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Man Holed Up in North Valley Home Gives Up After Brief Standoff
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KMPH) —
A police standoff ended at a North Valley home where a man with a knife was holed up briefly.
The incident happened Wednesday in the 400 block of Colusa Avenue in Chowchilla, the Chowchilla Police Department said.
Officers responded to the home after receiving a call of a possible overdose. When officers arrived, they were met by a man armed with a knife, the police department said.
The man slipped back into his home and then refused to come out. The Madera County Regional SWAT team was called out to assist at taking the man safely into custody, the police department said.
Two children were removed safely from inside of the home. Several homes were also evacuated during the incident.{}
Lieutenant Riviere said, "It was an unfortunate situation that ended the best way possible," said a Chowchilla Police Department lieutenant.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Dissing Osteen during the Houston floods is a smokescreen....
I could be wrong but I think people are jealous of Joel Osteen's millions, so they jump on a seemingly manufactured story about his not opening the doors of their church for flood victim relief quickly enough. I don't know the truth of the matter on that front because stories conflict and I don't trust cheap twitter posts or the media to give us the straight on that front. The real crime of Osteen is his false teaching. People should know he doesn't preach the gospel of God's grace- which is our need for faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. If you're dissin' Osteen but not dealing with the reality of your sin needing a remedy…you're spending energy in the wrong place friend. Start looking more closely at the claims of Christ and less on the teaching and actions of a false prophet. By the way, I'm guessing the media has totally construed what Lakewood Church has actually done.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Hatred does NOT need to be taught. It is natural.
Apparently this was the most "liked" tweet in Twitter history. It is a quote from Nelson Mandela.
Misunderstanding about mankind's moral condition is one of the bigger blunders in human history. We simply must recognize the human heart is wicked and deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9) apart from God's grace through Christ. The "big lie" is that man is basically good. He is not. We are not. Scripture teaches this AND human history illustrates the same over and over.
Statements about man's natural goodness garner many likes, retweets, and reposts in today's moral climate. People want to believe in mankind so badly. Many think we can somehow will peace and harmony through positive energy transmitted by positive thoughts about the goodness of humanity. If we just talk positive enough about niceness and such...people will be nice.
The base of our problem is the inherent evil of man. Hatred does not need to be taught, it is natural. Unlike Mandela's statement repeated by Obama (and embraced by so many)- love does NOT come more naturally to the human heart than the opposite-not this side of sin's entrance in to the human race. This is a Scriptural truth and a demonstrable reality.
Any parent knows they don't need to teach their children to be selfish or to lie or to get angry or to hate. It comes naturally.
If you correct a child when they sin and ask them, "Did your Mommy teach you to lie?" They always say "NO". They're right. They sin because they're sinners.
We are born sinners. So hate comes VERY naturally.We must learn to love. The only way this happens is through the grace of Christ.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5)
Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12)
And Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation… (Romans 5:18)
But thanks be to God-
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (1 John 4:7-12)
My prayer is for God to graciously grant a prolific spread of His gospel which promises new life for those who trust in the finished work of Christ on the cross. Part of the new life that comes through Christ is a realization about man's actual nature and a humble reliance upon God's grace to treat people like Jesus.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Try occasional walks through a cemetery
After mentioning my weekly walks through the cemetery next to our church, several members asked me if I really did that. The answer is yes. I just spent 35 minutes walking there tonight. Sometimes I google the names of people to find out their story.
Cemeteries tell the truth to us all. I suggest a walk through one from time to time.
For me, as a pastor, my calling is to prepare people for how they'll spend the massive, overwhelming, majority of their existence. Cemeteries remind me of sin's devastation. No one escapes physical death. Ignoring that reality is eternally foolhardy. Cemeteries drive me to the only One who defeated death. Frankly, I literally don't have time for the flawed opinions of others about something as serious as death. Only the risen Christ's Word is sufficient to reconcile what walking through a cemetery will conjure in your mind...especially when you see your father's headstone, which bears the same name as you.
A stroll through a cemetery on Saturday night holds me accountable to preach the gospel Sunday morning.
Woe to me if I don't.
Monday, February 6, 2017
Skeptics of the Church of Esquelito
Esquelito was the quirky side kick of Nacho in the epic film, Nacho Libre. Nacho was a deist posing as a monk, who was concerned that Esquelito did not believe in God, but rather only in Science.
Indeed, for Esquelito "Science" was God.
With the election of a president who has voiced skepticism about the Climate Change movement that has gripped so many in high governmental and industrial places, the debate about "Science" has been reignited.
I suggest, for the most part, rather than saying "Science has shown..."or "Science has proven..." a more accurate to description would be-"Certain people applying the rules of scientific inquiry (hopefully) to a certain situation have come to postulate...."
Science (in noun form) rarely represents something as settled as those who use the term think or suggest. Just because "Science" is used to bolster a claim doesn't mean true science was actively engaged in...even if a chart is shown or the results of a certain study are quoted.
The modern Climate Change movement seems absolutely certain the "science is settled" on the matter. If a person disagrees they are basically laughed at and marginalized. An article that came out yesterday revealing manipulation of data and negligence in the peer review process. See the post here. The post claims-
A high-level whistleblower has told this newspaper that America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at making the maximum possible impact on world leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015
For those who think healthy skepticism is required to discern all claims about anything important, not to mention the modern "scientific" claims that usually have massive financial implications, the revelations of this article (which are not the first of it's kind) do not come as a surprise. One of the serious objective problems for the Climate Change movement is the pesky satellite data (that's right, DATA or FACTS) which appears to argue against the Climate Change movement message. The findings from the satellite data show an apparent pause in any kind of global heat up. This is indeed inconvenient data for the Climate Change industry...um...I mean...business....oops, sorry- movement. Look up "The Pause" and read the entertaining defenses for why we should read the facts differently. If you are not skeptical about the religious-like defensiveness of the Climate Change movement after reading the arguments about "The Pause", you are truly lost in your trust and faith in Science.
Cue immediate reaction from adherents to the Church of Esquelito.
They will react on the basis of their credal commitments, some of which are like these:
Scientists don't lie.
Peer review is key…
People who aren't "scientists" really don't have basis to judge.
Skeptics are deniers and not very intelligent (they don't always say this one outright, but they definitely mean it and snicker about it in private).
Forgive the many who are skeptical about the multi trillion (by extension) dollar modern scientific industry. Objective proof of data manipulation and the outright neglect of the all important peer review process are the very reasons everyone should be on some level skeptical.
By the way, skepticism is not equal with denial.
The Church of Esquelito must defend it's God, which is the thing so often called "Science" today. For the rest of us- we'll keep asking questions when we see repeated breaches in the sacred scientific system.
I predict the reactions to findings like revealed in the above article will prompt Trump-like attacks on the credibility of the source and the whistle blower rather than deal with The Pause problem.
On a positive note, by the end of the film, Esquelito joined Nacho's deistic commitment, it seems. Note his heartfelt prayer for Nacho early in this clip. Hopefully adherents to Esquelito's Church creed will convert too.
On a positive note, by the end of the film, Esquelito joined Nacho's deistic commitment, it seems. Note his heartfelt prayer for Nacho early in this clip. Hopefully adherents to Esquelito's Church creed will convert too.
A Free People- a recent letter to my church
Perhaps some of our older members can remember a more socially and politically contentious time in our nation's history. The acrimonious year-long build up to the November election and recent inauguration of President Donald Trump was unlike any of the eleven similar cycles I recall. Christians had seemed quite divided in in their public opinions before the election. These early days after the inauguration indicate strong division in the nation as a whole. There is a mixture of extreme fear and anger with some and a sense of relief and high hopes for others. Hopefully this initial furor will dissipate and there will be opportunity for the new administration to exercise sound leadership. Certainly not everyone will be pleased no matter how the new administration governs. Whatever the case, we should pray fervently for our leaders.
Christians ultimately rest in God's sovereignty and His providential watch care over all human affairs. If our study of Isaiah has taught us anything, it is about God's people remaining devoted to Him no matter what the socio-political scene. God has a special love for His Church which compels us, by His grace and power, to be witnesses for His gospel and faithful in obedience to Him. As I have written and stated many times, churches like Redeemer will play an increasingly important role in our nation's strength and vibrancy. Shaky times should encourage the God's people to a renewed and steadfast devotion to the ministry of the Word and Sacraments. Certainly those who are well trained in the Word should be all the more involved by applying biblical principles in our social actions and votes but let us not forget where the transforming power lies- the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The followers of Christ must rise above the political bickering and angry name calling so prevalent in our culture today. Scripture gives us clear guidance on how to navigate difficult social and political waters. The Apostle Peter writing at the time of one of the most despotic Roman emperors in history, gives very helpful instruction-
"Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor". - 1 Peter 2:13-17
The part about subjecting ourselves to the governing authorities is obvious enough. We should not miss what else the passage states. Christians are truly a free people. The gospel has liberated us. We are free from the penalty of our sin because of faith in the finished work of Christ. We are also free to obey God by His grace in our lives. By freely doing good as God empowers us, we will silence ignorant and foolish people. We are not an angry or fearful people. We honor God-appointed human authorities but we do not look to them for our joy or sustenance. Whatever social or political climate may be prevailing, we have our clear instructions from God-Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Timely words for Christians on Inauguration Day 2017
Timely and instructive words to Christians from God's Word on inauguration day 2017
"Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor". - 1 Peter 2:13-17
Thursday, December 15, 2016
How a Church treats the Pastor's family....a short, nostalgic, reflection on my experience at RPC
(This picture was taken around 2005, four years after I became the senior pastor at Redeemer. It's a long time before Willow)
My oldest son is now half way done with his senior year. Where has the time gone? We are in the thick of college decisions with him reminding us almost daily his time in our house as we know it is short. After A.J. graduates from high school we have two more sons graduating every other year. It feels like several snowballs are rolling down the hill and all will pass us as the bottom sooner than we are ready. You can't stop time. At least our little girl is behind the boys by several years. We will need our fully recouped energies for her teenage years (I hear).
Being Christmas time makes me unusually nostalgic, especially about family. My immediate sentiment, especially related to my oldest child readying to leave the nest, is thankfulness for how the church I serve has treated my family.
As I entered ordained ministry over 20 years ago more than a few older pastors and some parishioners warned me about the impact of pastoral ministry on my children. Being a youth pastor for several years before becoming a lead pastor only served to stoke my secret anxieties about my children not doing well in a ministry context. I was worried about being too engulfed in church stuff to spend adequate time with them. I was concerned they would grow to resent the Church (not just RPC, but God's Church in general) and even God, because of my job. I was worried, at the beginning, the church wouldn't be understanding if one or more of my children were terrors when they were young or rebellious when they grew older. I know the verse about elders being required to have their household under control and their children believers. Another strange fear I have had is how to guide my boys vocationally. I only know pastoral ministry. What does an engineer do? An account manager? A cop? A truck driver? Who would teach them things I know nothing about? So many secret fears about family life in ministry, especially having a very young family when becoming the senior pastor at Redeemer (in 2001 when my oldest was 2 and my second son was just born).
All my children have been born and baptized at Redeemer. I have been here 20 years. My oldest turns 18 in a couple months. This is the only church they know. I realize they are not done growing, but the experience has been a profound blessing so far. I know things can change fast in a church. If I screw up and get tossed…or just get tossed…they'll likely have a bad taste in their mouth about the church. But based on their experience so far, I hope not. I mean, even if I got tossed tomorrow, they can't deny how good the church has been to them thus far.
People at RPC have been gracious to my children and us. I have never felt like they expect my children to be super sanctified. Any pressure about parenting has come from my own pride, not church people somehow pressing expectations. Shari and I have found rather than pressure on our kids, there has been great encouragement given. Heartening words and assistance have been the norm, far and above any unusual negative focus. Over the years, several men have taken the initiative to speak words of guidance, encouragement, and sometimes correction to my sons. I have never sensed any resentment in my boys for things members have said to them. Instead, I find my children deeply respecting many people in our church.
A year ago I was asking my oldest son what he wanted to do for a vocation. He responded by asking what several men in the church did for a living. Not because of the money he thought they made, but rather because of who he saw them to be as men. He told me in so many words he looked at their families, what they did in and through the Church, the way they engaged others outside their family, their hobbies and interests, and thought to himself- "I want to be like that." Remember my confessed anxiety about who would teach them about possible vocations? It has proven to be unfounded. Two different guys took him along to shadow them on their job. These experiences helped A.J. decide what major he will pursue in college. I will bet his first "real" job out of college is related to someone he knows in the church. Words cannot express my thanks for the way the people of Redeemer have loved my family. Just this Sunday he was late coming out to the car after church as we were leaving. He texted to tell me a man in the church was talking to him. This brother in Christ knows A.J. is trying to find a way to go to the college he wants affordably so he pulled A.J. aside to share how God provided for him when he was in a similar situation years ago. His message was for A.J. to trust God and work hard. Wow. We are a blessed family to have people love us like this. I know they love us because of how they treat my children...and I really have not even begun to count the ways.
I have no idea what God's long term plan is for my ministry life, but I know whatever happens, Redeemer has been overwhelmingly loving to us. I have always been willing to spend my life ministering here if God wills, but the brethren's care for my family makes me earnestly hope this will be so.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
General Mattis on The Importance of Reading
President Elect Trump's apparent pick for Secretary of Defense is General James Mattis. In his public vetting an email he wrote several years ago about the importance of military commanders reading has come to light.
There are several excellent statements by Mattis in his email. Check it out here.
His concluding statement captures the essence of his message-
"As a result (of reading), the enemy has paid when I had the opportunity to go against them, and I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn't waste their lives because I didn't have the vision in my mind of how to destroy the enemy at least cost to our guys and to the innocents on the battlefields".
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Carl Trueman lecture at Redeemer
What a treat to have Carl Trueman with us last weekend!
Here is the lecture he delivered on Saturday night.
Here is the lecture he delivered on Saturday night.
Monday, October 31, 2016
A Prayer for the Church on Reformation Day
I offered this prayer yesterday morning during our worship service-
Heavenly Father, we come to You praising Your greatness and power. We worship You as the only true and living God who has reached out to save us to the uttermost through the blood of Your beloved son, our Lord Jesus Christ. You have sent Your Spirit to make us alive together with Christ and have saved us by Your grace through faith in Jesus so we might be living declarations of Your gracious salvation and the unstoppable power of the gospel. We thank You for this pause before the beginning of a new week- this day of rest and gladness. Refresh us with Your Word by sending Your Spirit to give us hunger and thirst for Your righteousness, something we only understand by the revelation of Your Holy Scriptures.
Today we remember the Reformation-that blessed epoch in the history of Your Church when You prompted a revival. You revived a hunger for Your Word. You restored a conviction about the preservation of Your glory alone. You revived conviction about sin. You raised up and equipped people with an incredible bravery to stand against idolatry, institutional corruption, and spiritual deception. You unleashed the power of Your Word. You freed Your church from the slavery of darkness, ignorance, and delusion. With Luther's hammer falling on the nails that held the 95 theses to the castle door at Wittenburg, a new era had dawned. The Light of Your Word began to shine again. Darkness was exposed, and demons scattered. Hearts were unchained. Lives were transformed and a movement that could not be stopped had begun. We are truly thankful for Your work of Reformation through men like Wycliffe, Hus, Luther, and Zwingli. For Calvin and Knox. The French Huguenots, the English Puritans, The Dutch Calvinists, The German Lutherans, and the Swiss Reformed Church. We praise You for the legacy of doctrinal clarity left by the great creeds and confessions of the Reformation. For the Augsburg, Belgic, and Westminster Confessions. For the Canons of Dort and the Heidelberg Catechism. Lord, grant that we would never take for granted the importance of right doctrine as it relates to the health and mission of Your Church. At the same time, as we celebrate a resurgence in the care for biblical clarity, also grant to us a deepened love for You that translates to a loving graciousness toward our neighbors. In our zeal for right doctrine and biblical clarity, please make us to be gracious, loving, patient, kind, and humble with all.
Lord, we live in country about to elect a new president as well as other leaders. Give Your people wisdom and conviction about how they cast their votes in just over a week's time. Give Your people a calm sobriety about the outcome- showing Your Church to be a people resting in Your sovereign rule no matter what earthly rulers are on the throne. At the same time, we ask for a revival in the churches of this land. Indeed, we pray for a modern reformation. I pray that where the Word of God has been disbelieved or abandoned, that You would bring revival or impose silence. Allow no person who has been called a pastor to mislead Your people or bring dishonor to Your name by denying Your Word and the one true Gospel. I pray that You would bring a sweeping conviction and belief about Your Holy Word's authority and sufficiency. Make pastors faithful to preach Your Gospel and congregations hungry to feed upon Your Word. More than good presidents, governors, legislators, and judges- this country needs good and faithful churches. Please grant revival, reformation, and spiritual vitality to all those places that call upon the name of Jesus so the declaration of the gospel of Your salvation through faith in Christ alone would ring forth everywhere.
We pray for the Church the world over. Please send Your protective grace to our persecuted brothers and sisters in Syria, Iraq, North Korea, China, Sudan, Yemen, and many countries were Islam dominates. Even this month we learned of a pastor in the Philippines who was murdered by two Muslim crusaders. During this day your people are suffering the world over for the sake of Jesus. They are not arguing over whether Your Word is true, they are dying for it. They are gathering to worship in secret at risk of their safety and life. Prompt us regularly to pray for our suffering brothers and sisters and give us ways to send help whenever and however we can. In light of the difficult reality for so many of Your people, make us all the more thankful and ready for the ministry of Your Word.
Please bless the preaching of the Word this morning. Give our guest preacher clarity of mind, accuracy with the text, and boldness with the message so that Your people may be fed and strengthened.
Lord God, our heavenly Father, You are so good to us and we thank You. May Jesus Christ be honored through the transformed lives of Your people. I pray this in the name of Christ, Amen.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Can the Religious Right Be Saved? An epic lecture by Russell Moore
Christians should stop what they're doing and listen to Russell Moore. Now.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
If God is turned against a nation...
It was 1755 when Samuel Davies preached this sermon in Virginia while it was still part of Great Britain..
Notice the contemporary relevance.
And if God is turned against a nation, if he is resolved to punish them, how helpless is their condition! Who can defend them—if the Ruler of the universe is their enemy? Now, it is guilt alone, which can incur his displeasure—it is guilt alone, which can remove a nation from off its only sure basis—the protection of God. Guilt, therefore, is poison in the veins of a nation, and will cast it into dreadful convulsions, if not remedied in time by a speedy repentance.
And, if this is the case, how may we tremble for our country, and fear the divine displeasure? We have enjoyed a long, uninterrupted peace in this land. We have not been alarmed with the sound of the war trumpet, nor seen garments rolled in blood. But what a wretched improvement have we made of this, and many other inestimable blessings? What a torrent of vice, irreligion, and luxury has broken in, and overwhelmed the land? What ignorance of God and divine things; what carelessness about the concerns of religion and a future state? What a neglect of Christ and his precious gospel—has spread, like a subtle poison, among all ranks and characters!
How daring are the immoralities of some, their profane oaths, their drunkenness, immorality, and many other monstrous vices under which our land groans? What luxury and extravagance in eating and drinking, and especially in diversions and amusements, (if they deserve so soft a name,) may we see among us, especially among people in high life?
How few are the penitent, affectionate, dutiful servants of God among us! How little is the Ruler of the universe regarded by his own creatures—in his own world! Creatures supported by his constant bounties, and protected by his guardian care. Alas! my friends, what shall I say? Most willingly would I draw a veil over the shame of my country; but, alas! it cannot be hidden! While such glaring crimes are rampant among us; while such a stupid carelessness about the concerns of eternity prevails among us—it is impossible for the most benevolent charity to avoid the discovery.
And may we not fear that the measure of our iniquity is full? May we not fear that the righteous Judge of the earth will visit us for these things? Under the present happy government, we have enjoyed our liberty, our property, and our religion, and everything dear to us; but we have abused them all! And may we not fear that these blessings shall be exchanged for the tyranny of a French government, and the superstitions and cruelties of the church of Rome? I hope and pray that this may not be our doom; but I think it is the part of stupid presumption, and not of rational courage, to be quite fearless about it. We are, indeed, so happy as to be closely connected with our mother country, and under its protection. But, alas! vice and luxury have spread like a deadly contagion, there, as well as here: and Great Britain is worthy of divine vengeance, just as well as ourselves!
Now what shall we do in this dreadful case? Shall we put our trust in our military forces? Alas! what can an arm of flesh do for us, if the Lord Almighty deserts us? Though our army was ever so powerful, how sad would be our case, had we reason to say, like Saul, "The French are upon us—and God is departed from us!" Who can bear the thought?
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Carl Trueman coming to Redeemer in November
I always enjoy Reading Dr. Trueman's posts. You will find many of them linked here on my blog.
The church I serve is hosting an evening with Carl Trueman on November 19 at 6pm. See the info on the flyer above. Dr. Trueman is also preaching at the morning worship services on November 20.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016
George Whitefield on the meaning of "dead" in Ephesians 2
George Whitefield regarding our being "dead in trespasses and sins" (from Ephesians 2) before being made alive together with Christ. He uses the analogy of Lazarus-
"Come, you dead, Christless, unconverted sinners, come and see the place where they laid the body of the deceased Lazarus; behold him laid out, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, locked up and stinking in a dark cave, with a great stone placed on the top of it.
View him again and again; go nearer to him; be not afraid; smell him. Ah! How he stinks.
Stop there now, pause a while; and while you are gazing upon the corpse of Lazarus, give me leave to tell you with great plainness, but greater love, that this dead, bound entombed, stinking carcass, is but a faint representation of your poor soul in its natural state: for, whether you believe or not, your spirit which you bear about with you, sepulchred in flesh and blood, is as literally dead to God, and as truly dead in trespasses and sins, as the body of Lazarus was in the cave.
Was he bound hand and foot with grave-clothes? So are you bound hand and foot with your corruptions: and as a stone was laid on the sepulchre, so is there a stone of unbelief upon your stupid heart.
Perhaps you have laid in this state, not only four days, but many years, stinking in God's nostrils. And, what is still more effecting you is being unable to raise yourself out of this loathsome, dead state, to a life of righteousness and true holiness, as ever Lazarus was to raise himself from the cave in which he lay so long.
You may try the power of your own boasted free-will, and the force and energy of moral persuasion and rational arguments (which, without all doubt, have their proper place in religion); but all your efforts, exerted with never so much vigor, will prove quite fruitless and abortive, till that same Jesus, who said 'Take away the stone'; and cried, 'Lazarus, come forth' also quicken you.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Augustine on God liberating him
My sermon tomorrow on Isaiah 41 and 42 deals with a common subject in Scripture- our propensity to make and worship idols.
Augustine describes when God liberated him from idolatry to the saving of his soul-
Late have I loved you,
beauty so old and so new,
late have I loved you.
And see, you were within,
and I was in the external world and sought you there,
and in my unlovely state I plunged into those lovely things
which you made.
You were with me, and I was not with you.
The lovely things kept me far from you,
though if they did not have their existence in you
they had no existence at all.
You called and cried out loud and shattered my deafness.
You were radiant and resplendent, you put to flight my blindness.
You were fragrant, and I drew my breath and now pant after you.
I tasted you, and I feel but hunger and thirst for you.
You touched me,and I am set on fire to attain the peace which is yours.
Augustine (Confessions X.27)
Monday, September 5, 2016
Calvin's thoughts on "Fear not, for I am with thee"
A key passage in my sermon text Sunday:
Isaiah 41:[10] fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
About which, John Calvin masterfully writes-
"For I am with thee." This is a solid foundation of confidence, and if it be fixed in our minds, we shall be able to stand firm and unshaken against temptations of every kind. In like manner, when we think that God is absent, or doubt whether or not he will be willing to assist us, we are agitated by fear, and tossed about amidst many storms of distrust. But if we stand firm on this foundation, we shall not be overwhelmed by any assaults or tempests.
And yet the Prophet does not mean that believers stand so boldly as to be altogether free and void of fear; but though they are distressed in mind, and in various ways are tempted to distrust, they resist with such steadfastness as to secure the victory. By nature we are timid and full of distrust, but we must correct that vice by this reflection, "God is present with us, and takes care of our salvation."
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Thoughtful post..especially for Pro-Trump Evangelicals
Joseph Sunde wrote a tremendous piece over at First Things. It's worth your time- read here.
The most impactful statement comes toward the end-
Our political witness does not rest on rationalizing a vote for choices we deem immoral. It begins in our personal spheres and local communities, in cultivating justice from the ground up and communicating a vision of rightly ordered human love and relationship. It begins in our churches, through prayer and prophetic witness and the promotion of a true anthropology and cultural imagination. It begins in our schools and businesses and civic institutions, where we have the opportunity to foster an ethic of liberty and life that permeates the culture through wisdom and wonder and creative service. From here, our witness connects to the outer reaches of politics, the cultivation of political candidates, the reformation of political institutions, and the rejection of the fear that pollutes our policies and steers our ideological whims.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Go to Christ when bereaved!
Jonathan Edwards gave very helpful counsel to those who are struggling with bereavement- which includes everyone at some time or another:
In case of such an awful dispensation of Providence, those that are concerned in it, and bereaved by it, should go and spread their sorrow before Jesus.
The heart that is full of grief wants vent, and desires to pour out its complaint; but it seeks a compassionate friend to pour it out before.
Christ is such an one, above all others.
Christ is able to afford all that help that is needed in such a case. His power and his wisdom are as sufficient as his purpose, and answerable to his compassions. By the bowels of his mercies, the love and tenderness of his heart, he is disposed to help those that are in affliction; and his ability is answerable to his disposition. He is able to support the heart under the heaviest sorrows, and to give light in the darkness. He can divide the thickest cloud with beams of heavenly light and comfort. He is one that gives songs in the night, and turns the shadow of death into the morning. He has power to make up the loss of those that are bereaved by the death of the most eminent minister. His own presence with the bereaved is sufficient. If the great Shepherd and Bishop of souls be present, how much more is this than enough to supply the want of any under shepherd! And then he is able to furnish others with like gifts and graces for that work .
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord
Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal"
"And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him."
- The Gospel of Luke 15:20
Commenting on this verse about the return of the prodigal son, Norval Geldenhuys wrote-
"So inexplicably wonderful is the love of God that He not merely forgives the repentant sinner, but actually goes to meet him and embraces him in His love and grace."
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Exchange Rate Predictions in International Financial Management by Enhanced GMDH Algorithm
Exchange rate forecasting is an important financial problem that is receiving increasing attention nowadays especially because of its difficulty and host of practical applications in globalising world of today. The paper presents an enhanced MIA-GMDH-type network, discusses its design methodology and carries out some numerical experiments in the field of exchange rate forecasting. The method presented in this paper is an enhancement of self-organizing polynomial Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) with several specific improved features - coefficient rounding and thresholding schemes and semi-randomized selection approach to pruning. The experiments carried out include exchange rate prediction and hedging case study where the predictions were used for financial management decision simulation of a virtual company. The results indicate, that the method shows promising potential of self-organizing network methodology. This implies that the proposed modelling approaches can be used as a feasible solution for exchange rate forecasting in financial management.
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Ethanol fermentation, also referred to as alcoholic fermentation, is a biological process in which sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose are converted into cellular energy and thereby produce ethanol and carbon dioxide as metabolic waste products. Because yeasts perform this process in the absence of oxygen, ethanol fermentation is classified as anaerobic. Ethanol fermentation occurs in the production of alcoholic beverages and ethanol fuel, and in the rising of breaddough.
The chemical process of fermentation of glucose
The chemical equation below summarizes the fermentation of glucose, whose chemical formula is C6H12O6. One mole of glucose is converted into two moles of ethanol and two moles of carbon dioxide:
- C12H22O11 +H2O + invertase → C6H12O6
- C6H12O6 + Zymase → 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
C2H5OH is the chemical formula for ethanol.
Before fermentation takes place, one glucose molecule is broken down into two pyruvic molecules. This is known as glycolysis. Glycolysis is summarized by the chemical equation:
- C6H12O6 + 2 ADP + 2 Pi + 2 NAD+→ 2 CH3COCOO− + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H2O + 2H+
The chemical formula of pyruvate is CH3COCOO−. Pi stands for the inorganic phosphate. As shown by the reaction equation, glycolysis causes the reduction of two molecules of NAD+ to NADH. Two ADP molecules are also converted to two ATP and two water molecules via substrate-level phosphorylation. For more details, refer to the main article on glycolysis.
Effect of oxygen
The fermentation process does not require oxygen. If oxygen is present, some species of yeast (Kluyveromyces lactis,Kluyveromyces lipolytica) oxidize pyruvate completely to carbon dioxide and water. This process is called respiration. Thus these yeasts produce ethanol only in an anaerobic environment.
However, many yeasts such as the commonly used baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, prefer fermentation to respiration. These yeasts will produce ethanol even under aerobic conditions given the right sources of nutrition.
Ethanol fermentation is responsible for the rising of bread dough. Yeast organisms consume sugars in the dough and produce ethanol and carbon dioxide as waste products. The carbon dioxide forms bubbles in the dough, expanding it into something of a foam. Nearly all the ethanol evaporates from the dough when the bread is baked.
All alcoholic beverages, including those produced by carbonic maceration, are produced by ethanol fermentation by yeast. Wine and brandy are produced by fermentation of the natural sugars present in fruits, especially grapes. Beer and whiskey are produced by fermentation of grain starches that have been converted to sugar by the enzyme amylase, which is present in grain kernels that have been germinated. Amylase-treated grain or amylase-treated potatoes are fermented for the production of vodka. Rum is produced by fermentation of cane sugar. In all cases, the fermentation must take place in a vessel that allows carbon dioxide to escape, but prevents outside air from coming in, as exposure to oxygen would prevent the formation of ethanol.
Similar yeast fermentation of various carbohydrate products is used to produce much of the ethanol used for fuel.
Feedstocks for fuel production
The dominant ethanol feedstock in warmer regions is sugarcane. In temperate regions, sugar beet is sometimes used instead.
In the United States, the main feedstock for the production of ethanol is currently corn. Approximately 2.8 gallons of ethanol are produced from one bushel of corn (0.42 liter per kilogram). While much of the corn turns into ethanol, some of the corn also yields by-products such as DDGS (distillers dried grains with solubles) that can be used as feed for livestock. A bushel of corn produces about 18 pounds of DDGS (320 kilograms of DDGS per metric ton of maize). Although most of the fermentation plants have been built in corn-producing regions, sorghum is also an important feedstock for ethanol production in the Plains states. Pear
A chemical equation is symbolic representation of a chemical reaction where the reactant entities are given on the left hand side and the product entities on the right hand side. The coefficients next to the symbols and formulae of entities are the absolute values of the stoichiometric numbers. The first chemical equation was diagrammed by Jean Beguin in 1615.
A chemical equation consists of the chemical formulas of the reactants (the starting substances) and the chemical formula of the products (substances formed in the chemical reaction). The two are separated by an arrow symbol (\rightarrow, usually read as "yields") and each individual substance's chemical formula is separated from others by a plus sign.
As an example, the formula for the burning of methane can be denoted:
- CH|4| + 2 O|2| \rightarrow CO|2| + 2 H|2|O
This equation would be read as "CH four plus O two produces CO two and H two O." But for equations involving complex chemicals, rather than reading the letter and its subscript, the chemical formulas are read using IUPAC nomenclature. Using IUPAC nomenclature, this equation would be read as "methane plus oxygen yields carbon dioxide and water."
This equation indicates that oxygen and CH4 react to form H2O and CO2. It also indicates that two oxygen molecules are required for every methane molecule and the reaction will form two water molecules and one carbon dioxide molecule for every methane and two oxygen molecules that react. The stoichiometric coefficients (the numbers in front of the chemical formulas) result from the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of charge (see "Balancing Chemical Equation" section below for more information).
Common symbols
Symbols are used to differentiate between different types of reactions. To denote the type of reaction:
- "=" symbol is used to denote a stoichiometric relation.
- "\rightarrow" symbol is used to denote a net forward reaction.
- "\rightleftarrows" symbol is used to denote a reaction in both directions.
- "\rightleftharpoons" symbol is used to denote an equilibrium.
Physical state of chemicals is also very commonly stated in parentheses after the chemical symbol, especially for ionic reactions. When stating physical state, (s) denotes a solid, (l) denotes a liquid, (g) denotes a gas and (aq) denotes an aqueous solution.
If the reaction requires energy, it is indicated above the arrow. A capital Greek letter delta (\Delta) is put on the reaction arrow to show that energy in the form of heat is added to the reaction. h\nu is used if the energy is added in the form of light.
Balancing chemical equations
The law of conservation of mass dictates the quantity of each element does not change in a chemical reaction. Thus, each side of the chemical equation must represent the same quantity of any particular element. Similarly, the charge is conserved in a chemical reaction. Therefore, the same charge must be present on both sides of the balanced equation.
One balances a chemical equation by changing the scalar number for each chemical formula. Simple chemical equations can be balanced by inspection, that is, by trial and error. Another technique involves solving a system of linear equations.
Ordinarily, balanced equations are written with smallest whole-number coefficients. If there is no coefficient before a chemical formula, the coefficient 1 is understood.
The method of inspection can be outlined as putting a coefficient of 1 in front of the most complex chemical formula and putting the other coefficients before everything else such that both sides of the arrows have the same number of each atom. If any fractional coefficient exist, multiply every coefficient with the smallest number required to make them whole, typically the denominator of the fractional coefficient for a reaction with a single fractional coefficient.
As an example, the burning of methane would be balanced by putting a coefficient of 1 before the CH4:
- 1 CH|4| + O|2| \rightarrow CO|2| + H|2|O
Since there is one carbon on each side of the arrow, the first atom (carbon) is balanced.
Looking at the next atom (hydrogen), the right hand side has two atoms, while the left hand side has four. To balance the hydrogens, 2 goes in front of the H2O, which yields:
- 1 CH|4| + O|2| \rightarrow CO|2| + 2 H|2|O
Inspection of the last atom to be balanced (oxygen) shows that the right hand side has four atoms, while the left hand side has two. It can be balanced by putting a 2 before O2, giving the balanced equation:
- CH|4| + 2 O|2| \rightarrow CO|2| + 2 H|2|O
This equation does not have any coefficients in front of CH4 and CO2, since a coefficient of 1 is dropped.
Ionic equations
An ionic equation is a chemical equation in which electrolytes are written as dissociated ions. Ionic equations are used for single and double displacement reactions that occur in aqueoussolutions. For example in the following precipitation reaction:
- CaCl2(aq) + 2AgNO3(aq) \rightarrow Ca(NO3)2(aq) + 2AgCl(s)
the full ionic equation would be:
- Ca2+ + 2Cl− + 2Ag+ + 2NO3− \rightarrow Ca2+ + 2NO3− + 2AgCl(s)
and the net ionic equation would be:
- 2Cl−(aq) + 2Ag+(aq) \rightarrow 2AgCl(s)
or, in reduced balanced form,
- Ag+ + Cl− \rightarrow AgCl(s)
In this aqueous reaction the Ca2+ an
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Answers:for anaerobic resp. you should be asking what is not needed. It occurs in the absence of molecular oxygen or 02, it looks like this for alcoholic fermentation: C6H12O6 === 2CO2 + 2C2H5OH result is 2 ATP Lactic Acid fermentation looks like this overall, however the actual mechanism is quite complex C6H12O6 == 2C3H6O3 result is 2 ATP The similarities between the two is that they both relases the same amount of energy in that they both phosphorrelate 2 ADP to 2 ATP, as well as ocuring only in the absence of molecular oxygen. The differences are apparent from the chemical formulas. In alcoholic fermentation ethanol is produced along with carbon dioxide. In lactic acid fermentation, which occurs in our muscles, you have lactic acid forming from the breakdown of glucose, as the name implies. This is important because our bodies would suffer irreparable tissue damage from the buildup of CO2 gas
Answers:Lactic acid fermentation In homolactic fermentation, one molecule of glucose is converted to two molecules of lactic acid: C6H12O6 2 CH3CHOHCOOH In heterolactic fermentation, with one molecule of glucose being converted to one molecule of lactic acid, one molecule of ethanol, and one molecule of carbon dioxide: C6H12O6 CH3CHOHCOOH + C2H5OH + CO2 Alcohol fermentation The chemical equation below summarizes the fermentation of glucose, whose chemical formula is C6H12O6. One glucose molecule is converted into two ethanol molecules and two carbon dioxide molecules: C6H12O6 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 H.
Answers:The step from pyruvate (CH3COO-) to Acetalaldehyde (CH2CHO) and CO2 is done by the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase. The step from Acetalaldehyde to ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is Alcohol dehydrogenase. I do not have the chemical structures for the enzymes, because they would be way complicated, but I think what you are looking for is. C6H12O6 + 2ADP + 2 Pi = 2 CH3CH2OH + 2 CO2 + 2ATP + 2H20
Answers:C6H12O6 --> 2 CO2 + 2 C2H5OH In the cell, 2 ATP also get formed in the process
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YOUNG Lily-Rose Davies is carving out a name for herself as a dog handler – and the 11-year-old is hoping a puppy bred from her family pet will bring her success in Britain's top dog show.
Her mum, Jayne Davies, 41, and dad, Stuart, 36, from Malpas, Newport, bought their pet, Henlley, a bulldog, and were informed that his father had done well at Crufts.
But with no dog-showing experience, they decided to take him to the Newport Canine Society in Bassaleg to ask how to get involved.
Henlley's first show was at the Cardiff Agricultural Show when he was just six months old, where he won the puppy class and best utility puppy.
From there his career took off, and the Newport couple started entering open shows, and Henlley, whose show name is The Miz at Baalzebul, was winning. He then moved to champion level.
He won his class at the British Utility Champions Show when he was one and also won this year at the same show.
Mrs Davies said: "We have lots of rosettes and trophies all around the house that he has won.
"Henlley qualified for Crufts last year but I entered him into the incorrect class, junior instead of puppy, and he did not get placed."
Straight after Crufts they mated him with their other dog, and on May 16 she gave birth to eight puppies.
Two died and the couple decided to keep three puppies for themselves.
Inspired by her parents' enthusiasm, Lily-Rose started junior handling with Henlley and last year qualified to attend Richmond, a semi-finals of junior handling.
When the puppies came of age to show at six months she decided that she wanted to show her own puppy.
The first show she went in was champion level and she was highly commended, then at the next show she came fourth and then third.
Two weeks ago the family went to the Bulldog Incorporated Championship in Luton. Competing against 25 puppies in the ring, Lily- Rose came first.
She will now go on to compete at Crufts 2014 with her puppy, Baalzebul Theia The Titan.
Henlley has now got his junior warrant plus his stud book number, which means he is Crufts qualified for life.


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Local builder roundup: Argonaut does carbon fiber, MAP moves, OBCA show, and more
has emerged with a new focus on custom carbon fiber.
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In recent years, I haven't kept pace with all the great work being done by our talented crop of bike makers here in Portland. For whatever reason, I don't do as many shop visits and profiles as I used to. So, in an effort to catch up a bit, here are a few news tidbits from Portland's craft bike industry…
Argonaut relaunches with custom carbon fiber
Ben Farver, the man behind Argonaut Cycles, started making custom bicycles in 2007. He launched as a steel specialist and made beautiful bikes. One of his track bikes won "Best of Show" at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Bicycle Show. But then, a few years back, I stopped hearing about him. [Read more…]


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Emma Barnett of Total Rock radio conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.EXODUS's latest album, "Exhibit B: The Human Condition", was recorded in December 2009 in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, KREATOR). The CD sold around 4,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 114 on The Billboard 200 chart. EXODUS' previous CD, "The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A", opened with 3,600 units back in October 2007. "Exhibit B: The Human Condition" was released in North America on May 18, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. Interview:
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Elvis Presley's famous 1955 pink Cadillac Fleetwood is an icon in and of itself. It seems as if Elvis took a liking to the pink Cadillac after buying his first one in 1954. After an unfortunate fire near Texarkana, Arkansas, he was forced to get rid of it. A month later, he bought the iconic '55 Cadillac, but at the time of purchase, it was blue with a black roof. With some help from his neighbor and friend, Art, he transformed the vehicle into a softer, pinker version of itself. At this point the roof was still black. It wasn't until Scotty Moore crashed into a pick-up truck near Texarkana, Texas, that Elvis had the roof painted white and the upholstery replaced. Today you can find the car in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Wendy & Chrissy offer you a comprehensive breakfast in the bright, elegant dining room.
You can help yourself to a Fruit Juice and a starter from the buffet and give your order for Grapefruit Segments, Porridge or Prunes if required.
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Traditional Breakfast- Bacon, Egg, Sausage, Mushrooms, Tomato, Saute Potatoes and beans or any combination of the above. Choose from fresh or or plum tomatoes.
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Ham and cheeses if required ( please request continental breakfast at time of booking if required)
Tea (Indian or Earl Grey)
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We also have Decafinated Indian Tea or Decafinated Freeze Dried Coffee if you prefer.
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The nose, central and main landing gears will be overhauled in Messier-Bugatti-Dowtys MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility in Molsheim, France.
This latest contract is showing that once more, Chinese A340 operators are trusting Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and reinforces its position as the worlds leading supplier of landing gear MRO services for Airbus programs. Messier-Bugatti-Dowtys MRO division offers an unrivaled range of landing gear overhaul and customer support services, throughout 11 maintenance facilities based in Europe, Asia and the Americas. It calls on personalized monitoring of each landing gear leg and a large stock of replacement landing gear for all Airbus models, ready to be dispatched anywhere in the world through its global support network. The company maintains international approvals from all relevant airframers and airworthiness authorities for the entire range of repair and maintenance operations on equipment produced by Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and other leading manufacturers.
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In keeping with a government initiative to simplify the filing of Annual Returns, as of January 9, 2012 all employers must submit their returns for Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), the National Housing Trust (NHT) and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on a single Employer's Annual Return (SO2) Form. [New Form] with Schedule A.
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Exclusive: Stephanie Davis and Jeremy McConnell are moving in together
The couple reveal marriage plans in first interview together since Celebrity Big Brother
STEPHANIE Davis and Jeremy McConnell have revealed they're moving in together.
The pair found love after entering the Celebrity Big Brother together and revealed their relationship is already moving quickly.
Speaking exclusively to OK! Magazine, the former Hollyoaks actress said: "Our first night alone together was amazing. We didn't see the point in waiting around so we're moving in together."
Jeremy added: "We've already started house hunting!"
And as if that wasn't enough, it seems the couple are already considering marriage.
"All my friends are going to take the p*** out of me but I can see myself marrying her," Jeremy revealed.
"It's crazy that we've fallen for each other so quickly but it feels right."
The Irish model also put to bed rumours that he'd cheated on Steph as soon as he left the house.
"The minute Stephanie came out the house I told her that there was a story I had cheated on her and that it wasn't true. I just wanted Stephanie to know straight away so that she didn't hear about it from someone else. I'd never cheat on Stephanie."
See the full interview and pictures in this week's OK! Magazine - out now.
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We report the first cw intracavity crystalline Raman laser operating at the second-Stokes wavelength. Approximately emission is obtained at from a self-Raman laser, with an overall (diode to ) conversion efficiency of 6.8%. By intracavity sum-frequency mixing the first- and second-Stokes lines, emission at is demonstrated with an overall (diode-to-visible) conversion efficiency of 4.9%.
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Zionist organizations were aroused today over a series of raids on Zionist offices in Brzesc-Litewski, Lwow and Pinsk, for which dissident Zionist-Revisionists were blamed.
Unidentified persons entered the premises of the Gordonia organization in Brzesc. and destroyed fixtures, documents and all portraits except that of dr. Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, also leaving a map of Palestine untouched. Twelve Zionist bodies in the city issued a statement accusing Zionist-Revisionists of carrying out the raid.
Jewish newspapers reported that members of the B'rith Trumpeldor, Revisionist youth organization, raided the premises of the Shomer Hatzair, labor Zionist youth organization, in Lwow, beating three members and wrecking the premises. Another raid was reported in Pinsk, where Revisionists were said to have damaged the offices of Hanoar Hatzioni, Zionist youth group.


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U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) have introduced the Federal Wi-Net Act, which would require the General Services Administration (GSA) to install wireless base stations in all publicly accessible federal buildings.
Since most smartphones in use now have Wi-Fi access, the idea behind the bill is to make cell phone networks more effective by sending mobile Internet traffic over the web, according to a press release on Sen. Snowe's website. The hotspots also will give people broader access to the Internet in public federal buildings.
A transcript of the bill has been posted on the Scribd website, which shares documents online.
"With over 276 million wireless subscribers across our nation and growing demand for wireless broadband, it is imperative that we take steps to improve wireless communication capacity and this legislation will make measurable progress towards that goal," Sen. Snowe said in a press statement.
The GSA owns and operates nearly 9,000 federal buildings, which would get wireless voice and data base stations by Dec. 13, 2013, if the bill becomes law.
The bill allocates $15 million of unobligated funds from the Federal Buildings Fund to complete the project.
The legislation also supports two recommendations from the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan that would help extend wireless and broadband infrastructure to rural areas where coverage is still lacking, according to Snowe's office.
The recommendations are to streamline federal rights-of-ways and wireless transmitter sites to expedite the expansion of infrastructure in poor coverage areas.


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"Grey's Anatomy" star PATRICK DEMPSEY is a real-life hero in the city where the show takes place. The actor has a new role as the owner of Seattle-based Tully's Coffee. His investment company made a $9.15 million auction bid for the chain.
"I'm thrilled that we won and I'm even more excited about saving Tully's Coffee and its hundreds of jobs," Dempsey said in a statement. "Tully's is a great company with committed employees, and with its base in Seattle, one of the world's greatest cities, I'm confident we will be able to successfully build the brand and help grow the economy. Seattle has been very good to me over my career, and I am honored to have the privilege to own Tully's and work closely with the company's employees."
On Thursday, Dempsey tweeted: "We met the green monster, looked her in the eye, and … SHE BLINKED! We got it! Thank you Seattle!"
Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd on the ABC drama, also tweeted a photo of himself with employee Chris Bustamante, with a cup of coffee in hand. The winning bid won't be official until next week.


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Depeche Mode Reuniting With Former Keyboardist Alan Wilder?
Rumors that former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder is rejoining the band are running rampant on the internet after a still of the keyboardist from their 'Policy of Truth' video was posted Thursday on the Mode's Facebook page. The picture was accompanied by the line "Never again / Is what you swore," which, of course, is from 'Truth.' The post has already racked up more than 45,000 "likes" from excited Facebook fans, although neither the band nor Wilder himself have commented one the matter. The whole thing is mere speculation could easily be nothing more than a big tease.
Coldplay Unveiling 'Mylo Xyloto'-Based Comic Book Series
Did you know Coldplay's multi-platinum 'Mylo Xyloto' album is based on the story of a character the band created a few years back with help from Academy Award-nominated writer and director Mark Osborne ('Kung Fu Panda,"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie')? The character of Mylo informed the album and the striking visuals Coldplay have used on tour — and now he's at the center of a six-part comic book series, the first of which is being revealed at this week's San Diego Comic-Con International.
Green Day Planning Two Documentaries to Coincide With Three Album Blitz
2012 Grammy Awards Performances
The 2012 Grammy Awards finally arrived Sunday night, and while classic rockers weren't up for many awards on the big night, they were well represented onstage. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys all turned in top-shelf performances.
Metallica Planning Something Big for Tuesday
Metallica have something big scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 7) at 11 AM PT (2 PM ET), although what it is exactly is totally up in the air. The metal mavens have posted a 34-second teaser video featuring footage of fans cheering at a concert, with the phrase "You've seen them at festivals across the world" flashed across the screen...
Motley Crue's First Las Vegas Residency Concert Captured on Video
Motley Crue kicked off their much-hyped residency at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last night, two months after announcing it during an appearance on CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight.' Sin City was so excited that yesterday was declared "Motley Crue Day" there, while fans likely from around the globe flooded into town for the kickoff of the stand, which will cover a dozen dates through Feb. 19.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Says National Anthem Performance Was 'Well Thought Out'
Steven Tyler took a lot of heat (including from us) for his rendition of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' before the Baltimore Ravens / New England Patriots AFC title game last month (Jan. 22) in Foxborough, Mass., but the Aerosmith singer insists he did a fine job. He says any eccentricities in his performance were on purpose and he knows he nailed the high note.
Queen Tap 'American Idol' Singer Adam Lambert for Summer Tour
Queen will never replace Freddie Mercury, but the band reportedly are set to reform once again this summer with another vocalist stepping in to handle the late singer's frontman duties. Flamboyant 'American Idol' star Adam Lambert says he will serve as Queen's singer during a headlining run on this summer's touring Sonisphere festival in Europe.
Audio Snippets of Every Song From New Van Halen Album Surface Online
Another day, another round of goodies for all you Van Halen fans out there! About nine days before the band's 'A Different Kind of Truth' album hits stores, brief snippets of each and every track from the much-hyped comeback album have surfaced online. The clips, which feature the first 30 seconds of all 13 tracks included on 'Truth,' recently were posted on a Dutch website offering the two-disc deluxe edition of the album for sale in Europe.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Doobie Brothers Set for 2012 Simple Man Cruise
Lynyrd Skynyrd have signed on host and curate the 2012 Simple Man Cruise, a floating rock 'n' roll party set for Oct. 27-31 on Norwegian Cruise Line's newest luxury liner, the Pearl. The cruise, which sets sail from Miami, will feature about a dozen different bands rocking the ship, including Skynyrd, the Doobie Brothers and up-and-coming Southern rockers like Blackberry Smoke and the Dirty Guv'nahs.


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A GIPSY site mooted for the west of Newport that came under fire from local businesses and Welsh government officials is set to be dropped from Newport's local development plan (LDP).
Following a public examination by the planning inspector Alwyn Nixon, the city's blueprint for the next two years is out to consultation yet again – this time over a list of proposed changes to the plan.
A proposed transit site for gipsy and travellers at Celtic Way – which the Welsh Government said it would not hand over to the council – is likely to be dropped from the LDP and replaced with the contingency site proposed at Ringland Allotments.
Newport council had tried to get Ringland Allotments deleted from the plan but that was rejected by the inspector. The move, if approved following the consultation, would result in two earmarked gipsy sites near the Ringland estate – including the Hartridge Farm Road residential site.
Mr Nixon told the council in a letter that the Celtic Way site rendered the submitted LDP unsound.
He wrote: "Given the pivotal significance of the Duffryn business area to the attraction of economic investment I regard the proposed transit site allocation as wholly at odds with a key aim of the plan strategy to deliver new employment," the inspector wrote. Mr Nixon says it hasn't been established whether the council can obtain the land against the Welsh Government's wishes, raising significant doubt over Celtic Way.
Council planning officers wrote back to the inspector indicating that while the allotment site could be used for transit, the authority would prefer Ringland Allotments to be deleted with the need for a transit site met through a regional scheme.
Newport council said both the Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff haven't identified a transit site and both are relying on a regional solution.
However Mr Nixon stated it was clear that the regional approach hadn't yet been formally considered, and that Ringland Allotments was the only adequate option put forward. During the public examination Gallagher Estates, whose Llanwern Village development aims to deliver 1,100 homes, said there's an obligation on the authority to handover Ringland Allotment site to the development.
The firm does not want to make the land available for a gipsy site, according to LDP documents, claiming it would have a bad impact on the development's delivery.
However Mr Nixon said the effect the site may have on how quickly homes are built at Llanwern Village is uncertain and difficult to quantify.
The consultation, which runs until August 1, relates only to matters arising from the public examination.
New housing sites at the Postal Exchange, Mill Street, the former Queens Hill School site, Telford Depot and Coverack Road, are also being considered.


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(WBIR - Downtown Knoxville) Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's Cube and the popular toy has some special ties to East Tennnessee.
The Holiday Inn in Knoxville is home to the largest Rubik's Cube ever. It measures 10 feet tall, 216 cubic feet and weighs 12-hundred pounds.
It debuted at the 1982 World's fair and has made several stops before coming to the Holiday Inn in 2007.
"Traveled like the Stanley Cup Really. It's been over at the chocolate factory, it's been at the East Tennessee Museum of Natural History. It's seen two tours over at UT and ultimately here at the Holiday Inn," General Manager Marc Bauer said.
The hotel said groups from as far away as Europe and Asia have visited to see the Rubik's Cube.


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Consumer Rites:
Slogans such as "Let's put Christ back into Christmas" or "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" hold an appeal to Christians who oppose the commercializing of events they hold sacred. However, through a close look at the rise of holidays in the United States, Leigh Schmidt show us that commercial appropriations of these occasions were as religious in form as they were secular. The rituals of America's holiday bazaar that emerged in the nineteenth century offered a luxuriant merger of the holy and the profane--a heady blend of fashion and faith, merchandising and gift-giving, profits and sentiments, all celebrations of a devout consumption. In this richly illustrated book, which captures both the blessings and ballyhoo of American holiday observances for the mid-eighteenth century through the twentieth, the author offers a reassessment of the "consumer rites" that various social critics have long decried for their spiritual emptiness and banal sentimentality.
Schmidt tells the story of how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and other religious reformers in the colonies but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Merchants and advertisers were crucial for the reimagining of the holidays, promoting them in a grand, carnivalesque manner, which could include gargantuan fruit cakes, masked Santa Clauses, and exploding valentines.
Along the way Schmidt uses everything from diaries to manuals on church decoration and window display to show in bright detail the ways in which people have prepared for and celebrated specific holidays--such as going Christmas shopping, making love tokens, choosing Easter bonnets, sending flowers to Mom, buying ties for Dad. He demonstrates in particular how women took the lead as holiday consumers, shaping warm-hearted celebrations of home and family through their intricate engagement with the marketplace. Bringing together the history of business, religion, and gender, this book offers a fascinating cultural history of an endlessly debated marvel--the commercialization of the American holidays.
"Conceptually sophisticated, wide ranging; [Schmidt] treats Valentine's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day as well as Christmas all within a delicately balanced framework of tensions between market rationality and romantic sentiment. . . . [A] fresh and timely alternative to contemporary academic fashion."--Jackson Lears, The New Republic
"Filled with interesting facts and nascent ideas."--Fred Miller Robinson, The New York Times Book Review
"[A] richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated [study] by a cultural historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache. Consumer Rites is good history and good reading. . . . A brilliant chronicle of the American tale where domesticated remnants of Protestant religion, not nationalist identity alone, drove developments, and where capitalist expansion was in the driver's seat."--Lawrence A. Hoffman, Cross Currents
"Its that time of year again: holiday shopping, and lots of it. Ever wonder how this American tradition got started? In this enlightening book, Leigh Eric Schmidt looks at holidays in our country and how they've evolved over the past 150 years into highly commercialized events. . . . Consumer Rites is without question a true holiday gift, and it makes for fascinating reading."--Washington Post Book World
"Consumer Rites is good history and good reading. . . . a terrific story terrifically told. . . . richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated by a cultural historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache. . . . Give it as a gift next Christmas, Mother's Day or Father's Day! It's the American thing to do."--Cross Currents
"The real merit of this book lies in its complex sympathies: it is at once a major contribution to American religious history and to cultural history."--David D. Hall, Harvard University
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