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Paul's defence before Agrippa. (1-11) His conversion and preaching to the Gentiles. (12-23) Festus and Agrippa convinced of Paul's innocence. (24-32)
Verses 1-11 Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or fear of man. Agrippa was well versed in the Scriptures of the Old Testament, therefore could the better judge as to the controversy about Jesus being the Messiah. Surely ministers may expect, when they preach the faith of Christ, to be heard patiently. Paul professes that he still kept to all the good in which he was first educated and trained up. See here what his religion was. He was a moralist, a man of virtue, and had not learned the arts of the crafty, covetous Pharisees; he was not chargeable with any open vice and profaneness. He was sound in the faith. He always had a holy regard for the ancient promise made of God unto the fathers, and built his hope upon it. The apostle knew very well that all this would not justify him before God, yet he knew it was for his reputation among the Jews, and an argument that he was not such a man as they represented him to be. Though he counted this but loss, that he might win Christ, yet he mentioned it when it might serve to honour Christ. See here what Paul's religion is; he has not such zeal for the ceremonial law as he had in his youth; the sacrifices and offerings appointed by that, are done away by the great Sacrifice which they typified. Of the ceremonial cleansings he makes no conscience, and thinks the Levitical priesthood is done away in the priesthood of Christ; but, as to the main principles of his religion, he is as zealous as ever. Christ and heaven, are the two great doctrines of the gospel; that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. These are the matter of the promise made unto the fathers. The temple service, or continual course of religious duties, day and night, was kept up as the profession of faith in the promise of eternal life, and in expectation of it. The prospect of eternal life should engage us to be diligent and stedfast in all religious exercises. Yet the Sadducees hated Paul for preaching the resurrection; and the other Jews joined them, because he testified that Jesus was risen, and was the promised Redeemer of Israel. Many things are thought to be beyond belief, only because the infinite nature and perfections of Him that has revealed, performed, or promised them, are overlooked. Paul acknowledged, that while he continued a Pharisee, he was a bitter enemy to Christianity. This was his character and manner of life in the beginning of his time; and there was every thing to hinder his being a Christian. Those who have been most strict in their conduct before conversion, will afterwards see abundant reason for humbling themselves, even on account of things which they then thought ought to have been done.
Verses 12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who appeared to him in that glorious light, ordered him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. A world that sits in darkness must be enlightened; those must be brought to know the things that belong to their everlasting peace, who are yet ignorant of them. A world that lies in wickedness must be sanctified and reformed; it is not enough for them to have their eyes opened, they must have their hearts renewed; not enough to be turned from darkness to light, but they must be turned from the power of Satan unto God. All who are turned from sin to God, are not only pardoned, but have a grant of a rich inheritance. The forgiveness of sins makes way for this. None can be happy who are not holy; and to be saints in heaven we must be first saints on earth. We are made holy, and saved by faith in Christ; by which we rely upon Christ as the Lord our Righteousness, and give up ourselves to him as the Lord our Ruler; by this we receive the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and eternal life. The cross of Christ was a stumbling-block to the Jews, and they were in a rage at Paul's preaching the fulfilling of the Old Testament predictions. Christ should be the first that should rise from the dead; the Head or principal One. Also, it was foretold by the prophets, that the Gentiles should be brought to the knowledge of God by the Messiah; and what in this could the Jews justly be displeased at? Thus the true convert can give a reason of his hope, and a good account of the change manifest in him. Yet for going about and calling on men thus to repent and to be converted, vast numbers have been blamed and persecuted.
Verses 24-32 It becomes us, on all occasions, to speak the words of truth and soberness, and then we need not be troubled at the unjust censures of men. Active and laborious followers of the gospel often have been despised as dreamers or madmen, for believing such doctrines and such wonderful facts; and for attesting that the same faith and diligence, and an experience like their own, are necessary to all men, whatever their rank, in order to their salvation. But apostles and prophets, and the Son of God himself, were exposed to this charge; and none need be moved thereby, when Divine grace has made them wise unto salvation. Agrippa saw a great deal of reason for Christianity. His understanding and judgment were for the time convinced, but his heart was not changed. And his conduct and temper were widely different from the humility and spirituality of the gospel. Many are almost persuaded to be religious, who are not quite persuaded; they are under strong convictions of their duty, and of the excellence of the ways of God, yet do not pursue their convictions. Paul urged that it was the concern of every one to become a true Christian; that there is grace enough in Christ for all. He expressed his full conviction of the truth of the gospel, the absolute necessity of faith in Christ in order to salvation. Such salvation from such bondage, the gospel of Christ offers to the Gentiles; to a lost world. Yet it is with much difficulty that any person can be persuaded he needs a work of grace on his heart, like that which was needful for the conversion of the Gentiles. Let us beware of fatal hesitation in our own conduct; and recollect how far the being almost persuaded to be a Christian, is from being altogether such a one as every true believer is.
Acts 26:1-32 . PAUL'S DEFENSE OF HIMSELF BEFORE KING AGRIPPA, WHO PRONOUNCES HIM INNOCENT, BUT CONCLUDES THAT THE APPEAL TO CÆSAR MUST BE CARRIED OUT.
This speech, though in substance the same as that from the fortress stairs of Jerusalem ( Acts 22:1-29 ), differs from it in being less directed to meet the charge of apostasy from the Jewish faith, and giving more enlarged views of his remarkable change and apostolic commission, and the divine support under which he was enabled to brave the hostility of his countrymen.
1-3. Agrippa said--Being a king he appears to have presided.
Paul stretched forth the hand--chained to a soldier ( Acts 26:29 ,
3. I know thee to be expert, &c.--His father was zealous for the law, and he himself had the office of president of the temple and its treasures, and the appointment of the high priest [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 20.1.3].
hear me patiently--The idea of "indulgently" is also conveyed.
4, 5. from my youth, which was at the first . . . at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning--plainly showing that he received his education, even from early youth, at Jerusalem.
5. if they would--"were willing to"
testify--but this, of course, they were not, it being a strong point in his favor.
after the most straitest--"the strictest."
sect--as the Pharisees confessedly were. This was said to meet the charge, that as a Hellenistic Jew he had contracted among the heathen lax ideas of Jewish peculiarities.
6, 7. I . . . am judged for the hope of the promise made . . . to our fathers--"for believing that the promise of Messiah, the Hope of the Church ( Acts 13:32 , 28:20 ) has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead."
7. Unto which promise--the fulfilment of it.
our twelve tribes--( James 1:1 ; and
serving God--in the sense of religious worship; on "ministered,"
day and night, hope to come--The apostle rises into language as catholic as the thought--representing his despised nation, all scattered thought it now was, as twelve great branches of one ancient stem, in all places of their dispersion offering to the God of their fathers one unbroken worship, reposing on one great "promise" made of old unto their fathers, and sustained by one "hope" of "coming" to its fulfilment; the single point of difference between him and his countrymen, and the one cause of all their virulence against him, being, that his hope had found rest in One already come, while theirs still pointed to the future.
For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews--"I am accused of Jews, O king" (so the true reading appears to be); of all quarters the most surprising for such a charge to come from. The charge of sedition is not so much as alluded to throughout this speech. It was indeed a mere pretext.
8. Why should it be thought a thing incredible . . . that God should raise the dead?--rather, "Why is it judged a thing incredible if God raises the dead?" the case being viewed as an accomplished fact. No one dared to call in question the overwhelming evidence of the resurrection of Jesus, which proclaimed Him to be the Christ, the Son of God; the only way of getting rid of it, therefore, was to pronounce it incredible. But why, asks the apostle, is it so judged? Leaving this pregnant question to find its answer in the breasts of his audience, he now passes to his personal history.
Acts 22:4 , &c.)16-18. But rise, &c.--Here the apostle appears to condense into one statement various sayings of his Lord to him in visions at different times, in order to present at one view the grandeur of the commission with which his Master had clothed him [ALFORD].
a minister . . . both of these things which thou hast seen--putting him on a footing with those "eye-witnesses and ministers of the word" mentioned in Luke 1:2 .
and of those in which I will appear to thee--referring to visions he was thereafter to be favored with; such as Acts 18:9 Acts 18:10 , 22:17-21 , 23:11 , 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 , &c. ( Galatians 1:12 ).
17. Delivering thee from the people--the Jews.
and from the Gentiles--He was all along the object of Jewish malignity, and was at that moment in the hands of the Gentiles; yet he calmly reposes on his Master's assurances of deliverance from both, at the same time taking all precautions for safety and vindicating all his legal rights.
unto whom now I send thee--The emphatic "I" here denotes the authority of the Sender [BENGEL].
18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light--rather, "that they may turn" (as in Acts 26:20 ), that is, as the effect of their eyes being opened. The whole passage leans upon Isaiah 61:1 ( Luke 4:18 ).
and from the power of Satan--Note the connection here between being "turned from darkness" and "from the power of Satan," whose whole power over men lies in keeping them in the dark: hence he is called "the ruler of the darkness of this world."
that they may receive forgiveness . . . and inheritance among the sanctified by faith that is in me--Note: Faith is here made the instrument of salvation at once in its first stage, forgiveness, and its last, admission to the home of the sanctified; and the faith which introduces the soul to all this is emphatically declared by the glorified Redeemer to rest upon Himself--"FAITH, even THAT WHICH IS IN ME." And who that believes this can refrain from casting his crown before Him or resist offering Him supreme worship?
19-21. Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision--This musical and elevated strain, which carries the reader along with it, and doubtless did the hearers, bespeaks the lofty region of thought and feeling to which the apostle had risen while rehearsing his Master's communications to him from heaven.
20. showed . . . to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem--omitting Arabia; because, beginning with the Jews, his object was to mention first the places where his former hatred of the name of Christ was best known: the mention of the Gentiles, so unpalatable to his audience, is reserved to the last.
repent and return to God, and do works meet for repentance--a brief description of conversion and its proper fruits, suggested, probably, by the Baptist's teaching ( Luke 3:7 Luke 3:8 ).
22, 23. having obtained help--"succor."
from God--"that [which cometh] from God."
I continue--"stand," "hold my ground."
unto this day, witnessing, &c.--that is, This life of mine, so marvellously preserved, in spite of all the plots against it, is upheld for the Gospel's sake; therefore I "witnessed," &c.
23. That Christ should suffer, &c.--The construction of this sentence implies that in regard to the question "whether the Messiah is a suffering one, and whether, rising first from the dead, he should show light to the (Jewish) people and to the Gentiles," he had only said what the prophets and Moses said should come.
24. Festus said with a loud voice--surprised and bewildered.
Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad--"is turning thy head." The union of flowing Greek, deep acquaintance with the sacred writings of his nation, reference to a resurrection and other doctrines to a Roman utterly unintelligible, and, above all, lofty religious earnestness, so strange to the cultivated, cold-hearted skeptics of that day--may account for this sudden exclamation.
25, 26. I am not mad, most noble Festus, but, &c.--Can anything surpass this reply, for readiness, self-possession, calm dignity? Every word of it refuted the rude charge, though Festus, probably, did not intend to hurt the prisoner's feelings.
27-29. believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest--The courage and confidence here shown proceeded from a vivid persuasion of Agrippa's knowledge of the facts and faith in the predictions which they verified; and the king's reply is the highest testimony to the correctness of these presumptions and the immense power of such bold yet courteous appeals to conscience.
28. Almost--or, "in a little time."
thou persuadest me to be a Christian--Most modern interpreters think the ordinary translation inadmissible, and take the meaning to be, "Thou thinkest to make me with little persuasion (or small trouble) a Christian"--but I am not to be so easily turned. But the apostle's reply can scarcely suit any but the sense given in our authorized version, which is that adopted by CHRYSOSTOM and some of the best scholars since. The objection on which so much stress is laid, that the word "Christian" was at that time only a term of contempt, has no force except on the other side; for taking it in that view, the sense is, "Thou wilt soon have me one of that despised sect."
29. I would to God, &c.--What unequalled magnanimity does this speech breathe! Only his Master ever towered above this.
not only . . . almost . . . but altogether--or, "whether soon or late," or "with little or much difficulty."
except these bonds--doubtless holding up his two chained hands have had an electrical effect.
30-32. when he had thus spoken, the king rose--not over-easy, we may be sure.
32. This man might have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Cæsar--It would seem from this that such appeals, once made, behooved to be carried out.


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As a teenager all the guys I knew had cool cars. They also knew how to make them GO!! I learned a lot from those guys. I don't know why I had this passion for cars, not your typical girl. I would rather take apart an engine than go to a dance or shopping. I guess I was just a tomboy. It carried over into my married life, ( divorced now) and I still enjoy owning driving and working on them. I don't care much for today's cars, but I love the classics, no matter what make or model. If you own them, then drive them!!!
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Ahead of oral arguments scheduled for March 11, the government is arguing a federal district judge in Mississippi erred in ordering the Cleveland public schools to adopt a "freedom-of-choice" desegregation plan as a remedy for failing to desegregate formerly predominantly black schools.
The government said the evidence shows the plan from U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson in Oxford will not effectively desegregate the schools.
"The mere passage of time, decades even, does not relieve a school district of its desegregation obligations or permit the court to order relief that does not adhere to constitutional requirements. Because the District Court's freedom-of-choice plan will not result in a unitary school system, it must be rejected as constitutionally infirm," wrote Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney Jocelyn Samuels in the government's brief.
The desegregation case dates back to 1965 when plaintiffs sued the Bolivar County school system, including Cleveland, to end white-only and black-only schools. The school system has been under oversight of federal courts ever since.
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In Cleveland, two middle schools and two high schools have co-existed for decades. One set is all black; the other, school officials say, is well-balanced for race.
In 2012, the school district filed a proposal to desegregate East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School. The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs at both schools to help attract white students from Cleveland High School and Margaret Green Jr. High School.
Magnet schools have a specific theme or mission that drives their curriculum, such as fine arts or science. Magnet schools still must be racially balanced.
Instead, Davidson ordered the Cleveland schools to open the two high schools and two middle schools to all students and drop attendance zones defined as one on each side of the railroad tracks that split the town.
"The high school and junior high school students should have a true freedom of choice to attend either high school and either junior high school," Davidson wrote.
The Justice Department objected. Davidson had earlier rejected a government's proposal to consolidate the schools.
"Consolidation of the district's two junior high schools into one school and two high schools into one school is a reasonably available, constitutionally-sound remedy that will desegregate the schools now," Samuels said in its appeal of Davidson's order.
Although Davidson's plan is not what it wanted, the school district is now defending it before the 5th Circuit.
School district attorney John Hooks said Davidson's order eliminates the railroad track as a boundary for attendance zones and that removing the line "means all students in grades 7-12 have unfettered open enrollment at either school."
Hook said the District Court recognized that Cleveland schools have desegregated despite a diminishing enrollment of white students. He said both demographics and private choices have impacted the racial makeup of the Cleveland schools.
Hook said the "decline in white population and failure of white students to enroll is not the responsibility of the district."


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Will two brothers engaged in an Gay (active sexua)l relationship, in what currently would be defined as an incestuios act be allowed to Marry once same sex marriage is allowed or codified into law?
If not, what would be the legal basis for denying those brothers their equal protections under any same sex marriage act? If neither is capable of becoming impregnated, what would the argument be? That most of us can't or won't accept that 'Lifestyle' because it's...well...just too plain-old-fashion deviant, just too darned pinchie-me-hoot-by-golly-gee-goin-straight-to-hell, sick-o ..or.. what?
With all due respect, I must disagree with Mr. Mason's assessment of the October Term 2007 Heller decision and the 2nd Amendment. The only "radical claim" I have observed, is in your letter sir. It appears very obvious that you have deliberately misquoted, reorganized and distorted Scalia's narrative to fit your own purpose.
Your assertion: "The court used Heller to clarify that "the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia." Justice Scalia, writing for the court, goes on to explain that this individual right has limits. The Second Amendment does not confer "a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."" will not to be found in this context anywhere in the decision. You have taken different quotes from two different sections of the decision and combined them in you attempt to distort the decision.
Let's break this down. Your quote from Paragraph 1 of the decision: "The court used Heller to clarify that "the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia."
The correct quote: "1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.Pp. 2–53."
A very important sub paragraph (f) of 1, which has direct bearing on your next quote is as follows: "(f) None of the Court's precedents forecloses the Court's interpre¬tation. Neither United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542, 553, nor Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252, 264–265, refutes the individual-rights interpretation. United States v. Miller, 307 U. S. 174, does not limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather limits the type of weapon to which the right applies to those used by the militia, i.e., those in common use for lawful purposes. Pp. 47–54."
Your next sentence / quote is from Paragraph 2, skipping over and omitting six (6) subsections to get here: "Justice Scalia, writing for the court, goes on to explain that this individual right has limits. The Second Amendment does not confer "a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."
The correct quote: "2. Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Court's opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Miller's holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those "in common use at the time" finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons. Pp. 54–56." Please note the very important words "in common use at the time".
Once again you forgot to complete the quote Mr. Mason, and in doing so you have deliberately changed the entire context. "Miller's holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those "in common use at the time" finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons." When the quote is complete it changes the entire meaning of your "abbreviated" quote. "3. The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment. The District's total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of "arms" that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scrutiny the Court has applied to enumerated constitutional rights, this prohibition—in the place where the importance of the lawful defense of self, family, and property is most acute—would fail constitutional muster. Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional."
I would also submit that any attempt to ban semi-automatic rifles would also be further encumbered by the fact that the semi-automatic rifle is a very popular hunting rifle and recognized as a standard requirement in competition by the Federal Civilian Marksmanship Program. Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) Matches, CMP Games Events (Garand, Springfield, Carbine, Military Rifle) and other CMP-sanctioned competitions. Created by an Act of Congress, the CPRPFS derives its mission from public law (Title 36 USC, §40701-40733).
Just as a point of interest to your reference of "clips" the largest "clip" made only holds 10 rounds!
How about we start with global warming wannabe god, Al Gore. Al said (in his slanted movie), "The Earth is warmer than it has ever been". And yet the Romans were able to grow grapes in England during their dominance. And as late as 1350, the southern region of Greenland was free of ice and had been farmed for 400 years. Question: How could this warming occur without man driving SUVs all over the place?
How does Al answer that? -- Simple -- He unequivocally states, "The debate is over" -- and thus avoiding the prospect of answering anything.
So all we need to begin an open discussion is the recording of that debate. Oops! It seems there was never any debate, Al just made that up. And making up facts has been about the only strength Al can claim (remember, he said he 'invented the internet').
Doesn't it seem odd that studies of ice core, tree rings, and ocean sediment tell a story much different than Al's? The fluctuation of temperatures has been occurring throughout the history of the Earth, and today is no different.
When someone states 'the climate is changing' they are correct. When they attempt to blame (or credit) man, proof must match up. And with all the evidence to the contrary, blind allegiance isn't a very strong position from which to argue.
What happens is some people take their common belief and push it on others, in the real world the others can shrug it off and do their own thing, but when this happens in the poltical world (we can't) sadly, thus laws that really don't affect the majority affect the few in a negative way.
Wouldn't be great if we could get to a place where everyday citizens could vote via computer on issues that come up and based on those results, Our leaders (if you can call them that) could only respond to how and what the people actually want?
Personally I'm happy Washington passed the law.
I took this college class on this topic, they didn't take the life, liberty and pursuit approach. But I think it's interesting though to use it, because there are severfal facts that make this difficult to establish law. First of all not all people that get married (man and woman) can have children, so does that mean the marriage is void? Second is do we know in the future that two man can't have a child? where does it play in if a person hasd sex and a child out of marriage?
There were other additional things, but if I posted them I would be banned for life..
Another point is I remember when Gay Marriage failed in California people acted out in violent nature.. And people responded "I can't believe they would do that".. but what people tend to forget when people get oppressed, they get angry.. and they act out.
Not everyone has the ability to view an abstraction from the same perspective, Troy.
As recently as the year of our Lord, 1973, homosexuality was a mental illness. What has changed since that time. I would argue that what had actually changed, was a demographic shift that had occurred over the prior two to four decades, in whom was going to medical school to earn Ph Ds in the science of Psychiatry.
Just my opinion, not that my opinion matters.
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I think they may have listed it a personality disorder, but I'm not sure. I think a lot has changed in psychology, but I also think that maybe at that timie period, people kept in a closet. The more people came out I think they changed their stand and changed criteria in bahavior, and certai characteristics still falls into those new persomality disorders.
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How to know when you need to let a friendship go
A few weeks ago, I gave a lecture in San Francisco. A woman named Molly stood up and said that she had saved enough money to quit her job for a year and travel. She also said that she planned to spend long hours doing nothing. "The problem," she continued, "is that today was the first day I didn't work, and I spent the entire day eating doughnuts. I'm panicked that I will gain 50 pounds. That all I will do in my time off is eat."
"Why do you think you ate doughnuts today?" I asked.
"Because I felt guilty about not working. All my friends were at work. I think they're jealous of me. They think it's decadent to do nothing."
But they won't be jealous if she suffers because she spends her time eating. They won't want what she has if she gains 50 pounds. They can't call her decadent if she stays home all day and eats instead of getting on a plane and traveling.
Molly was trying to hold on to friends who weren't really worth holding on to. A friend is not a friend when she doesn't want the best for you or when she is envious of your happiness. When you find yourself keeping secrets from a friend because you fear that if you told the truth, she would be hurt or lonely or unhappy with her own life, that is not friendship. If she doesn't want you to be the best you can be, to have all you can possibly have, to be as successful and as gorgeous as you have the potential to be, she is not your friend.


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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
The Ignatius Donnelly house in Nininger, c.1937. Photograph by Edwards, Everett E.
Ignatius Donnelly, 1898.
Ignatius Donnelly, c.1880. Photograph by Charles A. Zimmerman.
Ignatius Donnelly, c.1885. Photograph by Charles A. Zimmerman.
Ignatius Donnelly, c.1898.
Photograph of a brick manufactured at the Imdieke brick yard between 1883 and 1915 in Meire Grove.
Photograph of the brickyard run by Herman and Joseph Imdieke, c.1890. From the Fred W. Peterson archival collection, Stearns History Museum, St. Cloud.
Indian Congregation, Sawyer, Fond du Lac Reservation, 1909–1912.
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The Oscars are the most important way the American film industry can honor what it considers the year's best work. But for millions of movie lovers all over the globe, they are something else: a show.
That's why I suspected last June, when I reviewed "Beasts of the Southern Wild," that Quvenzhané Wallis might win a nomination. The pride of Honduras Elementary School in Houma, La., has now become, at 9, the youngest best actress nominee in history. Her story is even better: She was 5 when she auditioned for the role, and 6 when she performed it.
What Quvenzhané provides for the Oscarcast is what every ceremony needs: a compelling human interest story on the side. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" plays the same role in the overall field. A first film, shot on location in the Louisiana bayous, it depicts a small community surviving in poverty in the years after Hurricane Katrina and expecting another storm even more devastating.
It's the sort of film Oscar used to ignore. Made for $1,800,000 by first-time director Benh Zeitlin, himself now an Oscar nominee, it shouldered past many blockbusters not only because it deserved to, but also because some Oscar voters might have thought Quvenzhané would add great human interest to the show. She utters an incredible scream in "Beasts," a cry like an elemental force of nature, and if that cry echoes through the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, it will be a moment for history.
Not that it is likely to. Let's face it: The nomination is the award, and best actress Oscar this year is more likely to go to Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty"), Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Naomi Watts ("The Impossible") or Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour"). Riva, a French legend, is 85, which creates story interest of its own. She'll soon be asked to pose for publicity photos with a child from Houma, La., more than she could ever have anticipated.
I offer these musings because they reflect the way I think of the Oscars. Ever since one of my earliest Oscar experiences, when "Bonnie and Clyde" failed to win, I've learned that the gold statuettes are unlikely to go to my personal favorites. I often feel snubbed. When the nominees were announced Thursday at the crack of dawn, indeed, all of the coverage led with the "snub" to Kathryn Bigelow, director of "Zero Dark Thirty."
To be sure, her film was nominated as best picture, but she did better with her previous nominee, "The Hurt Locker," and so this year she has been snubbed, you see. Also "snubbed" were Ben Affleck ("Argo") or Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained"). Yes, but they also got best picture nominations, and who won one of the five nominations instead of them? Michael Haneke ("Amour") and Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"). That shows the voters did a little thinking outside the box.
The field was led with 12 nominations by Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." It's a great film, in my opinion, but in the context of Oscar nominations, it also represents the kind of film the academy loves to nominate: an important drama on a big subject by an industry veteran. The industry spends all year churning out product like last weekend's box-office winner "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D," and then puts on its evening wear and poses as humanitarians.
If "Lincoln" is a worthy front-runner, however, consider that it barely escaped being tied with Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," which has 11 nominations. "Lincoln" is drawn from history. "Pi" is a film created entirely from the imagination. Both presented daunting challenges for their makers.
Now consider the range of the other best picture nominees: "Silver Linings Playbook," a dark comedy about a father and son who are both obsessed sports fans, and "Les Misérables," based on the hit musical set after the French Revolution. Right behind them are "Argo," about a scam to free some Americans from Iran under cover of a fake movie production, and "Amour," a French-language film about a long-married couple now facing death together, and "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's violent epic about slavery in the pre-Civil War South.
For years, movie critics would mount their soapboxes and decry the academy's deplorable taste. Then we critics started writing about how the academy membership was growing younger, and more "independent" films were being nominated. Then the rules were changed to allow up to 10 best picture nominees, which had the effect of allowing a broader range of nominees.
Looking at this year's list, I can say: The academy did pretty well by itself. Yes, I can find room for complaints (Boo! No best actor nod for Richard Gere!). But the fact is, the members of the academy did a pretty good job this year.
My taste is only personal, but it's all I have. Looking at the nine films nominated for best picture, I find only one that I flatly don't believe was a good film, the near-unbearable "Les Misérables." Victor Hugo's superbly entertaining novel has been transformed into a lumbering musical of dirges that rise and fall, with the occasional relief of a little rinky-dink tune. Not only do you fail to come out humming the songs, you almost don't realize they are songs. Hugo's set piece about the escape through the sewers of Paris is one of the great passages in fiction, and although the film indeed shows it, it doesn't bring it to life.
That elephantine film aside, however, this year's list is a good one.
A side note: I met young Quvenzhané Wallis and heard her explain how at her audition she released her famous scream without even being asked. It is now in the film, a cry for her absent mother.
"They didn't even know about it; they were kinda surprised," she said.
"What did they say?"
"They said, 'WOW, YOU ARE VERY LOUD!' And I was just like, 'I know, that's why I didn't do it.' And when they came to the scene where I had to burp, I had to secretly act like I drank some water and I burped, and then they asked me, 'How did you burp?' And I said, ''cause I know how to do it on command,' and they said, 'do it,' so you know? I burped and they was like, 'WOW, you should have told us before.' So it was really funny to see them react to what I did and they didn't even know about it."
"They learned more about you every day," I told her.
"Thank you. Anybody calls for Quvenzhané, I know they're calling me, cause that's one of a kind."
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wickensboy Posts: 4Warning!!!!Do not buy the 2011 Suzuki Kizashi unless you want to pay for a new paint job after a couple years. I bought one this Aug. and within 50 km I had paint chips on both front doors and the hood. Suzuki will not admit the problem even though the paint chip issue is well documented by others on auto forums. Check out the posts on Kizashi Club forum and Suzuki form for details. Buyer beware!!! Shame on you Suzuki.
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rmarchiano Posts: 1I bought the car new, I've made 4 payments on it and there is a rattle in the backend which a mechanic said he did not here. Well everyone that has ridden in my car hears it every day. It's very annoying. for that expensive a car. I also have an air leak on the drivers side window of which I was told it was coming from over the outside mirror. Not. I had a used Honda Civic before and it was a tight car. I'm going to bring it over to the Honda Dealers as I bought it from a Honds Salesman.
chohan182001 Posts: 2Well you are right about the noise. Are you in Canada? As you said you paid 4 payments and I paid 6 payments. And now its more than 50 days my car is in Suzuki Dealer as they have refused to fix it.
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AQ/East Africa is forever on Israel's radar because of the 2002 Mombasa
bombings on an Israel airliner and an Israeli hotel.
On 12/9/11 3:50 AM, Benjamin Preisler wrote:
A visit to South Sudan has also been discussed, but largely dismissed
because of security concerns in that country, which only declared
independence in July.
Ah, wasn't he just there yesterday? [chris]
Israeli PM set to visit Africa in 2012
Excerpt from report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The
Jerusalem Post website on 8 December
[Report by Herb Keinon: "PM considering historic trip to Kenya, Uganda
and Ethiopia"]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plans a trip to sub-Saharan Africa in
January that would signal Israel's seriousness in developing new
strategic alliances at a time of regional tumult.
Among the countries likely to be included on the trip - the first to
sub-Saharan Africa since Levi Eshkol visited six African countries in
1966 - are Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, government sources said.
A trip to Uganda would have symbolic significance for Netanyahu, since
his brother, Yoni, was killed there in the 1976 Entebbe rescue raid.
A visit to South Sudan has also been discussed, but largely dismissed
because of security concerns in that country, which only declared
independence in July. [Passage omitted]
In a related development, government sources said that Netanyahu is
expected to travel to the US in March to participate in the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference. These trips
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were foiled following the tension between Netanyahu and Obama in May
generated by Obama's proposal for negotiations with the Palestinians to
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One American Jewish leader close to the administration said at the time
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Source: The Jerusalem Post website, Jerusalem, in English 8 Dec 11
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"The Cleveland team for Make-A-Wish was established 17 years ago and continues to have great success," according to John Underwood, a longtime Whirlpool employee who has worked with the fundraiser every year since its inception.
He added, "The Whirlpool Corporation has been instrumental in the success of this program by donating appliance products over the years and allowing associates to participate on the Cleveland planning team."
The annual fundraiser actually began as an initiative of the old Maytag Corporation which, like Whirlpool, fully supported the local operations — the plant, engineering and call center — in partnering with Make-A-Wish of East Tennessee.
A handful of Whirlpool employees, like Underwood, have participated with the annual fundraiser since day one. Many have come and gone, and others continue to sign on as Make-A-Wish volunteers.
In its 17 years, the Maytag and Whirlpool community campaign has netted more than $400,000 on behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of East Tennessee.
"Plans are already underway for the 2014 program," Underwood said. "On behalf of the planning team, and on behalf of the Whirlpool Corporation and our Cleveland operations, we want to offer a special thank you to all area merchants for helping to make this year's event such a success."
Underwood said Cleveland and Bradley County residents, merchants and golfing activists for years have partnered with Maytag and Whirlpool to help make a wish come true for critically ill area children through the East Division chapter of Make-A-Wish.
"It's always a thrill to have the opportunity to work on this project and to bring a little hope into the life of a local child," he said. "Every child has a wish. When we can help make it come true, it's all the more special — to the family, to the child, to the Make-A-Wish and to us."
A few of the key Whirlpool workers who made this year's fundraiser a reality included Gary Nowlin, Shelia Nicholson, James Brown, Dale Hall, Brandon Seger, John Underwood, Colleen Trew, Anna Rants, Suzanne Volk, Cheryl Smith, Steve Leach, Josh Harden, Chris Walden, Cathy Vaughn, Heath Culpepper, Dutch Van Zandt, Jessica Norris and Dwayne Parrot.
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Officers served a search warrant at 420 E. Alder St. at 7:30 a.m. March 26 after Officer Guydan received information that the home was known to have an indoor marijuana grow operation.
"There was no permit to do it at all," said Fort Bragg Police Chief Scott Mayberry.
He said the primary renter, Fernando Macias, had no medical recommendation and was using an entire bedroom of the two-bedroom home to set up a grow site. The seized plants measured four to six inches in height, according to Mayberry.
Macias was arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana and booked at the Mendocino County Jail.
Fort Bragg city code allows residents to grow up to 50 square feet of medical marijuana, Mayberry said, as long as the plants are in an enclosure if grown outdoors, or not in a living area if grown indoors. If the garden exceeds 50 square feet, the grower must get a permit from the city to show that the electricity used in the operation is up to code, among other things. No fee is charged for the permit, he said.
The FBPD reminds the community to report illegal marijuana growing operations to the department, or to leave an anonymous message on the crime tip hotline at 961-3049.
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Officer McLaughlin was summoned at 5:40 p.m. March 25 to the intersection of Maple and Corry streets, where he found the young boy lying on the side of the road with a possibly fractured lower leg, according to the FBPD.
Further investigation revealed the boy was riding his bike north on Corry Street and failed to stop at the stop sign at Maple Street, according to the FBPD. The boy hit the front part of a vehicle driving west on Maple Street.
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So sorry you're going through this, but I hope there's a medical explanation.
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I would freak out too, but at the end of the day, does it really matter to you? He's still your child.
DO you love your son? I bet you do? What would you do if the DNA test shows he isn't yours? Will you stop loving him and return him?
I am betting no. So, why do it? He's your son, your his Mother.
I suppose for legal and moral reasons you might need to know.
However, those results shouldn't matter.
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I don't know...are you SURE you and dh are both O+?
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Have you reported this info to your RE? I would do so immediately and ask what other possible explanations there might be for this issue!!!
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Pratie, it might be okay! I just found this link:
If I'm understanding them correctly, one of you must have an A allele that was dominated by the O and the recessive allele came out in your son.
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