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Hôtel Evian Express - TerminusHôtel Evian Express – Terminus has a prime position with panoramic views of Lake Geneva. This charming hotel is only 500 metres from the centre of Evian-les-Bains and offers comfortable accommodation....
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very good location
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Wonderful place to stay with a great Restaurant next door to it.
The place was a bit hard to find, because the rental car we had did not show a (GPS) Navi location of this place. I believe it is too new of a street & Hotel.
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Everything is good. The breakfast was excellent.
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The Black Cat in The Garden
The room is too small, has smell and mosquitos. Wifi does'nt work. No view of The lake
الموقع ممتاز في وسط المدينه قريب من المطاعم والمقاهي والاسواق والبحيرة يوجد مواقف للسيارات مجانيه خلف الفندق يصعب معرفة مكانها من دون سؤال موظف الاستقبال عنها
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The location - the bed - the shower - the buffet breakfast. Staff was courteous and friendly. Small room but great price - a good compromise. Free parking but tricky finding it - even the GPS was confused!
"Free WiFi" was non-existent anywhere in the hotel. We got on the internet in the Casino!
Located on a walking street with restaurants and shops.
Hotel hard to find and car parking not big enough for all guest. Room had paint smell and mosquitos.
Great location in town centre. clean,comfortable and spacious room, easy check in and out
The hotel is a little anonymous, parking is limited and hard to find. corridors dark and smelled of stale cigerette smoke
very good situation for stay 1- 2 nights, very clean
breakfast tables too small, room and bathroom also very small
Staff. Breakfast.
No air conditioning. Small room.
location only
way fi is there but the tell you it's dawen
Staff, cleanliness, location
Breakfast was a bit expensive and not extensive enough.
well situated not far from anything
old building cracking stairs , small elevator, staff never there, WIFI is a PAIN in the NECK .
Great location with good parking nice breakfast
location is good, near to the Evian springs, free parking.the staff is good attitude.
The room had a nice view of the square.
There was no reception after 9 pm and we weren't aware of it. I wrote an email to the hotel the day before our arrival to say that we would be arriving late, but received no answer. We arrived to a locked front door and had to call the manager who gave us a code so we could get in. He then said that our key was in an envelope with my name on on the reception desk. But no key. So we called the manager again who then came within 15 minutes where we had to wait. Turned out they had forgotten us. They offered no compensation which I thought was the least they could do and I haven't had an answer to my letters to the hotel following my stay. Very disappointing.
The location and availability of parking. Breakfast room onto garden area lovely as we were lucky with the weather.
Entrance and lobby areas "tired" so first impression was poor although rooms were very clean. Breakfast although service was efficient selection was limited.
Location . Helpful staff
Parking. Very difficult to find the entrance
Location in centre of Evian. Be aware that the hotel in located in a pedestrian area, not accessible by car. Car park behind the hotel, info on how to find the parking will be provided by reception
Size of room. Lovely bathroom, constant hot water. Close to good restaurants and shops.
Breakfast choices not always replenished promptly. Quality of coffee and juices not quite there.
Staff was very friendly
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[MERDB,MINMER] = step(H,REFSYM,RXSYM) outputs the minimum MER (in dB), MINMER, measured in the received signal, RXSYM, when you set the MinimumMEROutputPort property to true. The step method outputs the MINMER measurement based on the reference signal, REFSYM. MINMER is the minimum MER value measured in the current input frame.
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Emanon Players capture SeussŌĆÖ magic
Written by STEVE PRISAMENT Wednesday, February 06, 2013 07:10 pm
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GALLOWAY ŌĆō The tales of Dr. Seuss are open to musical interpretation ŌĆō you can make book on that. And the Emanon Players of Absegami High School will prove it soon with their production of ŌĆ£Seussical.ŌĆØ
It incorporates parts of 18 Seuss books including ŌĆ£Horton Hears a Who,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£How the Grinch Stole Christmas,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£The Lorax,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£The Cat in the Hat,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Oh the Places YouŌĆÖll GoŌĆØ and ŌĆ£One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.ŌĆØ
Junior Malia Monk, daughter of Eileen Hughes, plays Gertrude McFuzz.
ŌĆ£My character is like me because weŌĆÖre both very determined,ŌĆØ Monk said during rehearsal Thursday, Jan. 31. ŌĆ£Gertrude starts off very insecure ŌĆō but at the end knows that sheŌĆÖs perfect.ŌĆØ
The show is colorful and lots of fun, according to Monk.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs really for all ages,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£If youŌĆÖre little you get to see the books youŌĆÖve read. If youŌĆÖre older, you read more into the characters. My character is insecure about the size of her tail.ŌĆØ
She goes to the doctor and is told to take pills from the Pillberry Bush, she said.
ŌĆ£Any little kid would see sheŌĆÖs taking pills from the Pillberry Bush,ŌĆØ Monk said. ŌĆ£Adults would connect it to numerous insecurities.ŌĆØ
The longtime drama student who also participates in Peer Mediation, forensics and choir said sheŌĆÖs excited for people to see the show.
Senior Alexis Rodriguez, daughter of Ana Coyle and Carlos Rodriguez, plays the Sour Kangaroo.
ŌĆ£This is only my second high school production,ŌĆØ Rodriguez said. ŌĆ£Normally IŌĆÖm in the pit band.ŌĆØ
Rodriguez is in marching band, concert band and chorus at Absegami. SheŌĆÖs also in South Jersey Band and Choir, All State Chorus and All Eastern Band.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖll miss being in the band ŌĆō I love the music in this show,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm honored to have such a really great part. IŌĆÖm the antagonist in the story.ŌĆØ
She said the kangaroo is not much like her.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs really fun to take on a role that I wouldnŌĆÖt normally encompass on a regular basis,ŌĆØ Rodriguez said. ŌĆ£Normally IŌĆÖm real easy going, but for the story I have to take on a role that makes everything people look at positively negative ŌĆō mostly HortonŌĆÖs ideas.ŌĆØ
Junior Gabrielle Hughes, daughter of Margery and John Hughes, plays Mayzie la Bird ŌĆō a bird of a different feather.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm a rather flighty character,ŌĆØ Hughes said. ŌĆ£Every single character in this show is an entity with animal characteristics ŌĆō but theyŌĆÖre really all symbols for different personalities we find in life.ŌĆØ
Looking for a career in theater, Hughes said sheŌĆÖs already scouting colleges ŌĆō mostly those in large cities.
SheŌĆÖs in the Spanish Honor Society, Interact Club, Key Club, Media Club, Peer Mediation, forensics, all the choirs except the menŌĆÖs choir, Class Council, Earth Shepherd and Lead for Diversity.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs challenging to pretend to be an animal and still find a human balance,ŌĆØ Hughes said. ŌĆ£But thatŌĆÖs the fun of ŌĆśSeussical.ŌĆÖŌĆØ
Sophomore Isabelle Brown, daughter of Marie and Ken Brown, plays Jojo in her first lead role in high school.
Active on the Forensics Team, Yearbook Committee and Latin Club, Brown said she just likes being with everyone.
ŌĆ£Singing with everyone, dancing with everyone ŌĆō itŌĆÖs the atmosphere,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£I solo ŌĆśItŌĆÖs Possible.ŌĆÖ I really like it; itŌĆÖs really upbeat. I think itŌĆÖs going to be a really fun number.ŌĆØ
Brown plays a boy.
ŌĆ£HeŌĆÖs a young kid ŌĆō itŌĆÖs a fun role,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm a girl, a soprano; heŌĆÖs a tenor alto, so itŌĆÖs difficult to sing some of the songs. IŌĆÖm just real excited ŌĆō pretty pumped for the show.ŌĆØ
Sophomore Nicholas Hathaway, son of Lisa and Butch Hathaway, plays Horton.
Hathaway, who is also on the Forensics Team and in Select Choir, has been involved in drama ŌĆ£since it was availableŌĆØ when he was in fourth grade.
ŌĆ£ŌĆÖSeussicalŌĆÖ was my first show. ItŌĆÖs cool doing it again,ŌĆØ Hathaway said. ŌĆ£I have a pretty good memory. ItŌĆÖs a challenging part. Singing-wise it has a lot of harmonies and some high notes.ŌĆØ
The actor said heŌĆÖs much like his character.
ŌĆ£His main goal is protecting the Whos and MayzieŌĆÖs egg,ŌĆØ Hathaway said. ŌĆ£He cares about anyone no matter how small. IŌĆÖve always been a caring person. ItŌĆÖs a good one ŌĆō high energy and stuff.ŌĆØ
He said one of the showŌĆÖs biggest plusses is that it taps into a great audience.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a childrenŌĆÖs show for adults, too,ŌĆØ Hathaway said. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a lot about the classic stories. A lot in the show direct quotes from the books. ItŌĆÖs genuine.ŌĆØ
Senior Kirsten Wimberg, daughter of Linda and John Wimberg, plays Cat, of ŌĆ£Cat in the HatŌĆØ fame.
The captain of the Forensics Team, and a member of Class Council and choir, Wimberg said itŌĆÖs difficult to play such an iconic character.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs very difficult because the character has been portrayed by so many people,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£There are so many different ways to show the character that itŌĆÖs hard to find your version. You have to find your version, keep it true to the source material ŌĆō and be original.ŌĆØ
According to Wimberg the original Cat was a male, but the last one on Broadway was a female.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm a female,ŌĆØ she added quickly. ŌĆ£Yup. I love the song, ŌĆśHavinŌĆÖ A Hunch.ŌĆÖ The Cat does a lot of audience reaction.ŌĆØ
If You Go
The Emanon Players
ŌĆ£Seussical the MusicalŌĆØ
7 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9 and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10
Performing Arts Center at Absegami High School
Tickets are $12, $10 for students and seniors
Advance purchase 6-9 p.m. in the school lobby
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Discussion in 'Political Discussion' started by otis p. driftwood, Apr 15, 2008.
Guess it's okay for him to say it, huh?
Yes. Yes it is.
Except Obama didn't start off with 90% of the black vote, Clinton did.
Of course the same thing is true for McCain. If he was black, he would not be the Republican nominee.
Odd that you'd go there.
Not that long ago people were talking of drafting Condi Rice. Books were written, the question was posed to her on every one of the Sunday shows, until she said flatly she wasn't running, period.
ding ding ding!
winner winner chicken dinner!
If I could Fart money, I'd be rich!!!!!!
Hillary Clinton wouldn't be where she is if she wasn't married to the president.
John McCain wouldn't be where he is if he didn't change his views to be more conservative than when he was......a maverick.
These predictions of things we will never know are nothing more than wheel spinning on the treadmill to oblivion.
now, lets talk about topics, not unprovable futures and pasts.
That's a little overdramatic. Somehow I doubt books were written specifically to pontificate the possibility of Condi running. And "every one of the Sunday shows?" LOL
Regardless, Condi Rice wouldn't stand a chance. Her history of bullshyt lies and her piss-poor handling of pre 9/11 intel are very well-documented.
She was smart to turn the speculation off early. Period.
Speculation drummed up by chickenhawkish GOP think tanks, no doubt. They probably all sit at home and self-pleasure themselves to photos of Condi and Ann C each and every day.
Here's one of them.
I've tried to figure out that comment each time that its been said. Let's review, Obama is white, but maintains all his other characteristics, schooling, and experience. Given that scenario, Obama would be haled as the next JFK and Clinton never gets past New Hampshire. Currently, the biggest obstacle in which Obama faces is his skin. That is what is reviewed during each state's primary, how many white votes did Obama receive. It is why he will not do well in some southern states. Actually, the statement is correct (Obama wouldn't be where he is but for race), he would already be the nominee and the election would go to him in a landslide.
My point with posting it was that this gentleman has not only said the same thing that caused poor Ms. Ferraro to be raked over the coals but forced out of her position in the HRC campaign, he also said she was right.
So I'm curious about any potential outrage stemming from him saying it.
any outrage from these kinds of dumb remarks are more of the same....its really getting us nowhere.
How the flunk can Bob Johnson or Geraldine Ferraro comment on a future in a different universe? You want me to comment on a comment about Dimensional Fiction?
If John McCain was a chicken, could he run for president? If Clinton chose Minnie Mouse as her running mate would that change the outcome?
you see where this is getting?
Do you REALLY care about this? or is the potential of a bizzaro white Obama, from a different time and dimension a debatable topic, in your mind?
What's in my mind is that the white woman says it and is forced from her position and pilloried. A black man says it and it's "ho hum"...if McCain was a chicken he couldn't run for president.
I thought I said this about 4 times already.
he totally couln't run, I agree. heck chickens can't even FLY for president let alone run.
I just think its silly, this whole thing. I also think when Ferraro said it, it had not been said. Now that this guy is saying it, the debate in public opinion has happened. What do you want me to do, punch my compouter 'till my fists bleed and scream to the sky "WHYYYY???!!!!"
The conlusion:
If you say things like this, you are an IDIOT (Bob Johnson)
It's always silly. All of it. But each time you try to get by it, you have someone like Patters chiming in with his version of Republicans as the party of racists, despite the sheer numbers of people in his own party who're members of the KKK.
racism has no party
Which is why, when Patters says something like that, I find it offensive.
excellent post. spot on.
You really think Obama, as an unproven 2-3 year senator would do that well if he wasn't black?
Why do you feel this way?
That white woman who said it was attempting to run for VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The black buisnessman who said it IS NOT.
That's the difference, and it's a pretty significant one.
What? Based on what do you say Ferraro is attempting to run for VP?
There's no way in hell HRC would pick a woman, certainly not one that was on one of the worst losing tickets ever.
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Fires in Southern U.S.
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Scattered fires across the Deep South were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on April 1, 2003, and are marked with red dots in this true-color image. At bottom left is Louisiana, and to the east are Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina (to the northeast). At bottom right is Florida. At top are Tennessee (left) and North Carolina (right). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Credit: Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Topics: Environment, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Bodélé Depression, Image resolution, Aqua, Earth


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Make it work! Project Runway challenge relies on Saturn parts
Project Runway is one of those reality shows that you both can watch, if you know what we mean. Though most men man not admit it, watching Heidi Klum and a bunch of models walk down a runway makes up for the obnoxious antics of the designers. This week's episode incorporated one of the show's long-time sponsors, Saturn, which heretofore has been relegated to supplying the winner with that year's Saturn du jour as a grand prize. Episode 7, however, brought Saturn onto the runway in a challenge that required the contestants to create fashions using parts from the new VUE. Make it work, indeed. Though we haven't watched the episode yet (oh yes, we DVR it), the best part appears to be when the designers begin dismantling a pair of VUEs for materials. Mental note: be wary of used late-model VUEs for sale in and around New York City. It appears the designers were most attracted to any cloth they could find in the vehicles, with seat belts being a hot item. We're not going to spoil for you who won the challenge, except to say that the design was not our top choice. You can check them all out in the gallery below, as well as some stills from the episode.
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Almond Beach Village Hotel, Speightstown
Rooms: 330
Reviews - Almond Beach Village Hotel
- Age Group: 31 - 40
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Family Traveller
The restaurants were lovely, with a large choice of food from local Caribbean cuisine to Italian. All the staff were very friendly and the service was superb. Although the rooms were not very big and a little dark, they were kept to a high standard of cleaniness. We are returning this year as we are so impressed!
- Age Group: 31 - 40
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Family Traveller
- Age Group: 31 - 40
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Young Couple
We had a standard room which was pre-refurbishment and I have to admit it was a little dark and over-crowded with furniture but very clean, house keeping cleaned everyday, changed the towels daily and changed the sheets every couple of days. The rooms are much better after re-fit. It's worth getting out of the resort and visiting Bridgetown, great shops and lots to see. Speightstown is also worth a visit, the locals are lovely and the town very clean with a beautiful pier going out into the Sea.
Overall we had a great holiday and will be returning to ABV for many years to come.
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It was myself and my girlfriends first experience of all inclusive and I have to admit there was no reason to pay for anything extra. All food, drinks and pretty much all activities were included. I'd say the biggest problem with the all inclusive aspect was the repetition of the foods at lunch time and the poor quality of the evening meals.
Overall I would recommend the hotel for families but would certainly advise you upgrade to the beach front room if you can afford it. I think the poolside and garden view rooms could end up feeling quite claustrophobic due to the layout of the buildings.
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Post Set To Add Private Label Business
When Post Holdings conducted a call Monday to announce its quarterly earnings, it also was the company's first public comment since announcing a deal to buy private label and branded businesses from Hearthside Food Solutions for $158 billion in cash.
The move adds to private label capabilities already at Post in its ready-to-eat units, and President Terry Block said on the call that Post would immediately look to add to its private label business.
"They're a provider of cereals, granolas and snacks to a diverse customer base, and their natural specialty and conventional channels consisting of proprietary brands and significant private-label brands, serving a portfolio of preeminent, specialty and conventional retailers," Block said, according to transcripts of the call from Seeking Alpha.
Post bought the organic and natural cereal, granola, and snacks businesses from Hearthside and will look to combine that with its recently acquired Attune Foods business to create a division for organic, natural and non-GMO-verified cereal and adjacent categories.
"Additionally, management will continue to aggressively acquire new private-label customers further solidifying their vendor leadership position in the category, while potentially adding the ability to represent the Post RTE private-label capabilities to their arsenal and client list," Block said, according to the Seeking Alpha transcripts.
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International Logistics
Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co. will take a controlling stake in Sony Supply Chain Solutions Inc. for about 18 billion yen (US$151 million), marking the latest in a series of acquisitions by Japanese transportation and logistics companies targeting subsidiaries of struggling domestic electronics giants.
Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings will receive a $100 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build up Myanmar's transport and logistics infrastructure urgently needed to create sustainable economic growth.
NAI Global Logistics' Executive Vice President Adam Roth highlights takeaways from JOC Inland Distribution 2014, and discusses access to capacity and its impact on commercial real estate.
Truckload rates and intermodal pricing continued their year-over-year climb in November, spurred by stronger freight demand and port congestion.
Africa's inland freight network is so troubled that it costs roughly seven times more to ship a container from Mombasa, Kenya, to Burundi, in central Africa, than to ship a container from Shanghai to the major Kenyan gateway, an APM Terminal executive said.
With the acquisition of GENCO, everything old is new again for FedEx — or at least resellable.
A compound annual growth rate of 24.7 percent is welcome in any business sector, but when that business is e-commerce in China, the numbers being generated quickly reach incredible levels.
Relocation of manufacturing to the U.S. has increased in recent years but doesn't appear to be growing faster than manufactured imports, management consulting firm A.T. Kearney says in a report on reshoring.
India's Ministry of Railways said it will postpone previously announced container rail increases, providing a temporary respite for shippers struggling with port congestion and rising transportation costs.
The $80 million acquisition of an Australian courier company by SingPost subsidiary Quantium Solutions (Australia) last week was all about securing last mile capability in a fast growing market, a critical component of the e-commerce operation.


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College of DuPage gets NLN Candiadte Status
- 0Aug 28, '10 by CODADNCongratulations to C.O.D. for getting NLN Candidate Status.
- 0Feb 12, '11 by adnrnstudentCollege of DuPage had their site visit this week from NLNAC and apparently were told they were being recommended for accreditation. If that's true, congrats to COD and it is well deserved. Great school.


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Thank you for visiting the Lehi City Fire Department's website. The men and women of this department recognize our responsibility to help ensure the safety of the people in our City. We consider public service a privilege and value the trust we are given by the people we serve. We are dedicated to delivering our services in a courteous, expedient, and efficient manner.
The mission statement of the Lehi Fire Department is to provide a wide range of services to the community designed to protect and preserve life, property, and the environment, through planning, prevention, education and response. We are committed to excellence in the delivery of these services: "Proudly We Serve" and provides the foundation as we go about our daily responsibilities of providing 24/7 rapid response to all types of emergency and non-emergency calls for service.
For more than 100 years, our Department has worked hard to adapt and evolve to meet the challenges of providing a wide spectrum of emergency services to a diverse community. I believe our greatest asset is our team of employees who consistently go the extra mile in delivering these vital services. It's people who carry out our mission, and the people who make up the City of Lehi and the Fire Department, all working collectively to make Lehi a safer place to live and work.
Our Department's response area covers approximately 27 square miles and we serve a population of more than 50,000 with two stations and 12 on-duty suppression/emergency medical firefighters. As a department, we must do more than simply respond when called; we must do all we can to prevent fires and prepare in advance for emergencies. Through the Fire Marshal's office, we accomplish this goal by reviewing new construction plans, inspections as required by codes, periodic inspection of occupancies within the City (including hazardous material occupancy inspections), and investigating fires to determine origin and cause.
The Fire Department continues to move forward and strives to utilize innovative methods to meet our operational goals and financial needs. There has been dramatic improvement over the past several years with the modernization of our fleet, equipment, and operational practices.
As the Interim Fire Chief, I have the privilege to serve a great community and work alongside some of the most talented individuals in the Fire Service. I take it as my personal responsibility to make Lehi City as safe as possible through our commitment to Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Prevention, and Emergency Planning. I encourage you to browse through our web page to learn more about our department.
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Police say a private bus has plunged off a mountain road into a deep gorge in the Indian portion of Kashmir, killing 17 people and injuring 30 others.
Police officer Rajesh Kumar says the injured were hospitalised early on Tuesday, some with serious injuries. The bus was travelling overnight from Jammu to Srinagar.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
Accident occurred near Ramban, a town nearly 200 kilometres south of Srinagar, Kumar said.
India has the world's deadliest roads, with more than 110 000 people killed annually. Most crashes are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and aging vehicles. - Sapa-AP
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The Obama campaign detoured his original acceptance speech planned for the outdoors after hearing thunderstorms in the forecast. Might it also have heard August employment numbers? Then there was that thunder-stealing speech Bill Clinton gave Wednesday during prime time, not to mention the one by first lady Michelle Obama the night before.
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A Great Post On Hurting When We Think We Are Helping
I have not often reblogged or suggested that people read other blog posts without adding some of my own comments. But I am today: please go and read Tim Archer's important post:
Tim Archer's Kitchen of Half Baked Thoughts
Tim is an experienced missionary and I could not add to his wisdom if I wanted to, which I don't, because I don't want to look any more foolish than I already do.
Thanks, Tim.
One caveat, Tim is from Texas, and is a San Antonio Spurs fan, and if I am not mistaken, also supports the Dallas Cowboys. So, while his theological insights are often spot-on, his sports acumen is questionable.
A Brief Reflection on the Gift and Labor of Scholarship
Over the past couple of months I have gained two things: a deeper and more profound respect for those who have earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree, and an increasingly negative opinion of those who disparage education.
It takes hard work to achieve any goal of value – and that includes a professional sports contract or a terminal degree in any field. We worship our sports heroes, and we laugh at "egg heads" and "ivory tower intellectuals."
I will be forever grateful that the surgeon who cut my back open and fixed my nerve damage was among the most highly trained and educated physicians in New Mexico. I will be eternally grateful that my Bible professors had the intellect AND the drive to achieve the highest goals of research.
I am just really, really becoming fed up with people who do not have the foggiest idea of what it takes to excel in academia and yet who make fun of those who make the sacrifices necessary to excel in any academic field.
So, for those of you who think it is funny to belittle those who devote their lives to biblical scholarship – the next time you need a doctor, go schedule an appointment with someone who thinks that obtaining an M.D. is a waste of time, and that if he spends 8 years or more in pre-med and medical school he will lose his belief in how the body works.
Yeah, I thought so.
Book Review – "Dissident Discipleship" (David Augsburger)
I have not been posting much this summer (and probably will not, except for a stray column now and then). I am working on finishing my dissertation for my Doctor of Ministry program and I am up to my armpits in writing crises. I just have not had time for this space this summer.
But, some things are just too good to pass up.
As a part of my dissertation I was reviewing some material from earlier classes at Fuller Theological Seminary. I came across a book that I did not realize how important it was the first time I read it, but now after the passage of some time and the focusing of my dissertation I have an entirely new appreciation for the material.
The book is titled, Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor by David Augsburger. It is published by Brazos Press out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has a 2006 publication date. In a sentence, the book is a description of the Anabaptist view of discipleship.
I don't want to spoil anything for those of you who are curious about my dissertation, but finding this book on my shelves again was huge. Augsburger works through eight core practices of discipleship: Radical Attachment, Stubborn Loyalty, Tenacious Serenity, Habitual Humility, Resolute Nonviolence, Concrete Service, Authentic Witness and Subversive Spirituality. Augsburger then concludes with six appendices, the most valuable to me was the seven "Core Convictions" of the Anabaptists. As you can tell from the chapter headings, this is not fluffy reading. Although Augsburger works through some heavy theology, the book is not written in "technical jargon" and is easily accessible, if the reader will simply devote some time to absorbing the material. The content will challenge you, regardless of whether you accept Augsburger's conclusions or not.
Coming from a tradition that values reason and logic above all else, there was much in this book that was difficult for me to understand. I do not agree with everything that Augsburger says in the book – I never agree whole heartedly with any author (well, almost never). However, after the passage of several years, a whole heap of a lot of study, and the focus of my dissertation, all of a sudden I think I realize just how important, and how powerful, this book really is.
The fact that the book is based on the "radical" Anabaptist tradition will, no doubt, be distressing to many. If you judge a book, or an entire movement, by the fly-leaf of a book review or by the shallow lecture of someone who knows nothing about the tradition, then this is probably not the book for you. It would rattle your cage to the point you would probably lose your sanity.
However, If you are serious about learning about an often misjudged and abused people, then by all means buy and study this book. If you are serious about learning about what it means to be a disciple of Christ, then by all means buy and study this book. If you are interested in deepening your walk with God and your service to the church and world, then by all means buy and study this book.
But be careful, you just might end up becoming a dissident disciple.
Christians and the U.S. Constitution
I apologize to my out-of-the-U.S. readers, but this is where I live, and if you do not have this problem consider yourself extremely blessed.
Yesterday I wrote what probably has been my most angry post. I am still fuming – and believe me, what I posted was nowhere near as vitriolic as what I deleted. Quite simply I cannot fathom why anyone would consider a personal "right" (whether it truly is or not is debatable) over the life of another human being, but especially the child of grieving parent. Enough of that.
The question I want to pose today is why do American "Christians" have such a morbid attachment to the U.S. Constitution? Why are American Christians so emotionally attached to that piece of paper? Can anyone explain that?
Really, people – its just a piece of paper. A bunch of human beings got together, wrote it down and then voted on what they wrote. It is as simple as that. There was no divine intervention, no words from Mt. Sinai, and there were clearly no words from Golgotha. It was a significant human achievement, I will grant you. But Americans, and Christians in America especially, act as if Moses carried down the mountain before the 10 Commandments. I mean, wasn't Moses elected president of the NRA? That's good enough for most Duck Dynasty fans, anyway.
Here is a little exercise for you – think of the most horrific thing that can happen to the U.S. Constitution. Was it destroyed? Did a foreign country overwhelm the U.S. and burn it to ashes? Did the President get it annulled? (Our current one is working on it, by the way). Got it? Now, what would change about your life?
Really, seriously – what would change if the Constitution was to be destroyed? Would you maybe lose your job? Would you become a slave? Would you have to go to an interment camp? Maybe your family would be killed? Maybe you would be killed?
Well, guess what, good Christian American – each and every one of those things has occurred to people as a direct result of the U.S. Constitution! If you doubt be ask the descendent of a slave. Ask a Native American Indian whose ancestors were beaten, raped, forced to live in "Reservations" (which is a really polite word for "Concentration Camp") and, if they resisted, were murdered by the thousands. Ask the Chinese who were forced to work as virtual slaves as the country moved west. Ask the Japanese and German immigrants who were forced to live in interment camps during WWII simply because of their last names. Yeah, boy, we have a long list of Christian accomplishments – all at the power of the U.S. Constitution.
If the U.S. Constitution were destroyed tomorrow I will tell you what would still be true – God would still be God, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross would still be effective for all who believe in him, disciples of Christ would still be able to live in the greatest free country in the world – the country of the Kingdom of God.
No human can ever be really free just because of the accident of his or her birth. No human can ever be a slave to anyone if that person has been set free by the blood of Christ. We are all, each and every human who has ever lived, ultimately the slave of whichever god we choose to be the ruler of our life. And that subjection is proclaimed most clearly by the things we protect the most fiercely and those things we absolutely refuse to give up.
So, I ask again, why are American Christians so devoted to the Constitution? Oh, I think I just answered my own question.
Why Joe the Plumber is (dead) Wrong
Joe the Plumber, the ignorant red-neck hillbilly that earned his 15 minutes of fame a long time ago, has crawled back out of his hole to attack the parents of the victims of the mass killing in California. In his "Open Letter" he flatly stated that "your dead kids do not trump my constitutional rights."
Well, here is why Joe the Plumber is dead wrong.
1) All innocent human life trumps any worthless piece of paper. This is even more true when the victims are innocent bystanders, young people just beginning their lives as adults.
2) The Constitution is a dead relic of a time that has long past. If he (or anyone else) disagrees, then he (or they) must admit that the Constitution is a living document, and if a living document, then is subject to re-interpretation and improvement. If the constitution is subject to re-interpretation then it is well past time to eliminate the 2nd Amendment, a clause that was written in the day of flintlock black-powder muskets.
3) As a Christian my allegiance is not to some ink-stained piece of parchment anyway. God will accept no idol in his name, and that includes any fallible human contract for governance.
4) Jesus died for all people of every nation and for every time. Greeks, Romans, Scandinavians, Germans, Spaniards, Canadians, French, Mexicans, Chinese – every people from every tribe under heaven. The cross was not just for Americans and when I realize that I can put the US Constitution in its proper context. When we say "Jesus is Lord" that is as much or more of a political statement than it is a religious one. And Jesus did not die for the Constitution of the United States.
5) We all have the right to "free speech," and yet the Supreme Court has ruled emphatically there are times, places and situations in which certain types of speech are illegal. You cannot yell "fire" in a crowded theater and incite a riot. You cannot incite the physical harm of someone else. And, when your "right" to own weapons and ammunition whose only purpose is to kill and maim human beings results in the deaths of hundreds of innocent children (and adults) every year, then, sir, I respectfully submit that yes -
Some Thoughts On Guitars and Spirituality
I grew up loving guitar music. My father had several classical guitar records that I would play over and over again. I remember being enchanted watching a classical guitarist on TV, wondering how his fingers could fly so effortlessly across the fretboard. When I had a chance to take guitar lessons I jumped at the opportunity. I was going to be a concert guitarist. I even purchased several guitars – each and every one a very lovely dust collector.
Many years later I learned why I never quite made it to Carnegie Hall. I was watching a video on Christopher Parkening, regarded by many as one of the most accomplished classical guitarists alive today. Someone asked him how long he spent practicing. Parkening never fully answered the question as I remember, but he did point out that when he was a student he learned that Andres Segovia, certainly regarded as one of the finest to ever play the instrument, practiced for over 5 hours every day. Steve Kaufman, a legend in bluegrass music, warms up for an hour before a concert.
Oh, so that is why I never was asked to sign a record contract. I wanted to be a great guitarist – be right up there with Mason Williams and Roy Clark and Chet Atkins and the Romero brothers. There was only one problem (well, actually there were more, but let's simplify things here…). I wanted all that greatness in about 15 minutes of doodling a day. To put it in perspective, I spent less time practicing than the great guitarists did in loosening their fingers to get ready to practice.
I wonder how many of us would really like to be known as a devout spiritual person. Maybe not a great spiritual person (because that would be a mark of pride, not generally considered a part of spirituality), but certainly someone who would be recognized as one who swam in the deep end of the spiritual pool. Yet, when we are told what it takes to leave the kiddie wading pool and actually launch out into deep water, we realize that maybe we did not want to be that great after all.
I have learned, much to my displeasure, that the great spiritual disciplines can be as difficult to master as the guitar. Very few of us are born spiritual giants. The spiritual disciplines of prayer, meditation on Scripture, fasting, worship and others take time to develop. But more than time, they take dedication and perseverance. They take physical effort. And, mastering any skill takes a significant amount of will power.
So, I'm afraid that for many of us, our desire to be spiritual people sounds a lot like my adolescent "desire" to be a concert guitarist. I wanted all the results; but none of the gritty, day-to-day, dull boring practice. I wanted to be great, but not that bad.
So, how much time have you spent in prayer, reading Scripture, and worship this week?
"Jesus Was Not God"
Okay, I hope I did not vacuum someone in here that did not want to be here, and if I did I apologize. In no way, shape or form do I agree with the message of the title of this post (notice the quotation marks??). However, an increasing number of people do believe this, but not in manner that you might suspect. On a surface "intellectual" level they will say that yes, indeed, Jesus was the living embodiment of the eternal God. However, on a functional "gut" level they simply do not accept that Jesus is in any way the one, true, living God.
Just this week I was reminded (in reading another blog) that there is a deep seated repulsion of the idea that the loving, kind, and all-forgiving Jesus of the New Testament could be associated with the mean, nasty, wrathful and genocidal God of the Old Testament. This is especially true in two specific areas: capital punishment and homosexuality. The God of the Old Testament, it is averred, was a deity best described as cold, austere, vengeful and angry. Offer the wrong kind of incense and poof, God just zapped you dead. Touch the Ark of the Covenant in an unworthy manner and pay for it with your life. Simply go outside and pick up a few sticks on the Sabbath and kiss your next birthday goodbye. And that whole sex thing? That was just one entire death sentence just waiting to happen. It is a wonder any babies were born.
However, turn the page from Malachi to Matthew and all of the sudden we have Jesus – meek, mild, gentle little Jesus who cradled sinners and hobnobbed with the wretched. Jesus, it is proclaimed, never had a bad word to say about anyone, forgave everyone, and basically told his followers, "You know, all those stories about God punishing the unrighteous – well, that was true up until I was born, but now its ollie-ollie-in-come-free." Why, we have Jesus getting drunk (or at least tipsy, so it is insinuated), thumbing his nose at all those restrictive 10 commandments (or at least that pesky Sabbath one) and promenading around with the promiscuous. Amazingly enough, Jesus looks just like a rebellious teenage or a baby-boomer looking for a second childhood.
Of course, all of this is post-modern deconstruction and re-historizing. Individuals who have this myopic view of Jesus and God have never done one, or perhaps either, of two things. They have never deeply read the Old Testament, and they have never deeply read the New Testament. For in the Old Testament we see God repeatedly begging His wayward people to return to Him and demonstrating time and again how He has made it possible for them to do so. Likewise, we see in the New Testament, especially in the words of Jesus, how God's patience is limited. There will come a day of judgment in which some will be blessed and some will be punished. Jesus himself pronounced specific and eternal curses (woes) upon those who rejected his words, as well as offered tears because they would not.
Yes, God demanded strict obedience in the Old Testament, and He punished those who defied His Holiness. If I read Acts 5 correctly, He did so in the New Testament as well. And, yes, God forgave blatant sinners in the Old Testament (insiders as well as outsiders to the faith); and, clearly, He did so in the New Testament. So, you tell me – exactly how is the Jesus of the New Testament different from the God of the Old Testament? It seems to me that the entire point of the New Testament is that Jesus IS the God of the Old Testament – only briefly made human so that we could see and hear from Him directly (Jn. 1:1).
Please do not get caught up in this postmodern falderal. Of course it is not new – according to the writer of Ecclesiastes nothing is ever entirely "new." But it is certainly becoming more prevalent. The New Testament portrayal of Jesus does not contradict the Old Testament portrayal of God. The gospel of Jesus is in the Pentateuch, the Writings, and the Prophets just as clearly as it is in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles. However, the Holiness of God is just as prevalent in the Gospels, Acts and the Epistles as it is in the Pentateuch, the Writings, and the Prophets. We worship One God, not two. That God has one will, not two. There is one people of faith, not a pre-faith and post-faith. And we will all be saved by the one grace of God, and judged by the one revelation of that God.
Hear O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. (Deut. 6:4)
Christians Who Hate
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. (Romans 12:9, NRSV)
My thoughts turn to a dark theme today – Christians who hate. I have been tasked with a speaking engagement that really has made me do some thinking. It is obvious in this world there are many who claim to be followers of Christ who hate. Many of these, regrettably, stand behind pulpits and lecterns every Sunday morning. With the blessing of leaders who hate, is it any wonder that we are creating more generations of "Christians" who hate?
When challenged with such an accusation many who fit the above description would respond sharply, "Well, in the Bible we are told to hate that which is evil and cling to that which is good." Their quotation of Scripture is far better than their exegesis. How do I know, you ask? Well, for one thing, take a look at what they hate:
- Democrats, especially Barak Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Many "Christians" have a pathological hatred of the leadership of the Democratic party.
- Anyone who is pro-choice. You obviously cannot be pro-choice and be a Christian, therefore I am fully empowered to hate anyone who is pro-choice.
- Dare I add anyone who sees homosexuality differently than I do?
- Anyone who sees common sense efforts to curb gun violence as being a worthwhile endeavor. Because God so clearly established the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution, if you want to challenge that inspired legislation you are obviously worthy of my hatred.
- In fact, anyone who can be labeled as a "pacifist" is deserving of my hatred, because God specifically created the American Armed Forces to be his "sword of Gideon."
- And, let us not forget that we are fully permitted to hate those of other religious groups, even and especially those who consider themselves to be "Christian," if they do not fit my definition of what it means to be a Christian. Everybody knows the Pope is the anti-christ, right? Who can I hate if I cannot hate people who refuse to interpret the Bible the way I do?
Do you see a common theme here? I have heard, and overheard, conversations where people who fit in these categories (and more!) are viciously excoriated – all with the assumed blessing of God because we are commanded to "hate what is evil and cling to that which is good."
It is beyond comprehensible to me that people who quote (either verbatim or in spirit) Romans 12:9 are so totally unaware of the context in which the passage is found. Note, for example, how Paul begins the chapter:
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. (Romans 12:1-3, NRSV)
Did you catch that? Did you see how Paul begins this new section (Paul clearly wants these verses to be the beginning of a new section, cf. 11:33-36)? Present your bodies as a sacrifice to God. Do not be conformed to this world; be transformed. Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment. Then, in v. 9, let love be genuine, hate what is evil, cling to the good – which Paul clearly states in v. 2 is the will of God!
That which we are to hate has nothing to do with other people! We are to hate the powers and the destructive tendencies in our own lives that make our actions putrid in God's sight. All of these issues are inwardly directed, not outwardly directed! If we cannot see this in Paul's intention, maybe we can see it if he makes it blatantly clear:
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. (Romans 12:14, NRSV)
Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all (Romans 12:17, NRSV)
Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21)
You see, those "Christians" who hate Democrats, Pro-lifers, Pacifists and Popes all stand self-condemned, and the great tragedy is that they will go to their judgment thinking that they have followed God's command to "hate what is evil." That's what Saul of Tarsus thought too, until God gave him three days of pitch black quietness to think things over (Acts 9:1-9).
So, the next time you are tempted to "hate" anything – stop and take a really long, hard look at the object/person/situation that you are supposed to hate. It might be that God is actually calling on you to be a blessing to that person/situation instead of hating it.
For our own soul's salvation, it is at least worth considering.
In Memorium – Glen H. Stassen
I just discovered that one of my recent professors, Dr. Glen H. Stassen, passed away today. Dr. Stassen was the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. This is extremely difficult news to hear. I only knew Dr. Stassen through a couple of phone calls and his comments on my course work, but even those all-too-brief encounters with Dr. Stassen were life changing.
I was assigned to Dr. Stassen as my professor of record in a guided study on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I had visions that the course would be fairly easy – it was a topic of my own choosing and I knew nothing of Dr. Stassen. I guess I found out how serious a scholar and theologian Dr. Stassen was when he sent back some comments on my suggestions for my course work. He agreed with my list of books (although he had some comments) and he had a slight alteration on the book reviews I suggested. I suggested a page to a page and a half, double spaced. He said three pages. Single spaced. Oops – this was not going where I wanted it to go.
Well, I did the three pages, single spaced book reviews, and also some reviews of lectures that I heard on Bonhoeffer in Chicago, and a comprehensive paper comparing Bonhoeffer's theology to that of the Restoration Movement, particularly Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone. It was over 90 pages of work. I really had no idea how Dr. Stassen would respond. I waited in equal parts terror and despair.
When I received my work back I was blown away. I was pleased that Dr. Stassen liked my submission, but what astounded me was the detail with which he responded to my work. He commented on all of my book reviews. He commented on my lecture reviews. He made extensive comments on my paper. He critiqued, he corrected my grammar, he added insights, he challenged, and when appropriate, he agreed with me.
Dr. Stassen was an accomplished author and leader in the realm of Christian ethics. I have a couple of his books, and now I am challenged to add to this collection. His epic Kingdom Ethics (co-written with David Gushee) is a masterpiece in the genre. His A Thicker Jesus is thought provoking and life changing.
I will remember Dr. Stassen for many things. He was an accomplished scholar in Bonhoeffer studies. He was a leader in proposing new steps in Christian ethics. His scholarship cannot be questioned. He demanded his students to perform at a high level, and he rewarded that high level of work. But, most of how I will remember Dr. Stassen is what a wonderful gentleman he was. He was so kind. The couple of phone conversations I had with him will be treasures in my memory. I will also treasure his written comments on my papers until I am no longer around.
Dr. Stassen's death is a huge loss to the Bonhoeffer studies community, those who work in the realm of Christian ethics, and especially hard hit will be the Fuller Theological Seminary community. I was profoundly lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Stassen. One of the things that I was looking forward to in finishing my Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller was the chance I was going to have to meet Dr. Stassen in person. Now that opportunity is no longer a reality, but in a very small way I did get to meet Dr. Stassen, and I hope that as I finish my dissertation I will remember what he taught me and that I will create a final product that would have met with his approval.
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God's Counter-Cultural People
Another gem from my daily Bible reading today – Leviticus 18:1-5 (Yes, it is okay for Christians to read Genesis-Malachi):
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes. My ordinances you shall observe and my statutes you shall keep, following them: I am the LORD your God. You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the LORD. (NRSV)
This passage, of course, precedes the great holiness chapter in Leviticus 19 where the phrase, "I am the LORD" falls like a drumbeat on the ear. But maybe more on that another time.
I was struck this morning with the profound counter-cultural message of Leviticus 18:1-5. God cannot make it any more clear – do not be like the people that I am delivering you from, and do not be like the people that I am going to drive from you. You are my people, therefore you will follow my statutes and my commands and my ordinances.
I wish more religious/spiritual/Christian leaders would read the Old Testament. Especially the holiness passages.
Today what we hear from far too many spiritual gurus is that the Lord's church has become too exclusive, too secluded, too provincial. What the church needs to do is get with the culture – become more affirming, more inclusive, more accessible.
To be specific, if the dominant culture dictates that there are no differences between the genders then the church must become gender neutral. If the culture dictates that marriage is simply a matter of "love" and physical attraction then the church must not only accept same-sex marriages, it must bless them. If the culture dictates that nationalism is synonymous with spirituality then the church must preach subservience to one's country, and perhaps even one political party within that national structure. If the culture dictates what is acceptable in dress, in language, in entertainment then the church must alter its message to accept that clothing, that language, and that entertainment. If the culture dictates how a person is to spend his or her time, then the church must alter its schedule to find a time in which a person who is "busy" with soccer or softball or football or gymnastics or dance or whatever else may conflict with previously scheduled times of worship may attend without missing out on the "important" aspects of life.
To be perfectly blunt – the 21st century church has forgotten from whence we have been called and whither we are being called. We have forgotten that Egypt was our place of slavery and that Canaan is nothing but a spiritual cesspool.
Okay – we have never been slaves in Egypt and Canaan is all the way around the world, and several centuries removed from our experience. But the message of Leviticus is clear: our God is a Holy God and he expects us to disregard the culture in which we find ourselves and to follow only His commands, His statutes.
That means we have God's commands as a priority when we find ourselves in an unfriendly culture and when we find ourselves in a friendly culture. Maybe especially when we find ourselves in a friendly culture.
For far too long Christians in America have soothed our consciences by repeating the mantra: "America is a Christian nation, America is a Christian nation, America is a Christian nation." Well, whether that has been true in the past is a matter for debate (I, for one, do not think so). But it clearly is no longer true. We may not have moved to Canaan, but we certainly have allowed Canaan to move into the U.S.
Let us be done with cultural accomodation. Let us stand and be recognized for what we claim to be – God's holy and chosen people. If that earns us scorn and ridicule and censure then so be it. Those are the promises given us by none other than our Savior, Jesus (Matthew 5:10-11; John 15:18-16:4). If the shoe is supposed to fit, maybe it is time we tied it on and started walking in it.


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When Massoud Shiraz left Tehran, Iran in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the 19 year old art student couldnt possibly imagine his journey over the next two decades would ultimately find him settling 6700 miles away in Charlotte consulting with and advising some of the most well known fine art collectors in the city.
Shiraz numbers collectors Andreas Bechtler, renowned surgeon Dr. Francis Robicsek, and former Charlotte Pipe CEO, Roddy Dowd, amongst his clients - a testament to his vast knowledge of pre and post-Renaissance period art and an internationally recognized reputation as a restoration specialist. In 2002, Shiraz partnered with banking scion and fine art collector, Hugh McColl opening a retail gallery in Charlottes Southend, the McColl Shiraz Gallery.
Shirazs improbable solo journey led him through Istanbul and onto Rome where he built upon his natural talent as an artist and learned the painstaking craft of painting restoration and repair.While I was in Italy in the early 80s, Shriraz recalled, I had a chance meeting in the small café where I worked with a master art conservator who did extensive work for the Vaticans art collection. After he learned of my art history background in Iran and my interest in fine art, I ended up apprenticing for him. I have worked in restoration as a conservator ever since.
Shiraz followed his brother to the United States in search of more and better opportunity. It wasnt long before he found both. Arriving in Charlotte in 1984, Shiraz joined his brother who was a student at CPCC and set out to make his mark.
I knew no one in the city other than my brother, said Shiraz, I did some paintings to sell at flea markets and had some flyers promoting my restoration services printed. I distributed them by hand along a residential stretch of Queens Road assuming the residents of Charlottes finest homes likely had fine art within them.
10,000 flyers later, Shiraz had his first assignment, a torn painting repair from one of Charlottes most prominent CEOs. Though the assignment was small, it was one that would markedly set his future course as Charlottes most prominent art conservator and restoration specialist.Massoud knows fine art, has a talented eye and is well disciplined, said Andreas Bechtler whos used Shiraz to clean, frame and repair many pieces from his family collection, many on display in uptowns Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.Shiraz specializes in Renaissance era Italian art and has worked on paintings dating from 1480 through 1620. Hes also worked on many 19th century restorations and on pieces by contemporary artists. Work by Picasso, Matisse, Max Liebermann and Giacometti are representative of the scores of pieces hes worked on.When asked about the most expensive restoration project he has ever worked on. He could name the artist but not the collector or the exact painting for privacy reasons.A private European collector came to me with a self portrait by Hans Holbein, Shiraz recalled. I estimated its value between $15 and $25 million. Just another day at Massoud Shirazs office.
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Some additional useful features that i'd love to be implemented
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Hey first of all, great work, it looks realy promising.
I've tried to build a mail class myself with very similar usage, but obviously i failed. :D
However there are a few things i'd like to request:
1) I would prefer the class to return $this in almost each method so you could chain the method calls, e.g.:
You get the idea.
2) Since my english is not the best i try to make clear what i mean. as far as i know, there are two different mechanisms to get notifications about the status of the mail: one is you Recipient trigger, that makes the recieving server respond when it got the mail. But there's also a second mechanism which is triggered, when the mail is actually read by the client. It would be awesome if you implemented that one.
3) When setting the priority you only set one header, but as far as i got to know, there are three headers to be set to realy ensure cross server/client (not realy sure there...) compatibility.
Lastly i just wanted to know, why you didn't move your class to google code or github etc.
Keep up the good work :)
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Hello. Thanks for your interest in this class!
Going straight to the point:
1) This is just syntactic sugar; I'm unused to this kind of syntax in PHP, which explains why I simply never thought of adding it to this class. I may consider this change, but I don't expect to push an update just for this.
2) This goes beyond the scope of this class and I will not consider such a change. Receipt requests at the client level are non-standard, and sometimes implemented by employing the loading of off-site images, which requires user interaction in recent mail clients because of privacy concerns.
3) In my experience, priority is hardly ever useful, because it tends to be ignored by the user, or sometimes even considered as a sign of spam. I simply inherited the behaviour of Leo West's class without tampering much with it. However, this can be added if you need the feature. Would you mind giving a few pointers on what headers are used by the mail client you need to support? Or perhaps confirming that you're referring to this, for instance?
If you're a developer and interested in submitting patches, please make use of my contact form at http://eregil.altervista.org to let me have an e-mail address and we'll figure out a way.
The class is not in github/google code/etc. because even I consider it a "legacy" project, i.e. it's mainly something that exists to make old code work. If you look at the history, this began with a fork of Leo West's class in 2008 because I needed a few extra features. After 2008 I only updated this class once in 2012, which was mostly for PHP 5.3+ compatibility anyway. Nowadays I rarely work with PHP, and in the event that I were to resume working with PHP, I would probably write something more versatile from scratch if I didn't find a more modern class that suited my needs.
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I already thought about performing the neccesary modifications myself already but unfortunately i'm running low on time currently.
However I do belive that it would be great if we could get in contact to polish that class a little.
Regarding 3) The information from StackOverflow (1st answer) is correct as far as i know. Here's another small reference: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/faq/faq_topic_31.html
I agree with you, that the full range of available priorities is crap but especially those with highest priority do get some attention, when you're writing mails in the business world.
This class is realy important for me, mostly because of PHP's stone age mail function with exactly zero functionality. Since I'm an active PHP developer and not looking foreward to change to beans or net, i could use that mail class quite often.
I'll get in touch with you using your contact form as soon as i can spend some time on that topic.
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My Love, My Love, Or, The Peasant Girl
In this Caribbean retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," Dâesirâee, a peasant girl, finds love and then heartbreak with a rich young man.
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Rosa Guy's tropical retelling of "The Little Mermaid" is the gorgeous, tragic love story of Désirée, a beautiful peasant girl who devotes herself to the handsome, aristocratic young man whose life she has saved. When his upper-class fami-ly feels that Désirée's skin is too dark and her family too poor for a boy destined for power and wealth, Désirée proves that she is willing to give everything for love. This lovely reprint will break your heart.
Born in Trinidad, Rosa Guy has written 15 novels and has received the Coretta Scott King Award, and The New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year citation.
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Adapted into the highly successful Broadway musical Once on This Island (nominated for eight Tony Awards), Rosa Guy's tropical retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's fable "The Little Mermaid" is the tragic love story of Desiree, the beautiful peasant girl who devotes herself body and soul to a handsome urban "prince" whose life she has saved from an accident near her village.
Unfortunately, his upper-class family feels that Desiree's skin is too dark and her family too poor for a boy who will be king, and Desiree proves that she is willing to give everything, even her young life, for the purest love she has ever known.
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