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Stand Up and Be Counted
The Wilderness Wanderings of the Book of Numbers
To the Promised Land: A Fatal Attraction with Dissatisfaction –
Numbers 11-14
At the end of Numbers 10 the leading cloud of God had rose up over the Tabernacle (10:11), the people broke camp (10:12), and the wilderness journey was underway (10:13).
To review, the people had been prepared for the journey through the wilderness by being given certain instructions. The people were instructed so that they would know:
· Principle #1 – Know Who You Are - i.e. children of God (Numbers 1)
· Principle #2 – Know Where You Belong – i.e. in position to use their spiritual gift (Numbers 2)
· Principle #3 – Know Who You Belong To – to Aaron / to Jesus (Numbers 3)
· Principle #4 – Know How to Serve – i.e. obediently where you are instructed to serve (Numbers 4)
· Principle #5 – Know How to Be Separate – i.e. living holy (Numbers 5)
· Principle #6 – Know How to Be Devoted – i.e. like a Nazirite vow (Numbers 6)
· Principle #7 – Know How to Give to God – i.e. willingly with joy (Numbers 7)
· Principle #8 – Know Who Lights Your Way – i.e. God does; with His word (Numbers 8)
· Principle #9 – Know Who Goes With You – i.e. God does with His presence (Numbers 9)
· Principle #10 – Know to Be Ready to Go – i.e. alert to the sound of the trump of God (Numbers 10)
As they now moved toward the Promised Land they were to say:
· Numbers 10:35-36 - 35 So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: "Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." 36 And when it rested, he said: "Return, O Lord, To the many thousands of Israel."
But on the heels of these prayerful words came a crisis that would ultimately doom this entire generation of God's people. In Numbers 11-14 we are introduced to A Fatal Attraction to Dissatisfaction.
This condition that developed in the hearts of the people kept them from the Promised Land! This is a condition that is in all our hearts and can keep us from experiencing what God desires for us.
Why is Dissatisfaction Fatal?
11:1a Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; . . .
Dissatisfaction is fatal because it displeases God. And this displeasure is rooted in unbelief. If you can't trust God you can't please God. This is the testimony of scripture:
· Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (cf. also Heb. 3:7-19; Heb. 4; John 6:43; Phil. 2:14-16)
The word "complained" (אָנַן ˒ânan, aw-nan') means to mourn, murmur, complain. The younger sister of complaining is grumbling. It means to mull over one's situation and assess it as negative and then voice dissatisfaction. Complaining flows from wrong thinking and weak to no faith. It is the result of impatience and feeling that one is not getting what one feels they deserve. Complaining is a product of the sinful nature, the flesh (1 Cor. 10:10; Jude 16). Complaining therefore is an attack on God's character and nature as a Loving Provider for His people. This causes God great hurt and displeasure.
The word "displeased" (רַע ra˓, rah) literally means bad, wickedness, or evil. This doesn't' mean that evil was kindled in the heart of God in response to the complaints of His people. It means God saw and assessed the people's complaints as evil.
The Lord sees complaining as wicked and evil. When we look in scripture evil is associated with a number of things:
· Evil, if left unattended or not repented of it leads to a total corruption – Gen. 6:5f.
· Evil is the product of sinful decisions – Deut. 30:15
· Evil is the opposite of reverence for God – Job 1:1
· Evil is associated with harm – Psalm 23:4
· Evil is associated with immorality – Prov. 6:24
· Evil is the product of pride – Prov. 8:13
· Evil is a manifestation of rebellion against God – Prov. 17:11
· Evil is associated with rottenness – 2 Kings 2:19; 4:41; Jer. 24:8
These are all behaviors and conditions flowing from the sinful nature or flesh of humanity. It is no wonder the complaining of God's people displeased Him.
There are a number of places where this same root word for evil is used in connection with things the Lord will either allow or bring upon His people due to their sinful choices (Deut. 6:22; 28:59; Josh. 23:15). In such cases ra is seen as the just consequence of the sinful choices of people.
Nothing in Numbers 1-10 has prepared us for this development. Up to this point the people have promised obedience to God. And yet we see early on in their journey through the wilderness the people complain against the Lord.
Dissatisfaction is fatal because it questions God's sovereignty and lordship over our lives. God allows certain circumstances to enter our lives to discipline us (e.g. Heb. 12) and to build our character (James 1). To complain about our circumstances is to question God's wisdom and authority, His right to do His will I our life. When we complain it's as though we say, "I know better than You Lord and I don't like what You're doing!" (cf. Job 38).
11:1b . . . for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 So he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the Lord had burned among them.
Dissatisfaction brings God's judgment. It brings the fire of God and a plague (11:1, 3, 33-35). This plague may have been brought on by the people going from a bland manna diet to a quail meat diet.
Other examples of God's judgment coming on the dissatisfied are:
· Miriam's leprosy – 12:10
· Cut off from the Promised Land – 14:20-35
· Immediate death – 14:36-38
What Marks the Dissatisfied Person?
4 Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: "Who will give us meat to eat?
The dissatisfied person is unsure of who they are (11:4a). They were a "mixed multitude," those who tagged along for the journey when the Jews left Egypt. (Life in Egypt was tough for everyone who didn't belong to the upper class. These people tagged along for the ride in hopes that the grass was greener on the other side. They were in this journey for themselves. They weren't fully committed to the journey.
The dissatisfied person is controlled by their flesh. These people had "intense cravings." Their natural desires were ruling them. They reached a point where they lost control over their natural desires and it began to consume them and control their behavior.
Scripture tells us we can't live in our flesh and please God:
· Romans 8:6-7 - 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
For the fleshly person the natural desire of hunger become gluttony. The natural desire for security becomes dependence on and obsession with accumulating material things. Sex becomes adultery or immorality. A desire to be significant leads to abusive relationships and self-absorption.
5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!"
7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 8 The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil. 9 And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
The dissatisfied person is someone with selective memory. It says they were saying, "remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt." They remembered the food they ate but not the hard labor and slavery involved in getting the food. They remembered their boredom with the manna God provided but not the emptiness that the manna had filled.
10 Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased. 11 So Moses said to the Lord, "Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,' to the land which You swore to their fathers? 13 Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.' 14 I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!"
Dissatisfaction is fatal because it creates a distracting burden for God's leaders (11:4-15). Complaining is a hindrance to leadership. Complaining distracts leadership from the task or mission at hand. This is a device of the devil to get ministry and mission off track or bogged down. Complaints usually involve attention to peripheral or secondary issues which takes away from the prime focus and priority mission goal. Complaining hurts everyone in that it delays getting to God's desired destination while souring the state of affairs.
In Hebrews it states:
· Hebrews 13:7, 17 - Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. . . . 17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
This does not mean leadership should be followed with blind unquestioning allegiance. Leaders should be scrutinized through the lens of scripture. That should always be done and then the truth spoken in love (Eph. 4:15; cf. also Gal. 6:1). But fleshly complaining is unchristlike and of the flesh and to be avoided (e.g. Phil. 2:14-16).
16 So the Lord said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17 Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.
God's solution for leaders burdened with the complaints of the people they serve is threefold:
1. First, leaders are to lead in the power of the Spirit. Leadership needs the empowering and wisdom to lead that the Holy Spirit brings (Deut. 34:9; Isaiah 11:2; Eph. 1:17).
2. Second, leaders are to delegate authority and share the burden of leadership. The Lord's solution is to delegate authority to those who will join in leading in the Spirit (e.g. Acts 6:1-7). A good spiritual leader is someone able to delegate authority according to the leading of the Spirit.
3. Third, leaders can deal with complaints by entrusting them to the Lord. Moses took his burden to the Lord. Jesus says His burden is light and His yoke easy (Mat. 11:28-30). We need to lead in His strength not our own, even when complaints come (Zech. 4:6). We need to cast our burden on the Lord (Ps. 55:22).
18 Then you shall say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 20 but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised the Lord who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?" ' "
Dissatisfaction leads to soiling God's blessing. God head the complaint of the people and gave them what they wanted but added that what they complainingly asked for would become "loathsome" to them. The word "loathsome" (zârâ˒, zaw-raw') means disgusting. When we complain against the Lord and He gives us what we want there is a souring mixed into the relationship; we may receive materially, but we miss out spiritually. That requested and received without thanks lacks the blessing that comes from God.
21 And Moses said, "The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.' 22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?"
Dissatisfaction drains and stifles faith. Moses was so distracted and caught up in the complaints of the people and how God said He would deal with it that he lost sight of what God as able to do. This, even though God had performed incredible miracles through Moses. Complaining drains our faith and even the faith of those around us.
The Cure for Dissatisfaction
23 And the Lord said to Moses, "Has the Lord's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not."
The cure for this fatal attraction with dissatisfaction is a faithful attraction to God (11:23). Dissatisfaction is the product of underestimating the reach or ability of God. God's answer was to call Moses to watch and see what He would do. God will always prove capable and faithful to perform His will. The cure for dissatisfaction is to trust in God like Abraham (Gen. 15:6; 18:14), Jeremiah (Jer. 32:17), Habakkuk (Hab. 1:5; 2:4), and like Jesus said we should (Luke 18:27).
24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, "Moses my lord, forbid them!"
29 Then Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!" 30 And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
The cure for this fatal attraction with dissatisfaction is Spirit-filled living. Here we have the Spirit coming upon the seventy elders appointed by Moses. These elders prophesied when the Spirit came upon them. This was a unique case in the Old Testament. It took Joshua by surprise. The work of the Spirit often takes us by surprise. Joshua was flustered and wanted Moses to forbid the elders from prophesying.
Apparently Joshua felt this manifestation of the Spirit on these elders was a challenge to the leadership of Moses. But Moses had the right response, ""Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!" Moses knew Spirit-filled elders are a blessing from the Lord.
Here we have a prophetic word in Moses expressed desire that "all the LORD's people were prophets" and had "His Spirit upon them!" What is stated as being limited here in the Old Testament ("although they never did so again" v. 26) was poured out on all at Pentecost (Acts 2) in fulfillment of Joel 2:28, "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophecy, . . ." The solution of the Lord in every issue of life is the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Those filled with the Spirit are empowered to deal with the issues of life. This is true because:
1. The Holy Spirit regenerates us giving us spiritual life – Titus 3:5; John 3; Rom. 8:9
2. The Holy Spirit gives the capacity to understand the meaning of life – 1 Cor. 2:9-14
3. The Holy Spirit gives instruction to live life as God intended – 2 Tim. 3:16-17
4. The Holy Spirit gives power to serve the Lord – Acts 1:8
5. The Holy Spirit gives us power over the flesh or sinful nature – Rom. 8:1-26; Gal. 5:16-24
31 Now a wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day's journey on this side and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. 32 And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was aroused against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague. 34 So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.
35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth.
Dissatisfaction leads to death. When we are dissatisfied with God's handling of us and our life situations it always leads to death. It can lead to physical death as in the person who rebels against God and gets involved in life-threatening sinful activity (e.g. sexual immorality; substance abuse; crime). But more often is simply leads to a deadening desensitizing of our hearts toward the Lord. Dissatisfaction has an atrophying effect on us spiritually.
Dissatisfaction and Self-Deception
12 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, "Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it.
The dissatisfied person is self-deceived and thinks too highly of themselves (12:1-3). Not only does the dissatisfied person have a wrong view of God, they have a wrong view of themselves.
Self-deception is the product of disregarding one's sinfulness (1 John 1:8). Pride is a core attribute of sin. And pride is closely associated with the evil dissatisfied questioning of Moses here (e.g. Prov. 8:13). Miriam and Aaron (the older siblings of Moses) were self-deceived and became proud and puffed up which led to their opposing the leadership of Moses. They paid the price.
The mentioning of Miriam's name first and that the word "spoke" is in the feminine grammatical form likely indicates that she was the one leading the objection to Moses as God's chosen leader. Miriam was a prophetess (Ex. 15). She was evidently a very charismatic figure in the community of Israel. But here she oversteps her bounds.
The initial objection to Moses marrying an Ethiopian woman who wasn't Jewish may have seemed a legitimate cause for concern but was in reality a smoke screen for their desire to usurp Moses' position of authority.
In the New Testament we are warned to not think too highly of ourselves:
· Romans 12:3 - 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
If God wants a change in leadership He will arrange it. Miriam and Aaron were not only seeking Moses' position but were in reality expressing dissatisfaction with God's decision to place Moses in leadership.
There was no scriptural basis for objecting to Moses marrying this Ethiopian woman. Ethiopians were not mentioned amongst those Israelites could not marry (Ex. 34:11, 16). Marriage to non-Israelites was not uncommon (1 Chron. 2:34, 35). And this was not necessarily an issue of color prejudice since Ethiopians exited in the broader area of Arabia during these times. It's more likely that Miriam felt her position as alpha female was being threatened by this marriage of Moses.
3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.) 4 Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!" So the three came out. 5 Then the Lord came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward. 6 Then He said,
"Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak to him in a dream.
7 Not so with My servant Moses;
He is faithful in all My house.
8 I speak with him face to face,
Even plainly, and not in dark sayings;
And he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?"
The cure for dissatisfaction is humility (12:3, 4-8). Humility is realizing the truth about yourself (12:3). Humility is trusting God to defend you (12:4-8). God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (Prov. 3:34; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5-6). Moses is an example of all of this.
The LORD describes His relationship with this humble man Moses, "I speak with him face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings' and he sees the form of the LORD" v. 8). Moses had a close relationship with the LORD and the LORD defended him.
9 So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. 10 And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper. 11 So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. 12 Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb!"
13 So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!"
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp seven days, and afterward she may be received again." 15 So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
Dissatisfaction is fatal because it is contagious. It spread from the mixed multitude (11:4), to the Israelites (11:10), to Moses (11:11-15), to Miriam and Aaron, the other leaders (12:1-2), and to the entire congregation (14:1).
That God's judgment is aimed at Miriam is further proof she was the ringleader in this opposition to the leadership of Moses. Moses interceded before the LORD on behalf of Miriam. The LORD heals her, but only after seven days to think about what she has done. God gives time for the sinner to learn from their sin. If we turn to God we can learn from the consequences of our sin.
Dissatisfaction and Weak Faith
13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them."
The LORD instructed Moses to send spies into Canaan. It was God's plan to have His people see what was involved in bringing about His promise for them. It is good to observe and spy out the objectives of the LORD.
Jesus instructed those who sought to be His disciples to count the cost of what that really meant (Luke 14:25-35). There is great blessing in being a disciple of Jesus, but it will cost you.
3 So Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel. 4 Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph, that is, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
17 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, 18 and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; 19 whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or strongholds; 20 whether the land is rich or poor; and whether there are forests there or not. Be of good courage. And bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
Moses instructed them to make a thorough spying out of the Land as well as to bring back samples of what was in the Land. We should always make a thorough investigation and preparation in our God-led ventures of faith.
21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath. 22 And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs. 24 The place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down there. 25 And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.
Evidently Canaan was a bountiful and fruitful land. The cluster of grapes the men brought back was impressive enough to name the place where they got them. They returned with evidence of a Land of fruitfulness.
26 Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."
The dissatisfied person has weak faith and makes decisions based on perceived limitations (13:26-29). The faith of the ten spies was weak and shortsighted in terms of an awareness and faithful reliance on the LORD. The result was they thought the Land was too dangerous to occupy focused on their own limitations rather than on God's power and resources.
In Hebrews chapter eleven a definition of faith is given as well as a record of those who were examples of faith. In this chapter it states:
· Hebrews 11:1, 6 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . . . 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
The nature of faith is receiving God's truth and promise ("the substance of things") and then even though those things have yet to prove a reality or to have come to pass (". . . hoped for . . . "), you trust God for them (". . . the evidence of things not seen"). It's impossible to please God without faith. It's impossible to serve Him, be a part of His plans and receive His promised blessings apart from faith in Him. God is a "rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." When you are caught up in dissatisfaction, you lose sight of that.
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."
The cure for dissatisfaction is GOD! We need to factor God into our life equation. Caleb stood up before the people in faith. He exhorted and challenged the people in faith. And because of his faith in God he was willing to be opposed.
Caleb didn't look at himself as being in the minority. For him: Me + God = a majority. Scripture tells us:
· Jeremiah 32:17 - 17 'Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.
· Luke 18:27 - 27 But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
We need to factor God into our life equation. Where God guides God will provide. That may not be an actual scripture, but it is scripturally sound.
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we." 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."
The dissatisfied have a warped God-less perspective on reality. The dissatisfied and weak in faith always focus on the limitations they see on the journey toward God's Promised Land destination. The result of fixating on only what they saw was that what little faith they had left was swallowed up in fear. Fear makes you feel little and those that oppose you look big, like "giants."
Faith in God corrects that and helps us to see things the way we should and the way they really are. Fear is the foe of faith. Faith in God can defeat the foe of fear.
Dissatisfaction and Our View of God
14 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?" 4 So they said to one another, "Let us select a leader and return to Egypt."
The dissatisfied person is someone with a wrong view of God (14:1-4). Here the people were expressing their complete disappointment and discouragement. They saw themselves in an unfamiliar place, feeling vulnerable and at the mercy of their enemies. They cried and wept and complained. They wished for death. They questioned the wisdom of the LORD. They questioned His provision and in reality His love for them. They spoke of selecting a new leader and turning around and returning to Egypt. All of this because of their weak faith and a worldview that lacked a proper faith in God. Their attitude and view of God led to rebellion against His will. They failed to accept that God was for them and wanted the best for them; even if it would be challenging.
This is the consequence of dissatisfaction: a self-imposed loneliness; a sense of betrayal by the LORD; a complete and utter loss of vision for the promises of God and how He might guide and provide for them; despair.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb appalled by the dissatisfaction, lack of faith and evil behavior of these ten spies and the people who were willing to give up. They were on the precipice of the greatest blessing they could imagine, the Promised Land! Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb felt so close to realizing God's promise that they could taste it. And now these ten spies and the people were going to give up? It was inexcusable and totally unacceptable to them.
People of faith find the dissatisfaction and weak faith of people difficult to stomach.
7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: "The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, 'a land which flows with milk and honey.' 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them."
Here is the complete contrast between the ten spies and the dissatisfied complaining people versus Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb. These were men of faith who saw a difficult task in front of them but who translated their life circumstance by their faith in God. "If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, 'a land which flows with milk and honey." In other words, "Let's go for it! The LORD is on our side. There's nothing we can't do with Him."
William Carey, the man through whom God ignited a revival of world missions, on May 31st 1792, gave a message from Isaiah 54:2-3:
· Isaiah 54:2-3 - "Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. 3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited.
In his sermon Carey exhorted his listeners, "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God." That is the attitude of faith and divine conquest that overcomes the despair of dissatisfaction.
10 And all the congregation said to stone them with stones.
Dissatisfaction leads to anger and fighting. Dissatisfaction is a rotten fruit of the flesh and because it is self-centered it leads to anger and fighting and a desire to strike out at those you feel are keeping you from getting what you want.
Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.
11 Then the Lord said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."
We need to keep in mind the omniscient foreknowledge of God here. God knew exactly what He was doing. The people rejected God's plan to take the Promised Land (13:32; 14:2, 31). They rejected and rebelled against Moses (14:4). The last straw was that they rejected and rebelled against God Himself (14:9–11). Later their sin is described as the sin of "infidelity" (14:33 - זְנוּת - zenûwth, zen-ooth') or idolatry, harlotry, spiritual adultery (cf. Jer. 3:2, 9; 13:27; Ezek. 23:27; 43:7, 9; Hos. 4:11; 6:10).[1] The people were guilty of gross sin against God.
God is creating a situation where Moses can be reminded of God's promise and also learn to pray with the promises of God in hand. God creates a situation whereby he can learn intercession.
13 And Moses said to the Lord: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them, 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying, 16 'Because the Lord was not able to bring this people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness.' 17 And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying, 18 'The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.' 19 Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now."
The cure for dissatisfaction is prayer (11:2; 12:13; 14:11-19). God's threat of disinheriting His people creates an environment which tests Moses true intent. He is offered by God to have a nation built around him. Moses, the humble man, shows his true and pure motives by not accepting this.
Secondly, God uses this situation to teach Moses the importance and effectiveness of intercessory prayer. God is looking for someone to stand in the gap and give Him an excuse to be merciful. Look what happened to Israel when no one was found to stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30-31 - If God would have found someone to stand in the gap for Israel, would they have been destroyed and sent into exile? Maybe not.)
20 Then the Lord said: "I have pardoned, according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord— 22 because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. 24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it. 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea." 26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. 28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. 31 But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection. 35 I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' "
Dissatisfaction leads to life in the wilderness and loss of God's promises. There was and is a severe consequence for the dissatisfied: a life in the wilderness and lose of God's promises. The dissatisfied complaining person is destined to life their life perpetually in the wilderness. They are destined to be barred from experiencing the full promises and ideal destination of God for them. The dissatisfied person will not only be weak in faith, frustrated and failing, but will live a wandering existence that never reaches the full blessing of God. It is a terrible consequence.
36 Now the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation complain against him by bringing a bad report of the land, 37 those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
Dissatisfied leaders are destined to harsher punishment. Those responsible for misleading people and perpetuating dissatisfaction in the LORD's plans are plagued before the LORD and held accountable by the LORD.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.
God distinguishes between dissatisfied weak faith people and those who trust Him and are faithful to Him. Scripture tells us:
· Hebrews 6:10 - 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Remember, God rewards those who diligently seek Him and His ways (Heb. 11:6).
39 Then Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!" 41 And Moses said, "Now why do you transgress the command of the Lord? For this will not succeed. 42 Do not go up, lest you be defeated by your enemies, for the Lord is not among you. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you." 44 But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as Hormah.
You can't correct your sinful acts of dissatisfaction with self-willed presumptive service to God. You can't come to God on your terms. Anyone who comes to God or serves God must do so on His terms.
The people "mourned greatly," but their mourning was not because of their offense to God. Their mourning was because they were going to miss out on God's promises. Like Esau they were weeping over their loss of blessing. Like Esau, they weren't truly repentant toward God (Heb. 12:16-17). They simply and selfishly were sorry they were now going to lose out on God's blessing.
In verse 44 it states these people "presumed" (עָפַל ˓âphal, aw-fal') in their reaction to the LORD's discipline of them. "Presumed" here means to swell up, be lifted up, and presume. While this may seem to be a heartfelt repentance it is not. The people are finally realizing what they are going to miss out on and now make one final self-willed presumptuous attempt to right their ship. They are only concerned with their loss. They aren't truly concerned with how they have offended God. God will have none of this.
This presumptuous reaction to God's discipline, this attempt to make things better by doing something they feel is right, ends in defeat. It is still an act of self-will. Presumption is a self-willed, self-reliant, self-seeking action that disregards for God's instruction. In other words, the people were only compounding their sin with this self-centered action.
Notice "the ark of the covenant of the LORD" and Moses did not go with them. The symbol of the presence of the LORD did not go with them. They went out, but without the presence of God. That kind of action is never good and always destined for failure.
Moses didn't accompany them. They went out leaderless. This leads to a dooming disorganization. God is orderly (1 Cor. 14:33, 40). He blesses His people with good Spirit filled leaders. Without the direction and command of good leaders, people are at the mercy of their enemies.
Dissatisfaction leads to an empty (no presence of the LORD) disorganized (no leadership) defeat. That's no way to approach the wilderness. And that's no way to get to the Promised Land.
[1] Believer's Study Bible. electronic ed. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. Nu 14:11


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Performances of a hybrid electrokinetic-passive micromixer are predicted numerically. An h/p-type spectral element method is used to simulate the mixing behavior in microdevices. The numerical algorithm employs modal spectral expansion in quadrilateral and unstructured triangular meshes and provides high-order numerical accuracy. A second-order accurate, stiffly stable integration scheme is used for temporal integration. In the numerical technique, the electric double layer is not resolved to avoid expensive computation, rather a slip velocity is assigned at the channel surface based on the electric field and the electroosmotic mobility. The presented hybrid mixing scheme takes advantages of mixing enhancements induced by asymmetric flow geometries and electrokinetic relay actuation. Effects of relay frequency, applied electric potential, channel width, and channel geometry on micromixing have been conducted. Numerical results show that electrokinetic relay at an appropriate frequency causes effective mixing. Moreover, asymmetric flow geometries and narrow channel width are critical for ultraeffective mixing. The proposed hybrid mixing scheme not only provides excellent mixing within very short time, but also can easily be integrated with microdevices for "lab-on-a-chip" applications because there is no need of any external mechanical pumps.
Effects of applied electric potential on mixing efficiency (a) at the micromixer outlet (x=1000μm) and (b) at an intermediate location (x=300μm) under different relay frequencies. Here, Pe=510.
Concentration contour for (a) the hybrid micromixer and (b) the electrokinetic micromixer at different times. The corresponding micromixer design is presented in Figs. 1, 1, respectively. Here, ϕs=20V, ϕa=20V, and Pe=262 and 510 for the electrokinetic and hybrid micromixers, respectively.
Effects of microchannel width on mixing efficiency at the micromixer outlet (x=1000μm) under different relay frequencies for ϕa=20V and ϕs=20V: Case (a)Pe=510, W=50μm; (b)Pe=1028, W=100μm; and (c)Pe=3208, W=300μm
Concentration contour for three electrokinetic micromixers presented in Fig. 2, under three relay frequencies (a)f=0Hz(b)f=5Hz, and (c)f=10Hz. Mixing performances are presented 2s after the initiation of electric field.
Mixing efficiency for electrokinetic relay micromixer (a) at the micromixer outlet (x=1000μm); (b) at an intermediate location (x=300μm) under different relay frequencies. Here, ϕs=20V, ϕa=20V, and Pe=510.
Average mixing efficiency at the micromixer outlet for different electroosmotic relay frequency. Here ϕs=20V and ϕa=20V. The error bars indicate the oscillation range of the mixing efficiency. The data points on the curves are the average values calculated by integrating mixing efficiency over a relay cycle. The optimum frequency for 50μm, 100μm, and 300μm wide micromixers are 8Hz, 5Hz, and 3.3Hz, respectively.
Mixing efficiency variation with Strouhal number (St). For the current micromixer (θ=30deg), the optimum efficiency takes place at St≈0.5.
Comparison of mixing efficiency (a) at the micromixer outlet (x=1000μm) and (b) at an intermediate location (x=300μm) with and without asymmetric serpentine structures. Here, ϕs=20V and ϕa=20V. The Peclet numbers for the electrokinetic and hybrid micromixers are 510 and 262, respectively.
Schematic diagram of (a) electrokinetic relay micromixer and (b) hybrid (electrokinetic asymmetric structure) micromixer
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Crafty Catch Up
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Great LOs Suzy.ReplyDelete
The photo on the second one is one that I would never have as I can't stand getting mucky like that and always wear gloves when I attend a 'messy' class/workshop.
Hope the weather is good with you and you are enjoying the weekend.
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Great LO's Suzy - love the messy hands !ReplyDelete
Oh these are fabulous layouts Suzy - particularly love the photo one of you and the messy hands!ReplyDelete
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Hi Suzy - just to let you know I'm going to be linking to your map layout in a blog post I'm currently scheduling for next week :-)ReplyDelete
p.s: I don't know if it's just my computer but the images in this post come up huge and blurry. Just thought I'd mention it [If it helps: have you got them on 'Original Size' maybe? You can edit them down to something smaller inside your web album if that's the case. :-)]
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Inky hands - absolutely know where you are coming from there except with me it's paint ;)
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Cherryshoes resides in the shadow of the Black Mountains on the Welsh borders. Led by the 'haunted exhaling delivery' of singer-songwriter LJ Nova, this hypnotic brand of pop noir comes from a six-piece band with deep and eclectic musical roots.
With production from Jim Eliot, their music has received extensive radio play, including on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music.
During 2016 Cherryshoes performed at T in the Park and Latitude Festival and they will shortly be launching their first EP: 'The Colour Red'.
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HARARE - MDC chief election officer Morgen Komichi has been denied bail for the fourth time by Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe.
Komichi is accused of fraud and contravening the Electoral Act, but denies the charge.
He was arrested after he allegedly presented to Zec, a ballot paper that had been found in a dustbin at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC), the electoral body's command centre.
Komichi had applied for bail under changed circumstances. However, Mahwe ruled that the State had a strong case against him and rejected his fresh application.
State prosecutor Michael Mugabe told the court that the evidence led so far by the three State witnesses has not diluted the State case.
"If admitted to bail after the witnesses' evidence, the State believes that this will lead the accused person (Komichi ) to abscond," Mugabe said. "At this stage it will be improper to admit him to bail."
Mahwe concurred with the State that it would not be in the best interest of justice to grant Komichi bail as he was likely to abscond his trial.
The trial continues with Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's chief legal officer Shamiso Chahuruva saying that she cannot prove if Komichi had opened the grey envelope that contained the ballot papers.
Chahuruva, who was being cross-examined by Alec Muchadehama, said that she cannot speak on behalf of the person who gave Komichi the ballot papers.
"I am not able to say whether the person who gave Mr Komichi the packet had opened it, however, in the meeting he said that the packet was sealed and he had opened it out of curiosity," Chahuruva said.
Muchadehama went on to suggest that Chahuruva and the commission were lying and building stories against Komichi.
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Where did your passion for sport come from?
I have always enjoyed watching all sports but my real passion started at school when I started playing lacrosse in year 7. It was one of those things that I have loved it ever since I first picked up a stick.
What is your greatest playing moment?
It's a close call but I have to say beating Canada on their home turf to take the bronze medal at the U19 World Cup 2007.
What motivates you to get up and train on cold wet mornings?
Not letting my team mates down, I know how hard they all train, and I don't want to be the weak link. I also think of all the training the USA Girls are doing and I know in order to be able to compete I need to do the extra training.
When did you first put in extra training – what made you?
About 18 months before our u19 World Cup. We were lucky to have a good support network at school which allowed us to do extra training. It was definitely easier doing it as a group. But once again it was very much the team aspect. You are only as strong as your weakest member and I did t want to be that.
If you didn't do top level Lacrosse, what would you do instead?
Honestly not a clue, Lacrosse has been such a big part of my life, I haven't really thought about life without it! I would like to think I would have found another sport to compete in by now.
Who are your sporting idols? – why?
Johnny Wilkinson, to me he really epitomises hard work, training, practise and what you have to do to be the best. He also isn't bad looking 🙂
What is the toughest thing about playing international level sport?
Juggling work, money and friends. It's a difficult balance and sometimes it takes over. However it is always worth it and we are lucky to have such a close team so training days are a great fun day with your mates.
What is the best thing about playing international level sport?
Testing yourself against he best in the world. There is no feeling like beating one if the top 3 other countries in the world.
What do you do to relax after a tough game?
Something incredibly lazy, often involving sofas, food and TV catching up with friends… Bliss!
What would you like to achieve with Lacrosse in the future?
Personally I would like to win a medal at senior level. For the sport I hope to see it in the Olympics some day soon.


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This post is (as usual) a weird mishmash of musings.
A brief Facebook exchange with a casual friend reminded me of my need to go to a liquor store. I need to go to the liquor store for two reasons. Maybe three. First, I need liquor. For my mother's sore throat tonic (recipe to follow). Second, I need liquor. Peppermint Schnapps, Kahlua, Amaretto or Goldschlager, or somthing like that, to go into my hot chocolate in the evening. Third, I may need a couple bottles of red wine, to make my all-purpose Italian-style meat sauce.
So, I need my throat tonic. I need it because I did something to my epiglottis Christmas night/Boxing day morning. Woke up with a sharp pain down the left side of my pharynx when I swallowed. Over the next couple of days, and to this day, it has moderated to a dull lumpy feeling on the back of my tongue. I think I did something to my epiglottis. I'm thinking it had to so with the very dry air, since starting the humidifier and over-loading the reservoir on the CPAP machine has helped a lot. But pre-SSRI Rob would be having a serious anxiety attack over this thing he can feel on the back of his tongue.
But anyway, my mother had two liquor based home remedies which it always amuses me to share with people. The first was for teething babies. She would get a glass, fill it with ice, pour whatever liquor my dad had in the house over the ice. She would then wrap a clean dish towel or something over her finger, dip it in the cold liquor and rub it on the fussy baby's gums. Then she would take a sip of liquor. Then she'd rub more on the baby's gums. And take another sip. I don't know if it helped with the teething pain, but by the bottom of the glass neither she or the baby seemed to care much any more.
I think my mother's sore throat tonic works on a similar theory. It consists of equal parts honey (with its soothing and anticeptic qualities), lemon juice (with its anticeptic qualities) and liquor. Mix to combine.
Seriously. I used to get this in a baby bottle as a kid.
The idea was to use a squeezey bottle or something to squirt it into your throat. Liquor is slightly anaesthetic, honey is soothing, and all three are antiseptic. So good for your sore throat. In graduate school I graduated from the baby bottle to just two teaspoonfuls every hour or so as needed. Then I figured out I could put a tablespoon or two in some hot tea and have very happy-making hot tea toddy thing for when I was sick.
So I need to go to the liquor store. And the grocery store. Because of my sore epiglottis.


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May 31 2011: British Petroleum Touring Service: Austria (Printed Sound Flexidisc, 1960s)
"The BP Touring Service has been designed to make touring abroad easier, more interesting, more enjoyable. BP's choice of service stations covers almost all Europe and wherever you see the famous green and yellow shield, you can rely on automotive products and service of international repute. We hope that with the help of the BP … Continue reading
Ian Breakwell's The Elusive State of Happiness (QUAD Gallery, 2010)
There has been some confusion about this exhibition, which was initially billed as Breakwell's first solo retrospective, then later re-branded as the first since his death in 2005, at the relatively young age of 62, but whichever it might be, it's definitely his biggest showing to date in his home city of Derby, and one … Continue reading
May 29 2011: Paper Anatomical Model from Virtue's Household Physician (1924)
On Saturday morning, with Robert Holcombe's constant need for materials of a certain vintage in mind, I was lucky enough to pick up a battered single volume from a larger set published in 1924 under the title Virtue's Household Physician, and find in its pages one of those fascinating engraved paper fold-outs that progressively strips layers from … Continue reading
May 28 2011: Flyleaf Design (Little Owl Books, 1960s)
The graphic identity of Penguin Books (created by a 21 year-old named Edward Young in 1936) was so successful in design terms that it inspired not only the many offshoots of the press itself – with such bird-themed imprints as Puffin, Peregrine and Pelican – but clearly led others to think of their own imprints in … Continue reading
Towards A Post-War Aesthetic: The Design Research Unit and This Is Tomorrow (NVA, 2011)
"In other words, what is required as a preliminary to any practical solution of the division existing between art and industry is a clear understanding, not only of the processes of modern production, but also of the nature of art. Not until we have reduced the work of art to its essentials, stripped it of … Continue reading
Diane Arbus and Gert & Uwe Tobias at Nottingham Contemporary (NVA, 2010)
In C.J.S. Thompson's The History and Lore of Freaks (1930) the author begins with a blunt statement of fact: "From the earliest period of the world's history abnormal creatures or monstrosities, both human and animal, have existed…and excited the wonder of mankind". These two exhibitions demonstrate that the ancient interest outlined by Thompson's survey remains … Continue reading
Uneven Geographies: Art & Globalisation (Nottingham Contemporary, 2010)
One advantage of waiting until a few weeks into an exhibition's run before writing a review of it is that you'll get to hear a range of opinions about its contents before having to commit your views to print: in the case of Nottingham Contemporary's 'difficult third' exhibition, looking at responses to issues around Globalisation, … Continue reading
May 24 2011: Twins of Evil by Essjay (DJM, 1971)
A fairly radical rearrangement of Harry Robinson's orchestral theme for the Hammer horror film Twins of Evil, Essjay's version appeared as a one-off British single and the name is largely a disguise for Mike Batt, a man better known for composing the hits of The Wombles, a cash-in novelty group spun off from the Filmfair … Continue reading
May 23 2011: Unidentified Gypsy Girl Photograph (1890s)
Went to the opening of two new exhibitions at New Art Exchange on Friday evening, and afterwards spent an enlightening hour or so at a panel discussion – chaired by NAE's director Skinder Hundal – with both the artists (Cecilia Jardemar and Sara Heitlinger) and some of the subjects involved in making Patrin, an installation involving photographs, sound, texts and … Continue reading
May 22 2011: The Mark of the Beast by Sydney Watson (W.Nicholson & Sons, c.1931)
If you're reading this post, it would appear the promised Apocalypse and Rapture scheduled for 6pm GMT on the 21st May failed to materialise (though doubtless a few swift recalculations will be being processed at fundamentalist churches as I type, and some rationale for this latest delay to the Second Coming will be wheeled out shortly: perhaps … Continue reading


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Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
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The permanent-use capacitor takes this name when the capacitor is used in conjunction with the motor coil, without the use of a centrifugal switch or relay. As an example, in motors for automatic gates, when the engine starts, the capacitor assists but is still connected together with the permanent motor coil.
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In my last post, you can read how issues with uploading files devolved to a shite-fest and your correspondent being thrown offa the RPM site yesterday. Now, the same doosh what was involved, posts this today :
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Yassy's note: Liam's first year: Day 124- Day 129
In the previous entry titled "Yassy's note: Liam in NICU;day 8- day 14", I wrote Liam came to our family about 3 weeks early (36 weeks and 2 days) and he has spent next 3 weeks in NICU.
He was tiny little baby; 18″ tall, weighing 5 lb 6 oz…
Day 124..
Liam had long long breast feeding time again. 39 minutes total!!
I was really thinking that he would probably not going to take any more milk via bottle which we are supposed to give after direct breast feeding to ensure he is getting some.
Well, after fell asleep a bit with breast feeding time, he took all 90 ml supplemental breast milk in the bottle!
He slept about 4 hours since,then had another milk time and currently sleeping like am angel.
I did skype with my parents last night and Liam was sleeping but just about when we were to say "finish,log out",he woke up and he met his Japanese grandfather/grandmother over skype again.
I saw my grandmother too and they liked how well Liam is growing and they cannot wait to see him all the time.He is cutie pie,they say and I enjoy watching how they interact with Liam over the skype.
It is a shame they cannot come whenever they want to… 14 hours flight away is so far!
I know my father was originally planning to come visit us in October but he had bad intuition (he kind of felt something not right and he was debating if coming or not coming long time) and he decided not to come. However, he told me that he will be coming over in spring;April or May next year when he told me he would not come in October.
I heard my parents decided to go to hot spring (onsen) for relaxation to celebrate their 40th wed anniversary.I told them have a nice trip and enjoy!
Day 125..
Liam was fed by my husband a second ago and, my husband called me and said "Look!"
This is what I saw.
Yes,Liam is a big boy now and can drink milk on his own,he says:-)
Liam Day 125 drinking milk on his own ..
Day 126..
His feeding number in a day got decreased so, I upped the amount of milk in the bottle.
Since the bottle in the picture is almost full when one feeding worth of milk inside,he has graduated from this bottle yesterday and now using medium sized bottle (it was 8 oz bottle). He is taking 150-160ml milk each feeding now:-)
He sleeps quite long during the night.He slept 11 hours last night.
Day 127..
After started giving Liam tummy massage;1 to prevent constipation, 2 to keep things moving and if any burps left in tummy,he let it out from rear…his bowel movement is much more regulated and we can guess which day he would poop.
Today was that day.
Sure enough he did one before grocery shopping (we could do diaper change before leaving) but I saw his red face with straining with sound…and smell…
I think he is working on number 2 poop today…
I will give him more time and then change his diaper.
I was warming up the milk but I will let him finish his business first.
If you have a baby to care for, I recommend to do the tummy massage after every milk time.
Liam likes massage time too!
Day 129..
The little prince is sleeping peacefully and, I am not happy that the water company is working on the pipe and doing flushing thing which result in twinkle water so it means, no laundry.I hope it gets done by dinner time so I can cook and do laundry and all other thing. He killed 2 sheets, 2 clothes today..
Liam is up from nap but not crying at all.Just looking around.He saw me and started flapping arms and legs.
I said to him "O-ha-yo-u. (Good morning in English)" with bit of tone;the same tone I used to tell to my belly.He smiled a bit and flapped arms and legs even more.
Does he remember the words I used to tell him each and every day??Hmm…..
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Dear Parents
St Emilie's Parish 2014 Sacramental Program for 1st Holy Communion
I am writing to you with details of the 2014 Sacramental Program at St Emilie's Catholic Church.
As you are aware St Emilie's Sacramental Program is Family Focused, Parish Based and School supported. As a Parish, we are very committed to supporting your family in your child's faith journey and we feel privileged in assisting you and your child with the preparation for the Sacrament of 1st Holy Communion
For children and parents involved in the 1st Holy Communion Program, the following commitment is required:
- completion of a Sacramental Program Enrolment Form
- attendance at a Commitment Mass
- attendance at the Parent and Child Workshop
Sacramental Program Enrolment Forms will be available for collection from the table in the church foyer from Saturday 15th February at the 6.30pm Mass. Enrolment Forms for 1st Holy Communion are Blue. Completed forms can be left in the return tray for forms which is also located on the table in the church foyer.
Families are also being asked to choose which Commitment Mass they will attend in March. A schedule of Mass times is also on the table in the Foyer so please choose which mass you will be attending and fill in your family name in the appropriate slot.
For your diary, the dates for the Commitment Masses, 1st Holy Communion Parent & Child Workshop, and the 1st Holy Communion Masses are as follows:
Commitment Masses
Mass times: Saturday 22nd March, 6.30pm, Sunday 23rd March, 9.00am and 5.00pm,
Saturday 29th March, 6.30pm, Sunday 30th March, 9.00am and 5.00pm.
Workshop for Children and Parents
Wednesday 18th June, choice of 5pm or 7pm session
Masses for Sacrament of 1st Holy Communion
Saturday, August 16th at 6.30pm Mass
Sunday, August 17th at 9.00am Mass
Saturday, August 23rd at 6.30pm Mass
Sunday, August 24th at 9.00am Mass
Saturday, August 30th at 6.30pm Mass
Sunday, August 31st at 9.00am Mass
Mass Schedules for parents to choose a 1st Holy Communion mass will be placed on the table in the Church Foyer in due course.
Please Note: We will not be following up families who do not provide an enrolment form for their child, and who do not meet the other requirements of attendance at a Commitment Mass, and attendance at the Parent Child Workshop. Without meeting these requirements your child will not be able to receive their Sacrament.
Opening times of St Emilie's church are as follows:
- Wednesday to Friday 5.30 pm – until after the 6pm evening mass.
- Wednesday mornings from 8.45 till after the 9am mass
- Tuesday afternoon from 3.00pm till after the 6pm evening mass.
- Weekend masses Sat. 6.30pm, Sun. 7.15am, 9am and 5pm. The church is open at least 1 hour prior to weekend masses.
Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any other queries. My contact number is 0404 325 900, or my email address is firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Business News of Thursday, 17 May 2018
Source: dailyguideafrica.com
The 2018 edition of the Ghana Manufacturing Awards (GMA), an annual prestigious awards ceremony that celebrates the outstanding performance in the country's manufacturing sector, will take place on 24th May, this year at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra.
Twenty-seven (27) companies and eight individuals have been nominated for this year's ceremony.
Richard Abbey Jnr., Events Director at Xodus Communications, organisers of the event, commented: "The GM Awards is your chance to come together to network, learn and celebrate various achievements with each other. These awards offer you the ideal place to meet decision-makers, partners and colleagues from the across the region and discuss how the last 12 months have affected you."
According to him, there are many categories within the awards spanning the length, breadth and depth of manufacturing and each of these is judged by a panel of individuals independent of the industry, technical committee of impartial experts in different fields.
"The awards are entirely inclusive and are open to any individual, company focused on manufacturing, and it cuts across service providers, distributors, financial institutions, insurance, regulators, government agencies and more."
Some of the eminent pacesetters in the manufacturing industry, who have been nominated for awards this year, include Accents & Arts, Asadek Group, Azar Chemical Industries Limited, Bfive Plus, Blow Chem Industries, Coca Cola Bottling Company Limited, Cosmo Seafoods Limited, Daily foods Limited, D.T Engineering, Ghandour Cosmetics, Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited, Inesfly Africa Limited, Interplast, Intelligent Card Production Systems.
Others are Joy Daddy Industries, Kane-em Industries Limited, Kasapreko Company Limited, Keda Ghana Ceramics Company Limited, McHammah Engineering Company Limited, Special Ice Company, Tropical Cables, Unilever Ghana, Universal Label and Packaging Services Limited and Weave Ghana Limited.
Xodus Communications has an established track record in awards organisation in Ghana.
It currently handles Ghana Oil & Gas Awards (fifth year running), Ghana Auto Awards (three annual awards successfully held), 40 Under 40 Awards (maiden edition held) and Ghana Insurance Awards.
The awards board comprises eminent personalities such as Prof David Atta Peters, Prof Nana Essilfie Conduah, Dr Ato Conduah, Dr Paul Kofi Fynn and Dr Ken Kwaku.
The annual event is endorsed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, while compilation and validation is done by Ernst and Young.


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I'm adding a new site to my blog roll. There's no question in any sane person's mind that fiat currency is a farce and that we are headed for calamity and collapse in money - and that capitalism (freedom) will be blamed - not over a century of government interference. Only a gold standard separated from government manipulation will ensure liberty.
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UPDATED: The recording of iDeveloper Live Episode 50 featuring Jira Mobile Connect is now available for download and on iTunes.
We launched Jira Mobile Connect (JMC), a free library for Jira that allows mobile developers to gather in-app feedback from their users, back in October 2011. Then, we introduced iPad compatibility and HockeyApp integration for JMC in January 2012, so that developers could seriously beta test their apps before releasing them to the wild.
Now, our very own Nick Pellow, the original developer of Jira Mobile Connect (JMC), and Josh Devenny, product manager for JMC, are being featured on iDeveloper Live, a podcast for OS X and iOS developers. Tune in on April 16, 2012 at 9:15am PST, to hear them discuss the origins of Jira Mobile Connect and what the future holds in store for both JMC and Jira. Alongside these two, Today Voice Notes app creator Stefan Nicolin will be chiming in on his own experiences using Jira and Jira Mobile Connect as a mobile app developer.
You can listen to live audio 15 minutes before each podcast begins at http://ideveloper.tv:6996/ideveloperlive and ask your own questions during the show on IRC channel #ideveloperlive hosted on the FreeNode network. Check in to say hello, or to have Nick and Josh answer all your burning questions!


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Brian Lara has vented his frustration at the lack of support West Indies have received over the past two days of their contest against Australia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. In a match that ought to have been the plum draw of the Super Eights - an inaugural fixture at a brand-new venue against the reigning world champions - a pitiful crowd was in attendance.
Despite local suggestions the match had been a sell-out, the 20,000-capacity ground was barely half-full for the first rain-affected day, with perhaps half that many when the sun came out for West Indies' run-chase. "It's very disappointing," Lara said. "You'd back yourself to think that at least every single game that West Indies plays is going to be a full house. We were received very well in Jamaica, where we got a good crowd against Pakistan and Ireland, but I thought I would be able to close my eyes here, and for the rest of the tournament, and just see our people come out and support the World Cup and support West Indies."
The attendance figures don't square with local anticipation of the match. One disgruntled fan suggested that the fault lay with the local organising committee, whose marketing of the game had fallen way short of what was required for such a big occasion. "There's no culture of buying [tickets] online in the Caribbean," he told Cricinfo. "Instead there were queues around the block for the few kiosks at the ground, and everyone assumed the seats would have gone."
Stephen Price, the tournament's commercial director, told Cricinfo 11,100 tickets had been bought in advance for this game, and a further 700 on the morning of the match. He denied that the pricing or the marketing strategy had been at fault for the poor attendance, but added that plans were in place to distribute the spare tickets to local schools and tournament sponsors. They were unlikely, however, to be implemented in time for Thursday's match against New Zealand.
"Centres in each of the territories put tickets on sale at the same time as they went online," Price said. "We also utilised a global network of 50-plus agents. Tickets were easily accessible, and with a significant amount of entry-level prices, starting at US$25, which is the equivalent to a category two ticket in a regular bilateral series. But in some cases, the fans have not attended."
Price said there had been an attempt to change the Caribbean culture into one that buys early instead of leaving everything to the last minute. "Tickets went on sale ten months ago," he said. "For a normal bilateral series, they would go on sale two weeks in advance. But there have been the same number of kiosks as ever. The queues may have been long in the late evening, but in the early morning they were empty. People could have come out at lunchtime, or in their own time. To claim otherwise is just an excuse."
The infrastructure is good, so now it's time for the manpower
The commentator Mark Nicholas was disappointed the match was not a sell-out and said the locals were frustrated by the long queues. "A lot of them gave up and said 'no, I'm not prepared to wait two hours'," he said. "It's been one of the problems confronting spectators. The huge amount of security, that's one thing, the other is the long lines for tickets and long lines for food."
Nicholas said the remoteness of the site - "you can only park a mile away despite huge areas all around" - was a problem when comparing it to the previous venue. "The old ground was in the middle of St John's and it was very popular," he said. "There was a great party feel to the place, but it's going to be very difficult to rekindle that here."
The controversy dampened an occasion that ought to have been a proud moment for West Indies and for Antigua. "It's a very good stadium, it's beautiful and it's a tribute to the man, Sir Vivian Richards," Lara said. "It's been an awesome effort by the Antiguan people getting this ready, and it's going to be wonderful for West Indian cricket moving on. The infrastructure is good, so now it's time for the manpower."
Not everyone was impressed with the positioning of the new ground. Built on a greenfields site 20 minutes outside of St John's, many fans had to walk for several kilometres to reach the entrance, or pay for a shuttle service. An impassioned West Indian supporter told a local TV station that it was the spectator's right to expect to be able to park outside a new and purpose-built ground, while others complained that the spontaneity that had existed at the old Antigua Recreation Ground was missing from the new venue.
But Lara said there would have to be a change of attitudes all around as West Indian cricket gets used to its new era. "When you're talking about the improvement of facilities the spectators also have to adapt," he said. "It's not enough to be able to stay in the same areas or stadiums just because the atmosphere was great. We've had some wonderful times at the ARG, but now we move on to the Sir Viv stadium and it is something to be proud of over the years.
"Some of these stadiums were dilapidated. Georgetown and other grounds have been around for donkey's years. I'm sure people will adjust. I may have been disappointed with the crowd today but I thought the party stand wasn't bad here or in Jamaica. People are going to enjoy it, and I think the cricketers are very happy that we have facilities that are second-to-none. If you go to the MCG or Lord's the facilities are great. It's nice to know we are getting there."


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I milled out a simple 4-bar linkage leg. Leg dimensions were roughly taken from the SMC robot. It's really fun to prod at with different joint parameters. Each motor controller takes joint position, stiffness, and damping commands in over SPI:
I threw together some quick Python command line tools for setting the joint parameters in real-time:
Time to strap it to a linear rail and make it jump, then hide away for a couple weeks to write my thesis and finish the other stuff I need to do to graduate.


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