side dish to make sure you get enough "flavor" out of your dinner! (By the way, I'd cut the recipe in half next time - this is two dinners' worth of rice for a family of 5.)
Finally an awesome Indian rice recipe! It was absolutely awesome! My husband also loved it and I'm keeping this recipe handy! I used the saffron AND the ground turmeric (the turmeric was put in with the other spices). I also added a chicken bullion cube to the spices and it turned out awesome!!!! It was good enough to eat by itself.
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- 11%
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- 10%
- Cholesterol
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- < 1%
- Sodium
- 307 mg
- 12%
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I love a good joke. I also love me an Internet meme.
I've also been a waiter (Old Spaghetti Factory in case you're wondering), was stiffed plenty, and heck, I even like to mock me some hypocrisy and villainize the occasional corporation now and then.
So when I saw the news sprouting up everywhere on the Internet about an Applebee's server getting stiffed by a pastor, let alone a pastor who pulled the God card, and the server was later fired for mocking said pastor, I just knew this was a tailor-made cocktail of instant win for me.
But then I started to look more closely at what the server did. I also watched as all sorts of other publications ran to the server's defense.
She only makes minimum wage! they said. The pastor was pulling the God card! Applebee's never enforces this policy and now they are!
All true. Every statement. And in most cases I'd be ok with what the server did, as she surfaced an obvious case of hypocrisy.
But here's why I think Applebee's is still in the right after all this: The server, Chelsea Welch, did violate the pastor's privacy by putting a copy of her signature on the Internet.
Think about that. A signature is a very personal thing. It's what you put on checks, it's what you put on permission slips to excuse your children or grandchildren from school. It's what you put on your social security and passport.
It's a part of your identity.
And Chelsea Welch put someone else's on the Internet without their permission.
Would you want a part of your identity put on the Internet every time you did something dumb? I don't think so.
Listen, I get it. The pastor was wrong and she did a really dumb thing in pulling the God card while stiffing a server. She may actually, in fact, be a bad person.
But that doesn't mean this relatively trivial act of dumbness means should result in having her right to privacy violated.
And as for Applebee's and their policy, they may be inconsistent. They don't enforce this policy often. To all of which I say, so?
It doesn't matter if they are spotty in enforcing it if it's the right policy. If they enforce it 1 time in 100, then we should be talking about how they should enforce 100 times out of 100, not rush do the defense of the person who violated a valid policy.
And some will maybe say the policy doesn't cover receipts. It talks about pictures of customers, not receipts!
Splitting hairs. When I read a policy that says you can't post pictures of customers, that would include something like their signature. It's personal, it's part of their identity.
If this doesn't convince you, imagine we were discussing a government employee, and imagine if this government employee posted a signed document from a civilian using Twitter and pointed out this person was a bad person for something they did. Imagine if that something was a relatively minor infraction due to a error in judgement.
Which side would people come down on? The civilian or the government employee and the agency they worked for?
That does not make any sense. I.D. Theft is a major problem.
Post my signature online, you'll hear from my lawyer, about a civil fraud lawsuit.
That's standard at most restaurants.
If i have your signature I'll post it online as much as I want, and there's nothing you can do to stop me,
Applebee's could have reprimanded her and suspended her but termination? She had a right to be upset as everyone knows how hard a waitress works and relies on tips as part of their income. Just like when Circuit City fired their managers to save money now Applebee's fires this worker to save face. I stopped shopping at Circuit City like many others and they went bankrupt. I will avoid dining at Applebee's now and if many others stop dining there Applebee's has made huge mistake. Fine, call her wrong for posting the receipt and punish her but take away her livelihood and now Applebee's will be punished.
That is exactly what many people are going to do.
You don't seem to get it. Company policies and actions that piss off enough people are bad decisions. Period.
If she considered her signature so private she could just write "see ID" on her card and bypass. They should have just reprimanded the waitress.
I say dumb. Terminating her was like trying to extinguish a wee little fire by pouring gasoline it. If they were smart–or Internet aware, I should say–they should have realized the best course would have been to reprimanded the employee… if the Pastor wanted to continue to make a big deal about it, she could, but she'd just bring more bad PR to herself. What Applebees did was bring tons of negative attention to both themselves and the pastor. Like I said…DUMB.
A signature isn't private, that argument is kinda weak. Signatures are printed and published quite often and regularly. Just to give a few examples, signatures on petitions, signing a yearbook, US Treasure Secretary signature on all our paper money, presidential/governor/etc signatures on legislation, celebrity autographs/signatures, etc.
Publicizing a signature isn't the same as someone's SS number or fingerprint, or home address, phone number, etc. It's silly to think a signature is a matter of private information.
Is there some privacy law that I'm not aware of the protect signatures from being publicized? I certainly wouldn't consider a receipt to be a personal record.
.. which is why, I NEVER actually sign credit-card slips. I just scrawl.
And I have NEVER been challenged by a merchant. The card's been swiped; that assumes a human was involved.
Heck, NSA knows what we're all doing, anyway .. :/


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— By LOU TISCIONE
All earthly kings have a very high opinion of themselves. There was a king whose opinion of himself reached to the heavens. He thought so much of himself that he made a golden image for his subjects to worship. He commanded all people to worship the idol he made under penalty of death. This king's name was Nebuchadnezzar. His acts are recorded in the book of Daniel.
The main revelation of chapters three and four of Daniel is the absolute sovereignty of the one true God. Yet, there are many lessons that apply directly to us. One is the example of the three Hebrews, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. These three men demonstrated an unyielding reliance upon God. They were willing to be burned alive rather than worship the false god erected by the king. Another lesson revealed to us through these men is the faithfulness of God. In the midst of the flames, one like "a son of the gods" was with them. God's promise to be with His people declared in Joshua 1:5 and repeated in Hebrews 13:5 was demonstrated by His presence with the three men in the fiery furnace.
God revealed His sovereignty and His faithfulness and the three Hebrews demonstrated saving faith in God. But there is more to learn. There is a timely lesson for all professing Christians. No matter what power a ruler claims for himself, we know that there is One who has absolute power and authority. Jesus declared that He has all power and authority in heaven and on earth and He will have the last word.
Daniel was given a vision of the Son of God having all power and dominion (Daniel 7:13-14). Daniel saw in the night visions one like a son of man coming with the clouds. Daniel's vision was a glimpse of the pre-incarnate Christ.
I find it necessary to remember the sovereignty of God as I hear current news and events. We seem to be experiencing the breakdown of the rule of law in our nation. We have elected leaders who appear to ignore the laws of our land. We have leaders who see themselves as being accountable to no one. There are others who have apparently abdicated their responsibility to hold their fellow civil servants accountable. We are fooled into electing men and women who promise to be something that they are not. Every day it seems that we are seeing our country coming apart at the seams.
The lesson learned by king Nebuchadnezzar provides hope for God's people, those who place their trust in the only one who has all authority, Jesus Christ.
The king saw himself as the one and only sovereign ruler. No one could question or oppose him. He thought that he was the owner of the world. His was the greatest empire and he believed it would last forever.
God confronted the king through Daniel. God said that the king would be driven from his kingdom and be driven mad. God brought Nebuchadnezzar to his knees!
One day when the king was surveying all that he owned, God humbled him. The king was made to live as an animal. His appearance was animal-like. He behavior was like a wild beast. This once great king who thought he was above everyone and everything was humiliated.
We often pray that God would cause our leaders who have extreme pride, called hubris, to be brought to their knees. No one is too far from God. When we pray this prayer our motives are that those who are full of pride will repent and turn to God for the salvation of their souls.
King Nebuchadnezzar was caused by God to do just that. When the time determined by God was completed, the king regained his senses. The first words out of his mouth were praise to the one who lives forever. He declared the truth of the sovereign majesty of the one true God. He declared his submission to the true God worshiped by Daniel and his three friends.
I remember this factual story and I have hope. Place your hope in the one who will never disappoint you or leave you. Trust in God. He alone is sovereign. Pray that our leaders will learn the reality of God's sovereignty and govern accordingly.
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