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"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).
Darwin's idea "is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on earth. It helps us understand our origins . . ." (Sir Julian Huxley, "Education and Humanism," in Essays of a Humanist, 1964).
The quotations above represent two competing worldviews—Christian theism and naturalistic evolution. One follows the biblical storyline, affirming the recent creation of the heavens and the earth thousands of years ago. The other adheres to philosophical materialism in which a cycle of life and death has been in motion for billions of years. This modern conflict—creation vs. evolution—represents a fundamental dividing line between faith and unbelief.
The Grace to You blog has engaged this controversy for the past several months with articles from John MacArthur, audio and video clips from his sermons, and interaction in the comment threads. Today's article makes fifty posts in the series—a lot has been said—so I intend this as a summary and conclusion to the series. Throughout this article, you'll find links to each post in the series. That'll allow you to catch up on anything you've missed, study the issue in greater depth, and perhaps share the series with someone else.
Before I start summarizing, I'd like to recommend John's entire sermon series, The Battle for the Beginning, along with the well-documented book of the same title. We're obviously not able to accomplish in a series of blog posts what John did in his sermon series and book. You'd benefit by becoming better acquainted with his carefully reasoned, biblically consistent apologetic for the Christian perspective of origins.
Now, here's the summary . . .
At the heart of John MacArthur's perspective on origins is a commitment to the Bible; he reads all of life through the lens of Scripture. And that's the difference between the two competing worldviews—Who do you choose to believe? God, or someone else? It's a matter of ultimate authority.
After framing the argument in biblical terms, only one position is possible—young earth creation. The Bible teaches the recent creation by divine fiat of the heavens and the earth, plant life and animal life; the subsequent special creation of Adam and Eve; and the subsequent fall of Adam and Eve into sin, which introduced death into the world God created. Even the atheistic enemies of Scripture understand that. You either believe that, or you don't.
Ultimately, Satan is the source of evolutionary theory. It's a lie, an alternative reality, a replacement narrative for the unbeliever. Satan used that same strategy when he deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden, and it's worked well for him ever since. Evolution is simply the latest in a long chain of lies to aid the rebels' cause, waging war against their Creator.
Evolution is essentially an attempted murder—it helps people replace the triune God with a false trinity of matter, time, and chance. For those who embrace the lie that God is dead, there are massive implications and devastating consequences. If God didn't create us, then He doesn't own us, His law is irrelevant, and He has no right to judge us. Removing the troublesome yoke of divine sovereignty liberates people to create and define their own realities. Morals and ethics become matters of individual preference or social convention—universal, transcendent authority is relegated to the unenlightened past.
The consequences of that are severe and brutal. Without a universally-binding, transcendent authority, there is no basis for justice. And who needs justice? If there's no such thing as the special creation of man, and man is nothing more than an animal with opposable thumbs and a more sophisticated, nuanced set of grunts, what's the point of justice?
There's no justice in the dog-eat-dog animal kingdom, and no protection from the strong. Brutality and sensuality reign. There's no sense of loyalty to family or morality, no sense of purpose or meaning. Life in the evolutionary worldview is inherently nihilistic. The masses forage through life, like brute beasts, mindful only of gratifying sensual desires.
That preferred version of reality is all the evolutionist has to look forward to—a cold, hard dystopia. Huxley is right about evolution's comprehensiveness and power, but the landscape in that world is utterly bleak and hopeless.
By contrast, the biblical worldview, predicated on the thoughtful creation by a loving God, paints an entirely different picture. Here is reality, and it is truly the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea on earth because it is what God revealed in His Word. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
The biblical account of creation is comprehensive because it explains everything. The Bible declares the origin of the heavens and earth, mankind, marriage, evil, language, government, culture, technology, nations, alternate religions, the six-day workweek; it explains where a large portion of the fossil record came from; and provides a chronology of the earth's history. While there may be apparent conflicts, there is no evidence that truly contradicts what God told us in His Word. Gathering facts and investigating the evidence continues to vindicate the biblical record and devastate Darwinian evolution.
The Bible's creation account is also powerful because it reveals the glory and the purpose of our Creator. From that very first day, God prepared an earth that would be useful for Adam and Eve. God made man in His image, as the pinnacle of His creation, and put him at the center of His plan to glorify Himself in creation and redemption. And Genesis explains why we need redemption at all—the Fall of man helps us understand why evil exists in the world, while providing hope in God's salvation through Jesus Christ. That's the biblical storyline, as told by the Creator, Judge, and Redeemer of the earth. What idea could be more powerful than that?
At the end of the day, you either look to God as the first cause, or you look to something else. You're either a materialist, believing in the eternality of matter, or you are a supernaturalist, believing in the eternality of God. The choice you make at the beginning—your a priori set of presuppositions, the assumptions you choose to believe—will determine what you accept as your final authority, how you look at the evidence, and what conclusions you're prepared to accept.
That's why it's so difficult to understand why professing Christians try to make peace with evolution.
Science studies what it can observe, what can be predictably repeated; so science is out of its depth when it tries to answer questions about metaphysics. The scientific method cannot be applied to a non-repeatable supernatural act, like the inception of the universe by divine fiat, or any subsequent miracle.
Evolutionary devotees sometimes seem more like cultists than rational scientists. Many act oblivious to the faith-based nature of their operating assumptions, and are therefore wholly uncritical about their starting point. Here are just a few examples:
In every field of study, evolutionists make massively consequential, determinative assumptions; and yet they act as if it's all settled, proven science that is beyond question.
Even though the conclusions of science remain a moving target, there are many professing Christians—in fact, most Christian institutions—who have caved in to the pervasive, evolutionary viewpoint. Many of them hope to gain credibility with the scientific establishment, and they're willing to sacrifice the Bible to get it.
Inserting long ages into the biblical account of creation, which is required if you're going to make the Bible compatible with evolutionary theory, twists the text of Scripture, compromises inerrancy, and sometimes even undermines the gospel. Theistic evolution and the Framework Hypothesis are two disastrous attempts to reconcile the two mutually exclusive worldviews. Whenever you put literal death before a literal Adam and Eve, you disagree with the Lord Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul, and other New Testament writers who affirm the historicity of the creation account. Death before Adam, therefore, is an abandonment of any credible claim to biblical fidelity.
In His wisdom, God tied every aspect of redemption to real history, which He recorded and interpreted in His Word. And it all starts with a literal view of the creation account, the special creation of a literal Adam and Eve, and the Fall of mankind into sin. What you believe about creation affects primary doctrines of the Bible. It is a litmus test of biblical fidelity that reveals your commitment to Scripture as the final authority.
And here are some concluding thoughts . . .
"No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord" (Proverbs 21:30).
The prevailing philosophies of secular humanism, materialism, and naturalism inform and bias most scientific inquiry and conclusions in favor of evolutionary theory. Evolution is indeed a powerful narrative that presents a tremendous challenge to the church. And yet, John MacArthur, along with the cadre of professors at The Master's College and The Master's Seminary, the leadership of Grace Community Church, and the leadership of Grace to You, have all stood firm against the rising tide and dominant winds of evolution. God will honor all those who honor His Word; those who do not honor His Word will be put to shame.
Therefore, in the interest of glorifying God by holding fast to His Word, when there is a way that seems right to today's men (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25), we'd like to offer a few short, concluding observations, in no particular order.
The Foundational Issue of Ultimate AuthorityThe nature of ultimate, transcendent authority is that it is self-attesting. That means, an ultimate authority answers to no one and nothing above itself, otherwise it ceases to be ultimate.
If I tell you, "A massive storm is coming to your part of the country." Since I'm no meteorologist, you'd be right to challenge me and demand the source of my information. I might point you to your local newscast, and again, you could challenge their authority to make such a claim. If your local weather service predicts the weather as well as mine does, well . . . So, you look beyond me, your local weatherman, and try to find some authority figure you trust before stocking up for the big one or evacuating the area.
That's especially the case when it comes to metaphysical narratives that attempt to answer the big questions—Where did we come from? Why are we here? Darwinian philosophy offers one narrative, Hindu philosophy offers another, Christian philosophy another, and there are others. But the question we must ask is, "Who says?"
Time, chance, and progress stand in the place of God for the evolutionist, promising an endless "ocean of facts [with] no bottom and no shore" (Cornelius Van Til, Christian Apologetics, 80). It's hard to pin down their ultimate authority because it's mutable, ever-changing, and even contradicting itself.
God is the ultimate, immutable, self-attesting authority, as demonstrated in Hebrews 6:13: "For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself." Every Christian knows God to be the ultimate authority, and His Word to be the only reliable source of truth, but some act inconsistent with that, especially when it comes to evolutionism.
The dominant "isms" of our day seem so great, so insurmountable. But their splendor quickly fades and their edifices come crumbling down when you contrast them with the God of Scripture.
The Consistent Hermeneutics of Biblical FidelityIf we claim that God is the only self-attesting, transcendent authority (and we do), and if we claim that the Holy Bible is God-breathed, inerrant, and sufficient (and we do), then how we interpret it becomes a matter of grave importance. People have obviously misinterpreted the Bible and used it to justify all manner of error and even wickedness. It's important to get it right.
Time and space won't allow me to go beyond a bare assertion at this point—we'll have to blog about it one day—but the only consistent approach to interpreting the Bible is the grammatical-historical approach. You use the rules of grammar (lexical, syntactical study) and the facts of history (setting, background study) to determine the plain sense of the text in its context.
When you apply the grammatical-historical method of interpretation to Genesis, you come out the other side with a literal, six-day creation, a literal Adam and Eve, a literal Fall, the worldwide Flood, and a young earth based on the genealogical records. With other methods of interpretation, you have the luxury of predetermining your conclusions before you start. It may not be what God intended to say, but hey, you'll find ready acceptance in the BioLogos comment threads.
The Scientific Method and Young-Earth CreationismYoung-earth creationists are a hearty bunch. They bear the scorn and disdain of the scientific community, can't get positions at colleges and universities, and are denied funding because their research starts with "religious," not scientific, presuppositions. I call that unfair.
Now, I'm no scientist; but here's how I remember the scientific method (with a little recall help from the Internet): (1) observe, (2) ask a question, (3) form a hypothesis, (4) test your hypothesis, (5) analyze the data to either accept or reject your hypothesis, and (6) accept your hypothesis or revise it and test again.
Why can't young-earth creationists conduct scientific inquiry, using the scientific method, but within the boundaries of Scripture? Old-earth creationists do the same thing, but remain within boundaries set for them by materialism, naturalism, and secular humanism. So, why must young-earth creationists play by the rules of a God-rejecting worldview? Shouldn't Christians demand it be the other way around?
The Error of Evidentialist ApologeticsBy observing the comment threads on our blog, Phil Johnson's blog, and the BioLogos blog, I noticed a number of times that the motivation for a number of old-earth creationists is to maintain Christian credibility with the unbelieving world, particularly those within the scientific community. They believe we need to do science according to the evolutionary model, and win them to Christ by showing them what good thinkers we are.
That's obviously a bit of an unfair caricature, an oversimplification (forgive me), but it helps me make a couple of points. Whenever you appeal to human reason to adjudicate metaphysical questions (like origins), you set it above God as the final arbiter of reality. But human reason faces natural, creaturely limitations (e.g., bound by space, time, finite capacity). Human reason is unable to be objective because it is hindered by noetic effects of sin, affecting the ability to think; it also suffers the effects of a sin nature, which affects the will to think in a godly way. Do you really think God and His Word will get a fair hearing?
Furthermore, 1 Peter 3:15, that classic apologetic text, tells us to "sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts," and in that manner, "make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account." If Christ is Lord, then His Word is the supreme authority for you as a Christian. And the same hermeneutic that upholds His humanity and deity, His death, burial, and resurrection, and all the other primary truths of Scripture, should be the same hermeneutic you employ to interpret Genesis 1 and 2. Young-earth creationism is consistent with the lordship of Christ; you must not compromise that when preaching the gospel to evolutionists.
How then do you deal with the evolutionist? Stick to what God has said, trust Him completely, and put Proverbs 26:4-5 into practice—"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool as his folly deserves, lest he be wise in his own eyes."
First, "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him." That is, don't enter into the evolutionist's foolish thinking, don't accept his set of presuppositions, don't leave his assumptions unchallenged. If you do, you'll become like him. That's the lesson of the BioLogos fiasco (here, here, and here; also, take a look at the excellent posts by Phil Johnson here, here, and here).
Second, "Answer a fool as his folly deserves, lest he be wise in his own eyes." Don't deny the data, and don't deny that their conclusions have the appearance of validity—maybe you have something to learn. But take the time to demonstrate (1) the folly of his assumptions and presuppositions, and (2) that the creationist framework can give an answer for the evidence (even if it doesn't satisfy the skeptic). The point isn't to convince the unbeliever; the point is to please the Lord and leave the unbeliever without excuse ("lest he be wise in his own eyes").
Doing science within a young-earth creationist framework may be lonely and difficult (especially because the funding isn't there), but it's worth it to maintain your credibility and integrity before God and men.
The True Tone of CompromiseI found it interesting to see the comment count rise when we called out the evangelical compromises with evolutionary theory. We had little disagreement about the threat of evolution, increased disagreement about the limitations of science to answer metaphysical questions, but outright hostility, even scoffing, when John exposed the inconsistency and compromise of those who deny the straightforward, literal reading of Genesis.
Hermeneutics is clearly ground-zero in the battle. As I said, we'll have to come back to that.
But it was also instructive to see the different types of dissenting voices in the comment thread. I've labeled them the Bullies, the PoMos, and the Armchair Critics.
The Bullies led out with their education and experience—PhDs and decades in the field. Some would swagger into the comment thread like boisterous gunslingers, flipping over tables and trying to intimidate all the paying customers. I suppose they gained the advantage of shock and awe, but once the dust settled, they manifested insurmountable weakness in biblical fidelity, consistency, and presuppositions.
The PoMos entered the thread gently, just trying to learn. They seemed so genuinely conflicted about the controversy, even to the point of losing sleep. They just wanted to learn from their young-earth creationist brothers, but they couldn't get over the nagging evidences they were confronted with in the universities. But peeling away the soft, fuzzy layers of superficial agreement, we found a bedrock layer of unbelieving presuppositions and biblical inconsistency. If only they would take Scripture as seriously as they take other fields of study…
The Armchair Critics are always among the most frustrating to deal with. They tend to be lazy and brash, always casting doubts into the mix, but never taking responsibility to put forth a consistent, much less superior, alternative viewpoint. I tend to think of them in the same light as the factious man of Titus 3:10, whom we're to reject after the first and second warning. But that's not easy to do in a blog setting; after all, this isn't your local church.
Well, so much more could be said, but only one thing really needs to be said. Here's the dividing line: Do you believe the Bible, or do you not?
While you're welcome to interact with any of the points above, we'd really like to hear from you about the impact this series has had on you. Let us know.
Thanks again for the robust commenting, and for sticking with us through the past few months—you've been a great group! We'll see you in a couple of days in a brand new series.
Travis Allen
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Thanks John MacArthur and Travis Allen and all of you blog writers.
What a lot I have learned from you great guys. It will take me months to sort the data. Then I have a nation to reach.
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I guess I would fit more into your PoMos category than the other two when I was interacting throughout this series. That said I take every word I read from the Bible very seriously and literally as well. My interest involved the fact that I know that others I interact with on a daily basis are exposed to a relentless attack of the "theory of evolution", including and especially my kids in the public schools. I personally wasn't taking more seriously other fields of study than I was taking seriously the facts within the Bible. I did consider the comments of other writers that responded, but more for strengthening my own ability to respond when faced with questions face to face as I go through my day. I'm sure there were more like me that may not have commented or asked questions (could be a whole new category). I got what I needed and more.
Thank you for this series. My understanding and my ability to communicate my belief of the literal interpretation of the Bible (God's creation / young earth) has been strengthen immensely.
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Dear JM & TA:
Thanks for the blog, several times I thought that all the good stuff had been said, but I was drawn back again and again to find different issues had arisen as well as some rehashing. I have found myself studying more because of it, and trusting God more due to the refocus on the real issues being debated. Admitting that I had "fuzzed" some over the years is hard but true and the blog helped me to once again clarify my mind on what the real debate is about. Each of the websites was helpful all around. Some of them seemed to be made for the debate, and I was amazed at how unprepared some of the sites were, spouting doctrine without proof. Others were cogent (even though I did not agree with them), and it was a delight to re-connect with YEC groups like AIG and CRS. And some of the things I read from sometime ago were dusted off and hopefully made somewhat useful to others, (although not really sure about that- all of us to one extent or another see ourselves as "merchant-philosophers", to bad if it turns out that we are simply "merchant-windbags" or even worse "merchant-airheads"- just a thought:).
At any rate I wanted to express my gratitude for the discussion and for all the other resources your website provides. Keep your eyes on the prize, your brother in Christ, PT (Phil 3:7-14)
I listened to John's sermon series "The Battle for the Beginning" last summer and have since been a YEC. This blog series has helped me to grow (vastly) in the knowledge of what I just became convinced of a year ago. Thank You so much!!!!
Thank you John MacArthur, Gabriel, Travis and others, as well as all the people who have interacted through this series. I've learned a lot.
I've always belived in the 6day/24hour creation, but I didn't know why. Thank you for helping me with answering that. I also understand why creation is so important in shaping our worldview.
God bless you all. I am looking forward to the next series.
Everyone on this blog, Thank you and I learned how to have the right
attitude that Jesus want me to respond and it helped me to have a better relationship to Him. I appreciate it.
Out there is a mission field, Jesus is our shepherd, and will lead us.
God bless.
Thank you, GTY for a great job. The battle for the beginning series really equipped me to be able to defend what I believe about what God can do (and actually did).
I want to add my thanks to John MacArthur and the GTY staff involved in this blog. I am thankful for your commitment to the authority of God's Word, and your careful exegesis of God's Word in order to rightly divide it and to preach it, in season and out of season. I believe the battle for the beginning is a battle worth fighting because I agree that Satan is behind the theory of evolution and is using it to cause many to doubt God's Word, and to attempt to rob God of His glory by denying God's sovereignty and authority over all of His creation. As people are blinded to their accountability to God, their creator, they are also blinded to their need for a savior.
While it has been encouraging to read the blog postings of the GTY staff and many others who share their (and my) belief in a miraculous six day creation by God approximately six thousand years ago, it has also been disheartening to read the zealous attempts by some to refute this belief. It has made me aware of the intensity of this battle and the need to pray. I pray that those who attempt to refute the plain reading of scripture would have their hearts and minds open to the truth of God's Word, and I pray for John MacArthur, the GTY staff, and all who know the truth of God's Word that they would remain standing strong and proclaim it.
I think of one of my favorite verses in scripture is 1 Thessalonians 5:17...pray with out ceasing . That is the greatest thing we can do for all those evolutionist and lost people, pray ,pray ,pray. Thanks so much GTY for this blog I didn't post much because I just don't understand all that evolution stuff and praise the Lord that I don't because it seems like a bunch of crazy stuff. I have learned a lot through this blog and will continue to learn through this site . Praise The Lord Jesus Christ
For his glory
P.S. I have been praying for you guys daily hope all is going well, keep fighting the good fight
Thank you for the series, truly I count it as one of my most treasured blessings from the Lord in this tough walk where there is so much inundating, convoluted efforts against the word of God. I did not comment on every blog but did read a great percentage (80-85) of them. But I did not have to read all of them to come to the final question "do you believe the Bible, or do you not?"
I have believed the written word of God for about five years now, when in repentance of my prideful and filthy heart, and confronted with the righteousness of Jesus, and the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, I begged to be accepted by the Lord and a change of my heart. By the grace of God, and discernment He has place in my heart, I have come to a better understanding of His Word thru GTY (and affiliate ministries). I did learn a great deal where the evolutionists come from; even the evolutionist-Christians 'wanna be's'.
Again, thanks for the series, and please keep those with a different view of Scriptures in your prayers, more importantly those that auto proclaim themselves as Christians but denied it through a lie, the Word of God.
This whole blog series widened my perspective and informed me a lot and gave me new categories I can pull up to depend my faith. I tried to comment sometimes but I didn't measure-up with those thinkers out there so often times I just simply read and think. Thanks anyway; at least I'm thinking harder now. Thanks Pastor John MacArthur and Travis Allen. It's been a blessing to be here.
Thanks to all the Moderators, Fred, Travis, and Gabriel for making this such an interesting topic. Also, thanks to Dr. MacArthur for standing firm in a YEC, six literal days, position.
When this subject started, I had mentioned that I never had studied this subject very much, ONLY because I have always taken God at His Word. I now see the importance of knowing this subject even better. I do not live on an island and I may be able to convince some young college student of the errors of evolution. Now that I have followed this blog and Phil Johnson's, I feel a bit more equipped to help others see Genesis as God intended it to be.
Once again, this has been so informative. Thanks to all you young fellows for being so faithful to God's Word.
To Pastor John and the admins, thanks a lot for this blog series. At the beginning of it, I was OEC because it just seemed to make good sense. After reading everything here and at Pyromaniacs, I was inspired enough to work a full day's visit to the Creation Museum into my vacation plans. All my foundations cracked and now I am firmly a believer in the 6, 24-hour day, literal creation, as the Bible clearly teaches. A while back, a question occurred to me, "If I could find scientifically verifiable evidence that everything the Bible says is false, would I still accept it as truth?" I thought long and hard about that question before I answered yes. The issue is the undoubtedly the authority of scripture as it clearly speaks. Though many others may think me a fool to ignore what seems to be reasonable, and clear, I cannot help but to accept God's word on faith, without seeing...even to the point of denying what I do see when it contradicts the word. I have no doubt that others can dispute my position...and that's fine, but I can't be swayed from it...not by men. So thanks again for this series...it has truly been a blessing!
1 Corinthians 1:25
Wow! What a ride! I've lost so much sleep, searched Scriptures, prayed for discernment & for those who struggle to accept God's word as being litterally & historically accurate; but mostly I've been challenged to clarify & declare my own beliefs (which were already rooted in Scripture but are now strengthened by reinforcing arguments presented here) through my postings and debates & which I feel has emboldened me & prepared me to take this debate out into my surroundings as I've discussed this topic with others. Thanks to all, & to GTY staff especially, for keeping me on my toes! May God continue to bless Pastor MacArthur & all of the GTY ministries! Bring on the next topic! Can't wait to learn more! :)
I too would like give thanks to John MacArthur and GTY for this series of 'the beginning' as our God has described in His Bible. My educational background took me to the brink of the scientific ream of theoretical knowledge of its day and I must say that those influences did in fact burr my vision for many years. It wasn't 'The battle for the beginning' series that solidified my belief in a six day creation week but a lengthy meditation period of answered prayers that did. I will say that 'The battle for the beginning' series certainly helped and may have actually been the final answered prayer that helped me clear my vision. I praise glory to God alone for that.
This blog has helped me to understand how some that I think of as the Christian left are attempting to redefine or reinterpret the Bible to fit any possible mutations they want just to "tickle their ears". I pray for if it is our Lords will that their vision will also be cleared and their understanding that there is only one interpretation of Gods word which is Literal in all respects without contradiction.
Thanks again and may God Bless
I appreciate all I have learned from GTY on how important it is for
a believer in the Gospel to believe that Genesis is the true story
of creation. I was once a biology major then switched to nursing
many years ago. Now I have a daughter who was being taught in freshman biology class that evolution was a theory, and many
of her friends were telling her she can be christian and believe
in evolution. The creation series really helped me discuss evolution with her as totally against what the Bible teaches. I am happy to say she started questioning evolution and decided on her own that it is untrue. Thanks Gty.
One thing this series has taught us is now we can add Theistic Evolutionists and Old Earth Creationists to the list of adhererents to the false notion that the Bible is ambiguous.Unlike the Roman Catholic and the Gnostic we don't need a special interpreter or special knowledge in order to understand the Bible or at least certain parts of it. I can't believe they can't see how dangerous that premise is. History has shown us that many who start down that path end up as apostates. My sincere prayer is that they come to see their error and return to the belief in the perspecuity of the scriptures and see that we don't need extra-biblical sources to interpret them for us.
I have appreciated connecting with this blog to understand more clearly the teaching of John MacArthur about the Creation. I read his book on The Battle for the Beginning a few years ago, and this provided a refresher, from a teacher whom I respect for his commitment to the authority of Scripture and his passion for the gospel message. This is also demonstrated by his teaching at "Together for the Gospel." Thank you for that passion to communicate the message of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés' Go the F**k to Sleep, a father's anguished plea to his child, has made all the best-seller lists. On Slate, Katie Roiphe sees the quiet desperation of yuppie parents.
Are our enlightened, engaged, sensitive parenting practices driving a certain segment of the population insane?
. . . The odd, rageful, beautiful little book's inspiration lies in the commingling of insipid bedtime story rhymes with the inner monologue of the wildly irritated parent: "The owls fly forth from the treetops./ Through the air, they soar and they sweep./ A hot crimson rage fills my heart, love. / For real, shut the fuck up and sleep." The stylish parody relies for its humor and frisson on a certain level of frustration, an over- the- top, pent-up fury toward one's children, because without that fury, it's simply not that funny.
The sleepless child's parents are trying to watch a video and eat some microwaved popcorn, notes Roiphe. "The precious adult time (the father) is desperately fighting to preserve is so paltry, so modest, so barely there." No wonder he's ticked off.
Parents who raise their children to see "the whole world as an expanse of devoted maids and butlers" have themselves to blame, Roiphe writes.
Likewise, if we can't manage to hire a baby sitter and get out of the house, if we have made of the conventional nuclear family structure something stifling, airless, it can't really be the fault of a 4-year-old, resourceful and mischievous as he may be. We are, after all, to blame for our own self-sacrifice, and if we are being honest and precise, it's not exactly self-sacrifice, tinged as it is with vanity, with pride in our good behavior, with a certain showiness in our parenting, with self-congratulation.
. . . But if those sweet-faced children, so gorgeously drawn by Ricardo Cortés, could talk back would they say: "Put on a fucking dress. Have a fucking drink. Stop hovering over us. Live your own goddamned life."
My stepdaughter and her husband, parents of an infant and a two-year-old, think the book is hilarious. On a recent solo visit, my husband offered to babysit so they could go out to dinner. They turned him down, saying he wouldn't be able to handle it if both kids woke up at the same time. (John: "I raised three children!") After negotiations, they've agreed to let both of us babysit on our July visit so they can go out together for a few hours.

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"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." — The Beatles, "The End"
TULSA — Well before the end, it was clear that Sir Paul McCartney was taking and making plenty of love at the BOK Center Thursday night.
Whether he was conjuring romance with his tender new ballad "My Valentine," pulling out all the stops on a rowdy Beatles classic like "Back in the U.S.S.R." or sending one out to the Wings fans, baby, we were amazed. No maybe about it.
In honor of the venue's fifth anniversary, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, 70, played two consecutive hit-filled nights at the Tulsa arena. As with Wednesday's concert, Thursday's stop on the music icon's "Out There Tour" was a sellout.
The second gig of McCartney's two-night Tulsa stand constituted a full-on rock 'n' roll spectacle, an almost three-hour revelry filled with flaming pyrotechnics, kaleidoscopic lights and high-tech, psychedelic video wizardry. But more importantly, it was filled with incredible, enduring songs from the Guinness World Records-setting most successful composer and recording artist of all time.
Not only did the sprawling set list range from the wistful Beatles standard "Yesterday" to Fab Four's proto-head-banger "Helter Skelter," it featured them back to back. During the second encore.
McCartney took the stage with his trademark boyish grin, waving his arms and playfully pointing to the unabashedly adoring audience before strapping on the first of many guitars. Dressed in a royal blue jacket and black pants, the Brit bopped through an opening salvo of prime Beatles and Wings material: "Eight Days a Week," "Junior's Farm," "All My Loving" and "Listen to What the Man Said" before stripping off the jacket to reveal a white button-down shirt underneath.
"That is the only wardrobe change of the evening," he declared, flashing another charming smile.
"It's great to be back in Tulsa, and I'll tell you what else: This evening I just got made an honorary Okie. All right."
Music and charm seemed to flow out of Macca with equal ease and in equal measure: The Wings cut "Let Me Roll It" led into an instrumental version of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady," which in turn led into an enthralling story about the late guitarist's wild cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" that got his guitar so out of tune even Eric Clapton wouldn't even try to sort it out.
McCartney topped that by strapping on the guitar he played on the original recording of one of my all-time favorite Beatles songs, "Paperback Writer," and racing through a rendition even more raucous than the album cut. McCartney has been playing with the same band — Paul 'Wix' Wickens (keyboards), Rusty Anderson (guitar), Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums) and Brian Ray (bass/guitar) — for more than a decade, and their chemistry is outmatched by only their musicianship.
When the superstar sat at his grand piano for the first time — but thankfully, not the last — the band smoothly accompanied him in another fascinating career-spanning series: "My Valentine," "The Long and Winding Road" and "Maybe I'm Amazed." Pounding the keys like a masterful madman on "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" wasn't enough for the energetic Sir Paul, who boogied on the bench throughout the number and then did a little victory dance after. He had to retuck his shirt when he switched back to guitar for the moody "Things We Said Today," the fan favorite "We Can Work It Out," the melancholy "Another Day" and the dreamy "And I Love Her."
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I seem to recall reading that white tea contains about 15 mgs of caffeine per cup, which is less than other teas and much less than coffee.
The difference between the caffeine content in white tea and, say, black coffee is certainly easily felt after just one cup, at least in my experience.


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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 2 muffins (24 total)
Calories 320
Calories from Fat 60
Total Fat 7 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 125 mg
Total Carbohydrate 59 g
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Sugars 29 g
Proteins 6 g
Vitamin A 4% DV
Vitamin C 10% DV
Calcium 10% DV
Iron 10% DV
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Servings 12
Preparation Time 45 minutes
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.0
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Flour 3½ cups
Sugar ½ cup
Baking powder 4 teaspoons
Salt ½ teaspoon
Milk 1½ cups
Vegetable oil 1/3 cup
Fat-free sour cream 1/3 cup
Egg substitute ½ cup
Fresh or frozen blueberries, unthawed if frozen 4 cups
Sugar 4 tablespoons
Dried cranberries 8 ounces
- Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, and salt and stir to mix.
- Combine milk, oil, sour cream, and egg substitute in a medium bowl and beat with a wire whisk until blended.
- Make a well in dry ingredients and pour the liquid ingredients into the well all at once. Stir until just moistened.
- In a medium bowl, combine 4 tablespoons of sugar and blueberries and toss to coat with sugar. Stir gently into batter just until blueberries are distributed.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling ¾ full.
- Bake at 400ºF for 20-25 minutes, until light golden brown and firm to the touch.
- Let cool on wire rack for 3-4 minutes, then remove muffins from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
- Store tightly covered at room temperature.


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Bob,No Chicago thin pics in awhile. You're not giving up pizza for the summer are you? A 14 minute or so bake with no stone is perfect for the hot weather. Btw, the more I use that cutter pan the more I like it, and I liked it a lot the first time I used it.
sorry the pics are rotated. I need to figure that out. thanks!
Thanks Mo. I use the Lou's on the "emergency" page and just double the yeast and salt(I use it within a couple hrs.). This sauce was puree made from Contadina paste, water, salt, pepper, dried oregano...the usual. Glad to hear you've been making these too lately...would like to see your latest an greatest.
Please steer me in the direction of this recipe. It looks really good! Thanks!
Here's some pics from last night's thin crust test. Below is a preview link to the recipe I'm going to be posting soon on RealDeepDish.com:http://www.RealDeepDish.com/RDD-ChicagoThinCrust-2014.pdfI learned that if you use Lactose-Free Milk, then you should leave out the extra sugar in the dough recipe because the lactase in the LF milk has made those milk sugars available to the yeast.
Looks a lot like V&N's. Except yours is much less sloppily made and doesn't come with giant spots of carbonized cheese stuck to the bottom. Will have to try your sausage recipe, too.
That looks outstanding. Do you think your formulation would bake as well in a standard cutter pan (not perforated)?
Looks great Ed. What kind of pep is that?Nate


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The one aircraft I'd love to fly: AOPA Facebook page fans weigh inThursday, October 3rd, 2013
Two weeks ago, I had the chance to fly in one of EAA's Ford Trimotorswhen it came to Frederick Municipal Airport and did a story about it for AOPA Live This Week (my first video piece!). Plus I did a story about how Fort Worth, Texas-based Greatest Generation Aircraft will offer visitors at the upcoming AOPA Aviation Summit's Airportfest the chance to ride in or even fly a Douglas C-47.
So I must have had airplanes on the brain when I posted this — The one aircraft I'd love to fly is __________________. You can see the results, below. We had a record response, so I thought I'd share 10 of my favorite from the 354 responses. You can also see photos of more of the named aircraft over on our Pinterest board.
- Kevin Pannebakker Gulfstream G650
- Stephen Langkau Curtiss Jenny
Scott Rodenbeck P-51 Mustang
Heather J. Chandler F/A – 18 SuperHornet
Greg D. Baker Lake Renegade
Ankit Chauhan MIG 21 Bison
Steven Bradshaw The Space Shuttle!
Michael Kevin Sibille BD-5J
Bradley Johnson Super Cub Amphib out of Lake Spinard/Hood AK
Derek Grier Vought F4U-D
John Vincent McGuire Beechcraft Starship
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Donald A. Baker, 54, of South Erie Street, Mayville, was charged at 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday with petit larceny. Police learned Baker attempted to leave Wal-Mart on Fairmount Avenue without paying for a cellphone. He was issued an appearance ticket to be in Busti Court at a later date.
FREDONIA – Donald J. McDermott, 25, of Silver Creek, was charged at 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday with felony driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop on Route 438. Troopers said McDermott entered the roadway after passing a road closed sign with a barrier. McDermott failed sobriety tests and was taken into custody. A breath test found his blood alcohol level to be .10 percent. McDermott will be in Brant Court on July 22.
Donald W. Dean Sr. of Jamestown was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation after a traffic stop at 43 Sampson St., on Thursday evening. Officers observed a gray Chrysler traveling at a high rate of speed in the area of Newland Avenue and Sampson Street. After a stop, Dean was found to be operating the vehicle. A driver's license check showed Dean's to be suspended. During an inventory of Dean's belongings while in custody, he was found to be in possession of what is believed to be cocaine. He also had several drug paraphernalia items in his possession. Dean was held in city jail pending arraignment.
Georgeanna Culpepper, 37, of Falconer was charged June 26 with second-degree harassment, third-degree assault, driving while intoxicated and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. Ellicott police were dispatched to a Falconer business for an assault in progress. While en route, the female left the scene. Culpepper was later found at the intersection of Allen Street Extension and Mason Drive, and later found to be driving while intoxicated. A victim at the business said Culpepper became irate and became physical. She was arraigned in Ellicott Court and released.
Ashley M. Schwabenbauer, 23, of Florida was charged June 26 with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Police stopped a vehicle on Route 60 at Palm Road for speeding. Officers could smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. Schwabenbauer was found to be in possession of 25 grams of marijuana and was arraigned in Ellicott Court. She was remanded to Chautauqua County Jail.
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COLDSPRING – Joseph H. Sluga, 67, was charged at 6:19 p.m. on Sunday with driving while intoxicated and failure to keep right following a traffic stop on Lebanon Road. He was processed and released to appear in court at a later date.
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Hamill, Pete
Hamill, Pete 1935–
Hamill is an American journalist, novelist, editor, and screenwriter. Flesh and Blood is his third novel.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
"Flesh and Blood" is a powerful story. For one thing, Mr. Hamill's boxing material seems unusually savvy and authentic, though it's hard to say whether this is a purely technical achievement or the result of Mr. Hamill's having thinly disguised several actual figures in the profession…. Whatever the case, the boxing passages are a good deal more sophisticated than they are in most fiction of this sort. For once we can really believe it when Caputo tells his young charge, "You're not a fighter. You're a bum. An Irish bum … But I can make you a fighter." And he does. (p. C29)
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, in The New York Times (© 1977 by The New York Times Company; reprinted with permission), November 18, 1977.
Eliot Asinof
Blond blue-eyed Bobby Fallon is a tough Brooklyn Irish kid with a hunger to slay dragons. His fists hit like a mule kicking downhill. When he throws a punch, a scream bellows his rage, for his world is an endless chain of enemies.
The torment of Pete Hamill's hero [in "Flesh and Blood"] is an erotic passion for his mother Kate, a beautiful half-Shoshone woman of 36 with a poignant, enigmatic smile. Kate, in turn, miserably lonely at the desertion of her dashing husband Jack, transfers her love to Bobby. In this savage novel there are no priests to condemn their sinning, nor are they tormented by conscience. Son and mother love and make love repeatedly, dominated by their irrepressible need for each other….
Hamill writes through the voice of his hero, sometimes in the first person, sometimes in the second—stark staccato sentences designed to sting, building suspense that is rooted in character, relentlessly knifing through Bobby's ferocity.
In prison for punching out a cop in a barroom brawl, Bobby punches out his frustrations: "I lived in a world where being white was being alone. It was different from the others. They were all black or Puerto Ricans. They had each other. But I was white. Being unbeatable was my only edge." Later, a reporter writes that he boxed "like a man imprisoned in solitude, unaware of the crowd, unaware of anything but the presence of an enemy." And Bobby says of himself: "I made every fight a war … because if I lost … I was in terrible trouble. I would become nothing again." And through it all, Hamill gives us the jargon: a knocked-out fighter, for instance, is "a tomato can." (p. 15)
Hamill's hero is brought to the final crucible, fighting for his soul, in combat with everyone … and, most of all, himself. Hamill takes us down to the hard sweaty canvas with him, and there's nothing pretty about it.
If you like such fables of the fight game served up tough and sordid with the lyrical strains of "Danny Boy" to sweeten the anguish of Oedipus, here is a taut, punchy read that makes "Rocky" seem like a fairy tale. (p. 46)
Eliot Asinof, "Some Oedipus, Some Danny Boy," in The New York Times Book Review (© 1977 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), November 20, 1977, pp. 15, 46.
Robert Stephen Spitz
Pete Hamill's previous novels (A Killing for Christ, The Gift) have been cogent, mannered vignettes about Brooklyn life. In Flesh and Blood, Hamill has unfortunately succumbed to the ignoble television-bred myth that the public will respond positively only to recycled pulp. However, despite its commercial obeisance, this book illuminates the author's ability to capture with stylized brio the nuances of the aching underbelly of society. That sensitivity in itself warrants a modicum of respect, with a cautious eye to the future….
Flesh and Blood is an engrossing enough study of the lineal knot that becomes slowly untied. It travels the Rocky road, and while it "coulda been a contenduh," it emerges as only a pretender to the crown. (p. 40)
Robert Stephen Spitz, in Saturday Review (© 1978 by Saturday Review Magazine Corp.; reprinted with permission), January 7, 1978.


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Topic: Setting up Mongrel and mod_proxy on a CPanel server
Having just moved to a new server and getting fed up with the quirks of getting FastCGI to work, I finally looked into Mongrel. It turns out it's pretty easy to set up, so I wrote this how-to on my blog and thought I'd share it here.
Installing Mongrel
This, amazingly, is a really simple three-step process as described on the Mongrel homepage:
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Collectively, we take upwards of a trillion photos each year. These images together comprise a nearly complete visual record of the world's people, places, things and events. However, this record is massively disorganized, unlabeled, and untapped. This talk explores ways of transforming this massive, unorganized photo collection into reconstructions and visualizations of the world's sites, cities, and people. After a brief recap of our work on Photosynth and reconstructing Rome in a day, I will present new work on modeling places and people from large photo collections.
Steve Seitz is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. He also directs an imaging group at Google's Seattle office. He received his B.A. in computer science and mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 and his Ph.D. in computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin in 1997. Following his doctoral work, he spent one year visiting the Vision Technology Group at Microsoft Research and the subsequent two years as an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He joined the faculty at the University of Washington in July 2000. He was twice awarded the David Marr Prize for the best paper at the International Conference of Computer Vision, and he has received an NSF Career Award, and ONR Young Investigator Award, and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and is an IEEE Fellow. His work on Photo Tourism (joint with Noah Snavely and Rick Szeliski) formed the basis of Microsoft's Photosynth technology. Professor Seitz is interested in problems in computer vision and computer graphics. His current research focuses on 3D modeling and visualization from large photo collections.


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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ciara "Never Ever" Celebrity Tutorial
I've been making a diligent effort to stay more in touch with pop culture for possible makeup tutorials. I've gotten a couple of requests to do Ciara. I was watching 106 & Park and saw her new video Never Ever with Jeezy. I liked the softness in her look, particularly the lip color! I just got a pink combo from the MAC Creamsheen Collection similar to this so I definitely wanted to rock it in a tutorial. Luckily I was able to dupe her eyeshadow combination. I even curled my hair for y'all!
Check out my video tutorial!
The key to this look is a matte face, soft brownish gray smokey eyes, and pink lips. It's actually a really simple look.
The final look!
Here's What I Used (All MAC unless otherwise stated):
-Pur Minerals peach primer
-studio tech foundation NC43
-CRC translucent powder
-shadowy sculpting powder
-sublime nature paint
-satin taupe e/s
-metallic fields e/s
-msf natural in med dark - highlight
-Rimmel professional brow pencil
-Revlon Colorstay liquid liner in blackest black
-kohl pencil in smolder
-ardell wispies
-L'oreal double extend mascara
-subculture lipliner
-cream cup creamsheen lipstick
-fashion scoop creamsheen lipglass
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
18 comments:
- ♡ Nic Nic ♡ said...
great look! it def reminds me of Ciara. Love the pink lips!
- March 3, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- LOVEpink said...
loveee this look!!! great job, as always :)
- March 3, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- girllovemac said...
hello ren ren. im ur biggest fan at youtube and ABB. i ve learned lot of make up from YOU!!! and u always look FAB!!!
- March 3, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Makeup by ReRe said...
Very pretty and wearable!
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- March 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Askmewhats said...
awww your make up and hair is GORGEOUS
- March 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Female_intuition said...
very nice look! :)
- March 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Girl with Curl said...
Love this look! I always like your looks that are wearable in the day time too.
- March 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- only x lindah said...
Great job! :) You do such a great job with these looks!
- March 3, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Jaimie said...
Very Pretty Ren! The light lips are my favorite part! Also, check out my contest if you get a chance!
- March 3, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Couture Carrie said...
Loving the taupe lip!!
- March 3, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- jetblackstarsx said...
hey ren ren! nice blog and tutorial and all that jazz. i was wondering if you plan on picking up any of the new hello kitty kouture items? expensive mystery powder! but it looks ever so cute:)
- March 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- mandilicious said...
you're so pretty!..i love how it's very soft and natural!..i like the hair too..you definitely pull it off!
- March 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Sarai said...
so pretty renren. i love the wispie lashes :) AND YOUR SKIN LOOKS FLAWLESS!!!! <333
- March 3, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Ethereal Prey said...
sheet masks are easier as there's no goo to wash off! w00t! ardell wispies you say? really?
- March 3, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
oh wow!! u almost look like her tooo.. just BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
- March 4, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- Yas said...
Thanks Ren! This is another awesome look perfectly executed. You look stunning.;)
- March 4, 2009 at 2:40 AM
- Amina said...
i love this new series!!! great look!!
- March 6, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Mina said...
HOTTER than Ciara.
- March 7, 2009 at 4:54 AM


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Video: A Month In The Life of Rasmus Henning
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Fire Eyes
I was surfing through you tube and came upon this hot tutorial! I love gaining inspiration from others because sometimes I get bored with my own creations and get really excited when I see what others come up with.
If you haven't heard of xxsgtigressxx she's freaking awesome! She does bold and beautiful eye makeup and isn't afraid to be crazy with it. I love it! Here's the link to the tutorial she did recently called Eyes on Fire.
I recreated the look on my roomy Melissa. She likes when I experiment on her and I love that I have a willing participant to practice on :) I think she wants to step out of her neutral makeup box into the world of funky makeup, yay! She has a more fair complexion so colors really pop on her.
Take a look at my version of this look. I added a really cool lightning bolt on the side of her face with a gradient type effect. I told her she could totally be a super hero with this makeup...not really your everyday wear, lol. But it's fun to play! I also did the tape trick on her to make the cool extreme angled shape on her eyes.
Here's what I used (All MAC unless otherwise stated):
-corn shadestick
-golden lemon pigment
-rule e/s
-mi'lady mineralized eyeshadow - red side
-nylon e/s
-fluidline in blacktrack
-max factor mascara
-spiked brown pencil
-cinema secrets concealer
-mineralized satinfinish foundation
-camera ready cosmetics transulcent powder
-drizzlegold beauty powder
-sculpt and shape duo in lightsweep and shadester
-camera ready cosmetics peach blush
-revlon colorstay red lipliner
-dubonnet lipstick
-clear gloss from Rimmel
11 comments:
- Gee said...
Beautiful job!!! I'm loving that angel tape trick! It looks great and CLEAN. I love that sharp clean look to it~
- April 3, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- ilurvemakeup said...
Waaah it's hard to see the thing you made on the side of her face ate. You have any larger pics? Great job, Melissa looks great. Love her brows :D
- April 3, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
wow, sista love, great things think a like. ha. :) i was going to do a look like this using my she space piggies cause i have to do an FOTD using the she space piggie in "fire and brimstone". LOL. :P i might have to think of another look now. LOL. you did a great job though sis. :D
- April 3, 2008 at 11:51 PM
- Telliecoin said...
i think i've seen that fire eyes vid before.. i love how you did it! it's so so vibrant! - minimoisturiser
- April 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- mrslanielovesmac said...
Great job! Your model looks good in firing colors!
- April 4, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Vanessa said...
I love it! Do my makeup now sis! My turn! Haha, she looks gorgeous before and after!
- April 4, 2008 at 5:49 PM
- Bliss said...
Gorgeoue Firey Look, and i love the lippy colour on Melissa totally complements her pretty complexion, heheh you did an awesome job :)
- April 6, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- leeshengee said...
great look sis! btw, thanks for the blending video! i totally loved it!
- April 6, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- missjaclynrose said...
that is super hot! Good job on it Ren!
- April 6, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- ladystarr said...
wow! I wish I had someone to put makeup on! The fire eyes are really HOT! lol.
- April 7, 2008 at 3:09 AM
- soFresh & soPink said...
Great job! Your model looks amazing. :)
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Can anyone tell me which books are for Ruby on Rails 2.1?
Hi there,
I'm currently working through the new 3rd Edition of 'Agile Web Development with Rails' and also the Sitepoint Rails book ( the newer v2 one ). They are probably good candidates..
Agile is currently in Beta, but the depot application is good for 2.1
cheers, Dave
Hi Dave,
Heard a lot about them. I will be following progresses on them.
Don't keep us waiting much time!
I am currently working through the "Simply Rails 2" book also and it seems pretty awesome so far.
Also, you should certainly check out http://www.peepcode.com and http://www.railscasts.com for some good information on the new 2.1 version of Rails.
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HOUGHTON – The first wave of champions was crowned Saturday at the Randy McKay 3-on-3 hockey tournament at MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
The young players also tested themselves in skills competitions.
In the Mite division, the Junior Red Wings, a Houghton County quartet of Cooper Burkman (South Range), Gaborik Carlson (Dodgeville), Tyson Markham (Chassell) and Camden Markham (Houghton) was victorious, while the top goalie was Teagan Hill of Houghton.
In the skills, Mika Jalkanen had the fastest shot. The Dodgeville native reached 29 miles per hour.
Camden Markham hit four of five targets to win accurate shot and Carlson was the fastest skater.
In Squirt House, the Ice Kings took it home. They include Dean Billeck and Alex Mattila of Mohawk, Brandon Lavigne of Hancock and Luke Marcotte of Lake Linden. The winning goalie was Trevor Lewis of Marquette.
Skills competition winners included Brandon Norkol (fastest shot – 37 mph), Jaron Hembroff (most accurate shot) and Mattila (fastest skater).
Steve Lloyd Construction was best in Pee Wee House. The winning team consisted of Logan Lloyd and Ross Treadeau of L'Anse, Peyton Anderson of Negaunee and Trey Bociek of Iron River. Craig Mantila of Pelkie was the winning goalie.
Keegan Julio of Baraga had the fastest shot (45 mph), Johnathon Mantila of Pelkie was most accurate and Ethan Willmert of Houghton was fastest skater.
The Bantam House final was an all-local affair won by the Dekes of Hazard: Carter Nettell of Hancock, Quentin Stachowiak of Houghton, Cory Tourtilott of Dollar Bay and Nick Weingarten of Houghton. Tristan Lorendo of Ontonagon was the winning goalie.
Jackson Vilona of Negaunee won all three skills competitions.
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Besides Maine's Energy Independence and Security Act state legislature has passed legislation on net-metering standards as early as 1987. They also created contractual methods for entering into solar easements for solar energy systems in 1981 and expanded solar access rights in 2009. [2, 3, 4]
The Maine Public Utilities Commission had established time of use rates for residential and business customers as early as 1988. By 2009 they also approved electric energy storage for residential customers. [5, 6, 7]
"In February 2008, the Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a draft resource-adequacy plan — "A Resource Adequacy Plan for Maine: Consideration of Electricity Sector Investment Strategies" — which recommends, among other things, increasing the amount of demand response. It says:
"Although additional resources are not needed per se in Maine, incremental demand response should have a positive effect under almost all future market conditions. Indeed, an increase in peak demand relative to average demand due to air-conditioning penetration suggests increasing needs for peaking capacity and/or demand responses to meet those super peak hours that only occur a few hours a year. Therefore, we recommend that demand response be encouraged to the maximum extent possible given its cost-effectiveness."
The draft plan was developed to meet the requirements of Maine's Energy Independence and Security Act (LD 2041)." [1]
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[1] Demand Response and Smart Metering Policy Actions Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005: A Summary for State Officials, Prepared by the U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee for The National Council on Electricity Policy, Fall 2008. URL: http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/NCEP_Demand_Response_1208.pdf
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[3] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Maine Solar Easements, 02/02/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME03R&re=1&ee=1
[4] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Maine Solar Rights, 02/02/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME12R&re=1&ee=1
[5] Maine Public Service, MPS Residential Retail Rates, 8/13/2014. URL: http://www.emeramaine.com/residential/rates/
[6] Central Maine Power, Your Business Pricing Schedules. URL: http://www.cmpco.com/YourBusiness/pricing/pricingSchedules/default.html
[7] Bangor Hydro, T&D Rate Schedules, 8/8/2009. URL: http://www.bhe.com/business/rates/rates-schedules.aspx


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (122 votes).
In short: One year I will finish!In full: This is my local race - it's starts less than a mile from my home! This is my third year of trying and the third time baled out somewhere on the course!I run large chunks of the course fairly regularly and whilst the hill up through the park between 7 and 8 miles isn't really that tough, on a hot day it can catch out the unprepared. For me I stopped at the 4 mile mark - I've run myself into heat exhaustion twice and the results aren't much fun.I will be back next year, hoping that for one year the harlow 10 weekend will be cooler, much like it was in the run up to the race.I feel better that I ran the course yesterday on my own in 1:17, which is a 10 mile PB for me.Date of review: August 12, 2007
In short: Generally quite flat, August heat - challenging. Very well organised.In full: Generally quite flat, August heat - challenging. Very well organised. Lovely HQ sport centre setting with plentiful amenities.Date of review: August 11, 2007
In short: Well organised and well marshalled courseDate of review: August 9, 2007
In short: Great race, well organised, wot hills?In full: The marshals were most encouraging, as usual; the organisation was excellent and the course was only mildly challenging. The "hill" appraoching mile 8 was only an undulation, the complainers have clearly never run truly hilly courses. Mid-August what do you expect but heat, don't complain. Greta design on the T-shirt too.Date of review: August 7, 2007
In short: Should have brought the speedos, a towel and some factor 20.In full: Costa del Harlow. Wow. Was aiming for something nice around the 72 minute mark but realised somewhere around the 25 yard mark that that was not going to happen. I was wondering for a good half a mile where the 1 mile marker was so knew I was in trouble. Left my mountaineering gear at home so had some trouble getting up mouth Harlow on 8 miles. Struggled over the finish line on 78 minutesOn a serious note I thought the marshals were fantastic, some of the best I've seen and plenty of the as well. The water stations were perfectly spaced and the route was very nice indeed. A great race apart from the heat. I would love to give this a good shot in cooler conditions.Date of review: August 6, 2007
In short: Good race, very hot!In full: A good race, got a PB despite the heat.Loads of marshals on the course but the car parking could have been better organised with marshals at the entry points telling you that they are full rather than waiting for you to drive in!Other than that struggling to find any major faults, some orange squash would have been nice at the finish! Liked the t-shirt but a more permanent momento would have gone down well even if its just a keyring or something!Will prob do again. Thanks to the marshals, you were great around the course and really friendly.Date of review: August 6, 2007
In short: damned hot!!!!In full: Hottest race I've ever done!! No chance of personal best but definately challenging. Well organised, lots of friendly marshalls and police presence. Couldn't have done it without the girls!! Where next?Date of review: August 6, 2007
In short: Give me 30 minutes with the nice person who thought up the hill at mile 8!In full: OK, an opinion from a novice's perspective for what it's worth. This was only my second organised race following my 56 mins at the Lea Valley 10K a few weeks earlier. It's safe to say that I was a bit wary of doing a 10-miler, as I thought it might have been a step up too soon...and looking at the other comments on here from previous years didn't do much to boost my confidence either! Anyway, I did the distance on a treadmill beforehand and decided "what the hell" do it and just aim to get round without stopping. The outshot? In the end I found it bl**dy hard-going but I must admit, very rewarding at the end. The heat was terrible (29 degrees) but I just went at my own pace and actually enjoyed the first 5 miles. Miles 6 and 7 got a bit tough as it got hotter and hotter and the old legs slowed down, but then came Mile 8...and that hill! God that killed me! To my dismay I had to power-walk the last 2 thirds of the hill, but at least the sight of many others doing the same (including plenty of club runners) gave me some pride back. It did take it out me though, and I was pretty much shot for the last 2 miles, although I did run it...slowly. But I made it to the track, managed a sprint down the home straight, and finished on 1:35:00....faster than when I did the distance on the treadmill (in an air-conditioned gym on a zero gradiant)!!! I will admit, there were times whereI was loathing it, my legs hurt like hell the day after, but I left with a huge grin on my face :¬D. By the way, the marshals were billiant! Great encouragement all round. Will probably do it again now that I know what to expect. I just hope it's cooler next year!Date of review: August 6, 2007
In short: Good run. Scenery could be better.Date of review: August 6, 2007
In short: Great day again and very well organised. Plenty of marshalls and community /police officers to make the crossings safe. Date of review: August 6, 2007
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- 1.4 New Business
- 1.5 Zone updates
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Chair Justin Triplett
Action Item Review
- Justin T. - Make a financial and a membership report
- Terry W, Jody R. - Kiln and Welding Zone Wardens figure out feasibility of large project area
- defer to First Tuesday in March Meeting.
Show and Tell
New Business
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- Scott Elliott is running a group buy, which needs to be placed by the end of February.
- 40% discount on the order which is already significantly cheaper than local prices.
- If you do not want a full case of product, split cases are available if others also want to split--there are already some splits available
- Shipping costs typically $10/case, split across the order based on individual totals
- Delivery in mid-June.
- Order will likely be on a pallet or two, Scott would like to request i3's assistance (or, rather, i3's loading dock) for delivery
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (140 votes).
In short: Course is harder than it looks - but a great race all the same.In full: Well done Liverpool. After teething troubles last year this was one of the best organised races I have run. The first half is very flat and fast, the second half quite challenging from the moment you hit the bottom of the tunnel. An elevation map including the tunnel section would be helpful! The course is truly varied and interesting. Leafy parks, derelict dockyards, the eerily quiet tunnel, the spectacular waterfront and a great finish location. Loved it. And the perfect weather helped! Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: First marathon and couldn't ask for a better experience. Great organisation, very friendly volunteers, plenty of locals turning out to watch. Definitely going to be back next yearDate of review: October 17, 2012
In short: Better than expected, atmosphere and weather were brilliant.Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: An excellently organised challenging race, the drums in the tunnel exhilarating and perfectly placed on the course.Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: Well organised. Not sure about the route though!In full: I agree with most of whats been said, but have to disagree about the route. The first 5 miles from Birkenhead park were pretty grim, as was miles 14/15/16 around Kings dock. I did enjoy the tunnel though, especially the drummers - deafening! That nasty hill at 17/18 was a bit of a surprise too...Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: my first marathon - success great race and fantastic atmosphereDate of review: October 17, 2012
Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: Highly recommended - Liverpool at it's bestIn full: Brilliant race - agree with all the good points already made. Organisation first class, route so much more attractive and interesting than I expected - miles just flew past. Good feeling from the start - relaxed atmosphere in the park, choir singing , no queues for the toilets, efficient baggage handling, sensible seeding in the pens. Friendly runners, marshals and spectators. Considering how much an event like this must cost to organise and quality of medal and t-shirt I did think it was good value for money. People have to make a living and I didn't feel ripped off. We were very lucky with the weather - perfect running conditions. Not an obvious PB course but I'm thinking now that I know the route not impossible next year.Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: It was my 1st marathon brillant experience.Date of review: October 17, 2012
In short: Pretty faultless. Well done Alan for another excellent race.Date of review: October 17, 2012
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