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If there's anybody funnier than Tim Allen I don't know who they are. Not only is he funny but he's especially insightful about culture. He's a very unique man. He's an entertainer who also happens to be an outspoken conservative, and he successful in a business that considers conservatives to be "the enemy."
Alan was recently on The Kelly File and called out those in Hollywood who are bullying people who happen to be supporters of Donald Trump.
"What I find is odd in Hollywood is that they didn't like Trump because he was a bully. But if you had any kind of inkling that you are for Trump, you got bullied for doing that. And it gets a little bit hypocritical to me."
I got a chuckle out of one of Allen's first comments when he said "I'm not a spokesman for Hollywood." That's certainly true, but I think he probably should be. He'd be a whole lot better than the idiots who act like they are spokespeople for Hollywood. Given a choice between Tim Allen or Beyoncé Allen wins hands down.
The only quibble I have with Tim Allen is that I don't think Hollywood is "a little bit hypocritical." They're are the poster people for hypocritical, but then again they are Democrats so one should expect that. They're hypocrites about everything.
Let's take Beyoncé and Jay-Z for example. They stand in front of crowds of fans and denounce Donald Trump for his "mistreatment of women." Yet they have no problem supporting Hillary Clinton, a woman who has spent 30 years enabling a husband who is a world-class groper and rapist and who personally harassed the women her husband assaulted. And then there's the lyrics of their songs which, for the most part, aren't fit to print in a family-oriented blog. Especially their comments about women and minorities.
But nobody bats an eyelash about that.
And then there's Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio fancies himself to be "an environmentalist." He takes every opportunity he can to get up on a soapbox and tell us were destroying the earth with fossil fuels.
Here's Leonardo's boat.
That boat burns more gas in an hour than my 11-year-old gas guzzling car burns in a year.
And if Leo is going to go to "environmental conference," he commutes in one of these.
People like Leonardo DiCaprio have convinced me that "climate change" is a bunch of hooey. If Leonardo really believed that "climate change" was real and was a threat to our very existence he'd modify his lifestyle.
How about having an "environmental conference" over the Internet? Businesses do that all the time, there's very sophisticated software available that and you can conference thousands of people all from the comfort of their own home. Did I mention a teleconference has zero carbon emissions?
That's just three examples of Hollywood's hypocrisy. There are tens of thousands more just like them. I'll take Tim Allen or Donald Trump all day over those fools.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Second seeded Romanian Simona Halep sleepwalked through the first set before producing a remarkable transformation to claim a semi-final berth with a 0-6 6-3 6-1 comeback win over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska at the Rogers Cup on Friday.
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The time has come for us to work together and put forth our best effort to change the direction of our community. We, the Yeadon Economic Development Corporation (YEDC), believe that Yeadon has a bright future and that together we will go forward to achieve great things for our town. We also believe that our greatest asset is our residents, those who share the same values that will make Yeadon a better community. Furthermore, we believe that Yeadon's great future will come about because of the unified effort of caring people of every race, every culture, and every age group.
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About hometown: Borough is 1.75 square miles on the banks of the Navesink River and five miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Its population is estimated at 11,850.
Notable past Georgia players from New Jersey: All-American OL Peter Anderson, 1985; Captain '50 team, Mike Merola.
Distance from Athens: 843 miles.
Main recruiter from Georgia: Defensive line coach Rodney Garner.
Reaction when picked Georgia: "I don't think it was a bad reaction. I wanted to go somewhere and compete and be on a good team. Also try to win a national championship. I came down here and saw the camaraderie of the team. Everything was just so good that I just fell in love with it."
High school traditions: None.
Game that put you on the map: "I'll just say my whole junior year. I had great junior year stats (114 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and five forced fumbles.) It was just outstanding."
What liked to do for fun at home: "Just hang out with my friends. Played Playstation 2 and a lot of video games."
Favorite restaurant to eat at: "There's a chicken place called Cluck U with wings. It was pretty good."
Favorite teams: New York Jets.
Favorite area athlete: None.
How often do you get home?: "Most of the time, I'll fly to New York (family lives in New York). During the season, I probably get home once before we get to go home before the bowl game. It doesn't bother me too much because I've got family down here and my sister (Karlene Trotman) in Atlanta."
What do you like best about your home state?: "It's a faster pace than down South, which is slow. I like more of an up-tempo, fast pace."
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• 55 Jeremy Lomax, 6-4, 247, Sr.: Tallied 41/2 sacks and 16 tackles last season in a reserve role. Could fight for a starting job. Turf toe injury kept him out of some preseason work.
• 58 Demarcus Dobbs, 6-2, 266, r-So.: Made his only tackle last season against Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. Is among backups who should get snaps in rotating end rotation.
• 42 Justin Houston, 6-3, 240 r-Fr.: Plenty of upside for this Statesboro product, who had eight sacks as a high school senior and two sacks in Georgia's second preseason scrimmage.
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• 95 Jeff Owens, 6-3, 298, Sr.: Third-year starter is an NFL prospect who combines strength and quickness in the middle. He had 27 tackles last season and 22 quarterback pressures.
• 56 Geno Atkins 6-1, 290, Jr.: A disruptor last season who made 41 tackles, 141/2 tackles for loss and seven a half sacks. All-SEC selection in 2007 who helped Georgia create pressure with a four-man rush.
• 91 Kade Weston, 6-5, 316, Jr.: Big body can clog the middle. Started five games last season, making 19 tackles and two sacks.
• 90 Corvey Irvin, 6-4, 286, Sr.: Junior college transfer solidifies the Bulldogs' two-deep in the middle. Accounted for 12 tackles and two tackles for loss in 2007.
• 98 Ricardo Crawford, 6-1, 297. r-So:, Competing to earn No. 5 DT spot in Rodney Garner's rotation. Named most improved defensive tackle in the spring.
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362 students ran on October 1st to earn money for our Art, Music, and English programs. Today we have the results of their efforts...$14,149.52! A TIS record-breaker by nearly $2000!
While there were many students who ran hard and collected lots to help us reach our goal, we would like to congratulate the 1st Grand Prize Winner, Kyle C. (Taka's J/4th grade) and both 2nd Grand Prize Winners Morgan B. and Liliana B. (both in Ardriana's S/3rd grade). Using RFA's formula--a combination of number of donors and laps run--these students were the top in the school. We'd also like to acknowledge our top runners. With 3 laps=approximately 1/4 mile three students ran over 3 miles in 30 minutes. They are Eliot W. (Shirleen's C/3rd grade) with 41 laps and Alisdair C (Jenny's C/2nd) and Ben K. (Hong's C/4th) with 40 laps each. Congratulations to Eliot, Alisdair, Ben and all of the students who ran--well done!
We would once again like to thank all of the Volunteers, Staff, and most especially Students who made our 2009 Run for the Arts such a success!
Joan Francis/RFA Chair
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The group provides opportunities to gain new skills and experience, work towards qualifications, help plan and deliver activities and events and discuss upcoming projects including Remaking Beamish.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Dark and getting darker
Concern about the dumbing down of the masses isn't new, at least in America. Writers and thinkers have been conscious of this for decades, if not longer. One of the classic books on the subject, Richard Hofstadter's, Anti-intellectualism in American Life spoke to these issues 40 years ago. Things haven't gotten measurably better since Hofstadter. Others more recently, notably Morris Berman, have waxed eloquent about the ramifications of America's functional illiteracy and our nation's cultural decline.
As a consequence of letting others do our thinking for us, we've seen book reading fall out of favor (with all due respect to Harry Potter), political civility and discourse at all-time lows and the supply of social capital continue to decline. None of this bodes well for democracy and many of the institutions that exist to further it, here in the "homeland" (an Orwellian term if there ever was one) and abroad.
Consumin' is what we do. When two buildings melted to the ground, our president sent us to the malls. As James Mitchell, cultural critic said, "There is barely an empty space in our culture not already carrying commercial messages." Nowhere is this more evident than the world of sports. While billboards and signage has always graced ballparks and other venues, now every pause and segue is brought to you by some corporate behemoth. George Steiner had it right when he said that we live in a "systematic suppression of silence."
Back to Hofstadter, this is not new. However, we've taken a turn for the worse, in my opinion, as the intellectual is ridiculed and knowledge becomes suspect and something to scoff at. We now need everything spoon fed to us—our news, our entertainment and our politics.
Berman has a new book, a blog and if interested, here's a review of Dark Ages, America: The Final Phase of Empire. From the review is the following paragraph that helps sum up what I see as pervasive in our culture--the tyranny of the individual.
The ethos of American individualism is Berman's particular preoccupation. It has frontier roots but is also an effect (as well as a contributing cause) of the victory of automobiles and suburbanization over mass transit and European-style city planning. "The relentless American habit of choosing the individual solution over the collective one," Berman writes, underlies "the design of our cities, including the rise of a car culture, the growth of the suburbs, and the nature of our architecture, [which] has had an overwhelming impact on the life of the nation as a whole, reflecting back on all the issues discussed [in this book]: work, children, media, community, economy, technology, globalization, and, especially, US foreign policy. The physical arrangements of our lives mirror the spiritual ones."
In one of his comments on the blog, Berman mentions that he doubts any more than one percent of Americans know what a metaphor is and the inherent difficultly of living with that, as conversation becomes more and more of a challenge—unless of course you want to talk about sports.
In wrapping up this somewhat disjointed post—there's some unresolved tension in the thoughts and ideas that Berman has me pondering and I'm trying to process, but I'm not sure what the resolution is at the moment and maybe there is none to be had.
I'm thinking back to some of the prior reading I've done from writers like Neil Postman, Jacques Ellul and others; I was struck by the following passage from an essay on Herbert Marcuse that I located at the website of Logos, a quarterly journal with some interesting topics pertaining to modern culture, politics and society at large.
The essay on Marcuse, written by Arnold Farr, is titled, "Democracy, Social Change and One-Dimensionality: Reviving Marcuse." Farr is citing Marcuse and his essay, "Social Implications of Technology," where Marcuse has this to say about technology:
Technology, as a mode of production, as the totality of instruments, devices and contrivances which characterize the machine age is thus at the same time a mode of organizing and perpetuating (or changing) social relationships, a manifestation of prevalent thought and behavior patterns, an instrument for control and domination.
Farr adds his commentary on Marcuse, utilizing the dialectic between the liberation that technology always promises and the oppression that often gets delivered, discussing why most Americans get so uptight when technology is criticized.
Also, with respect to technology, many people are given just enough of the benefits of the technological society that they are afraid of rebelling for fear that they may lose what they have. Even the poorest homes have a TV set.
Farr's commentary on Marcuse's critique of technology would be one that I'd be most comfortable with and concur that it is more accurate, citing the negative implications of technology and not granting it the status of savior of mankind that it most often gets credited as being; catalyst for consumption maybe.
Berman's dismal assertion (while probably anecdotal) concerning awareness of metaphor is troubling.
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- weasel said...
I'm with that splendid late Chicago trotskite James T. Farrell on this:
"America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true."
We are apparently thicker, yet there are more college graduates than ever before (ahh, but are their degrees really any good?).
It is alleged we read less, but in absolute terms more books are sold per head of population than in 1900 (ahh, but are they all trashy dime novels?).
New technology is killing traditional language skills, yet more people write emails and even author blogs than used to write letters or aspire to have their journals published (but isn't it just bad spelling and emoticons?).
I bet we'd find in most cultures in all epochs that intellectualism has always been a minority pursuit and yet humanity has always managed to muddle through. Perhaps the problem is that the less-than-analytical have the vote? Surely you cannot be bemoaning the right of even the uneducated to avail themselves of the basic human right of universal sufferage? (WINK- just joshing, Jim).
What does appear to remain remarkably constant- across eras, cultures, and continents- is the tendency of folks to adopt the grumpy "its all gone to hell in a hand basket" attitude they decried in their parent's generation. I bet there were gaggles of elderly early homo sapiens shaking their heads and complaining about how the youngsters spent all their time with that wheel thing, when in their day they had relied on their feet...
- Jim said...
I'm not familiar with Farrell--I'll have to look him up.
I'm honestly not trying to be "just another Luddite," tilting against technology, for the mere sake of being "grumpy."
Technology is inanimate and in that context, neither positive, nor negative. However, the reliance on technology to teach, inform and educate, IMHO, hasn't been a good thing.
The fact that more people are writing emails, blogging and publishing might be a good thing--I think statistically and gauging with other measures, a case can be made that we aren't better off than we were, but I guess it depends on the perception of the beholder.
Since I've been filling my "spare time" with some re-reading of one of my favorite writers (surprise), Neil Postman, I'll leave you with his quote, from an interview conducted in 1992. (subsititute "Iraq" for "Iran" and and "the Iraq War" for "hostage crisis") and see if he does a better job of illustrating some of my concerns.
The reckoning will come when we face the question of what kind of society can you have with an extremely ignorant public. Take an example. For over a year stories about Iran were broadcast during the hostage crisis but the public couldn't even answer simple questions such as where Iran is and what language Iranians speak. In a sense the reckoning has already come. According to some figures we have sixty million illiterates in America and in the last presidential election something under fifty percent of the eligible voters participated. This is a world wide scandal. No Western democracy has ever had such a poor showing in political elections. So there is evidence that television, and particularly the news, has led to a general dumbing down of the culture. And that is a kind of reckoning I think is very serious.
(we'll have to continue this over beer, possibly downeast?)
- weasel said...
I think the decision not to vote may have more to do with the inante wisdom of the average voter who can't parse the difference between the liars and snake oil merchants both main parties offer up every four years. And also the fact that there are a lot of stupid people (I am itching to buy the book The Economist references in this column.
I don't disagree that there is a a great tide of ignorance sloshing around in our national touch tank; I just don't see how that makes this era any different from any other in human history.
People don't know where Iran or Iraq is on a map: dummies. Much like at the time of the great humanist revolution of Jefferson and crew in the 1770s, the majority of people thought the world was literally created in 6 days, and had grandparents who had or still actively believed in witchcraft.
It is all to easy and tempting to look back on the past- recent or ancient- as a golden time due to the distorting effect of who is writing the history. Our literature, reportage, and record keeping is by default the work of the literate and above average intelligent, so the unconcious bias of their intellectual class is going to shine through.
It is like the Oscars- studios and actors set great store and build careers on a win for some movie crafted with pathos and intelligence, while in the real world (and more importantly for the studio's coffers that pay for "good" films) the vast idiocracy spend $8 a throw to watch "Saw II".
Definite beer conversation, I agree.


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June 19 – At approximately 12:30pm the page went out for a 23 year old male hiker complaining of dehydration in the vicinity of Echo Mountain. AMRT mobilized, and shortly after learned that LASD Air Rescue 5 was in route. Members of the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team met the helicopter at Farnsworth part, where the victim refused medical treatment and signed out against medical advice.
June 19 – As the operation for the dehydrated hiker was wrapping up, another call came in for 4 lost hikers near Panorama Point. They had entered what appeared to be a trail which quickly deteriorated as they worked their way down the slope. Unable to continue down or make the climb back up, they made the decision to call for help. During their ordeal, one of the victims lost his footing and slid 40-50 feet down the slope, suffering lacerations to his hands. Air Rescue 5 was able to extract the victims from their location and transport them to Farnsworth Park. AMRT met the helicopter and transferred injured victim to a waiting ambulance.
June 20 – At 12:32pm a call was received regarding an 18 year old female suffering from a dog bite in Eaton Canyon. Before the team could make it into the field we were informed that she had walked out of the canyon on her own.
June 21 – The page went out at 12:58pm for an 18 year old male who had fallen approximately 20ft in the area of Coyote Canyon. Los Angeles County Fire were first on scene and attended to the victim prior to the arrival of AMRT.
June 21 – Just after 2pm a call was received for 3 lost hikers who were attempting to get to Dawn Mine. AMRT and Air Rescue 5 responded and began the search. Air 5 spotted them in Saucer Branch and began a hoist. Members of AMRT met the helicopter at Farnsworth and transported them back to their vehicle on Chaney Trial.
June 21 – A call came in just before 9pm to assist Montrose Search & Rescue with a search for lost mountain bikers. As teams began to mobilize we had to divert to a call for 4 lost hikers in Eaton Canyon. An informant received a call from one of the victims who stated they were lost above the bridge near the waterfall in Eaton Canyon. AMRT arrived in Eaton Canyon and were able to quickly locate them. They began their hike in the early evening just before sunset and didn't bring flashlights. Without a light source in the canyon after sunset they were unable to find their way out. AMRT walked them down canyon to the team vehicles and transported them to their vehicle near the nature center. As we were finishing the call, we heard that the mountain bikers were located at Switzers.
A call came in at approximately 7pm for two female hikers stranded ½ mile up from the Mt. Wilson Toll Road sign in the Eaton Canyon area. It was reported that they had started from Chantry Flats on the Winter Creek trail in Sierra Madre. Initial attempts to contact the victims proved to be unsuccessful.
AMRT deployed, heading up the Mt. Wilson Toll Road in search of the victims. Eventually contact was made with the victims, and it was determined they were near the fork of the Mt. Wilson and Winter Creek trails, placing them in the area of Sierra Madre Search & Rescue. SMSAR was immediately contact, while AMRT proceeded as an assist to Sierra Madre.
The victims were soon located by AMRT and transported down the Mt. Wilson Toll Road. Members of Sierra Madre Search & Rescue met the team at the Pinecrest Gate, at which time the victims were handed over to them for transport back to their vehicle at Chantry Flats.
AMRT responds to call for heat exhaustion, the victims in this case were man's best friend - June 8, 2014
A call came in just after 4pm for two dogs suffering from heat exhaustion on the lower Sam Merrill Trail, approximately 1 mile from the trail head. AMRT responded, and once on scene immediately began tending to the victims. The dogs were given water and cooled with ice packs.
Once it was determined the dogs were out of danger, they were released back to their owners to make their way down the mountain.
As a reminder to all dog owners as we enter into the hot summer months, bring water not only for yourself but for your four legged companion, and plenty of it.
Heat stroke begins with heavy panting and difficulty breathing, and can also be accompanied with wobbly or uncoordinated gait or movement along with other, more severe symptoms.
Animals should have access to shade and fresh water while outdoors. If the temperature is very warm, outdoor access should be limited to short periods of time. Your dog is wearing a fur coat, and temperatures that are bearable to you can become deadly for your dog.
If you plan to hit the outdoors with your pet, do so in the early morning or evening hours when temperatures are cooler and the sun is not directly overhead. And always bring plenty of water.
After a long quiet weekend for AMRT, a page went out just after 4pm for a male hiker stuck on a cliff near the first waterfall in Eaton Canyon. AMRT responded, sending a crew up canyon to evaluate the situation. After arriving at the location reported by the informant, it was discovered the victim had made his way down to canyon bottom uninjured.
Later that evening AMRT received a call regarding three missing mountain bikers. The group of bikers had started their day at approximately 1pm from Mt. Wilson, in the Angeles National Forest and were expected home around 5pm. Initially, one of the bikers had contacted the informant letting her know they were running late and would not make the 5pm return time. Hours later, with no update from and no contact with the bikers, the informant drove to the Altadena Sheriff's Station to report them missing.
AMRT, along with Montrose Search and Rescue, were notified and began to mobilize. A Los Angeles County Fire Helicopter was called in to assist with the search from the air, utilizing onboard night vision capabilities. After approximately 25 minutes, the victims were located by the helicopter in Bear Canyon. A helicopter lowered a paramedic down to the victims and after confirming they were uninjured, began a hoist rescue.
Members of AMRT, along with LASD deputies, met the helicopter and transported the victims back to their vehicle.
The victims had been on a trail that became less defined, and with darkness upon them, they believed they were lost and made the decision to make camp and start a fire to keep warm.
While training on the Mt. Wilson Toll Road Bridge, a call came out for two female hikers, with two dogs, lost in Eaton Canyon, one with a possible sprained ankle. Four members were immediately mobilized and began a search of the canyon above the bridge. Minutes later a second team was sent down canyon to clear the area between the bridge and the nature center.
Attempts to reach them by cell phone initially proved unsuccessful. Eventually contact was made with the victims and it was determined they were below the bridge slowly making their way towards the nature center. While the second team continued down canyon in search of the victims, the first team was redeployed, with instructions to go to the nature center and liaison with County Fire that had arrived on scene.
Eventually the second team made contact with the victims near the nature center. They were escorted to the parking area of the nature center where they refused medical treatment. With neither victim appearing to be injured, they were released and sent on their way.
The period of April 5-9, 2014 proved to be a busy one for AMRT. Below is a recap of the operatons the team was involved in during that five day stretch.
April 5
The Sheriff's department received a call shortly after 10pm stating the sounds of a woman screaming and gunshots were heard in the area of Cobb Estate. A page was sent out asking for available sworn members of AMRT to respond to assist LASD with clearing Cobb Estate and the surrounding terrain. The road from the entrance to Cobb Estate up to the water tank was cleared, with no one found.
A helicopter was called in to sweep the area with infrared, and located a group of individuals under a tree. Contact was made by AMRT members on scene, and after it was determined they were not a threat they were directed to leave the area.
AMRT, along with members of LASD, continued to clear the areas of Los Flores Canyon and Sam Merrill Trail. The source of the person screaming and the gun shots was not discovered.
April 6
A call was received at 2:24pm for 2 injured hikers by the second waterfall in Eaton Canyon. Air 5 was called and notified of the operation, at which point they responded. AMRT proceeded to Pinecrest Gate to liaison with County Fire and Forestry Service. Once on scene, we were informed that Air 5 had lowered a medic to the location of the victim, a 36 year old female with a broken ankle. The victim was attended to by the medic on scene and airlifted to Huntington Memorial Hospital.
April 6
While on the first call a second call came in at 3:12pm for an individual hanging on a cliff in the area of Millard Canyon. With the operation in Eaton Canyon under control, members of AMRT, along with Montrose SAR and County Fire, responded to Brown Mountain Trail.
Ground units began searching the area indicated by the informant while a county helicopter searched from the air. The victim was located by the helicopter, which proceeded to hoist the 22 year old male and transport him to a safe landing zone.
The victim had become lost and wandered off trail and became stranded on a steep mountainside. He only sustained minor scratches and refused transport to the hospital.
April 9
Call came in for 2 hikers stranded above the first waterfall in Eaton Canyon. AMRT responded to the location specified by the informant. While in route communication with Air 5 was established. Based on the location of the victims and the proximity of Air 5 to the scene it was determined an air rescue would be the best option.
AMRT headed to Farnsworth Park to clear a landing zone and receive the victims. Upon making contact with the helicopter, it was then determined that there were in fact 4 victims, all college students at Caltech.
After assessing their condition all 4 victims were released.
The call came in shortly before 9pm on Sunday April 27th. A male hiker in his 20's began his day at Cobb Estate around 3pm. Approximately 5 hours into his hike, he found himself lost in the mountains unsure of how to get back. It was at that time he called 911 and asked for help.
Contact with the victim was made via cell phone for a brief moment before his battery died, allowing the operations leader to obtain some vague details as to his approximate location.
AMRT began dispatching teams to search the area, with a focus on the trails and terrain around Echo Mountain. A county helicopter initially began a search of the area along with members on the ground, but was forced to turn back due to high winds.
At approximately 4:30am voice contact was made with the missing hiker, and rescue teams believed they were within 500 feet of his location. Because of the rugged terrain, and the fact that he was not on an established trail, finding his exact location proved to be difficult. At first light, Air 5 was deployed to search the area from the air, and within an hour his exact location was determined. At that time a rescuer was lowered from the helicopter to extract the victim. Although cold from his night out without proper clothing, he was not injured.
AMRT participates in annual Mountain Rescue Association Reaccreditation March 1, 2014 - Images added to the gallery
Every year, AMRT, along with all accredited Search & Rescue Teams in the state of California, gather to be tested on a set of disciplines to ensure they continue to maintain the skills needed to perform the often highly technical rescues our terrain demands. This years discipline was search and tracking, and was hosted by Placer County in the town of Auburn, located just outside of Sacramento.
Search and tracking reaccreditation consists of three disciplines; Man Tracking, Grid Search and Emergency Location Transmitter Search. AMRT passed all three disciplines. To view pictures from the day, click here.
UPDATE: The hikers have been found, details will be posted as they become available.
A call came in shortly before 6pm on Wednesday February 5th for two male hikers lost in Eaton Canyon. A text message send by one of the hikers to a family member provided vague details as to their location, stating only that they were in the canyon, near powerlines and could hear a waterfall.
Team members located their vehicles at the Nature Center, verifying that they began their day in the Eaton Canyon area. The search began up canyon and continued throughout the night.
As of this posting, the search continues. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
The call came in around 6pm Saturday February 1st for 5 hikers lost off trail up Millard Canyon, near Dawn Mine. The group had decided to try a cross-country route out of the canyon, instead of following the trail, and found themselves in a precarious position on the side of the canyon. Unable to proceed up the steep slope, and with loose terrain behind them preventing a safe retreat, the group made the wise decision to call for help.
AMRT team members responded to the scene, and once on site determined the victims were in a safe and stable location. Their position on the canyon slope could be reached via hand-line, negating the need for a complex system. Two team members were soon with the victims and began the process of escorting the up to the service road above.
Overnight operation for Altadena Mountain Rescue Team end with 4 mountain bikers being found and in good condition - 12/23/2013
After an exhaustive overnight search that continued into the morning, the four missing mountain bikers were located deep in the Arroyo at the mouth of Bear Canyon.
Having began their day at Mt. Wilson with a planned destination of the Arroyo behind JPL, the group made a wrong turn and ended up deep in Bear Canyon. When darkness set in, the group determined the best plan of action was to set up camp and stay the night as the rugged train of Bear Canyon would prove to be difficult to navigate in the dark. With no way to communicate with their friends and family, and armed with nothing more than their mountain biking gear, the group was able to start a small fire and huddled together for warmth until morning.
Today's operation is a perfect example of why you should always be prepared for any possibility when venturing into the forest. Luckily this group had the ability to start a camp fire, which more than likely prevented the onset of hypothermia as temperatures dropped into the mid-40's. It always makes good sense to pack items you may need, such as a light jacked and a flashlight, in the event you find yourself in a similar situation. And don't always count on cell service in the mountains, especially if you end up deep in a canyon.
After an extensive overnight search, the Altadean Mountain Rescue Team continues its search this morning for 4 missing mountain bikers in the Angeles National Forest.
As previously stated, when details become available this blog will be updated.
AMRT is responding to a call for 4 missing mountain bikers in the Arroyo, located behind JPL in the San Gabriel Mountains. As more information becomes available the blog will be updated.
Established in 1951, the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team is the oldest organization of its kind in Southern California and a founding member of the Mountain Rescue Association. as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization we do not charge for ANY searches or rescues no matter how extensive, difficult, or dangerous they may be. Consequently, over 50% of the funding for necessary equipment, vehicles, and training comes from private donations.
With this active operating tempo the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team is understandably hard on equipment and vehicles. Your tax-deductible donation today will ensure that the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team can continue in needed rescue services to the citizens of Los Angeles County.
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Established in 1951, the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team is the oldest organization of its kind in Southern California and a founding member of the Mountain Rescue Association. as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization we do not charge for ANY searches or rescues no matter how extensive, difficult, or dangerous they may be. Consequently, over 50% of the funding for necessary equipment, vehicles, and training comes from private donations.
With this active operating tempo the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team is understandably hard on equipment and vehicles. Your tax-deductible donation today will ensure that the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team can continue in needed rescue services to the citizens of Los Angeles County.
The call went out just after 9am on Sunday October 27 for a missing 10 year old boy, not in the mountians but in the city. Members from AMRT mobilized and began to search the streets in the area the child was last seen. Two members of AMRT were able to locate the missing child approximately 1 hour after their search began.
The call came in just before 4pm on Tuesday October 8th for a hiker stuck between the 1st and 2nd waterfalls in Eaton Canyon. AMRT responded to the canyon and discovered an individual along the west wall, clinging to a ridgeline approximately 150 feet above canyon bottom.
Rescuers climbed above the victim to assess the situation and determine a location to set-up a rescue system. Once in position, it was determined the best plan of action would be to request a helicopter pick-off. A county helicopter was directed to the rescuers location and the victim was successfully rescued.
It was soon discovered there was a second individual who had continued to climb up the canyon. He was found by two members of AMRT along another ridgeline and safely transported to canyon bottom.
After each of the victims was safely at the command post, it was discovered they each had outstanding warrants and were subsequently taken into custody.
Ever consider mountain rescue? Altadena Mountain Rescue Team needs you! Membership Drive Saturday October 26, 2013
Interested in becoming a member of the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team? Join us at a membership drive to be held Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Dr. in Pasadena from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more about the organization, meet members of the team, see rescue demonstrations, and learn how you can help.
AMRT responded to a call for a hiker stuck on a cliff near the first waterfall in Eaton Canyon. Once on scene, rescuers found a 25 year-old male more than 200 feet above canyon bottom. A crew was dispatched to a location above the victim, where a system was set up and a rescuer was lowered down to his position. Once safely secured in the rescue harness, the rescuer and victim were lowered to the canyon bottom.
In all, the operation took 5 hours and utilized 14 rescuers from both Altadena and Sierra Madre mountain rescue teams.
The hiker, a resident of Los Angeles, was uninjured and transported to his vehicle.


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When a recipe doesn't work, there's always a reason. Do you know what the biggest variable in any recipe is? It's the cook! Even experienced cooks never make the same recipe in the exact same way.
These are the most common reasons I've found when trying to figure out why when someone tells me that a recipe has failed. These explanations will help you to become more confident in the kitchen and also will prevent food wasting, which is a huge budget drain in these tough times. So... read through these examples, and the next time you cook or bake everything will turn out perfectly!
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Not Seasoning Food to Your Taste
No one recipe can be written to accommodate everyone's tastes. You must taste your food before you serve it and add more seasonings if necessary. Salt and pepper are the most common seasonings many people add to their food. But most Americans consume far too much salt, at least two to three times the recommended daily amount.
Use less salt and you will get used to it, your taste buds will adjust, you will understand what real food tastes like, and your health will improve.
You can also add... more of the seasoning ingredients, whether they are garlic, ginger, herbs, spices, or wine to any recipe. Always taste and season the recipe before you serve it. If you are making meatloaf or meatballs, you can cook a bit of the meat mixture in a small amount of oil and taste it before you cook the rest of the food. Add more salt and pepper or other seasonings if you'd like.
Corollary: Be careful when adding seasonings; it's just as easy to over-season your food!
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Using Self-Rising Flour When Not Called For
One of the first things I learned in the Pillsbury kitchens is that self-rising flour can ruin recipes when it's used in place of all-purpose flour. Every recipe Pillsbury promotes has to be tested with self-rising flour. I'll never forget the first time one of the recipes I was testing failed. The brownie was gooey and liquid and would not set, no matter how long it was baked.
So if you have made something that won't become a cookie, brownie or cake, check your flour. Self-rising... flour has salt and baking powder already added to it (too much salt, in my opinion). So adding it to recipes that already call for baking powder or baking soda will make the recipe fail. Look for recipes that call for self-rising flour if you want to use it.
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Substituting Low Fat or Non Fat Products for Regular
Recipes are written with specifications. Always follow those specifications, whether it be 'low fat cream cheese' or 'heavy whipping cream' or '90% lean ground beef'. If you substitute another ingredient, the recipe may fail. Substituting low fat or non fat products for regular products plays havoc with the recipe. Fat is necessary in many recipes, not only so the food will firm up or set, but for flavor and texture. If you need to cook with low fat or non fat products,... look for recipes that use those products.
You can substitute lower fat ingredients in some recipes, as long as that ingredient isn't a critical part of the recipe, as in the cheesecake. A combination of low fat and non fat ingredients works best if you want to substitute for high fat products.
04 of 10
Changing Proportions of Ingredients
Baking recipes are specific scientific formulas. Change the proportion of flour to fat, or liquid to flour, and the recipe will fail. Most recipes do have a built-in tolerance for small changes, but those small changes are usually already made just because every cook is different. Stick to the recipe.
If a recipe for a high fat dessert calls for a certain amount of sugar or flour, use it. If you're making a recipe like a pot roast or soup, you can change the proportion of ingredients more... because those cooking recipes, unlike baking recipes, don't rely on a formula.Continue to 5 of 10 below.
05 of 10
Not Calibrating Your Oven
An accurate oven temperature is critical to a recipe's success. If your oven is too hot, baked goods will overcook and dry out and may burn. If the oven is too cool, baked goods may collapse because the structure won't set in the allotted time. Use an oven thermometer and if your oven isn't accurate, have it serviced by a qualified technician.
On a related note, not all cookies form into round disk shapes, not all cakes rise to great heights, and not all rolls are puffy and fluffy.... Some cookies don't change shape at all in the oven. These cookies are usually like Mexican Tea Cakes; because there is a high proportion of flour to fat and liquid, the dough doesn't spread out in the oven.
06 of 10
Measuring is critical to baking recipes. You have to learn how to measure flour, sugar, and liquids, then follow those rules with proper calibrated measuring cups and spoons. If you add too much flour, your baked goods will be hard and dry. If you don't add enough flour, the recipe will fall and fail. Take some time to learn about measuring rules and your results will dramatically improve.
07 of 10
Mistaking Baking Powder for Baking Soda
Baking powder and baking soda are two very different things. Actually, baking powder is made of baking soda, a base, and an acid, usually cream of tartar. Baking soda only reacts and produces carbon dioxide when it is mixed with an acidic ingredient, like chocolate, yogurt, buttermilk, or vinegar. Baking powder produces carbon dioxide when mixed with water.
And there are two kinds of baking powder. Single-acting baking powder reacts just with liquid. You must get the dough or batter into the oven... quickly with this type of baking powder, because it starts to lose its leavening power quickly. Double acting baking powder reacts with liquid and also in the heat of the oven. Using this product gives you more leeway in the kitchen.
08 of 10
Using Yeast Past Expiration Date
Yeast is a living single-celled organism. Dried yeast, even though it doesn't look alive, actually is! And dried yeast, like fresh yeast, has specific expiration dates. You must follow those expiration dates, because the yeast dies off as time goes by, and your bread or rolls will not rise properly unless the dough or batter contains the correct amount of living yeast cells.
And make sure that you check the temperature of the liquid to make sure it isn't hot. When mixing yeast directly... with flour, the liquid temperature cannot be above 110°F. When mixing yeast with other dry ingredients first, the liquid temp can't exceed 120°F. It's pretty easy to kill yeast, and then your bread will not rise.Continue to 9 of 10 below.
09 of 10
New crockpots are being manufactured to cook at much higher temperatures than models of 10 or 15 years ago. If you have a new crockpot, you have to change the cooking time. Any recipe that burns in the crockpot has cooked too long.
I'm adding directions to crockpot recipes on the site, and have written two articles about this. Check the food at least a couple of hours before the recipe states it should be done when you buy a new slow cooker. If the food is done then, you know the appliance... cooks "hot." And make sure that you write down the new cooking times on the recipe.
10 of 10
Recipes have a language all their own. Fold, whip, beat, and stir all have different meanings. So take a few minutes and read over my glossary to see if there are terms you haven't heard about. You also must know how to read a baking recipe and a cooking recipe. Learning the language of the kitchen will not only make you a better cook and baker, it will increase your enjoyment of cooking and baking.
Now spend some time browsing through my Recipe Box and use your new skills!


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Bahrain spruces up its oil refinery to the tune of $8bn
The upgrade of the refinery will increase its capacity from 260,000 barrels per day to 450,000 barrels per day
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Bahrain is to spend between $6 billion and $8 billion on modernising its refinery within the next six to seven years, said a senior government official.
Speaking at the opening of the 20th Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference yesterday, Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza he said the modernisation would mean several key components of the refinery will be replaced and new ones set up to ensure the refinery remained good for the next 70 years.
'The Bapco refinery is more than 70 years old already and has been giving us tremendous service all these years. We have to ensure it stays that way for our future generations,' he said. The two-day event, part of the Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week, is being held under the minister's patronage at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa.
Dr Mirza said Bahrain will next month celebrate 80 years of the discovery of oil in the country. 'This will be a momentous occasion for us since oil was first discovered in the region at Jebel Al Dukhan,' he added. The conference is being held on the theme, 'The Known Unknowns and the Unknown Unknowns'.
'The world we live in, especially over the last five years, has introduced several unknowns for the world in general, and for our industry in particular,' the minister said. 'With steady demand growth, and with steady and relatively low oil prices, the good old days are gone, perhaps forever. The new norms for our industry are volatility, high oil prices and increased pressures due to environmental and global warming considerations,' he added.
He said the impact the industry has on the world's economies is the subject of many debates in just about every conference, and justifiably so. 'In a world that has become greatly integrated, interdependence becomes a key driving force,' he said.
'The upgrade of the refinery will increase its capacity from 260,000 barrels per day to 450,000 barrels per day and we will then be able to meet the quality of the products demanded by the markets of the future, will meet the environmental standards and will be designed to world-class energy efficiency standards,' he added.
Qatar Energy Minister Mohammed Saleh Al Sada said oil production in the Middle East remained reliable and there was no shortage of supply in the market. He said supply had been reliable despite disturbances in the region.
'There was never any shortage of oil and supply remained steady,' he added. Aramco Trading President and Chief Executive Officer Said Al Hadrami and event sponsor Vitol Group of Companies President and Chief Executive Ian Taylor were also present at the event.
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Recruiting on Second Life
While exploring Second Life, I came across an IBM Germany recruitment center. I could look at jobs that they were trying to fill. Today, I cam across a posting about Microsoft hosting a job fair on Second Life. It will be held at TMP Island (parent of monster). Wonder if you would get rejected on the basis of what your avatar is wearing!
Will check it out next time I am on second life!
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Author: Madeleine Kuderick
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: September 2014
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/ Contemporary
Series or Stand Alone: Stand Alone
Synopsis can be found here.
I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Kenna is found cutting herself in the bathroom and is whisked away to a center where she will be monitored for 72 hours. There, she encounters some others unlike her and some like her, forcing her to come to terms with her problems and whether or not she wants to get better.
While the writing is solid and the flow gripping, I wasn't emotionally invested in Kenna or any of the others in the place. The writer does a great job, describing the fractured thoughts and intensely varied feelings of the teenager. The plot moves forward easily, Kenna's interactions and observations sometimes uncomfortable and sad to read. I read it in a couple of sittings. I was interested in knowing what happened, but I didn't have an emotional attachment to Kenna or any of her friends, and I think I should have.
Kenna herself is hard to know and while the writing style lends itself well to the subject matter and the plot, it also kept me at arm's length with Kenna. I was very detached from her and her experience, like I was reading about some strangers in a dream.
Overall, Kiss of Broken Glass is a well written book that takes you on a journey through an tough topic, but I was looking for something more.
Rating 5 Okay


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Hey guys, guess what? There are a lot of women out there who love, I mean LOVE to give blowjobs. I know this is true because I am one of them.
For me, blowjobs are the very best foreplay. I get so turned on that I have almost climaxed many times from that alone. One of my greatest sexual turn-ons is giving pleasure. Another of my greatest sexual turn-ons is sound. The sound of heavy breathing. Of moaning. Of intense pleasure! And I love the feeling of power I get when I have a man's penis in my mouth. When I know that every pause or lick or quickening can drive the intensity in either direction. Until the inevitable climax when there's no turning back and ahhhhhh, a little masturbation amidst the abandon can take us both into the great divide. The place of pure sensation and no control. And then breathless, the coming back into the room with the ocean's foam so salty and potent on my lips. I float for a moment, knowing we've been lost together if even only for a brief encounter.
I've met woman who don't appreciate the pure ecstasy of fellatio but I've met many more men who assume that woman don't enjoy it. The only times I haven't enjoyed giving a blowjob have been with men who haven't really enjoyed receiving them. It's a rare occurrence for sure but it has happened. Without the pleasure, the turn on is completely lost.
Giving good head is all about confidence. On those rare occasions when I've been with unresponsive men it's been a downward spiral. They're not enjoying it so I'm not enjoying it so it all just sucks. Pun intended! If you ever find yourself in that situation, help to guide your lover out of the position for the sake of ending on a better note as well as preserving the desire on her (or his) part to try again with somebody more compatible.
After all, there's a hundred ways to please your lover!


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This type of freetard thinking annoys me greatly. The thinking amounts to this:
- Artists, movie makers, musicians, and other generators of intellectual property have an inherit desire to generate these things
- These people don't care if they are paid or not
- Therefore, all media should be free and there should be no intellectual property
Freetards with this thinking look at the free software movement to justify this asinine thinking. More annoyingly, many of these freetards think they can have the same customer-provider relationship with a free software developer that they have with a piece of commercial software paid for.
People with this thinking generally do not understand the collaborative nature of open source development. They think, in so many words "I want you to work hard making this and am unwilling to pay your nor to lift one finger helping you". They do not understand that, if they want better documentation for a program, they can write it themselves. If they want better artwork for an open-source video game, they can draw it themselves. If they want to see a feature implemented, they can implement it themselves.
They think they can just demand that the developer/artists/whoever do this work for them "for fun and for free".
This is the thinking of a small extremist minority; the internet allows all sorts of wild and fringe theories to be propagated and supported in online bulletin boards.


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March 15
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Robert Half Financial Services are currently representing a City based bank to hire someone Fixed Income Settlements experience. The role is initially temporary, for three- months for review after that period and is due to an increase work-load.
Having working knowledge of Settlements for Repo and and Bi-Lateral Fixed Income trades, with a minimum of 1- year's experience and the role is urgent, to start by the first week of April.
Day to day responsibilities include:
Responsible for settlement of Bi-Lateral Repo trades and Collateral Margin Trades in Euroclear and
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Up to £19 per hour.
Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply.


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Canada's Nitish Kumar was only 16 years and 283 days old when he opened against Pakistan on 3rd March 2011. He is indeed the youngest player to appear in the World Cup, taking a record previously held by Talha Jubair of Bangladesh, who was 17 years 70 days old in his first match in 2002-03. Five other 17-year-olds have played in the World Cup: Sudath Pasqual of Sri Lanka in 1979, Malachi Jones (Bermuda) in 2006-07, Kenya's Thomas Odoyo in 1995-96, Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) in 2006-07, and Javed Miandad of Pakistan in 1975. Kumar was 15 years 273 days old when he made his overall one-day international debut for Canada, against Afghanistan in Sharjah in February 2010: the only younger player in any men's ODI was Hasan Raza of Pakistan (14 years 233 days old when he played against Zimbabwe in Quetta in 1996-97). Another Pakistani, Sajjida Shah, was only 12 years 171 days old when she played against Ireland in a women's one-day international in Dublin in 2000.
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Know the Truth
Who Do You Say I Am?
Two millennia ago, Jesus asked his disciples two questions: "Who do people say that I am?" "Who do you say that I am?" (Mark 8:27-29; Matthew16:13-16) The answers were typical for the times. There was a sense in the air of impending doom. So, some said Jesus was John the Baptist, or Elijah, or another prophet. To make this more plausible, there had been an Old Testament prediction about the return of Elijah the prophet to warn of the day of judgment (Malachi 4:5), and John the Baptist, Jesus' forerunner, was regularly connected with him (Mark 6:14). But this was not the right answer.
For that, Jesus turned to Peter, one of his followers. He answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." (Mark 8:29; Matthew 16:16) Jesus then blessed Peter and affirmed to him and everyone else, that all his followers, present and future, would be grounded in this accurate confession. The expression "Christ" means "anointed one," and it refers to the one designated by God to carry out his work on the earth. In the Old Testament various leaders were anointed to signify their calling, and the full power of the Holy Spirit (represented by the oil) to carry-out the job. Jesus was God's specially anointed one, as he would preach, heal, and then die and be raised again, all for the sake of God's people.
He was no ordinary gifted man, but, as the confession goes on to say, he was the Son of the living God. As the Bible reveals it, God is one, and also in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Called the Trinity, this God is both one and three, in a divine mystery, but one that we can know truly, though not exhaustively. We can all believe in this God, the Creator and Redeemer. God came to earth, took on human flesh, adding humanity to his divinity, in an extraordinary move known as the Incarnation. He did this out of love for his people. The Incarnation allowed Jesus not only to teach and heal, but to die on a horrible instrument of torture used by the Romans, known as the cross. By this means, he took our place. His death meant our death was not forever. His resurrection meant we now have eternal life. We who deserve only condemnation because of the mess we have made out of our lives, can now become a "new creation" in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
The fellowship of believers came to be known as the Church. These "called-out ones" are joined to one another through Jesus Christ. Not only are they joined together, but as Christ's followers ("Christians"), they are in an everlasting friendship and union with God. Although the Church has an institutional aspect, it is primarily a great, worldwide fellowship of those who know God personally. Although it is a special privilege to gather for worship (typically on Sundays, often in a building), Christians enjoy their identity and calling wherever they are. They are full-time followers of Christ in every realm of life.
How can we belong to this fellowship of redeemed people? Not by being good. God certainly approves of good people doing good works, but when we are honest with ourselves we realize our good works can never merit our friendship with God. God demands perfection, and we are as far away from that high standard as the earth is from the farthest galaxy. Nor by being religious. Going to church, praying, charitable giving, all are good in themselves. But none of us is so perfectly devoted to God that we can claim his approval. The truth is, we stand in jeopardy before God, because we have offended him, we have committed cosmic treason. By thought, word and deed, we have gone our own way, even though we know in our conscience how we really ought to live.
The only way to enter into his friendship is to trust in him, to lift up the empty hands of faith and receive his free gift (Romans 3:22; 6:23). But in order to believe, you must know this Christ, at least in a fundamental way. To put it another way, you must confess, along with Peter, that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
When we consider Jesus Christ, we have to be careful not to patronize him. We have to realize that he is either a monster, or the very essence of truth. It will not do to call him a great religious leader, or a moral guide. He certainly brought great moral insights to us. But they are always tied to his identity as God's Son. His declarations are simply outrageous, unless true. "I am the light of the world." "I am the way the truth and the life." "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am." (John 8:58) He never said, "I can teach you well." Rather, he said, "I am," which is a claim to divinity, based on Exodus 3:14, where God says to Moses, "I am that I am." His audience did not misread him, for they picked up stones in order to put him to death. He narrowly escaped. They eventually succeeded, but that was part of the plan. Who is he? Is he a deluded charismatic leader? Psychologically deranged? He certainly did not act that way. Or is he God? No question, he had to be God in the flesh, come to bring the message of redemption to a badly broken world.
Marvelously, God is a loving Person who made himself human, in order to find us, his lost sheep, and bring us into the safety of his fold. He did this by accomplishing what we failed to accomplish in our lives. Think of it! God is in three Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Together, they are One God. And the Second Person became a man in order to do what we failed to do: perfectly obey the Father. Furthermore, he came to submit to the penal requirements we deserved, so that we would not have to be banished from his presence. Thus, his life was a substitute for believers who did not live well; his death was a substitute for believers who would come and trust him; and his resurrection from the dead is his substitute for believers who cannot of themselves be triumphant and victorious over all the forces of evil. By his extraordinary work, Jesus acquired the power to make us just, acquitted before God. And now, God looks at his people through Christ, whose entire accomplishment is credited to us, though we don't deserve it.
Are you wandering, not sure about truth, lost in your search for identity? Do you know yourself to be guilty of unfaithfulness before the living God? Do you know you need to be saved from your moral compromise and mediocrity? Well then, there is very good news for you. This god has not hidden himself, but made himself known. You can read about him in the Bible, his holy word. God, through his Son Jesus Christ, appeals to you to come to him, to embrace him, and to ask him to forgive you, and make you his child. For you see, anyone who receives him, anyone who believes in his name, has the right to become a child of God. (John 1:12) This Jesus, whom Peter rightly identified, is still building his Church toady. And he wants you in it! Lift up the empty hands of faith and trust him for your salvation. Come to him on your knees and pray this prayer:
O Lord, I am lost without you. My life is empty without your truth and your love. I commit my life to you. Please take me as your own. Forgive me for all my offenses and give me freedom and power to do good. Reconcile me with yourself. Look at me only through the work of Jesus, and enable me to live for him. Thank you that you care for someone like me. Thank you that you welcome me into heaven, because your love knows no bounds. Lord, I now trust you. Help me to grow in grace and guide me in all my ways. In Christ's name, Amen.