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That said, this morning I went searching on TLC's website for the two previews that are available on TLC OnDemand. I came up empty handed.
I mean, this show's new season premieres in less than a week, and the two previews aren't on their website? What gives?
Now, I wasn't shocked to see a plethora (Thanks, Meri) of stuff on Honey BooBoo, after all her show does premiere 7/17/13 on TLC. But nothing except old crap for the Browns...well, OK there was a video of the younger kids wishing their moms Happy Mother's Day. But nada on anything more recent.
So what am I supposed to do about this? Well, for the peeps who haven't seen the first episode yet, I will show you a few pictures of what you'll see.
Kody's looking kind of ragged, too.
Christine and Janelle look like they are only half-interested...(wink, wink)
|The McMansions: Meri's and Janelle's (to the right)
|A construction worker on top of Christine's McMansion
Kody and his Kodettes (plus Mona the real estate lady) taking a tour of one of the McMansions. Since no construction was going on, they didn't need their hard hats. Kody's hard hat couldn't fit on his big ol' head, anyway.
|Can you guess what this business meeting was about?
Christine: I'm sorry, but this isn't what I signed up for.
Meri: Robyn, I guess it's just me, you and Kody...
Kody: Ah....this sounds like work, count me OUT!
|Meri and Robyn working on the MSWC sign at the Women's Expo
And now from the ridiculous, to the outright nasty, I HAD to include some videos I found front and center on TLC's YouTube channel.
Warning, watch at your own risk, especially if you sensitive to sugar and butter overloads. I think even Christine can cook healthier than Mama June! Oh look, Mama June's kitchen is just as big as Meri's McMansion kitchen!
A few days ago, an anonymous Sister Wives Blog aficionado wrote:
...I am obsessed with Sobbins watch in the scene where she tried to sell the whole necklace set to a girl who (wisely) never came back. If anyone can identify it's make/model. I'd be appreciative. Also if anyone has a good screen shot of what I suspect is Koduchy Rolly I'd love to see that as well.............Thanks
Well, I used to have an eye for Rolex watches, but now my powers are kinda rusty. But I do agree with you that the watch Robyn is wearing is impressively big.
Here's some pictures:
So does anyone care to comment on the makes of these fine watches Kody and Robyn are wearing? And for the record, Meri, Janelle and Christine also were sporting some rather nice gold watches, too, so maybe Kody invested in some gold bling for all the wives.
Needless to say, those watches will not be making an appearance in the MSWC online catalog any time soon...
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We're continuing our study tonight in Colossians and I would invite you to turn to the book of Colossians in your Bible and look with me at the first chapter. We are running acontinuing study of this tremendous letter by the Apostle Paul, a letter that's very much like the book of Ephesians, different and yet very, very similar in many ways. And I don't know how you're responding to it but my heart is really thrilled as I'm preparing and studying and seeing what God is teaching me week by week as I spend hours in this wonderful letter.
Now, we're looking at chapter 1, verses 9 to 11, this week as we examine Colossians. And we've already begun to look at these verses but they're so rich that we're kind of stuck in there for awhile now, and just taking it as it comes, little by little, and seeing what God has for us. We've entitled this study of these three verses in particular, "Filled with the Know-Ledge of God," or "Filled with the Knowledge of His Will." Now this is a priority in the Christian life.
Let me introduce this passage to us again tonight by talking about something that's very, very important and very basic. Everything, and I want you to get that, everything, no exceptions, everything in the behavior of a Christian must be related to revealed truth. Everything in the behavior of a Christian must be related to revealed truth. Whenever you are exhorted, whenever you are asked to do something, whenever a certain kind of behavior is demanded out of you, whenever you are admonished to a certain thing, it must be based on revealed truth or there isn't really any authority behind that encouragement and that exhortation. Truth is the basis for all right action.
Now, that may sound to you very obvious, but I'm sure to most people it isn't. That we live in a society where there is really a rejection of absolutes and consequently behavior is extremely relative. But from the Christian viewpoint, all behavior is related to revealed truth that is all positive, good behavior is related to revealed truth. There must be absolutes before there can be anyrequirements for action. And you can illustrate this even from human experience.For example, if you drive 80 miles an hour and you get stopped by a policeman, you are fined for unacceptable behavior. Driving 80 miles an hour is not acceptable behavior. Why is it not acceptable? It is not acceptable because there is an absolute and the absolute says that the speed limit is 55. That is an absolute. And because of your mistreatment of an absolute, you have misbehaved and brought yourself under the condemnation of the law.
If you go to Sears and you decide that rather than use cash or a check or a credit card you will just steal what you want, you will start on your way out and perhaps be arrested, and then you will be charged with a crime because your behavior has been unacceptable. Why is it unacceptable? Because there is an absolute and that absolute is shoplifting is a crime and it says it right out there in every store.
You see, absolutes are always the basis for determining the moral quality of any action. All acceptable behavior in our society is based on absolutes. Now, if you want another term for absolutes-laws. That's all laws are is absolutes. If we removed all of the absolutes, if we had no laws, there would be no way to judge anybody's acts; from a moral standpoint we couldn't condemnanybody. There would be no way to enforce anything, good behavior wouldn't even be able to be defined, let alone enforced, because you would remove the standard. So, there has to be absolute bottom-line law and then behavior can be evaluated.
Now, precisely, does this apply in the spiritual area? All the behavior of a Christian is premise upon divine absolutes. God lays down principles and we behave in relation to those principles.
In Romans 7 verse 7: "What shall we say then, is the law sin? No." But Paul says, "Nay, I had not known sin but by the law, for I had not known coveting except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." In other words, Paul says the only way that I can evaluate the morality of my deeds is to find an absolute, to find a law somewhere, to find a standard somewhere. And then when I say - There is a standard and I believe that is an authoritative standard, then I have a way in which to evaluate my behavior.
Now, then all spiritual behavior is to be evaluated on the basis of absolutes established in the Word of God. This is a book of absolutes. This is a book of principles. This is a book of laws, if you will. And the first thing that is the objective in the Christian life, and mark it, the first thing is to learn those absolutes. Right? Because it is only in response to the knowledge of those absolutes that you can behave in a proper manner. The only way to have right behavior then is to have right knowledge.
How do I know what to do in my marriage if I don't know what the standards are, right? How do I know what to do in my job if I don't know what the Bible teaches about it? How do I know what to do in worshiping God if I don't understand what God expects in worship? How do I know how to be born-again if I don't follow the absolutes of the Scripture? How do I know about anything if I don't understand God's patterns, God's standards, God's law?
Now, that's so important. And yet it's a sad thing to realize, people, but do you know that most of Christianity, for many years, has tried to live on a high moral level without really knowing the Bible, without really understanding the absolutes, without understanding the principles revealed in Scripture? So, what Paul is saying in Colossians, look at verse 9 of chapter 1, "For this cause, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you." Now, we pray for you and what is the objective of our prayers? "To desire that you might be filled with the...what? ... knowledge of His will." You see, you have to have the basis of knowledge before behavior can proceed from it. To know God and His will and then to conform to it.
Now, the Bible itself illustrates this throughout. This is such an obvious principle, it's incredible to me that so many people miss it, but they do. Now, let me give you an illustration of it. In all of the letters, and I ran through them just to refresh my mind, but in all of the letters to the churches in the New Testament, without an exception, this thing is illustrated. That first you have a bottom line of absolutes and then you have a call to behavior. That is all over the place. For example, you have in Romans 12:1 "1 beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a ... what?...a living sacrifice." Now he's saying -Here's how I want you to behave...first of all, present your body a living sacrifice, let your mind be transformed, verse 2; find your spiritual gift, verse 3 through 8, and use it. And then he goes on and on and on. That's in chapter 12.
Do you know what proceeds chapter 12? You say - Right, chapter 1 through 11, exactly. Do you know what's in chapter 1 through 11? Eleven chapters of absolutes. And when Paul has laid out eleven chapters of absolutes ... you know, you can read the first eleven chapters of Romans and do nothing? They don't ask you to do anything. Except understand the basics, understand the principles, then in 12: "Now therefore, brethren," here's what you do.
You go to the book of I Corinthians and you're going to find the very same thing. Let me give you an illustration of I Corinthians chapter 15: "So, when this corruptible," verse 54, "shall have put on incorruption, this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 0 death, where is thy sting, 0 grave, where is thy victory," and so forth and so forth. He says this tremendous reality, listen, we're going to conquer death, we're going to have an incorruptible body, we're going to have an immortal body. Verse 58: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast." Don't get shook. Everything is all right. The absolute -God's going to give you an immortal body, an incorruptible body. You have no fear of death, the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law, that's all been removed, thanks be to God, therefore, brethren, don't get shook.
You see, the behavior again is predicated on the bottom line of absolutes. -This appears all over the place. In II Corinthians, I was just looking at...at chapter 6, verse 17: "Wherefore, come out from among them and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you andbe a Father unto you and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
Now, here God says there's a bottom line principle, I want believers to be clean, I want them to be separated from anything that's unholy, separated unto Myself...that's a principle.
Verse 1 of chapter 7: "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves." In other words, when you know what God wants, when you know what His standard is then you know how to behave, right? If God wants purity then you cleanse yourself.
In Galatians, you have four chapters of absolutes and chapter 5 verse 1 says: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free." Now, that's how you behave.
In Ephesians, three chapters of absolutes, and chapter 4 says: "Now therefore, brethren, walk worthy of the high calling."
Philippians, three chapters of absolutes, then chapter 4 begins: "Therefore..." behavior.
Colossians, three chapters of absolutes and in the middle of chapter 3 verse 5: "Therefore, brethren, mortify the deeds of the flesh."
First Thessalonians, five chapters of absolutes and then in chapter 5, verse 6 of I Thessalonians comes the response. He says: "Therefore, let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober minded," and goes on through a whole list of things.
Second Thessalonians, two chapters of absolutes and then in 2:15, bang, "Therefore," here's the behavior.
Now, that covers the Bible from one end to the other, God always has a basis of revealed truth upon which behavior is predicated. And unless a believer understands that revealed truth, then he's going to have a difficult time trying to determine what moral behavior is really all about. And this is the basic thought that Paul has here in Colossians chapter 1. I'm praying that you might know God's truth because that is the basis of behavior. He doesn't even get into the behavior till chapter 3 verse 5, where he says: "Mortify therefore your members," and he gets into how to live, "Laying aside fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire," but it takes him three chapters to get to that...laying the foundation.
All right, the basis then of behavior, beloved, is simply knowledge of God's truth and that's why we emphasize the fact that you must know the principles of the Word of God. That's Paul's prayer here. His prayer here in Colossians 1 has two parts: the petition part is in verses 9 to 11, and the praise part is in verses 12 to 14. And that pretty much is a good pattern for prayer: petition and praise. We're looking just at the petition part. He is praying for the Colossians, this is still part of his introduction and he hasn't introduced any of the problems of the book, he hasn't really gotten very direct in terms of what he wants to say, He just generally is saying - I'm praying for you, here is my petition that you would know God's truth. That's the beginning.
People say sometimes to me - Why is it that all you ever do is teach the Bible? Why is it that your sermons are always so doctrinal? Because you can't live unless you know the principles, right? You have to know the absolutes. And if I believe that God is supreme and if I believe that God's Word is authoritative and if I believe that that authoritative Word is the basis of all behavior, then my job is to make sure you understand that Word.
Now, notice what he says. Let's go back and look at verse 9: "I'm praying for you and I desire that you might be filled," remember that word? It means total control; we went into it last time we studied, two weeks ago now. Total control. I want you to be totally controlled with the knowledge, epignosis, deep thorough knowledge. I want you to be totally dominated, not by a superficial understanding but by deep knowledge. Knowledge of what? "Of His will." And what did we say that was? His self-revelation right here of His absolutes, of His standards.
And then we talked about this, remember? Look at the next response in verse9: "That you be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Now that takes it two more steps. First is to know and then we said wisdom and understanding are added to that. Wisdom is to principlize and understanding is to apply. So, first you know, then you make a principle out of it and then you apply it, and then comes the action. Oh, that's a beautiful concept. Listen, to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom ... let's stop there.
Now, I say - All right, John, the objective for me as a Christian then is to get into this Bible and learn it. That's right. Get that deep knowledge. But, that deep knowledge should become wisdom. What is wisdom? That's turning all of that information into a principle that can be applied to life. Whenever I'm at a pastors' conference and people ask me what I attempt to do when I preach. I say - I have one thing in mind and that is to take a passage and draw a principle out of it. I call it principlizing the Bible, systematically drawing truth out of a section and making a principle out of it. This is so important.
Let me just pick some random Scriptures to show you how you do this because you can do it and you have to do it in your life. Turn to I Thessalonians 2:8, and I haven't particularly studied this, I just want to show you how I would approach ... I Thessalonians 2:8, and I'll show you how you would hear this information, you would get this knowledge and turn it into a principle, and this is really what you ought to do in your Bible study. When you come down and you're studying a chapter, take a verse and draw out of that verse a principle and write it down, and you've got a principle. This is the way to go. Now, look at verse 8, 1 Thessalonians 2:8 "So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you not the gospel of God only," listen to this, "but also our own souls because you were dear unto us." You say - Isn't that nice knowledge? Oh, it's terrific. What kind of knowledge is it? Paul loved the people he ministered to, right? We were affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to impart unto you not the gospel of God only but our own souls because you were dear to us. What great information this is - Paul loved the people he ministered to.
What's the principle? Pretty obvious, isn't it? You ought to ... what?...not just give the gospel but...what? ...give yourself. What did Mary say when she gave her testimony? The first thing you have to do is make a ... what?...a friend. You have to give your soul before you can give your message.
Now, you see, there's a principle. You see, first came the knowledge, then came the principle. You say - What's the third step? That's spiritual understanding. You say - What's that? That's to say - All right, that verse tells me that Paul not only preached the gospel but he loved the people. Now, I'll make a principle out of that. I ought not only to preach the gospel but to love the people. Now, I'll make an application out of that. Instead of just leaning over the fence to my neighbor and giving him the gospel, I think I'll invite him to dinner. Now that's spiritual understanding. You've taken it from knowledge, you've principlized it and you've made it something that can apply. Then you carry out the action.
Now, in case you don't understand it, let's look at Matthew 23 and maybe another illustration will help it even come more clear because this is so basic, people, that if you just learn this little handle on Bible study it will revolutionize your understanding of Scripture. Matthew 23:37, sometimes you're going to need a commentary and some other things and maybe you're going to need the help of somebody who's a Bible student to get you to that principle, but this is the approach. All right, Matthew 23:37, this is just another one I just picked at random, no reason at all. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent unto thee, how oft would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings and you would not. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate."
Now, you read that andyou say - Oh, that's interesting. Let me look at that a little bit. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem," this is Jesus lamenting over Jerusalem. "You that killed the prophets," and historically, you know, so many of the prophets had been killed by rejecters, even in the land of Israel. And they had stoned those sent to them. And how often God wanted to pull them all together under His wings and they wouldn't do it and He says - All right, your house is left desolate. You know that Israel paid a high price for the rejection of God? That's knowledge. Now you say - What's the principle there? Oh, listen, the principle is obvious. God judges those who reject Him, right? That's the principle. God judges those who reject Him. Now you've got a bottom line absolute.
You say - But what's the spiritual understanding or the application? I will not reject Him... that's the application. And I don't want my friends to reject Him. And do you see how you're simply assimilating knowledge, translating it into a principle and making an application of the principle. That's going from knowledge to wisdom to spiritual understanding.
Let me show you another one, Mark 6:52, you'll get this now probably, Mark 6:52. Jesus walks on the water and that isn't something that happens all the time, the disciples were a little shook about it. And verse 52, I love this, it says: "They considered not the miracle of the loaves for their heart was hardened." Do you know how long it's been since the feeding of the 5,000? One column in my Bible. That's all. You say - Theyforgot already and that was yesterday? This is the night of that very.... Oh, He's walking on water, fantastic. What's such a big shock, did you forget He just fed 5,000 men with five loaves and two fish? They had forgotten for their heart was hardened. He's ... the knowledge tells us the story. Yeah, Jesus walked on the water and they were shocked. They shouldn't have been shocked, but they were because they had forgotten the miracle just the day before.
You say - What's the principle? Oh, what the principle is? Hard hearts come from forgetful minds, right? Hard hearts come from forgetful minds. What's the application? I will strive to remember what God has done. You see? It's a simple little thing that takes the thing from just words on a page to something in my life.
Now you say - Well, how do you make it work? It looks so easy for you. I'll tell you how; study to show yourself approved ... study. Now, let me give you a hint. Sometimes, and the passages I've given you now have been just kind of stories, and all you had there was just the knowledge, you didn't have the principle and you didn't have the application, but in some passages you get all three already done for you? That's right. And those are terrific. Some passages you get two of them. For example, there are some where you get knowledge and the principle. Look at Philippians 2...Philippians 2:2. Now, here comes ... here comes just this basic theological fact, verse 2: "Be like-minded." Okay? "Have the same love," that means to love everybody the same. "Be of one accord, be of one mind." Yeah, that's knowledge, that's a good theological truth. Yeah, you see, that's already a principle, isn't it? You don't need to say - What's the principle there? The principle there is unity, love. You say - Well, what's the application? Oh, that's given too. Look at verse 3; you know how to apply this principle? "Let nothing be done through strife or pride, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves."
Look, there you have everything. You don't even need to do anything but stand up and preach that. It's all there. See, in some passages you're going to have the truth and the principle and the application all laid out for you.
In I John, let me show you another one, I John chapter 3 verse 16: "By this perceive we the love of God because He laid down His life for us." Stop there. Now, there's knowledge. Oh, God laid His down His life for us - boy, that's terrific ... terrific. Now, look at verse 18, now here's the principle, you've just heard the knowledge, here's the principle, 'My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue but in ... what?... deed and truth." Now, God loved that way and you know, we didn't have to look for that principle, John gave it to us. You say - What's the application? Back to verse 16: "We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Whosoever has this world's goods and sees his brothers have need and shuts up his compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?" There you have everything. The knowledge, God loved and gave. The principle, so should you. The application, when you see your brother have a need, meet his need. All you have to do is go out and do it.
Now, in some places in the Bible you have to figure out the principle and the application. Some places you'll have the principle and not the application, and some places you'll have everything. But, beloved, that's what you're to do in your study of the Scripture. Find out what it means, what the principle is, how it applies, go do it. But it all begins, listen to me, it all begins with that bottom line of knowledge ... knowing the principles, knowing the absolutes. What is it that God is saying there?
So, Paul prays that we would be totally dominated by knowledge because knowledge alone controls behavior. Do you know that I believe that the main message for life, the main message for life for the Christian is to know God's truth. I believe that. To know it. Do you know that the longest chapter in the Bible, now there must be a reason that it's the longest, what is it? What's the longest chapter? Psalm 119. The longest chapter in the Bible, I think it has a hundred and seventy-five verses, a hundred and what? Seventy-six? Okay. Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible and you know what it's about? Knowing God's truth.That's what it's about. I think there's only two and maybe three, at the most, verses out of a hundred and seventy-six that don't talk about God's absolutes. It uses the words statutes, laws, ordinances, commands, or word; it's all talking about God's absolutes. The longest chapter in the Bible is dominated by that idea.
So, right behavior is based on right knowledge. To give you a negative illustration, look at Malachi and we're going to get back to Colossians in a minute. Malachi, chapter 2, verse 7, there was a lot of problems in Israel at this point; we won't go into all of the background, but back in Leviticus 10, the priests were told originally, when it all began, they had one purpose. And that was to impart God's knowledge. Leviticus 10:11 says that. But here it says in Malachi 2:7 "For the priest's lips," listen, "should keep ... what?...knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth." In other words, the priest should be somebody who puts out God's truth and the rest of the people should seek God's truth out of his mouth for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts, but you are departed out of the way, you have caused many to stumble at the law, you have corrupted the covenant of Levi. You have prostituted the priesthood, is what he says.
You see, the priests had one function ... open his mouth and let God speak ... keeping law and knowledge at his mouth. Beloved, we have to know the principles. I'm telling you we have to know them. You know what it says in James 1:21? Really interesting, listen: "Wherefore put away all filthiness and all overflowing of wickedness, all sin and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your lives." What in the world is he saying? Well, I believe one thing he's saying there is that a Christian who doesn't know the Word of God, who doesn't know the principles is going to find himself caught in all kinds of sin and could end up losing his life, right? Ananias and Sapphira, I Corinthians 11, 1 John 5, a sin unto death ... we've got to know the truth, people. We've got to know those absolutes.
Now, all of that leads us to verses 10 and 11, believe it or not. When you know God's truth and you know God's principles and you have turned them into applicable realities, there's going to be super results and here they come. The five, listen to this, the five benefits of applied knowledge, knowledge in action. Verse 10 is what they call in Greek a purpose clause, a hina clause, in order that. When you are filled with knowledge, when that knowledge is turned into a principle, when that principle is turned into something applicable, in order that ... here are the results, these are purposes or results. Five benefits are going to happen in your life, five fantastic things are going to take place in your life when you've got a grip on God's absolutes.
Number one, you will walk worthy unto the Lord unto all pleasing. Stop right there. You'll walk worthy of the Lord. Boy, that is such an important biblical concept. Do you know what it means to walk in the Bible? What does that mean? It means daily conduct, doesn't it? It's a picture of daily conduct. It's a picture of living day to day. All right, there's a third thing in Colossians, and we're again skipping some things for time, but a third thing, and he says: "If you're filled with all the knowledge, you're going to walk worthy, you're going to be fruitful," and third, "you're going to grow." Look at it: "And increasing..." notice, "by..." In the Greek we would say that's an instrumental case rather than a locative case, for you that are technicians. "And growing by the knowledge of God." What does growing mean? Maturing.
You say - John, what is maturing mean? Okay, I'll tell you very simply. Ephesians 4 says that the objective of a Christian is to come to the fullness of the stature of...whom?...Christ. Right? Ephesians 4:13. The goal of the Christian is to come to the full stature of Christ. The process of going from where I am to there is... what?...growth...growth. You say -What's going to make me grow, John? I'll tell you what. Growing by the ... what?...knowledge of God. The knowledge of God and His truth and His will and His principles is the key to maturity. Listen to this, as babes or babies desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow. What's going to make you grow? God's Word, God's truth, that's your milk, that's your sustenance.
Now, growth is a critical emphasis in the New Testament. And we are to grow to be like Jesus Christ. But the key to this whole thing is knowledge ... it's food that's nourishment. So, what are we seeing here? Walking worthy, living up to my position so that the Lord is pleased... I want to please Him...being fruitful so that others are blessed. Growing so that I am becoming more like Christ - are all results of ... what? ... knowledge.
There's more. Fourth, verse 11: "Strengthened with all might according to His glorious power." There's another thing that's going to happen. From the knowledge of God's principles, that ... and I mean by that, practical knowledge, applicable knowledge, from the knowledge of God's principles, you're going to find that you're strengthened. Wow! Listen, strengthened with a little bit of power. Is that what it says? All might according to His glorious power. And you say - That's...that's unbelievable. You mean, I can actually be strengthened by divine power? The word strengthen is a present participle which means it has continuous action. It doesn't mean that when you get saved God sort of gives you an initial blast-off and says - Good luck, you know. Well, when you're saved God just begins what for all of your life is a sustaining power, you will be continually being strengthened with all might according to ... what kind of power?...His glorious power. Glorious means the...the manifold manifestation of God's character. His power. This is the work of the Spirit, you know.
In Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 16, just to give you a comparative text, it says: "That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit." When you became a Christian the Spirit of God came in you and Jesus even said, "You shall receive power after ... what? ... Acts 1:8 ... the Holy Spirit comes upon you." So, the Spirit of God is there and we are strengthened, but the more we know about His Word, the more we yield to His Word, the more we principlize and apply His Word, the stronger we become. Boy, that's exciting.
In II Corinthians 4, Phillips' translation says this: "We are handicapped on all sides, but we are never frustrated. We are puzzled but never in despair.We are persecuted but we never have to stand it alone, we may be knocked down but we've never been knocked out. Every daywe experience something of the death of the Lord Jesus so that we also know the power of the life of Jesus in these bodies of ours. This is the reason we never collapse. The outward man does indeed suffer wear and tear, but every day the inner man receives fresh strength." Second Corinthians 4.
Yes, as we study the Word of God, as we feed on the Word of God, God pumps into us strength, power and energy. Yes, that's His promise. And what a promise it is.
So, walking worthy, being fruitful, growing, being strengthened, all result from true spiritual knowledge. There's one more...enduring, enduring, verse 11: "Unto all patience, or endurance, and long-suffering with joyfulness." Knowledge gives endurance.
Remember what we talked about this morning? What is the thing that helps you endure the trial? It's the knowledge of God's ... what?...promises. You know, when I get into a trial, I say - Hey, I know what You're doing, God, because I know You're Word well enough, You said this was going to come. And You're trying to do a perfect work in me, according to James 1, and that's neat. And I know Your promise that You're faithful and You'll never let me be tempted above that which I am able but will always make the way out. Thank You, God.
You see, it is the knowledge of His Word, listen to me, the knowledge of His character, the knowledge of His promises and the knowledge of His purposes that makes me endure anything because God is perfecting me. Look at Paul, he says - I know in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to abound. I know how to be abased. I don't worry about it. If somebody beats me up or punishes me or throws me in jail, that's terrific. Because God is working.
You say - Paul, where did you ever ... how can you handle things like that? Why, I know God. Yeah, and I know His purposes and I know His promises.
You remember Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego on the edge of the fiery furnace? Remember, we discussed that? And the king says You're going in there. And they said - Our God will deliver us. That's fine. And if He doesn't, that's okay too.
You say - That's incredible. No, you see, the reason they could say that was because they knew God, they knew His promises and they knew His purposes. That's what it takes and that's endurance.
So, the result - you're going to have all patience, all...and patience means deliberate endurance, and you're going to have longsuffering, and that's kind of the attitude that goes with it. Kind of an attitude of acceptance. Those words are really synonyms and just maybe there's a shade of difference in their meaning, maybe one has more to do with the actual endurance and one more to do with the attitude, I don't know, but ... but whatever it means, look at the end of it, whether you're enduring with patience or long-suffering, the key to the thing is joyfulness. You see, without that the other two would be very cold, it isn't the stoical endurance - God is testing me and I will endure ... Ahhhh.... pain. It's not that. It's...isn't this great, what God'sdoing? You know what it's doing? It's being in the Philippian jail and...what?...singing. You say - What were they singing? I don't know what they were singing, some kind of praise. They weren't singing, "Oh, Lord, we'll soon be done with troubles of the world," see, no. They were just praising and having a terrific time. You say - How do you know that? Because that jailer wouldn't have come running in there and want them to tell him what they knew if they hadn't been happy. Wouldn't you like to experience in every trial a joyful endurance, wouldn't that be terrific? You know how you can? If you know God and you know His purposes and you know His promises, you can because you know what He's doing. Joyfulness...Oh, it's exciting. I
Listen, beloved, Paul prays - I just want you to know God's truth, that's the bottom line of absolutes. And once you know all that, the behavior is just going to come right out of it. You're going to walk worthy, exciting, unto all pleasing. You're going to be fruitful in every good work. You're going to grow. You're going to be strengthened and you're going to endure anything with joy. I don't know about you but that sounds like really living, doesn't it? Man, that sounds like living.
You say - How do you get there, John? How do you get that kind of life? Hmmph. Be filled with the knowledge of His will; make principles and apply them and live them. Let's pray.
It's been good, Lord, to be together tonight. Boy, our hearts are just so full. We just ... we thank You for just everything tonight. Everyone sharing and just being together and touching somebody next to us and just the way Your Holy Spirit has made us rejoice, it's been good. We thank You, Father, for how You give us just what we need and how You make it accessible to us. Teach us how to study the Scripture. Teach us how to study it so that we can really get the most out of it, so that we can dig into it and learn Your absolutes so that we know how You want us to behave for maximum blessing. That we might just be the kind of people who could experience that walking worthy unto all pleasing, that being filled with every ... every good work, being fruitful and all those other things that You want to do in us, bringing growth and strength and endurance. Oh, Lord, we really want to experience those things and so send us to Your book. Help us to make it our very breath. May we feed on it that we may know the fullness of all that You've ever intended for us. Lord, we'll just thank You for bringing us together tonight and ask that all that's been done tonight might never know an end cause it's going to effect our lives as we go out of here and we're going to effect lives and that's going to go on like eternal ripples. And may this night be a catalyst for the rest of history. Thank You for this sweet fellowship in Jesus I name. Amen.
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1. The Fall of Gondolin
J. R. R. Tolkien
Thousands of years before the events of
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2. Texas Ranger
James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle
Rory Yates's job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife.
3. The President is Missing
Bill Clinton and James Patterson
President Jonathan Duncan takes on adversaries at home and abroad.
4. The Outsider
Stephen King
A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy's body is found.
5. Tailspin
Sandra Brown
A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia.
6. Pieces of Her
Karin Slaughter
When a violent incident reveals her mother's secret past, Andrea Oliver searches for clues to save her.
7. Circe
Madeline Miller
Zeus banishes Helios' daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with gods or mortals.
8. Stygian: A Dark-Hunter Novel
Sherrilyn Kenyon
The 29th book in the Dark-Hunter series. A trained slayer forms alliances with enemies.
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Lisa Wingate
A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.
10. There There
Tommy Orange
A multigenerational story exploring the plight of the urban Native American.
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Ilona Andrews
The 10th book in the Kate Daniels series. After starting a family with a former Beast Lord, Kate faces the threat of war from an ancient enemy.
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A. J. Finn
A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.
13. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and assassin, fights the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.
15. Feared
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Mary DiNunzio and Bennie Rosato must solve a murder and handle a reverse sex discrimination suit against their firm.
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Wheat prices have been going up like a stampede of cattle. The question is: "Can the cowboys circle the herd or is there a cliff up ahead?" An analyst warned that, "prices tend to go up on a staircase and down the elevator shaft." I added, especially if the price rally is mostly caused by another commodity.
On June 13, Oklahoma and Texas cash wheat prices bottomed out. For many elevators, the low price was near $6 a bushel. Fifteen market days later, Oklahoma and Texas cash wheat prices were near $8.
In 13 trading days, the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) September wheat contract price increased $1.78.The KCBT December wheat contract price increased $1.71. These price increases have happened with little change in the wheat supply and demand situation.
In the June 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, the USDA lowered the wheat 2012/13 marketing-year ending stocks from 735 million bushels to 694 million bushels. Ending stocks were estimated to be 728 million bushels in 2011/12 and the five-year average is 710 million bushels.
From the May to June WASDE reports, world wheat ending stocks were lowered from 6.91 billion bushels to 6.83 billion bushels. World wheat ending stocks were 7.2 billion bushels in 2011/12 and the five-year average is 6.51 billion bushels.
The U.S. wheat stocks-to-use ratio was lowered from 30.7 percent in May to 29.1 percent in June. The 2011/12 stocks-to-use ratio was 32.3 percent and the five-year average is 29.1 percent.
From May to June, the world stocks-to-use ratio was lowered from 27.4 percent to 27.2 percent. The 2011/12 world stocks-to-use ratio was 28.1 percent and the five-year average is 27.1 percent.
Ukraine and Russia are now harvesting their 2012 wheat crop. Reports indicate that, as expected, yields are about 40 percent less than last year.
Reports indicate that Argentina's planted wheat acres may be 20 percent less than last year and some analysts lowered their U.S. spring wheat production estimates.
The five-year average Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle cash wheat price is about $6.05. With U.S. ending stocks slightly less than and the stocks-to-use ratio equal to the five-year averages, it is difficult to justify $8 wheat.
In the last 13 trading days, the Chicago Board of Trade December contract corn price has increased from $5.06 to $7.08. Based on projected corn production, use and ending stocks, Allendale, Inc. estimated that the CBT December corn contract price would peak at about $7.25.
In the June WASDE, corn production was estimated to be 14.79 billion bushels. This estimate was based on 166 bushels per acre and 89.1 million harvested acres.
Because of hot dry weather, projected corn yields have been lowered. Using 154 bushels per acre and 89.1 million harvested, production would be 13.72 billion bushels.
Using USDA's corn marketing-year corn use and exports, 2012/13 corn ending stocks would decline from June's 1.88 billion-bushel estimate to 810 million bushels. Ending stocks below 850 million bushels justifies current corn prices.
Historically, in short crop years corn prices peak in late August or early September. When corn prices peak, wheat prices will probably peak. The wheat marketing-year wheat prices trend is normally set in late August and/or early September.
Producers must have a marketing plan. Slight modifications are acceptable. If the plan was to sell in one-third increments and one-third has been sold, consider selling a small percentage of the remaining wheat on this rally.
If you need $8 wheat to make ends meet, sell a higher percentage. As seen over the last three weeks, situations and prices change rapidly.


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I'm coming to hate FF 57.0, mainly the tab handling. Time to look for an alternative. Meanwhile, I don't see the touted speed/performance improvement, but see lots of dancing dots that blame the respective web sites for slowing things down
Update finished and I went to use my Dell USB-C dongle (provides Ethernet, HDMI and a regular USB port) and now that's broken. We have a USB driver problem - Windows now doesn't recognize the device.
Tom - interesting that Opera is so much faster, now you've piqued my interest.
V7 Bookmarks seems to do what I needed.
I'd like to be a fly on the wall listening to the Mozilla developers chat about their dud.
Will they know who defected to other browsers?
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Yes, They've Clinched, But I Still Don't Like It When They Lose
As I predicted in my last post, the Phillies did indeed clinch the NL East over the weekend, prior to my attending of Monday night's game against the Cardinals. By the looks of things during the game, you would have thought they were still hung over two days after the celebration.
It's not that they didn't have baserunners all night; in fact, they had the bases loaded in the bottom of the third with one out, but both Raul Ibanez and Placido Polanco struck out to eliminate any threat of scoring.
Then, after lulling the crowd into a semi-stupor, the Phils mounted just enough of a comeback in the bottom of the ninth to get our hopes up, only to fall just short of victory (or at least tying the game). Deja vu, this kind of thing happened the last time I was here, on August 26!
Bottom line, Phils lose, 4-3. Bleh!
A few Random Thoughts occurred to me during the game:
- of the four games I've attended this season (a pitiful stat in itself), the Phils are 1-3. The only time they won was when I didn't have my camera with me, due to rain. Probably just coincidence, but still annoying that my camera seems to bring bad luck.
- I am never so fortunate as to have a small child seated in front of me; rather, they tend to be taller than average adults (sometimes excessively so).
- Unlike me, most people seem to be incapable of sitting in their seat for the duration of the game. These people will inevitably step in front of me at the very moment I'm trying to take a picture.
- With the exception of the people seated in front of me. They never move.
But the evening was not without some pluses. For one thing, I was able to satisfy my desire for more bobbleheads (yeah, I'm a sucker for them).
Due to an apparent surplus of Placido Polanco bobbleheads, one was given away free with each 2011 Phillies Yearbook purchased. Wouldn't you know, I had gotten a yearbook last time. After some thought, I decided I'd probably be willing to pay 10 bucks for a bobblehead anyway, so I bought it. I now have a brand new 2011 yearbook for sale, a $10 value, half price if anyone's interested. 🙂
But enough of my ranting and raving. Forthwith, my photos from the game.
Update: Phinally! The Phils beat the Mets yesterday to break an eight game (!) losing streak.
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Ahhhhh, this is living, a few new magazines, reading glasses and a cell phone:
Photostyling doesn't take vacations. Check out the perfectly aligned monograms on the towels and the trendy LL Bean beach bag:
Over worked Husband doesn't know how to relax. Get off the cell phone and go get your legs tanned!!!
At least you don't have to pace up and down the beach. Show off:
Ok, enough of the beach, time for shopping. For years, there has been only one store on the Island worth shopping at. This year, I was very pleasantly surprised to walk into a new store, Park 100, that was actually worth shopping. Check out these darling hot pink and green pillows and throws:
Park 100 is an interior design shop that caters to all the condominium owners on the island. Very Palm Beach-y decor:
Check out this display and veddy fashionable lamp:
And one more table with jewelery and accessories. Very cute store, all in all.
Next, I head over to the old standby, design wise, Isla/Rica. Two stores under one roof, very chic, urban clothes at Isla, and Flax type linen clothes at Rica. Both stores are for sale, in case you are looking to own a laid back business in a laid back beach town. Here's the outside of Isla/Rica - all painted up in eye catching colors:Dainty Lewis, the owner, accessories her stores with shabby chic type antiques. It's all very charming and original.
Outside, next to the store, the owners built this wonderful home. Not sure if the house is also for sale, but it probably could be for the right price.
And, finally, how do you keep a lonely 16 year old teenager happy at the beach? Why, have her picture taken professionally, of course. Except, this "professional" photographer gave us her Myspace address which advertises her Slovakian punk rock band! I kid you not. Actually, the pictures came out rather good, much more artistic than I expected:


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The Detroit Auto Show is the American car industry's most important display, meaning that when they're going downhill the show cars follow. Here are the ten worst cars ever to drop a sheet in the D.
10.) Plymouth Voyager III (1990)
I thought that question was for the worst concept. That thing is so 80's retro-future awesome. I would absolutely roll a 6 wheeled Lumina. I think that the next big custom trend will be a modernized 80's vibe.
Good point. The Voyager III was sort of funky. Then again, you couldn't get away from the fact that it was never going to happen, and what Chrysler was actually going to sell you was the Eagle Optima.
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9.) Pontiac Aztek (1999)
The photo says it all. The on-stage reveal was supposed to look like an Gen X'er party. "It's the Versatility, Baby!" said no "active lifestyle" Gen-X'er ever. I love how another is holding the sign that says "185hp" as well. Out of a 3.4L V6 that dated back to 1980. Like that was something to brag about rather than be ashamed of.
Yes, the Aztek was practical. But it was monumentally ugly, cheaply made, poorly built, underpowered, and overpriced. The much nicer Buick Rendezvous that was based on it had a lower base price.
GM spent $40M on the ad budget for the Aztek, they were so confident in its success. After just 4 months, there was a massive glut of them on lots, and a great many of them were being demo'd to GM corporate employees to take pressure off mounting inventories.
It was a disaster for GM.
It was a disaster for mankind.
Suggested By: N2Skylark, Photo Credit: NAIAS
8.) Lincoln Blackwood (1999)
Hello über-overpriced Ford F-Series truck.
Want one in blue with a tan interior? Well too bad.
Also, I hope you like chrome bed slats.
Oh, you want 4 wheel drive? Tough titties!
Well, at least the Mark LT was better.
Suggested By: OneFastPuertoRican, Photo Credit: AP Photo/Nick Ut
7.) Chevrolet Monte-Carlo (1994)
There was an issue with the name. carcrasher88:
Nice car, being essentially a Lumina coupe, but was nowhere near worthy of the Monte Carlo name. Should have just been called Lumina Coupe.
They just made a big deal about the rebirth of an icon. Not sure anyone ever considered the Monte as an icon...
My X-type is too a real Jaguar:
My bother-in-law did, he owned 4 of them the Ace Ventura model, an 80s SS, a late 70s "Luxury" edition, and a mid 70s behemoth.
Him and GM.
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6.) Geely 7151 CK (2006)
Dear Geely!
Less of that, more of this!
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5.) Chevrolet SSR (2000)
Retro design, retro power.
We can do retro too, guys! It even has a retro 0-60 time of 8 seconds!
In fairness, to be truly retro you would have to be slow, right? Grandpa never had a car that went 0-60 in 5 seconds.
In fairness, it was ridiculous, but not in a good way.
Suggested By: Collin Woodard, Photo Credit: Getty Images
4.) Chrysler Imperial (2006)
Some say it was the car of the show, others that this weird Phantom copy was the wrong car at the wrong time.
reverberocket is nipping the apex:
It looks big, but was it really?
"...the Imperial, mounted on a 123-inch wheelbase, is 17 inches longer and six inches higher than a 300 sedan. The roof was pulled rearward to enlarge the cabin as well as to create the luxury of length in side view. Most importantly, passengers sit nearly seven inches higher. Combined with the higher hood and deck and the large 22-inch aluminum wheels..."
In 2006. Right.
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3.) Buick Signia (1998)
It was a badly proportioned crossover with infrared sensors in its bumper.
GM liked it so much that it ended up floundering on the back lot of the GM Heritage Center...
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2.) Jeep Renegade (2006)
Jeep keeps promising, but never delivers.
A. It looked like Hello Kitty barfed up a Jeep.
B. Diesel Hybird! So cooooool! I'm sure six years later we have that drivetrain in, I don't know, your whole lineup?!
Suggested By: Pcleez, Photo Credit: AP Images
1.) Chevrolet Citation (1980)
What do I get?
Your price is that you don't get a Citation. That should cover it.
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martin wrote:ok. taken and eaten. off to analyzing games and 'defending' nelson wherever i feel there's enough data for that.
as for me, i see this team playing much better lately (except the stinker in portland) and if not 'one injury per game rate' i think we'd be seeing much better basketball every game. in the end, that's the only thing that matters to me.
(and of course, some arguments, even fierce ones, as well )
as great heraclitus the dark said: 'truth is born in argument'
Good good bud..........hey, you know I love my "arguments" and discussions about stuff...........but this subject is just not one that I see COULD be argued.
Hang on a sec.........indulge me a little then if you will:
Take out the injury excuse, because the issues I have with Nelson are irrespective of that...........can you please reason and answer (cuz I respect your opinion and ability to reason) the biggest issue I have with Nelson =
His rotations and situational lineups that repeatedly fail and repeatedly lose us games...........moreover, you say we lose and are so bad because of the injuries, well what about Dallas with 6 players? Portland? what about all the other games weve played and either won and been close in with 6-8 players?
Thats why I dont go with the injuries excuse...........f*ck, Id LOVE an excuse for how bad we are!!! but I just dont seen that being it when there are soooooo many games that have been winnable had it not been for Nelson's subsition patterns (Remember the Hornets game in Nawlins? Nelson's defensive line-up for when Paul hit the go ahead jumper?)
Let me just see what the argument/excuse is for that?
xbay wrote:Wow, talking about sneaking YOUR OWN thread from a year and a half ago back into the mix.
Had to do it man!...........as Rob said a few posts and years back, this is "The Sanctuary" thread.


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HOUSTON - Erik Bedard pitched six effective innings and the Houston Astros used a four-run fourth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3, on Wednesday night.
Bedard (3-3) allowed seven hits and walked one, but limited St. Louis to three runs. Three relievers then combined to pitch two hitless innings before Jose Veras worked the ninth for his 16th save.
Veras yielded a one-out single to Jon Jay and then walked Matt Adams, but pinch hitter Daniel Descalso struck out and Matt Carpenter flied out to end the game.
Allen Craig homered for the second straight night and Yadier Molina had a two-run shot for the Cardinals, who lost for the fourth time in five games. They dropped into a tie with surging Pittsburgh for the lead in the NL Central.
Lance Lynn (10-2) allowed five hits and four runs, walked four and struck out four over 7? innings for his first loss in four career starts in Houston.
Molina and Craig helped the Cardinals get off to a nice start. Molina followed Carpenter's leadoff single with a drive to the Crawford Boxes in left field for his sixth homer. Craig had a leadoff drive in the fourth that bounced off the lights atop the wall in left field, extending the lead to 3-0.
But Houston responded in the bottom half. Jose Altuve and Jason Castro got it started with back-to-back singles for the Astros' first hits of the game. Lynn then walked Chris Carter on four pitches to load the bases before sending a run home when he also walked Carlos Pena on four pitches.
Castro came home when J.D. Martinez grounded into a fielder's choice, and Brett Wallace then hit a tying RBI single. After another fielder's choice, Brandon Barnes singled in Wallace to give Houston the lead for good.
The Astros threatened again in the fifth, putting two runners on with two out, but Lynn retired Martinez to end the inning. That was the first of eight straight batters retired by Lynn
Josh Fields retired the first two St. Louis batters in the seventh before left-hander Wesley Wright came in and struck out Carpenter.
Jose Cisnero faced the heart of the Cardinals' order in the eighth. He got Molina on a groundout before walking Carlos Beltran. Cisnero then struck out Craig and Matt Holliday to finish the inning.
NOTES: Molina played first base for the second time in his career and the first since 2008. Manager Mike Matheny said Molina could "probably play just about anywhere on the infield." He said playing him at first base is a good way to give his legs a rest. "He's caught more innings than any other catcher," Matheny said. "His body has been able to handle it so far, but it's going to be a tough task. We're not trying to set any records here, we're just reading his body and days like this are going to be able to keep one of the top bats in baseball in the lineup while not beating him up behind the plate." ... Both teams are off Thursday. Houston then begins a series with the Angels and St. Louis starts one at Oakland. ... The Cardinals activated RHP Fernando Salas (right shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Memphis. ... Houston RF Justin Maxwell was meeting with a specialist on Wednesday after he got a mild concussion when he banged his head on the ground while attempting to make a diving catch. Manager Bo Porter said they'll know more about when Maxwell can return after he is examined, but said there was no way he would be available on Wednesday. ... Houston RHP Ross Seaton cleared waivers and was outrighted to Double-A Corpus Christi. LHP Wade LeBlanc also cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Oklahoma City.


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This past weekend, we checked out GC6F8A, Super Duper Underwater Hydro Cache 2.0. Unfortunately it turned out to be a DNF but based on the hint and past posts, we believe that the cache just didn't make it through the past winter (it hadn't been found since last summer).
This got me thinking about underwater caches in general. Has anyone done any in the past or know of any in the state of Maine or NH? I'd love to be able to actually log a find on one.
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It's a big weekend for composer John Williams. Not only is he conducting his annual concert at the Hollywood Bowl -- "John Williams: Maestro of the Movies," Friday and Saturday evenings with special guest narrator Julie Andrews -- the Hollywood Museum is also opening a new exhibit featuring costumes, props, posters and photos from the blockbusters and classics for which he's composed, including "Jurassic Park," "Superman" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
Williams, 81, has received 48 Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar five times: for "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971), "Jaws" (1975), "Star Wars" (1977), "E.T." (1982) and "Schindler's List" (1993).
"John Williams is considered one of the greatest film composers of all time, with a career spanning more than six decades," said Donelle Dadigan, president and founder of the Hollywood Museum.
PHOTOS: Billion-dollar movie club
Dadigan also is the president and founder of the Jose Iturbi Foundation, which is sponsoring the Bowl concerts.
"This is a wonderful collaboration of two nonprofits in Hollywood -- the Hollywood Museum, which is dedicated to showcasing Hollywood legends, and the Jose Iturbi Foundation, dedicated to 'popularizing classic music one note at a time' for public benefit," Dadigan said. "We are proud to spotlight his legendary movies with this special exhibit."
The exhibit will continue until the end of the year.
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Bishop and pastor statement on City of Praise ruling | News
(WUSA9) -- City of Praise Family Ministries' Bishop Joel Peebles & Pastor Ylawnda Peebles issued a response on Friday to the Prince George's County Circuit Court Ruling. It read:
"We are pleased with today's ruling that requires the defendants to comply with the court ordered depositions on the case. We are confidant that our case has merit and will continue to pursue justice, as we exercise the next step within the legal system. Meantime, we shall focus on the opportunities of the future, including reconciliation, continuing the primary mission of this church to heal families and communities, and bringing about positive change."
Friday, a hearing was scheduled for six members of Jericho City of Praise to resolve their refusal to attend depositions. We are told that the six were assistants to church co-founder Apostle Betty Peebles before her death in October 2010. Those six people fired her son, Pastor Joel Peebles, in April 2012, claiming to be the board of trustees of the church. The board of trustees said, in part, that Pastor Peebles' firing "...was necessary to protect Jericho and move forward, while remaining in compliance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)3 religious organizations."
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Catch up on all of the area action in the regular-season finales.
Seeding Saturday
The N.C. High School Athletic Association expects to release the playoff brackets by 4 p.m. Saturday on its website at www.nchsaa.org. Coaches and school administrators have until 5 p.m. to report corrections. The brackets will then be updated.
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South Point 42, Crest 24
South Point wins battle of ranked teams for Big South title
Ashbrook 35, Hunter Huss 31
Green Wave rings the bell again
Forestview 49, Kings Mountain 20
Jaguars get the jump on Kings Mountain
West Mecklenburg 79, East Gaston 8
West Meck defeats East Gaston
Lincolnton 37, West Lincoln 14
Harris leads Wolves past West Lincoln
East Lincoln 63, Cherryville 6
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North Lincoln 42, Bessemer City 6
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit September 29, 1010 against a Gulfport, Miss.-based industrial subcontractor, charging that the company violated federal law when it fired a female employee in retaliation for her complaint about sexual harassment.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed September 29, 2010 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division, Analytic Stress Relieving, Inc. (ASRI) terminated Ashley Maygar because she complained that another employee and acting supervisor engaged in offensive and unwanted sexually suggestive behavior in the workplace.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from employment discrimination because of their race, color, sex, religion or national origin, as well as retaliation for complaining about it. The EEOC filed the suit, (1:10-cv-00478-HSO -JMR), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement with Analytic Stress.
"Title VII ensures that an employee who believes she is the victim of sexual misconduct has a right to seek relief from the employer without retribution," said Delner Franklin-Thomas, district director for the EEOC's Birmingham District Office. "Without that protection, employees may feel forced to suffer in silence."
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Property Here - Thursday, April 04, 2013
A former Takapuna Grammar student, who migrated from Malaysia 12 years ago, has just completed one of this year's biggest commercial property deals.
King Khoo, 28, paid $71 million for Auckland Council's North Shore headquarters at 1-7 The Strand, a block up from Takapuna Beach, in a deal which also involved swapping a luxury Belmont mansion.
Mr Khoo also owns one of NZ's most luxurious apartments, the two-level penthouse in the 30-storey Sentinel tower in Takapuna.
He bought it two years ago for $5.2 million and has had it stripped out for a major refurbishment which associate James Kellow said was costing "a significant seven-figure sum".
Mr Kellow, director of New Zealand Mortgages & Securities, arranged the funding for the deal with the council.
From the Sentinel apartment - made famous when the America's Next Top Model television show filmed there - Mr Khoo can look out on his new investment as well as his old school.
He said he had lived near the Belmont mansion on Winscombe St when he was at Takapuna Grammar before he went to Auckland University, where he studied marketing and management.
After that he "mucked around" and invested in real estate.
Mr Khoo is living in rented accommodation until work on his penthouse finishes in about four months.
Three years ago, he bought one of New Zealand's most iconic houses, the Pip Cheshire-designed bunker-style mansion formerly owned by Richlisters Robin and Erica Congreve on the clifftop near the Takapuna Grammar fields.