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Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture / Edition 1
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In this book, Jack Greene reinterprets the meaning of American social development. Synthesizing literature of the previous two decades on the process of social development and the formation of American culture, he challenges the central assumptions that have traditionally been used to analyze colonial British American history.
Greene argues that the New England declension model traditionally employed by historians is inappropriate for describing social change in all the other early modern British colonies. The settler societies established in Ireland, the Atlantic island colonies of Bermuda and the Bahamas, the West Indies, the Middle Colonies, and the Lower South followed instead a pattern first exhibited in America in the Chesapeake. That pattern involved a process in which these new societies slowly developed into more elaborate cultural entities, each of which had its own distinctive features.
Greene also stresses the social and cultural convergence between New England and the other regions of colonial British America after 1710 and argues that by the eve of the American Revolution Britain's North American colonies were both more alike and more like the parent society than ever before. He contends as well that the salient features of an emerging American culture during these years are to be found not primarily in New England puritanism but in widely manifest configurations of sociocultural behavior exhibited throughout British North America, including New England, and he emphasized the centrality of slavery to that culture.
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Jack Greene¿s objective in Pursuits of Happiness is to examine the social development and economic change in Great Britain¿s colonies from 1660 to 1760, and to observe the development of American culture emerging at the end of the American Revolution. He uses an overarching, macro-historical framework in which he looks at the British colonies in the Caribbean, mainland North America, and Ireland and classifies each into one of two models: a developmental pattern represented most clearly by the Chesapeake region, and a declension pattern exemplified exclusively by the New England colonies. In Greene¿s developmental model settlements develop from loosely organized, primitive ventures to economically highly elaborated, institutionally stable and socially mature provinces; in other words, they become ¿more settled, cohesive, and coherent.¿ (81) Greene focuses almost exclusively upon refuting the claim that New England was representative of British pre-Revolutionary colonization attempts. The land of the Puritans was, he continues, ¿atypical, peculiar, even anachronistic.¿ (165) He maintains instead that the Chesapeake region was not only far more similar to early modern Britain than was New England, but that every other colony (including Ireland) mirrored the Chesapeake settlements. Although his concluding chapter describes the various mainland settlements as ¿becoming increasingly alike¿ (170) as the American Revolution approached, Greene¿s New England is . ¿a highly aberrational society, ¿ emphatically anomalous in the overall picture of Britain¿s colonies. To paint this historiographical portrait, however, Greene chooses a selective definition and application of ¿declension,¿ an interpretive concept he uses to describe how New England moved from a state of order, stability and control, to a society characterized by social conflict, weakened institutions and diversion from its original goals. In doing so, Greene ignores contradictory evidence, and reaches his foreordained conclusions based on what are obviously rigidly held assumptions. He is determined to debunk the traditional interpretation of early America in which New England is held to be ¿normative¿ (5) of Britain¿s colonial settlement. His relentlessness leads one to question his interpretation. As one reviewer notes, Greene ¿resents the central position that New England has held¿ over the years in colonial historiography and ¿never relents in his quest for an alternative explanation.¿ Greene might be right by refusing to conclude that colonial New England is the model for social development and that the Chesapeake is a deviant example of British colonization. However, he ignores contradictory evidence and patterns that do not fit his model, and selectively handles his facts in his search for an alternative at odds with prior interpretations. While he does marshal considerable evidence in his extensive argument for New England¿s atypicality, his classifications of settlement patterns in early modern British colonization are contrived, which leave his broad survey with an artificial, manufactured resonance. We can also consider Greene¿s assumptions and main points in light of Robert Berkhofer¿s admonition to all readers: ¿You should examine the author¿s main points, how they went about explicating them and the sets of assumptions that made for their works being exactly the way they are.¿ Greene¿s choices of what to include and exclude are quite telling. In his painstaking, sweeping attempt to show that colonies of the Chesapeake mold were ¿modern¿ like Britain and were gradually but steadily moving from disorder and instability to coherence and well-ordered maturity, Greene is forced to ignore obvious facts and to make significant exaggerations to make his pieces fit. Greene¿s description of the towns of Winchester, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg as ¿urban settlements¿ (90) in the early to mid-1750s, for example, grossly


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Is Age A Factor In Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
How does fetal alcohol syndrome appear in toddlers and school age children?
Many, many problems: Toddlers and school age children with fetal alcohol syndrome (fas) can expeience a number of problems including mental retardation, birth defects, abnormal facial features, growth problems, problems with the central nervous system, trouble remembering and/or learning, vision or hearing problems, and behavior problems. This condition is preventable 100% of the time. Don't drink during pregnancy! ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Definition)
Occurs when mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy especially during the first trimester of pregnancy. Behavioral, learning and physical ...Read more
How can fetal alcohol syndrome present in toddlers and school age children?
Delays: Delays in maturity, learning, behaviors and intellectual functioning. It's important to get this clarified early so appropriate classroom and grade placement is implemented. Google fetal alcohol syndrome and read up on it. ...Read more
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Long-term problems: Alcohol can damage a baby's developing brain resulting in a long-lasting pattern of cognitive, learning, emotional, social, and behavioral problems. These problems can be difficult to treat if one isn't aware of the background of prenatal alcohol exposure. However help is available and the earlier a child gets appropriate treatment the better the long-term prognosis. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
How does one trigger fetal alcohol syndrome?
Alcohol consumption: There is no known "safe" amount or type of alcohol that can be consumed during pregnancy. There is also no known safe time. The sure way to avoid fetal alcohol syndrome is to avoid using any alcohol during pregnancy. ...Read moreSee 3 more doctor answers
Can fetal alcohol syndrome be fully treated?
No: The features seen in fetal alcohol syndrome are due to permanent changes in the baby's brain, body, and appearance, caused by exposure to alcohol while he was developing inside his mother. The changes cannot be erased, but treatments are available to help the various behavioral, academic, and psychiatric symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What are the tests for fetal alcohol syndrome?
None specific: History of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, especially if mother is a known alcoholic. Maternal blood alcohol levels can be measured during pregnancy. Any alcohol level in baby after birth, which would indicate alcohol consumption by mother very close to onset or during labor. Some babies have a typical fetal alcohol face - see google. Later some psychological tests can be useful. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) be inherited?
Yes and no.: The predisposition for alcoholism is inherited, however fetal alcohol syndrome only occurs when the fetus is exposed to maternally ingested alcohol during pregnancy and as such is not inherited, rather is a teratogen exposure that is entirely preventable. ...Read more
What are the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome?
Prenatal &/or post-: natal growth failure (of head & or body), characteristic facial features & evidence of some type of brain damage are criteria for FAS I, the most severe end of the spectrum. Read about impaired executive functions, ADHD, Intellectual Disability & other associated Neurobehavioral & medical disorders on www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov. Seek Early Intervention from 0-3; Special Education from 3- 21. ...Read more
What sort of disorder is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Birth defects: When a woman consumes too much alcohol during pregnancy (usually defined as multiple alcoholic beverages a day) then the baby can be born with fetal alcohol syndrome. This includes facial deformities, poor growth, and mental retardation. The child can also have heart defects. It is recommended for a mother to abstain from all alcohol during pregnancy. ...Read moreSee 4 more doctor answers
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May 2016
Week 11 of Metabolic Prime is over, so I took some pictures of my progress today. I was sort of dreading them because I had a rough couple of weeks (Week 10 especially), and my Week 10 pictures showed it. Here is Week 10:
Week 11 seemed like it was going to be a continuation of Week 10, but toward the end of the week, I started to feel better. And I was pleased with my Week 11 pictures today.
Next week, I'll put my Week 1 and Week 12 pictures together. 🙂
I officially weighed myself on Friday since I thought I wasn't going to be home. I was up a pound, but we ended up coming home early, and I weighed myself this morning again, just to see: down a pound. LOL.
I also took measurements on Friday. I'd lost a a couple half inches here and there, or stayed the same. Same goes for Week 10.
Before I was done taking pics today, I decided to take a couple flexing pics. You can see them on my Facebook page. I was so pleasantly surprised. I'm so proud of myself for sticking with this challenge. I tend to get bored, and I didn't get bored. I think I liked that every three weeks, the workouts changed.
But, I gotta say, the biggest thing I learned is that body composition is probably 80 percent nutrition and 20 percent exercise, so if you're just getting started, start in the kitchen! You can't just exercise the fat off.
That's all for tonight. Too much to do; just wanted to check in! Hope you had a fun weekend and now…the week begins.
Did you know you can be any kind of runner you want to be at any moment in time?
It's pretty wild.
Being a runner doesn't mean you only do 5k races or ultramarathons. You don't have to choose trails over asphalt. You don't have to be a sprinter or a distance runner.
You can just be a runner and leave it at that.
Because there are going to be times when you don't feel like hitting the track. And, there will be times you don't feel like doing a 3-hour long run on a Sunday (can I get a "hell yes"?).
In the past, I've felt like I had to choose. Like I had to pick one camp.
But sometimes the other camp sounded more fun. They were laughing. They had a campfire with s'mores and everything! But I wanted to stay loyal to my camp even though we only had a loaf of bread because a bear had ripped open our cabinet and stolen our chocolate and marshmallows in the night (a true story from high school cross country camp; go Vikings!).
But, guess what? This is a free country! Or, it will be for a few more months anyway. Let's not take advantage of that. Let's not make up fake rules about what we can and cannot do–especially about running!
I don't know about you, but a big reason I love to run is the freedom of it! For the love! Let's not get trapped by the very activity that makes us feel like Maria twirling in the Alps!
Exclamation points!
Right now, I'm the kind of runner who hits the treadmill for sprints and totally skips her long runs. What about you?
I have this fantasy.
Don't worry, it's not something you would read in a nudie magazine or anything. No, it's not even publishable actually. Not because it's too racy. Simply because it's too stupid.
My fantasy takes place via email.
I'm sitting at a shabby chic desk with my laptop open. Oh, by the way, I'm wearing a stylish blazer and a pair of ripped jeans. Think Liz Lemon, the star of many a fantasy.
I'm writing something hilarious and laughing at my spectacular sense of humor. Think Jim Carrey's fantasy sequence in Dumb and Dumber.
Why are my fantasies so unsophisticated?
Anyway, as I'm writing an email comes in. It's a big publisher and they want to give me a book contract! They read my blog! There's an advance and everything!
And then I wake up and check my email: five new coupons at Gymboree and some creeper I don't know who wants to be my friend on Goodreads.
By the way, I HATE MY FANTASY. IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. I WISH IT WOULD JUST GO AWAY.
If a fantasy is something that you want to actually happen, then that must mean I want to write a book? Why am I waiting around for some fake person to give me permission to write it? I don't need to publisher. Not in the age of Amazon.
It occurs to me that writing and running are a lot alike.
I also have an ultramarathon fantasy where I actually run one…and win. (Can't you just let me have this?)
The thing is, and sorry to break this to you, but you can't just magically have a book appear on your computer or cross the finish line of an ultra.
On second thought, maybe I'll just watch some 30 Rock.
PS: I just started reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. I hope I learn many card tricks!
Other books to check out:
- Steven Pressfield's Do The Work
- Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
The most annoying thing in the world is when your husband is right.
Am I right?! (Let me answer that: Yes.)
Ugh. What's even worse is when my husband is right about something that has to do with ME. I mean, who does he think he is talking sense and stuff? The nerve!
Last night, we were talking about our health and fitness goals. He's been kicking some butt being more mindful about his nutrition and moving more, and he's making steady progress. I'm super proud of him, but…I still don't want him to be right.
So we were chatting and I was whining about figuring out my nutrition: Why is it so hard? Why can't my HEC (Hunger, Energy and Cravings) just be in check all the time?
(By the way, I just want to say a special thanks to my period for throwing everything off and totally messing with me. So great! I love being a girl!)
Anyway, my husband asked me why I wanted to get lean anyway. I gave him my standard answer: to get lighter and faster for running.
You know how sometimes you say something out loud and it doesn't quite sound right? In your head, it's totally fine. Makes total sense. But out loud…it sounds a little…off?
That's what happened when I gave my answer. And, because my husband, annoyingly pays attention to stuff (and reads this blog–hi, hon), he then said: But you aren't really running anymore.
Um, yeah. Okay. Good point. Touché.
I then stumbled through a few explanations about why I wanted to get lean and gain muscle, and none of them sounded super great. In fact, I'm too embarrassed to even write them down here because most of them had to do with aesthetics and my own insecurities and vanity.
The point is, he was freaking right! See? So annoying!
My "why" for getting healthy and fit is that I want to age well. I want to be healthy and strong as I get older. I want to be in good health so I can enjoy life for a long time.
But my "why" for getting lean isn't clear. So, I will be working on figuring that out in some future posts.
I gotta get this right.


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David Bowie - A Reality Tour
Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
June 4th, 2004
Audience shot, multiple audio sources
Size: 5.51GB ( Dvd9 needed to burn)
Duration: 2hr 14 min 23 sec
Full Menu w/audio choice
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Video: NTSC
Audio 1: DD 256 kb/s, Audio 2: PLCM 1536 kb/s
Recording locations:
Video > (seems to be) from balcony slightly left of center. Audio 2 > Recorded 10 Rows FOB, 12 Seats Right of Center
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Video compression mode: MPEG-2
TV system: 525/60 (NTSC)
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INFO: This is one of my favorite Bowie videos, outstanding set list, great camera work and the band is just into it. It also just got better with a tremendous audio upgrade provided by tonebloke.
Set list:
1. Rebel Rebel
2. Queen Bitch
3. Cactus
4. Sister Midnight
5. New Killer Star
6. China Girl
7. All The Young Dudes
8. The Loneliest Guy
9. The Man Who Sold The World
10. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
11. Hallo Spaceboy
12. Heathen (The Rays)
Band Intro's
13. Under Pressure
14. Station To Station
15. Ashes To Ashes
16. Quicksand
17. Modern Love
18. I'm Afraid Of Americans
19. "Heroes"
20. Slip Away (with the Polyphonic Spree)
21. White Light, White Heat
22. Diamond Dogs
23. Five Years
24. Suffragette City
25. Ziggy Stardust


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Were Olympic secrets left on train read by terrorists?
IN "OLYMPIC SECUTIRY SECRETS LEFT ON TRAIN", the Sun leads with news that a policeman left a " secret dossie r" on a public train.
Realising their importance, he gave them to The Sun and we returned them to police.
Stephen Moyes and Mike Sullivan report:
A SECRET dossier detailing plans for policing this summer's London Olympics was left on a TRAIN.
A cop lost the file but a commuter found it and handed it to The Sun . Got that? A commuter – not named – found a secret file and handed it to a tabloid newspaper accused of being in cahoots with the police .
This is important because it shows that the Sun is relevant and needed to keep the police on its toes and:
The shocking security blunder could have provided terrorists planning an attack with invaluable data.
It still might have. If the commuter handed it to the Sun what's to say they didn't hand a copy to these terrorists? This commuter needs shaking down.
The dossier contained details that would have helped al-Qaeda terrorists mount a devastating attack on the Games in London this summer.
Why Al Qaeda? Why not the real IRA or some other group?
The dossier contains dates and details of pre-Olympics rehearsals, explains emergency "lock-down" procedures and sets out plans to avoid traffic congestion.
Why would Al-Qaeda attack Olympic rehearsals. And is traffic in London a big secret?
Worryingly, names and mobile phone numbers of constables, sergeants and inspectors are included.
Well, the News of The World had lots of them on speed dial. Does the Sun think Al Qaeda is now keeping the phone hackers in work?
What is the purpose
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Many people misunderstand it and blame its victims. They believe that anorexics are acting through free choice, and in fact, even some anorexics believe this. But it isn't true. This is a mental illness. It is characterized by compulsions that are extremely difficult to control.
Patients and non-patients of anorexia nervosa need to begin to educate one another. The more we can bring anorexia out into the light and talk about it, the better it will be for all of us. We can't keep hiding and blaming. We need to understand.
fat ➙ disgusted ➙ upsetting ➙ hopeless ➙ legs ➙ arms ➙ thighs ➙ fat
control ➙ restriction ➙ isolation ➙ loneliness ➙ sad
perfection ➙ ambition ➙ critical ➙ despair ➙ imperfection ➙ control
give up ➙ insecure ➙ neurotic ➙ emotional
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anger ➙ exercise ➙ flabby ➙ exercise ➙ never enough ➙ anger"
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CCA Fall Picnic
The CCA's Annual Picnic was held on Oct. 9, 2011 at the Chinese Community Center. It was a huge success with over 130 people attending. The food was delicious. The menu included hamburgers, fried chicken, stir fried vegetables and fried rice. Many thanks to May Lee, David Moy, Benny Wong, Bobby & Erica Lee for preparing this meal. The fellowship between friends and family was enjoyed by all.
There were games of ping pong, chess, dominoes & checkers. It was a great time to catch up on family weddings, grandchildren and graduations. Thanks to Alice Tow for giving painless flu shots for those brave enough to get them. The next opportunity for Flu Shots will be at the Thanksgiving Party.
The following saturday ( October 15, 2011 ), the CCA was a service organization for the annual Wine festival. Many thanks to the volunteers who sold beer and water to the crowds at the festival. It was a beautiful Autumn day. It was lot of fun for all the volunteers. Thanks to Gary Lee, Aldrich Chu, Bobby & Erica Lee, John Wong, Ann Wong, Mark & Tiffany Smilor, Brian Kaneta, Betty Kue, and Bonny & Mike Chan for manning the booth!
Monthly SEVAMP Luncheon
Our monthly senior citizens luncheon is usually held on every second Sunday at the Chinese Community center from 1:00 – 3:00pm. This month's luncheon was held on March 13th, and the food was prepared by Margie and Wayne Leung with help from Ban Wong. Please contact Dr. Peter Chang if you're interested in joining.
June Sevamp ; 6/11/2011
June's Sevamp was prepared by Mr. & Mrs Kao at the Chinese Community Center 6/11/11. We want to thank them for their hard work that was enjoyed by all. If you are interested in volunteering to cook for our wonderful seniors please contact Gary Mah or any CCA officer.
CCA Annual Golf Tournament
Each year, the Chinese Community Association of Hampton Roads sponsors a charity golf tournament. The event is always well-attended with great prizes and raffles. With the money raised, CCAHR is able to award scholarships to the young leaders of our community as well s support various worthy causes in the community.
This year's golf tournament will be held on May 10th, 2014 at Sleepy Hole golf course. Please click on this 2014 Golf Tournament Information Brochure for more information and to register for the tournament.
Over and above the purpose of promoting cultural diversity, CCAHR also acknowledges its role in the community and earmarks a portion of tournament proceeds for donations to life-changing charities each year, including the Leukemia/Lymphoma Association, the Foundation for Kidney Transplant, Hurricane Katrina Relief, Cancer research, Operation Smile, Food Bank, Red Cross, Samaritan House, Union Mission, and Salvation Army.
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CCA Yard Sale
The CCA had a yard sale at the Community center one Saturday morning. As they say " one man's trash is another man's treasure ". Our community members could participate for free. Tables were $10 a space to non-members. Many fine purchases were made. The remaining items were picked up by the Salvation army at the end of the day. Join us next time and clean up your garage and closets.
CCA Harborfest
The Chinese Community Association of Hampton Roads has been a long time volunteer organization with FestEvents. We have been a staple at the waterfront in downtown Norfolk. Through our efforts, we have been able to raise money for many charitable organizations and causes as well as college scholarships. Come join the next time we provide refreshments to festival attendees.


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Indian Pharma Companies news
In a big clean-up drive, government plans to scan 500 Indian drug facilities
The move is part of a drive to weed out supplies of substandard drugs in the market, a senior official in the health ministry told ET.
Pharma companies to see moderation in growth in US market: Icra
The Indian drug firms have registered strong growth over last decade driven mainly by the US market.
USFDA observations on 2 units not to impact products: Natco
"The company has received 483 observations for both facilities and believes them to be of minor in nature," a statement said.
Curb imports of APIs to boost local production, says task force on pharma
Increasing indigenous production of APIs would ensure availability of drugs fighting country's rising disease burden, it said.
Torrent, Dr Reddy's, Aurobindo, Cipla, Lupin in race to buy Sagent
Valuation is expected to be upwards of $500 million (Rs 3,400 crore), for which large generic drug makers and financial investors like global private equity funds may also be interested.
Strict compliance makes Indian pharma companies stronger: Habil Khorakiwala, Wockhardt
"FDA's strict compliance system is a blessing in disguise because on a longer term, it makes the industry much stronger in India to compete."
Indian pharma must step up R&D, compliance focus for global play
The industry has reaped the low-hanging fruits of low-cost generics, making Indian pharma companies one of the most profitable ones globally.
Indian pharma companies need strong digital dose: Study
A majority of Indian pharma companies, both multinational and domestic, are yet to exploit the huge opportunities offered on various digital platforms to connect with their stakeholders effectively, a new study said on Wednesday.
Panel for blanket ban on FDI in brown field pharma units
The committee demands caution on the issue from the government and reiterates its recommendation to impose a blanket ban in FDI in brown field pharma projects.


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Spicy Seasoned Crackers
Recipe by Weewah
Salty, spicy, garlicky. An easy and cheap snack to stir up and share with friends (or keep to yourself) - that doesn't taste cheap. I made this recipe because the other ones on this site called for dill, a different size bag of crackers and had no spice. I do like heat.
Top Review by Muffin Goddess
Very tasty! Usually DH is kind of indifferent to much of the random snack and dessert items I make for PAC, but he actually was quite interested in these! In fact, I told him he could take them to work to share with his guys, and he said no, he wanted to keep these at home because the guys would eat all of them on him. I suspect that my batch wasn't even as spicy as they are supposed to be, because I didn't have any Tony Chachere's seasoning (I subbed in Lawry's Seasoning Salt instead). Didn't make them any less addictive, though! The recipe doesn't give any amount for the clarified butter, so I just referenced another similar recipe on the site. I ended up using 1/2 cup of ghee with the 1/2 cup of oil, which worked perfectly. I'll have to try these again when I have the proper seasoning on hand, because I bet DH would love them even more if they were spicier. Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Spring 2014
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 (10 ounce) bags oyster crackers, I used a bargain brand
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- clarified butter
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley, rubbed to fineness
- 1 ounce Hidden Valley Ranch dip, packet
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons tony chachere's seasoning salt (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- dusting cayenne powder
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat crackers in the microwave on 1/2 power till they are quite hot.
- Heat the oil and butter till it's hot and drizzle it onto the crackers in thirds, stirring between additions. Dust on the seasonings and mix well. (If you use pure canola oil, you do not need to heat the crackers and fats to make the fats soak inches
- Knosh till your covered in salt and parsley and your lips burn like fire. I just killed a bowl of this and 10 minutes later found myself absently dipping my fingers into an empty bowl. Addictive stuff and would be great to give away for holiday treats or serve with drinks before dinner.
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This listing is for 4 oz of Shetland, dyed in shades of blue.This fiber is feltable. While Shetland fiber can vary from short to long and soft to coarse, this one is skewed toward the short and soft end of the spectrum. The staple is short to medium, so it's not the best for a beginning spinner. It's not as soft as merino, but is easily as soft as your average corriedale. It is a one of a kind listing. I can attempt to recreate the shade for special order, but make no promises as to exactness on such inquiries.I have attempted to recreate the colors in digital format .jpgs as closely as possible, but please be aware that colors may appear different on other monitors.Feel free to contact me with any questions or requests, I would be more than happy to answer as best I can.
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In 2009, Jacinto Rocha who was then a senior civil servant in the department of mineral resources, was called into a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane and Tony Gupta.
At that meeting, the groundwork was apparently laid for Rocha to facilitate deals for Duduzane and the Guptas. Sunday Times reports Zuma told Rocha to help his son wherever he could.
"Duduzane is my only child involved with money. I will appreciate if you could help him wherever you could," said Zuma.
It is understood the Guptas and Duduzane were intent on going into the mining industry and were looking to buy several mines.
The weekly also reports that Rocha started a mining consultancy company with Duduzane and the Guptas as his clients in 2010. However, his involvement with the Guptas did not end there as shortly before Zuma announced a Cabinet reshuffle in June 2012, Rocha was offered a post to become the new transport minister's advisor by Duduzane and the influential family.
It has been revealed that:
- Two days before he became minister of transport, Martins was called to Saxonwold and met Rocha whom he was told was one of his advisors
- Rocha was told he would receive R100m if he could ensure the Guptas were the recipients of contracts at the department of transport
- Email evidence shows how Martins and Rocha were under pressure from the Guptas to replace board members with people familiar to them
Rocha detailed how he was offered the role of advisor to Martins by the Guptas. He told Sunday Times six days before the Cabinet reshuffle, Tony Gupta asked to meet with him. Though he did not immediately accept the proposal, he eventually communicated to Tony he was keen and requested that he meet Martins beforehand.
Zuma's spokesperson, Bongani Nqulunga said the president was unaware of the allegations.
"We wish to emphasise that the appointment of ministerial support staff including advisors is done by the minister without the involvement of the president or Presidency."
Martins has confirmed that he visited the Guptas while another advisor, Robert Nkuna is said to have visited the Guptas before the Cabinet reshuffle.
Since the leaking of thousands of Gupta related emails, correspondence has revealed the Guptas have had a hand in approving ministers and in purchasing a luxury R18 million Dubai pad for Duduzane. It was also reported that a palace in that city was bought for Zuma and the family had made appeals on his behalf to grant him and his family residency.
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Halle Berry has confessed that she's decidedly "anti-fairytales" today – because she feels the Disney ideal of the "happy ever after" puts far too much pressure on women.
Speaking candidly in a Q&A at the 2017 City Summit and Gala in Los Angeles, the Oscar-winning star said: "[As] women, we go into marriage thinking it's going to last forever and that this is our prince on a shiny horse.
"That's what fairytales taught me as a kid ... and I'm kind of anti-fairytales today. But we go in there with that hope, so when it falls apart it feels like a huge failure and a huge disappointment.
"I've often felt guilty and responsible. I've suffered a lot of pain and anguish."
Read more: Kylie Minogue wants thoughtless people to stop asking when she'll have children
Berry's recent divorce from Olivier Martinez, with whom she has a three-year old son, Maceo, was finalised in December. She was previously married to baseball player David Justice, and singer, Eric Benet – and has an eight-year-old daughter, Nahla, with model Gabriel Aubry.
But, while the 50-year-old actor has naturally grieved over each of her three divorces, she does not regret any of her life choices.
"I have learned to deal with three failed marriages, which has not been easy, especially when there's children involved," she said.
"[But] in every one of those situations, as hard – and sometimes embarrassing – as it was, I learned so much about myself."
Still working on myselfie, per your request. ✔ Is this how all the cool kids are doing it?? 😂😂😂
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Berry, who was keynote speaker at the event, continued: "All of those relationships were necessary for me. We all come here with lessons that we have to learn and those relationships provided me with lessons that got me to where I am right now.
"For that, I am grateful. But it has been hard. It's been a difficult part of my life."
Read more: How I handle the holidays as the adult child of a messy divorce
While Berry was raised on fairytales, she has made a point of teaching her own children very different life lessons – and regularly takes them to visit the Jenesse Centre, a domestic violence prevention and intervention organisation, with whom she has worked closely with for the past 18 years.
"If I want them to be kind, I have to show them kindness," she said, revealing that Nahla and Maceo donate their toys to children at the shelter.
"If I want them to be curious, I have to show them my own curiosity. If I want them to be smart, I have to show that I'm continuing to learn every day. If I want them to be humble, I have to teach them how to give and care about other people. If I want them to be grateful I have to make them know that they have to give their toys away once a year and give to others."
This is Hanifa, at the hands of her abusive husband she had acid thrown on her body. With the help of the @jenessecenter she got her life back and her gorgeous smile is proof that today she is not only surviving her abuse, but she is thriving. Hanifa is a courageous woman and a true testament of the strength of the human spirit! Thank you Hanifa for inspiring me everyday to be better and to continue my efforts to uplift all victims of domestic violence. I love you lady! Thank you to all the warriors of the 🤘🏼#JenesseCenter who tirelessly fight to protect our women and our most vulnerable, the children of domestic violence. 💜
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Insisting this is far more important than any "happy every after", Berry finished: "I've learned it's not just the words - it's what action I put behind those words."
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Physical strength: At least city+ level, likely higher (Blew back the blast of early series Genos, Genos previously destroyed a building and a small chunk out of a couple of mountains)
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About Rapunzel's age
Rapunzel is the age of 18 in the 2010 film Tangled. Rapunzel has spent every year looking at the lanterns that fly on her birthday. Just before she turns 18, Rapunzel decides to ask her mother to take her to see the lanterns for her birthday. Her mother, Mother Goethel,refuses. Of course, Rapunzel is a stolen princess with magical powers that keep Mother Goethel young forever, so Goethel really has a lot to lose. A young man sneaks into her tower while avoiding the palace guard, and Rapunzel is able to convince him to take her to see the lanterns. The pair avoid ruffians, make friends with thugs and bond as they venture to the center of the kingdom. Over the film, the pair fall in love, Rapunzel realizes who her parents are and loses her powers, and Mother Goethel plummets to her death. Tangled was the third highest grossing film of 2010. Critics praised the film for combining the aesthetic of classic Disney animation with the computer animation of today. Tangled was nominated for two Oscars. A short film sequel was released in 2012, showing Rapunzel and Eugene's wedding. It was shown in theaters before the re-release of Beauty and the Beast.


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Here's a story you've heard a million times before -- after relentless gigging and rehearsing a young band got noticed, signed a deal with an EP and LP following it. A tour with some famous colleagues (in our case -- Coheed And Cambria, Sparta), comeback home and thoughts about if it all is worth to be continued. Luckily the band from Muncie, Indiana, Brazil decided to keep things going, signed to a major label Immortal and together with producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) released their second album, out October 3rd, 2006. Brazil makes you understand they take a serious approach to their art -- an album, entitled "The Philosophy Of Velocity" is not your every day easy-listening. There are six musicians in the band and every one makes his presence worth to be, stuffing the music with his own ideas and emotions. As a final product, it all appears to be a bouquet of different sounds, combined into a solid piece of a song. Even though it might seem there are too many sounds in one track, it won't feel the same without every particular line. The tracks are moody and it feels like the musicians managed to fulfill music with their own emotions. Vocalist Jonathon Newby claims he finds his muse feeling discomfort in his life. Maybe that is the reason for the dark and bitter atmosphere evident through the entire album. Naming Sylvia Plath and Genesis among their influences, Brazil for sure carries the experience of masterpieces in their music. It is evident in a skilled songwriting -- there are no excessive parts in the songs and everything feels to be at the right place. Brazil uses some "unmusical" sounds, but do it very carefully -- adding poring water to create mellow atmosphere in "Captain Mainwaring" or typewriter in a small piano intro "On Safe-Cracking And Rubella" to introduce you to the album and show it's a solid piece of art, not just another 12-track record. "Au, Revoir, Mr. Mercury" would remind you of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" by the similar expression and tension. The guitars are multilayered and would remind you the exercises in your music school. Progressive piano adds drama -- it's the instrument that differ Brazil from a lot of other rock bands. Not only it exists in arrangements, Nic Newby also shows some wonderful passionate work. "Strange Days" goes in? and is beautifully sad. The album gets the peak of emotionality in this track with all the instruments exploding in mutual orgasm. As well as the emotions of a human being are, the album is unexpected in all aspects. The sudden end of the album is a part of it. The closer "Strange Days" just breaks up and leave you wondering if there are gonna be a continuation. Only if you've listened closely, the sound of the same typewriter would let you know the journey is over.
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Jonathon Newby's vocals are higher than you would suppose a man's vocals to be. His hysterical singing adds shiver to gloomy tracks of "The Philosophy of Velocity." Newby wonderfully imitates the Russian accent, rolling "rrrrr" in "Strange Days" which makes the song sound like a theatrical drama performance. Brazil tells stories in their songs, coloring them with different bright characters -- such as manic-depressive submarine captain Mainwaring or steam robots.
Overall Impression — 8
The album cover has a poor writer in frustration turning down every next sheet of art, typed on a typewriter. I would believe the picture showcases the way Brazil makes their music. Working on "The Philosophy Of Velocity," they crafted it as a real work of art -- here are highlights of high tension (tracks "Au, Revoir, Mr. Mercury," "A Year In Heaven"), more modest evolving parts ("Crime (And The Antique Solution)," "Captain Mainwaring") and pieces that connect them ("On Safe-cracking And Rubella," "The Remarkable Cholmondley Chute System"). If you dedicate 48 minutes of your life to listening to "The Philosophy Of Velocity" without interrupting to anything else, after the first couple minutes you'll find the album breathtaking. The album has to grow on you as the music is very experimental and can't be put under any standards or compared to other bands. Listening to "The Philosophy Of Velocity," you realize Brazil have found something a lot of bands are looking years for... A happy medium between diverse and overload? The right point where to stop? Whatever you call it, Brazil knows how to keep the things interesting.


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Perhaps if you've been reading some of our other stories, you may be learning that God really is A WONDERFUL, KIND AND LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER!
But still you hear these terrible stories about how God will put bad people in HELL and torture them and burn them for ever and ever!
You hear that as soon as we die, we either go to heaven right away, or we go to HELL and be tortured for always! Some people even tell you that even if you are going to get to go to heaven, you still have to go to PURGATORY and be tortured for a few thousand years to get rid of your sins!
They say that God is made happy when He hears the wicked people screaming in pain, and you wonder HOW CAN A GOD OF LOVE DO SOMETHING HORRIBLE LIKE THAT??
WELL, as always, the TRUTH sets us free from fear. The Bible does NOT teach that we go to Heaven or Hell when we die.
It does not say people will be burned forever and ever, although there are a few verses that seem to say that, when we don't understand what they mean.
AND the BIBLE never heard of a place called PURGATORY!! You can search from cover to cover and you will not find it in the Bible!
Tom and Tony were bored with life. It had been raining and raining and
raining for I don't know how long, and they had played with all their toys
until they had lost interest in everyone of them.
Tony, the smaller of the two, was at the window, mournfully repeating the
old refrain: "Rain, rain, go to Spain"; but the rain was very obstinate
this afternoon. It just wouldn't go.
Suddenly, however, Tony raised a shout of eager interest.
Something was happening in the street. "Tom!" he cried, "come here and
have a look! There's a deader going by."
"A what going by?" asked Tom.
"A deader. See, look at the lovely flowers and the nice shiny cars."
"What a long procession!" exclaimed Tom, running to the window. "My, what
a lot of cars! That must be Mr. Jones's funeral. "
"I 'spect he must be pretty hot by now," said Tony.
"Hot! Why ever should he be hot?"
" 'Cos he was a bad man, and Satan must have popped him into the fire
right away."
"How do you know he was a bad man?" asked Tom, surprised at his little
brother's certainty as to poor Mr. Jones's fate.
" 'Cos," replied Tony solemnly, "I heard him swear one day when he was in
our house. And he used to smoke. And I heard Mamma say he went home drunk
one night. So I ' spect he'll be poked down and down where it's very, very
hot, and he'll smell like roast…"
"Tony!" cried a voice from the other side of the room. "What is that
you're saying?" "Hello, Auntie," said both boys together, turning around.
"We didn't know you had come."
"I think I came just in time," said Auntie.
"You did," said Tony eagerly. "Come and see the deader going by! He's
almost gone now, but you can still see the cars."
"Tony," said Auntie, "you shouldn't speak like that about a funeral. Poor
Mrs. Jones and all the family are very, very sad about it, and you should
be sorry for them and not make fun about it."
"We weren't making fun," said Tom indignantly. "We were only looking, and
Tony was saying where he thought Mr. Jones had gone."
"But Tony was quite wrong," said Auntie, "and you should both have known
"But that's what my teacher told me happens to bad people," said Tony with
a grieved air.
"Then he was wrong."
"But it was a lady."
"Then she was wrong," said Auntie; "and if you will come over here by the
fire, I will tell you all about it." Glad for any sort of change, the two
little boys rushed over to grab the most comfortable seats beside the
fire. "Now go on, Auntie," said Tom, now as interested as Tony.
"Well," said Auntie, "I am going to tell you just what is found in the
Bible. For that is God's Book, where He tells us how man came into this
world and what happens to him when he goes out of it.
"First of all, how did man come into the world? I am going to read a text
in the second chapter of Genesis, verse seven: 'The Lord God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul.' Now, Tony, how many things go to make up a
"Two things," said Tony.
"Good boy," said Auntie. "That's right. First, the dust of the ground, and
second, the breath of life. The two together make a 'living soul.'
Separate them, and death comes. Do you see?"
"I s'pose that's what makes a deader," said Tony.
"Yes," said Auntie, with a smile, "a deader. We read of this separation at
death in Ecclesiastes, chapter twelve, verse seven, where it says, 'Then
shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit [which is
another word for breath] shall return unto God who gave it.' So you see
that when the body and the breath are separated, there is no more a living
This was rather deep for Tony.
"Do you mean there is nothing left to be poked down into a fire by Satan?"
he said after a pause.
"That's exactly right," said Auntie. "There just isn't anything left. Now,
if I turn over the page I read here in chapter nine, verse five, that 'the
dead know not any thing'; and again in verse ten, 'There is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave.' It couldn't be plainer,
could it?"
"No," said Tom. "It's very plain. But don't good people, then, go to
heaven when they die?"
"How can they?" said Auntie. "The same thing happens to them as to the bad
people. The two parts; the dust and the breath; separate, and there is no
more living soul. The people are simply dead."
"But, Auntie," asked Tony, reluctant to let go of his idea, "won't the bad
people ever be poked down into a big, hot fire?"
"And won't the good people ever go to heaven?" asked Tom.
"Oh, yes," said Auntie. "While it is perfectly true that the dead know nothing, and are as fast asleep as tired little boys after a hard day's play, yet one day they will all wake up and come to life again.
Jesus has told us that. He said: 'The hour is coming, in the which all
that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they
that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.' That is found in the fifth
chapter of John, verses twenty-eight and twenty-nine; but there are other
texts that say the same thing.
There is no doubt whatever that the dead will be raised to life, and then
the good people will be rewarded and the bad people punished."
"But, Auntie," asked Tom, "when will it happen? Thousands of years in the
"I don't think so, dearie. You see, Tom, there is a definite time fixed by
God for the dead to be raised. In Paul's first letter to the
Thessalonians, the fourth chapter and sixteenth verse, we are told that
'the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven: . . . and the dead in Christ
shall rise.' From this it is clear that all the good people who have gone
to sleep in death believing in Jesus will be awakened by His glorious
voice calling to them when He comes again. And many today believe that it
will not be very long before that happens."
"But, Auntie," said Tony, with a worried look on his face, "what about the
fire for the wicked people? Isn't there anything about that?"
"Oh, yes, Tony," said Auntie. "That is just as clear, too, though there is
only time to read you one text now. Here it is in the twentieth chapter of
Revelation and the ninth verse. Here you have the story of what happens to
all the wicked people who are brought back to life to hear their final
sentence from God. It says, 'Fire came down from God out of heaven, and
devoured them.' "
"A-a-a-a-h!" exclaimed Tony as though fully satisfied at last. "I knew
they'd get it sometime."
"And the fire will burn up everybody and everything bad?" asked Tom.
"Yes, dear," said Auntie. "Everything bad will be burned up, and God will
make a glorious new home for all the people who love Him; and in that
happy, happy land there will be no more sickness or pain, and nobody will
ever die any more."
"And we shall never see a deader going by again?" said Tony. "No, dear,"
said Auntie with deep feeling; "thank God, never, never again. "
What and Where Is Hell?
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In our Page about Death we learned what happens to a person when he dies. We saw that those who accept Jesus as their Saviour and obey Him, are sleeping in their graves until He comes back to awaken them at the resurrection.
There are many, however, who pay no attention to what the Bible teaches; they will not listen to Jesus; they refuse to obey His commandments. It is impossible for Jesus to take them to heaven in their sins. What will become of them? In looking for the answer to this question, we need to know exactly what the Bible teaches. Only God can give us the true answer.
Genesis 3:3-5 tells us who first promised man that he could disobey God and never die.
"But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
This is the only text in the Bible that promises man that he can disobey God and have eternal life and it was Satan's Lie! The Bible tells us that it was Satan who spoke through the serpent to fool Eve.
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9
Jesus told us plainly what Satan is. "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44
When Jesus wakes up the dead and calls them from their graves we call it the Resurrection. Jesus said there would be two resurrections.
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." John 5:28, 29
Jesus told us that most of the people would not go to heaven because they would not let Him help them to be ready for heaven. "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13, 14
How sad it is that there are far more wicked people in the world than there are good people. All who refuse to follow the right way will be lost. Those who are not willing to live according to God's laws here, would be most unhappy in heaven.
Many religions of the world teach that when a wicked person dies he goes immediately to a place called "hell." where he is tormented with fire forever. Many heathen religions have taught this for centuries. Several hundred years ago this false teaching came into the Christian church.
Others say that a good God would not torture someone forever because of a few years of wrong living. They believe that there really is no hell, and that this is just God's way of threatening people to make them do what is right. They make God to be the liar! But, the question is, What does the Bible teach?
Let the Bible tell us what reward sin brings: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
The wages of sin is death; not life. If, as many people believe, the dead live for ever in hell fire, then they would really have eternal life too, just as do the righteous. The difference would be that the righteous live in peace and happiness, while the wicked suffer.
We know that there are not any people in hell now because Jesus told us when all men will receive their reward: "For the Son of man [Jesus] shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." Matthew 16:27
This verse, tells us that no one will receive his reward until Jesus comes with all His angels. Therefore the wicked are not now in hell. So where are the wicked dead people now?
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." John 5:28, 29
Jesus teaches that the wicked sleep in their graves until the resurrection day, when they will come forth to receive their punishment. They are not now suffering in hell!
What would be the need of calling the wicked from their graves in the resurrection day if they were already in hell? Why should they come up for judgment, if they were already suffering in hell for hundreds of years? That would be very unreasonable.
The fact is that hell-fire was really not prepared for people, but for Satan and his rebel host. "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." Matthew 25:41
They will be punished in the lake of fire at the final judgment. "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." Jude 6
This is called the Second Death: "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:14, 15
Sadly though, many people will also die in that Lake of Fire because they refused all their lives, to allow Jesus to be able to save them and remove sin and rebellion from their hearts.
No sin defiled heart can enter heaven. It was sin that nailed Jesus to the cross. You don't want to hold on to it, instead, let Jesus free you from sin and write your name in the Book of Life!
The Bible tells us about that day when the wicked are destroyed forever. "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." Malachi 4:1
Stubble is what is left in the field after the grain has been harvested. It is very dry and burns very hot and very quickly. When the fire has done its work only ashes are left; we see no picture of people suffering for eternity.
"And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts." Malachi 4:3
Jesus said that the wicked are like weeds. "The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares (weeds) are the children of the wicked one." Matthew 13:38
He said the weeds will be burned up. "As therefore the tares (weeds) are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world." Matthew 13:40
He also tells us when this will happen: "As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13:40-42
How nicely this goes along with the statement of Jesus in Matthew 11:22 where He speaks of a day of judgment as a future event. It would be wrong to think that a person is being punished before he has been judged!
Here is another reason we know there is no eternally burning Hell; because the place where the destruction of the wicked takes place is right here on this earth! "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them." Revelation 20:9
You may ask, "But do not some texts speak of eternal torment which will last forever, of eternal fire, and unquenchable fire?" Yes, there are those texts, but let's look at some other Bible texts and see if they will help us understand these other more difficult texts. We must always remember that the Bible does not contradict itself!
Over here in Exodus 21:6 we are told how long some Hebrew servants were to serve their master? "Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever."
Now we certainly know that in this case, the term "forever" means as long as the servant lived, and no longer.
Now notice the period of time Samuel's mother said he was to serve the Lord in Shiloh. "But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever." 1 Samuel 1:22
And a few verses later we see what she meant: "Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there." 1 Samuel 1:28
The term 'forever' was as long as the servant or Samuel lived. In both the Old and New Testaments, the term forever is used more than fifty times with reference to something that has already come to an end.
Let's see how long Jonah said he was in the fish. "I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God." Jonah 2:6
I'm sure it must have felt like 'forever' but how long was it really? "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." Jonah 1:17
In the case of Jonah, the term "forever" was a very short period of time.
What does the Bible say about the fire that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah? "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." Jude 7
Those wicked cities are not still burning today. What does the Bible say they are now? "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly." 2 Peter 2:6
Peter tells us that when the fire had completed its work, nothing was left but ashes. That is exactly what Malachi 4:3 said would be left of the wicked after the fire of destruction in the last day had done its work.
God said an unquenchable fire would burn Jerusalem if the people continued to rebel and disobey His commandments.
"But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched." Jeremiah 17:27
Even though God had said the fire would be unquenchable, we would not think that this fire is still burning today. When God said, through the prophet Jeremiah, that the fire would be unquenchable, He meant that no man would be able to put it out until it had done its appointed work of destroying the city.
Is God anxious to burn up the wicked? No He says clearly He wants to be able to save them. "Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" Ezekiel 33:11
In Isaiah 28:21 we are told that the terrible work of destroying the lost is a "strange act" for Jesus to do. His whole life was spent and sacrificed in trying to help save men. It will be a fearful, heartbreaking time when Jesus at last comes to do "His act, His strange act" of destroying those who have rejected His pleadings and for whom He gave His life.
Remember that not one person will be destroyed unless he has rejected the opportunity to be saved. Jesus will save all who will accept Him as their Saviour. Those who knowingly cling to sin must pay the penalty—the second death.
God will soon set fire to the horrible rubbish pile of sin in this old world. He is going to clean the universe of the very memory of sin. Sin will be destroyed wherever it is found. In mercy Jesus pleads with you to forsake sin so that you will not be destroyed at last.
Jesus wants to save each one of us. He cannot bear to think of even one soul being lost. He suffered and died on the cross to open the doors of Heaven for each person! Will you not say, "Jesus, I surrender all"?


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Warning: Increase in Assaults and Criminalization of Women Defenders of Territory
The undersigned organizations and activists from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay y Argentina, participants in the Initiative Women, Territory and the Environment, convened by the Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean; as well as Latin America women's funds and feminists, express our solidarity and profound concern for the recent physical assaults against Máxima Acuña Chaupe in Peru, the 2016 Goldman Prize winner; and the upsurge in criminalization of the ancestral Mapuche authorities, Lonko Juana Calfunao and Machi Francisca Linconao, in the Araucanía area, Chile.
Our warning points to persistent assaults and the systematic use of criminalization by State and business actors to thwart indigenous women's struggles to defend their rights and the collective lands of their peoples, confronted by the imposition of development projects. In these three cases, the agency and complicity of States in the violations is evident, as is the lack of compliance with Precautionary Measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the alarming impunity surrounding the perpetrators of these assaults. Far from being an exception, such incidents constitute a tendency on the rise in the region.
Despite having been granted Precautionary Measures by the IACHR in May, 2014, Máxima Acuña Chaupe and her family have been subjected to multiple violations by the Yanacocha mining company, including harassment, threats, physical violence, and the destruction of belongings and crops; in addition to the criminalization of the defender herself. On September 18th , 80 company workers, illegally entered the family's property in Tragadero Grande, destroying crops and physically attacking Máxima, tearing her clothing and wounding her in the chest, head, arms and legs with blows and cuts. Her husband was also wounded, and pursued in order to grab his camera as he attempted to register the attack. Despite the cruelty of their behavior, the Yanacocha Company published false information on its web site, arguing the action constituted ´peaceful possessory defense´.
The Machi - spiritual authority- Francisca Linconao is a defender of the collective rights and ancestral territory of the Mapuche people, in the face of industrial forestry activity in the Araucanía region in Chile. Achieving the first application in the country in 2008 of ILO Convention 169 established an historic precedent when the Palermo Society Ltda. was denounced for destroying sacred places in their lof (community). Currently, her life is at extreme risk, due to the accelerated deterioration of her physical and emotional health and the lack of contact with nature and her medicinal plants, while she completes an unjust preventative prison sentence in Temuco.
The Machi was violently detained in March, 2016, and linked to the case of arson which took the lives of the Luchsinger-Mackay couple in January, 2013. Despite having been absolved in this case at the time, today she confronts charges of terrorism, life imprisonment being requested. The accusation against her- the sole proof being testimony obtained under threat and torture- is, by any measure, illegal and a violation of the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights and ILO Convention 169. It is being sustained under the 18314 Anti-Terrorist Law, which has been widely questioned for its lack of compliance with minimum standards of due process and for violating the right to social protest.
In the same region, the Lonko- political authority- Juana Calfunao-, who has defended Mapuche territory in the face of highway construction (Los Laureles - Lago Colico), has been subjected, on several occasions, to threats, harassment, detention, destruction of property and her residence, and physical and sexual violence during her detainment. Despite having been granted IACHR Precautionary Measures, on September 15th, 2016, she was once again detained in Cunco. The Lonko Juana was quickly freed; however we warn about the permanent risk for her life and that of her family, as well as the impunity surrounding these violations.
In consideration of these incidents, we demand that the States of Chile and Peru:
- Immediately adopt concrete measures to guarantee the lives and personal integrity of the defenders Machi Francisco Linconao, Máxima Acuña, and Juana Calfunao, and their families, in compliance with Precautionary Measures granted by the IACHR.
- Investigate and sanction the material and intellectual authors of the multiple violations perpetrated against them.
- Grant immediate and definitive freedom for Machi Francisca Linconao and award compensation corresponding to damages caused during her successive periods of detention.
- Comply with ILO Convention 169 guaranteeing rights to land, autonomy, and the participation of indigenous peoples, and forbid implementation of development projects that threaten them.
- Demand accountability and apply sanctions to companies and their agents which consistently threaten human rights and the collective rights of indigenous peoples.
- Provide a secure and appropriate environment for the defense of women's and environmental rights; abstain from criminalizing women defenders, sanctioning functionaries involved in such practices.
- We urge regional and international human rights protection bodies to:
- Intervene urgently and demand that States respect women defenders' human rights, comply with Precautionary Measures, and end impunity in these, and all, cases of violations in the region.
- We especially urge the IACHR to grant Precautionary Measures for the Machi Francisca Linconao.
To civil society:
We appeal to human rights, environmental, women's, and feminist organizations in America Latina to persist in their denouncement and documentation of all violences against women defenders of territory, and to strengthen articulation and solidarity in order to guarantee their lives and integrity.
Denouncement and documentation of all violences against women defenders of territory! https://t.co/rQy3NJ5kRi
— Fondo Acción Urgente (@FAU_LAC) October 5, 2016
(Unofficial translation of organizational names to English by the author).
- Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (UAF-LA)
- The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
- International Institute on Law and Society-IILS
- Red de Apoyo a la Machi Francisca Linconao (Machi Francisca Linconao Support Network)
- Central American Women's Fund- FCAM (Spanish acronym)
- Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (Women's Fund of the South)
- Fondo de Mujeres Bolivia- Apthapi Jopueti (Bolivian Women's Fund- Apthapi Jopueti)
- Sociedad Mexicana Pro- derechos de la Mujer- Semillas- México (Mexican Association for Women's Rights-Seeds)
- Fundación Colectivo Alquimia Fondo para mujeres FONDO ALQUIMIA- Chile (Collective Foundation Alchemy Fund for Women- Chile)
- Fondo Lunaria- Colombia (Lunaria Fund-Colombia)
- Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas- ECMIA
- Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales (Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights)
- Unión Latinoamericana de Mujeres- ULAM (Latin American Women's Union)
- Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña OFRANEH- Honduras (Honduran Black Peoples' Fraternal Organization)
- Organización La Esperanza de Mujeres Garífunas de Honduras OLAMUGAH- Honduras
- Red de Sanadoras Ancestrales del Feminismo Comunitario – Guatemala (Network of Ancestral Healers of Comunitarian Feminism- Guatemala)
- Asociación de Mujeres Aq'ab'al- Guatemala
- Organización de Mujeres Mamá Maquín- Guatemala Red Nacional de Mujeres en Defensa de la Madre Tierra - RENAMAT Bolivia (National Women's Network in Defense of Mother Earth- Bolivia ) Colectivo de Coordinación de Acciones Socio Ambientales CASA- Bolivia (Collective for the Coordination of Socio- Environmental Action- Bolivia)
- Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones de Mujeres Trabajadoras Rurales CONAMURI – Paraguay (National Coordination of Organizations of Rural Working Women- Paraguay)
- Consejo Nacional de la Mujer Indígena CONAMI- Argentina (National Council of Indigenous Women- Argentina)
- RAP-AL – Uruguay
- Red de Mujeres de Condega- Nicaragua (Women's Network of Condega- Nicaragua)
- Joven Siglo XXI- Nicaragua
- Mujeres Ambientalistas del Sur- Nicaragua
- Mujeres Ambientalistas de Metapán Luz y Esperanza- El Salvador
- Colectivo por la Autonomía- México (Collective for Autonomy- Mexico)
- Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama – Ecuador (Front of Women Defenders of the Pachamama- Ecuador)
- Movimiento Ríos Vivos- Colombia
- Escuela Mujer y Minería CENSAT Agua Viva – Colombia (School on Women and Mining, CENSAT-Agua Viva- Colombia)
- Mujeres del Común- Colombia (Women of the Commons- Colombia)
- Movimiento Social en Defensa de los Ríos Sogamoso y Chucuri- Colombia (Movement in Defense of the Sogamoso and Chucurí Rivers- Santander, Colombia)
- Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuú- Colombia (Wayuú Women's Strength – Guajira, Colombia)
- Familiares de Presos/as Políticos/as Mapuche Lafkenche- Chile (Relatives of Lafkenche Mapuche Political Prisoners- Chile)
- Mujeres Defensoras del Río Pilmaiken – Chile (Women Defenders of the Pilmaiken River- Chile)
- Madres de Ituzaingó Línea Fundadora – Argentina (Founding Members of the Mothers of Ituzaingó- Argentina)
- Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú – ONAMIAP- Perú (National Organization of Andean and Amazon Indigenous Women of Peru) FEMUCARINAP – Perú (National Federation of Peasant, Artisan, Indigenous, Native and Salaried Women of Peru)
- Asociación de Mujeres Aq'Ab'Al' – Guatemala (Aq'Ab'Al Women's Association – Huehuetenango- Guatemala)