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Allen Jones RA
Born: 1 September 1937
Elected ARA: 7 May 1981
Elected RA: 20 November 1986
Royal Academician
Engravers, Printmakers and Draughtsmen
Allen Jones studied at Hornsey College of Art from 1955 to 1959 and the Royal College of Art from 1959 to 1960. Between 1961 and 1983 he taught at Croydon College of Art, Chelsea School of Art, University of South Florida, Hochschule für Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine and Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin. Jones was appointed a Trustee of the British Museum from 1990 to 1999.
From the early 1960s his international reputation was established as a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Over the past 40 years his work has been exhibited around the world in both solo and group exhibitions. There have been three major retrospectives of his work. The first at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, travelling to the Serpentine Gallery, London and to four venues in Germany. The second at the ICA, London, which travelled to the Fruit Market, Edinburgh and Arnolfini, Bristol, and the third at the Barbican, London, which was subsequently toured worldwide by the British Council.
Jones's designs for stage and television include Oh Calcutta! for Kenneth Tynan, Manner wir kommen (West Deutsche Rundfunk), Understanding Opera (LWT), Satie/Cinema (Baallet Rambert) and Signed in Red (Royal Ballet, London). Jones lives and works in London and Oxfordshire.
A major retrospective will take place at the Royal Academy from 13 November 2014 — 25 January 2015. Find out more here.
My studio life
Allen Jones RA - Selected CV
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2012 Völklinger Hütte, Center for European Art and Industrial Culture, Saarbrücken
2011 Wetterling Gallery, Gothenberg
2010 Marlborough Fine Art, London
2009 Gallerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
Levy Gallery, Hamburg
2007 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2003 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
1999 Academy, Helsinki
Ars Nova Museum of Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland
As Vaal Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia -
Selected Collections
Arts Council
British Council
Contemporary Art Society
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
National Portrait Gallery, London
Tate Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
York City Art Gallery
Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Chicago Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Museum of 20th Century Art, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Nagoake Museum, Japan
Regional Museum, Olinda, Brazil
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, USA -
Selected Commissions
Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Park, Guilin, China
Liverpool Garden Festival;
Frederick Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles
Cotton's Atrium, London
London Heathrow Terminal 4
London Docklands Development Board
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Swire Properties
Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
Goodwood Sculpture Park, Sussex
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
GlaxoSmithKline World HQ, London


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Waldorf Hotel operator pulls plug; owner's lawyer says it will be business as usual
Waldorf Productions will cease operations at the Waldorf Hotel on January 20 after a lengthy dispute over rent with its landlord, Marko Puharich.
The production company opened its cultural hub in the 63-year-old East Hastings Street hotel on October 31, 2010, to rave reviews from patrons and the media. It includes a restaurant, a tiki bar, hotel rooms, a recording studio, and an art gallery.
Entertainment director Thomas Anselmi told the Straight by phone that his company ran into financial trouble during the first year of a 15-year lease, which was expected in a business of this type. He said Puharich, who represents Waldorf Hotel Ltd., was initially quite accommodating and supportive, but that changed when the operators asked for rent forgiveness.
"At that point, he started looking to sell it," Anselmi alleged.
He claimed that Waldorf Productions' failure to pay full rent opened the door for the landlord to switch to a short-term lease at a significantly higher cost.
Waldorf Hotel lawyer Gavin Crickmore told the Straight by phone that he "can't accept the veracity" of this comment, characterizing it as a "subjective statement".
"They were paying a base rent for the hotel as of the new lease," he said. "They made each of those rent payments."
Crickmore, who was on a conference call with Puharich, emphasized that the hotel would continue operations. He claimed that the operator's lease expired on January 7.
"We haven't even had confirmation from them that they're leaving," Crickmore stated. "If it is correct that [Waldorf] Productions is planning to cease operations on the 19th, patrons of the hotel can expect it to be business as usual on the 20th. The business of the hotel, obviously, is going to stay open."
Puharich said that Waldorf Hotel Ltd. owns two liquor-primary licences, one food-primary liquor licence, and one special-retail-store liquor licence.
Anselmi also claimed that the building has been bought by the Solterra Group of Companies, which will build condos on the site.
In addition, Anselmi said that ownership of the liquor licences was transferred from the Puharich family to the new owner.
Crickmore said that he is "unable to confirm any comments" made by Anselmi regarding a sale or potential sale of the property. Solterra's Mike Bosa did not return a call by deadline.
Anselmi said that the decision to leave means his company will lose deposits for entertainment that has been booked until April.
"We're hoping the city will step up because we know that…there is a lot of space that the city is allocating right now to artists and artist-run spaces.…We have been running this place as if it was a public institution. And no one can deny that."
Don't buy new condos and don't shop/eat at chains and maybe places like the Waldorf will be able to afford this city. The only places that can afford the high rents of new buildings is going to be your London drugs, Starbucks, Subways, and for some strange reason Mantiques lol. Why do you think these places do so well? Because they are at the base of our buildings, all of them. We have to stop giving our money to the people who wipe out our favorite places!
Gentrification has been happening in the Downtown Eastside for years. This is what happens when people only take the time to care about a problem when it directly affects themselves. Maybe if the amount of people that care about the closure of the Waldorf had been at the city council meetings alongside the DTES community then this could have been prevented (or maybe not, it's really hard to say how insensitive the city really is.) This didn't just come out of nowhere, let's be honest about that. This is a result of lack of support (years of it) from the get go. People have been trying to fight these condo towers--protesting city hall and having hearings in front of the city council. Everyone else wants to do something about it now when it's too late. Let this be a lesson.. that the "it doesn't affect me so why should I care?" attitude will catch up to you. This is the biggest and best example yet.
Gentrification isn't only affecting the Waldorf. Can we please remember that? Can we please be equally outraged for the rest of the community? Can we please fight for everybody else being affected too? Or is this really just about your tiki bar...
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There is no doubt Jimmy Dean has some delicious food products out there, however their nutritional values are just crazy - and not in the crazy-good kind of way we'd like it to be. Thanks to more health-conscious customers, Jimmy Dean now carries a "light" product line - their D-Light Breakfast Sandwiches and Bowls.
I tried the Jimmy Dean D-Lights Turkey Sausage Bowl which includes egg whites, potatoes, turkey sausage crumbles and reduced-fat cheese. The scrambled egg whites had a sort of rubbery texture - a similar complaint can be found in the review of Jimmy Dean D-Lights Black Forest Ham Breakfast Sandwich, but the potatoes were fairly good although they could use a little bit more flavor. The turkey sausage and reduced-fat cheese were delicious. Everything combined together actually made a decent breakfast and I have to say that Jimmy Dean pulled it off.
The nutrition of the D-Lights Turkey Sausage Breakfast Bowl is much better than the regular ones with half the calories and half the fat. One bowl has 245 calories, 7 grams of fat (11% of the RDA), 3.5 grams of saturated fat (17.5% of the RDA, 19 grams of carbohydrates, of which 2 grams are dietary fiber (8% RDA) and 21 grams of protein.
I purchased this at Wal-Mart for $2.99. I'm still borderline about whether I would buy this product again. The taste is pretty good, and while the nutrition facts are not stellar due to the high saturated fat, it certainly was filling and much better than some other breakfast options out there - including the fat and cholstrol laden regular Jimmy Dean breakfast bowls - dietTrash!


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Jackson Jr.'s political demise quickens search for fresh faces in black leadership
by DAN MIHALOPOULOS Staff Reporter email@example.com November 23, 2012 12:10AM
Kwame Raoul
Updated: December 24, 2012 7:28AM
Before scandal would shatter his grand ambitions, when he was still a Democratic congressman and the heir apparent to one of Chicago's most prominent political dynasties, Jesse Jackson Jr. did not shy from criticizing other politicians with heavy baggage.
"We need to start with a serious reform of ethics in Chicago," he said in 2006, as he very publicly flirted with the notion of challenging then-Mayor Richard M. Daley. "Beneath all of the beautiful flowers in our city, there is so much dirt."
As federal investigators dug into his conduct, Jackson resigned from Congress on Wednesday. The end of his once-promising career left Chicago's black political scene with a void: Who can claim not only the fallen reformer's spot in Washington, but also become the avatar for a new generation and style of African-American leadership here?
Jackson's demise means virtually all of the highest-ranking black politicians are senior citizens. The 48-year-old Jackson was one of three black congressmen in the Illinois delegation, but by far the youngest: Danny Davis is 71 and Bobby Rush is 66.
The most powerful African-American in local government, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, is 65, while Secretary of State Jesse White — the only black state-wide office holder — is 78.
The younger Jackson's resignation, combined with the aging of many other African-American elected officials, is hastening the search for fresh faces who might restore or even enhance the community's clout. Younger African-American leaders in lower-level positions said they believe a new generation is ready to come of age.
"I think you'll see something new," said Kwame Raoul, 48, who replaced Barack Obama in the Illinois Senate after Obama became a U.S. senator eight years ago. "You will begin to see, as a result of the rapid rise of Obama, more and more African-American candidates who have crossover appeal and come from different professional backgrounds than we've historically seen."
As a son of immigrants from Haiti, Raoul noted that he, like Obama, did not begin his career with the advantage of a surname steeped in local politics. Although he ruled out running to replace Jackson in the special election in a few months, Raoul said he believes the opening will draw the attention of "quality people who were not necessarily from a machine."
"This opportunity will stir up discussion and desire among many young would-be candidates," he said, adding that there exists the danger of the race becoming a free for all that will divide black leaders.
The effort to unite behind one candidate to replace the retiring Daley in last year's mayoral election became "a joke," Raoul said.
Those farcical attempts to anoint a black consensus candidate for mayor were just the latest sign of the long decline in black political power in Chicago.
A generation ago, the cavernous old South Side synagogue that serves as the national headquarters for Jackson Sr.'s Rainbow/PUSH civil-rights group was the epicenter of the movement that swept Harold Washington into office as Chicago's first black mayor.
On any given Saturday morning now, the weekly meetings of Rainbow/PUSH attract only about 100 people. Many of them are grayer and far more frail than the event's barrel-chested emcee, the 71-year-old Jackson Sr. The former presidential candidate's remarks often focus more on national than local or state affairs.
"Most of the old black civil-rights organizations are ineffective and irrelevant at this point," said Democratic political consultant and radio-show host Maze Jackson (who is not related to the congressman and his father). "A lot of the elected officials also play to the victimization component of the black population, and Jesse Jackson Jr. was no different."
He added that there are many potential candidates in the election for Jackson's abandoned seat who take a different approach.
"The future of black politics is bright, actually," Maze Jackson said. "You'll see a new generation of black politicians with new, innovative thought processes. The old generation looked to protect the safety net as a way to empowerment. The new generation is more interested in banking, finance, utilities — things that can be impactful for the long-term."
With the weakening of most old-line Democratic organizations across the city, Maze Jackson said the group that seems poised to try to fill the vacuum is the Chicago Teachers Union. The CTU, which has many black members, showed its organizational strength during the recent teachers' strike.
What appears unlikely to many observers is that a relative of Jackson Jr. will succeed him or otherwise come to exert the sort of influence his father enjoyed.
"As far as the broader family legacy, I would say this is a pretty big scar," veteran Democratic campaign consultant Eric Adelstein said. "It's very hard to see how that Jackson political legacy is sustained by this generation, given all that's happened."


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It's getting hard to find a good general question as the most relevant ones have already been ask and answered.
So let me get ahead and ask what the general Talisman gamer would like to see after the 4 corners are released?
Would you like to see more small box expansion being release on a regular basis?
Small box expansion that would bring more interaction between regions, including trap doors or catapult or secret doors? (you've been catapult from a secret trap in the highland to the wharf in the city!).
Attempt to do more big box expansion?
Start working on the 5th edition?
Do a deluxe edition?
An anniversary edition?
Or maybe something I haven't mention here!
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Ok, when sookie said "You're only Desire?" And had her hand goin down to bill crotch . Was that not ridiculously hot too? lmao
Man, sookie changed so much.
Ok, when sookie said "You're only Desire?" And had her hand goin down to bill crotch . Was that not ridiculously hot too? lmao
Man, sookie changed so much.
Something was brought up on the true blood forum.
The theory is that Eric called in Lorena to keep Bill back and let Sookie do her job. Makes sense seeing how Bill is being way over protective and getting in Eric's face a lot.
Good move on Eric's part.
Shape shifters can take on more than one form I believe. But it seems like they like to keep to one shape. I might be wrong though.
Hoyt is one of my fav characters. I love good boys, and he is just so infinitely sweet. I think he might become a vampire before the series ends somewhere down the road. That would be interesting to see. He does seem really interested in vampires as it is.
I like that thing he does with his eye brow, kind of like what the Rock used to do, but not so voluntary.
I DVR this show and generally fast forward through Sookie and Bill's scenes. Especially the sex. It's weird seeing Anna Paquin having sex because, she's a bit older than me, but I grew up with her. But also Sookie and Bill are so boring compared to all the other couples. And his "No Sookie!" crap is getting tired. Sookie is interesting when she's doing things without bill though.
I'm loving Season 2 so far, but if bugs me that the characters are all over the place.
Lafayette has been in his own little corner with minimal interaction in Bon Temps. Same goes for Tara, Sookie and Jason. They're all in their own individual stories and I've been missing their interaction together. I miss their chemistry.
I wonder if Jason and Sookie will cross paths at the fellowship of the sun church. Jason will probably blow her cover and get them both in deep shit. Then again, the preacher's wife might free them since she's so full of lust over Jason.
I wonder if Eric is bi. I would love to see him and Godrick get it on.
I also wonder if Sookie could develop her telepathy into suggestive mind control somehow. That would be cool if she could pseudo-glamour someone.
Hoyt is so adorably cute and his romance with Jessica is even cuter. I hope he stays a cutie pie with Jessica protecting him from other vamps similar to Bill and Sookie's relationship, except all cutsy and lovey dovey
So, I was (and possibly still am) convinced that Bill's Maker is the Queen of Louisianna... it just seemed like something ironic enough to happen
^Bill's maker is Lorena, not the Queen of Louisiana... that is, unless Lorena is made Queen of Luisiana in the series
I don't like Bill and Sookie. I like Eric and Sookie. In the books as time goes by Eric and Sookie get more and more connected (though she changes boyfriends like underwear ).
As far as the series goes, who knows what will happen, season followed pretty much the first book, and season 2 touches on the basics of book 2 (the Dallas trip; introducing Barry) but they're starting to mix and match stuff from other books (Lorena). But as someone already said the characters seem all over the place.
The one thing I do like in the series that's not in the books is Jessica. She's a riot and so hot (yep, I'm gay, but I think she's H.O.T.) and I love her story with Hoyt (another hottie )
Here's Godric, actor Allan Hyde:
And I am absolutely loving this show!!!
I didn't recognize Bill's maker either until someone mentioned it here. At the end of the episode I was like "Who the hell was that?"
There's still one thing I can't figure out - like others have said, I think Maryann and Daphne are in on some plan to get back at Sam. But, the marks on her back implies Maryann attacked her as well. Hopefully that little old lady doctor who told Eric to "fuck off" was around
But I can't understand why Maryann would attack her, and how she survived...
I'm beautiful in my way - cause god makes no mistakes - I'm on the right track - baby I was born this way!
They really need to cut the cheasy shit wit Bill and Sookie already god damn. We get it He loves her and She loves his vampire cock.
Anyway yup Bill's maker is about to stir shit up and I knew the preacher's wife wanted Jason's dick from the jump but who can blame her.
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Maybe Maryanne can change the poison on her claws to make Daphne her minion to seduce Sam
Random thoughts:
The hand job scene with Jason in the tub was enough to make my jeans a little tight. But, who could have settled for just a hand job ? At least have him stand up and blow him.... heh. Ahh, those heteros
I wonder if shape shifters can shift *while* they are having sex ? I suppose they'd have to plan it in advance. On the count of three, let's both turn into horses... Or, if you really wanted to get back at someone you could set up a camera and then turn into a dog right before you snap a picture of your human lover humping a golden retriever.... lol That would make one hell of a YouTube post....
I thought last nights episode was good, but more of a show that was laying a foundation for better things to come.
Sookie is gonna have a shit fit when she comes home and discovers MaryAnn has moved into her damned house.
I agree that Eric has something to do with Bill's makers return...
They've made Hoyt so cute all of a sudden. He looks younger, somehow. I bet his future is not good, I'll bet somehow his Mom gets involved and maybe killed, prompting him to ask Jessica to make him...
Mmmm, I don't think she is. If that were true, Eric would be her subject, and in the promo, it seems like he summoned her to Dallas. I don't think a Sheriff can do that.
Not to mention Lorena is significantly younger than Eric. And I don't think Eric would be like Godric and give up the chance to be made a King.
OMG, I just looked at the set of books based on this show.
There's ten of em. I am gonna have to start up the reading.
The scene where Eric gets "made/ the dark gift" was so fucking amazing. I love Godric.
I was thinking the same thing! His concern for Godric seems more than just maker/sire. Plus his interaction with Lafayette seemed like more than just interest.
Btw, even with the blood Godric looked hot, and I like that he's so young, it's a change from the other vampire themes they've show us, i was expecting him to be really old and the guy who plays Danko in Heroes.
Lafayette looked so good back to his amazing glamorous self! I think if he told Sam what happened he would've went on a rampage and gotten himself killed.
I laughed my ass of at how Lafayette's becoming more and more like Eric.
Think that blood is was a little bit too much for our friend.
If you just can't wait to find out everything, go ahead and pick up the books. Some things overlooked but already shown so no real spoilers here. But, Tara's character is a mash up of about 3 different characters, Amy and Jason, never happened. Jason going to Dallas, never happened. Lafayette still alive, nope. MaryAnn, a two paragraph blurb, she was never even named. I'm glad the producers and writers have taken this series off the book's time line and are liberal in the new directions they are taking. Keeps us Harris fans guessing. While I think major themes are still going to played out on the tube, the strong character development and new angles allow this show to be what it needs to be. Just my opinion, but this is the best horror/thriller/sci-fi soap opera to hit the small screen since V.
^ the maenad was called Callisto in the books, not MaryAnne.
Godric is not Eric's maker (at least not in the books). Actually the Godric in the books dies.
Eggs get killed in the books.
Lorena doesn't go to Dallas either.
Does anyone else feel that the MaryAnn storiy line is distracting to the vampire theme. I am getting tired of her. Also, on the last episode, I was getting tired of all the romance. It was like a soap! Although the scene where Jason got the handjob was hot.
I think it would be hot to see Eric hook-up with Godric. I get the impression that vampires all kind of bi. Anne Rices' more than Harris'. In book #8 Pam hooks up with Sookie's female roomate.
OMG. Check out this teaser for the rest of the season. Looking like we have some crazy stuff coming up.
Can't wait!
Teaser Video
Just incase the video doesn't work for you, here's what the teaser shows...
- Steve Newlin: "The war has begun. We are prepared for Armageddon."
- Sookie to Bill: "Where were you?" Eric tells Sookie that the bond between a vampire and his maker is stronger than she can imagine -- but perhaps one day she'll find out. Cut to a shot of Lorena on top of Bill in bed.
- Sam Merlotte is in jail and Maryann shows up saying she would like to help him.
- Sarah Newlin leans in to kiss Jason and says "God wants this."
- Jason is held with a knife to his throat as Steve Newlin says "I gave you the chance to live in His Holy light and you chose them?!" Jason replies, "I know it was wrong... wait, who are them?"
- A pack of vampires show up at the church saying they're not gonna sit around on their thumbs while the church rounds up their men to lynch them.
- Sam is chased through the woods by a bull-headed woman.
- Sam asks Daphne why Maryann went to so much trouble to get to him and she replies, "Cause she can't control you."
- Sookie screams at Lorena: "Go find someone else you bitch 'cause you've lost this one!" Lorena flashes her fangs.
- Tara slaps Eggs.
- Maryann to Tara: "You need to be out of control, we crave it."
- Tara kisses Eggs and his eyes are black.
- Lafayette to Tara: "Girl, is you even in there?" Tara looks up and her eyes are black.
- Sarah Newlin holds a gun on Jason and tells him he prayed on her and ruined the sacred vow she made to her husband.
- A man (vampire?) in a black cowboy hat tells Steve Newlin: "We'll kill you first. The same way we did your father." Steve Newlin shouts "Murderer!"
- Eric whispers "trust me" in Sookie's ear.
- Maryann shows up at the bar and shouts "Where is Sam Merlotte?!" Wind blows the chandliers.
- Steve Newlin: "There will be a holy bonfire at dawn."
- The man in the black cowboy hat says "destroy all of them."
- Bill runs into the church screaming Sookie's name.
- Lafayette throws Tara over his shoulder and rushes away with her as she screams.
- Eric (or a man who looks like him) is bound to the floor by silver at the front of the church while a crowd watches.
- Maryann yanks off a fake bull head mask as something flies away from her.
- Sookie lies naked in bed as a blonde man traces her arm from behind. Eric?
- Eric and Lorena kiss.
- A woman is stabbed as Bill bites a man's neck.
- Eric chokes Steve Newlin at the front of the church.
- Maryann laughs as Sam screams in pain.
- Bill punches the shit out of Eric.
- A female vampire with red hair and her face covered in blood (played by Evan Rachel Wood) looks up to say "wanna join me?"
Here's the teaser on YouTube...
Damn you Kennylicious, now I can't wait!!!
The new trailer makes it look like that bitch Lorena kills Jessica!
Did anybody else go to Comic-Con? I got some awesome close-up shots of the stars (Anna Paquin was looking straight at my camera! Alexander Skarsgard is very slender in person)...
The panel was cool -- apparently, HBO is manufacturing a real True Blood drink (blood orange soda), but the audience questions were CRAPPY! They should really screen the questions at these things.
Oh, and the trailer was pretty sweet.
Whatever happened to that white dog poop from the '70s?
^ *Great* pics, Whatever !
I'm jealous how close you were !
Thanks for sharing them....
Those pictures are phenomenal, YW! Thanks for sharing!
That trailer was friggin' awesome!!! I know that both Tara and Eggs' eyes became black, which we've seen before around Maryann's parties, but I wonder what that exactly means.
I musta missed that, Kenny. Where in the trailer did you see that?
(and omg thanks for posting it too )
The bull mask is interesting, too. I thought Maryann would literally turn in to the creature (which it may be explained later...)
I'm beautiful in my way - cause god makes no mistakes - I'm on the right track - baby I was born this way!
I'm glad you guys enjoyed the pics! It was really exciting! I almost was able to get into the TB cast signing, but they capped the line when I got to the front. And when I say "line," I mean "mob," because it was the most disorganized thing ever. Maybe next year if they're there again.
And I guess Evan Rachel Wood is supposed to play the Queen (of Louisiana)?
Whatever happened to that white dog poop from the '70s?
I am watching there comic con panel this year on youtube, and I must say. It's funny hearing their real voices.
All of them have none southern accents, but pull out perfect southern accents on the show. And then Alexander Skarsgard who has one of the few none southern accents in the show, has a natural southern accent.
I wish Ryan Kwanten was there on the panel, but I guess he was busy?
You know. It'd be awesome if they made Alexander the Great a vampire in the books or the show.
Never read the books, she could have done this. But just imagine a character like that.
Tonights EPISODE WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!
I agree!
I'm ready for next Sundays episode already.
Me too I'm sad.
I hope nothing bad happens to Sam. I dunno what I'd do.
I hope nothing happens to him either. I'm also kinda worried about Hoyt and Jessica now that this Lorena chick is back.
Yeah, I haven't heard Anna Paquin speak with a non-Southern accent in a while. And I wasn't sure what kind of accent Rutina Wesley has, since I haven't seen her in anything but True Blood.
From what I heard, Alexander Skarsgard spent some time in Texas growing up. Also, he is shooting a film called Straw Dogs, which is set in the South, which I guess explains the accent. He has a pretty neutral accent on the show, so it's weird that he really does have an accent.
As for the episode, Daphne is the pig? I didn't see that coming. Watching the trailer again, Sam turned into a bat or something, so I guess it's possible to shift into more than one form.
And surprise, surprise -- another orgy!
Whatever happened to that white dog poop from the '70s?
Yeah, Rutina Wesley has a white girl accent which was/wasn't surprising to me.
Nelsan though, the guy who plays Lafayette, the voice he does on the show is his real voice, and he moves like the character as well. I guess he didn't have to stretch his acting out too much.
Tonights episode though was really good. I wonder how he knew that Sookie and that other guy were plants? He must have a spy inside Godric's clan. Probably how he nabbed Godric in the first place.
This next episode is going to be really good. I can't wait. And thank God the Maryann plot is going somewhere. Can't wait for next week!
Tonight was fantastic. Literally every different scene and storyline was actually interesting.
I love how last week we got our first taste of another telepath and this week we have our first (so far) human/vampire relationship that's like Sookie and Bill's. I liked Hugo. The actor was pretty hot. Hope whatever the Newlins have going on doesn't get him killed.
Speaking of Reverend Newlin, the comment he made about a mind reader is really interesting because it would seem to suggest that maybe Barry was a plant at the hotel. But im conflicted on that because it didn't seem like it, despite the fact that he conveniently turned up missing the next morning. If Barry isn't the spy or one of them, then how does Steve know about telepaths is what I want to know.
For whatever reason I don't really trust Sarah. See seems unstable to me. I feel like if she doesn't somehow get herself killed she will get Jason into trouble. I hope they don't go the predictable route and have Steve accidentally kill his own wife.
Finally the stuff with Maryanne gets really interesting. It got that way last week but this week was even better. What exactly are her plans for Sam I wonder because it cant be that he's a shapeshifter since Daphne is and she already knows about her.
I don't know how I feel about Bill's maker being back. So far I'm not loving the character or actress.
How cute was it when Terry defended and comforted Lafayette?
Next Sunday can't get here fast enough!
Hmmm, Barry as a plant is a good idea, but he didn't know of the plan for them to infiltrate the church. Or at least, I didn't think he did. That makes no sense really.
It seems like all the top vamps around Godric know that Sookie is a telepath, so one of them could have told.
What if Hugo's vamp (forget her name) is the spy for Newlin? Makes no sense as she is a vampire, but she would also have the same connection to Hugo as Bill to Sookie and I didn't see her show up. Then again, she prob knew this could happen and was ready for it.
Seems like Eric knew it could happen and sent in Lorena to tether Bill down to prevent him from helping Sookie.
I thought about Lorena only being around to prevent Bill from getting to Sookie because for whatever reason it seems like they're trying to build to Eric and Sookie as a couple. I guess I don't mind it but the way they are going about it so far is far too pathetic.
I have a thought on your theory that Isabella is the traitor. Either she and Hugo are in on it together for reasons unknown to me at this point or Hugo is the traitor himself. I think this because I just finished watching the episode again and when Sookie is reading his mind it seemed like he was trying really hard to get the message that he loved Isabella across the way he was repeating it because he knew that she would read it. I don't know, it felt really fishy to me.
It also kind of lends credence to your comment about Isabella not showing up to help Hugo when he was in trouble. Again, maybe because they are in on it together.
also i think i saw someone with blonde hair laying in bed with Sookie touching her? :O
Wishful thinking maybe..
I love Isabella for some reason. I hope she isnt the mole. Her not coming for Hugo doesnt necessarily mean anything. Remember the only reason Sookie and Bill have that connection is because that crazy couple almost killed Sookie last season and Bill made her feed off of him so she would live. After that he said that he would always feel her and no when she was in trouble.
I kinda didnt like the Lorena parts. Except when she said " We can fuck prohibition some more."
I'm thinking the mole is Hugo. Maybe it's a way to get back at Isabel for not turning him while he's still young. That might be too obvious though.
And I'm not crazy about Lorena either. It just doesn't seem like the right time to bring her in, with the whole Maryann and holy war storylines. Maybe I'd enjoy her character more if there wasn't already so much going on this season.
Whatever happened to that white dog poop from the '70s?
I love how Sookie and Bill really have no part of the Maryanne storyline, all the characters seem so distant.


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This evangelist is generally supposed to have been a physician, and a companion of the apostle Paul. The style of his writings, and his acquaintance with the Jewish rites and usages, sufficiently show that he was a Jew, while his knowledge of the Greek language and his name, speak his Gentile origin. He is first mentioned ( acts 16:10 acts 16:11 ) , as with Paul at Troas, whence he attended him to Jerusalem, and was with him in his voyage, and in his imprisonment at Rome. This Gospel appears to be designed to supersede many defective and unauthentic narratives in circulation, and to give a genuine and inspired account of the life, miracles, and doctrines of our Lord, learned from those who heard and witnessed his discourses and miracles.
The Preface. (1-4) Zacharias and Elisabeth. (5-25) Christ's birth announced. (26-38) Interview of Mary and Elisabeth. (39-56) The birth of John the Baptist. (57-66) The song of Zacharias. (67-80)
1-4. Luke will not write of things about which Christians may safely differ from one another, and hesitate within themselves; but the things which are, and ought to be surely believed. The doctrine of Christ is what the wisest and best of men have ventured their souls upon with confidence and satisfaction. And the great events whereon our hopes depend, have been recorded by those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and ministers of the word, and who were perfected in their understanding of them through Divine inspiration.
Verses 5-25 The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were eminent for piety and integrity. They had no children, and it could not be expected that Elisabeth should have any in her old age. While Zacharias was burning incense in the temple, the whole multitude of the people were praying without. All the prayers we offer up to God, are acceptable and successful only by Christ's intercession in the temple of God above. We cannot expect an interest therein if we do not pray, and pray with our spirits, and are not earnest in prayer. Nor can we expect that the best of our prayers should gain acceptance, and bring an answer of peace, but through the mediation of Christ, who ever lives, making intercession. The prayers Zacharias often made, received an answer of peace. Prayers of faith are filed in heaven, and are not forgotten. Prayers made when we were young and entering into the world, may be answered when we are old and going out of the world. Mercies are doubly sweet that are given in answer to prayer. Zacharias shall have a son in his old age, who shall be instrumental in the conversion of many souls to God, and preparing them to receive the gospel of Christ. He shall go before Him with courage, zeal, holiness, and a mind dead to earthly interests and pleasures. The disobedient and rebellious would be brought back to the wisdom of their righteous forefathers, or rather, brought to attend to the wisdom of that Just One who was coming among them. Zacharias heard all that the angel said; but his unbelief spake. In striking him dumb, God dealt justly with him, because he had objected against God's word. We may admire the patience of God towards us. God dealt kindly with him, for thus he prevented his speaking any more distrustful, unbelieving words. Thus also God confirmed his faith. If by the rebukes we are under for our sin, we are brought to give the more credit to the word of God, we have no reason to complain. Even real believers are apt to dishonour God by unbelief; and their mouths are stopped in silence and confusion, when otherwise they would have been praising God with joy and gratitude. In God's gracious dealings with us we ought to observe his gracious regards to us. He has looked on us with compassion and favour, and therefore has thus dealt with us.
Verses 26-38 We have here an account of the mother of our Lord; though we are not to pray to her, yet we ought to praise God for her. Christ must be born miraculously. The angel's address means only, Hail, thou that art the especially chosen and favoured of the Most High, to attain the honour Jewish mothers have so long desired. This wondrous salutation and appearance troubled Mary. The angel then assured her that she had found favour with God, and would become the mother of a son whose name she should call Jesus, the Son of the Highest, one in a nature and perfection with the Lord God. JESUS! the name that refreshes the fainting spirits of humbled sinners; sweet to speak and sweet to hear, Jesus, a Saviour! We know not his riches and our own poverty, therefore we run not to him; we perceive not that we are lost and perishing, therefore a Saviour is a word of little relish. Were we convinced of the huge mass of guilt that lies upon us, and the wrath that hangs over us for it, ready to fall upon us, it would be our continual thought, Is the Saviour mine? And that we might find him so, we should trample on all that hinders our way to him. Mary's reply to the angel was the language of faith and humble admiration, and she asked no sign for the confirming her faith. Without controversy, great was the mystery of ( 1 Timothy. 3:16 ) nature must be produced so, as it was fit that should be which was to be taken into union with the Divine nature. And we must, as Mary here, guide our desires by the word of God. In all conflicts, let us remember that with God nothing is impossible; and as we read and hear his promises, let us turn them into prayers, Behold the willing servant of the Lord; let it be unto me according to thy word.
Verses 39-56 It is very good for those who have the work of grace begun in their souls, to communicate one to another. On Mary's arrival, Elisabeth was conscious of the approach of her who was to be the mother of the great Redeemer. At the same time she was filled with the Holy Ghost, and under his influence declared that Mary and her expected child were most blessed and happy, as peculiarly honoured of and dear to the Most High God. Mary, animated by Elisabeth's address, and being also under the influence of the Holy Ghost, broke out into joy, admiration, and gratitude. She knew herself to be a sinner who needed a Saviour, and that she could no otherwise rejoice in God than as interested in his salvation through the promised Messiah. Those who see their need of Christ, and are desirous of righteousness and life in him, he fills with good things, with the best things; and they are abundantly satisfied with the blessings he gives. He will satisfy the desires of the poor in spirit who long for spiritual blessings, while the self-sufficient shall be sent empty away.
Verses 57-66 In these verses we have an account of the birth of John the Baptist, and the great joy among all the relations of the family. He shall be called Johanan, or "Gracious," because he shall bring in the gospel of Christ, wherein God's grace shines most bright. Zacharias recovered his speech. Unbelief closed his mouth, and believing opened it again: he believers, therefore he speaks. When God opens our lips, our mouths must show forth his praise; and better be without speech, than not use it in praising God. It is said, The hand of the Lord was working with John. God has ways of working on children in their infancy, which we cannot account for. We should observe the dealings of God, and wait the event.
Verses 67-80 Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apace to the perfect day. The gospel is discovering; it shows that about which we were utterly in the dark; it is to give light to those that sit in darkness, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. It is reviving; it brings light to those that sit in the shadow of death, as condemned prisoners in the dungeon. It is directing; it is to guide our feet in the way of peace, into that way which will bring us to peace at last, ( Romans 3:17 ) . John gave proofs of strong faith, vigorous and holy affections, and of being above the fear and love of the world. Thus he ripened for usefulness; but he lived a retired life, till he came forward openly as the forerunner of the Messiah. Let us follow peace with all men, as well as seek peace with God and our own consciences. And if it be the will of God that we live unknown to the world, still let us diligently seek to grow strong in the grace of Jesus Christ.
It appears from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Apostolic Epistles, that the earliest preaching of the Gospel consisted of a brief summary of the facts of our Lord's earthly history, with a few words of pointed application to the parties addressed. Of these astonishing facts, notes would naturally be taken and digests put into circulation. It is to such that Luke here refers; and in terms of studied respect, as narratives of what was "believed surely," or "on sure grounds" among Christians, and drawn up from the testimony of "eye-witnesses and ministering servants of the word." But when he adds that "it seemed good to him also to write in order, having traced down all things with exactness from their first rise," it is a virtual claim for his own Gospel to supersede these "many" narratives. Accordingly, while not one of them has survived the wreck of time, this and the other canonical Gospels live, and shall live, the only fitting vehicles of those life-bringing facts which have made all things new. Apocryphal or spurious gospels, upheld by parties unfriendly to the truths exhibited in the canonical Gospels, have not perished; but those well-meant and substantially correct narratives here referred to, used only while better were not to be had, were by tacit consent allowed to merge in the four peerless documents which from age to age, and with astonishing unanimity, have been accepted as the written charter of all Christianity.
1. set forth in order--more simply, to draw up a narrative.
2. from the beginning--that is, of His public ministry, as is plain from what follows.
3. from the very first--that is, from the very earliest events; referring to those precious details of the birth and early life, not only of our Lord, but of His forerunner, which we owe to Luke alone.
in order--or "consecutively"--in contrast, probably, with the disjointed productions to which he had referred. But this must not be pressed too far; for, on comparing it with the other Gospels, we see that in some particulars the strict chronological order is not observed in this Gospel.
most excellent--or "most noble"--a title of rank applied by this same writer twice to Felix and once to Festus ( Acts 22:26 , 24:3 , 26:25 ). It is likely, therefore, that "Theophilus" was chief magistrate of some city in Greece or Asia Minor [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
4. that thou mightest know--"know thoroughly."
hast been instructed--orally instructed--literally, "catechized" or "catechetically taught," at first as a catechumen or candidate for Christian baptism.
Luke 1:5-25 . ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORERUNNER.
6. commandments and ordinances--The one expressing their moral--the other their ceremonial--obedience [CALVIN and BENGEL], (Compare Ezekiel 11:20 , Hebrews 9:1 ). It has been denied that any such distinction was known to the Jews and New Testament writers. But Mark 12:33 , and other passages, put this beyond all reasonable doubt.
7. So with Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Elkanah and Hannah, Manoah and his wife.
9. his lot was to burn incense--The part assigned to each priest in his week of service was decided by lot. Three were employed at the offering of incense--to remove the ashes of the former service; to bring in and place on the golden altar the pan filled with hot burning coals taken from the altar of burnt offering; and to sprinkle the incense on the hot coals; and, while the smoke of it ascended, to make intercession for the people. This was the most distinguished part of the service ( Revelation 8:3 ), and this was what fell to the lot of Zacharias at this time [LIGHTFOOT].
10. praying without--outside the court in front of the temple, where stood the altar of burnt offering; the men and women in separate courts, but the altar visible to all.
the time of incense--which was offered along with the morning and evening sacrifice of every day; a beautiful symbol of the acceptableness of the sacrifice offered on the altar of burnt offering, with coals from whose altar the incense was burnt ( Leviticus 16:12 Leviticus 16:13 ). This again was a symbol of the "living sacrifice" of themselves and their services offered daily to God by the worshippers. Hence the language of Psalms 141:2 , Revelation 8:3 . But that the acceptance of this daily offering depended on the expiatory virtue presupposed in the burnt offering, and pointing to the one "sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savor" ( Ephesians 5:2 ), is evident from Isaiah 6:6 Isaiah 6:7 .
11. right side--the south side, between the altar and the candlestick, Zacharias being on the north side, in front of the altar, while offering incense [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. But why there? The right was the favorable side ( Matthew 25:33 ) [SCHOTTGEN and WESTEIN in MEYER]; compare Mark 16:5 .
13. thy prayer is heard--doubtless for offspring, which by some presentiment he even yet had not despaired of.
John--the same as "Johanan," so frequent in the Old Testament, meaning "Jehovah's gracious gift."
14. shall rejoice--so they did ( Luke 1:58 Luke 1:66 ); but the meaning rather is, "shall have cause to rejoice"--it would prove to many a joyful event.
15. great in the sight of the Lord--nearer to Him in official standing than all the prophets. (See Matthew 11:10 Matthew 11:11 .)
drink neither wine nor strong drink--that is, shall be a Nazarite, or "a separated one" ( Numbers 6:2 , &c.). As the leper was the living symbol of sin, so was the Nazarite of holiness; nothing inflaming was to cross his lips; no razor to come on his head; no ceremonial defilement to be contracted. Thus was he to be "holy to the Lord [ceremonially] all the days of his separation." This separation was in ordinary cases temporary and voluntary: only Samson ( Judges 13:7 ), Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:11 ), and John Baptist were Nazarites from the womb. It was fitting that the utmost severity of legal consecration should be seen in Christ's forerunner. HE was the REALITY and PERFECTION of the Nazarite without the symbol, which perished in that living realization of it: "Such an High Priest became us, who was SEPARATE FROM SINNERS" ( Hebrews 7:26 ).
filled with the Holy Ghost, from . . . womb--a holy vessel for future service.
16, 17. A religious and moral reformer, Elijah-like, he should be ( Malachi 4:6 , where the "turning of the people's heart to the Lord" is borrowed from 1 Kings 18:37 ). In both cases their success, though great, was partial--the nation was not gained.
17. before him--before "the Lord their God" ( Luke 1:16 ). By comparing this with Malachi 3:1 and Isaiah 40:3 , it is plainly "Jehovah" in the flesh of Messiah [CALVIN and OLSHAUSEN] before whom John was to go as a herald to announce His approach, and a pioneer o prepare His way.
in the spirit--after the model.
and power of Elias--not his miraculous power, for John did no miracle" ( John 10:41 ), but his power "turning the heart," or with like success in his ministry. Both fell on degenerate times; both witnessed fearlessly for God; neither appeared much save in the direct exercise of their ministry; both were at the head of schools of disciples; the success of both was similar.
fathers to the children--taken literally, this denotes the restoration of parental fidelity [MEYER and others], the decay of which is the beginning of religious and social corruption--one prominent feature of the coming revival being put for the whole. But what follows, explanatory of this, rather suggests a figurative sense. If "the disobedient" be "the children," and to "the fathers" belongs "the wisdom of the just" [BENGEL], the meaning will be, "he shall bring back the ancient spirit of the nation into their degenerate children" [CALVIN, &c.]. So Elijah invoked "the God Abraham, Isaac, and Israel," when seeking to "turn their heart back again" ( 1 Kings 18:36 1 Kings 18:37 ).
to make ready, &c.--more clearly, "to make ready for the Lord a prepared people," to have in readiness a people prepared to welcome Him. Such preparation requires, in every age and every soul, an operation corresponding to the Baptist's ministry.
18. Whereby, &c.--Mary believed what was far harder without a sign. Abraham, though older, and doubtless Sarah, too, when the same promise was made to him, "staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God." This was that in which Zacharias failed.
19. Gabriel--signifying "man of God," the same who appeared to Daniel at the time of incense ( Daniel 9:21 ) and to Mary ( Luke 1:26 ).
stand, &c.--as his attendant (compare 1 Kings 17:1 ).
20. dumb--speechless.
not able--deprived of the power of speech ( Luke 1:64 ). He asked a sign, and now he got it.
until the day that these things shall be
21. waited--to receive from him the usual benediction ( Numbers 6:23-27 ).
tarried so long--It was not usual to tarry long, lest it should be thought vengeance had stricken the people's representative for something wrong [LIGHTFOOT].
22. speechless--dumb, and deaf also (see Luke 1:62 ).
24. hid five months--till the event was put beyond doubt and became apparent.
Luke 1:26-38 . ANNUNCIATION OF CHRIST.
26. sixth month--of Elisabeth's time.
Joseph, of the house of
28. highly favoured--a word only once used elsewhere ( Ephesians 1:6 , "made accepted"): compare Luke 1:30 , "Thou hast found favour with God." The mistake of the Vulgate's rendering, "full of grace," has been taken abundant advantage of by the Romish Church. As the mother of our Lord, she was the most "blessed among women" in external distinction; but let them listen to the Lord's own words. "Nay, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it."
31. The angel purposely conforms his language to Isaiah's famous prophecy ( Isaiah 7:14 ) [CALVIN].
32, 33. This is but an echo of the sublime prediction in Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 9:7 .
34. How, &c.--not the unbelief of Zacharias, "Whereby shall I know this?" but, taking the fact for granted, "How is it to be, so contrary to the unbroken law of human birth?" Instead of reproof, therefore, her question is answered in mysterious detail.
35. Holy
power of the highest--the immediate energy of the Godhead conveyed by the Holy Ghost.
overshadow--a word suggesting how gentle, while yet efficacious, would be this Power [BENGEL]; and its mysterious secrecy, withdrawn, as if by a cloud, from human scrutiny [CALVIN].
that holy thing born of thee--that holy Offspring of thine.
therefore . . . Son of God--That Christ is the Son of God in His divine and eternal nature is clear from all the New Testament; yet here we see that Sonship efflorescing into human and palpable manifestation by His being born, through "the power of the Highest," an Infant of days. We must neither think of a double Sonship, as some do, harshly and without all ground, nor deny what is here plainly expressed, the connection between His human birth and His proper personal Sonship.
36. thy cousin--"relative," but how near the word says not.
conceived, &c.--This was to Mary an unsought sign, in reward of her faith.
37. For, &c.--referring to what was said by the angel to Abraham in like case ( Genesis 18:14 ), to strengthen her faith.
38. Marvellous faith in such circumstances!
Luke 1:39-56 . VISIT OF MARY TO ELISABETH.
39. hill country--the mountainous tract running along the middle of Judea, from north to south [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
with haste--transported with the announcement to herself and with the tidings, now first made known to her, of Elisabeth's condition.
a city of Juda--probably Hebron (see Joshua 20:7 , 21:11 ).
40. saluted Elisabeth--now returned from her seclusion ( Luke 1:24 ).
41. babe leaped--From Luke 1:44 it is plain that this maternal sensation was something extraordinary--a sympathetic emotion of the unconscious babe, at the presence of the mother of his Lord.
42-44. What beautiful superiority to envy have we here! High as was the distinction conferred upon herself, Elisabeth loses sight of it altogether, in presence of one more honored still; upon whom, with her unborn Babe, in an ecstasy of inspiration, she pronounces a benediction, feeling it to be a wonder unaccountable that "the mother of her Lord should come to her." "Turn this as we will, we shall never be able to see the propriety of calling an unborn child "Lord," but by supposing Elisabeth, like the prophets of old, enlightened to perceive the Messiah's Divine nature" [OLSHAUSEN].
43. "The mother of my Lord"--but not "My Lady" (compare Luke 20:42 , John 20:28 )" [BENGEL].
45. An additional benediction on the Virgin for her implicit faith, in tacit and delicate contrast with her own husband.
for--rather, as in the Margin, "that."
46-55. A magnificent canticle, in which the strain of Hannah's ancient song, in like circumstances, is caught up, and just slightly modified and sublimed. Is it unnatural to suppose that the spirit of the blessed Virgin had been drawn beforehand into mysterious sympathy with the ideas and the tone of this hymn, so that when the life and fire of inspiration penetrated her whole soul it spontaneously swept the chorus of this song, enriching the Hymnal of the Church with that spirit-stirring canticle which has resounded ever since from its temple walls? In both songs, those holy women, filled with wonder to behold "the proud, the mighty, the rich," passed by, and, in their persons the lowliest chosen to usher in the greatest events, sing of this as no capricious movement, but a great law of the kingdom of God, by which He delights to "put down the mighty from their seats and exalt them of low degree." In both songs the strain dies away on CHRIST; in Hannah's under the name of "Jehovah's King"--to whom, through all His line, from David onwards to Himself, He will "give strength"; His "Anointed," whose horn He will exalt ( 1 Samuel 2:10 ); in the Virgin's song, it is as the "Help" promised to Israel by all the prophets.
My soul . . . my spirit--"all that is within me" ( Psalms 103:1 ).
47. my Saviour--Mary, poor heart, never dreamt, we see, of her own "immaculate conception"--in the offensive language of the Romanists--any more than of her own immaculate life.
54. holpen--Compare Psalms 89:19 , "I have laid help on One that is mighty."
55. As he spake to our fathers--The sense requires this clause to be read as a parenthesis. (Compare Micah 7:20 , Psalms 98:3 ).
for ever--the perpetuity of Messiah's kingdom, as expressly promised by the angel ( Luke 1:33 ).
56. abode with her about three months--What an honored roof was that which, for such a period, overarched these cousins! and yet not a trace of it is now to be seen, while the progeny of those two women--the one but the honored pioneer of the other--have made the world new.
returned to her own house--at Nazareth, after which took place what is recorded in Matthew 1:18-25 .
Luke 1:57-80 . BIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION OF JOHN--SONG OF ZACHARIAS AND PROGRESS OF THE CHILD.
59. eighth day--The law ( Genesis 17:12 ) was observed, even though the eighth day after birth should be a sabbath ( John 7:23 ; and see Philippians 3:5 ).
called him--literally, "were calling"--that is, (as we should say) "were for calling." The naming of children at baptism has its origin in the Jewish custom at circumcision ( Genesis 21:3 Genesis 21:4 ); and the names of Abram and Sarai were changed at its first performance ( Genesis 17:5 Genesis 17:15 ).
62. made signs--showing he was deaf, as well as dumb.
63. marvelled all--at his giving the same name, not knowing of any communication between them on the subject.
64. mouth opened immediately--on thus palpably showing his full faith in the vision, for disbelieving which he had been struck dumb ( Luke 1:13 Luke 1:20 ).
65. fear--religious awe; under the impression that God's hand was specially in these events (compare Luke 5:26 , 7:16 , 8:37 ).
66. hand of the Lord was with him--by special tokens marking him out as one destined to some great work ( 1 Kings 18:46 , 2 Kings 3:15 , Acts 11:21 ).
68-79. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine song about his own child; like Elisabeth losing sight entirely of self, in the glory of a Greater than both.
Lord God of Israel--the ancient covenant God of the peculiar people.
visited and redeemed--that is, in order to redeem: returned after long absence, and broken His long silence (see Matthew 15:31 ). In the Old Testament, God is said to "visit" chiefly for judgment, in the New Testament for mercy. Zacharias would, as yet, have but imperfect views of such "visiting and redeeming," "saving from and delivering out of the hand of enemies" ( Luke 1:71 Luke 1:74 ). But this Old Testament phraseology, used at first with a lower reference, is, when viewed in the light of a loftier and more comprehensive kingdom of God, equally adapted to express the most spiritual conceptions of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
69. horn of salvation--that is "strength of salvation," or "mighty Salvation," meaning the Saviour Himself, whom Simeon calls "Thy Salvation" ( Luke 2:30 ). The metaphor is taken from those animals whose strength is in their horns ( Psalms 18:2 , 75:10 , 132:17 ).
house of . . . David--This shows that Mary must have been known to be of the royal line, independent of Joseph; of whom Zacharias, if he knew anything, could not know that after this he would recognize Mary.
70. since the world began--or, "from the earliest period."
72. the mercy promised . . . his holy covenant . . .
73. the oath . . . to . . . Abraham--The whole work and kingdom of Messiah is represented as a mercy pledged on oath to Abraham and his seed, to be realized at an appointed period; and at length, in "the fulness of the time," gloriously made good. Hence, not only "grace," or the thing promised; but "truth," or fidelity to the promise, are said to "come by Jesus Christ" ( John 1:17 ).
74, 75. That he would grant us, &c.--How comprehensive is the view here given! (1) The purpose of all redemption--"that we should serve Him"--that is, "the Lord God of Israel" ( Luke 1:68 ). The word signifies religious service distinctively--"the priesthood of the New Testament" [BENGEL]. (2) The nature of this service--"in holiness and righteousness before Him" ( Luke 1:75 )--or, as in His presence (compare Psalms 56:13 ). (3) Its freedom--"being delivered out of the hand of our enemies." (4) Its fearlessness--"might serve Him without fear." (5) Its duration--"all the days of our life."
76-79. Here are the dying echoes of this song; and very beautiful are these closing notes--like the setting sun, shorn indeed of its noontide radiance, but skirting the horizon with a wavy and quivering light--as of molten gold--on which the eye delights to gaze, till it disappears from the view. The song passes not here from Christ to John, but only from Christ direct to Christ as heralded by His forerunner.
thou child--not "my son"--this child's relation to himself being lost in his relation to a Greater than either.
prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before him--that is, "the Highest." As "the Most High" is an epithet in Scripture only. of the supreme God, it is inconceivable that inspiration should apply this term, as here undeniably, to Christ, unless He were "God over all blessed for ever" ( Romans 9:5 ).
77. to give knowledge of salvation--To sound the note of a needed and provided "salvation" was the noble office of John, above all that preceded him; as it is that of all subsequent ministers of Christ; but infinitely loftier was it to be the "Salvation" itself ( Luke 1:69 and Luke 2:30 ).
by the remission of . . . sins--This stamps at once the spiritual nature of the salvation here intended, and explains Luke 1:71 Luke 1:74 .
78. Through the tender mercy of our God--the sole spring, necessarily, of all salvation for sinners.
dayspring from on high--either Christ Himself, as the "Sun of righteousness" ( Malachi 4:2 ), arising on a dark world [BEZA, GROTIUS, CALVIN, DE WETTE, OLSHAUSEN, &c.], or the light which He sheds. The sense, of course, is one.
79. (Compare Isaiah 9:2 , Matthew 4:13-17 ). "That St. Luke, of all the Evangelists, should have obtained and recorded these inspired utterances of Zacharias and Mary--is in accordance with his character and habits, as indicated in Luke 1:1-4 " [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
80. And the child, &c.--"a concluding paragraph, indicating, in strokes full of grandeur, the bodily and mental development of the Baptist; and bringing his life up to the period of his public appearance" [OLSHAUSEN].
in the deserts--probably "the wilderness of Judea" ( Matthew 3:1 ), whither he had retired early in life, in the Nazarite spirit, and where, free from rabbinical influences and alone with God, his spirit would be educated, like Moses in the desert, for his future high vocation.
his showing unto Israel--the presentation of himself before his nation, as Messiah's forerunner.


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WEST WARWICK, R.I. — Lunch at the Cowesett Inn lifts winter spirits. The food is good, the wait staff friendly. Owner James Paolucci greets customers, many by name. This is his family's 36th year of running the restaurant. Like any family business, it seems he's always here.
He was here at 11:07 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003.
The kitchen had closed and only a few patrons were left at the bar.
Across the street, music fans packed The Station nightclub.
At 11:07, the rock band Great White took the stage. Pyrotechnics were lit. The sparks ignited soundproofing foam on walls and ceiling.
Minutes later, a man tumbled through the front door of the Cowesett Inn.
"His clothes were burned off," Paolucci says. "We figured maybe there was a car fire."
There was no car fire — but there was The Station, consumed by flames. Paolucci did not think it was a catastrophe, not immediately.
"There were so many people outside it looked like everybody got out," he says. "Obviously, that wasn't the case."
More of the wounded made it on their own across the street into Paolucci's restaurant, shocking patrons at the bar. First responders quickly converted the dining room to a triage center, like an instant mass casualty ward. Red Cross workers and chaplains arrived to assist people searching for relatives and friends.
These are the images that remain with Paolucci of Rhode Island's worst club fire — one of the worst nightclub fires anywhere, ever. At least 462 people were inside, in a space of approximately 2,500 square feet, smaller than some houses.
"That first hour is branded in your mind," Paolucci says.
Ten years after, the Station fire retains its awful power. No one the fire touched, even from a distance, is the same.
In those early hours of Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, the death toll climbed almost by the hour. Paolucci watched it on his restaurant's TVs. So did so many others at home and at work, as word spread by media, phones and knocks on doors: First 8, then 39, 50, 65, 75, 85, 86, 96, 99 –– and, 73 days later, in a Boston hospital, 100.
More than 200 had been burned, blistered or asphyxiated; some lay in hospitals, many disfigured for life. The web of relatives and friends who were affected spread far beyond Rhode Island.
The fire has been remembered every year with services, but on this anniversary, it is fitting to reflect a little longer.
Then-unborn babies are in school today, knowing their parents only through the stories they are told.
Children then are adults now, some with children of their own.
Survivors have married, divorced, given birth.
Some remain angry, believing that justice was not served — that those responsible, but never charged, have not stood in public and accepted blame. A $176-million settlement was finalized in 2010 but with no trial. No owner, building or fire official, bouncer or band member was questioned in a public arena.
Some people of the fire remain broken.
Some have healed, finding strength in their faiths, in their doctors and therapists, in their families and friends.
Good has resulted: changes in fire codes have made Rhode Island buildings safer. Lives almost certainly have been saved thanks to investments in training, and in sprinklers and other fire-protection equipment. Paolucci, for example, spent more than $300,000 on equipment at his restaurant. His staff has received instruction in evacuation and crowd management, as have staffs of many other establishments.
But elsewhere, lessons have gone unheeded. The nightclub fire in January of this year that killed 238 in Santa Maria, Brazil, was disturbingly familiar: A band playing. Pyrotechnics igniting foam. No sprinklers. Overcrowding. Owners whose practices were questioned.
Across from the Cowesett Inn, wooden crosses stand watch, on the site of an old roadhouse in an old mill town that people entered one evening seeking fun.
The village of Crompton, three-quarters of a mile west of the Station site, is home to the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society. Occupying a building that opened in 1876 as the Crompton Free Library, the society displays spindles, shuttles, lithographs of mills, photographs of workers and more. There is the "Velvet Village Crompton Junior Baseball League 1931" cup and other trophies.
Society volunteer Diane Plante grows tearful as she displays a newer collection: a decade of newspaper clippings about the Station fire. They fill thick plastic binders. The headlines speak:
The Worst Tragedy in Our History. In the Valley, We Remember. The Day the Heavens Cried. God Help Us. Friends Since Childhood. The Sparkle in Our Lives.
The clippings are from local and out-of-town papers, with 209 from The Providence Journal, which has published thousands of stories since its first, on the morning of Friday, Feb. 21, 2003. In a special section honoring the 99 who had died by the one-month anniversary, relatives and friends remembered their loved ones:
"He had just turned his life around," said the mother of Kevin Dunn, 37.
"She believed in angels," said Patti Carbone of her sister, Kristine, 38.
"His kids were his life," said the sister of Carlos Pimentel Sr., 38.
A grandmother and retired teacher's assistant who has lived in West Warwick for 50 years, Plante is solemn with her responsibility. "It's just sad — sad, sad," she says. "I knew it was going to be history, and it was national news. I knew, years from now, children or great-grandchildren will be coming in, looking for information."
With the 10th anniversary, she says, "I'm going to have to start a new binder."
Crompton was called "The Velvet Village," for the high-quality corduroy and velvet made there. This aura of elegance characterized all of West Warwick in its heyday, the first half of the 20{+t}{+h} century. And then textile production shifted south and overseas. The money disappeared.
A 1992 fire destroyed part of the Crompton complex. What remains today is mostly abandoned. Rotting plywood covers windows; siding peels; vines creep their way inside, where water drips and wind blows through musty darkness. Where trolleys once ran and people strolled in their Sunday finest beneath gas lamps, Main Street is anemic. Businesses have shuttered and gone.
Next door to the Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society, a convenience store entices customers with a sign noting that food stamps are "gladly accepted." Another sign proclaims: "Save Jobs. Buy American."
With the Station fire, West Warwick's glory days slipped further into afterthought. The town's Wikipedia entry devotes two paragraphs to everything before 2003, then gets into the fire, with a link to a Station entry that is pages long.
In distant places, strangers react knowingly when meeting people with West Warwick ties.
"It's talked about down here, too," said James H. Thomas, town manager in West Warwick from June 2008 until last September. He now lives in Claremore, Okla. "No matter where you go in the United States and you mention West Warwick, people will say: 'Wasn't that the place where that Station fire burned? Where 100 people were killed?' "
Every day, James Paolucci sees the Station site. He sees it from his parking lot, there across Cowesett Avenue. Regardless of season, the pilgrimages continue.
"There is traffic there every day," Paolucci says. "I just assume it's someone's birthday or someone's anniversary or some special occasion. Weather doesn't affect the turnout."
The living honor the dead with more than flowers and crosses. They honor them with notes, balloons, candles, butterflies, wind chimes with their sweet melodies. They leave photographs, and in nearly every one, the dead look happy.
"What would I give you if I could? I'd give you the gift of a second chance," reads the birthday note someone left at the memorial to Nick O'Neill, who was 18, the youngest victim.
Legal considerations delayed progress toward a permanent memorial — until last fall, when Raymond Villanova, whose realty company owned the site, agreed to transfer the deed to The Station Fire Memorial Foundation. The foundation says it will "not only build but maintain an eventual memorial that will remain for hundreds of years to come."
For some, a permanent memorial will not be sufficient.
Bob Johnson is one of those people.
He lost his son Derek, 32, this boy who "meant the world to me," remembered for his generosity and devotion to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Johnson wants those he holds accountable — club owners Michael and Jeffery Derderian, former West Warwick Fire Marshal Denis P. Larocque among them — to take responsibility. He doesn't want prison sentences or money.
"I just want them to stand up and say, 'Geez, if I had just done my job, this would never have happened.' "
He wanted a trial, a public examination of the facts, but there was none. Johnson believes that on this case, Rhode Island's legal system was rotten. He has particular ire for Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan Jr. and certain individuals in the attorney general's office — then and now.
"I just can't believe that state officials can't force themselves to say: 'This just wasn't handled right,' " Johnson says.
The Derderians, who had glued flammable packing foam on the club walls to quiet the noise of rock bands and stop neighbors' complaints, accepted plea bargains in 2006. Michael Derderian served two years and nine months of a four-year sentence for 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. His brother, Jeffrey, facing the same charges, was spared prison.
Daniel Biechele, Great White's tour manager, the man who lit the pyrotechnics, agreed to a four-year sentence. Before being paroled after almost two years, he wrote letters of apology to 100 families.
But others, accused in the court of public opinion, were never criminally charged.
Larocque was reviled. He had set four different capacity limits for The Station in the three months just before the Derderians bought the business, based on whether certain tables and chairs were removed and the availability of standing room space. Over that time the capacity went from 258 to 404.
He told investigators and later a grand jury that he never saw the illegal foam in the club, despite several inspections in the months before the fire. Skeptics found his statement incredible: besides being on the club walls, the foam had been glued to a door that Larocque repeatedly cited as a fire code infraction because it opened inward instead of outward.
Critics were mystified by state prosecutors' decision not to charge Larocque.
Prosecutors said it would be irresponsible to name him as a potential defendant because no reasonable person could find that he acted in bad faith or with malice, two required conditions under state law to find a public employee liable for actions on the job. Larocque returned to being a firefighter, working on a fire truck before he retired on a disability pension in 2008.
The morning sun spreads shadows across the Station site. A cold wind blows, sending fresh-fallen snow into the air. It rattles the beads on Lisa Jean Kelly's cross and the flags on the memorial to Michael Gonsalves, the radio DJ known as Dr. Metal. The birthday balloons that Bob Johnson placed on his son Derek's shrine flutter.
A car passes the Cowesett Inn and stops in the Station lot. A woman steps out. She is the first visitor today.
The woman stands at a distance from the crosses and begins to cry.
"I didn't expect to," she says a short while later. She did not know anyone who died or survived the fire, did not know their families or friends.
But like so many people from around New England and beyond, Elaine Leahy, of Milford, Mass., remembers when she first heard.
She was working part-time at Kmart. A colleague mentioned the fire.
"I didn't realize it was as bad as it was until I went home." She turned on a favorite radio station, WHJY. The station was home of Dr. Metal's popular show.
The TV brought the terrible images. She thought of her daughter, Jaimie, who was 8, and her son, Dylan, who was 5: someday, they would be old enough to frequent clubs.
Often over the succeeding years, on anniversaries and between, Leahy felt moved to visit the site. She never did.
This winter, stories of the impending anniversary began to appear. Leahy's husband, who has been diagnosed with head and neck cancer, was scheduled for tests at a Providence hospital on this morning.
"I had today off and instead of me waiting there for him, I wanted to take a ride down," she says.
As she headed south, she thought: Some of these people drove this same way coming to have a good time, and they ended up having their lives taken from them in such a horrific way.
"As soon as I pulled in, I could feel it. I could feel the sadness. I had just a knot in the pit of my stomach. … You see it on TV and you think it's this huge place — and you come here and it's not."
The minutes pass. Leahy does not move closer. She keeps her phone in her pocket.
"I have a friend that I wanted to kind of share it with, but when I came here I said, 'No, I'm not taking any pictures.' "
Leahy opens the door to her car. She does not want to tread where these lives ended.
"It's sacred ground," she says.
The remembrances at the site will become part of the permanent memorial, according to Gina Russo, Station Fire Memorial Foundation president. After families take whatever they want, the rest will be placed in a time capsule that will be incorporated into the base of a gazebo.
When the memorial is built, soil may be trucked in to raise the ground level. Workers will not dig.
Staff writers Tracy Breton and Paul Edward Parker contributed to this story.
G. Wayne Miller, a Journal staff writer for 32 years, is also a filmmaker and the author of nine books. Tom Mooney, a Journal staff writer for 26 years, has covered many of Rhode Island's biggest stories. Karen Lee Ziner, a Journal staff writer for 34 years, focuses on immigration issues.


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