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Goodbye Suffolk, goodbye Fenton Computer Lab, goodbye Evan, John, Chris, and Julia. See ya later library. Goodbye bike racks, stay in touch Campus Sustainability. Ciao for now Campus Cruiser.
The four founding members of Suffolk University are enjoying their last day of classes today and although when I look over to Graham right now in the library it looks like his life depends on this paper he's writing, I know the big release is right around the corner.
I'm happy- not that I ended up at Suffolk, not for my degree, and definitely not for next week's finals.. but that at several different points during my time here I was encouraged to ride a bike and to ride it safely. I am eternally grateful to anyone who ever came to a group meeting, group ride, or even those who just gave a regular nod from under their helmet.
Lastly, for those that encouraged us and enabled us to hold these meetings, convene these rides, and share those moments out on the road- your work in guiding the enthusiasm of a few 20 year old undergrads is what made Sufffolk Bikes and for this we Thank You.
Ride safe and love it!
Accidents Happen
As you may or may nor know there have been two pretty tragic bicycle accidents in the last 24 hours. Eric Hunt was struck and killed by an MBTA bus last night on Mission Hill, and details are slowly coming out about an accident on Beacon Hill earlier today where a cyclist was in a potentially fatal crash at the intersection of Charles and Beacon.
There is no question as to how shaken up an army of avid commuters and riders are feeling right now. I am off a bike due to a broken collarbone- and I even felt the sinking feeling of unease as I passed cyclists on the bus today. I was almost relieved to see that Graham felt the same way- and that at least someone knew how terrifying these events were to any fellow cyclist.
All I want to say is please be careful. Information on both accidents can be found on www.bostonbiker.org. If you are feeling uncomfortable about riding.. nervous, anxious, depressed, or something you just can't handle on your own please feel free to contact us and we will do whatever we can to help. firstname.lastname@example.com (603) 339-2340.
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of every injured cyclist ever at a time like this. Please ride safe today, tomorrow, and for the rest of your lives.
End of the Year Meeting
As the end of the year approaches we have one last event on the horizon. On April 20th we will have our final group meeting of SP/10 from 1-3 in a DIFF room it'll be found in Archer 462A. Gonna go full boat in this one with food and a mini workshop and some friends from around time- also keep your eyes out for a Facebook event. See you there!
Work for Campus Sustainability
Suffolk Bikes was in a big way born from Campus Sustainability and the hard work of Erica Mattison and the Sustainability Committee.
Contact Campus Sustainability if you are interested and we'd be happy to talk to you about what it's like working with the school on a green objective.
So True; Funny How it Seems..
Exciting Stuff! I'm really sorry about the early and poorly announced cancellation of our group mtg. today but I promise it was for a good cause!
Graham and I (with the help of Open Bicycle lugged our Park Tools TS-2 truing stand from Union Square to Beacon Hill today and finally we as a group have a truing stand at our infinite and limitless disposal.
Tim Wholey you complete me! I felt just like BU Bikes lugging crap around campus like this.. it was a great way to get in 10 miles of heavy towing in before class.
At the group meeting in April we'll learn how to use it! Keep in touch here and on facebook for Group Rides during Suffolk Bikes Cancun Beach Blast Spring Break Extravaganza 2010!
BARCC Ride 2.0
Campus Sustainability and the SUPD have a ton of phones for us to bring over to the BARCC again! We'll be planning this out at the Group Meeting but get in touch (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you're interested!
Group Meeting: March 9th 2010
Hi gang!
We've got a group meeting on March 9th from 1-2 in the Sawyer Conference Room.
We just got a big e-mail about planning out the budget and elections for 2011 so expect some updates on that after this weekend. I'm headed to RVA for the North American Handmade Show. See you in March
February Group Mtg. (Short for MEETING!)
February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. -wikipedia (duh)
January Jones is almost over so I guess that means it must be time for a February Group Meeting. You may ask- where was the January Group Meeting? Well I don't believe in January, I think it's just the back of December.
Sawyer Conference Room Tuesday February 9th from 1-2PM Food Bikes etc. etc.
Gearing Up! (Pun!)
New Semester- and for the E-Board of Suffolk Bikes it is our last! We are really excited to start this week- the beginning of a semester is always fun, new classes, new rooms, classes with old friends and soon to be buds. Life is really a lot of fun until midterms come out of nowhere like a ninja crossed with a stealth bomber.
It's also a cool time to change, open up a new chapter, maybe if you're really cool you can try to mix things up- you could shave your beard. John.
I'm definitely excited. Four years at Suffolk and I feel wiser- I believe that enough to at least publish it on the internet (also strongly influenced by my desire to use Yoda pizza pic.)
But I really do feel optimistic and confident about this Semester of Suffolk Bikes. The Winter will be slow and not many are riding but for those who are we will definitely be rocking snow rides and more. We will be building up enthusiasm and our marketing/outreach campaigns. We've got some cool new supplies and we will just be riding (HA!) through the rest of the Winter onto Spring, graduation, and as much bike fun as possible. Check back for events and if you haven't already- familiarize yourself with MySuffolk and SUconnect so you don't fall behind. As always keep up with facebook for group rides and other bike friendly fun around town. See you in the streets:)
You Need a Bike Job!
This just came in the (facebook) Post from our buddy Galen of BU Bikes fame. Internships are great opportunities to get your foot in the door and who knows you might be helping out with tours by the end of the Summer!
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Georgetown City Council is debating the 2012-13 budget. The following are some highlights from the meeting:
City Administrator Chris Eldridge says the city has been going back and forth with the Department of Revenue because A-taxes collected at three hotels in the city have been sent to Georgetown County.
The money is supposed to stay in the city.
Its been going on for six months. Thats how bad the Department of Revenue is, Eldridge said.
Councilman Paige Sawyer said he would like to see money spent improving the Bobby Alford Center at East Bay Park. He also said more public restrooms are needed for the park.
Sawyer said he routinely hears rumors that townhouses will be built at East Bay Park.
The deed has restrictions on it stipulating it must remain a recreation park. Houses cannot be built on the property.
Council says they do want to spend some money with the Georgetown Business Association for promoting the city.
But, they will not allocate the $200,000 the GBA is requesting.
Councilman Brendon Barber said most businesses see no benefit from the recent TV advertising promotions.
I have heartburn with $200,000, Barber said.
Sawyer said he thinks the TV ads have generated a good response.
Councilman Rudolph Bradley said any promotion that is done needs to promote the whole city, not just the Historic District.
The amount the city will allocate has not been decided.
Councilwoman Peggy Wayne noted there is no money in the proposed budget for any improvements in Maryville.
She repeated a request she first made last month that the ditches in Maryville be piped and covered.
She said the work is needed to improve the looks of the area and for the safety of residence.
There is $200,000 budgeted for ditch covering.
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Winter Reading Program for Grade 5 and Up!
You are invited to Check In @ Your Library and participate in our first winter reading program for students in grade 5 and up. Read or listen and log in 300 minutes between January 7 and March 9. When you have completed 300 minutes, return your reading log to the Youth Services Desk for your chance to win one of three iTunes gift cards! Winners will be randomly selected from all the submitted logs. The winners will be contacted during Teen Tech Week (March 10-16).
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Mediation urged as trial moves forward in 2008 massive coal ash spill
TVA prefers to go ahead with litigation
Plaintiffs suing TVA over the Kingston coal ash spill are asking a judge to order both parties to enter mediation before proceeding with the damages phase of a federal trial.
The utility giant, however, wants U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan to go ahead with a trial for an initial round of plaintiffs but stay trial proceedings for other cases in the event that Varlan's rulings end up before the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
Prompted by the December 2008 spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, 872 plaintiffs have joined litigation filed in three rounds against TVA.
Lawyers for TVA and for plaintiffs filed proposals Sept. 13 for how they thought the damages phase of the trial should proceed.
In August, Varlan found TVA liable in the spill, which released 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash slurry in the Emory River and surrounding countryside in Roane County.
His ruling ended the first phase of the trial, and Varlan directed that in the ensuing second phase each plaintiff prove that they suffered damages because of TVA. He ordered each side to file briefs proposing how the second phase should be conducted.
Varlan now has those in hand.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs want the judge to order both sides into mediation first and schedule trials only if that fails. During Phase I of trial proceedings, plaintiffs' attorney Gary Davis suggested mediation but TVA lawyers were cool to the idea.
The plaintiffs' proposal to Varlan claims that the court has authority to order mediation even if the parties do not consent.
If mediation is unsuccessful, plaintiffs' lawyers ask that they be able to pick nine plaintiffs from the initial lawsuit filings and proceed with a trial.
"These plaintiffs would be selected from each of the geographical locations impacted by the coal ash spill, and bring claims that will be instructive to the Court and the parties on both individual property claims and business damage claims," the brief reads.
About 214 other plaintiffs' cases are ready for trial. Plaintiffs' attorneys propose that the court try 20 of them at a time in seven or eight one-week trials, adopting any proof and witness testimony applicable from the first trial.
TVA's proposal does not mention mediation.
The federal corporation proposes the court try only the initial case filed against TVA, which is referred to as Chesney et al., and stay proceedings in the dozens of other cases until and in case the appellate court has to get involved in any appeal or cross appeal of Varlan's rulings.
According to the TVA filing, the issues in Chesney, which involves only nine plaintiffs, are the main ones in the rest of the cases.
"Most obviously, scheduling cases to follow upon the issuance of a Sixth Circuit opinion in Chesney will avoid a worst-case scenario in which 872 individual claims either would have been tried unnecessarily should TVA prevail upon an appeal of the liability decision in Phase I or would need to be retried because of some issue associated with Phase II trials," TVA said in its brief.
While the Sixth Circuit Court is dealing with the appeals, other cases could be going through the discovery phase, TVA lawyers said.
No hearings in the lawsuit have been set.
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Teaching Assistantships
Teaching assistantships are competitively awarded. These awards require you to do work for the department in exchange for a full tuition waiver (fall and spring semesters) and a monthly stipend. TAships require approximately 20 hours of work per week.
TAships are yearly assignments; students must apply for renewal of these awards every year. Renewal depends on successful progress in the degree program and successful work performance, whether in the office, the classroom, the Writing Center, or as a Research Assistant to a faculty member. Masters students can apply for a maximum of two years of funding, PhD students for three years. We offer an occasional fourth-year of support to literature students who are working to complete their dissertations; fourth-year support is highly competitive. Please note that the number of TAships granted to the department is designated by the Office of Graduate Studies and varies from year to year.
The work students do for the department is important. We need and we expect excellent, responsible teachers and tutors, office workers and RAs. It matters to us that students do their jobs well and take them seriously. This work is also a crucial part of professional development and will serve students as they develop their C.V.s, their teaching portfolios, and their academic credentials more generally. We expect and we will enforce the highest level of professionalism from our students.
Teaching assistants who will be teaching at Southern Miss for the first time (regardless of previous experience elsewhere) will be required to take a teaching practicum, ENG 690. The practicum focuses on ENG 101 the first semester, and ENG 102 the second, and provides TAs with syllabi, readings and assignments for their classes. It is a 6-credit course, but the credits do not count towards degree requirements.
Enrollment Requirements for TAs
Students on assistantship or work study MUST be registered for 12 hours in the fall and spring semesters and at least 1 hour in the summer. Failure to enroll in enough hours will mean that your tuition waiver will not take effect and you will be billed for your tuition. Since most students do not take more than 3 classes (9 hours) each semester, students may sign up for their additional hours under English 791 ("Research in English"). English 791 requires no work and will not count toward the degree. It is a placeholder class that ensures that students can maintain full-time status.
Please note: Because of the way the computer system works, you will be billed if your enrollment drops below the required number of hours for even a minute. This means that if you drop a class, even if you sign up for 791 hours immediately thereafter, you will still have triggered the billing process. To avoid this, please do all adding and dropping of classes through the Graduate School rather than through the Registrar's Office.
TAs are paid $10,000 over nine months (September-May) at the end of each month.
The following paperwork must be completed and returned to the Student Employment Office, located at 125 McLemore Hall, before you can receive your first paycheck:
- Federal Form W-4
- Mississippi Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate
- I-9 Employee Eligibility Verification
- State Directory of New Hires
- Direct Deposit Form
- Election to Discontinue Printing Direct Deposit Advice
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LIVE OAK, Texas - Live Oak resident Patrick Felux, 27, reportedly has denied knowing for certain how child pornography made its way onto his home computer.
Felux was arrested Monday morning on a charge of possession of child pornography.
Sgt. Anita Seamans, with the Live Oak Police Department, said the arrest stems from an investigation that began last fall.
She said a former roommate came forward Nov. 16 stating that he had found images on Felux's home computer of children engaging in sexual activity.
"He said he was using the computer to complete a homework assignment," Seamans said. "There were still pictures and video."
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, those images depicted both boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 16 engaging in sex acts.
The affidavit stated there also was video of a girl as young as 9 years old viewing a pornographic magazine and engaging in sex acts with a grown man.
Seamans said Felux told detectives he had, in fact, downloaded pornography, but he said the images were related to an adult fetish.
The illegal pictures of children were found in one of those downloaded files, Seamans said.
The affidavit states that Felux also said that several people who lived with him in the past had access to the computer, too.
"We believe that he did, indeed, know the images were there," Seamans said.
The seemingly lengthy investigation in this case was due to legal and technological issues, Seamans said.
She said Felux's computer had to be put through a thorough forensic examination before an arrest could be made.
"A search warrant is asked for and received," Seamans said. "Then that computer takes its place in line with, literally, hundreds of (seized) computers and waits to be examined by a qualified expert."
According to the affidavit, Live Oak police received the results of that examination on May 7, then obtained a warrant for Felux's arrest two days later.
Records show Felux was taken into custody Monday morning, and released from jail after posted a $15,000 bond Monday night.
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Due to the unusually high number of graduands (and guests) who would like to attend this year's Science and Technology postgraduate graduation reception after the ceremony on 12th December, we have now split the reception over two venues. Please note the venues below and attend the appropriate reception for your department - we do hope for a good academic presence this year.
LEC Atrium and Courtyard (as before)
4pm start
Barker House Farm, Cartmel College (Alexandra Park, South Campus)
4.15pm (starting a little later to account for travel time from the Great Hall)
These new arrangements will allow our graduands to bring all of the guests that they originally asked for.
The Catchment Change Network (CCN), led by LEC, has worked in partnership with Cumbrian farmers and the Eden Rivers Trust to disseminate top tips about how to reduce water pollution from agriculture through a 2013 calendar. The calendar was compiled by LEC's Phil Haygarth, Marion Walker, Eleanor Mackay, Will Cleasby and former LEC intern, Anna Sellars, who commented:
"It was a pleasure to work on the calendar and it has helped me develop my ability to think creatively in writing and design, and know how to apply these to different types of work."
Will Cleasby, Eden Rivers Trust concluded:
"It was a pleasure to work with Lancaster Environment Centre on this calendar. We hope it will help to show farmers that reducing water pollution is good for business as well as helping to look after our rivers and streams."
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Dr Mark Rouncefield from the School of Computing and Communications and Professor Trevor McMillan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research and Chair of the N8 Executive Management Group, joined 100 senior figures from industry, charities, the NHS and the N8 group of universities (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York) in Liverpool on 21 November for the N8 Health and Active Aging Innovation Forum. The aim of the forum was to create new ideas and concepts to encourage healthy and active ageing - one of the biggest issues and opportunities facing society today. Companies that took part included Boots, Phillips and AstraZeneca as well as the charities Age UK, Carers UK and Help the Hospices.
The film explains what the N8 is and includes interviews with, representatives from the Technology Strategy Board and companies including Bosch and Smartlife Technologies.
"I found today's event very illuminating, it's the first time I'd been to an N8 event. We've become very involved, it's very interactive and we met some really good people,"
Mark Pedley, Smartlife Technologies.
In 2012 over 20 students from the School of Computing and Communications were placed in industrial placements for 8 weeks paid employment during the summer as part of as new pilot summer placement scheme. MSci Computer Science student, Ross Wilson and Lancashire based Digital Marketing Agency, Xyone report back on their experience of the new scheme in a new case study.
Andrew Lancaster, Director at Xyone Limited commented:
"Ross brought a wealth of experience and was an asset to the team. He integrated well in social activities and was very capable in his day-to-day work. The major benefits from Ross' placement were that the extra resource meant that projects made completion before deadlines, which is a huge plus point for any business."
Ross added
"my placement with Xyone was highly rewarding and fulfilling. When I left I was offered a job to continue working with XYONE as a consultant."
The School are now recruiting for next year's placements.
A new study from Lancaster University has found that sleeping on a problem really can help people to find a solution, but only if it is a difficult problem.
Recent stories from Science and Technology:
Traditional haymeadows are much better at supporting biodiversity and preventing water pollution than intensively farmed fields according to research from Lancaster Environment Centre.
Lancaster University is one of the partners on a Ł9.1m project investigating new technologies to replace humans in mundane, dangerous, dirty, or detailed and precise tasks.
The Psychology Department is excited to announce that Lancaster University are hosting the 28th Annual PsyPAG Postgraduate Student Conference, 17-19 July 2013.
Dr Matthew Rowe, a Lecturer in Social Computing at the School of Computing and Communications has co-authored a paper that won the best paper prize at the ASE Conference on Social Computing in September.
Dr Plamen Angelov from the School of Computing and Communications and member of Security Lancaster has been invited to showcase the results of his security work to major defence and security suppliers at an event organised by the MoD's Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) on Monday 3 December 2012.
A new study shows that biologically productive lakes have higher than average concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and consequently higher losses of CO2 to the atmosphere. The analysis, which examined data from 20 Cumbrian lakes collected over 26 years, was published in the journal Nature Climate Change this week and led by Prof Stephen Maberly at the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) working with colleagues from CEH and Lancaster University.
Faculty staff band "The Usuals", made up of members of the School of Computing and Communications and the Faculty of Science and Technology's Business Partnerships and Enterprise team, will be performing a fusion of rock, pop and blues classics at their last gig of the year next Friday 14th December, Graduate bar, 8.30pm. Admission free, all welcome to come along and celebrate the end of term.
The Usuals are Professor Geoff Coulson (Lead guitar and Vocals), Professor Nigel Davies (Guitar), Dr Chris Edwards (Keyboard), Dr Joe Finney (Bass), Dr Bran Knowles (Drums) and Amanda Ross (Vocals).
The Christmas Conference is just over a week away. Full details of speakers and sessions are on the Science and Technology website.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Today's Bargains
I spent the day running errands with my mom today and we got some bargain hunting done too. It seems like I haven't been able to find much at the thrift store lately, but today I found two tops (and one is a brand new with tags April Cornell!), and The Complete Tightwad Gazette. I bought the first book in the Tightwad Gazette series back in the '90s, but I never had the other two. I paid $7 for all of it. I'm thrilled!
The second picture shows my Walgreen's deal. The above items are all rebate items from the April Super Saver catalog, which happened to overlap with coupons from the May catalog (plus coupons I already had). I used my gift card from last months rebates, so it didn't cost me a cent out of pocket and I'll get $13.49 in rebates, plus the extra 10% for getting it on a gift card.
And to make the day complete. Mom took me to lunch at Pei Wei, which was yummy! We had the lettuce wraps. I think I'm going to see if I can find a similar recipe to make at home. The kids would love them.
7 comments:
- Caroline said...
I love the Tightwad Gazette- lots of good information. Looks like you came out with some good deals today.
- April 29, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- Melissa said...
Holy moly! Great job!
Many Blessings,
- April 29, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Amanda said...
Those tops are too cute! What great finds - good for you! :)
Mmm...Pei Wei! YUM!
- April 29, 2008 at 10:38 PM
- All things bright & beautiful... said...
I can not get over the good deals you get using coupons - if you use coupons here it's for say 5p or
10p off the purchase price and you can't combine offers.
Well done you.
Maybe I need to emigrate - lol!
- April 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM
- Terri & Crew said...
The tops are really cute. I have The Complete Tightwad Gazette and love it! Great job :-).
- April 30, 2008 at 5:36 AM
- Tina said...
LOVE the tops!! Wow, you got great bargains! Like Lynn said, we don't get deals like that over here!
Love, Tina :)
- April 30, 2008 at 6:41 AM
- 50shousewife said...
Caroline, yes I did! It's so fun to find a good deal! :)
Melissa, thank you! :)
Amanda, Pei Wei is one of my favorite places to eat. So far I have loved everything I've tried there. The mandarin orange tea was excellent.
Lynn, come on over. We've got plenty of room! :)
Terri, I have had so much fun reading my Tighwad Gazette! It's so inspiring and makes me really want to get better at "tighwadding".
Thank you Tina! I wish you could get the good deals like we do here. It helps SO much with making the dollar stretch.
- April 30, 2008 at 1:56 PM


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Dr. Facey is Assistant Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College in Michigan.
All men on earth are ceaselessly striving to substitute more suitable conditions, as they view them, for the ones currently confronting them. They trade means for ends because they value the ends more than they do the means.
A land developer expends means, hundreds of thousands of dollars, acquires a portion of land and constructs a department store or an apartment block. He has decided to do this because he anticipates that the proceeds from the store or apartments will be greater than the sums he expends so as to make the chosen venture worth his while. In the process the real estate developer must bring forward apartments or store products that his fellow men will appreciate and pay money for; otherwise, "all is lost." And all across society other persons are, in turn, determining what is the best use (end) now for their properties (which are their means to happiness) so that the difference between the value of the ends they seek and the means they employ will be the greatest and will advance them the farthest on the road to happiness.
Enterprisers—and we are all enterprisers in determining where to place our labor and land—are careful to avoid loss. An enterpriser using his land for a bookstore, when a grocery store might have done better, may suffer the loss of his property by bankruptcy. However, when he anticipates consumer preference well and consumers eagerly respond to his offerings, he begins to expand his business. He may have orders for his products from far and near. He bids for laborers to work for him. He buys equipment. Other enterprisers, noting his outstanding financial success, are enticed to buy lands to set up enterprises similar to his. Still more products of this nature are brought to the public and the price of the product is reduced. Soon there may no longer be enough return to warrant still further expansion or the rearing of new business structures for this business; capital, land and labor will no longer be withdrawn from other possible uses.
In the market the land and property owner in business to serve must "love his neighbor as himself." If he does not serve his neighbor he, himself, cannot succeed.
In a free market society the land will be assigned to those ends highest in the esteem of the owners in relation to their costs. If a land is in residential use then an owner might value that use more than the $40,000 he expends to get possession of the property. If another person should offer him $50,000 for the property, planning to make another use, then the owner might decide to take the $50,000 and move somewhere else, his place being taken by someone who values the property more than $50,000. All involved prosper.
A Vital City
A city can be seen to expand in this manner. A former home may be converted into a tenement building or a storehouse. Jane Jacobs in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities acknowledges the wondrous diversity in the variation of uses in a vital city. She notes buildings in various states of age with old buildings being acquired for businesses just starting out or for businesses with low clienteles, such as bookstores, bars, foreign restaurants. On the other hand, she sees other more successful businesses able to expand into newer structures (chain stores, chain restaurants) and able to afford the higher rents that go with these new buildings. In this way the customers of the city street get a variety of goods to choose from at stores serving many different tastes and preferences.
To plan the enterprise of a community is beyond the knowledge of any one person. How each part fits in with the other parts takes wisdom and planning, feasibility studies and surveys, and, perhaps, a call for Divine guidance as each individual enterpriser sets down his structure on a portion of one side of a street. The business may succeed and it may not. If it does, the profit seeker will cultivate it with care and it will become an established and valuable addition to the community. If it does not, then the property may have to be redirected by someone to a more satisfactory use.
Diversity of Use
In the market there will be separation as well as diversity of use. Gasoline stations will not locate in the interior of a residential section because there is little business for them there. They will be found, instead, at strategic locations confronting major thoroughfares. Heavy industries that emit sounds or odors will not seek sites near residences. Junk yards will be found in remote or low valued sites; they cannot compete in successful city districts, notes Jane Jacobs:
Deadening and space taking low economic uses like junk yards and used-car lots grow like pigweed in spots which are already uncultivated and unsuccessful. They sprout in places that have low concentrations of foot traffic, too little surrounding magnetism and no high- value competition for space.[1]
These are some of the evolutions which may be seen in a free society where persons' rights are respected and where the persons are free ever to strive for more well-being and an improved state in life. Now, let us see what happens when the politicians intervene.
Eminent Domain and Zoning
When I talk of the politicians I refer to people who use the political means of acquiring wealth. The political means, according to the sociologist Franz Oppenheimer in his book The State would be the acquiring of another man's property by expropriation. The most easily noted instance of this is taxation. Another instance of it is eminent domain.
Objectors might say that, while with eminent domain the person's property is taken for public use, he is provided with just compensation. I would quarrel with that in that first, the government, not the original owner, decides the compensation and second, the government commits a new aggression when it confiscates the funds to make "retribution" for the previous invasion. And, thus, another compensation should be made to requite the second fellow's loss . . . and, thus, a third would be confiscated and so on ad infinitum.
Still, eminent domain is a rather costly business. Taxation is not destined to bring hosannahs. Political planners using urban renewal with its condemnations and resales have found this very expensive. The beauty of zoning, from the political planners' point of view, is to move to their ends without the cost of eminent domain and its "just" compensation. Without zoning the political planners are severely handicapped. This is glimpsed by Linowes and Allensworth in The Politics of Land Use. They write:
. . . zoning is planning—that is, it represents the reality of planning. Communities do not really plan at all; they just zone . . . The plan . . . is the outercover; zoning represents the reality of the situation . . .
Zoning determines the basic pattern of development in the community, and subdivision controls must work within the general frame established by zoning . . . Once the zoning ordinance is adopted and applied, the character of community development is set and cannot be changed without a change of zoning . . .
Zoning will have to be tapped by anyone interested in molding land-use patterns, no matter what his objectives might be.[2]
For those persons who think that men still have their property rights under zoning, let me cite an opinion by Justice Stephen J. Field in the Munn v. Illinois case:
The same liberal construction which is required for the protection of life and liberty in all particulars in which life and liberty are of any value, should be applied to the protection of private property. If the legislature of a State, under pretense of providing for the public good, or for any reason, can determine, against the consent of the owner, the uses to which private property shall be devoted, or the prices which the owner shall receive for its uses, it can deprive him of the property as completely as by a special act for its confiscation or destruction. If, for instance, the owner is prohibited from using his building for the purposes for which it was designed (and, one might add, for which the owner would like it designed) it is of little consequence that he is permitted to retain the title and possession . . .[3]
Social Effects of Zoning
The results of zoning in practice for the American market have been striking. The zoners, for example, with their love for single family dwellings and homogeneous use districts have spread the population out into the countryside. This has led to more road travel for the working man and his wife just to get through the day. The government has aided this with tax-supported highways (which has added unnecessarily to the pollutant emissions coming from automobiles). Two cases are cited by John C. Sparks in his article "Zoned or Owned?":
. . . zoning ordinances which prohibited buildings of more than thirteen stories in . . . Los Angeles . . . (and) Washington . . . (Robert A.) Futterman contends that as a result of such restriction it is impossible to develop sufficient downtown work population density to support a rapid transit system. Hence, the automobile overtaxes the highway and street facilities.[4]
Without the markets many businesses would not move into the thinly settled districts even if they were allowed. These districts do not have density of use, they do not have shoppers, sight- seers, browsers, people walking to and from work, people coming cross district to specialty shops. And so, instead, mothers get into their cars and drive long distances to shopping centers. Teenagers get into their cars to go where there is excitement. Fathers get into their cars to go to work. All find it necessary to leave their home territories and enter "foreign" lands.
In our history, according to Raymond Buker, "the cities, towns and rural hamlets of our nation have developed as integrated neighborhoods, where people lived close to the stores or factories where they worked. These have been the thriving, happy communities where people visited at the corner groceries and the village stores. They gathered with their neighbors to enjoy good times together and to help each other out in time of trouble. Also these people did a good job of policing themselves because it wasn't necessary for them and their young people to travel far outside their own neighborhood."[5]
The zoners have induced many areas to become monotonous with their single use requirement, and with their same lot size, same setbacks, same side, front and back yard requirements. Linowes and Allensworth write:
Zoning seems to be especially well designed to assure the misuse of land; it promotes sameness and a routine monotony unequalled in the history of man . . . the endless rows of look-alike houses dotting the outlying metropolitan landscape . . . the absence of variety does not permit a proper blending of development styles into the environment.
One might argue that this pattern is dictated by builders who by constructing the same house time and again or by using a few standard models can build at economies of scale . . . So long as zoning requires one house per lot and permits nothing else the building industry will work for the greatest uniformity possible, saving on construction costs so as to be able to charge lower prices and thereby attract the broadest possible segment of the home-buying market. Thus builders and developers cannot be held entirely responsible for the condition of our suburban areas. Their actions are strictly regulated and constrained by local government, especially by zoning.[6]
Political Corruption?
When the political planners come to influence where commercial sites and housing projects are to be allowed they become subject to pressures for placing them here instead of there. With the changing forces of the market what was useful for residential in one time period becomes more useful as commercial in the next. Landowners ply the zoning commission with arguments hoping that the members of the commission will allow them to move from a less valuable use to a more valuable one. Will they be allowed? They may or they may not. Some will be glad and some will be sad.
The establishment of more governmental bureaus, more regulatory bodies at a time when the newspapers tell us time after time of the opportunity for and the use of the political positions as means to political privilege and favor is most discouraging. "Reports persist," says the National Taxpayer Union's Dollars & Sense (September, 1972) of campaign contributions being "sug gested" to businessmen otherwise they will face enforcement of the environment protection administration's provisions. And what of zoning? Might not a few favors delivered to members of the commission studying a special use permit, or discussing a use variance, be helpful? Evidence shows they have and indicates they will continue to be helpful.
Bernard Siegan was told by an investor in real estate that a more appropriate title for his book Land Use Without Zoning would have been "Goodbye Graft." Siegan cites the often fine distinctions between zoning districts and the possibility of dressing up "most any decision on the basis of some 'pure' planning principles." He says:
It is most distressing to speculate how many major developments have come about only as the result of the payment of graft or fees to certain parties . . . .
Dennis O'Harrow known to many as "Mr. Planner," now deceased and formerly executive director of the American Society of Planning Officials, once said at an annual convention of the society that in too many instances zoning has failed because it has become a "marketable commodity." He quoted a planning official who assured him that "you can buy with money any kind of zoning you want in half the communities of the United States." There is of course, no way of investigating or validating the allegation, but that it was cited by one of the most knowledgeable persons in the country on zoning makes it difficult to dismiss.[7]
Do not mistake me! I am not hereby entering a plea for stricter enforcement of the codes plus a bureau to be set up to supervise and prevent tribute taking by the officials. I agree with Siegan that tougher enforcement would be worse and that at least with the graft it is possible for some enterprises to make their way through the regulations rather than be stopped entirely. The answer to this problem is repeal of the zoning ordinances!
Other Consequences of Zoning: Locking Out the Competition
Siegan refers to other problems with zoning. The planners find it necessary to make suggestions in the private development or their (the planners') size requirement may call for more costs than otherwise would be the case. The zoners' prevention of multifamily units will put pressures on rents and lead to a shortage of housing. This can mean poor quality service on the part of those multifamily unit owners in the permissible districts, who do not have to worry about competition from landlords in nearby districts because the latter have been zoned out.
The same can be said of shopping centers. Their competitors are zoned out so as to make the shopping center feasible. Siegan is aware of this. He cites the anti-monopoly tradition in the United States, then compares it with the practice of zoning which promotes monopoly. A reviewer of Siegan's book has written:
If several real estate developers agreed together to restrict the number of apartment buildings in a community so as to give themselves a monopoly advantage, the public would be scandalized. But if these same developers were to go to the local zoning board and suggest that good urban planning, protection of property values, (whose? theirs?) and preservation of the existing pattern of community life called for such restrictions, then this would be civic responsibility of a high order and applauded by all right-think-ing people. This is because we persist in thinking that monopoly is bad but zoning is good. Tunnel vision like this keeps us from seeing zoning for what it is—an agency of monopoly and government granted private advantage.[8]
Summary and Conclusion
In this time of crisis we need to throw off the costly restraints that government is putting on the productive forces of America. Free men working in the free market can bring the goods forward where they are wanted, when they are wanted and to the extent they are wanted. Poli ticians are not qualified to make decisions on land development because they are subject to forces other than economic. The political planners are buffeted by constituents, by homeowners and land developers, by political persons and other reformers outside the district where the devel oping is to be done. These planners will find it necessary to compromise amidst these pressures and, when they do, they will really satisfy no one.
The most qualified persons to develop the land toward socially desirable uses are the owners. Sure they make mistakes, but, unlike the politician, they have investments at stake so they will be careful to avoid mistakes. And, if they err, they will use the experience to do better next time. With opportunity open to them to fulfill demands wherever such demands may appear, they will provide an ever greater array of goods and services that will give us a land of plenty. And, in the process, we will all be free.
But we need planning, say the zoners. Indeed we do. Dr. Ludwig von Mises put the issue most clearly in these words: "The alternative is not plan or no plan. The question is whose planning? Should each member of society plan for himself, or should a benevolent government alone plan for them all? The issue is . . . autonomous action of each individual versus the exclusive action of the government. It is freedom versus government omnipotence."[9] []
1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (New York: Random House, 1961), pp. 230 231.
2. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973), pp. 66-67.
4. Essays on Liberty (Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1965), XII, p. 114.
5. Cliches of Zoning (Leaf River, Illinois, 1970), p. 2. Emphasis added.
6. The Politics of Land Use, pp. 74, 75.
7. Bernard Siegan, Land Use Without Zoning (Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Co., 1972), p. 196.
8. Law & Liberty (Menlo Park, California: Institute for Humane Studies), vol. I, no. 2, p. 8.
9. Human Action (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949), p. 726.


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Could Shareholders Boot Out Yahoo's Board?
Publication Date:May 09, 2008
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Professor Michael Klausner is quoted in a Marketwatch article about whether the Yahoo board could be ousted after its refusal to accept Microsoft's buy-out offer:
Michael Klausner, a corporate-law expert at Stanford Law School, said that a "vote no" campaign would also have limitations, since the company would retain the power to replace a rejected director-nominee.
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Police uncovered a drug dealing operation when they arrested a driver in connection with an unrelated incident.
Aaren Atkinson told them he had some cannabis at home and when they looked at his mobile they found text messages relating to deals.
Prosecutor Michael Waterfield told Leicester Crown Court: "Police found an amount of cannabis for personal use at his home. But looking at the texts on his phone, the police discovered a number of messages related to the sale of cannabis.
"We estimate the total activity amounted to £2,125."
Atkinson (24) of Aveberry Avenue, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, pleaded guilty to offering to supply cannabis between January and May last year. He also pleaded guilty to possessing 6.7 grams of the drug, worth between £40 and £80.
Mr Waterfield said Atkinson had agreed for his phone to be sold for £300 by the police under the provisions of the proceeds of crime act.
James Varley, mitigating for Atkinson, said: "This was a very small operation among his friends and subsidised his own cannabis use.
"He has now turned his life around and with the help of his partner has stopped using cannabis.
"He is a man of previous good character and he pleaded guilty at the earliest moment. His partner has also written a character reference for him."
Addressing Atkinson Judge Simon Hammond said: "Your previous good character and early guilty plea has saved you from immediate imprisonment. You will go to prison for eight months but that will be suspended for a year."
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- After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?
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A blizzard slammed into Colorado Springs on Thursday with blinding snow and howling wind. The storm forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in Denver and Colorado Springs, prompted businesses and government offices to close early and left streets icy and deserted throughout the Pikes Peak region. Forecasters said higher elevations could see up to 20 inches of snow by Friday.
The overnight low is expected to hit 13 degrees in Colorado Springs, with wind chills around zero, the weather service said.
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7 p.m. National Weather Service says the storm achieved blizzard status in Colorado Springs by 7 p.m. See below for the official explanation of how forecasters decide whether it's a blizzard.
6:35 p.m. From Lance Benzel: Hunkered down in his tent at a homeless camp near South Shooks Run Park, Royal Bennett relied on the secrets that have kept him going through three Colorado winters: closed-cell foam bedding, an Army surplus feather-lined sleeping bag and plenty of bedding.
"Too many people confuse inconvenience with hardship," he said through the tent wall. "This is inconvenient. It's not a hardship."
As winds battered the mostly deserted camp where nine other tents sat empty, the 49-year-old suddenly had a change of heart and asked for a ride to a homeless shelter.
"OK," he said. "This is a little much even for me."
6:34 p.m. Staff at the Red Cross shelter at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 55 N Jefferson St. in Monument, twiddled their thumbs Thursday evening. Volunteer Dale Smith said the shelter had seen four people come in and four people leave throughout the day. They plan to remain open throughout the night unless Red Cross tells them to close, Smith said.
6:30 p.m. It took one driver more than an hour to crawl from the Colorado Springs Airport to his home in Briargate, as he snaked up Academy and Union to avoid the back-up on Powers. Most drivers were taking it slow and steady, some pulling over to clear their windshields as they went.
He saw an accident with damage at Academy and Fountain, a semi stuck on a hill on Academy just north of Pikes Peak, two cars abandoned just north of Maizeland, and another car stuck on Union near the East Library. The most treacherous intersection was Union and Woodmen -- with an accident on the southeast corner, a car abandoned that had jumped the curb on the northwest corner, and a car spinning its wheels unsuccessfully as it slid around the lanes on northbound Union.
6 p.m. Colorado Springs is about two-thirds of the way to an official blizzard, the National Weather Service said. In order to qualify, a storm must create three hours of snow, visibility of less than one-quarter mile, and wind gusts of at least 35 mph. As of 6 p.m., the city had seen about two hours of such conditions.
5:40 p.m. Tom Roeder is still reporting from the cab of Snow Plow 3891 on Monument Hill. He says I-25 is in pretty good shape, but the exits are deceptively icy and treacherous. There have been a number of accidents
5:35 p.m. Few cars traveled Interstate 25 at what would normally be rush hour, with snow blowing sideways in the wind. At the Howard Johnson Inn at Academy Boulevard and I-25, some people had given up driving and booked rooms, said Marisa Swango, a front desk attendant. Others extended their stays rather than attempting to travel. Richard Forbes-Watkins and his wife, Ann, arrived there to check in after 5 p.m. -- nearly 11 hours after leaving Grand Junction to visit their son in Colorado Springs.
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The other day I was meandering through a department store; I don't remember why I was there, but I do remember that I was surprised at what I heard. As I stepped on the elevator I quickly recognized a song by Def Leppard playing in the background. A lot of thoughts rushed through my mind: Why was this once "heavy metal" music of youthful rebellion now playing in the elevator at an upper-class department store? Was I really that old that the music of my youth was now relegated to background music by which to shop for socks and shirts? What had happened to the rebellious anti-establishment persona of these in-your-face rock-n-rollers that they had sold out to the elevator music company? Aside from these varied thoughts there were other theological questions that came to mind.
It seems like there's a tendency in society that yesterday's rebellion is today's elevator music. Yesterday's TV shows and their cutting-edge immorality is today's re-run of ho-hum average life, and today's TV shows are the new cutting-edge of immorality. We're a far cry from Leave It Beaver and the Brady Bunch. Fiftteen years ago homosexuality was still somewhat taboo on sitcoms and today it is one of the chief staples of a number of storylines. It made me think of Paul's warning in Romans 12.1-2 of not being conformed to the patterns of this world but to be renewed by the transformation of our minds.
In other words, for our culture, SIN + TIME = NORMAL. All too often Christians do not think critically about the things they watch on TV, the clothes they wear, and the books they read. Christians use the present societal norms as the rule to measure morality. This can be very dangerous, to say the least. To give a historical example, the Westminster Larger Catechism on the prohibitions on the seventh commandment warns against "lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays" (q. 139). I have no hard proof, but I suspect that one of the things they had in view with this statement were the plays (perhaps not all but likely some) of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Is this another instance of SIN + TIME = NORMAL? Is yesteryear's scandolous play today's high brow literature, read, admired, and loved by Christians?
I'm not saying that everything that Shakespeare wrote is sinful, but I am suggesting that Christians should read, watch, consume, wear, etc., with a critical eye and not assume that all of the things we do in our lives are innocuous or mundane. We might just be uncritically imbibing from the cup of immorality, a cup that has been mixed with the anesthesia of time. We should always live coram Deo, immersed in the Scriptures, and always asking whether we are being conformed to the world or transformed by the Word.


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A House committee discussed the bill today. It is still unclear how much money would be needed to fund it.
According to the Department of Health, the number of suicides has consistently gone up in Minnesota. In 2005, 542 people took their own lives. And by 2010 the number had grown to nearly 600. 2009 was the only year the numbers dipped, but still 581 people died by suicide that year.
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We tried to ignore this one, but the web is still buzzing about the alleged tiff between Rihanna and her mentor, Jay-Z, at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. The whole thing appeared to go down right as the pair was heading on-stage to accept their award for their collaboration on "Umbrella." After hugging it out in front of Beyonce (which fueled up those old fling rumors), Riri tried to drag Jay by the arm on-stage. He pulled away, she busted out some attitude, and they then awkwardly accepted their statue with the Jigga translating Rihanna's speech (see pic above). Check out the video firsthand to see how it all went down. Photos of the two taken later in the night reveal two things – Rihanna was getting frisky with alleged boy toy Chris Brown, and she was lookin' pretty pissed off at Jay.
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Category: Appointed Times
Fire on the Mountain
Tags: fire, matan torah, Pentecost, shavuot, tongues, Torah
D. Thomas Lancaster
Before tongues of fire ever fell upon the believers in Jerusalem, there was fire on Mount Sinai.
The ancient Jewish Sages considered the biblical feast of Shavuot--also known as Pentecost--to be the anniversary of the day God spoke the Law at Mount Sinai.1
"Three times a year you shall celebrate," the Bible says. (Exodus 23:14-17) For as long as the Temple stood in Jerusalem, all the men of Israel were commanded to make pilgrimage there and worship God on the feasts of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Weeks) and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose:2 at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. (Deuteronomy 16:16)
This explains why there were so many Jews from all over the world in Jerusalem as recorded in Acts chapter two. They had come to celebrate the feast of Shavuot.
Shavuot, a harvest festival, was celebrated with the first fruits of the wheat harvest, brought to the Temple in Jerusalem and baked into two loaves of leavened bread. In addition to the wheat, the pilgrims celebrating Shavuot brought the first fruits of all their crops and offered them before the altar.3 They converged on Jerusalem from all nations, carrying baskets of their produce. Those who lived near Jerusalem brought fresh figs and grapes; those from a distance brought dried figs and raisins instead. A sacrificial ox with its horns bedecked with gold and its head crowned with olive leaves led the procession to the Temple. Walking in front of the ox, a flute player played the melodies of the psalms while the pilgrims sang along.4
We can imagine the disciples and followers of Yeshua joining in the midst of this procession as they wound their way through Jerusalem's streets. The Shavuot festival already carried extra significance for these believers, because it was 50 days after Messiah had resurrected. He was the first fruits of the Resurrection,5 and they were the first fruits of His ministry.
Jewish tradition hails the Feast of Weeks as the anniversary of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Surely, the disciples and most of the First Century Jerusalem Jews would have known the traditional Jewish folklore of this mo'ed. They themselves would also have believed it to be the anniversary of God stepping down from the heavens and onto the top of Sinai. (Exodus 19-20) On that day there was wind; there was lighting; there was thunder; there was smoke; and there was fire. The voice of God was audibly heard by the entire nation when He spoke the Ten Commandments. According to the Rabbis, this event took place exactly 50 days after the day of the Exodus from Egypt. Historically, it was the original Shavuot.
Thunder and Lightning
The English translation concludes the Ten Commandments story, "And all the people saw the thunder and lightning." (Exodus 20:18) But the original Hebrew of Exodus 20:18 says something quite different. In the Hebrew, the verse literally reads, "And all the people saw the voices and the torches." Most translations smooth out the Hebrew by translating the word 'voices' as 'thunder,' which agrees with the context of the thunder and lightning at Mount Sinai. But the Hebrew really says, "They saw the voices and the torches." What does it mean, "...the people saw voices"? How does one see a sound? How does one see a voice? What are the torches and from where did they come?
In Deuteronomy, Moses retells the story of hearing God's voice at Sinai. In ten different passages, he reminds Israel that they heard God's voice speak to them "from out of the fire." Repeatedly he says, "You all heard the voice speaking from out of the fire."
One ancient Jewish legend explains that as God's voice spoke, it split into a multitude of sparks going forth.6 His voice came to them as fire. Therefore, the torches of Exodus 20:18 are explained as the fiery words of God that came to each person individually. Consider the following passage about God's fiery voice from an ancient Jewish legend:
On the occasion of [the giving of] the Torah, the [Children of Israel] not only heard the Lord's voice, but actually saw the sound waves as they emerged from the Lord's mouth. They visualized them as a fiery substance. Each commandment that left the Lord's mouth traveled around the entire camp and then came back to every Jew individually...7
Careful Bible students will remember that Mount Sinai was not the first time God used heavenly torches of fire in making a covenant. When Abraham made a covenant with the Lord, God appeared to him as fiery torch. (Genesis 15:17)
Another intriguing piece of Jewish, interpretive folklore explains that Israel not only saw the voice of God, they also heard it in every language. According to that explanation, the Bible says, "All the people saw the voices..." because God's voice spoke in many different voices [languages] at Mount Sinai.8 It is believed that as God spoke from Mount Sinai, His voice spoke simultaneously in all the languages of the world.
The Wedding
For thousands of years the Jewish people have been celebrating the biblical feast of Shavuot as the 'Festival of the Giving of the Torah.' The remembrance of the Mount Sinai event is treated like the wedding anniversary between God and Israel. On Pentecost in the Synagogue today, a wedding contract between God and Israel is read. The actual Torah scroll is dressed in white like a bride's gown. The whole congregation recites the Ten Commandments together. The story of Exodus 19 and 20 is read aloud to the congregation. Pentecost is celebrated as a wedding anniversary for God and His bride--the anniversary of the fire on the mountain when God's voice spoke in all languages of the world and was visible as torches of fire that came to 'every Jew individually.'
The Spirit of the Law
In Acts chapter two, Peter and the other disciples were gathered to celebrate Shavuot. The Holy Spirit fell upon them in the form of flames of fire, and these torches of fire came to rest on each individual disciple. To the average Jew familiar with Jewish tradition, the miracle would clearly point to the legend of God's fiery voice at Mount Sinai! In addition, after receiving this fiery spirit, the disciples found themselves proclaiming the Gospel in every language. (In Hebrew, the same word is used for 'tongues' and for 'languages'.) The miracle of speaking in all languages is another definite allusion to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Whether or not one can prove Sinai's legendary 70 languages or the fiery words as actually happening is not important. It is important, however, to remember that Peter and the disciples and followers of Yeshua were all very aware of the Shavuot legends. They would have known the story of the giving of the Torah. They would have known the story of the words of fire resting on each individual. They would have known the story of God's voice speaking to all mankind in every language. Therefore, the miracles, signs and wonders that came upon them in Acts chapter two carried deep significance. The tongues of fire and the speaking in every tongue were both direct allusions to the Mount Sinai wedding experience and the receiving of the Torah.
Shavuot draws a line of connection between Exodus 19 and Acts chapter 2. The festival superimposes the giving of the Spirit in Jerusalem over the giving of the Torah at Sinai. The two events are forever inseparably linked. This link creates a profound theological implication for believers.
Ezekiel the prophet foresaw this when God declared through him, "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances." (Ezekiel 36:27) Jeremiah the prophet foresaw this when God declared through him, "Behold, I will make a New Covenant...I will put My Torah within them and on their heart I will write it, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (Jeremiah 31:33) Thus the Spirit of God within us and the Torah of God must agree. Both are from the same, unchanging God. The Holy Spirit was given to us in order to place the Torah within our hearts. He is at work within us, transforming us into a bride worthy of her betrothed. As our hearts ache for righteousness and yearn after the commandments of God, we can be confident that His Spirit is at work within us.
1. Also known as the Feast of the Harvest or the Feast of Weeks, Pentecost comes 50 days (seven weeks) after the Sabbath of Pesach. See Leviticus 23:15-16.
2. God later identifies the Temple in Jerusalem as "the place He will choose" in 2 Chronicles 7:12.
3. Deuteronomy 26:1-11
4. m.Bikkurim 3:1-8
5. 1 Corinthians 15:20
6. b.Shabbat 88b
7. Weissman, Moshe. The Midrash Says, Shemos Bnai Yaakov Publications. (1995) p. 182 citing Midrash Chazit.
8. eg. Shemot Rabbah 5:9. For further study, read Grafted In (First Fruits of Zion, 2009).
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During their visit to Iran, the representatives of PGNiG had a series of discussions with the managements of leading oil companies associated in NIOC (National Iranian Oil Company). They were focused primarily on the potential involvement of PGNiG in the cooperation in such areas as development of field discoveries and joint implementation of investment projects including, inter alia, construction of underground gas storage facilities.
The discussions were held with the participation of Iranian government officials representing the Ministry of Petroleum, notably H. Noghrehkar Shirazi Deputy Minister for international affairs and S.R. Kassaei Zadeh, Deputy Minister for gas production and Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company. The Iranian party appraised very highly the preparedness of PGNiG in terms of expertise and technology, and expressed its interest in pursuing joint ventures.
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