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Tom Hutchinson, principal consultant, Hassett People Solutions.
Position Principal consultant, Hassett People Solutions.
Responsibilities Sourcing the best accounting and finance talent in the market for clients.
Golf course membership Woodlands Golf Club, Mordialloc.
Handicap 12, and coming in this summer.
Which clubs do you use? Nike Pro Combo PW-3 irons with Rifle shafts, Titleist 3-hybrid, Prosimmon
3-Wood, TaylorMade r7 425 driver, Vokey wedges, Odyssey 2-ball putter.
Favourite course Kingston Heath – a classic course, timeless design and always in terrific condition; a jewel in Melbourne's sand belt. A pleasure to have the opportunity to play there.
Favourite hole Fifth at NSW Golf Club, La Perouse, in Sydney. It has breathtaking views and leads to great holes around Botany Bay.
Most inspiring golf player Tom Watson – a genius on the links and
a true gentleman. His performance at the 2009 British Open was inspiring – as a 60-year-old who was leading up until the last hole. At his age it is terrific he is taking on the young guys. I really admire the way he goes about it as an older bloke.
If you could play anywhere Touring Ireland, first stop at Royal County Down. The mountains of Mourne and the purple heather are etched into folklore and I'm sure the photos don't do the course justice.
Memorable moments My first trip south to play Barnbougle Dunes in 2005. The course had just opened, we were one of four groups on the course for the entire weekend. How things have changed. It is a truly memorable course; Barnbougle absolutely deserves its recognition on the international stage.
Tips Never take a tip from someone who is not off single figures. For me, however, it is all about tempo and fully committing to each shot.
Most like to have a round with My three best golfing mates, who are either overseas with work or have recently had kids – we haven't played together for three years.
Why golf? It's so hard. The challenge of it is part of the appeal. The love of the game and the social aspect of being a club golfer. Where I'm a member it's a really good bunch of guys who are serious about their golf but love a beer after the game.
Any last comments We need to treat our courses with more respect – if we all fix an extra plug mark and fill divots, everyone benefits.
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Make-a-Wish Foundation awards local children their heart's desire
By FAITH HUFFMAN | News-Telegram News Editor
Mar. 12, 2007 - We've all seen them on TV and in the news, some of us have even known them — the children who get their heart's desire. At some point, most of us get a little teary when the youngsters, who must be 2 1/2 to 18 years, and their families talk about their battle with the life-threatening illness which qualified them to have their favorite wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
In November, the North Texas foundation awarded Sulphur Springs High School student Patrick Collins, son of Paul and Cheryl Nortin a custom built "super-duper" gaming computer. The teen had a successful heart transplant in June 2006, and stayed by his sister's side in Houston through the summer supporting her during her recovery from the same ailment–restrictive hypertropic cardiomyopathy. The cardiac disease is marked by thickening of the heart muscle, which often causes shortness of breath, exercise intolerance, chest pain or pressure, and fainting, and can even lead to heart failure. He was undergoing treatment at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston as he battled the moderate stages of the disease.
In February 2006, Holdan Culpepper, son of Amy and Dale Perkins and Jason Culpepper, was awarded a 7-day Disney World adventure for him, his parents, two brothers and a set of grandparents by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Holdan was diagnosed at age 4 with juvenile dermatomyositis, an autoimmune disease in which his body's immune system attacks its own cells and tissues. The disease is marked by extreme fatigue, muscle pain and weakness so bad walking and common childhood activities such as climbing and running are almost impossible. The ailment was in remission when he was awarded the 7-day adventure which included a stay at Give Kids The World village, a 51-acre nonprofit resort that partners with more than 300 wish-granting organization from around the world; and visits to Disney World, Sea World, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdoms, Universal and MGM studios as well as Gator Land.
Make-A-Wish granted Channing Horton a seven-night all expense paid trip to Oahu, Hawaii, along with parents Paul and Cindy, and her best friend, so that she could fulfill her wish of swimming in the sea with dolphins. She was remission after grueling rounds of chemotherapy which required he to have "ports" implanted under her skin for easy administration of medication. She suffered from Hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare lifer cancer practically unheard of in children.
Horton was the sixth child in Hopkins County since 1998 to have a wish granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation. Other wishes granted to local children have included three trips to Disney World, a bedroom make-over and a trip to the set of Wheel of Fortune.
Kendall Smith also recently was awarded a trip to New York to see Broadway shows. Smith, who suffers from Hodgkins Disease, attended six plays and got to meet Harry Connick Jr. and visited the Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero and China Town, the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.
So how does the Make-A-Wish Foundation know which children to grant wishes to, what their individual wishes are and how do they make it happen?
First a child must be referred by one of three sources: medical professionals treating the child, the child's parent or legal guardian, or a potential wish child. Friends and other family members of the child can make the initial report, but strongly encouraged to contact the child's parents t have them apply directly. After the application is filed, the child's medical history is checked to see if that child meets certain medical guidelines. The child's doctor is contacted to verify criteria.
Any child between the ages of 2 1⁄2 and 18 who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition may be considered for our program. Medical eligibility is based on national guidelines and is ultimately determined by the child's physician. The child can't have previously have received a wish from Make-A-Wish Foundation or any other wish-granting organization. The family's financial status is not a factor, and no child who meets program criteria is turned away.
Those referring Hopkins County and other area children need to contact the Northeast Texas Regional Office in Tyler at (903)597-9474 or fax applications to (903)597-9475.
Questions concerning a child's eligibility for a wish should be directed to Berta James, program services director, at (214)496-5021. Healthcare providers may contact James for a copy of the medical guidelines used to determine eligibility.
So far, Make-A-Wish has never had to turn a wish down because of a lack of funds, however, the program is dependent on not only individuals who volunteer their time to act as wish-granters or assist with special events but also contributions from individuals and corporations, such as Grocery Supply Co. which for the past two years has donated a portion of the $70,000 plus raised during its annual fundraiser for local charities to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In fact, wish granters noted that Smith's wish was funded solely with the funds contributed by GCS Enterprises. As noted above, the wish foundation also included all immediate family members such as parents and siblings in wish-granting activities
There are currently more than 30 children in the North Texas wish area whose wishes are pending verification of authenticity and funding approval. Most of them are for trips to Walt Disney World, some to Hawaii, one to Costa Rica, two to Australia, one to the Hawaiian Pro Bowl and one for a computer.
In order to continue granting wishes, the Make-A-Wish of North Texas needs more volunteers and donations to ensure its success. Donations may be as little or as much as the person, organization, family or business has to give, including in-kind matches in some cases.
Volunteer opportunities include wish granting, special events, community relations, corporate fund-raising, public speaking and many other essential areas.
This area is especially in need of wish-granters, volunteers who work directly with local wish children and their families to determine the child's favorite wish, then utilizes Make-A-Wish Foundation resources to make that wish come true.
Anyone interested in nominating a child, becoming a wish-granter, Make-A-Wish volunteer or donating should call Billie Milner at the Northeast Texas Regional Office, 903-597-9474, or go online to the area Make-A-Wish web site: www.northtexaswish.org for information or to download an application.
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On Jun 2, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Good points. For my list of reasons, I was thinking only of disabling GC for the lifetime of a process, but there are additional reasons that one might want to temporarily inhibit GC for a shorter duration. An even simpler thing to do, which won't give you hard-real-time guarantees but will work most of the time, is to allow the programmer to say "Please garbage-collect NOW" just BEFORE a time-critical section of code. I could have sworn there used to be a (gc) function that did this, but it doesn't seem to work in 5.1. Stephen Bloch sbloch at adelphi.edu
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A Trojan Horse in the Body of Christ
By Roger Oakland
Understand the Times, International
There is an interesting legendary story from Greek mythology that describes a Trojan Horse. Simply defined, one dictionary states:
[H]uge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. . . . The term Trojan horse has come to refer to subversion introduced from the outside. [1]
Oxford Dictionary says:
A person or thing intended to undermine or secretly overthrow an enemy or opponent: the rebels may use this peace accord as a Trojan horse to try and take over.[2]
I find this Trojan Horse syndrome fascinating in light of the infiltration into the church by heretical and New Age ideas. My experience has been in the Calvary Chapel movement where this is happening; but this is also occurring throughout the Christian church at large. Where there was once sound biblical Christianity, it has been replaced by the current ecumenical movement and the march toward a one-world religion in the name of Christ for the cause of peace. This peace plan is led by man but actually is the plan of Satan to set up his own kingdom on planet earth. According to the Bible, this plan will unfold, but the plan will end when God puts an end to the plan with a sudden destruction (1Thessalonians 5:3).
No doubt, those reading this and other recent commentaries we have sent out will be able to tell that they are very controversial and will be seen by some as divisive. While separating truth from error is a dividing process we undertake when we use the Bible, it does indeed cause division—but division cannot be avoided. Jesus said this would happen—especially in the last days before He returns to earth. If you have read the Bible, you will know there are many signs indicating Jesus' return is near, isn't it?
This topic is very deep and very complex. Some who are reading this commentary may think I do not understand what I am writing about. Some say that unity of all faiths is necessary to bring peace to the world. Some say the differences between the faiths do not matter as long as everyone loves everyone. And a growing number of people (including many in the church) are saying that those who are clinging stedfastly to the Bible calling it God's inspired Word are standing in the way of this peace and love.
Some say Jesus said there is no greater thing than love, which is true (Mark 12:30-31), but he also said: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division" (Luke 12:51). Jesus knew there is no genuine love in compromising the truth. In context, He was saying that true love is telling those who are deceived they are deceived (i.e., speaking the truth in love). Click here to continue reading.
How to Deal with Those Who Teach False Doctrine – According to Scripture
Lighthouse Trails has always made great efforts to speak the truth in love. We attempt to never be vitriolic or judge one's motives, not even the "worst" of them. We leave that part up to God. We also attempt to make sure any article we link to by a fellow researcher is of the same caliber. While we do occasionally link to an article that might not fall perfectly into that criteria, our regular authors and writers are of the same mindset as us. So how does a believer rightfully and in a godly manner (following the example of Jesus, Paul, and the disciples) deal with those who are bringing false teachings into the church.
In thinking about following the example of Jesus, the disciples, and Paul, below are some Scripture verses that might help us outline some thoughts, for while we can show verses that talk about showing love and respect to others, we can also show many verses that talk about how to deal properly with those bringing heretical doctrines into the church.
While we don't believe the New Testament condones cruel or hateful behavior to anyone, we do see a consistent pattern in Scripture that does not look lightly upon those who are teaching heretical doctrines or practices. Let us heed the whole counsel of God, which we believe tells us to remain humble and in an attitude of grace (knowing that we are no better than anyone else in that it is only by the grace of God that we can see these spiritual things), but also tells us to speak courageously, with confidence, honesty, and strength.
We are in a battle for the continuance of the Gospel message – souls are perishing – and words must be said. While we do care for the souls of the men and women who are bringing in dangerous false doctrine and practices, we cannot, in good conscience, take it lightly or have congenial "conversations" and futile private discussions. "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light" (Romans 13:12). The Bible says that the message of the Cross is the power of God unto salvation (i.e., the doctrine of Christ -2 John 1:9-11) . That is because it is the only way of salvation. When teachings such as contemplative spirituality, Spiritual Formation, and emerging ideology (which all have roots in panentheism, occultism, and interspirituality), threaten to diminish the "doctrine of Christ," it creates a very serious situation that cannot be handled "sitting down."
Scriptures on how the Christian contender of the faith should speak and behave:
1 Timothy 4:12 [B]e thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Ephesians 4:14-15 . . . that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
Ephesians 4:24-27 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor . . . Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 4:1-3 I . . . beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Jude 1:17-23 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Titus 3:10-11 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject, knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
2 Peter 2:1-2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of . . .
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 John 1: 9-11 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Jude 1:3-5 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not . . .
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Galatians 1:6-10 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Revelation 2: 2-3 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Galatians 2: 4-5 . . . and that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Luke 10:3-12 (Instructions to the disciples from Jesus before his death and resurrection) Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Acts 20: 28-31 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember.
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Matthew 18 – And Heretics and Hypocrites by Paul Proctor
Letter to the Editor: "Add us to the list of those who have left their [Southern Baptist] churches."
Dear Lighthouse Trails:
We have been readers of your research site, Warren Smith's, Ray Yungen's, and Roger Oakland's discernment books for many years and praise the Lord for their willingness to educate and expose evil.
Please add us to your growing list of the watchmen on the wall, called by some (most) in "churchianity" the "haters that divide." Add us to the list of those who have left their churches/denominations because they were "black balled" for speaking the truth and providing biblical proof against heresy. The deception (emerging: ecumenical) has arrived and is now being promoted in the very small (and getting smaller) rural, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC: Slowly Becoming Catholic) church where we were members. 2 Timothy 3:4-5 surely does fit this church's leadership!
While at first, after presenting him with the Truth of the Word, we couldn't believe our ears when the "pastor" haughtily and proudly declared he would keep on with his heretical, cultic practices even after he was shown his error in Scripture! We might have well been talking to the wall.
We then realized he is blind to the Truth and that it was time to leave, "mark" him, the SBC, and turn away as are told to do in Romans 16:17-18.
We are sorry for [those teaching and promoting heresy]. They are so puffed up and proud in their error that they cannot see the Truth when it's presented to them from the Word. We are sorry for those who remain, especially those who see the error being taught but are too afraid to stand up for the Truth and leave.
Thank you so much for continually sounding the alarm, exposing heresy, and planning on enduring until the end. We are truly thankful. Your website and authors have helped more people than you know stay on the "narrow path."
A community in NW Oregon
Seattle Megachurch Mars Hill Dissolves 2 Weeks After Founder Mark Driscoll Resigns
LTRP Note: On October 20th, Lighthouse Trails posted the following article: "Mark Driscoll Resigns From Mars Hill Church For Social Failures – But Media Silent on Controversial Doctrinal Issues." Below is a related news article by Associated Press. No doubt, there is a story behind the story on this one. Time will reveal more.
2nd LTRP Note-11/3: Shortly after our posting the article below on 11/2, a reader on our Facebook page posted a link to an article written by a former Mars Hill Church deacon (our providing this link is not an endorsement of the media source from which it came) responding to an incident where shortly after Driscoll's resignation a couple weeks ago, Driscoll showed up and spoke at the Gateway Conference where he made a theatrical and emotional attempt for sympathy (which worked for the thousands in attended who gave him a standing ovation), and now over 100,000 people have watched this performance on YouTube. At the risk of increasing that number even more, we are providing a link to that here for our readers.
SEATTLE (AP) — Two weeks after lead Mars Hill Church pastor Mark Driscoll resigned amid questions about his leadership, the Seattle megachurch he founded announced Friday it was dissolving its network of branches across four states.
The church said on its website that the best future for its branches would be for them to becoming "autonomous self-governed entities."
"This means that each of our locations has an opportunity to become a new church, rooted in the best of what Mars Hill has been in the past, and independently led and run by its own local elder teams," Pastor Dave Bruskas wrote on the church's website.
The existing Mars Hill Church organization will be dissolved.
The megachurch's controversial founder resigned as elder and lead pastor on Oct. 14, following an investigation into formal charges brought against him.
The church currently has multiple branches in Washington, and one location each in Oregon, California and New Mexico. Last month, it closed its Phoenix location as a Mars Hill church. Click here to continue reading.
Matthew 18 – And Heretics and Hypocrites
By Paul Proctor
Free-lance writer
Used with permission.
Every now and then I get a terse email from someone who has taken exception to my candid comments on Rick Warren, asking questions like: "Have you ever spoken with him personally about your objections and concerns and tried to work through your differences privately as scripture teaches, rather than attack him publicly as you do?"
The scripture they usually cite is, of course, Matthew 18:15-17
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican."
This is probably one of the more misunderstood and misapplied Scriptures quoted today, especially among those who ingest Church Growth Carcinogens and Purpose Driven Lies. Because we have been inappropriately taught that unity and relationships are the most important things for Christians to pursue and protect in the church, these verses are often touted as the principal directive we should follow when addressing false teachers, which frankly, couldn't be any further from the truth and only ends up protecting, sustaining and empowering them, which is probably why they teach it.
There is absolutely no biblical record of Jesus or any of His disciples ever taking a heretic off to the side for coffee and donuts after they led someone astray distorting the Word of God. They didn't shake hands, exchange hugs, kisses and phone numbers or set up appointments on their PDAs to dialog their doctrinal differences over lunch in the quiet corner of a favorite restaurant at a more convenient time.
No, Jesus dealt with heretics harshly, publicly, and immediately, as did Paul and the other disciples. And, keep in mind; we're talking New Testament here friends. In the Old Testament, false prophets were simply taken out and stoned to death for their lies. That's how serious God is about His Word being rightly divided and properly proclaimed.
So, what was Jesus referring to in Matthew 18? Look again carefully at how he begins:
"…If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone…"
You see, the Lord is referring here to a personal offense, grievance and/or misunderstanding between two people – something that has broken their fellowship and has little or nothing to do with anyone else. Personal and private matters of wrongdoing should always be dealt with personally and privately first, so as not to unduly disrupt the unity of the body. That is indeed, biblical.
Now, as for wolves in sheep's clothing that stand in pulpits and on stages before vast audiences with microphones and television cameras proclaiming demonic doctrines as the Word of God, the scriptural directive is altogether different:
"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." – Galatians 1:8
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." – Ephesians 5:11
("Reprove" is another word for rebuke)
"A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject" – Titus 3:10
"If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds." (2nd John 1:10)
Jesus didn't request a closed-door session with the Scribes and Pharisees in order to find common ground, build relationships and promote unity in Jerusalem. He condemned their blasphemy before one and all and repeatedly warned His disciples about their leaven. And when His number-one disciple challenged Him about His own up and coming crucifixion, Jesus didn't put His hand gently on Peter's shoulder and softly whisper: "My friend, you just don't understand." No, He lashed back at him with power and authority in front of ALL the disciples saying:
"…Get thee behind me Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." – Matthew 16:23
Why? Because, Peter was publicly contradicting God's Word and Divine plan, which is the equivalent of proclaiming Jesus to be a lunatic or a liar.
Did the religious leaders stone Stephen to death because of all the cute and cuddly things he had to say about them? I don't THINK so. Stephen spoke the cold hard truth that day and they hated him for it because God's Truth is always "evil" and intolerable in the ears of the unrepentant. He told them:
"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears…who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."
You see, defenders of today's religious leaders almost always resort to calling their critics, among other things, "legalists," for incessantly using scripture to rebuke unbiblical teachings and practices; comparing them to the Pharisees of Stephen's day, when, in reality, Stephen might just as easily say to Rick Warren and others like him:
"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears…who have received the Gospel, but have not proclaimed it."
Of course, when someone reprimands today's religious leaders for their unbiblical teachings, they are silenced, shamed, slandered, marginalized, isolated and/or asked to leave. But, isn't that exactly what the religious leaders did to Jesus and His disciples?
The Pharisees were a lot of things but they were not "legalists." They've merely been labeled as such by the religious liberals of OUR day in order to try and discount the importance of studying and obeying scripture. In fact the word "legalist' does not even appear in any version of the Bible I searched. It is just another contemporary twisting of the truth to forward a corrupt agenda and steer people away from God's Word to something more flexible, entertaining and endearing.
"Legalism" is defined in my dictionary as the "strict adherence to a literal interpretation of a law, rule, or religious moral code." Under this definition, is not Jesus Himself a legalist? You see, without the law, there is no need for a cross; which probably explains why both are being expelled from the church and society today as outdated and offensive relics from the past.
So, according to Stephen's own testimony, if the religious leaders indeed "received the law but have not kept it," they don't even QUALIFY as true "legalists" but only as lawbreakers; or, as Jesus repeatedly called them; "Hypocrites," which is another word for "actor," meaning, they only pretended to keep the law.
And THAT, my friends, is what today's Purpose Driven Pastor is – an actor – a hypocrite and a pretender, because he CLAIMS the Word of God but does not actually believe it nor proclaim it. If he did, he would preach the Bible and nothing else; verse by verse, for the rest of his ministry; not The Purpose Driven Life, chapter by chapter for 40 days. He would quote The Almighty with power and conviction before a trembling and uneasy congregation, instead of quoting Rick Warren with purpose and ambition before a casual and comfortable constituency.
When church attendance and revenues are down, closet liberals, be they Purpose Driven or otherwise, often minimize, in varying degrees, the importance of the Bible in a Christian's life, calling it "legalism" whenever one encourages the brethren to obey God's Word or dares to chastise those who refuse. Well, THEY might call keeping God's commandments "legalism," but Jesus Christ calls it "love." Don't believe me? Read it for yourself:
"If ye love me, keep my commandments." – John 14:15
"He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." – John 14:21
"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." – John 14:23-24
"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." – John 15:10
"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." – 1st John 2:4
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." – 1st John 5:3
Keeping God's commandments will not gain you entry into the Kingdom of Heaven anymore than attending church will make you a member. That only comes by faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross for our sins. (Ephesians 2:8-10) But for those of us who claim Him, there is no other way to exercise that faith and prove our discipleship.
Loving God is not having a hand-raising, hip-hopping, wave-making, emotional experience in a Hawaiian shirt and sandals before a rock band in some downtown arena full of shrieking Seekers, Creekers, Promise Keepers and Passionate Purposeites. The only true act of love, worship and service to God is obedience to His Word. Everything else is distortion, distraction, deception, delusion and destruction.
And, when you set your Bible aside for some other book or teacher or preacher, you are neither loving, nor following, nor obeying the One you claim as your Lord and Savior. Oh, you might be Purpose Driven or Seeker Sensitive; but more than anything else, you're a hypocrite.
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." – Matthew 7:21-23
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Letter to the Editor: In Looking for a Good Church, "What's a Sheep to do?"
To Lighthouse Trails:
Hello there, I am hoping you can provide some assistance with this question I have. With the influx of the heresies that are being introduced into the church, how am I supposed to go about finding a church that's not being infiltrated. I keep looking for churches where I have recently moved to. On the outside churches appear okay on the surface but for example visited a church online then I saw a number of books that they are promoting and couldn't condone. Was with a church for many years that I saw going in the wrong direction; spoke to an elder also to no avail. Where are the shepherds? What's a sheep to do.
Thanks for listening and hope to hear from you.
Your sister in Christ
Here is an article we posted last year. We hope it will give you some ideas on how to find a good church.
"How Do I Find a Good Bible-Believing Church?"
We have often been asked, "How do I find a good Bible-believing church?" There are many believers who are struggling to find one in their own communities. We usually recommend they make phone calls to potential churches and ask a few concise questions such as:
"Do you have a Spiritual Formation program at your church?" or "Has your church implemented aspects of the Purpose Driven Movement anytime in the past 10 years?."
Since thousands of churches would answer yes to both or at least one of these questions, they are worthwhile to ask, and it would certainly narrow down the scope of one's search. Here are a few other questions that could be asked:
1. Is the pastor using The Message "Bible" in his sermons and studies? Because this paraphrase is very often used by pastors and teachers who promote contemplative spirituality or emerging spirituality (as the language in The Message helps support these false teachings), it is another indicator that a church is going in the wrong direction.
2. Is the church affiliated in any way with the Willow Creek Association? Oftentimes, a church has not implemented the Purpose Driven Movement but is, rather, hooked up with Willow Creek. This is as problematic as Purpose Driven. See our article on our website titled, "No Repentance from Willow Creek—Only a Mystical Paradigm Shift."
3. Ask a potential church if it would mind mailing you a few recent Sunday programs. When you get them, look for some of the key terms used within the contemplative/emerging camp: missional, servant leader, soul-care, spiritual formation, transformation, transitioning, silence, organic, authentic, reinvent, spiritual disciplines, Christ follower (the term Christian isn't typically liked too well by contemplatives and emergent) Christian formation (or Christian spirituality) (a term often meaning the same as Spiritual Formation). Just using these terms alone doesn't suddenly make a church contemplative or emerging, but it does show that at least one person in leadership at that church is reading books of that persuasion, and eventually that person's influence will affect that church adversely.
In addition to those three questions, be sure and visit a church's website as there you may be able to find the answers to these questions without making the phone call. When on a website, see if there is more talk about "culture" and relevancy than about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You can check out the doctrinal and mission statements but be on guard—a church can have a solid-sounding doctrinal statement and be actually going in an entirely different direction. Listen to our CD Beware the Bridgers for some information on that. And by the way, remember who some of the more popular "bridgers" are, closing the gap between "rightly dividing the Word" and spiritual deception in millions of people's lives: Beth Moore, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, John Piper, etc.—those who claim to be orthodox biblical Christians but who promote contemplative spirituality and emerging figures.
Also, once your search for a new church has narrowed down to a few churches, a weekday visit to those churches' bookstores would be important. Look for books by Richard Foster, Gary Thomas, Henri Nouwen, Brennan Manning, and other authors discussed and critiqued on the LT website. Chris Lawson from Spiritual Research Network has an extensive "Master List" of authors who fall within the contemplative, emerging, hyper-charismatic, River, New Age, "Christian" homosexual, etc. camps. It's an excellent resource.
When all this has been done to find a Bible-believing church, if there are any in your community that have passed the contemplative/emerging/Purpose Driven test, maybe it's safe to take your family for a Sunday visit. Are many of the people walking in carrying Bibles? Seeker-friendly and church-growth churches discourage that because it might "offend" unbelievers (or as they say unchurched) coming to church. Does the pastor at some point in his sermon talk about the Cross (the atonement) and salvation (and mention of hell)? These are subjects that many churches avoid because of the "offensiveness" of that message. Better to offer an espresso drink and a little rock n roll music during the service and a psychology-based, feel good message that appeals to the carnal senses (sensual) rather than build up the spiritual man.
Once you have found a church that seems to be sound, you should not stop being discerning. That must be ongoing. That might seem like a "paranoid" or overly concerned attitude to have, but if we remember the many verses in Scripture that talk about spiritual deception (right from the Garden of Eden all the way to the Book of Revelation), we will realize it is the responsibility of the Christian to be discerning and watchful. And the Bible frequently talks about the latter days before Christ's return where deception will run more rampant than ever before. Roger Oakland gives a list of signs to look for to see if a church is becoming or has become contemplative/emerging. As you begin to attend a new church, this list may be helpful to you and your family:
Scripture is no longer the ultimate authority as the basis for the Christian faith.
The centrality of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is being replaced by humanistic methods promoting church growth and a social gospel.
More and more emphasis is being placed on building the kingdom of God now and less and less on the warnings of Scripture about the imminent return of Jesus Christ and a coming judgment in the future.
The teaching that Jesus Christ will rule and reign in a literal millennial period is considered unbiblical and heretical.
The teaching that the church has taken the place of Israel and Israel has no prophetic significance is often embraced.
The teaching that the Book of Revelation does not refer to the future, but instead has been already fulfilled in the past.
An experiential mystical form of Christianity begins to be promoted as a method to reach the postmodern generation.
Ideas are promoted teaching that Christianity needs to be reinvented in order to provide meaning for this generation.
The pastor may implement an idea called "ancient-future" or "vintage Christianity" claiming that in order to take the church forward, we need to go back in church history and find out what experiences were effective to get people to embrace Christianity.
While the authority of the Word of God is undermined, images and sensual experiences are promoted as the key to experiencing and knowing God.
These experiences include icons, candles, incense, liturgy, labyrinths, prayer stations, contemplative prayer, experiencing the sacraments, particularly the sacrament of the Eucharist.
There seems to be a strong emphasis on ecumenism indicating that a bridge is being established that leads in the direction of unity with the Roman Catholic Church.
Some evangelical Protestant leaders are saying that the Reformation went too far. They are reexamining the claims of the "church fathers" saying that communion is more than a symbol and that Jesus actually becomes present in the wafer at communion.
There will be a growing trend towards an ecumenical unity for the cause of world peace—claiming the validity of other religions and that there are many ways to God.
Members of churches who question or resist the new changes that the pastor is implementing are reprimanded and usually asked to leave.
Roger has these signs listed in his Booklet Tract How to Know When the Emerging Church Shows Signs of Emerging into Your Church. May God bless you in your search. It may seem like an insurmountable task, but we know there are still good churches out there because we often hear from pastors who are staying the course and are aware of the times in which we live. May God lead you to find one of these churches.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural [carnal] man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. . . . For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:12-16)
California Church Disaffiliates With the Calvary Chapel Movement Over Heretical Connections
LTRP Note: As many of you know, Roger Oakland, of Understand the Times, International, and Chris Lawson, of Spiritual Research Network, are former Calvary Chapel pastors/teachers, who both left the movement when their warnings about the infiltration of serious false teachings fell on deaf ears for several years and when they felt they could no longer, in good conscience, remain associated with the movement. Last week, Lighthouse Trails was informed of another Calvary Chapel pastor, Steve Shively of Refuge Church in Atascadero, California, who has made the decision (along with his church elders) to disaffiliate from the Calvary Chapel movement. The following letter was sent to the Calvary Chapel Association on June 29th, 2014. We are posting it with permission:


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CTNP offers a unique experience each time you visit! The page's top image and the side character image with associated quotation randomize, providing you with a dynamic Chrono experience with every viewing of our site. All quotes are actual lines used in the novel.
"Although all knowledge of time travel is only hypothetical, I theorize that our knowledge of history both before and after the changes will remain. Otherwise, it may result in a paradox."
To all those who love greatness and believe in the power of hope and ambition, welcome to the home of the Chrono Trigger Novel Project. Within this project is an unmatched passion for the Chrono series, in particular the story within. The CTNP exists with the goal of achieving great things in the future through the mythos of the Chrono series, starting with the novelization of the timeless classic, Chrono Trigger.
CTNP News
1/11/17—The Effort Continues
Happy New Year! Optimism abounds for all of us involved in the CTNP, as we hope for great and amazing developments to come for the novel and Chrono brand over the coming year!
Beta reading is progressing nicely, with a good sampling of folks both familiar
and unfamiliar with Chrono Trigger. A few readers have been
kind enough to submit blurbs to summarize their thoughts:
"So many who came of age in the '80s and '90s remember Chrono Trigger fondly as one of the best video games of its era or any era since. Just check out the crazy prices for the original game cartridge on eBay! Perhaps more importantly, Chrono Trigger is remembered for its rich storyline that played out over the course of many hours in the game. With his vision for an expanded plot and even more in-depth character development, Wayne has brought that story to vivid life in the form of a novel that is sure, not only to satisfy the game's existing fans, but to bring in a whole new generation of Chrono fanatics.
"Since I first came across the Chrono Trigger Novel Project in the early 2000s, I've been impressed with Wayne's persistence, year after year, in completing and revising the novel itself and in striving to bring it to publication in the right way with the right people. Next to their original creators, Crono, Marle, Lucca, and friends have no bigger cheerleader."
- John Stanifer, author of Virtuous Worlds: The Video Gamer's Guide to Spiritual Truth
"A fitting tribute to a fantastic game, the Chrono Trigger Novel fully captures the gaming masterpiece that is Chrono Trigger. All the action and characters you've missed, and most importantly the story you love is back in a brand new way. The book is perfectly suited for any fantasy novel fan, but it is an absolute must for any gamer."
- Ryan Harger
"Chrono Trigger is known for its depth, but it's impressive how much room Wayne has found to expand and deepen its plot and cast, while remaining utterly faithful to the original story. Ayla has surprising depth, Spekkio is a riot, and Lucca is even more ingenious than ever. Every quality that is beloved about the cast is magnified, so there's that much more to love. Each character has their own unique "voice" that impacts their dialogue. Even if it's not explicitly stated who says a particular line, it's easy to look at and say "Oh yeah, that's a Lucca line for sure." Crono has a last name, a personality, a history, and a father. Every detail is painstakingly considered. I once thought the Chrono series had written itself into a corner, making it difficult to make more. But at this level of detail, it's so clear to see that the Chrono universe has many, many more stories to tell. The lore has been smoothed out and expanded, the world adapted to a larger, more realistic scale, the maps given consistency from era to era. Everything about this novel (and its sequels) is patiently crafted with the utmost care. The cast all have their quirks and fears, and characters who were only a brief blip now have detailed histories, even if those histories don't come directly through in the novel itself. The characterization is what really shines here... Every character, major and minor, just has so much MORE to them than ever before. "
- Jacob Kuntzman
10/28/16—Beta Reading in Process
I reached a significant milestone less than two months ago with the completion of
all my edits and changes to the first novel. Now we have an actual, full-length novel.
Following this achievement, I've just begun a beta reading process, which
is spanning both long-time fans of the game and other readers who have never played Chrono Trigger before.
Take a look below at what one of the readers is already saying about the
"You are making me fall in love all over again with characters I already loved. ... I'm not kidding. This is better in an unedited state than most finished, published books I've read."
"I actually halfway want to ask you to lock all 7 heroes in a room for 24 hours, put some magical enchantment on it so they can't kill each other (they get blown back if they try), and just write out the hilarity that ensues."
- Jacob Kuntzman
6/1/16—Initate Launch Sequence
After nearly 13 years, the internet home of the Chrono Trigger Novel Project finally has a new website! This site is somewhat simplified, currently without a lot of multimedia content. Its purpose right now is simply to be informative about the novel and its progress.
I'm also proud to announce that CTNP is the new home of the ChronoTrigger.com and ChronoTrigger.net domain names, in addition to our long-standing toponym of ChronoTrigger.info. This step marks one of the first significant financial investments into CTNP's future, an early sign that CTNP is in fact ready for business. That being said, I do want to be clear that CTNP and this website are not officially affiliated with Square-Enix in any way, and that the intellectual properties of Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross are fully owned and controlled by Square-Enix. This is a fan-made website for a personal project, which ultimately will be proposed for further development, at the sole discretion of the IP holder.
Finally, I want to thank all of the fans and friends who have continued to stand by my side in keeping this dream alive. We look forward to bright horizons and an amazing future for the Chrono brand.
4/29/16—Of Things to Come
There is much movement in the Chrono Trigger Novel Project these days; suffice it to say that for now. The novel is being polished in some amazing ways; a new website will be shortly launched; dreams and goals abound for this franchise; and, in due time, we will approach Square-Enix with our proposal to do amazing things with the Chrono series. Right now I am very excited and very driven, and I invite you to share in that excitement and hopeful anticipation of something wonderful to come. Till then, farewell, my friends!
10/25/15—Aged Like A Fine Wine
That's how I see the CT Novel these days. I have chosen now to make an update, because there is actually something to report. I've mentioned before how recent years in my life have represented a period of refinement for me both personally and professionally, with many significant changes that have their own direct and indirect effects on how this long-standing project is handled. Well, about 10 days ago I acted on some of that which has been specifically gained on the professional level by placing a call with a well-connected contact in the licensing industry. We specifically discussed the Chrono Trigger Novel and a strategy most likely to finally gain a serious audience with Square-Enix. This development has motivated me to once again make the CT Novel a priority achievement, right up there with my time spent on work and family. That, my friends, is truly the biggest update I could hope to give you at this time.
To address the earlier statement, "aged like a fine wine," to most (myself included), this project may seem to go nowhere fast. In many respects, that is true, but it's all about timing and readiness - not just for me personally but also for the fan base, for Square-Enix, for the story itself, and for the overall market. With the 20th anniversary of Chrono Trigger having passed with barely a nod from SE, it seems safe to say that nothing truly new is going to happen in this series without some kind of "awakening." To me, that perfect awakening is in the retelling of this story in novel format, a completely new and expansive way to broaden its reach and invoke a fresh breath of life. Timing has also worked to the advantage of this novel's quality, which speaks both to my personal growth as a writer as well as canonical developments over time (most recently via the Nintendo DS version of the game) and a wealth of fan analysis that has been extremely beneficial to help tackle loose ends and enigmas. I primarily have both the Chrono Compendium website and the CTNP's own forums to thank for that over the years. This all helps me to tie all available story elements together as neatly as possible, from the original storytelling medium of the SNES to the Playstation to the DS to original Japanese script translations and on into Chrono Cross. Rest assured that all of these are implemented into the novel as carefully as possible, while the novel itself continues to stand with its own identity and contributions to the story we all know and love, and what we hope to achieve for the future. After all, do we not all ultimately hope for a new installment to the series, something which gives us more appropriate closure following Serge's adventure in Cross? I press forward fully convicted that the CT Novel has the power to help affect this change and advance the series in ways we have all hoped to see for so many years now. The popularity of the Chrono series is indisputable. As recently as earlier this month, Clevver Movies listed Chrono Trigger among 7 video games they would love to see turned into a movie (check that out here). Yet, we've seen minimal action from SE on this series, and I have to assume there may be very unique reasons and challenges which contribute to that. Whatever those challenges may be, I now believe that the unique approach of this novel may be just the kind of advancement we need to finally turn the tides and advance this series.
There are actually a few website updates to report, which include content updates to the Personal and Contactpages. Right now my focus is on the novel itself, as finishing this is the most important thing of all. As I'm able to dedicate time otherwise, I will go through the various pages of this site and the forum for updates and highlight them here. Finally, thanks for hanging in there with me and believing in this project. As you can see, I'm still in the fight to make this happen, so keep your eyes peeled for more to come!


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FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University psychology professor Tom Dorsel recently played for the victorious South Carolina team in the second-annual North Carolina-South Carolina Media Challenge Golf Tournament held at The Reserve in Litchfield, S.C.
The tournament was played using a Ryder Cup match-play format with alternate-shot team matches in the morning, better-ball team matches in the afternoon, and individual matches the following day. Just as in the Ryder Cup, one point was awarded to the winners for each nine holes played and also for the 18-hole result in each match. Half points were awarded in the case of ties.
North Carolina led 9-6 after the alternate shot portion, and maintained a 16.5-13.5 advantage after the better-ball competition. The Palmetto State squad rallied to take the individual competition 19.5-13.5, giving South Carolina a 33-30 overall lead and the championship.
In addition to Dorsel, the South Carolina team included Ken Burger (Charleston Post and Courier), Alan Blondin (Sun News), Eric Boynton (Spartanburg Herald-Journal), John Brasier (Anderson Independent-Mail), Bob Gillespie (The State), Tim Guidera (Savannah Morning News), Phil Kornblut (SC Radio News Network), Mitch Laurance (On the Green Magazine/Video Magazine), Scott Michaux (Augusta Chronicle), and Pete Wofford (TPG Sports).
Dorsel said, "Host golf professional Don Clement and his staff at The Reserve put on a class event for the second year in a row. This is a great competition and a superb venue that is one of the best kept secrets on the Grand Strand."
A sport psychology columnist for Golf Illustrated, Dorsel has published more than 100 sport psychology articles in various publications. He has also authored two books and made numerous television appearances. A member of the FMU faculty since 1986, Dorsel earned degrees from the Universities of Notre Dame, Kentucky, and New Mexico, and completed a post-doctoral internship in clinical psychology at the University of California at Davis Medical Center.
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President Omar Bongo of Gabon, Africa's longest-serving ruler, is seriously ill in a hospital near Barcelona, a Spanish foreign ministry source said today .
Concern has mounted over the health of the 73-year-old Bongo – who has ruled the west African oil-producing state since 1967 – after his unprecedented move to suspend his functions as head of state earlier this month, citing the need to rest.
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Gabonese authorities have remained silent about Bongo's health, but recent stays in hospital have raised questions over who will succeed him in a country whose relative stability has proved attractive to oil companies and other investors.
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This year, the holidays bring with them a tremendous sense of sadness and overwhelm. I find myself completely repelled by anything associated with the holidays. Christmas music, lights, decorations, and trees everywhere I go. All of it stirs up feelings of anger, irritation, frustration and sadness. I can't quite put my finger on the 'why', either. It seems to be a number of things.
The energy of people and the world this time of year is incredibly chaotic. The only shopping I've done, and will be able to do this year, is grocery shopping. Even that can get really crazy.
I was just in a Fred Meyer this past weekend with my son and everyone around me was completely oblivious to not only me and my son but to everyone else in the store. They stood in the middle of the isle during a busy time and read a label or stared at the shelves trying to make a decision while their carts sat directly in the middle of the walkway. The place where I needed to go to move down the isle and get other things. Every time I said 'Excuse me' in the politest tone I could muster (with a smile of course) they seemed annoyed that I needed them to move their cart so that I could get out of their way and do my thing.
Memories of past holidays are heavy on my thoughts this year, as well. December 13th marks the 13th anniversary of my Dad's passing. While he wasn't my biological Father, he was one of the most important Father figures in my life and I still miss him. He taught me how to work on cars and so many other things about life and love. When he passed he was a long haul truck driver trainer. He and his trainee were in Arizona when he started one of his coughing fits and had a massive heart attack in the sleeper of the truck.
I remember my phone ringing in the middle of the night. My phone didn't ring that often and considering it was the middle of the night, I knew something had to be wrong. Mom was on the other end and all I could hear was her sobbing.
The family was notified and arrangements were made. One of the arrangements was a viewing before cremation. The date of the viewing happened to fall on my birthday, December 18th. Needless to say, that was incredibly difficult for me to deal with.
Other memories of the holidays include family drunkenness and fights, the stress of having enough, or not enough, money to purchase a gift for everyone, and lots of travel to make sure and see everyone I possibly could. Plus, the fact that my birthday is seven days before Christmas doesn't help matters any.
I am doing what I can to keep my spirits up through the month. Lots of doggie time with the dogs at the Oregon Humane Society where I am a volunteer dog walker and lots of doggie time with the dogs of some of my friends as I pet and house sit through the month. Dogs always help lift my spirits. They love you all year long and could really care less that it's Christmas. I'm also getting in some good friend time and spending a lot of time reading.
I think next year I'll rent a cabin on Mt. Hood for the entire month of December and disappear for the month.


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Peckham Library – earned the 2000 Stirling Award for architectural innovation and the Civic Trust Award for excellence in public architecture (April 2002), which included the London Eye and Tate Modern.
Theatre Peckham – a theatre company specialising in work with and for young people, offering classes in drama,dances, musical theatre, singing, performing arts etc;
Southwark Town Hall – many conferences and meetings take place here. It is the Southwark Council administrative base, housing the mayor, chief exec and head of council's offices.
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Portland Leander Swimming Club – specially for children from the local Wandsworth and Lambeth areas, as well as kids from other nearby regions of Southern London. Swimming lessons are designed for children of five years and older.
Black Cultural Archive & Museum – locates in the heart of Brixton, the Black Cultural Archives are a great place to explore the history of London's and Britain's communities of African descent.
Sun & Doves -A roomy, airy pub which also serves as an art gallery for local and international artists. A great spot to pop in for a pint and get a look at some well done, reasonably priced paintings.
William Booth College – spread over seven and a half acres of leafy gardens, its campus is a refuge of rural woodsiness in very center of London.
Cuming Museum -Henry Syer Cuming furthered his father collection of artifacts related to Natural History, Archeology, and Ethnology.
London Wildlife Garden Centre -first established by the London Wildlife Trust as a tree centre Nowadays, its duties have evolved to include the promotion of green areas and excellent ideas on how to convert your garden into a wildlife haven.
Rebus Tour Guides - a long established company, organized standard and specialty tours. All its guides are trained to the most rigorous standards and are adaptable to the sites that a group wishes to see.
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The future of Java IDEs
The following is a transcript of the panel that took place during the Java IDE Day in Genova.
Moderator: Paolo Predonzani
Question1: We have here three IDE's (NetBeans, JDeveloper, IntelliJ IDEA) represented by yourselves and there are a number of other IDE's on the market. We think this is great - we like to be able to choose between products from different vendors. The question is: what is the differentiation? Where should the battle be fought? How can you be different? Please answer not only in terms features but consider also support, target market, quality and compatibility.
Roman Strobl: I think it is a good thing that there are different IDE's because the competition, as we saw today, forces each of the vendors to add new features so the IDE's get better and better. There is also a downside in that, if you want to use different IDE's, you have to learn them. This is the only negative point, but overall there are mainly positive points. Regarding differentiation, different vendors provide different stacks. For instance, we at Sun have NetBeans, we have the Glassfish application server, we have MySQL, etc, so we provide the best support for our technologies. What I would suggest to people is: if you have to choose an IDE, choose your vendor first. It can be Sun, Oracle, IBM, etc. Eventually you will find that NetBeans is the best IDE for Sun technology, JDeveloper is the best for Oracle technology and so on.
Paolo Ramasso: One of the main goals of our IDE is to be hot pluggable with almost any kind of application server. By changing the configuration you can deploy in the very same way to our application server or any other from other vendors. We also give great importance to SOA development. This would be a differentiator for us because after deploying our BPEL PM you can hook it up and work with any kind of SOA environment. We also allow to design data transfers and transformations using ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), and finally deploying to our BPEL engine running in different containers with a simple mouse click. JDeveloper is free but you can also buy support which is provided by a worldwide team. JDeveloper is also for us a good way to promote and make our middleware infrastructure more popular.
Vaclav Pech: In my opinion, comparing the tools by feature lists only scratches the surface. It doesn't really reveal the qualities of the different IDE's, especially since all the IDE's are pretty good. Where IntelliJ IDEA stands out is the quality, the depth, the consistency and the intelligence offered by the tool to developers. In my presentation you saw the support you get when you edit named queries and how you can refactor your entities without fear of breaking named queries. You saw how you can write Java code without defining all the classes - you can define them later. That's what really differentiates IDEA from the others. Our ultimate goal is the developer's productivity so that when you use the tool and write the code you are as fast as possible. The tool tries to guess what you want to achieve and tries to help you as much as possible. Plus we want to be around when you need help. We provide, for free, round the clock technical support. Any time you have a problem you send us an email, call us on skype or use our on-line forum and we provide pretty quickly an answer to your problems.
Question2: Where do you get your ideas to develop the next features of your IDE's? How much do you listen to your users and how much is it internal innovation?
Paolo Ramasso: On the Oracle web site (OTN - Oracle Technology Network) there are lots of forums about many subjects, including jdeveloper IDE. There are also OTN polls. For instance as soon as you download a product you are asked a set of questions like where do you use this product? do you use any other similar products? what do you like/dislike in the product? Furthermore now that JDeveloper is free, there are many more people using it around the world and posting to Jdev forum. Also there are a number of internal projects using our technology. Another very good channel is through Oracle consultants facing customers every day.
Vaclav Pech: Our innovation is driven by IntelliJ IDEA's community of users. We also listen to a number of visionnaires, who share their visions with us. Finally we watch the direction technology is going. These are the three sources of inspiration that drive our innovation. You can easily become part of this if you participate in our (EAP) Early Access Program. This is the place where people talk, discuss, and suggest ideas. They talk between themselves and with the developers of IntelliJ IDEA. So together they come to a conclusion on what is the best solution to a particular problem, then we implement it and people can try it. Through this iterative process we deliver the functionality that our users want. That's our main force. Our only goal is to deliver an IDE that suits developers.
Roman Strobl: NetBeans is slightly different compared to JDeveloper and IntelliJ IDEA because it is an open source project. The community's involvement is even larger so we listen a lot to it. Also a lot of code is contributed from the community: somebody starts his own plug-in and one day it is integrated in the main distribution. There are different channels. One is the bug system, where anyone can file a bug or, even better, a patch that can eventually be accepted. Also myself and the other evangelists go to events where we get feedback that we can pass on to the NetBeans developers. Finally we have contributors from other companies. So the process is more distributed. There is no single point of control.
Question 3: There are many frameworks that allow dynamic bindings between beans or between beans and web applications, e.g. developed in JSF. IDE's help in the development of those. However it can be difficult to debug these applications because some errors are generated at run-time, while they are not detected at compile time. What support do you offer or plan to offer in this area?
Vaclav Pech: I have good news for you. IntelliJ IDEA already detects these problems. So when you write a JSP/JSF page and you use expression language, if you refer to a property that does not exist then you get a warning. Or when you edit a Spring configuration file and use auto-wiring, if you have two beans that can fit for that auto-wiring, Spring throws a run-time exception - because it doesn't know which bean to choose. IntelliJ IDEA gives you a warning. So this is part of the intelligence of the tool.
Roman Strobl: We currently don't have any such features. We want to do something IntelliJ IDEA does as well, i.e., to improve the number of inspections. We currently have a few but we plan to have more in the future. Also if you use beans binding, you have the property chooser that can help you.
Paolo Ramasso: We have some help in the UI editor. If you mistype something like the name of a property, you get the errors highlighted with different colors in UI editor. If you use ADF with visual drag-and-drop it is quite difficult to make a mistake because the tool automatically handles the binding for you. However if you make changes after the automatic binding and you get an error you have to check the code to find the problem. There is also a very good error detection at run-time thanks to a set of logging properties, so if you should get an error at run-time you can track its source.
Question 4: Users often come to IDE's because these are the place where different technologies meet together: we have seen today support for coding, for testing, for integration with application servers, for web UI's, for client-side UI's, and so on. So many different pieces meet in one place and you can develop a complete application without ever leaving the IDE. What do you think is missing from this picture? What are the plans for your next release?
Roman Strobl: I think integration of different languages, like Groovy or JRuby, is going to be more important in the future because people are going to use more than one language, so there is a need for an integration of those. Another thing for the more distant future is a web-based IDE: an IDE that runs not as a desktop application but as a web application. I think this is a cool idea that we are going to see in the future.
Paolo Ramasso: Something that is limited in JDeveloper and would be good to improve is the support for scripting languages. There is currently a plug-in for JavaScript but there is space for other dynamic languages to be added in the future. Also when Oracle has new back-end products, JDeveloper is the tool where these products can be integrated.
Vaclav Pech: I believe that support for more languages is the thing that is happening now in all IDE's. In IDEA we already have support for JavaScript, for Ruby, for Groovy. We're working on Scala and some other languages. This seems the way the software industry is going in the nearest future. We try to be ready and provide the tools to write in different languages, to refactor across them, and to integrate applications written in different languages into one project.
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Thread: Are you a mum-to-be?
22nd January 2014 07:30 AM #1
Are you a mum-to-be?
Do we have any pregnant forum members aged less than 24? Being young and pregnant can be exciting and scary. Here is one young mum's views of this in the article Pregnant Pause. Sarah writes:
'So for those people who tell young mothers that their lives are over when they have children, it is so not. Your life is only just beginning.'
It'd be great to hear your experiences on this!
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23rd January 2014 09:03 PM #2
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I had my first at 20 and second at 23, both planned so not at all a surprise or a 'spanner in the works' of career plans or anything like that.
It's a bit hard to say what my experiences of being a young first-time mum were, because I don't have anything to compare it to! Definitely don't feel that my life is/was over... I'm 29 now and having my third, still plenty of time for non-small-child-related life experiences when they're older, and I'll have the option of sharing those experiences with my teenaged/grown-up children.
24th January 2014 05:53 AM #3
That's great to hear Asrathiel - I hope your experiences will encourage other younger forum mums-to-be here. Now you have all that time to enjoy your children whilst you are still young


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This is the story of how we saved £12m in Haringey last year through a complete transformation of our procurement operations and how we are now bringing better value to our tax payers and helping protect our frontline services.
But the story doesn't just end at Haringey. We are now joining up procurement with seven other north London local authorities, a total spend of £2.5bn and have started to deliver even greater savings.
My aim three years ago was to gain total visibility across all areas of Haringey's spending. This knowledge and control would provide us with a complete view of departmental and corporate spending to ensure we were purchasing efficiently and in a way that sustained a competitive supplier market offering best price. We wanted a sounder basis for making decisions on budgets, forecasts, limits and cuts. Without this visibility and control over spending we had no way of knowing where realistic economies could be made.
Haringey commands an annual spend of £500m across 700 council services and uses more than 8000 suppliers. Previously we had a financial reporting system that was working for the accountants and auditors but lacked the detail necessary to tell us who was spending the money, what was being bought and whether purchases provided value for money.
The process of transformation has taken us through a complete shift, from an inward- looking view of spend by department, to one managed horizontally, by category of spending across every department. The result is that we are now managing spend with our suppliers in a realistic, sustainable and cost efficient way.
Bottled water is a minor but obvious success story – three years ago we had 14 different suppliers but now we have one. We have also reduced the number of suppliers in many areas like construction, facilities management, travel, accommodation, temporary staff and IT. But this is not just about reducing the number of suppliers.
In some markets we need to balance and sustain competition. The new insight we now have means we can also identify small and medium-sized suppliers and adapt our procurement strategy accordingly. We can take a view on business ownership, solvency and strength.
When Kevin Crompton, our chief executive, joined in 2010, we showed him the new procurement insight and reporting. This was two weeks into his post but the meeting was a revelation. He saw how our service could provide fingertip control and clear reporting over every category of council spending. He summoned all the directors and key budget holders to see the show in action and to sign up to the new system.
Now the intelligence we produce for the council informs the basis of all spending scrutiny. Every director must report to explain their purchasing, especially where any items are procured 'off contract' or in excess of pre-agreed limits.
We have worked closely with two suppliers, PI Benchmark and Experian Public Sector, to aggregate and determine all our purchasing categories and set up the new procurement system. This was a vital first step and the time and investment has proved invaluable. Now all our information is delivered in real time through a highly visual and functional interface.
Savings so far include:
HR (Consultants and temporary workers)
Reducing the number of consultants from over 60 to 16 by gaining a clear understanding of those that still provided a required service. We have also reduced the number of temporary workers from 750 to 250.
Identifying IT contracts that should have been retendered some years previously. Retendering in some cases produced a 25% saving. The number of IT suppliers has also been reduced to just 49, a saving of £150,000 a year.
£8m to £10m a year is spent on energy depending on market prices. Haringey has now been able to chip away at contract arrangements often associated with small consumptions such as day centres, communal lighting in hostels and pedestrian crossings, resulting in 100% of energy requirements now being procured through aggregated corporate contracts.
Print and design
Our new system identified gaps in print and design accountability, including communications. Previously, we estimated print and design spend at about £2m but the new system revealed that the spending was closer to £5m.
This led to Haringey making £750,000 worth of savings per annum by reducing duplicate suppliers and introducing a new quotation system designed specifically for the industry.
With £12m savings across Haringey last year, the argument for adopting a common procurement strategy with mutual categories of spending across London and even nationally, is obvious. We are working in the North London alliance of seven local authorities to do just that. The North London Alliance commands annual spend of £2.5bn and a saving between 5 and 10 per cent might be possible. Central government could give this impetus too. With visibility over spending we are not cutting blind and, when required, can demonstrate our purchasing and savings record with impressive transparency.
Michael Wood is head of procurement at the London borough of Haringey
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The Catholic church reform group Call To Action will hold its annual conference Nov. 9-11 in Louisville, Ky., veering from its usual host city of Milwaukee. The shift in venue is part of the organization's ongoing commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression principles, said Call To Action communications and programs director Nicole Sotelo.
To reach out to new people in different parts of the country, future national conferences of the Chicago-based organization will alternate between various locations and Milwaukee, where it has been for the last 10 years, Sotelo said.
Next year the conference will return to Milwaukee, and in 2014 it will be in Memphis.
"I think reaching out to different populations is very important, especially since the rise in Catholicism tends to be in the Southern U.S.," said Becky Schwantes-An, 29, who attended her first conference in 2007. She is a member of the St. Louis Call To Action chapter and has served on the national organization's committee for young Catholics.
"Unfortunately there's not much conversation in the church about anti-racism" and in broader society you really have to dig for it, she said.
Speakers this year include civil rights activist Diane Nash, Enrique Morones from the organization Border Angels to talk immigration, and Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell from the lobbying group NETWORK.
Brennan Hill, 78, a professor emeritus of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, is a conference regular. He sometimes sees students and former students there, and this year, because of Louisville's proximity to Cincinnati, some people from his parish are attending, he said.
With Catholic issues prevalent in this election year, the history of the Call To Action movement has been on his mind, he said, from its nascent start with the U.S. bishops who then distanced themselves from it, to its focus on issues now playing a role in U.S current affairs. Call To Action "has attempted to hold onto the fundamental notions of Vatican II and move into the modern world," Hill said.
Nearly 1,300 have registered so far, Sotelo said. Last year more than 1,600 attended. Parts of the conference were also live streamed.
Past conferences have been in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee. In 2001, to celebrate Call To Action's 25th anniversary, the conference was held in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
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You should upload some of your own tunes, so I (everyone) can give you some pointers, feedback, constructive criticism, that kind of stuff.
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