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In a previous post, I started a series on explaining some of the new features of BizTalk 2013 in more detail. We started with a more detailed explanation on why BizTalk 2013 will be using the XslCompiledTransform API. You can find a list of the new features that BizTalk 2013 introduces on our earlier post.
In this next post in the serie, I would like to explain the announced 'Improvements in dynamic send ports'… What has been changed in this new version of BizTalk?
BizTalk 2010 (& earlier)
Dynamic send ports where introduced already in an earlier version of BizTalk. However, unlike a static send port, you didn't have the possibility to choose a BizTalk host that the ports send handler would run on. The dynamic send port will use the default send handler that is configured for the adapter that is being used. Meaning we are tied to using the same default Host for each dynamic port that uses the same adapter, which could cause separation of concern issues with bigger systems.
Or in other words… when you wish to run a dynamic send port using a different host, you are obliged to change the default send handler of the specific adapter. But keep in mind this will effect all dynamic send ports that are using this adapter as well.
BizTalk 2013
BizTalk 2013 now has the ability to assign a host handler per adapter. This means you now have the possibility to configure a host to be used per adapter on a dynamic send port… providing more control on how your workload gets executed with dynamic send ports. This change will bring better scales and performance for dynamic send ports.
When adding a dynamic send port, you see there is a whole new Transport section in the General tab of the send port properties. By clicking on the Configure-button of the transport section, you'll be able to choose which host must be configured as send handler for each available adapter.
Note however that the hosts that can be assigned to an adapter are the configured send handlers of the adapter. So you need to make sure that there is a send handler defined on the adapter configured to use your desired host. The chosen host no longer needs to be the default send handler defined for the adapter.

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Our Family rooms are ideal for those traveling with small children. All of our family rooms have en-suite shower rooms, and are equipped with a TV and in-room tea and coffee making facilities. This room consists of one Double bed and one Single bed. Breakfast is included in the cost of the room.
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Hamas orders lockdown in Gaza as it hunts for killers of commander it says was slain by Israeli assassins
Israel on high alert as Hamas closes border after assassination of senior Islamist commander
Robert Fulford: Dreams of a happy, Singapore-style Gaza can never get past the Hamas problem
New Hamas leader says Iran is providing financial, military aid again for fight against Israel
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Netanyahu promises to encircle Israel with security fences to keep out 'beasts of prey'The prime minister articulated his vision of sealing off Israel from enemies following four months of stabbing, shooting and hit-and-run attacks by Palestinians
Letters: Why aren't the Saudis stepping up?So-called world leaders simply don't have the guts to demand the proper use of resources: feed the starving and tell the Saudis to open the door to the refugees.
The Gaza Strip — home to one of the most depressing zoos in the world: The animals are starving to deathAn African tiger starved. Of the six ostriches, only one is still alive. The lions and the only llama died in December. There are no more crocodiles
Kelly McParland: Europe's punitive trade ruling lends a helping hand to Israel's enemiesThe Conservative government of Stephen Harper would almost certainly have recognized the injustice of the EU
Turkish ship carrying aid to Gaza reaches Israeli port
Russian jets over Syria, and other reasons to fear for humanity
Canada buys into Iron Dome, and other reasons to fear for humanityCanada is buying Iron Dome technology from Israel to help detect and shoot down incoming missiles from .... well, that part we're not sure on yet.
The 'humanitarian aid' aboard a recent flotilla to Gaza fit in two cardboard boxesIsrael's defense minister Moshe Yaalon said 'there was no aid on board' the activist ship. Not necessarily so — but pretty close. We checked. You decide
Puerto Rico may be even broker than Greece … and Thursday's other reasons to fear for humanityWhile all the attention is on Greece, Puerto Rico has $73 billion loans it can't repay and is contemplating a grim austerity regime that includes fewer entitlements, higher taxes, weaker ...
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National Post View: Latest study offers another gloomy view of eternal stalemate between Israel and Gaza
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Hamas tortured and killed Palestinians during 2014 Gaza war, according to Amnesty International
UN inquiry faults Israeli military for bombing seven of its schools in Gaza, Hamas for hiding weapons in others
Robert Fulford: The plight of Palestinian women
Gaza man says he was duped in sale of valuable Banksy painting he discovered on remnant of his home
Palestinian militants committed war crimes during the 2014 Gaza conflict: Amnesty International
WatchFamily in Gaza Strip keeping two lion cubs as pets after buying them from a local zoo
Gaza smuggling tunnel collapses, killing senior Egyptian soldier sent to investigate underground passage
Gaza rocket hits Israel in first attack since September
Clifford D. May: Pro-Palestinian? Support this new West Bank city
Israeli special forces kill two men suspected in teens' gruesome murders
Widow of executed Gaza spy reveals how Israel convinces desperate Palestinians to betray Hamas
Hamas deputy leader calls for direct talks with Israel, but group denies plan to negotiate with 'Zionist enemy'
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Shannon Smith is well on her way to putting together one of the best softball seasons seen around these parts, as the Kentucky-commit has Milford primed to defend its Division 1 state title.
The senior showed she is more than just a top pitcher, going 4-for-4 with a home run with three RBI as the Scarlet Hawks (7-0) ripped Hopkinton, 10-0, in the inaugural Peter Looney Legacy Game Border Cup.
Smith also showed why she is at her best in the circle, striking out 18 while only allowing one walk and one hit — a bloop single down the right field line to open the fifth by Kayla Sullivan. That hit was the only thing that prevented the right-hander from a third no-hitter this week, following those vs. Coyle & Cassidy and Sharon.
"She understands the whole idea of what a pitcher's job is out there; it's not always going to be throwing it by them," Milford coach Brian Macchi said. "She understands she's trying to break the hitter's rhythm. We constantly talk about that and she's keeping them off-balance. Being able to add a confident changeup into her repertoire has been a huge change for her."
While she had no problem elevating a rise to get a strikeout, Macchi said Smith threw more changeups than in any other start.
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Milford sewed the game up an inning later with Smith taking a close 1-2 pitch for a ball. Instead of being the second out of the inning, she grounded the next pitch through the left side for an RBI single, as Lauren Hanna scored from second for a 2-0 lead. Caroline Fairbanks followed by drilling a two-run blast to center for a 4-0 lead.
"It felt really good because I've been struggling at the plate so far this year, and I think this game I really came out and I was finally hitting the ball hard and it was going through," Smith said.
Smith belted a two-run homer and Giovanna Arcudi added a two-run single in the seventh, as the Scarlet Hawks sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six times against reliever Kora Sileo.
Dayna Marchant stroked a grand slam to lead East Bridgewater past Hanover, 12-9. . . . Anna O'Neill fired a two-hitter, fanning 16, and drilled a two-run homer as King Philip (5-2) blanked Shrewsbury, 6-0.
Courtney Girouard struck out four to pitch Fairhaven past Apponequet, 5-1, in the South Coast Conference. . . . Jenna and Allison Santerre combined for six hits as Case (6-1) rolled to a 13-4 win over New Bedford Voke.
In the first round of the Woodman Memorial Tournament, Bishop Fenwick (5-1) beat Gloucester (4-1), 11-9, behind senior Brian Burke's three-run homer.
Kevin Fortin had the game-winning single in the bottom of the eighth, his third hit of the day, as Cardinal Spellman (2-3) edged Whitman-Hanson, 10-9 in eight innings. Scott Smyth and Mike O'Connor each had a homer for the Cardinals. . . . Mike Petrosino went 2-for-4 with an RBI and David Apostilides pitched 52⁄3 innings to lead Peabody (6-1) over Malden Catholic (5-2), 6-4. . . .
Jon Turner pitched six innings, striking out 11, while also going 2-for-4 with a triple as Rockland (3-4) beat Hanover, 7-2. . . . Ben Gibson went the distance, fanning seven and allowing one run, as Pope John Paul II (7-0) beat Bishop Connolly, 10-1.
Brian Fiascone squeezed home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh as Newburyport (2-2) beat Triton, 4-3, in the Cape Ann League.
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Brigid O'Flynn had five goals and an assist as Ipswich beat Bishop Fenwick, 13-10.
Lizzie Loranger scored six times and Apponequet (7-0) posted a 12-8 win over Bishop Feehan in a South Coast Conference tilt.
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Mike Barrufalei racked up three goals and an assist to lead Medford (4-5) past Shawsheen, 8-6. . . . Brandon Kelso scored the game-winner with two minutes left to give Mystic Valley (4-2) a 6-5 victory over St. Mary's.
In the Merrimack Valley Conference, Dan Trainor had four goals and an assist as Billerica (5-2) rolled to a 17-3 win over Dracut.
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Sarah heard some movement going on outside her door, so she reluctantly got up and went to see what was happening.
"Names Rain" said Rain as he offered Kenny his hand
"Oh, er, I just got here myself. I'll help if I can. Thanks." Jeanette responded after cursing under her breath and shoving the rest of her groceries into the bag.
"Oh... Yeah I guess. What room is it?" He asked, leaning on his door. He shook Rain's hand.
Sarah opened the door and saw, a massive man and a girl, probably his daughter or sister, talking to guitar-asshole, with someone picking up a bunch of spilled groceries next to them, she went to help grocery-girl pick everything up.
*Jack shrugs and starts going up the stairs*
James awoke, he got up and left his apartment to investigate. He opened the door to discover a few people picking up spilled items.
"Its fine, names Rachel, what's yours?" asked Rachel as she picked up the last bit of food, Rachel turned too face James, "Hi"
"Well it looks like we've managed to get a mini conference going on out here huh?" Said Sarah, trying to break the awkward silence
Larsia got her 300 experience orbs and maxed out Blades of Athena for Kratos.
"James. Uh, Corporal, James." He said. Nobody told me there would be civvies in this building. He thought.
"I think it's 242, I'm racing my sis too the room" said Rain
"Nice too meet you corpral" said Rachel
Sarah turned her head at the noise that came from the probably only occupied apartment left on the floor as people started their converations.
*Jack gets to the floor everyone was on*
" Jeanette." She replied her face blushing a little from waking some of the neighbors up. She stood and straightened herself. She turned to the two people who had opened their doors.
"Relax, it's fine. You could be bunking with Jenkins." James remarked. Oh, wait, forgot. They're civvies.
"Nice too meet you Jeanette, your British, aren't you?" said Rachel, "Your a tight wad, aren't you corporal?"
"Hmm..." Kenny thought about it for a few seconds.
"It shouldn't be more than a few hallways away I think. Just follow the numbers in order." He pointed down the corridor where the numbers counted higher.
Jeanette gave a laugh.
"Don't worry, Jeanette guitar-man here already kept me awake" said Sarah, gesturing at Kenny
"I played one note!" Kenny protested, laughing a little.
"Ok" said Rain as he turned too face Larisa, "Hello" he said
"Maybe so, but it was a loud one" She said, offering Kenny her hand
James glanced at his room number. 228. He thought. Great, I have to live across the hall from this pot head.
"Tea and crumpets! Well, I'm glad that I didn't wake you. I felt really bad." She grinned to Sarah.
"H-hi. I'm Larsia. You are?" Larsia asked Rain.
*Jack walks up to everyone*
"I'm Rain" he said calmly, "Whats with the stutter?" he asked
"N-not used t-to talk to p-people." Larsia blushed a bit.
"It's as good of a time as any other Mr...?" She said to Jack
"Well, it was nice meeting you all, I've got to get some shut eye or the seargent'll kill me." James said as he re-entered his apartment and heade t'words his bedroom. My, my. Nobody ever told me there would be women here, especialy good looking ones. He mused as he laid back down and went back to sleep.
"Well, that could be a problem, couldn't it?" said Rain with a little laugh, "Playing God of War I see"
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2 bedroom terraced house for saleTynedale Close, Long Eaton
Property Description
Key features
- Mid terrace property
- Dales Estate
- Close to local amenities
- Double glazing
- Re-fitted kitchen
- Modern bathroom
- Two double bedrooms
- Enclosed garden
- Viewing recommended
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A TWO BEDROOM mid terrace found on the popular Dales Estate. DG and electric heating. Lounge, breakfast kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom. Enclosed rear garden.
Robert Ellis are pleased to bring to the market this very well presented mid terrace home situated on the popular Dales estate in Long Eaton, close to all the local amenities, facilities and transport links that the area has to offer. With ready to move into accommodation we feel this property will suit a wide range of potential purchasers from those looking for an investment property with a good potential rental return or those in search of a first home which is ready to move into. As previously mentioned the property has the benefit of modern and neutral decoration including recently re-fitted modern kitchen and a first floor modern three piece bathroom suite. An early viewing comes highly recommended in order to appreciate all that is on offer, call the office today to arrange your viewing appointment.
This mid terrace home is situated away from the road and is constructed of brick to the external elevations all under a tiled roof and has the benefit of UPVC DOUBLE GLAZING. In brief the accommodation includes an entrance hallway, living room with stairs leading to the first floor, recently re-fitted modern breakfast kitchen and to the first floor there are two double bedrooms and a three piece bathroom suite. Outside, as previously mentioned, the property sits away from the road and is accessed via a pathway with on street parking nearby.
The property is within easy reach of the Asda and Tesco superstores and numerous other retail outlets found in Long Eaton town centre, there are schools with excellent reputations for all ages, health care and sports facilities and the transport links include J25 of the M1, Long Eaton Station, which is only a few minutes walking distance away from the property, East Midlands Airport and the A52 and other main roads which provide good access to both Nottingham and Derby.
Entrance Hallway - UPVC front entrance door, UPVC double glazed window to the side and door to:
Lounge - 5.77m x 3.63m approx (18'11 x 11'11 approx) - UPVC double glazed window to the front, stairs leading to the first floor, two wall mounted storage heaters.
Breakfast Kitchen - 3.35m x 2.57m approx (11' x 8'5 approx) - Providing a range of fitted wall and base units with work surfaces above, stainless steel sink and drainer with hot and cold mixer tap, point for gas cooker, plumbing for automatic washing machine, space for breakfast table, UPVC double glazed window and door to the rear.
First Floor Landing - With doors to:
Bedroom 1 - 3.63m x 3.25m approx (11'11 x 10'8 approx) - UPVC double glazed window to the front, wall mounted electric storage heater.
Bedroom 2 - 3.63m x 2.59m approx (11'11 x 8'6 approx) - UPVC double glazed window to the rear, built-in storage cupboard housing the hot water tank, wall mounted electric heater.
Bathroom - A modern fitted suite comprising of panelled bath with shower over, low flush w.c., pedestal wash hand basin, tiled splashbacks.
Outside - To the front of the property there is a pathway with gravelled garden. To the rear there is an enclosed garden with paved patio, lawned area and enclosed with timber fence panels and benefiting from rear gated access and metal storage shed.
Directions - Proceed out of Long Eaton along Derby Road and at the traffic island turn left onto Wilsthorpe Road. At the second mini island turn right onto Dovedale Avenue, fourth right onto Wharfedale Road, second right onto Langdale Drive and first right onto Tynedale Close. Continue to the end of the cul-de-sac and the property can be found along the path on the right hand side as identified by our 'for sale' board.
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A Call to All Revolutionary Storytellers or Fight the Darkside, Luke! Use the Force!
Have you noticed how hard it's getting to tell the good guys from the bad guys?
When my son was home for Christmas break, I watched a couple of his action/adventure movies and had to keep asking, "Is that guy on the good side or the bad side?" My son's answer was often, "It's complicated. Just keep watching."
Usually everything got sorted out at the end of the movie but not always.
It's the same on TV. Many lead characters on shows I love are seriously flawed. Like House, with his nasty disposition and pesky drug addiction. Or Gibbs, on NCIS, who is so wounded by losing his first wife that he's gone through three others trying to replace her. Or Don Eppes on Numb3rs who is so out of touch with himself he can't commit to any woman, so he's restless and searching despite his other accomplishments.
Or the show about the group of men and women who are elected to serve the people but are always discovered to be harboring corrupt personal agendas or hiding immoral lives behind false fronts. No wait, that's the Evening news and those are political leaders. My bad.
Anyway. The good news about this cultural development is that it is closer to the Biblical model of presenting the story of people's lives than say, Marcus Welby or Father Knows Best. God always included the faults and flaws of his followers alongside their acts of faith and heroism in Scripture.
For example, we know that Father Israel tricked his brother out of his birthright. We know that Noah had a bit too much of the fruit of the vine one night after the boat landed. We know that Sampson was often ruled by little Sampson. We know Peter panicked when Jesus needed him most. And we know that King David resorted to murder to cover up a spring fling with an alluring neighbor lady.
60 Minutes would have had a field day.
But then, Morley Safer has nothing on God. God is the original investigative reporter.
So, as I said. The good news about this modern development is that it is akin to how God presents the stories of people's lives; the bad news is the way many of us are reacting to these flawed characters.
Modern man enjoys stories about flawed heroes and ambiguous outcomes because we recognize the deep flaws in our own characters and so we want to see ourselves portrayed sympathetically. We're moving away from story endings where the "good guy" wins and the "bad guy" gets his due because we're not so sure which one we are and we'd like to think there's a little wiggle room for the villain in the end.
It's our cultural way of saying we recognize that we are all capable of doing wrong – or choosing wrong- or actually being wrong-hearted but rather than hope for change or salvation – we're going to embrace our dark side, find a way to appreciate it and decide we wouldn't be ourselves without it. We run to Darth Vader and call him "Papa" rather than go through the effort of resisting and overcoming the virus we inherited from the poisonous fruit of our ancestors.
There is another way.
God tells the stories of flawed heroes in the Bible to illustrate two truths.
The first is that "no one is righteous, no not one." When our first parents fell from grace, we all felt the bruise on our souls. The best of us cannot save ourselves.
The second truth is that there IS salvation to be had. We aren't supposed to embrace our dark side, we're supposed to bring it to Christ and receive His cure. The heroes of the Bible became heroes through the power of the same spirit that is available to us now!
Our culture has truly developed a dangerous "sympathy for the devil" and it runs like a scarlet cord through the stories that we watch and that we tell. Christians shouldn't be running from this, however, we should be diving in to engage the culture with our own stories.
"Yes!" We should cry out. We are all flawed, even our good guys need to be saved. But here are stories of faulted men and women who found a different way than the ying/yang of cherishing their faulted selves. Here are the stories of those who discovered that Jesus embraced them with their flaws, saved them despite their dark sides but then empowered them to change.
God is calling all His story tellers to hit the road with their stories. Now is the time to be telling them in all their glorious detail. Add to the culture your own tales of faulted heroes and heroines with fatal flaws who found a Way, a perfect Hero who paid the price for us all and made the ending of the final story anything but ambiguous.
In an age when the culture is steeped in the lie that humanity's best chance is to acknowledge our dark sides and embrace them, the cry of the revolutionary storyteller is "THERE IS HOPE IN THE DARKNESS. THERE IS HOPE!"
Keeping It Real with God
So, I spent yesterday reading through Moses' interactions with God from Exodus through Deuteronomy (I did a lot of skimming). Moses spent time meeting with God "face-to-face", the Bible says, "as a man speaks with his friend." Wow. I mean, seriously, wow.
And what I love about the relationship between Moses and God is how real it all gets. You can't read through the book of Numbers and miss what a whining, complaining, grumbling bunch of people Moses was leading through the wilderness (and before you think I'm picking on them, my husband and I can't drive thirty minutes without a quarrel so I'm pretty certain they're representative of the entire human race on a forty-year wander with only McManna burgers and McManna fries to eat.)
So, there are moments when God tells Moses to stand back while He destroys all the people (Exodus 32:10). He assures Moses He can create a whole new people using just Moses' DNA. (Moses intercedes for the people and then marches down the mountain to have a word with his wayward flock.)
And then there are moments when Moses loses it like in Numbers 11 when he says to God "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me 'Give us meat to eat!' I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now – if I have found favor in your eyes – and do not let me face my own ruin."
"Kill me now. I've had it with these people." This is the prayer of a holy man who speaks with God face-to-face.
I've prayed that prayer.
After four decades of following Jesus, I'm trying to go deeper. I've seen some amazing things following God – like miracles, answers to prayer, minds changed and lives transformed. I've also known bitter disappointment, long silences from heaven, prayers that fell back to earth like shot gunned quail and lingering questions about giant issues like hell and bigger issues like how I'm supposed to spend my days.
What I sense about going deeper with God is this idea of being real with Him in prayer.
When I was baptized, they played the hymn "Just as I am", a hymn that says I come to God through Jesus Christ, with nothing to my own credit. I come just as I am and am received because of Jesus.
But, somewhere along the way, I started trying to clean up my own act before I appeared before Him in prayer. I started masking my real feelings and questions with flattering phrases and religious words I thought would provide the formula to getting the answers I wanted. My prayers often bordered on idolatry as I struggled to break the "Open Sesame" code that would pry open God's fists that seemed to be clenched around my desired blessing.
I'm discovering that "Just as I am" still applies. Even after knowing Him for four decades. Even after reading the Bible cover to cover again and again. Even after a degree in Biblical Studies. Even after all I know and all I've done, I still appear before Him with nothing to my own credit. I come "just as I am" in the name of Jesus.
Sometimes, "just as I am" means lost. Sometimes it means confused. Sometimes it means happy and content. Other times it means angry, doubting or "just kill me now, I've had it with these people." It's freeing to come "just as I am", to stop hiding from God and working so hard to get something from Him.
I want to want God first. Usually, I come to Him wanting something else but I want to aim higher now. I want to want God first. So, I'm learning from Moses because he was real with God. He spoke with God face-to-face, as one would speak with a friend.
I suspect the reason for this is that when Moses met with God, he knew in that meeting that God was the real Promised Land.
Access Denied
What could be more frustrating, more aggravating, or more insulting than the words "Access Denied"?
There was a time when my family did not belong to the local YMCA. My water bug daughter longed to have access to the pool there and frequently remarked that she would do anything to be allowed to swim every day.
Then, we joined the Y and we were granted access to the much longed for pool and Hannah did, indeed, swim at every chance she got. In fact, she was such a devoted swimmer there were predictions that before long she would be a lifeguard, a swim instructor, or Director of the Y.
That was five years ago. We're still members of the Y but I think it's been three years since Hannah has so much as gotten her toe wet in their pool.
This Sunday, we sang one of my favorite praise songs "Take Me in to the Holy of Holies, take me in by the blood of the Lamb, Take me in to the Holy of Holies, Take the coal, cleanse my lips, Here I am."
When God instructed the Ancient Israelites to build the Tabernacle and (later the temple), the Holy of Holies or Most Holy Place was the most inner room and access to it was severely restricted. This perfect cube, separated from the rest of the place of worship by a heavy veil was the room where God dwelled when He was among His people. The veil represented the barrier that existed between a Holy God and sinful humans.
No one was allowed access to the Holy of Holies except the High Priest and then, only on one day a year – the day of atonement – after much ritual cleansing and bringing with him the blood that he would offer on behalf of his own sin's and the sins of his people.
As a Gentile woman – of non-Jewish heritage – I would never have gotten anywhere close to this type of access to God. If you use a reverse zoom lens in history and begin at the Holy of Holies and then zoom out – I'm at the cooking tent with the barbarian tribe way off to the left trying to carve a god out of a tree limb left over from the evening's campfire.
Until Jesus.
His coming divided time and at the moment He died, the veil that prevented access to the Most Holy Place was rent in two.
And a twenty-first century Gentile woman was accepted into the holy priesthood and granted access to the Most High God in the place where He resides.
"Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body …let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith." (Hebrews 10:19-22)
As I sang Sunday, I asked myself how often I take advantage of this ultimate privilege. I don't mean how often do I talk about meeting with God, write about meeting with God, read about meeting with God or think about meeting with God. I mean, how often do I actually spend time in His presence?
I have been granted absolute access to God, to His most inner sanctum, to the place of transformation, direction, healing, petition and face-to-face worship. With this kind of access, you'd think people would ask me, as the Jews asked Moses, to veil my face to shield them from the reflected glow of God's Shekinah glory. You'd think.
So, as I was singing, I realized there is something more aggravating, more frustrating, more insulting, indeed sadder and more haunting than the words "Access Denied" –
"Access Ignored."
I Quit!
Most people don't know that about me because I'm also a procrastinator so I don't get around to following through on quitting but I quit on things all the time.
I've quit on my marriage. My husband of twenty-one years knows how many times I've given up.
I've quit on homeschooling. Over the past twenty years, my kids have heard me many times mention that the following week they would be registered for public school.
I quit on karate about twelve times a week before I earned my black belt. Most people don't know about that because I was usually mumbling about giving up as I was face down on a mat or in a muddy football field.
I quit on writing at least once a week but no one notices.
That's why I find the verses in the Bible about perseverance to be the most annoying. Perseverance, what a boring virtue! A clue to the irritating nature of perseverance is that it's generally mentioned in tandem with its twin sister – patience and it's developed by enduring suffering. Really, need I say more?
James writes about perseverance in chapter 5: 7-11: "Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy."
OK, how irritating is that? Farmers, Job, prophets, suffering, waiting – all boring, all hard to do. Where's the gratification? Where's the glory? Where's my best life now?
Galatians 6:9 is another frustrating passage: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Again, with the farming, the waiting, the not giving up. There's nothing exciting about watching things grow. Try it some time. Planting is fun, harvest is a Mardi Gras but the actual growing – this is not the gripping stuff of bestselling novels or summer big screen blockbusters!
Knights of the Round Table were often known for their virtues. Sir Lancelot, the brave. Sir Dinadan, the bold. Sir Bedivere, the True. No one is lining up to be known as Sir George, the Perseverant.
So, how does a quitter with an aversion to long-suffering stay married twenty-one years, homeschool for the long run, earn a black belt, or continue to show up at the keyboard every day? Daily meetings with God at the well that never runs dry.
He listens to my complaints. He endures my irritation and my impatience. He nods when I offer my resignation. Then, He speaks. I listen. He pours Himself into my empty cup – Living Water for my thirsty soul.
OK, I decide. I'll give it one more day – but I'll probably quit tomorrow.
God smiles. He knows all about perseverance. Believe me, He's the Master.
What Not to Wear
I always have the wrong clothes.
Do you know what I mean? Other people seem to dress with ease. They have the right apparel for summer at the first bud of a tree and they seamlessly slip into cardigans as the first orange leaf falls to the ground.
Their clothes match. They fit properly. These are people who must wear stain remover as body lotion and look like they splurged on the "dashboard steam press" option for their car. Don't even get me started on their shoes.
I'm not an adventurous dresser and have no desire to call attention to myself but it's probably unnatural for one's closet to have only three color selections – navy blue, khaki and black – unless one has taken holy orders. It's bad enough living fashion impaired but now my daughter has taken to watching this show on The Learning Channel called "What Not to Wear" so I have a whole new fear that my friends are secretly filming me from behind and planning an intervention complete with a 360 mirror.
Did you know that "What Not to Wear" was inspired by the Apostle Paul and originally aired in Colossae – an ancient commercial center on the Mediterranean Sea in what is now Turkey? Paul was way ahead of his time.
In the third chapter of his letter to the Colossians, Paul spells out "the rules" for the well-dressed Christian. Step one with Paul is the same one Stacey and Clinton have for their victims – I mean, volunteers. Get rid of the clothes that are not appropriate.
Paul says to rid ourselves of things like anger, rage, malice, slander, filthy language, and lies. Also, always out of season for believers are sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed and idolatry. These are some of Paul's "fashion don'ts" for those who say they follow Christ. They can't be recycled, redeemed or stuffed into the back of our closets. The only answer is to rid ourselves of them completely.
What IS in fashion for the Christ-follower every season? Paul says "as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other, and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Yes, that's right, love is the new black.
I think it's amusing that the producers of "What Not to Wear" also stole another idea from the Bible. They award their participants all the money they need to buy a new wardrobe.
Many of us wear what is out of fashion because it's cheap and easy to acquire. Quality clothing is usually so high-priced as to be out of our reach. So it is with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness and love.
Oh, sometimes we find knock-offs. On our own, we manufacture cheap facsimiles or stumble onto copies that fall off a truck and that may fool some of the public some of the time but, well, you know.
The good news is that God is also willing to foot the bill for our new duds. He knew we would never afford proper attire on our own so He paid for it all for us. Through Him, we can afford Designer fashions for the soul.
Why so many of us insist on still wearing rags, I'll never know.
How's Your Reception?
Have you ever wondered why some people seem so in touch with God?
There are people who talk about God like they have His cell phone number. You try to hear Him but all you're picking up is the white noise of the universe. Maybe the problem is your receiver.
It's hard to imagine with all the announcing that happened prior to the switch from analog to digital broadcasting but there are people in America who flick on their televisions and no longer receive any shows. Their sets work perfectly fine, they know how to turn them on and they're plugged in but there is nothing on the screen but snow.
The signal is out there. It's available. It's in the air all around them but it cannot be translated without a proper receiver – a digital antennae or a conversion box.
Conversion. That's the first thing any of us needs in order to receive God's daily broadcast. John 1:12 says "Yet to all who received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." So, first, check your soul's receptor set-up. Are you willing to receive Jesus? When you do, it's like plugging in to the proper antenna – suddenly the scrambled signal looks like something you can understand.
But suppose you have plugged in. You've received Christ into your heart but you still don't feel in touch. There is another secret and I learned it from Randy Moss.
Before I started watching football – only the Patriot's, mind you – I thought of receiving as a passive activity. Randy Moss changed all that.
Randy Moss is the receiver for the Pat's and, believe me, he's anything but passive. For every offensive play, Tom Brady is in charge. Tom Brady gets the ball and Tom Brady is in charge of throwing the ball but once it's thrown, it needs a receiver to catch it and run it into the end zone. Otherwise, you've got a dead ball and Brady may just as well have stayed on the bench.
To receive those passes with the amazing regularity Moss does requires training, hours of grueling practice and focus and attention on Brady. Randy Moss works with Tom off the field. During the game, Moss dodges blockers, keeps his eye on Tom and maneuvers to become available to receive the pass. Randy has to filter out all diversions and focus on a single goal – placing himself in the most strategic position to receive.
As a believer, this is your task, as well. God wants to communicate with you just as badly as Tom Brady wants to get that ball out of his hands and into Randy Moss's. Just like Randy, you must train, study God's moves and patterns, throw off all diversions and blockers and position yourself to receive.
Start with studying how God has communicated with others so you can learn His patterns. The Bible is full of stories about great receivers. Then, practice by catching the messages about which God is direct and clear in scripture – run a few of those down the field. Love God with all your heart, your mind and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. Do to others what you would have them do to you. Don't be hearers of the word only but doers also.
Hearing from God is not a complicated thing but it requires a conversion of your receptor and some strategic moves on your part.
It's a thing of beauty when that football flies out of Tom Brady's hand, arcs down the field and lands like a dream in Randy Moss's waiting hands. But nothing compares to the brilliance of the voice of God sailing through time and space as it arcs down through the cosmos and finds its mark in your open and waiting heart.
God and Simon Cowell – Coming Judgment
"Don't judge me, man." Remember that line from the sixties?
I was born at the start of said decade that issued in this age where Americans celebrate their aversion to being judged.
Now, it's one thing to eschew unfair judgments. It's quite another thing to throw off the idea of being judged by any standard at all.
Just take a look at our media. Judges don't get a fair rap in TV dramas, sitcoms or in movies. It seems that all of our fictional legal judges are corrupt, overworked, bumbling, prejudiced, ridiculously out of touch or easily swayed by theatrics. Maybe it all began with Laugh-In (Remember "Here comes the judge, here comes the judge, sock it to me, baby, 'cuz here comes the judge."?)
Even in our real life judicial system, we are skeptical that we will receive fair judgments', believing real judges to be swayed by their own politics, personal agendas or special interests.
It seems we're only comfortable with judges when we've been given the power to override their verdicts. That's why American Idol is so popular. There, judgments don't depend on one person's opinion but an entire panel and even then, they aren't final. We have veto power.
Psalm 19:9 says, "The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether." We have trouble trusting that.
Our varying images of God as judge are actually represented well on the panel of American Idol. Some of us believe God is like Simon Cowell – scowling, harsh, unforgiving, direct and dour – disregarding completely our sensitivities and judging us solely on our last performance.
Some of us think God is like Paula Abdul in His judgments, preferring to believe He sees past our missteps to the heart of our performance, reveling in the aura of our intentions and our beautiful, colorful soulful artist behind a couple of places that were off but who cares, we stayed true to who were are and that deserves a standing O!
Others see God as the ultra-cool dog, Randy Jackson who will come to judgment day with "OK, OK, check it out, your life was pitchy in places, man and there were some big moments that didn't work for me but aaaahhh, forget about it, come over here and give me some love, dude, you're all right, it's all good."
And perhaps a few see God as Kara DioGuardi, sort of a mysterious newcomer who acts like He has the right to judge but what exactly has He done to earn that right? Who is He really and why should I care what He thinks? This is a view of God I see more and more these days and it's frightening.
Just as frightening as the idea that judgment should be abandoned all together or that the "crowd" should have veto power over the judge.
One thing is clear from Scripture and that is that we will ALL face judgment. The Bible says that judgment will start with the family of God but will extend to all creation.
What is your image of God as judge and where did you get that image? A parent? A religious figure? TV? Movies? An American courtroom? Donald Trump's boardroom on The Apprentice? American Idol? You should think about this.
God wants to be known. He has revealed Himself to us through His Word and through His Son. It's worth your time to get to know Him and the standards by which He will judge. 1 Samuel 16:7 says, "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." I John 4:13-18 says,
"We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
Judgment will come for us all. There is One True Judge. There is a standard. BUT, He has provided the way for all of us to meet that standard.
Check it out, dog. It's all good.
The Mother of All Regrets
Saturday night, I watched a quiet movie called Last Chance Harvey. Harvey is a man facing late-life career failure as he attends the wedding of his only daughter who has asked her step-father to walk her down the aisle. In the airport, he meets Kate, mid-life, single, damaged by her own father's abandonment and facing remorse about an abortion in her college years and what she could have done with her life. The theme of the movie is dealing with regret and deciding what we do with our lives NOW.
It turned out to be an apt movie to have watched the night before Mother's Day.
Holidays with my extended family are never as simple as holidays appear in the imaginary world of advertising. There's always some drama that plays out spurred on by current stresses and fueled by past regrets.
Mother's Day was no different except that after years of prayer and persistent witnessing, there were more players on the sane team – the team that accepts that while we all have sinned, we've all failed, we've all done damage – our only hope is to move forward in Christ. Upon reflection, this is actually a huge difference that should be underscored. The kingdom advances in my family and I see the hand of God at His transforming work.
But not everyone has yielded to the power of God so there continue to be dramas as the dragon of the past breathes fire on the present.
Attending a breakfast service at my church, I watched other mothers' dramas play out. There was a single mom, exhausted from working her second job – a third-shift on week-ends – whose teen-agers barely acknowledged her special day. There were several waiting moms, saving empty seats and anxiously eyeing the door, hoping that their adult children would come to church on this day – all the gift they really desired.
Scattered throughout were women whose moms had failed them – abandoned families or closed their eyes to abuse or coped with their own sad lives through drink or drugs – struggling to be different for their own children, vowing to end the cycle. And there were the mothers whose children have died and who no longer stare at the door with any expectation at all. This is the holiday reality for many.
It's not just Mother's Day – really any holiday carries with it a natural opportunity for reflection and the possibility of drowning in regret. The older I get, the more I understand how regret can weigh on a soul. When we're young, we think there is always time to make right what we have screwed up. The older we get, the more we realize this isn't true. Hollywood's answer in Last Chance Harvey was romantic love. The real answer is the forgiving power of God.
The truth is, we all sink our own lifeboats and then, in an effort to stay afloat, we drag under those around us who themselves are just trying to tread water and not drown in the dark waters of their own mistakes. Regrets float like seaweed in the salty waves and wrap themselves around our hopes, tangling us up in our past so we cannot imagine a future on dry land.
But rescue teams search the treacherous waters offering hope to those dragged under by the weight of regret. These teams are comprised of those who have been rescued themselves from the same waters and found safety and refuge in Christ. They have flung their regrets overboard back into the raging waters knowing that while they cannot change their pasts, their futures belong to God.
God takes our pasts and recreates them, transforms them, uses them as compost for the flowering of our futures with Him. Jesus read from the following passage to proclaim the advent of His ministry:
"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations." Isaiah 61: 1-4
May God grant us mothers the grace and strength to rebuild the ancient ruins of our family histories and restore lives long devastated, to renew the ruined relationships with Christ devastated for generations. May we trust Him to have the last word on all our regrets.
The only real regret should come from refusing to climb into the lifeboat and remaining adrift hopelessly seeking the shore on our own. Jesus truly is our Last Chance.
A Deeper Romance
Hollywood is loaded is with romantic ideas and many of us have taken our cue from Tinsel town as to what qualifies. It is usually a flashy ordeal with diamonds, dance numbers and beautiful people decked out in ball gowns and tuxedos. Hallmark commercials, cheap novels and jewelry stores also provide us with modern notions of how we should be romanced. Expensive gifts and hired musicians, flowers, and fireplaces, fancy foods and fantastic footwork are generally on the menu for proper courtship and romance.
As our twenty-first anniversary approaches my husband is up to his usual grumbling that I am not a normal woman with the usual idea of romance so it's so much harder for him to figure out how to woo and wow me.
On the one hand, it's not that hard. On the other hand, it takes everything he has.
I don't want him to spend money on jewelry or chocolate; in fact, I'd prefer he not spend any money at all. What I truly desire is his attention, a walk in the woods, a book read together and discussed or a simple meal sharing memories of what we've meant to one another over the years. After all these years, he knows I'd rather camp than cruise. But, it's much deeper than that.
For me, it's the relationship that creates the romance. Romance that works for me begins when we say "good morning" and builds as we work through the daily challenges of parenting, paying bills and serving the Lord together. It's the together part that makes the romance happen for me. If we haven't been together in overcoming the obstacles of the day, it's impossible to impress me with a bouquet and bottle of wine at dinner.
God is a romantic. You can tell by His extravagance and the lengths to which He goes to get our attention.
As I sat today stewing over my prayer time and my devotions, angry and frustrated that certain situations have not worked out to my desiring or over ways the Lord has tarried in answering other issues, I was determined to fret and scowl. As I read His Word, however, He whispered to me again about the depth of His love and reminded me of His unchanging character.
As I prayed, I looked out through the doors of my deck at the muted greens of the spring forest against the gray sky of a rainy day and marveled at His handiwork and the gift of this view. The greens and browns of the freshly budded woods were interrupted with occasional flashes of blue or red or yellow as the birds came to light on the feeders ever so briefly and then returned to nests hidden in the crooks of trees. Their varied songs warbled, cooed and whistled to me as the singers grew bold through the camouflage of their platforms.
Ever so slowly, the romance of creation quieted my heart and spoke to my soul of a deeper relationship, wooing me to see beyond the transient troubles of the day to the great heart of God.
The God of Creation wishes me to spend time in His presence. He wants my attention, my attendance, my full focus. He crossed the greatest of divides and gave His only Son to bring me safely into His fold. Because He created me, He knows the secrets of my own soul better than I.
Just as Hollywood has many plastic notions of romance, so the world has many misconceptions about a relationship with God and often these ideas pollute my own thinking. He is not a genie in a bottle. He is not the great wish-granter in the sky. He is not about making my life easier or taking my orders for my best life now.
He is all about a deeper story, a greater adventure, an eternal romance that began before I was born and will continue on into a place where there will be no more false notions, no Hollywood hoaxes, no cheap imitations of grace. And He wants me beside Him on this adventure.
On the one hand, it's not that hard. On the other hand, it takes everything I have.
The romance of God calls to me and I will follow into the deep, deep heart of the greatest story ever told.
"See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me." Song of Songs 2:11-13
Enough already! Enough!
I live in a house where many of the shelves go up to the ceiling. The rest of my family is tall and they put things away in places that don't seem that high to them but they really are. I feel like I'm always reaching. It's tiring to always be reaching.
I feel like that in life, too.
I remember when my kids were younger and my son asked me what I wanted most for Mother's Day. I told him I would like anything he made for me but that wasn't really what I wanted most. The real desire of my heart was to hear that day that I had done and been enough.
Does anyone else ever feel like that?
My family doesn't put this pressure on me but I put it on myself. There are many days when I don't feel like I can do enough in all the areas of life that require my attention. Did I teach my children enough? Have I loved my husband enough? Is my house clean enough? Have I worked hard enough at my part-time job? Have I written enough? Have I exercised enough? Eaten enough of the right foods? Been vigilant enough with my teens? Spent enough time with my parents and friends? Reached out enough to neighbors? Am I informed enough? Am I healthy enough? Have I loved enough?
It gets worse on Sundays.
I've heard a sermon nearly every Sunday for 48 years. That's approximately 2496 sermons plus all the ones I heard at convocations in Christian college. You know those stamps they put on your hand or arm at theme parks to allow you to come and go? If my body bore a stamp for every sermon I heard, I would be covered with things like this. Pray more. Read the Bible more. Witness more. Submit more. Worship More. Give more. Reach out more. Reach out further away. Teach your kids. Teach others. Love your husband. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Love the person in the next pew. Serve more. Resist Satan more. Be more active at church. Be more active in the community. Be more active in the world. Trust more. Have more faith. Confess more. Forgive more. Be more joyful. Be more repentant. Study more. Share more. See more. Be more.
Enough already!
This idea that I am never enough, that I must constantly do more, give more, be more – this doesn't come from God. Much of it comes from living in a consumerist society where MORE is the message of the media and the motto of every company. It also comes from within my own sinful, fearful heart that places me at the center of my world and somehow believes that everything and everyone depends on me. It comes from others around me who have, themselves, fallen prey to this haunting drumbeat rhythm of "never enough, do more, do more, never enough, do more, do more." When we do it to ourselves, we are likely to pass it on like a virus to those around us. And it comes from the evil one who wants to undermine the work of God within us.
Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 (NIV). The Psalmist says, "In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat, for He grants sleep to those He loves." Psalm 127:2 And God saw fit to insist that we labor only six days a week and spend one day "resting from our labors". I believe it was His way of saying, "Enough. You've done enough for one week. You're only human and it doesn't all depend on you, it all depends on Me. Spend a day remembering who I am."
We are to work and to do what the Lord puts before us on a daily basis but I don't believe He means for us to strive or fret or to labor under the constant accusation that we are never enough. And, weekly, we are to rest from our labors – not just physically, but mentally as well.
Give someone in your life a gift this week and tell them "You have done enough, today." "You have loved me enough." "You have been wife/husband/child/friend/mother/father/worker enough for me."
Give yourself a rest this Sunday and really take a rest. Go to Jesus and say, "Enough. I'm done striving. I'm done beating myself up. You run the world, not me. I choose to rest in you today. Quiet my mind and free me from the pressure of 'more'."
When you worship God this week, worship Him with the words "You are enough for me."
And if you're tired of always reaching, remember it was God who reached out for us. Jesus is the arm of the Lord who is revealed to us and who knew our reach would be too short so He reached out to bridge the gap. Rest in those arms this week. Rest and know that He is enough.


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The critically wounded receptionist who phoned police during a gunman's rampage two years ago has broken her public silence to ask for a renewed federal ban on large-capacity gun magazines like those Jiverly Wong used to fire 97 bullets in under two minutes, killing 13 and wounding four others.
Shirley DeLucia, who played dead under her desk at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, said the only point of those magazines is to inflict "as much carnage as possible," like in the January shooting in Tucson that killed six people and wounded 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Wong, with 30-bullet magazines and two handguns, shot most of his victims multiple times. He killed himself as police arrived.
"How many mass shootings will it take for Congress to protect us?" said DeLucia, who was shot in the abdomen. "The horror of that day haunts me through flashbacks, nightmares, and lasting physical effects. I live with it every day and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life, but if there's one thing I can do to prevent future violence, it's to express my fervent support for this."
Pending legislation would ban magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
Binghamton's Mayor Matthew Ryan, Police Chief Joseph Zikuski and Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen plan to gather Monday to mark the second anniversary of the April 3, 2009, shootings in the city of 42,000 about 10 miles north of the Pennsylvania state line. They all support that legislation.
Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, said growing support from law enforcement nationally should make the message clear.
According to doctors and police, mockery of Wong's poorly spoken English, anger over losing a factory job and a severe, undiagnosed mental illness led the embittered Vietnamese immigrant to strap on a bulletproof vest and target people who, like him, had traveled from afar in hopes of bettering their lives.
The murdered at the immigrant services center included 11 students, a teacher and a part-time caseworker.


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I have the same problem right now. Every single time I've colored my hair I lose some curl- never fails. I just put up with it until I get over the coloring & go back to black (which I think is bs that "no one" has black hair bc my natural color is uber dark). Since I wash my hair once a week I deep condition & that maintains it. Altho not as great as in it's natural state but pretty close.
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Assurance of the security of tenure and sanctity of title is one of the key ingredients required to spur investment opportunities in any economy. Security of tenure is hinged on some state backed certificate of title or lease. For most jurisdictions based on the Torrens title system, this title document as registered in an official register of title constitutes the evidence of ownership. In principle, this system is very simple to maintain, since only a look at the register confirms the authenticity of the title. In practice however, there have been instances where multiple titles are registered for the same parcel, through corruption driven malpractices. When these are implemented, then the resultant system's output of the Digital Titles would constitute the only evidence required to confirm title. By leveraging on the stringent requirements of the underlying database architecture, issues of multiple titles for the same parcel would be relegated to history. Such systems will help provide a unified way in which land information would be managed centrally and efficiently across the entire jurisdiction.
By streamlining the processes leading up to the entries into the register, assurance of the title can be realized. Some of the strategies that have been followed in successful jurisdictions include the automation of workflows supporting the titling process, re-engineering of business processes, social engineering to deal with corruption motivated malpractices, formulation of legislation and regulations relating to the management of land information and the stringent enforcement of these legal instruments. The Government Victoria in Australia has succeeded in this venture and they have automated their land title processes all the way to the realization of the Digital Title . This online portal features a one-stop shop for dealing with Property and Land transactions. Other one-shop solutions include the Singapore Land Authority , Landgate which operates land management in Western Australia , Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia in Canada.
Developing economies have been making steady progress in this respect. Some of the definite leaders in this direction include Philippines through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources . A number of promising prospects have been reported in Africa. Leaders in this respect are Rwanda and South Africa. Other countries where digital land reforms are at different stages include: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
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Is there really a systematic pathway that can be followed in the quest to end up with fully digital titles? If we were to follow the narrative by those economies that already have gone through this, there are parallels that can be drawn.
- There must be a deliberate effort to generate a backup or archive of all existing information. This would proceed along the lines of securing all supporting paper based documents. The documents that come to mind here are those supporting a particular title to land. These include parcel files that hold correspondence files, deed plans, survey plans, allotment letters, green cards and white cards and any other document that would support.
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- The conversion in this case being more than the usual scanning and archival, to a more detailed digitization venture where data scanned is extracted and ingested into a spatially aware database. The data conversion is especially critical since data is the mainstay of the resultant digital Land Information System (LIS). The data being handled is often times running for decades if not centuries and as such is quite voluminous and requires efficient strategies for its conversion. One such strategy could be to identify transaction heavy regions and process these first, while in parallel, processing of less active files proceeds. This means there will be two separate data conversion threads, one for the very active files, and the second for the largely dormant files.
- Workflow automation is crucial since the data, the results of which will be the title, is generated by the particular workflow. If the workflows remain manual then the data generated will be paper-based, which is what we are working to move away from. Manual workflows there negates the whole idea of data conversion, unless there is a strategy put in place that at some defined point in time, there would be other data conversion phases. This may be allowed to happen at the beginning as the systems are being developed but should be discontinued once the systems are rolled out into production mode.
- Enactment of legislation and regulations to manage the new digital land information dispensation is the next natural consequence. The legislation and regulations prevailing are likely to be geared towards a paper-based economy and will need to be revised or repealed by commensurate ones that will then support the new order of working. Some of the features that need to be incorporated include: recognition of the digital versions as authentic and state guaranteed proofs supporting ownership claims. This is intentioned at cushioning any entity that requires the proof from harm that they would otherwise be exposed to through acceptance of these digital proofs.
Some of the benefits that this new dispensation affords include: enhancing security of collaterals, reducing cost of credit by reducing the premium on risk exposure by financial institutions and minimizing loss of revenue by streamlining the process of valuation and verification of ownership of parcels pledged as security.
- Generation of official digital documents as alternatives to the official paper documents. Since the legal hurdle is already overcome from the above step, the digital title, and any other soft copy document can be furnished from the system.
- Putting in place secure, robust and fail-safe infrastructure to support the LIS. The data and system that result from the process are a huge investment and naturally, it should be expected that security, robustness and reliability would be finely ingrained into the various offerings from the systems so developed.
- Ensuring change management is expertly navigated and the human resource capacity built will to a large extent ensure that the systems when put in place will get used. Failure to factor this would result in all the effort turning out to be an undesirable white elephant, with the old order of things being perpetuated despite the enormous investment time wise and monetary wise.
How soon?
This is the trillion dollar question! Given the amount of data that requires converting, the amount of workflows that need mapping and reengineering, time and money are very essential commodities. If we were to use the Kenyan example a conservative figure of US$ 79 Million to get the process started. If such amounts were to be availed, then within 3-4 years digital titles can become a reality. Of course the process of conversion of data would run much longer but at least 4 years from now many digital products would be available.
These digital documents when secured as discussed will ultimately enhance the security of tenure and sanctity of title.


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On Friday, Aug. 18, Old Town Pocatello will be hosting a special event in conjunction with the eclipse that will be taking place on Aug. 21. The Eclipse Art & Neon Sign Walk will be an exciting event to bring visitors to Old Town for the evening.
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Authorities in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Britain and Spain participated in the operation that resulted in the arrested of about 65 people, who were reportedly major players in the food scam which involved the meat being sold in Ireland.
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A Dutch businessman, who reportedly ran the illegal trade, was also nabbed.
He first came onto the radar of authorities in 2013 when horsemeat was found in beef burgers in the Republic of Ireland. Horse DNA was discovered in frozen beef burgers sold in a number of British and Irish supermarkets. Ten million burgers were eventually taken off shelves before sales falling by 43pc.
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