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Special Kids Network and Bayada Home Health Care will host the Wayne Pike Resource Fair, Monday evening, Oct. 21, to bring together various social agencies and organizations under one roof. The public will find information about raising children to healthcare.
The event will be at the Wallenpaupack North Intermediate School gymnasium from 4 to 7 p.m. The school is located at 187 Atlantic Avenue, off Route 6, south of Hawley.
Scheduled to be on hand will be pet therapy dogs Twiggy and Angelika; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Head Start; Early Intervention; Child Advocacy; Family Health Services; Make-A-Wish; Pike County Safe Kids Coalition and other agencies. There were 22 agencies planning to come, as of two weeks before the fair.
Pike County Safe Kids Coalition will be at the fair from 5 to 7 p.m. and will be conducting car seat safety checks.
Lori DeVoe, NE Regional Coordinator, The Special Kids Network, said that this is their second Resource Fair. Geared for families with children of any age, DeVoe said that the fair is designed to help people learn what is available to them, and make decisions on where to turn.
The Special Kids Network, for example, helps families on a one and one basis, to show them what help can be provided. Parents with a child with a disability can feel lost, not knowing where to turn. The Special Kids Network, in partnership with PA Elks Major Projects Inc., helps them get the needed information on a wide variety of issues.
Free raffles and children's activities are planned. Agencies bring prizes for the raffles, and activities for the kids. Tours will be available of fire trucks, an ambulance and a police car.
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Agencies or organizations that are scheduled to be represented at the 2013 Wayne Pike Resource Fair are as follows. Other groups were expected to register as well.
AmeriHealth Northeast
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Bayada Pediatrics
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne & Pike Counties
Care Givers of America Pediatrics
Disability Life Planner, Michele A Leahy, MS
Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program
Hawley Head Start
Hawley Police Department
Hawley Treasure House
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Human Resources Center, Inc.
Integra Home Counseling
Lackawanna College
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living
Mt. View School for Early Care and Education
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Tri-State Dog Obedience Club
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Wayne County Link
Wayne County Office of Behavioral & Developmental Program Early Intervention
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The Modern Hotel is a re-animated Travelodge located in downtown Boise's Linen District. A space where bodies in motion come to rest in one of 39 intelligently designed rooms with comfortable beds and white sheets for slumber.
High tech and wi-fied but low stress, it's business, artist and even cowboy friendly.
The Modern's bar has classic and original crafted cocktails, a talented chef, new music and a courtyard for warm nights under western skies.
City-centered and civilized but close to mountain lakes, river trails and sagebrush hills, the Modern is affordable, affable, relatable — practically dateable.

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2013's Friday Night Block Party Headliner: Zili Misik
All-women group features unique soundsUPDATED 8:43 PM EDT Jun 03, 2013
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STREET.. EVERY YEAR NEWSCHANNEL 5 TAKES OVER CHURCH STREET FOR OUR FRIDAY NIGHT BLOCK PARTY. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE BOSTON-BASED NEW SOUL GROUP "ZILI MISIK" WILL BE PROVIDING THE MUSIC FOR THIS YEAR'S BASH. THEY FOCUS ON NEW WORLD SOUNDS... WITH SPANISH AND AFRICAN INFUSED MELODIES AND RHYTHMS. NEWSCHANNEL 5'S DAVID CHARNS GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION. nat - music THEY'RE AN FEMALE GIRL GROUP BRINGING WORDLY SOUNDS TO BURLINGTON. KERA WASHINGTON festivals is what we really love to do, so we are really looking forward to coming up to burlington. That's what we want to do nat pop WE MET UP WITH ZILI MISIK AT A GIG IN BOSTON. THEIR HAITIAN, AFRO- CUBAN AND BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS... WILL GET YOU MOVING. STEPHANIE BAIRD the music we play draws on a lot of different styles so it's not just one particular style or much or just one particular style of music or area that we draw from. And we all sort of bring something different to the table because we all have really different backgrounds YOU'LL HEAR POPS OF TROMBONE... PIANO... GUITAR AND FLUTE -- WITH ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORGUESE AND CROEL LYRICS -- IT'S A UNIQUE SOUND -- KERA WASHINGTON if we go far enough back we are all cousins... We play roots music of the african diaspera a new world soul. All of our roots 12 MOST OF THEIR SONGS ARE BASED IN FOLK TRADITIONS... BUT THEY BRING SOME EXTRA FLAIR. nat THESE PERFORMERS SAY THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY AT JAZZ FEST ... FOR YEARS. LEXI HAVLIN -- ON GUITAR -- WENT TO SCHOOL AT U-V-M. LEXI HAVLIN i went to a lot of shows when I went to school there -- higher ground, nectar's. I saw a lot of jam bands. Just love the scene WHILE SHE'S PLAYED HERE BEFORE... BASSIST JOANNA MARIA SAYS SHE'S READY FOR SOME MAGIC NUMBER NINE. JOANNA MARIA i love magic hat number 9 and I am so glad that it's in burlington and I appreciate local beer and i'm looking forward to drinking some magic hat in burlington AND WE KNOW FOR SURE ... THE MAGIC HAT AND THE MUSIC WILL BE FLOWING -- AT THE FRIDAY NIGHT BLOCK PARTY. WITH ZILI MISIK -- I'M DAVID CHARNS, NEWSCHANNEL 5. nat - out
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Cold, Flu, & Cough Health Center
What Is the Flu?
In this article
How are stomach flu and influenza different?
"Stomach flu" is a popular term, but not a true medical diagnosis. It's not uncommon to mistake gastroenteritis, which is what stomach flu is, for the viral infection we commonly call the "flu." Gastroenteritis refers to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and intestines). Viruses are the most common cause of stomach flu. With gastroenteritis, you may have symptoms such as abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
For more about gastrointestinal flu, read WebMD's Stomach Flu or Influenza?
How is flu spread?
The flu virus is spread from person to person through respiratory secretions and typically sweeps through large groups of people who spend time in close contact, such as in daycare facilities, classrooms, college dormitories, military barracks, offices, and nursing homes.
Flu is spread when you inhale droplets in the air that contain the flu virus, make direct contact with respiratory secretions through sharing drinks or utensils, or handle items contaminated by an infected person. In the latter case, the flu virus on your skin can infect you when you touch or rub your eyes, nose, or mouth. That's why frequent and thorough handwashing is a key way to limit the spread of influenza. Flu symptoms start to develop from one to four days after infection with the virus.
Who's at greatest risk for flu complications?
While anyone can get flu, infants, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with chronic ailments such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, and HIV are at highest risk for flu complications. Despite advances in flu prevention and treatment, the CDC estimates that deaths related to influenza range from 3,000 to 49,000 deaths in the United States each year.
Specific strains of flu can be prevented by a flu vaccine, either a flu shot or nasal spray flu vaccine. In addition, antiviral medications are available to prevent flu. These drugs may help reduce the severity and the duration of flu and are best used within the first 48 hours of the appearance of flu symptoms.
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Definition of flurry in English:
noun (plural flurries)
1A small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind: a flurry of snow
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- Today the forecast was for a cold north-westerly wind with the odd flurry of snow.
- Lomas was back in action yesterday, captaining a fairly young side after a raft of withdrawals through injury, and the flurries of snow that swirled through the stadium didn't make it any easier.
- The tram docks, and you fight your way out into what is often a maelstrom of strong winds and snow flurries.
swirl, whirl, eddy, billow, shower, gust
1.1A sudden short period of commotion or excitement: there was a brief flurry of activity in the hall
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- Some 50,000 tons are landed in a few short weeks, a flurry of activity which in itself is enough to keep the island economy afloat.
- This period also saw a flurry of construction activities in Bangalore.
- There's been a sudden flurry of activity related to the Northern Bank heist.
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1(Especially of snow or leaves) be moved in small swirling masses by sudden gusts of wind: gusts of snow flurried through the door
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1.1(Of a person) move quickly in a busy or agitated way: the waiter flurried between them
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Straus era is five years old today
The Joe Straus era in the Texas House turned five on Thursday.
It was on Jan. 2, 2009, that Straus and a gang of fellow Republicans who were disgruntled with Speaker Tom Craddick's leadership huddled to discuss toppling him by forging a bipartisan, if mostly Democratic coalition.
Ten of the 11 Republican coup plotters met in a home in Austin's Old Enfield neighborhood, about two miles from the Capitol. One participated by phone from Colorado. The house belonged to Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana.
By huddle's end, the group chose as their speaker candidate the relatively inexperienced Straus. A lifelong Republican from San Antonio, Straus had served in the House not quite four years. Still, his "ABC" or "Anybody But Craddick" Republicans successfully banded together with many of the 74 Democrats who'd been elected the previous fall. Together, they forced Craddick, R-Midland, to the sidelines as the 2009 session opened.
A lot has happened since: Straus has weathered fierce blasts from tea party adherents, especially since their successes in the 2010 midterm elections. He has emerged as perhaps the Legislature's leading GOP traditionalist, even as fellow members of the Capitol's Big Three, Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, have championed much of the tea party's agenda.
As the House's presiding officer in the past three sessions, Straus has emphasized water-supply projects and roads, low taxes, protection of the state's flagship universities from Perry's regents and tighter scrutiny of state business-incentive and cancer-research programs. Meanwhile, the speaker has downplayed many though not all of his party's hot-button issues. Immigration and school vouchers, especially, have appeared to rank low on Straus' must-do list.
As Texas Tribune executive editor Ross Ramsey pointed out in this piece in September, when House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, announced his retirement, Straus' original gang of 11 coup plotters will be reduced to a maximum of four by year's end. Death, defeat and retirement already have claimed seven of the original "cardinals," as some called the group. Ramsey calls them the "Polo Road Club," a reference to their Jan. 2, 2009, meeting place.
Even the geography, though, now seems dated: In 2012, Cook and his wife, Kay, sold the home at 1807 Polo Road.
What does the future hold? In March, Straus again faces GOP challenger Matt Beebe, whom he swamped by 26 percentage points in 2012. Of the other three surviving cardinals, only House Administration Committee Chairman Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, is unopposed in the upcoming Republican primary. Geren, of course, is battle-tested: Between 2006 and 2010, he dispatched three consecutive challenges from his right — some of them, very well-funded.
Cook, chairman of the influential State Affairs Committee, has two GOP opponents this year. They include fellow Corsicana resident Bobby Vickery, whom Cook crushed in 2008 and 2012. Rep. Jim Keffer, an Eastland Republican who heads the Energy Resources Committee, faces Republican Cullen Crisp of Granbury.
And Straus? Assuming he again bests Beebe, the speaker again will face the task of assembling the 76 votes he'll need to win a fourth session as the chamber's leader. If Straus succeeds, he'll gaze upon a floor with fewer friendly "cardinal" faces. Still, Straus has been skillful in co-opting former factional rivals or potential sources of trouble. Contact former GOP Reps. Sid Miller, Beverly Woolley and Larry Taylor for details. Straus also seems to be good at making new friends.
That doesn't mean, though, that he won't be in some scraps in the next few years. If the very conservative Attorney General Greg Abbott is elected governor, Straus in many ways will be even more the odd man out in the Pink Dome's top troika than he has been: He and Abbott will tug. And all four Republicans running for lieutenant governor have staked out hard-right positions on both substantive issues and Senate procedures. Whichever emerges, and assuming that Democrats don't break through in November's top statewide races, there's likely to be alliances between Abbott and the lite guv on many issues. On many fronts, Straus again will be the countervailing force.
So Team Straus probably will have important new huddles, though not at Polo Road. At their center will be the smiling, suave speaker. Lining up to assist will be many if not most Texans who are uncomfortable with the tea party. Using social and digital media, staunchly conservative Republican activists will continue to hurl barbs. They've never quite been able to accept Straus' speakership as legitimate. For good or ill, though, it's likely to continue.


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SANTA CLARA -- Scan the 49ers' depth chart and a glaring dropoff exists at free safety. Dashon Goldson, a Pro Bowl free safety the past two seasons, split town for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' money last month.
The 49ers since signed former St. Louis Rams safety Craig Dahl to compete with Darcel McBath, C.J. Spillman, Trenton Robinson and Michael Thomas as Goldson's replacement.
With 13 draft picks, the 49ers surely will draft a safety, but general manager Trent Baalke softened the 49ers' stance on needing to find one with their first draft pick, slated for No. 31 overall.
"There are players capapble of stepping in and starting in this draft," Baalke said. "Do we feel it's a necessity to do that? I say no.
"We feel very comfortable with the players we have. Is it an area we'd like to add depth and more competition? It certainly is."
One outside candidate that's still under consideration is Charles Woodson, although it sounds as if negotiations with him wouldn't take place until after the draft.
"We feel he can still play the game," Baalke said of Woodson, who visited the 49ers on Feb. 15. "We'll continue to look at that and see how the draft goes. Charles is certainly somebody we're still interested in."
Finding the right complement to strong safety Donte Whitner and the rest of the defense is a major task this offseason.
Baalke said safeties can be interchangeable "to a degree" in the 49ers' system depending on the skill sets of those safeties. Whitner is a better hitter than a deep-cover guy, so the 49ers likely need a true free safety with vast coverage skills. Goldson, of course, also brought an intimidating, hard-hitting presence that will be hard to replace.
A year after pinpointing A.J. Jenkins before the draft as the 49ers' ideal pick -- and placing his name in a sealed envelope -- Baalke says he has a "pool of players" under consideration.
"There's a lot of value in the draft, more so than maybe just top tier guys," Baalke said. "It's a talented pool of players, probably the larger pool but not as many clear cut guys."
Other positions worth considering are defensive tackle, tight end, wide receiver, offensive tackle, cornerback and running back.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
Up-to-Date Analysis - Spin Doctors
The last time we were together we entered a section of Paul's letter to the Romans that is so up to date in its analysis of the human condition that it almost takes your breath away. We will see this in the coming weeks as it relates to theories of naturalistic evolution, and to the issue of homosexuality and certain sexually transmitted diseases, and we will see it as it relates to the insolence and arrogance and disrespect of many young people toward their parents and others in authority.
Today we will see it in the immediately relevant issue of the contemporary phenomenon of "the spin doctor" - the person whose job is to put his finger into the wind of public opinion and decide how to bend the facts to make them sound appealing, with little or no regard for truth. The people who live by polls, not principle. That is what today's text is about.
But lest we become self-righteous (as Romans 2:1 warns us so powerfully: "You have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things"), know this: every one of us is a spin doctor by nature. Every one of us is springloaded to put his own failings in the best light and the failings of his adversaries in the worst light. We soften our own sins with mild words and skewer others with hard words. Or worse, we see the sins of others and are blind to our own. And when the truth hunts us down and corners us, we will dodge and distort and evade and mislead and equivocate and lie. And when that doesn't work to suppress the truth, we will shift to blaming and accusing and deflecting - anything to hold down the truth from having its full effect in our lives. That's what Romans 1:18b is about. This so relevant it takes your breath away.
All of Us, Not just Politicians
Yet we are not talking about politicians here. We are talking about humans in general. This is the way I am, apart from the work of sovereign grace in my life. This is the way you are, apart from God's mercy. It would be fool's play this morning to turn this text into a commentary on the gutting of truth in government. That application would be way too small and would let all of us here right off the hook - which is not what Scripture or preaching is about. The issue this morning is your heart and my heart and how we suppress the truth in unrighteousness. This text is not about a class of politicians or a class of especially bad people. It is about humanity. The conclusion comes in Romans 3:9-10, "Both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; as it is written, "there is none righteous, not even one.'" And verse 13 adds, "Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they keep deceiving."
So the issue this morning is about how people like us, who are bent from birth to distort and suppress the truth, can get free from this slavery and be saved. It's all about pointing us back to Romans 1:17 - there is a free gift of righteousness from God for all who trust in Jesus Christ.
Here's the text (Romans 1:18): "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness."
There it is: ungodly people, unrighteous people - as we all are without grace - suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Now how does that work? What is that like in actual experience? And what is the remedy?
So we have several questions before us. Let's begin with these: What truth is being suppressed? And what does it mean that we suppress it "in unrighteousness"?
What Is the Truth that We Suppress?
What is the truth that we suppress? The answer is given in the following verses. Read with me verses 19ff.
[We suppress the truth in unrighteousness], because that which is known about God [first clue: the truth being suppressed is something known about God] is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. (20) For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes [now he gets specific; here is the truth that is known about God from the created world], His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. [There is the objective truth about God that we suppress - his eternal power and deity - but now he tells us that there is another subjective truth, namely, the response we are supposed to have to this truth about God.] (21) For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him [literally, glorify him] as God or give thanks.
That is the truth: we should glorify and thank God.
So here is the truth that we suppress apart from God's grace in our lives. There is a God. He is the Creator of all things and so not a god but the God. He is powerful - more powerful than all else, because he made all else. He is eternal because there was nothing outside him that could bring him into being. Therefore we must exist to display his glory and not to compete with him for glory. And we must exist in absolute dependence on him. We do not supply him, he supplies us. And therefore we are to live in constant gratitude.
That is the truth that we suppress in unrighteousness. This is confirmed in verses 25 and 28. Verse 25: "For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie [notice, the truth that is being exchanged, gotten rid of, suppressed is truth about God], and [they] worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." Which is the same as saying, "they did not glorify him as God or give thanks to him, but instead glorified the creature and took credit for what was owing only to God." They exchanged God-worship for self-worship. They suppressed the truth that God is infinitely glorious and that we are totally dependent on him.
Or consider verse 28: "And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer [literally: they did not approve having God in their knowledge], God gave them over to a depraved mind." Not approving to have God in their knowledge is the same as "suppressing the truth." God is true, but we don't want him in our knowledge, so we will suppress this truth. We will exchange it. Distort it. Hide it. Run from it. And finally, become blind to it.
That blindness is the point of Romans 1:21ff. "For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened." In other words, part of our condition in suppressing the truth about God is that we become darkened. You don't just hold it down because you see and don't like it, but because you don't even see it any more. This is why so many will say, "I don't suppress the truth of God; I don't think there is any truth of God to suppress." Paul would say, "The only explanation for such a stance in this world that God has made is a darkened heart - blindness to divine reality."
So let's sum up what the truth is that we suppress. The truth is that God exists. He is eternal and infinitely powerful. He supplies us with all we have. Therefore he is gloriously self-sufficient with no needs that we can meet. The truth is that our reason for being is to be thankful for all he has given us and to display his glory by the way we think and feel and act (see Psalm 50:23).
We Get the Blessing and He Gets the Glory
In other words, the truth is that the universe is radically God-centered: it comes from him, it exists for the display of his glory. And human life is supposed to be radically God-centered - not by working for God as if he were a needy deity, but by our being thankful to him and exulting in the grace that so much good comes to us, even amid terrible suffering.
Don't miss the implication here, because it relates so deeply to the truth we cherish here at Bethlehem. Here is the truth: there are two great demands of God on the lives of all humans - 1) that we exult in God's bounty to us (that's thankfulness), and 2) that we reflect or display his glory. Don't miss this. It is right there in verse 21: "Even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks." It means that God has created a universe in which we get the blessings and he gets the glory. And the way God gets the glory is by our exulting in him as the all-sufficient Giver of all things.
You might ask: Why did Paul not stress here that the failure of mankind is the failure to glorify God and trust him? Why the stress on gratitude and not faith? I believe the reason is that trust, or faith, is related to how God will deal with us in the future. But natural revelation - what we can learn about God from nature - does not communicate clearly the promises of God. The promises of God come through the special revelation of Scripture, which is why trust or faith in God's promises becomes so central in how we glorify God according to the Scriptures (see Romans 4:20).
So here is the truth: God exists. God is eternal and infinitely powerful. God is the giver of every good gift. And therefore our reason for being - our chief duty, the end for which we were created, and the commandment written on every heart - is to display the glory of this great God every day, hour by hour, as we live in the exultation over his bounty to us.
And that is the truth that we hate and suppress in unrighteousness.
" . . . Who Suppress the Truth in Unrighteousness"
Why do we do this? The key is given in the words, "in unrighteousness." Verse 18b: " . . . who suppress the truth in unrighteousness."
Why did Paul not say in verse 18b, " . . . who suppress the truth in ungodliness"? The answer is that the truth being held down is godliness. That's what we have been talking about: godliness. Glorifying God and thanking God - this is godliness. It would not mean much to say, " . . . who suppress godliness in ungodliness."
But in the context of Scripture it means a lot to say, " . . . who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." Unrighteousness is life orientation that goes with ungodliness - with rejecting the truth of God's glory as central to your life. So how does this work?
There are several places where we see how it works. Let's take one from Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians and one from the teachings of Jesus.
In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul is describing the end of the age and the great apostasy and deception that will come on the world in those days. He says that the lawless one will come, (verse 10) "with all the deception of unrighteousness (adikia, same word as in Romans 1:18) for those who perish." Please note that unrighteousness deceives; it suppresses the truth. He continues that they are perishing "because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved." Those who are deceived in unrighteousness do not receive the love of the truth. They suppress the truth and evade it. They don't love it. Why? He continues in verses 11-12: "For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but [and this is crucial] took pleasure in unrighteousness."
Why did they reject the truth and suppress the truth and not love the truth? Because they "took pleasure in unrighteousness." When you love sin, you cannot love the truth. The truth is too threatening. It threatens to take away your illicit pleasures. I would venture to say that virtually all falsehood comes from this: a stronger affection for the pleasures of sin. That is what unrighteousness is. Loving sin more than loving God and his truth.
So you see that the issue of truth is an issue of the heart before it is an issue of the head. When the heart is in love with self-exaltation and independence and the pleasures of sin, the mind will inevitably distort the truth or suppress the truth in order to protect the idols of the heart. What is needed is not just new ideas or more information, but a new heart. And a new set of passions and desires and pleasures.
Look at this one more time in John 3:19-21. You are going to hear the same analysis of our sinful hearts and why they suppress the truth of God. Jesus said, "This is the judgment, that the Light [Truth!] has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil." Notice: it's a love-and-hate issue. People love darkness. Why? Jesus said it is because their deeds are evil. That is, they are unrighteous. Light and truth would expose that. Darkness conceals it. Therefore we suppress the truth and so protect the ugliness of our desires with darkness.
Jesus goes on in verse 20: "For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed." There it is. Why won't we come to the Light, the Truth? Because of unrighteousness. We hate the Light. We evade it if we can. And if we can't, then we twist it and distort it and give it a self-justifying spin. And in all of this we suppress it.
Not Mental Deficiency, but Moral Deficiency
So here is the great lesson to be learned: the reason the mind evades, twists, distorts, manipulates and suppresses the truth of God is not mainly that we are mentally deficient, but because we are morally deficient. We suppress the Light of God's glory and power because we love the darkness of our own independence. We love our sins, our self-determination, and therefore we suppress the Truth that God is God and that we are to depend on him and live for his glory.
And this, Paul says in Romans 1:18, is why the wrath of God is being poured out. This suppression of the truth of his glory and his power and his deity and his goodness, because of our love affair with unrighteousness, makes him furious. And we should tremble.
Is there any hope for us? The hope lies in verses 16-17. "The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith." In other words, because we are unrighteous, and in our unrighteousness suppress the truth, our only hope is that the righteousness God demands from us would be freely given to us, namely, God's own righteousness, to be received by faith. That you may have this morning because of the death and resurrection of Jesus who paid the debt so that everyone who believes in him might be saved.


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Pub's mural to join city's growing arts scene
6 People headed north on Vista Village Way in the next couple of weeks may catch a glimpse of Vista's newest mural being painted on the south wall of the Prohibition Brewery building.
The mural depicts the inside of a brewpub and a cast of characters inspired by Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post magazine covers. It's one of several murals painted in the city in recent years.
Vista artist Michael Dover said he approached the brewery owners with the concept in December and within two week his work began.
"It's one of my best works," Dover, 57, said while working on the mural Thursday morning.
Dover, who has painted murals in Alaska, Florida and Santa Monica, said he moved to Vista recently from Temecula after seeing the city's enthusiasm for murals.
Vista is home to several large murals, including "Journey Though Time," which depicts the city's history and is said to be one of the longest murals in the world. The 562-foot-long mural was completed in 2005 is getting a face-lift this year.
Mario Carrillo, president of the Vista Village Business Association's board of directors, said murals attract people to Vista. He said the association helps facilitate murals because it makes the downtown area more attractive.
More murals are being planned in the near future, including a tribute to historic Route 395 near the corner of Main Street and Michigan Avenue, Carrillo said.
"The whole idea is to create more of an arts community or a cultural arts district," Carrillo said.
Dover said he is working with two other downtown business owners to start a new mural as soon as the Prohibition mural is done.
The Prohibition Brewery mural depicts the end of Prohibition by including a man reading a newspaper. The front page of the newspaper will have a headline announcing the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, which banned the sale, manufacturing and transportation of alcohol, Dover said.
The mural also includes several other more traditional scenes, including a group of service members resting on sacks of barley and hops outside the pub. It also includes the pub's motto: "Good Food, Good Friends, Good Times."
Matt Adams, 25, Prohibition's head brewer, said his family, which owns and operates the business, immediately liked the concept when Dover showed them a drawing of the mural.
"We're trying to revitalize this side of town and make it beautiful," Adams said. "And this mural is one way that we're doing it."
The pub is located at 2004 E. Vista Way, in a building formerly occupied by the Delegantes Night Club. The club lost its liquor license after a months-long investigation by various law enforcement agencies in 2008 that led to several arrests, according to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Adams and his family opened the Prohibition Brewery in 2011. And despite what the what the name might suggest, Adams said the pub aims to create a family friendly and welcoming atmosphere. It serves a full menu of pub-style food, including burgers, sandwiches and tacos.
"We're not just about alcohol," Adams said. "Craft brewing is something that we do and we take a lot of pride in but food is as well. We're a family environment. After Little League, we have groups home here and we try to support as much of the community as we can."
Inside, the brewpub is decorated in a 1930s motif. It has pictures of famous gangsters adorning every wall, a self-playing piano in a corner and a row of toy Thompson machine guns made out of wood on one of its walls. The guns and picnic tables at the center of the dining room were handmade by Adam's grandfather, he said.
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The world number two has made 17 birdies over the first two rounds, looked controlled and powerful off the tee, in command with the irons and close to his deadly best with the putter en route to a two-shot lead after two rounds.
"I had to work through it. I didn't have a very good warm up this morning. Wasn't feeling very good with my swing, and just had a few keys I had to work through," Woods said.
"I didn't do a very good job the first couple holes. Hit terrible golf shots there. But I played them even par."
The turning point came on the par-three fourth where Woods landed his four-iron shot five feet from the pin and confidently made birdie.
"That was where I need to be, and I kept that all the way through," he said. "It felt like I finally got into a feeling where I needed to have it.
"As I said, the range, it wasn't very good. I was sporadic. I've been doing it here and there. All I need is one shot and as soon as I feel it on one, I can pretty much carry through and I did that today."
Woods found nine of 14 fairways, 15 of 18 greens and needed just 25 putts as he cruised around a course where he won in this tournament in 2007.
But he certainly was not ready declare the long-term work he has been undertaking with swing coach Sean Foley successfully completed.
"No, I still have the same faults, the same little patterns are still there, and that just takes time," he said.
"I've just got to continue to work on what we're working on and I'm becoming more efficient, which I like. I'm certainly hitting the ball a lot further than I used to. Those are all positive things."
The top end of the leaderboard features some of the biggest names in golf with Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker, who this week helped Woods with his putting, in a share of third place just three strokes behind the lead.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is the closest to Woods, two shots behind, while Masters champion Bubba Watson is four strokes off the pace.
With the course due to be demolished on Monday ahead of a major rework, Woods suspects tournament organisers will leave the greens to bake, making a real challenge on a course that has been benign so far.
"I think they are going to try and push it a little bit. I think the forecast still is a lot of wind come Sunday. I don't know how much water they are going to put on them," he said.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Stuffed Banana Peppers
I love banana peppers, but I confess that my experience with them has been mostly limited to the sliced, jarred variety that I love to put on grilled sandwiches and pizza. So when my banana pepper plant exploded with reproductivity this past week, I was forced to think outside the pizza box and come up with a way to use these lovelies in another recipe.
All peppers were designed to be stuffed, so I knew I couldn't go wrong if I went that route. But what to stuff these banana boats with? Well, since my experience with them leaned toward the pizza side, I decided to go with a kind of inside-out, crustless pizza theme. Pure genius Mags. It's no wonder that your family adores you.
My initial pepper prep attempt had me cutting the caps off of the peppers and forcing the stuffing longitudinally, for lack of better description. I finally figured out (on the last pepper) that I was better off slicing them lengthwise, treating them nicely (dinner, drinks and a movie,) and then stuffing them from the side.
Stuffed Banana Peppers
4 large banana peppers (the straighter, the better)
24 turkey pepperonis, chopped
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, finely diced (not the oil packed kind)
1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I used 2%)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup fresh basil, thinly sliced (I believe the pros call that chiffonade?)
1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano
salt and pepper
2 cups of some type of tomato sauce... spaghetti, marinara, pizza (I used my homemade pizza sauce.) divided
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8X8 baking dish with cooking spray.
Make a 2-3 inch incision lengthwise down one side of each pepper, being careful not to cut all the way through into the other side. Widen this incision by making another cut parallel to the first cut, carving out a narrow space where you'll be able to remove the seeds from the pepper. Remove seeds and set peppers aside.
Combine the pepperoni, sun-dried tomatoes, mayonnaise, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic powder, basil and oregano in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
Gently pry apart the pepper and stuff with the pepperoni/cheese mixture. Lay peppers in baking dish, stuffed side up. Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and top with half of tomato sauce. Return dish to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Serve with remaining tomato sauce on the side.
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- Moogie said...
You are so freaking funny, I can hardly stand it.
Your newborns look yummy. But please tell me you didn't give them all names? I hate to think of poor little Shirley or Paul begging their mommy not to eat them.
Have a great day!
- July 15, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Mags said...
I stopped just shy of naming them and knitting them booties...lol
- July 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- ForestJane said...
I'm about to have lots of peppers too, so was out googling for recipes. This one looks good!
And I know EXACTLY what you mean by seeming obsessed with your veggies, I got teased on my blog last year cuz of my tomato bragging... lol
- July 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Cindy Sue said...
Howdy! Just found you on Google while I was searching for a good temp and time to bake my stuffed sweet banana peppers for dinner tonight. You are a hoot! Know what you mean about the things you grow... banana booties, they may just catch on...
- June 16, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Muriel Slaughter said...
I follow the step and they are baking up now they smell wonderful!
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A federal judge has ordered a man who sued San Mateo County, the town of Atherton and several of its police officers to pay the county $145,434 in attorney fees for the case, which was dismissed last year.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero had indicated on Jan. 3 he would rule that way after concluding that Atherton resident Jon Buckheit's claims against the county were frivolous.
"The County should have never have been a part of this lawsuit," Spero wrote in his 18-page order. "Plaintiff's grievances were with the Town of Atherton, not the County."
Spero's ruling on Monday finalized the amount -- $145,434 for 739.1 attorney hours that the county spent on the case at $190 per hour, along with 50.05 paralegal hours at $100 per hour.
Buckheit filed the lawsuit in 2008 after he was arrested following a domestic violence dispute with his ex-girlfriend at his home, according to the Jan. 3 court order. The Atherton police officers who responded to the call determined he was the aggressor, based on a policy followed by the department and other county law enforcement agencies that instructs officers to consider the height and weight differential between two individuals involved in a dispute, according to the court document.
Buckheit later sought and received a court determination of his "factual innocence," so the arrest was removed from his record. Buckheit's lawsuit claims the county was partially responsible for his arrest because it crafted the aggressor defining policy. He also claimed the county retaliated against him for asserting his factual innocence by withholding a copy of his police report. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe told the court that the county didn't possess the report when Buckheit requested it, according to the Jan. 3 court order.
Buckheit disagreed with Spero's findings; last May he appealed the April 2012 dismissal of his lawsuit and on Monday he appealed the order granting San Mateo County attorney fees.
"I think the case was far from frivolous," Buckheit said. "It dealt with important issues."
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OAKLAND -- It was a Wednesday night and Anca Mosoiu, a software engineer, was digging through a tangle of fat computer cables.
She extracted one and walked past a table filled by a group of six people working on a project to turn Oakland's budget data into a graphic showing how city money is spent.
This night, as is often the case, Mosoiu was wearing a T-shirt and big green-rimmed glasses. She handed off the cable to another table, walked to the back of the room and stood next to a lanky programmer who had been sitting silently for about an hour, facing his computer screen.
"He's learning Python," she said, smiling.
This is a typical scene at Tech Liminal on 14th Street near Lake Merritt. Mosoiu calls it a "technology hotspot and salon." And it's easy to picture it as nothing more than a bunch of geeks hunched over their laptops talking about things that have nothing to do with the real world.
But Mosoiu is bringing together the people who want to do what City Hall has been unable to do: lay the groundwork to build a much-needed tech industry in Oakland.
"Tech Liminal was the first place where techies, nerds and geeks could come together and feel at home," said Deborah Acosta, of 2. Oakland and iDotconnect, which tries to attract tech businesses to Oakland.
She called Mosoiu the glue that holds Oakland's tech scene together.
"And she did it before anyone else," Acosta said. "That's the mark of a true entrepreneur."
Nicole Neditch, who works in the city administrator's office directing Oakland's digital strategy, praised Mosoiu. "The city of Oakland," she said, "is fortunate to have creative and committed community partners like Anca Mosoiu."
Mosoiu opened Tech Liminal just over three years ago as a co-working space for freelancers as well as a place where, on any given day, people can attend a "Tweet Like a Boss" seminar, a WordPress Support Group or an encryption workshop. She also helped organize a weekend of workshops during the summer that offered everything from programming to cake-decorating for children and adults.
"Just because you have the technology doesn't mean you know how to use it," she said.
"That's what Tech Liminal does," she added. "If they get stuck they can ask for help."
Being first meant she had few resources to build upon.
Mosoiu said she made mistakes along the way and learned from others' mistakes. Even when she doesn't know the answer, she said, "I am confident I can figure it out."
It is an attitude that served her well as a 9-year old who landed in Oakland from Romania with her family in 1983 and later as one of the few women to pursue a high-level computer science career. Her family left Romania before the revolution toppled the Soviet-era autocrat Nicolae Ceausescu.
The letter from the United States granting them political asylum came first, "so that's where we went."
She attended West Lake Middle School and Monterra Junior High School before the family moved to Springfield, Ill.
After graduation, Mosoiu enrolled in MIT, the alma mater of physicists, astronauts, architects and inventors. At the time of her enrollment, in 1991, only 33 percent of the students were women.
The disparity didn't phase Mosoiu.
"I didn't think, 'I'm a girl, I'm not supposed to do this,'" she said.
Paradoxically, now that the number of women at MIT is closer to 50 percent, Mosoiu said she notices when she is the only woman in a room of men.
Mosoiu escaped the bruising of the 2000 tech bust, but instead of riding the lucrative crest of the newest tech boom, she decided to follow her dream to create a space where people could experience a tech community that did not exist for freelancers.
Tech Liminal opened on July 6, 2009.
In the meantime, San Francisco and Fremont began attracting high-tech startups in record numbers. Oakland continued to lag behind and failed to take advantage of the cheap empty space and tech-skilled people who were making the city their home. Mosoiu became a magnet, helping people to channel their desire to use their expertise for the city while offering training to people who wanted to improve their abilities.
If Oakland becomes a place where workers have the necessary skills, businesses will be more motivated to move here, she said. "It's easier to have more impact in Oakland with little more than gumption," Mosoiu said. "It feels like we're all in this together."
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Claim to fame: Runs Oakland's technology salon, Tech Liminal
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Gwen Ifill Will Not Do The Honorable Thing
Gwen Ifill says she will NOT step down as moderator of tomorrow night's Vice Presidential Debate between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, even though she has a vested financial interest on the outcome.
She is like NBA referee Tim Donaghy who was betting on the games he was officiating. Donaghy was fired and then convicted of fixing games. The NBA apparently has stricter rules than the Debate Commission.
Ifill is writing a book called "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" about African-American politicians who have changed the face of American Politics, the star being Obama.
The book is scheduled to come out on Inauguration Day.
If Obama wins, Ifill stands to make more money.
She has done many interviews to promote the book and has fawned over Barack Obama and his candidacy. She also wrote a puff piece on Obama for Essence Magazine entitled "The Obamas: Portrait of an American Family." Sounds like she's working for the campaign.
And she's the moderator of a debate that could be crucial in the outcome of the campaign?
Several blogs, including this one, have called on Ifill to do the honorable thing and step down. Syndicated Columnist Michell Malkin did the same in he column.
But late today Ifell refused saying she wasn't going to give in to "Blog Chatter." But what if the chatter is right? Does it matter where it comes from? She does stand to profit. He impartiality is in question. You would think as a respected journalist she would see the conflict and step down.
But no, instead she played the race card pointing out white writers who wrote about white candidates. It was a bizarre reach by such a bright woman because no one is questioning her right to write the book. We are questioning if someone with such a clear bias and conflict should moderate a debate.
The fact that she side steps the obvious question and instead plays the race card just makes the bias and the conflict seem more real.
But now that we know, we will all be watching tomorrow night with a much more critical eye.
Tim Donaghy may watch from Federal Prison. I wonder what he will be thinking?
6 comments:
- BK said...
I saw her reply and wanted to scream when she played the race card rather than owning her obvious financial conflict of interest.
Why America accepts such obvious bias, shrugging it off with an eye roll, is beyond me.
- October 1, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Very few Journalists could get away with this. I fill is Teflon.
- October 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM
- Seth said...
Sweet! A pro-Palin blog. I made a pro-Palin video. Could you help me by sharing it with your contacts and maybe making it a main blog? Thanks!
- October 1, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Seth said...
Sweet! A pro-Palin blog. I made a pro-Palin video. Could you help me by sharing it with your contacts and maybe making it a main blog? Thanks!
- October 1, 2008 at 9:21 PM
This is not a new revelation. Officials on both sides of the aisle have signed off on this. Ifill's book has been promoted for 6 months. Overall I find the timing of this uproar a lot more questionable than Ifill being the moderator. We'll all know after tonight. My bet is that Ifill will be the pro she has always been regardless of the outcome. And the response from folks such as you will be unmitigated outrage over a whole lot of nothing. Nothing new there.
- October 2, 2008 at 11:07 AM
If you people ever did the "honorable thing", you'd all slit your useless throats.
- October 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM


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