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It is much too hot to cook these days, especially during the middle of the day lunch rush! The kids are home from school, hungrier than ever and I'm trying my best to get vacation ready. I find myself wondering why I'm trying so hard since we're heading to an all inclusive resort. Land of buffet and never ending slushy drinks! In any case, a person should eat more vegetables so for my latest spicy chopped salad, I added as many vegetables as I had in the fridge. It's a delicious mixture of different colors and textures with a spicy kick from the Jalapeño Ranch Greek Yogurt Dressing.
I added quite a few Opa by Litehouse pourable Greek yogurts to my fridge to get me through the whole summer. Each serving is only 30-60 calories and there are a number of flavors to choose from. We usually serve the dressings on the side so each family member gets to choose their favorite.
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Hallo! I am super excited to present you this new book by Nicole Clarkston: These Dreams. The first thought will be: how does she dare to kill Mr Darcy!!!! Shall we forgive her? We'll see 😉
Nicole Clarkston is a really good writer with so many good Pride and Prejudice variations but also, variations of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Go and check them because they are all great! I love The Courtship of Edward Gardiner and Northern Rain. Click on the titles to read my reviews or check the links below in order to buy them. All of them are highly recommended!
The Courtship of Edward Gardiner
The Courtship of Edward Gardiner
You may be thinking it, where are the links to These Dreams? I have not forgotten, you have them just below in case you cannot wait to know if you are one of the winners on the giveaway and you have to buy it! I completely understand you.
In case you may not remember many things about today's author, let me refresh your memory with Nicole Clarkston's biography as there are a couple of important updates:
Nicole Clarkston is a book lover and a happily married mom of three. Originally from Idaho, she now lives in Oregon with her own romantic hero, several horses, and one very fat dog. She has loved crafting alternate stories and sequels since she was a child watching Disney's Robin Hood, and she is never found sitting quietly without a book of some sort.
Nicole discovered Jane Austen rather by guilt in her early thirties―how does any book worm really live that long without a little P&P? She has never looked back. A year or so later, during a major house renovation project, she discovered Elizabeth Gaskell and fell completely in love. Her need for more time with these characters led her to simultaneously write Rumours & Recklessness, a P&P inspired novel, and No Such Thing as Luck, a N&S inspired novel. Both immediately became best selling books. The success she had with her first attempt at writing led her to write three other novels that are her pitiful homage to two authors who have so deeply inspired her.
Nicole was recently invited to join Austenvariations.com, a group of talented authors in the Jane Austen Fiction genre. In addition to her work with the Austen Variations blog, Nicole can be reached through Facebook at http://fb.me/NicoleClarkstonAuthor, Twitter @N_Clarkston, her blog at Goodreads.com, or her personal blog and website, NicoleClarkson.com.
I am not going to give you all the blurb of the book, you can check other stops in this blog tour to read it, I will just give you the first three sentences:
An abandoned bride
A missing man
And a dream that refuses to die…
Nicole is sharing with us a excerpt where Caroline (Obnoxious) Bingley appears together with Colonel (so nice) Fitzwilliam. This excerpt is a bit more serious than other parts in the book but I am pretty sure you will like the conclusion of this scene.
Here we have Nicole introducing the excerpt and you may like her more than at the very beginning of this post 😉
This scene takes place in chapter 62. Darcy has returned by this time, but the fact that he is alive is not yet public knowledge. Colonel Fitzwilliam has gone to London to search independently for some answers to the puzzle of who had captured his cousin, and what they were trying to get from him. Darcy remained in Derbyshire when Richard left, but circumstances arose which caused him to follow, unbeknownst to the colonel. Richard has already spent the day pursuing dead ends, and is just coming back to Darcy's townhouse when this scene opens.
It had been an entire day, and Broderick had been no help yet. Richard walked slowly up the steps to Darcy House, barely seeing the brick and stone as his mind turned over more prospects. Of course, he must give Broderick more time to find whatever answers could be found, but Richard could not afford to wait longer. He must confront his brother, but how to do it?
His heavy tread stopped on the steps, though the footman already had the door open. Perhaps he ought to go now, instantly, to Matlock house and declare his knowledge of events. Surely, his father would support him! The entire family must have been already apprised of Darcy's return, and a conference with his father was only the proper thing to do. He glanced up at the door, hesitated, and had just resolved to return to his carriage when a voice hailed him from the street.
"Colonel Fitzwilliam! I declare, I had not thought to encounter you here in Town just now!"
Richard cringed in recognition. Caroline Bingley! His face twitching in feigned pleasure, he turned to offer her a polite bow. "Good afternoon, Miss Bingley."
She bustled to the steps, her companion following quietly behind. "Such a lovely afternoon it is! Mrs Temple and I were just at the milliner's, and now we are to the dressmakers, so you see, we have been all over Town today."
Richard glanced up the street and, indeed, the Bingley carriage awaited at the corner. "Is there a shop in this neighborhood, Miss Bingley? I was not aware."
Miss Bingley had sidled near to him now. "Naturally, no!" she laughed. "But I directed my driver to bring us through Grosvenor Square, though it was a bit out of the way. Some of these streets we are often obliged to pass through are most unsuitable for ladies to travel!"
"That is lamentable," he agreed. "If you will pardon me, Miss Bingley, I am afraid—"
"Oh! Do not let me detain you. Far be it from me to interrupt a gentleman about his business. Perhaps I shall leave my card for Miss Darcy, for I should dearly love to visit her if she has returned to Town with you. You arrived only yesterday, did you not?"
"I am afraid she has not come," he answered shortly, annoyed at the freedom the woman took in stalking him like a cat after a mouse. Had she not found someone better to her liking in the last two months? Apparently not, as she was batting her lashes and peering hopefully toward the house.
"Oh, that is a pity, Colonel. I am certain that Miss Darcy deeply appreciates your diligent assistance with all her affairs, so that she may not be bothered with trips to Town just now. Do you think she shall come out next Season? I am certain, Colonel," here, she rested a hand on his arm and graced him with a knowing smile, "that she shall be a great success, particularly if properly guided."
"I am certain she shall, and it is well that it shall not be for me to direct her. Another will undertake to support and guide her."
"That is wise," she comforted him, "for a young lady's first season must be delicately planned so that only the most suitable gentlemen are permitted to pay court to her." She touched long fingers to her breast and nodded modestly. "I am all too familiar with the struggles of a débutante, sir, so my thoughts go out to Miss Darcy as she prepares for the coming year. Oh, my," she smiled and withdrew a fan from her reticule, "has not the day warmed rather unpleasantly? I should not have expected it for so early in the year."
He glanced at the iron sky, the walks still damp from the morning's rain, and cocked a curious eyebrow at her. "I do not find it warm at all, Madam."
"Oh, but it is so humid! I declare, I think I shall stifle in this fur, if I am not permitted a moment or two to remove it and breathe properly!"
Richard closed his eyes briefly. How was he ever to be rid of the woman? "Perhaps you are in need of some refreshment?" he heard himself suggest, and wished he could bite out his own cursed, well-bred tongue.
"Colonel, you are too kind! Why, that would be the very thing, do you not agree, Mrs Temple?" She turned and fairly led him up the steps to the house, requiring no one to show her to the drawing room. Richard groaned inwardly and glanced at the clock. An insufferable quarter of an hour would pass before he could be back about something useful, and during that time he feared the woman would contrive some means of throwing herself upon him. Just to be safe, he took a seat as far from her as he could while her tea was served.
She prattled on mercilessly, telling him all the gossip of all the people he never cared a whit about. He struggled not to roll his eyes. What did she take him for, another woman? He swallowed his tea politely, trying not to let his smile freeze in place by occasionally repeating her own statements back to her.
"How interesting," he forcibly enthused. "Viscount Malvern engaged to Lady Serena Ashby. A fine match."
"Oh, but that is not the half of it!" she flipped her hand in his direction. "Why, I was speaking with Lady Matlock not two days ago, and she informed me that the Season shall see yet another great match before it concludes."
"Another? You don't say."
"Why, yes, but it is all a great mystery! Simply everyone is talking about it. Apparently, the names of the parties are a marvellous secret, for it has not been made official, but a gentleman from a noble house is to wed a lady of good birth and over ten thousand per year! Everyone is simply beside themselves trying to guess who it could be. Personally, I think it must be Lord Wallace and Lady Blackthorne, but the Countess was rather close on those details, and I shouldn't wonder! It sounds as if she is in the confidences of both, and it promises to be the wedding to end the Season."
"Interesting," he mused, and this time, he meant it.
"Well, I am afraid I must be going," she preened. "My appointment simply will not wait, but it was so good of you to invite us in to refresh ourselves. I always say that it is the mark of true gentility, to be ready to receive guests at any time."
"Not at all, Miss Bingley. I am glad to be of service," he bowed, and as his head dipped, sighed in relief. At last, she was going!
"Oh!" she turned at the door, as if she had forgotten something. "Do give my regards to Miss Darcy. I fear I am quite in arrears with my letter writing, but I do miss her terribly."
He nodded, trying to conceal his impatience. "Indeed, Miss Bingley, I shall convey the message." He looked up to signal the footman to open the door, but the man posted outside was already opening it for someone mounting the front steps. Richard caught a sharp breath. That could only mean….
"Well, now, it has been such a pleasure, Colonel. I always said, did I not Mrs Temple, that you are the kindest gentleman of my acquaintance."
Richard bowed one more time, but his eyes were not on the lady. The door was open fully now, and a tall, dark figure was silhouetted in its frame. It was as if he were watching a shipwreck unfold, seeing each moment pass before his eyes at the speed of eternity. Miss Bingley turned, and her hand flew to her mouth. Her knees buckled, and Richard caught sight of her wild, white eyes as her head and arms snapped back in the most impressive fainting fit to which he had ever borne witness. Half-heartedly, he took a step nearer to lessen her fall, but he was too slow, and her aim too precise, as she tumbled helplessly into the arms of the newcomer.
"Well, Richard," Darcy frowned, shifting his weight to place the lady's inert form into the footman's arms. "I did not know you were in the habit of distressing the guests into unconsciousness."
Richard merely turned and beat his forehead with the heel of his hand.
Time to Give Away:
10 ebook copies for 10 different winners! Nicole is giving these 10 copies during her blog tour of These Dreams. You can be the lucky one by clicking on the link below and please read the terms and conditions for the giveaway just below the link. Good luck!
Readers may enter the drawing by tweeting once a day and daily commenting on a blog post or review that has a giveaway attached for the tour. Entrants must provide the name of the blog where they commented. Remember: Tweet and comment once daily to earn extra entries.
A winner may win ONLY 1 (ONE) eBook of These Dreams by Nicole Clarkston. Each winner will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter and the giveaway is international.
Blog Tour Schedule:
You are going to love this blog tour!
09/19 So little time…; Guest Post, Excerpt, Giveaway
09/20 My Jane Austen Book Club; Vignette, GA
09/21 From Pemberley to Milton; Review, GA
09/22 Interests of a Jane Austen Girl; Review, Excerpt, Giveaway
09/23 Just Jane 1813; Review, GA
09/24 My Vices and Weaknesses; Excerpt, GA
09/25 Babblings of a Bookworm; Guest Post or Vignette, GA
09/26 Diary of an Eccentric; Review, Giveaway
09/27 Half Agony, Half Hope; Review, Excerpt
09/28 Darcyholic Diversions; Author Interview, GA
09/29 My Love for Jane Austen; Character Interview, GA
09/30 Margie's Must Reads; Guest Post, Excerpt, GA
10/01 Savvy Verse and Wit; Review, GA
10/02 Austenesque Reviews; Character Interview, GA
10/03 Obsessed with Mr. Darcy; Review, GA
10/04 From Pemberley to Milton; Guest Post, GA
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Traditional designs transform eyesore
A roadside strip at Fagali'i, which was previously overgrown and served as a dumping ground for rubbish from passers by has undergone a transformation.
The reason?
A recently-erected corrugated iron fence which wraps around a corner property has been painted by self-taught and talented artist, Jerry Ieremia who lives nearby.
With the encouragement and help of Naea Asolelei To'alepai and Fiona Collins, this young man has tackled the challenges of painting on a non-flat surface.
The intricate, triangular blocks of work include traditional tatau motifs and other shapes depicting the environment, Samoan weaponry, the sea and the land.
They are linked by simple frigate birds soaring and dipping between the designs.
"It took me about nine hours to do the painting," said Jerry.
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As a result of this striking transformation, his work has come to the attention of the local mayor, who commended and congratulated him.
He has also had approaches from local business people and the Samoa Tourism Authority offering him the possibility of work for which he is grateful. Jerry can be contacted at 7282464.


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According to the hoardings, this development is to become apartments. This is very close to the old Herculaneum/Harrington dock entrance gate.
According to the hoardings, this development is to become apartments. This is very close to the old Herculaneum/Harrington dock entrance gate.
There's a picture of it under Herculaneum Quay on the development summary,I think it's the same one?
Developers have decided to call it Columbus Quay, though I think it's nearer to Harrington Dock than anywhere else. The Tower Crane must have been installed only recently. It's the development linked to in scouserdaves' post above.
DESIGN issues have been blamed for bringing work to a halt on a 14-storey block of luxury apartments along Liverpools waterfront. Read
I heard the company behind this development had gone bust and were behind 2 or 3 projects which have now halted. Does anyone have confirmation of this?
the builder livesey group went into receivership. Im really eager to speak to anybody who has bought columbus quay off plan. Is anyone out there?
Hi John, welcome aboard.
What I find weird is that everytime i drive past the crane its moved position, is it the wind or what?
i've thought that myself! must be the ghost of builders past and present. Have you bought one or do you know of anybody who has?? If not, what is the best way of finding somebody on yo liverpool I'm new to all this
Cheers, I had visions of a lonely fella climbing up every so often just to keep his skills sharp.
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Original Sin?
At the beginning of the Bible, Genesis, God creates the world and everything in it and pronounces each thing "good." It is good. God creates and it is good. His design is perfect and His human creation is perfect. (Genesis 1-2)
Genesis 3 brings us to that one disastrous act. Yes, tempted by the seductive and subtle allure of lies being whispered to them by the serpent (the representation of all that is evil and all that is against God) Adam and Eve disobeyed God (sinned) and altered the spiritual DNA of every single person who was born after them. We are all descendants of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. The consequences given to Adam and Eve have been given to us as well. Psalm 51 discusses this.
DNA is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. DNA makes us who we are. We receive our DNA from our birth parents and from their ancestors. When we talk about spiritual DNA, we are not talking about our religion, we are talking about what we inherited from our ancestors. And that, sad to say, is the sin nature. That does not mean that we cannot choose a moral path, or do good things. However, God is perfect and holy. We were once perfect and holy, in the garden in Genesis 2, before Adam and Eve disobeyed God. However that all changed after that one act, commonly referred to as "the fall." "We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners." That is a fantastic encapsulation of this concept stated by R.C. Sproul, an American theologian.
For anyone who struggles to wrap their head around this concept, that we are born with a sin nature rather than we are born a blank slate or good because as a newborn, we have not yet done anything that can be determined to be good or bad, let us analyze further. As David laments in Psalm 51 (verse 7 in Tanakh which I linked here, verse 5 in Old Testament editions) "Behold, with iniquity I was formed, and with sin my mother conceived me." David is not saying that he was conceived out of wedlock or his mother committed any sin in his conception, David is acknowledging the human condition of "fallenness" having that sin nature in him from the moment of his conception as it is an inherited condition. Other scriptures that discuss this are Genesis 8:21 "for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth." Psalm 58 (verse 4 in Tanakh which I linked here, verse 3 in Old Testament editions) "The wicked become estranged [even] from the womb; those who speak lies go astray from birth."Job 14:4 "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean one? Not one" Job 15:14 "What is man that he should be innocent, and that one born of woman should be just?"
God cannot embrace what goes against His holiness. And, there is no debate about the authority of God. It is really that simple. If we do not understand our sin condition, we will not understand the kind of savior we need or that we need a savior at all.
A fantastic explanation I recently read is as follows, "I saw a God whose nature was creative love. He made man in His own image for the purpose of forming new and free relationships with Him. But in his freedom, man turned away from that relationship to consult his own wisdom and desires. The knowledge of good and evil was not some top-secret catalogue of nice and naughty acts that popped into Eve's mind when a talking snake got her to eat the magic fruit. The knowledge was built into the action of disobedience itself, It's what she learned when she overruled the moral law God had placed within her. There was no going back from that. The original sin poisoned all history. History's murders, rapes, wars, oppressions, and injustices are now the inescapable plot of the story we are in." Andrew Klavan, The Great Good Thing.
As you ponder this, please, if you have ANY genuine questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, that you would like to share or express, please contact us! Thank you!
L'Chaim – To Life! "You shall let me know the way of life, the fullness of joys in Your presence. There is pleasantness in Your right hand forever." Psalm 16:11
What is grace? The basic definition of grace is favor, the free and undeserved help, one way, as the person receiving the grace did absolutely nothing to deserve it or warrant it. Unmerited (undeserved) favor.
We can and do give grace to other people. However, grace in it's purest expression, the deepest meaning of it, is a gift from God to individuals. It is generous, free and undeserved. There is a depth to it that is unimaginable because it is so huge, so deep, so vast.
There is common grace which each and every person receives. And whether a person wants to believe it, or not, it is from God. Whether a person believes something or not does not change it from being factual truth.
Nothing exists simply because it exists. There is something holding it together. God. Common grace is called common grace because its benefits are experienced by, and intended for, all of humanity, without distinction between one person and another.
There is God's sustaining care for His creation called providential care in creation (meaning advantageous, favorable.) We have rain, sun, crops grow, we breathe, we wake up and our planet still exists.
There is a restraint of sin, or providential restraint of sin. While some individual people do absolutely horrendous things, people as a whole group are not as bad and horrific as we could be. There is something restraining us, a conscience, some sort of moral code. Problems arise when people are designing their own moral codes, but again, there is something restraining many to most individuals that they can behave in a semi civilized way and do not totally and completely run wild.
There are providential blessings to mankind. Advancements in medicine, technology, basically anything that people have done that improve the lives of other people are outcomes of God's common grace. His creation, the brains He gave people, the ability to reason and experiment and study and learn and design, all our from God and His common grace. med are seen as initiated by common grace.
And then there is a special grace which is different. Saving grace. That is the grace from God by which God draws people to salvation. What is salvation? Well, there is an eternal existence for our souls. There are two possible destinations. Although it may feel like death is the end when someone we know dies, it is not. Not for that person. We do not all go to heaven, and hell is not a place to be joking about. Both are real. In 2003 a research group discovered 64% of Americans expect to go to heaven when they die, but less than 1% think they might go to hell. Once again, truth is truth, reality is reality, whether or not an individual decides to believe it. For more in depth information, the big picture, please visit this page.
Understanding the reality of an eternal existence is important because it shows how infinitely dependent we are on God for everything. The Biblical language for hell is symbolic. Souls without bodies cannot have a literal fire burning them. However, fire and darkness in hell are vivid descriptions of what happens when we lose the presence of God. Remember, physically alive here on earth, whether we believe it or not, whether we accept God or not, there is that common grace from God sustaining us and our life. Darkness in hell refers to the isolation, and fire to the disintegration of being separated from God. Away from the favor and face of God, we literally, horrifically, and endlessly fall apart. It is almost unimaginable it is that horrific.
To be away from God is the worst thing that can happen to us. Why? We were originally created to walk in God's immediate presence. God is everywhere and upholds everything, only in Him do we all speak and move and exist at all. So in that sense, it is impossible to be away from God. Even hell could not exist without God upholding it, and having a purpose for it being there. The Bible says sin excludes us from God's face, His presence. All of our life; the joy, love, strength, purpose, meaning, ability, everything is found in God's presence, His favor.
Separation from God and His blessings forever, hell, is the reality to which all the symbols in the Bible that describe hell point to. We are not destroyed out of existence but we are ruined and destroyed, completely incapable of all the things a human soul is for. No more reasoning, feeling, choosing, giving or receiving love or joy simply because the human soul was built for enjoying the true God, and all human life flows from that. It is a common grace that in this world, every person, even those who have turned away from God are kept capable of reasoning, feeling, love, joy. Hell is the place where we lose God's supportive presence all together, and no matter what a person is experiencing here on earth, it is not the hell of eternity.
As you ponder this, please, please, please…if you have ANY genuine questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, that you would like to share or express, please contact me! Thank you!
Gospel Tract
A gospel tract is simply a paper, booklet or other tangible piece of writing that explains the gospel message in some clear way with a call for the reader to repent (turn from current status making a complete change of direction toward God) and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Please feel free to download, print, and distribute as you wish. It is set up to be one sheet of 8 1/2″ by 11″ paper, printed double sided.
The Gospel Tract is below.
In Real Life
Is The New Testament, Antisemitic?
Antisemitism is a deadly shadow that has sadly always been a part of Jewish history. Where does this hatred come from? Some, in trying to point a finger to a root cause, have claimed that the New Testament is fraught with antisemitic sentiment.
Context, context, context. There absolutely are New Testament scriptures that appear at face value to be eschewing hatred toward or of Jews, however, there are also Tanakh scriptures (Old Testament) that do the same thing! In the light of the entire passage, and book, a deeper sentiment is being expressed, one that must be examined to glean the entire meaning.
Some discussion on the difficult New Testament passages that appear at face value to be antisemitic can be found on the page that leads into holidays and holiday celebrations.
Some may dismiss the New Testament based on hearsay without having had examined the scriptures for themselves.
If you personally have any question about the New Testament's attitude towards Jewish people, please let us discuss the specific scriptures that are of concern to you. I will gladly analyze them with you, within the context of the paragraph, book of the Bible, and Bible as a whole. You may list out the scriptures in question in the comments section below or email. Thank you!
Let us return to the exciting analysis of the big picture!
With love,
The New Testament is NOT for Jews, or is it?
Why both the Tanakh (Tanach, Old Testament) and the B'rit Chadashah (New Covenant/New Testament)?
Jeremiah 31:30-33 in the Tanakh (Jeremiah 31:31-34 in the Old Testament). "Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will form a covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, a new covenant…"
Further Tanakh scriptures to support this are: Jeremiah 32:37-40, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Ezekiel 16:58-63, Ezekiel 37:21-26, Isaiah 55:3-8. Please, click on these links and read them! They are awesome!
Tanakh or Tanach is a Hebrew acronym that stands for "Torah [The Pentateuch] (Five books of Moses), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Khetuvim [K'tuvim] (Writings)".
The books of the Tanakh and Old Testament have the exact same content. However there is a slightly different order/arrangement between the two, and verse numbers in some instances are different.
If you compare the content side by side, you will see that they are identical.
To clarify the word "Torah"; in it's most limited sense "Torah" refers to the Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But the word "Torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Tanakh.
Rabbis may include the term "oral Torah" in the word Torah. That oral Torah, also known as the Talmud, they believe was given to Moses by God.
The "oral Torah" is a collection of Rabbinical interpretations of the written Torah. There is absolutely nothing in the written Torah that alludes to the fact that there was another Torah given to Moses. If you find such a scripture, please feel free to post it in the comments section!
There is an account in 2 Kings 22:8 and 2 Chronicles 34:15 of how the written Torah was both lost and completely forgotten for over 50 years and rediscovered by the Temple priests. It is difficult to believe that the Israelites could remember a non-recorded oral law while at the same time completely forgetting what was in the written law.
The words of the oral Torah have absent from them the familiar Biblical wording of "And the Lord spoke…" and "…thus says the Lord".
If one reads the text of the Oral Torah, one sees the opinions of Rabbis who disagree with each other repeatedly. The Rabbis explain that whenever there are such disagreements, "both opinions are the words of God."
According to the Tanakh, God does not contradict Himself. (Malachi 3:6 "For I, the Lord, have not changed; and you, the sons of Jacob, have not reached the end."; Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man that He should lie, nor is He a mortal that He should relent. Would He say and not do, speak and not fulfill?" Isaiah 40:8 "The grass shall dry out, the blossom shall wilt, but the word of our God shall last forever."Habakkuk 3:6 "He stood and meted out to the earth; He saw and caused nations to wander. And the everlasting mountains were shattered; the everlasting hills were humbled. The procedures of the world are His.")
Regarding other "extra biblical books"; there is a cluster of about 14 books, known as the Apocryphal books, which were written some time between the close of the Old Testament (after 400 B.C.) and the beginning of the New. They were never considered as part of the Hebrew Scriptures, and the Jews themselves clearly ruled them out by the confession that there was, throughout that period, no voice of the prophets in the land.
The Old Testament had been translated into Greek during the third century B.C., and this translation is known as the Septuagint, a word meaning 70, after the supposedly 70 men involved in the translation. It was the Greek Septuagint that the disciples of Jesus frequently used since Greek was the common language of the day. Whether or not the Septuagint also contained the Apocrypha is impossible to say for sure, since although the earliest copies of the Septuagint available today do include the Apocrypha, placed at the end, these are dated in the fifth century so cannot be relied upon to tell us what was common half a millennium earlier. Significantly, neither Jesus nor any of the apostles ever quoted from the Apocrypha, even though they were obviously using the Greek Septuagint. Therefore those 14 books are not in the Biblical Canon although they are used in the Catholic bibles.
Is the New Testament, antisemitic?
With love,
Our Glorious Inheritance
Our inheritance is, heaven. It is the sum total of all God has promised us in salvation.
The entirety of our inheritance will be given to us at the moment we die here on earth and go to be with God in eternity. Meanwhile as we walk out life here on earth, we are in possession of a down payment if you will, of the fullness that will be ours in completion when the time comes.
We also have God's unbreakable promise that we will receive our full inheritance. This inheritance and as the meaning of it as our understanding, knowledge, heart, mind comes to know it more and more, deeper and deeper, is an energizer, as the entire purpose for our existence here on earth takes on a new meaning and purpose.
So, we left off on the last page with being born again. We were born once, physically. This second birth is a spiritual one. What exactly happens in that spiritual birth, in being born again?
At that time God gives you a brand new Godly heart through His Holy Spirit, as it tells us in the following verse: Ezekiel 36:26-27. "I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My spirit within you and bring it about that you will walk in My statutes and you will keep My ordinances and do [them]"
What follows is
- Our destination when we die here on earth, is now to everlasting life with God. Heaven (Colossians 1:10-14).
- The flesh (our sin nature) is crucified through the cross of Christ (Galatians 5:24).
- We are dead in the sense that the old unbelieving self (soul) has died (Romans 7:1-6, Romans 8:2,4).
- Our old stony heart has been removed and has been replaced with a new heart of flesh (soft, pliable) with God's laws written on it (Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 24:7, Ezekiel 36:26-27, John 3:3).
- We have been given the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
- We are a new creation, a new soul (2 Corinthians 5:17).
- Our source of strength is "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). This is why the joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10)!
- We have an incredibly beautiful new identity, for here and for eternity. Our inheritance! Please read these verses and allow them to sink deep into your heart.(Colossians 1:10-14; 1:21-23; 2:6-15, Romans 6:1-11, Ezekiel 36:22-30.)
Positionally we ARE all of this and we POSSESS, all of this, FOREVER. These scriptures are powerful motivators.
However, we still have to walk out this life here on earth (experientially) (Philippians 2:12-13). How? "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."
Our soul has died with Christ and we have a new soul (a new mind/heart, new emotions, a freed will), our spirit has been resurrected from the dead, and the Holy Spirit dwells in us, so the "old man" is dead. Our body at the end of our time here will be changed, redeemed, glorified, fully healed and whole, healthy in every way, but right now, it is not. That is the only part of us not yet redeemed so sin and it's effects still dwell there (Romans 8:9-17).
Now that we have a spirit that is alive in us to God and His Holy Spirit (rather than the spirit that was dead prior to becoming "born again" and no Holy Spirit to help us) we now have the ability to choose where we will focus, on ourselves, or on our position in Jesus (Joshua 24:15, Joshua 24:22, 1 Kings 18:21, 2 Kings 17:33-34, 2 Kings 17:41, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13, Galatians 1:10).
Where we focus is how we will think, and ultimately behave. The mind of Christ, "the new man", can now say no to sin. The voice telling us to sin originates from the flesh. It is an ongoing battle while living life here on this earth (Romans 6:11, Romans 6:14, Romans 7, Romans 8:14).
Our self-focused (or fleshly) efforts to live this life produce an abundance of the works of the flesh; sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these (Galatians 5:19-21).
Focusing on our position in Jesus and praying for equipping and increasing love for others (1 Thessalonians 3:12, Hebrews 13:21), we "walk by the Spirit" (Galatians 5:16), which results in the fruit of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). God knows the motive of the heart (Proverbs 16:2, 1 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 16:7, Luke 16:15).
You are not what you think you are, but rather, what you think, you are (Proverbs 23:7, Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Ephesians 4:23-24, Philippians 2:5, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 3:10, 1 Peter 1:14, 1 Peter 1:18).
Strengthening the ability to focus on one's position/identity in Jesus, to "grow up into salvation" flows from pure spiritual food, God's Word (1 Peter 2:2-3, Romans 12:1-2) and prayer for His wisdom and revelation (Ephesians 1:17-18, Colossians 1:9).
Our salvation allows our missteps, our sin, but it is not a license to do whatever we want (Romans 6). God absolutely will be working in the life of a born again person. So if someone feels they can do whatever they want now that they are "saved", it might be a good time to have them check if they are truly in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5, Matthew 7:21, Luke 6:46, James 1:22)
But, as a reassurance, "If Saved, Always Saved." We are eternally secure because we have been sealed at salvation. "So that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory" (2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:12-14, John 6:37, John 10:27-29, Romans 11:29).
Please, please, please…if you have ANY genuine questions, comments, concerns, thoughts, that you would like to share or express, please contact us! Thank you!
L'chaim – To Life!
So, Now What?
After Adam and Eve sinned they covered themselves with fig leaves, but God quickly covered them with animal skins because their attempts to cover themselves was not acceptable to God.
Fascinating that to create the animal skins, a cut had to be made in them, and blood was shed for them. In Hebrew it is kārat berît, which literally means "cut a covenant." From the moment that they had sinned, God initiated His plan of redemption so they could be redeemed back to Him.
From the time that Adam and Eve tried to cover themselves with fig leaves man has been trying many different avenues to cover themselves in such a way that he could somehow earn his way into heaven.
All through the ages right to the present, people have tried to earn a right into heaven or to be considered "good" by doing good things. Many sadly are resting in the false hopes that what they do is enough because they are "better" than someone else. Charity and good works, prayer, attending a synagogue or church, being "better" outwardly than someone else, believing that for someone who is Jewish, that ethnicity earns them a place in heaven, none of these are what God looks at.
God looks at the vessel, the human body He created. Has that person received salvation, the salvation that God in the Bible defines, through the savior the Bible defines, or have they not?
Some cite Genesis 4:7 to prove that we do not need salvation, we simply need to be good. "Is it not so that if you improve, it will be forgiven you? If you do not improve, however, at the entrance, sin is lying, and to you is its longing, but you can rule over it."
Earnest and at times successful efforts at moral reformation are certainly noteworthy as some people fight to free themselves from the outward practice of a particular sin or sins. However, the concept of sin as Scripture details renders this admirable, but ineffective in earning right standing with God.
We can cast out sin from our nature as effectively as we can eliminate poison from our body by our own energy. If you have cancer, can you grit your teeth and will it to leave? Of course not. Just as Jeremiah 13:23 says "Will a Cushite (some translations say Ethiopian) change his skin, or a leopard his spots? So will you be able to improve, you who have become accustomed to do evil."
So, following the Scriptures, if every single one of us actually deserves judgment from God, we should not get fixated on the question, why doesn't God save everyone? The question really is, why does God save anyone?
An even deeper question is, why did you respond to this truth (if you did) when you heard it, but someone else who heard it, or read it, even the very same presentation at the same moment, did not respond to it? What was there in that one person that caused that person to respond positively while someone else rejected it?
I might think I am more intelligent than somebody else, but is that really it?
Some might think I am less intelligent than them and therefore I succumbed to something that they simply will not believe they have a need of.
Some might say that I recognized my need more than somebody else recognized his need, but even that recognition is a mixture of some level of intelligence along with humility, all of which actually are from God and are rooted in God.
I have to say just as Genesis 6:8 states, I cannot give any reason other than God's grace for why I am saved. "But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord." Amen, so did I. What is so awesome, right after verse 8 where Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord, verse 9 "Noah was a righteous man he was perfect in his generations; Noah walked with God."
It was God who called Noah out, called him righteous, called him perfect, and Noah walked out that new identity that God had given him… Noah was enabled by God to walk with God. SO EXCITING!!!
With love,
Understanding The Problem
Adam and Eve were made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 9:6). However, we (you and I) are also in the image and likeness of Adam (Genesis 5:3.)
When Adam fell into sin, the result was every one of his descendants (which is each one of us, regardless of ethnicity/religion/color or anything else that people might use to divide people into different groups) also became "infected" with his spiritual DNA, the sin nature.
David mourned this fact in Psalm 51:7 Tanakh (Psalm 51:5 OT.) "Behold, with iniquity I was formed, and with sin my mother conceived me." This does not mean that his mother bore him illegitimately. His mother had inherited a sin nature from her parents, and they from their parents, and so on. David inherited this from his parents, just as we all do.
Even if we live as "upright" and "good" a life as possible, every single thing we do is out of the body of a sinner as a result of the inherited sin nature. (Isaiah 64:5 Tanakh [Isaiah 64:6 OT].) "And we all have become like one unclean, and like a discarded garment are all our righteous deeds, and we all have withered like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind."
It is like a dirty pitcher pouring out the water contained in it. There will be contaminants in the water because the pitcher is not perfectly clean. It is the same with us. We have inherited the spiritual DNA of our original ancestor, Adam. We are not clean. Spiritually we are dead, separated from God.
Job 14:4 "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean one? Not one." Job 15:14-16 "What is man that he should be innocent, and that one born of woman should be just? Lo! He does not believe in His holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in His eyes. Surely [not] one who is abominable and impure, a man who drinks injustice like water." Job 25:4 "How then can man be just with God, and how can one born of woman be clean?" Psalm 14:2-3 "The Lord in Heaven looked down upon the sons of men to see whether there is a man of understanding, who seeks the Lord. All have turned away; together they have spoiled; no one does good, not even one." (Genesis 8:21, 1 Kings 8:46, Ecclesiastes 7:20)
Because of our sin, we all deserve judgment from God (Psalm 9:8-9 Tanakh, [Psalm 9:7-8 OT].)
God is perfect and holy (Deuteronomy 32:4, Job 8:3) and He will not look upon sin, nor will He allow sin and evil to go unpunished.
As God is infinite and eternal (lasting forever, no beginning or end) and since all sin is ultimately against God (Psalm 51:6 Tanakh, Psalm 51:4 OT), only an infinite and eternal punishment is sufficient.
So if all this is true (which it is), then what can we do about it?
With love,
For someone to say there is no God that person must know all things in order to be able to say that. None of us can claim to know everything.
Now let's change that to be someone saying that they believe that God does not exist. Okay, my next question would be, what evidence are you basing that belief on?
IF God is real… THEN what?
THEN that means we are accountable to an authority beyond ourselves. That is quite the statement isn't it?
The evidence that God exists and is real is overwhelming, tremendous, and literally all around us in every aspect of our life.
I pray that my words in this blog will bring you a bit of hope that there is something to look forward to in this life. That in it, no matter what, in the amazing times and in the challenging and painful times, we in our situations can be given the ability to see beyond the situation to what is underneath and above it. Along with that goes the promise that there is a future that goes beyond anything we truly know or can fully conceive of.
To those who don't believe, I pray that my words will bring you comfort no matter where you are at. That a seed might be planted and you begin to hunger to know more.
So back to the IF God is real part. Here are 10 interesting items that are great pondering points on that topic.
1) The Earth is a perfect size. It's size and gravity holds a thin mix of a layer of mainly nitrogen and oxygen gases, extending approximately 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like the planet Jupiter.
2) The Earth is located the perfect distance from the sun. If the Earth were any further away, we would freeze. Any closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. Even beyond that, the Earth maintains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph, while at the same time, rotating on its axis, allowing warming and cooling of the entire surface of the Earth, every day, in a way that sustains life.
3) The moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for the gravitational pool. The moon creates ocean tides so the ocean does not either stagnate, or spill over across the continents.
4) Water is essential for our survival and has interesting, unique, and life sustaining qualities. Plants, animals, and people consist mostly of water (we are approximately 2/3 water). This colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid has a uniquely high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to be alive in an environment that temperatures range, meanwhile our body remains at a steady approximate 98.6 degrees. Water is a universal solvent, which carries minerals and nutrients through our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels. Water is also chemically neutral which means that it enables food, medicine, minerals to be absorbed and used by the body, without affecting them. Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees. Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.
5) 97% of the Earth's water is in the oceans however, there is a natural system of purification and distribution in place. On Earth, to distribute the water throughout the planet, evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds, which the wind easily moves to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals, and people. A natural system of purification and supply sustains life on this planet.
6) The human brain processes an incredible amount of information. It takes in all that you see, hear, feel, taste; holds and processes emotions, thoughts, memories; keeps you breathing, opens and closes your eyelids to blink to protect your eyes, controls hunger and thirst, moves your muscles… all of this simultaneously. The human brain processes more than a million messages a second, weighing the importance of all the data, and filtering out what is not relevant for the moment. The human brain is different from all other human organs. There is intelligence, ability to learn, remember, reason, to produce feelings, to plan, take action, and relate to others.
7) The eye is able to distinguish between 7 million colors; it has automatic focusing and handles over a million messages received by it, simultaneously.
8) Every cell in our bodies has a very detailed instruction code, DNA. DNA is a three-billion-lettered "computer" program if you will, telling the cell to act in a certain way. It is a full instruction manual that in a very detailed, specific way, tells the body how it should develop. It is so intricate that it leaves huge questions as to how this information came to be, without a Divine someone intentionally constructing it.
9) The universe operates by uniform laws of nature. How is it that we can identify laws of nature that never change? Why is the universe so orderly, so reliable?
10) The universe had a start, so what caused it? The "big bang" theory states that billions of years ago, all of the matter in the known universe was tightly packed into a microscopic cosmic "egg" and our universe began with one enormous explosion of energy and light. This, the singular start to everything that exists.
Where did this "egg" come from? Some claim it possibly resulted from an earlier universe that collapsed upon itself. Well, then where did that universe come from? This assumes that matter is eternal, something that is refuted by the second law of thermodynamics in physics.
Where did this enormous explosion of energy and light come from? Something does not come from nothing.
Where did the first something come from? Matter of fact, where did the very first life come from? Scientifically it has been proven that life cannot be created from something that does not have life.
The intricacy of our planet, and of our bodies, points to a deliberate designer who created it, and who sustains it. All these things point to a divine creator, God.
Let us discuss this divine creator, shall we?
With love,
The Good Book
The Good Book = The Bible
It seems that the Jewish people have their bible, Protestants theirs, Catholics theirs, Jehovah Witnesses theirs, Humanists theirs…And everyone says that their Bible is the Bible.
Well then, what is THE Bible? The Bible is inspired by God and is the account of God's action in the world and His purpose with all creation. The writing of the Bible took place over sixteen centuries and is the work of over forty human authors. It is an amazing collection of 66 books with very different styles all containing the message God desired us to have.
One of the greatest miracles of the Bible is its unity. The 66 books of the Bible were written over an estimated 1,500 years on three continents in three languages by about 40 different people who, in most cases, had never met. Their education and background varied greatly. Yet the 66 books maintain an amazing consistency and harmony with each other.
Why is the Bible is true and not a bunch of fables? Another astounding reality is the accuracy of scientific statements made in the Bible, even before scientists had "discovered" these things. Just a few examples: the roundness of the earth is mentioned in Isaiah 40:22, atmospheric circulation in Ecclesiastes 1:6, the hydrologic cycle in Ecclesiastes 1:7, the law of increasing entropy in Psalm 102:25-27, the importance of blood in life processes in Leviticus 17:11, gravitational field in Job 26:7.
Some interesting additional reading is this outside source "The Universe Confirms the Bible."
There is also incredible historical accuracy found in the Bible. Archaeology has shown the events, places, and people are consistent with history. Archaeological evidence demonstrates the historical and cultural accuracy of the Bible. Archaeological findings demonstrate that the Biblical prophets accurately predicted events hundreds of years before they occurred, something that lies beyond the capability of people. The Dead Sea Scrolls have also provided impressive evidence for both the integrity of the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the authenticity of the books themselves. Archaeology has also shown events, places, and people of the New Testament are consistent with history.
The reliability and accuracy of the New Testament is often contested by critics. However, if the critics want to disregard the New Testament, then they must also disregard other ancient writings by Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. The New Testament documents are better preserved and more numerous than any other ancient writings. Because of this, they can be cross checked for accuracy, and they are very consistent. From Collier's Encyclopedia, 1976, Volume 17, pages 465-467: "Next to the New Testament, there are more extant [currently existing] manuscripts of the Iliad (643) than any other book…The New Testament has about 20,000 lines…the Iliad about 15,600. Only 40 lines (or 400 words) of the New Testament are in doubt, where as 764 lines of the Iliad are questioned. This 5% textual corruption compares with 1/2 of 1%…in the New Testament. Over 96% of these variants are without material significance in ascertaining the meaning of the text."
Now we need to discuss the New Testament and Jewish people (of which, I am one)
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Bell Rock on the outskirts of Sedona, AZ is a natural wonder to see, and an even more wonderful to experience. Bell Rock is one of the energy vortexes that surround Sedona and is claimed to be one of the most powerful. I'm open to the mumbo jumbo of the new age but have always been skeptical. I've been to Bell Rock before and experienced its power sitting on an overlook quieting my mind until the mountain silently wrapped its arms around me and pulls me into itself. Okay, sound like a bunch of crap, but I couldn't wait to have it do it to me again. I got up a sunrise to climb the rock and find my special spot. Up I climbed, on all fours, scratching my way up the steep faces and overlooks until I found my spot a couple hundred feet above the valley floor with a comfortable rock where I could sit for a while. No one else was on the rock and it was totally quiet. I sat for a while quieting my mind and slowly my body began to vibrate form the inside. I let it continue until a beautiful feeling engulfed me and I rode the wave. It was beyond meditation, hypnosis, breathing, or altered states. It felt natural and wonderful. I rode the edge of the wave until others appeared on the rock and began making noise. I brought myself back to this reality and hiked down an enlightened man.
On my drive towards town I got to thinking what just happened. Is it some supernatural phenomena or just a natural occurrence from the geology? I've concluded, it's a natural geological phenomena that causes this wonderful experience. The red rocks of Sedona are all iron oxide and Bell Rock is nothing but a huge hunk of iron and because of it's size is a huge magnet. Our red blood cells consist of a lot of iron with each cell (magnet) spinning in many directions as they travel through our bodies. Sitting on this huge magnet does something to the alignment of these iron particles in our body and you can feel the sensation. Is there healing power, who knows. Is it a wonderful experience, yes it is. Will I do it again, yes I will.
If you would like to see more photos of Sedona, click on the Sedona Photo Gallery link
I sat on the middle roundish rock.
Cathedral Rock across the way.
Even the yogi fiends had to climb the rock to be in coyote position.


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After you watch the ball come into your racket, try to look at your opponent's racket instead of tracking the path of your shot. Remember, you cannot make line calls on your opponent's side of the net. So, what good does it do to watch the path of your shot? Instead, assume that your shot is in, (which will help your confidence), and also assume that your opponent will return your shot. If you trust these assumptions, then by watching your opponent's racket, you might gain some information of what type of shot your opponent might hit.
For example, when your opponent is on the baseline, the racket pulled straight back might be a drive, the racket dropping down might be a lob and the racket setting up high might be a chip or short ball. When your opponent is at the net, the racket going down might be a good time to move in, the racket mid height might mean for you to hold your position and the racket cocking up might mean an overhead so move back and defend.
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Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces that it has reached an agreement regarding the sale of the remaining part of DSM Elastomers (DSM Elastomers) to LANXESS for €310 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The intended sale is expected to close in the first months of 2011, subject to regulatory and other customary approvals and notifications.
The intended sale of DSM Elastomers, producer of EP(D)M rubber under the brand name Keltan®, is a result of DSM's ambition to focus on Life Sciences and Materials Sciences. DSM Elastomers no longer fits with this focus. Earlier this year, DSM sold the business unit Thermoplastic Elastomers (Sarlink®), formerly part of this business group, to Teknor Apex Company.
The price for the DSM Elastomers business represents an EBITDA multiple of roughly 6 based on the expected EBITDA of 2010. DSM expects to report a book profit of more than €100 million as a result of the transaction upon closing. Approximately 420 employees will transfer to the new owner upon closing.
This announcement represents the final stage of the transformation of DSM that began with the divestment program DSM announced in September 2007 as part of its Accelerated Vision 2010 program. Previously, DSM finalized the divestments of DSM Agro, DSM Melamine, Citric Acid, Stamicarbon as well as its energy interests. Total divestment proceeds – including the proceeds from the intended sale of DSM Elastomers – are expected to be about €1.2 billion.
Feike Sijbesma, CEO/Chairman of the DSM Managing Board, said: "The sale of DSM Elastomers completes our Vision 2010 strategy to become a focused Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company. This transformation has been achieved within our desired timeframe and at favorable conditions for our shareholders and employees. DSM has now entered a new era focused on driving growth and returns with enhanced earnings quality and confidence in meeting our medium-term targets."
"We look forward to welcoming DSM's professional EPDM team as well as its impressive assets to our core synthetic rubber activities," said Axel C. Heitmann, LANXESS CEO. "The transaction will also be an important step towards our goal of achieving roughly €1.4 billion EBITDA pre exceptionals in 2015."
Nico Gerardu, Member of the DSM Managing Board and responsible for the Base Chemicals and Materials cluster, commented: "Despite very challenging market conditions since we announced our intention to divest DSM Elastomers, we succeeded in announcing this sale within the timeframe of Vision 2010, as originally planned. I am very pleased that LANXESS has agreed to become the new owner for DSM Elastomers as there is a great strategic fit. I would like to thank all DSM Elastomers employees for their ongoing support and substantial contribution to DSM."
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