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The first-ever Heritage Award, designated for properties of distinct merit based on the historical significance in combination with architectural preservation, will be presented to recipient Susan Cort, owner of 114 Java. This property was originally built for Harry Herr, Mr. Hershey's civil engineer, who helped him to devise a model town and the inception of the Hershey trolley system. The home embodies a striking combination of Tudor and brick elements, and is distinguished by the classicallystylized stone balustrade, the same as the Mediterranean Revival duplexes on Java.
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NCL Norwegian Star Repo 4/24/08
Took Mom on a 3 day reposition cruise on the NCL Norwegian Star from LA to Vancouver 4/24-27/08. Great time over all but a few "hits & misses" on food and service. See the pics here and my formal review at ...... (coming soon) We had an Aft balcony on Deck 10 and she said she's never sailing again without an Aft cabin!!Read More

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Finally – a "Top Ten" I can really use!
David Letterman of the Late Show often used a fake and funny top ten list to get a good laugh but Pope Francis' Top Ten should be printed out and placed on everyone's refrigerator.
In an interview published in part in the Argentine weekly "Viva" July 27, the pope listed his Top 10 tips for bringing greater joy to one's life. Although listed one to ten in the Catholic Register, I am going to list them David Letterman style with my own commentary going from number ten to number one!
10. Work for peace. I am reminded that this doesn't just go for peace in the Middle East, but for peace in my home, parish, community and work place. Pray and work for world peace but demonstrate it at home.
9. Don't proselytize; respect others' beliefs. I love my Catholic faith and occasionally my friends and family get sick of me harping on the "Catholic " teaching of things. I have an obligation to live and teach my faith but I want others to recognize the beauty of the faith in me. If I am not living and radiating joy – who would want to be Catholic like me. It may be an odd comparison but, I think of a great line in the movie When Harry Met Sally – in the restaurant scene the neighboring customer leans over to the waitress and says "I'll have what she's having." I want people to see me and say, "I'll have what she's having!"
8. Stop being negative. Oh, this one is so hard for me because misery loves company! I find the best way to get rid of the crabbiness is to talk to a trusted friend (or in my case my spouse) and get it out. We have a saying in our house that we used when our kids were little. We say, "Over, done with, gone!"
7. Respect and take care of nature. This seemed easier when my children were little. They would bring me a rock or (heaven forbid) lizard and marvel at how beautiful it was. I remember one time when driving to visit my mother when my children were in the back seat. My son pointed and yelled to look out the window at a rainbow and said, "Mom, look what God made for us!" Out of the mouths of babes…
6. Find innovative ways to create dignified jobs for young people. I found this an interesting thing to be on the Pope's list. I have , however always loved being with and working with young people. The whole world is ahead of them and a little encouragement can bring them so far, but I have to say when I spend time with youth it is me who benefits from their enthusiasm.
5. Sundays should be holidays. We have sort of lost Sundays in this country. It becomes yet another day to do chores or in this digital age catch up on work. My parents used to talk about "Sunday go to visiting day" and we would visit family and friends and build that community that you just cannot get with virtual facebook friends.
4. "A healthy sense of leisure. Father Patrick Peyton used to say "The family that prays together stays together." While that may be true, I also believe the family that plays together enjoys each others company while they stay together. Have fun!
3. "Proceed calmly" in life. I am sure you have seen the facebook memes that say "Keep calm and XXXX" With the X's being one of many things. Maybe facebook is catching on to the Pope! Maybe I'll make a meme that says 'Keep calm and listen to the Pope!"
2. "Be giving of yourself to others. Being stingy of my time or resources only leads me to misery. The number one way to break out of a depression is to get involved and give to others. It is like God's very own Prozac!
And the number one way to bring greater Joy to ones life is: (Drum roll please!)
1. "Live and let live. When I find myself getting tied up in someone elses drama I need to remember this one. The Pope said their is a similar expression in Rome with the saying, "Move forward and let others do the same." I prefer a Polish saying I saw recently. I even posted near my desk at work. It says, "Nie mój cyrk, nie moje ma?pe" Translates into "Not my circus, not my monkey."
Thank you Pope Francis, for reminding us once again how to live!


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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening, chilled
- 1/3 cup ice water
- For the Peach cobbler:
- 3 pounds medium peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for top crust
- 4 tablespoons butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
- For the Pie crust: Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Add the shortening and cut it in with a fork or pastry cutter until it resembles coarse crumbs with a few pea-sized bits. Stirring with a fork, gradually add enough of the water until the mixture clumps together. Gather up the dough and press into a flat disc, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- For the Peach Cobbler: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Roll out the dough to a large square that is 1/8-inch thick. Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 6 circles. Using a 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out 6 circles and keep cold. Butter 6 (4-ounce) ramekins. Place the smaller rounds of dough into the ramekins and press down into the bottom and sides. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, toss the peaches, cornstarch, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Fold in the butter. Divide the peach mixture between the 6 ramekins. Cover the peach mixture with the larger rounds of dough, letting the dough come down the sides of the ramekins. Pinch the dough firmly onto the top edge of the dish. Cut a few slits in the top of the dough. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and place back in the oven and bake until golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the cobbler from the oven and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Recipe Details
- Source: Emeril Special EMSP14e [4]
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Starting in 2028, the analysis finds, net revenue losses are reduced — but not eliminated: "in each of the years between 2027 and 2033, PWBM projects that the bill will continue to reduce revenues net of outlays, not including the additional costs of debt service. In contrast, the Byrd Rule prohibits a decrease in net revenue in any year after the 10-year budget window, not just revenue neutrality across time after the first 10 years. As a result, by our calculations, the Senate's TCJA (Amended) does not satisfy one of the key requirements of the Byrd Rule."
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OK, here are ten players I'm curious to see in the upcoming 2010-11 NBA season. I'm qualifying things in a couple ways - just veterans here, as I'm basically curious to see how every rookie fares in the league. And, also, this is a non-Heat list, as, duh, of course I'm curious to see how everything comes together basketball-wise with the three Miami Super Friends.
Derrick Rose, Chicago
For all of his immense physical gifts, as an impossible combination of size, speed, and strength at the point, there is still plenty of room for improvement in Rose's game at age 22. Rose averaged 20.8 points and 6.0 assists (18.7 PER) in 2009-10, impressive numbers for a second-year player. However, Rose makes things challenging by only really scoring by 2's, as he can't hit 3's (16 made threes on .267 in '09-10) or draw 1's (4.3 FTA per game). Further, he is not considered to be a good defensive player and even his assist rate trails far behind the Nash-Paul-Williams-Rondo leaders.
Rose's free-throw rate actually did improve quite a bit last season, if you consider that he averaged 4.7 FTA per game from Dec. 1 on (remember that he was fighting a bum ankle early last year), up from 3.1 FTA as a rookie. He claims to have been working on his three-point shot this summer, but I haven't seen evidence of it - Rose hit just 5-18 (.278) at the shorter line in FIBA Worlds, and even had to be benched for being an ineffective floor-spacer, and made just .238 in the preseason.
Despite all of the room for growth in his offensive arsenal, what I'm especially curious to see from Rose in 2010-11 is his defense. Can a union with defensive mastermind Tom Thibodeau vastly improve Rose's defense? With his physical ability, there's no reason that Rose shouldn't be one of the best defensive point guards in the game. Becoming a disruptive defender would be a huge step in helping Rose become a truly elite point guard, rather than just a potential one.
Monta Ellis, Golden State
For all of the chaos that took place in Oakland in 2009-10, one of the most depressing developments for me was that Ellis, one of my favorite players to watch a couple years ago, became the poster child for inefficiency and misleading statistics. Sure, Monta's 25.5 points per game smashed his career-high, and ranked him 6th in the league, his name listed up with the superstars of the game in the leaders. But it was all a mirage, as Ellis's numbers were inflated by playing an absurd number of minutes (41.4 per game) at an absurd pace, leaving him with an absurd volume of shots (22.0 FGA's per game).
Looking at the Ellis player comment in Pro Basketball Prospectus 2010-11 reminded me that it has not always been this way. The stat that jumped out at me was Ellis's two-point field goal percentage. In 2007-08, it had been .544, a solid number, before plummeting all the way to .470 in 2009-10. Despite being an improved three-point shooter (.338 in '09-10, up from .231 in '07-08) with significantly more attempts from downtown, Monta's effective field-goal percentage (eFG%) has still, somewhat amazingly, dropped substantially.
But that look back at '07-08 was a reminder that Monta has efficiency in him. Here is a comparison of his shooting numbers:
FG% 3P% eFG% TS%Monta has efficiency in him. Now that the Don Nelson Circus has relocated back to Maui, can Monta regain some sanity and efficiency in his game? Man, I sure hope so, but the preseason numbers are not promising. Ellis's FG% was even lower at .438, and new coach Keith Smart inexplicably played Ellis 53 minutes and 44 minutes in preseason games last week. Please come back to earth, Monta, I miss you, man.
'07-08 .531 .231 .536 .580
'09-10 .449 .338 .476 .517
Nicolas Batum, Portland
After a season in which Portland won 50 games despite losing 300+ man games to injury, those who have run statistical projections, such as John Hollinger and Kevin Pelton, are quite high on the Blazers' chances in 2010-11. Yet, in all the talk of the Blazers as potential contenders in the West, a key name in the team's rosy projections - Nic Batum - is rarely mentioned.
After missing half the season with a shoulder injury, Batum was a vastly improved player in the 37 games he did play in his second season:
MIN FG% 3P% TS% PTS PERAfter taking such a big jump from age 20 to 21, can Batum continue on this trajectory at just 22, or was his '09-10 improvement something of a mirage due to the relatively small sample of total minutes played? For all the talk of whether Brandon Roy and Andre Miller can co-exist, and what Greg Oden might be able to contribute, and what Wesley Matthews can bring to the table, I think Batum will be a key underrated figure in determining Portland's fortunes in '10-11. I'm curious to see if we have about the same guy as last year... or if Nic Batum is actually a potential star in the making.
'08-09 18.4 .446 .369 .555 5.4 12.9
'09-10 24.8 .519 .409 .646 10.1 17.3
Jordan Farmar, New Jersey
In 2007-08, it seemed as if the Lakers had scored a steal with the 26th pick of the 2006 Draft in Farmar. In that year, Farmar posted a solid 15.4 PER as a 21-year-old in his second season, and appeared to be the heir to L.A.'s starting point guard position. However, Farmar regressed sharply and surprisingly in the following two years, failing to a PER of 9.9 in 2008-09 and 12.3 in 2009-10. Notably, his assist rate plummeted in 2009-10 - Farmar averaged just 1.5 assists in 18 minutes per game, down from 2.7 in 20.6 minutes in 2007-08.
Farmar seemed to fall out of favor with Phil Jackson in L.A., and now that he gets a fresh start in Jersey, I'm curious to see what we have here: is it the young player filled with promise from '07-08, or the barely replacement-level player we've seen since?
With the athletic Farmar still turning just 24 in late November, I tend to think he has a chance to blossom anew in Newark. His preseason numbers have been a mixed bag - FG% down at .407, but assists up at 3.3 in 21.9 minutes.
While I do believe that Steve Blake is a better fit than Farmar for the triangle offense, and for the Lakers in 2010-11, Blake also has limited upside at age 30. As the Lakers presumably enter the post-Phil Jackson era in 2011-12, I wonder if they'll wish they still had Farmar - I tend to think that his next five seasons will be significantly better than Blake's. We should start to get a sense of whether this will be the case based on how Farmar performs this season - it's a pivotal year for him.
Yi Jianlian, Washington
I'd never been much of a fan of Yi. On the night he was drafted, I asked how you say "El Busto" in Mandarin. I've been watching Yi with the Chinese national team since 2004, when he was just 28 years old (c'mon, give me a rim shot for that one), and he had always struck me as an exceedingly passive player.
The guy I saw at the FIBA World Championship was a different player. Yi averaged a 20-10 on 50% FG shooting in the Worlds, and it was how he did it that was especially impressive. He was smart and versatile as he operated from the mid- and low-post, either employing a variety of post moves, or facing up to take advantage of his soft shooting touch from the mid-range.
As much as anything, Yi was shockingly assertive. He was especially impressive with 26 points and 14 rebounds against Greece, as Yi was able to hold his post position well even against the rugged Greek big men down low. For the first time, I became a believer that Yi could be a quality NBA rotation player. Now he needs to do it in the NBA, and do it consistently. I'm curious to see if he can do so.
Michael Beasley, Minnesota
As with Farmar, Beasley gets a chance to press the reset button on his career at a young age, with a fresh start in Minnesota at just age 21. Beasley has scored 14.3 points per game in 27.3 minutes per game in his first two seasons. When his game is on, it's quite difficult to stop Beasley from scoring.
However, Beasley's 2009-10 season was worse than his rookie year, as his scoring rate and PER dropped, and he was particularly dreadful in the playoffs. Beasley has the talent to be an efficient 20 ppg scorer in the league - possibly even 25 ppg - with a scoring game nearly as smooth as Melo's.
I want to see that guy. He should be the go-to guy on the wing in Minny, and he's filled it up in the preseason, with 13.8 points in 21 minutes, though on just .394 FG%. Beasley doesn't even turn 22 until January, so there's still plenty of time for his career to develop, but I'm starting to get antsy to see him become a premier scorer on a consistent basis.
Tony Parker, San Antonio
OK, so I'm little bit curious to see what Parker does this season - if he can fully recapture his jets after an injury-plagued year - and I'm more curious to see what happens to Parker this season. With all of the talk about where guys like Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul are going to end up, Parker is a quietly fascinating player this year.
Parker will turn 29 in mid-May as his contract expires and he heads into unrestricted free agency. Players like Parker, whose game is based primarily on speed, do not tend to age well. I can't possibly see the Spurs committing to another five years with Parker, for example. But, with Duncan and Ginobili aging, do they let him walk for nothing, or try to trade him at the deadline to recoup some assets? As long as the Spurs are in something approaching contention, I can't see them dealing Parker at the deadline. Letting Parker walk would leave a huge hole at point guard in '11-12 that I'm not sure George Hill will be able to fill. With the championship window still cracked open ever so slightly in 2010-11, I'm not sure the Spurs have another choice. We'll see.
Trevor Ariza, New Orleans
Quite simply, who is Trevor Ariza? Is he the 15.5 PER guy from the Lakers championship season of '08-09, the guy who shot the lights out during the 2009 Playoffs, or the miserably inefficient Rocket who shot just .394 in '09-10?
I'm guessing that he gets back closer to that '08-09 guy at age 25 with the Hornets, though his .397 preseason FG% is a cause for concern. Mostly, we're just curious to see if Ariza can get out on the fast break with Chris Paul - if so, New Orleans has a chance to become one of the most exciting teams to watch on NBA League Pass this season.
Eric Gordon, L.A. Clippers
Stephen Curry is far better known as a player than Gordon, who has been buried in obscurity as a Clipper after a single NCAA season plagued by injury and tumult at Indiana. Yet, this summer with the U.S. national team, Gordon reminded us that he is a player of similar promise as Curry, and even nine months younger, to boot.
Gordon played almost twice as many minutes as Curry in the World Championships, and had several explosive scoring outings over the summer as a whole, even though he was certainly inconsistent (Gordon made just 3-16 FG in the final three knockout games).
Still, Gordon, who turns 22 on Christmas, scored 17 ppg in 36 mpg last year, and is still a player on the rise. Can Gordon build on his summer in the relative spotlight, and establish that he and Blake Griffin are one of the top young duos in basketball? Well, I'm curious to find out.
Anthony Randolph, New York
Statistical projections by Hollinger and Pelton absolutely love Randolph this season. Hollinger projects him at 23.6 points, 11.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per 40 minutes, for a 21.5 PER. Pelton's comparable players at a similar age include Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett and Josh Smith.
Though he played in just 33 games, Randolph's per-minute production in '09-10 at age 20 was fairly startling, as he averaged 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in just 22.7 minutes per game (18.7 PER), though of course there were significant inconsistencies even in that small sample size.
Randolph is something of a freak of nature as a versatile 6-10, 205 player. Can he put it together consistently in age 21? If he does - and especially if he does so in Mike D'Antoni's system - Randolph could quickly become one of the most fun players to watch in the entire league.


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Neither Kiev nor Moscow back the hastily arranged voting on separation from Ukraine - but if the vote is 'yes,' Moscow will face a dilemma.
People in two regions of restive eastern Ukraine — Donetsk and Luhansk — will vote on Sunday on declaring sovereignty. The plebiscites, hastily arranged by pro-Russia insurgents who have seized government buildings over the past month, are denounced both by the central government in Kiev and the West, and it is unclear whether they will be recognized by Moscow in light of Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for the vote to be postponed. Issues of legitimacy aside, the vote is sure to add to tensions in an area already gripped by rebellion and sporadic clashes between militants and Ukrainian forces.
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- Ukraine Conflict Hits Home Among Russian-speaking Israelis
- Militants Hold Red Cross Workers Hostage in Ukraine's 'Donetsk People's Republic'
- Putin Hails Russian Revival During Visit to Crimea
- Ukraine to Separatists: A Vote for Self-rule Would Be Catastrophic
- As East Ukrainians Vote in Referendum, Poll Shows Opposition to Secession
- Ukrainian Troops Open Fire on Crowd, Fatalities Feared
- Kremlin Signaling Russia Has No Intention to Annex Eastern Ukraine Regions
After Viktor Yanukovych, the Russia-friendly Ukrainian president, was toppled in February following months of protests in the capital, many people in eastern and southern Ukraine strongly resented the authorities who took over. The majority in that sprawling swath of the country speak Russian as their mother tongue and many denounced the new government as nationalists — and even fascists — who would suppress the Russian-speakers. The Black Sea peninsula of Crimea held a referendum on secession less than a month after Yanukovych's ouster, and Russia annexed Crimea days later. In April, insurgents calling themselves the Donetsk People's Republic began seizing police stations and government buildings in that region, setting up checkpoints and claiming control of several cities.
The ballot issue
The ballot asks if voters approve establishment of sovereign and independent "people's republics." However, the ultimate goal is not clear. Organizers in Donetsk say that, in the event of a "yes" vote, they will decide later if they want to be independent, seek to become part of Russia, or agree to stay in Ukraine but with significantly greater autonomy.
Russia's involvement
Kiev and the West claim that Russia is fomenting or even directing the unrest in the east, either with the goal of finding a pretext for invading and seizing the region, or of destabilizing Ukraine in order to force it to abandon aspirations to join NATO and the European Union. Russia denies that it has agents on the ground in the east.
However, it clearly has strong influence, as witnessed by its success in obtaining the release of OSCE military observers who were taken hostage by militants in the city of Slovyansk, and its adamant criticism of Ukraine's acting government wreinforces the insurgents' resistance.
Putin's call on Wednesday for the referendum to be postponed may have been intended to portray Russia as seeking de-escalation of the crisis. The insurgents' rejection of the call the next day promotes the view that they are not pawns of Moscow, but a genuine people's movement rising up against a purported threat of genocide.
Referendum prospects
Recent poll data show a strong majority in the east favor remaining part of Ukraine, but that doesn't necessarily prefigure a "no" vote on a "people's republic." Many who were on the fence may have been swayed by last week's grisly confrontation in Odessa, where dozens of pro-Russians died when the building where they took shelter was firebombed by government backers. Although Odessa is far away from the referendum regions, the violence reinforced the view of the government side as brutal and vengeful. In any case, sovereignty opponents may choose to sit out the vote because of the intimidating atmosphere. And without international oversight, the vote count's accuracy will be highly debatable.
What's next?
If the vote is "yes" and the insurgents push for incorporation into Russia, Moscow will face a dilemma. U.S. and EU sanctions already appear to be affecting the economy. Russia would be leery of inducing more such punishment by annexing the regions. It would also be logistically more challenging: Crimea housed a large Russian military contingent at the Black Sea Fleet base and reinforcements were brought in quickly before Ukraine could respond. But Ukrainian forces are already fighting in the east.
However, Putin's assertion of Russia's alleged right to reclaim territories that it lost through historical "injustices," which he cited in justifying the annexation of Crimea, could end up making Russia feel obliged to add Luhansk and Donetsk to its territory.


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Notes & Outlines 1&2 SAMUEL "By Dr. J. Vernon McGee © Thru the Bible Radio Network,http://www.ttb.org. "
(Audio index:MCGEECOMMENTARYAUDIO 1Samuel ) (Audio index:MCGEECOMMENTARYAUDIO 2Samuel )
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. kjv@Hosea:13:11)
The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel give us the origin of the kingdom. The two Books of Samuel were classified as one in the Jewish canon. They are the first two of four Books of Kings in the Latin Vulgate.
WRITER: The name of Samuel is identified with these two historical books, not because he was the writer primarily, but because his story occurs first and is so prominent. He anointed as king both Saul and David. Samuel is considered the author up to kjv@1Samuel:25 (his death). Nathan and Gad completed the writing ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:29 ASV).
1. The rise of the kingdom.
2. The story of Hannah.
3. The story of little Samuel.
4. The story of David and Goliath.
5. The friendship of David and Jonathan.
6. King Saul's visit to witch of Endor.
7. God's covenant with David in kjv@2Samuel:7.
8. David's great sin — Bathsheba.
9. David's rebellious son — Absalom.
THEME: Prayer — 1 Samuel opens with prayer; 2 Samuel closes with prayer. Kingdom — The change of the government from a theocracy to a kingdom; God's covenant with David. Prophet — The rise of the office of prophet, who became the messenger of God in place of the priest.
KEY VERSE: kjv@1Samuel:10:25
COMMENT: There is a striking contrast between the characters in the Book of Judges and those in the two Books of Samuel. The men in Judges seem to be ordinary and average, while here the characters are outstanding and above the average. There are 6 who stand out in 1 Samuel. They are Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan, and David. First Samuel is a transitional book from the era of the judges to the kingdom. The kingdom foreshadows the coming millennial kingdom in some respects. There are certain profound global lessons for us in the setting up of the kingdom. The world needs:
1. A king with power who exercises his power righteously;
2. A king who will be in full dependence upon God and who can be trusted with power;
3. A king who is in full obedience to God.
kjv@1Samuel:15:22 — Samuel's word about obedience
kjv@1Samuel:25:29 — Abigail's word about David's relationship to God
kjv@2Samuel:3:33 — Abner's epitaph
kjv@2Samuel:7 — God's covenant with David (note the 7 "I wills")
kjv@2Samuel:18:33 — David's grief over Absalom
kjv@2Samuel:22 — Song of David kjv@Psalms:18)
kjv@2Samuel:24:24 — David's rebuke against a cheap religion
I. SAMUEL: God's prophet, priest, and judge, kjv@1Samuel:1—8
kjv@1Samuel:1 — This First Book of Samuel opens with a cry of a godly woman. While the people cry for a king, Hannah cries for a child. God builds the throne on a woman's cry. When woman takes her exalted place, God builds her a throne. Eli, the high priest, thinks Hannah is drunk as she prays before the tabernacle in Shiloh. When he discovers her true anxiety is for a child, he blesses her. Samuel is born to Hannah and she brings him to Eli in fulfillment of her vow.
kjv@1Samuel:2 — Hannah's prayer of thanksgiving is prophetic, as she mentions the Messiah for the first time ( kjv@1Samuel:2:10). Eli's sons are evil and not fit for the priests' office. An unnamed prophet warns Eli that his line will be cut off as high priest and that God will raise up a faithful priest ( kjv@1Samuel:2:35). Notice verse kjv@1Samuel:2:26 — spoken only of Samuel and Jesus.
kjv@1Samuel:3 — The story of the call of Samuel as a prophet-priest is ordinarily reserved for children. It is not only for the junior, but for the senior. Bring it out of the nursery and into the adult department, for it is not only a beautiful story but marks one of the great transitional periods in Scripture — the change from theocracy to monarchy, from priest to king. God spoke to a king through prophets. Samuel was not a wee child. Josephus says he was 12 years old ( kjv@1Samuel:2:18 gives the wrong impression). Solomon was a grown man when he prayed, "I am but a little child" (kjvKings:3:7). Jeremiah was called to prophetic office when he wrote, "I am a child" kjv@Jeremiah:1:6). There was a total of 4 calls to Samuel: first and second were the call of God to salvation ( kjv@1Samuel:3:7); the last two calls were to service ( kjv@1Samuel:3:10).
kjv@1Samuel:4 — Israel, without consulting Samuel, goes out to battle against the Philistines — which leads to defeat. Then they bring the ark of the covenant into battle, thinking its presence will bring victory. This reveals the superstitious paganism of the people who thought there was some merit in an object. The merit was in the presence and person of God. Verse kjv@1Samuel:4:5 reveals gross idolatry. Verses kjv@1Samuel:4:6 through kjv@1Samuel:4:8 show that the Philistines were both superstitious and ignorant. Verse kjv@1Samuel:4:10 tells Israel's defeat again. The ark is captured. Verse kjv@1Samuel:4:18 — The capture of the ark causes Eli to collapse and fall backward, breaking his neck (he was a fat man).
kjv@1Samuel:5 — The captured ark is placed in the house of Dagon, idol of the Philistines. The idol falls over and breaks. In fear, they send the ark to Gath where it is then transferred to Ekron.
kjv@1Samuel:6 — Philistines return the ark to Israel, carried on a cart, to the field of Joshua at Bethshemesh. The ark is transferred to Kirjath-jearim.
kjv@1Samuel:7 — After 20 years Israel prepares to receive the ark. Israel turns from Baalim and Ashtaroth to serve the Lord ( kjv@1Samuel:7:4). After Israel's victory over the Philistines, Samuel sets up a stone at Ebenezer, which means "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." Verses kjv@1Samuel:7:15 through kjv@1Samuel:7:17 give Samuel's extensive ministry as prophet, priest, and judge.
kjv@1Samuel:8 — kjv@Hosea:13:11 can be written over the remainder of 1 Samuel: I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. Samuel made the mistake of making his own sons judges to succeed him. They were wholly unworthy and incompetent ( kjv@1Samuel:8:3). Samuel was a failure as a father. Israel demanded a king and rejected God and Samuel. Israel was influenced by surrounding nations.
II. SAUL: Satan's man, kjv@1Samuel:9—15
kjv@1Samuel:9 — The people chose Saul. He looked like a king ( kjv@1Samuel:9:2). He was out looking for the asses of his father ( kjv@1Samuel:9:3), but the asses of Israel were looking for him ( kjv@1Samuel:9:20). God granted their request but sent leanness to their souls ( kjv@1Samuel:9:17). Is Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:9:21) genuinely humble?
kjv@1Samuel:10 — Samuel anoints Saul king ( kjv@1Samuel:10:1). Was Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:10:6) converted? This verse is not the final proof. The Spirit of God came upon Balaam also, but he was not converted. Succeeding events in Saul's life indicate that he was not. Verse kjv@1Samuel:10:9 does not mean he had a new heart, only another heart. God equipped him for the office of king. The reception of Saul as king was their rejection of God ( kjv@1Samuel:10:19). Saul's conduct ( kjv@1Samuel:10:22) is an evidence of a false modesty. Verse kjv@1Samuel:10:25 gives the message of 1 Samuel.
kjv@1Samuel:11 — Saul began well, as he gained a victory over the Ammonites at Jabesh-gilead. All Israel accepted Saul as king ( kjv@1Samuel:11:15).
kjv@1Samuel:12 — Samuel transfers all authority to Saul and turns in his report as judge over Israel. Verse kjv@1Samuel:12:3 is Samuel's autobiography — he was a remarkable man. Although Saul was Israel's choice ( kjv@1Samuel:12:13), God would still bless if the people would obey (v. 14). The people begin to see and acknowledge their mistake ( kjv@1Samuel:12:19). Verse kjv@1Samuel:12:22 is the revelation of the marvelous grace of God.
kjv@1Samuel:13 — The real nature of Saul begins to show. His son Jonathan got the victory at Michmash, but Saul blew the trumpet and took credit for it ( kjv@1Samuel:13:3-4). In presumption Saul intrudes into the priest's office ( kjv@1Samuel:13:8-10). Samuel rebukes and rejects Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:13:13-14). The disarmament of Israel is revealed ( kjv@1Samuel:13:19-22).
kjv@1Samuel:14 — Again Jonathan gains a victory but Saul takes credit for it ( kjv@1Samuel:14:14-15). "Saul took credit for victory…modesty gone now" (Young). Saul's jealousy is revealed ( kjv@1Samuel:14:37-45). He actually would destroy his son if he stood in the way.
kjv@1Samuel:15 — Saul's glaring rebellion is revealed in his disobedience regarding Agag. He wants to cover up his sin before the people ( kjv@1Samuel:15:30). Saul is rejected now as king with no hope of recovery ( kjv@1Samuel:15:35). Samuel loved Saul for he mourned for him. Was he Samuel's choice? A great spiritual principle is enunciated by Samuel ( kjv@1Samuel:15:22-23). God has given Saul an opportunity to make good after his first failure, but he failed the second time. This is God's method all the way through Scripture (cf. Jacob, Jonah, Peter, Mark, etc.). God did not need to wait for the result — He already knew. However, the individual needed to know, and we need to know kjv@Psalms:51:4; kjv@Romans:3:19; kjv@Revelation:15:3). We shall be tested, and we need the help of the Holy Spirit kjv@James:1:12). Why the extreme surgery in slaying the Amalekites and Agag? Move ahead about 500 years. Haman was an Agagite kjv@Esther:3:1). God was protecting multitudes of the future, as He did at the Flood.
III. DAVID: God's man, and SAUL: Satan's man, kjv@1Samuel:16—31
kjv@1Samuel:16 — God chooses David as king to succeed Saul and sends Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint him as king. Another great principle is enunciated ( kjv@1Samuel:16:7). This is God's method of choosing men for a particular office and task. Because Saul is forsaken of God ( kjv@1Samuel:16:14), David is brought into court to play upon his harp to soothe the evil spirit of Saul.
kjv@1Samuel:17 — This chapter contains the familiar episode of David slaying Goliath with a slingshot. Why did David take 5 smooth stones to slay Goliath ( kjv@1Samuel:17:40)? Did he expect to miss? No, Goliath had four sons, and David expected them to come out also. David did slay them ( kjv@2Samuel:21:22). David did not expect to miss kjv@Judges:20:16).
kjv@1Samuel:18 — David and Jonathan become fast friends, and they make a covenant for life. Saul becomes jealous of David because of the people's applause ( kjv@1Samuel:18:8-9) and twice attempts to slay him. David becomes the favorite of the people ( kjv@1Samuel:18:16). Saul gives his daughter Michal to David as wife in order to trap David.
kjv@1Samuel:19 — Saul openly attempts to have David slain; he personally attempts to slay him with a javelin as David plays upon his harp ( kjv@1Samuel:19:9-10). David escapes and becomes as a hunted animal.
kjv@1Samuel:20 — Jonathan proves his love for David by protecting him ( kjv@1Samuel:20:16-17). Jonathan communicates with David the intentions of Saul by means of the shooting of arrows. Saul determines to kill David, and David flees.
kjv@1Samuel:21 — David flees to Ahimelech the priest and feeds his young men with the showbread from the holy place. Then David flees to Achish, king of Gath, in Philistine country.
kjv@1Samuel:22 — David begins to gather his mighty men. Those who came to him were in dire need — in distress, in debt, and discontented. David is hunted as a criminal. Saul slays Ahimelech and the other priests for helping David ( kjv@1Samuel:22:16-23).
kjv@1Samuel:23 — David continues to flee with 600 men ( kjv@1Samuel:23:13). Jonathan contacts David and recognizes that David will be the next king ( kjv@1Samuel:23:16-17). Jonathan is a great man, and his attitude and action remind us of John the Baptist.
kjv@1Samuel:24 — David spares Saul's life at En-gedi because he honors his office, not the man ( kjv@1Samuel:24:6).
kjv@1Samuel:25 — Death of Samuel in his retirement. David encounters Nabal and Abigail. David in anger is prevented from the rash act of murdering Nabal and his servants by the presence and diplomacy of Abigail, Nabal's beautiful wife. Nabal dies after a night of drunkenness, and David takes Abigail as wife. She was a good influence in the life of David ( kjv@1Samuel:25:29, kjv@1Samuel:25:32-34).
kjv@1Samuel:26 — David again spares Saul in the wilderness of Ziph. Note the contrast between Saul and David. Obviously, Saul knows that David is God's choice, but he seeks to slay him ( kjv@1Samuel:26:25). David recognizes that Saul is the anointed king, and he spares him. God must deal with Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:26:9-11). Is David being sarcastic with Abner ( kjv@1Samuel:26:15)?
kjv@1Samuel:27 — David in fear retreats to Philistia ( kjv@1Samuel:27:1). Achish of Gath gives David and his men the city of Ziklag.
kjv@1Samuel:28 — Saul's interview with the witch of Endor poses and provokes many questions. The primary one relates to Samuel. Did she bring Samuel back from the dead? If so, this is the only instance in Scripture.
Scripture positively condemns such practices of necromancy kjv@Deuteronomy:18:9-14). The New Testament account of Lazarus and a rich man indicates there can be no return kjv@Luke:16:19-31). Paul was silenced about his experience of being caught up to the third heaven ( kjv@2Corinthians:12:2-4). Scripture warns of these practices and predicts a future outbreak kjv@Matthew:24:24; kjv@2Thessalonians:2:9; kjv@1Timothy:4:1-3; kjv@Revelation:16:13-14). Saul was abandoned of God ( kjv@1Samuel:27:6, kjv@1Samuel:27:15). Because heaven was silent, Saul turned to hell. We maintain that Samuel did not appear. There are 2 possible explanations:
(1) It was a fraud, the witch was a ventriloquist (this is the position of G. Campbell Morgan);
(2) an overweening desire to communicate with dead loved ones makes people victims of deceit. We believe a false spirit appeared — not Samuel. Even the witch was deceived and frightened (vs. 1215). The false spirit communicated nothing that was not previously revealed.
kjv@1Samuel:29 — The Philistines do not trust David to fight against Israel.
kjv@1Samuel:30 — David fights against the Amalekites because of destruction of Ziklag. Note David's refuge ( kjv@1Samuel:30:6).
kjv@1Samuel:31 — Saul, mortally wounded in battle, tries to commit suicide. See 2 Samuel, chapter 1, for the answer to the question: "Who killed King Saul?" Saul failed in ruling God's property. The end is self-destruction. God and His authority are rejected. Saul spared the Amalekites; Saul was killed by Amalekites.
I. SAMUEL: God's prophet, priest, and judge, kjv@1Samuel:1—8
A. Birth of Samuel, kjv@1Samuel:1:1-2
1. Hannah's prayer and answer, kjv@1Samuel:1:1
2. Hannah's prophetic prayer; boy Samuel in temple, kjv@1Samuel:1:2
B. Call of Samuel, kjv@1Samuel:3
C. Last judge and first prophet (prophetic office), kjv@1Samuel:3:4—8
1. Ark captured by Philistines; Word of God to Samuel fulfilled; Eli dies and his sons slain, kjv@1Samuel:3:4
2. God judged Philistines because of the ark; ark returned to Bethshemesh, kjv@1Samuel:3:5-6
3. Samuel leads in revival (put away idols and turn to Jehovah); victory at Ebenezer, kjv@1Samuel:3:7
4. Israel rejects God and demands a king; Samuel warns nation but promises a king, kjv@1Samuel:3:8
SAUL: Satan's man, kjv@1Samuel:9—15
A. Saul received, kjv@1Samuel:9-10 1. Saul chosen as king, kjv@1Samuel:9 2. Saul anointed as king, kjv@1Samuel:10
B. Saul reigning, kjv@1Samuel:11-12 1. Saul's victory over Ammonites, kjv@1Samuel:11 2. Transfer of authority from Samuel to Saul, kjv@1Samuel:12
C. Saul rejected, kjv@1Samuel:13—15
1. Saul's rebellion against God, kjv@1Samuel:13 2. Jonathan responsible for victory over Philistines; Saul took credit, kjv@1Samuel:14 3. Saul's glaring rebellion and disobedience regarding Agag, kjv@1Samuel:15
III. DAVID: God's man, and SAUL: Satan's man, kjv@1Samuel:16—31A. David anointed, kjv@1Samuel:16 B. David trained, kjv@1Samuel:17-18 1. David slays Goliath, giant of Gath, kjv@1Samuel:17 2. Jonathan and David make covenant; Saul gives daughter Michal to David, kjv@1Samuel:18
C. David disciplined, kjv@1Samuel:19—30
1. Saul attempts to kill David again, kjv@1Samuel:19 2. Jonathan helps David escape, kjv@1Samuel:20 3. David escapes to Nob and Gath, kjv@1Samuel:21 4. David gathers his men; Saul slays priests of God, kjv@1Samuel:22 5. David fights Philistines; Saul pursues David; Jonathan and David make covenant, kjv@1Samuel:23 6. David spares Saul's life at En-gedi, kjv@1Samuel:24 7. Samuel dies; David and Abigail, kjv@1Samuel:25 8. David again spares Saul's life in wilderness of Ziph, kjv@1Samuel:26 9. David retreats to land of Philistia (Ziklag), kjv@1Samuel:27 10. Saul goes to witch of Endor, kjv@1Samuel:28 11. Philistines do not trust David in battle, kjv@1Samuel:29 12. David fights Amalekites because of destruction of Ziklag, kjv@1Samuel:30
D. Saul, mortally wounded in battle, commits suicide, kjv@1Samuel:31
The Book of 2 Samuel continues the message of 1 Samuel. It is given over entirely to the reign of David. The life and times of David are important because he is the ancestor of Jesus kjv@Matthew:1:1). It shows that government of this world in the hands of man is a failure. Many new characters appear in this book with whom the student of the Bible should familiarize himself.
I. TRIUMPHS of David, kjv@2Samuel:1—10 David mourns the death of Saul and Jonathan.
kjv@2Samuel:1 — The question of who killed King Saul may not be answered in this chapter, but it adds another suspect. A young Amalekite, escaping out of the camp of Israel, reports to David the death of Saul ( kjv@2Samuel:1:8). He claims credit for slaying Saul ( kjv@2Samuel:1:9-10). David executes the young man for the crime ( kjv@2Samuel:1:14-16). David's grief over the deaths of Saul and Jonathan is touching, poetic and dramatic. It is a striking lamentation ( kjv@2Samuel:1:17-27).
kjv@2Samuel:2 — David made king over Judah. Abner, captain of Saul, made Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, king over the remaining 11 tribes. Civil war ensues. David defeats Abner and the army.
kjv@2Samuel:3 — A long civil war weakens the nation, but David gradually gains in strength. David makes Hebron his home at this time. Abner, after falling out with Ish-bosheth, deserts to David. Joab, David's captain, suspects him and, seeking revenge for his brother Asahel's death, murders Abner. Abner had brought Michal to David previously as a condition of making peace with David. Note the epitaph of David to Abner ( kjv@2Samuel:3:33). Abner had left the city of refuge where he was safe.
kjv@2Samuel:4 — Ish-bosheth is murdered, as he lay on his bed, by his own leaders. David executes the murderers.
kjv@2Samuel:5 — After much bloodletting, David finally is made king over all Israel and moves his capital to Jerusalem. Note the approach of the 11 tribes to David ( kjv@2Samuel:5:2). David takes Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Hiram, king of Tyre, furnished men and materials to build David a palace in Jerusalem.
kjv@2Samuel:6 — David does a right thing in a wrong way. He tries to bring up the ark on a cart, although God had given implicit directions for moving it. The Kohathites of the tribe of Levi were to carry the ark on their shoulders kjv@Numbers:3—7). Uzzah was smitten dead because he should have known better than to touch it. "Hands off" was made abundantly clear in God's instructions concerning it. David then brings up the ark in a right way ( kjv@2Samuel:6:13). Michal rebukes David for his enthusiasm and devotion to God in bringing up the ark.
kjv@2Samuel:7 — God's covenant with David makes this one of the great chapters of the Bible. The message of the Bible from this point on rests upon the promise God here makes to David. David desires deeply to build the temple to house the ark of God, and Nathan the prophet concurs with him in the plan. God appears to Nathan to correct him, for God will not let David build the temple because he is a bloody man. God gives him credit for his desire and promises in turn to build David a house. God promises a king and a kingdom to come in the line of David ( kjv@2Samuel:7:12-13, kjv@2Samuel:7:16). Verse kjv@2Samuel:7:14 not only refers to Solomon, but to Christ — "Christ was made sin for us." Bishop Horsley translates this, "When guilt is laid upon him, I will chasten him with the rod of men." God confirms this with an oath kjv@Psalms:89:34-37). David understands that a king is coming in his line who will be more than a man. Bishop Horsley translates verse 19, "O Lord God, Thou hast spoken of Thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me in the arrangement about the Man that is to be from above, O God Jehovah." (See also kjv@2Samuel:7:25 and kjv@2Samuel:23:5.) The Old Testament prophets based the kingdom on this promise kjv@Jeremiah:23:5). The New Testament opens at this point kjv@Matthew:1:1). This was the angel Gabriel's message to Mary kjv@Luke:1:32-33). Peter began here on the Day of Pentecost kjv@Acts:2:25-31; kjv@Acts:2:34-36). Paul began here in Romans kjv@Romans:1:3). The New Testament closes here kjv@Revelation:22:16). (59 references to David in the New Testament)
kjv@2Samuel:8 — David consolidates his kingdom, he gains victories over the old enemies of Israel ( kjv@2Samuel:8:12) and enlarges his kingdom ( kjv@2Samuel:8:15).
kjv@2Samuel:9 — David befriends Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, whose feet were lame. David brings him into his palace and gives him a place at his table ( kjv@2Samuel:9:7, kjv@2Samuel:9:10, kjv@2Samuel:9:13). This reveals the kindness of David.
kjv@2Samuel:10 — David defeats both the Ammonites and Syrians to avenge the insult to his messengers sent to Hanun, king of Ammon.
II. TROUBLES of David, kjv@2Samuel:11—24
kjv@2Samuel:11 — David's two great sins were committed when David remained in Jerusalem instead of being out with his army where he should have been ( kjv@2Samuel:11:1). David first commits adultery with Bathsheba, then plots the murder of her husband Uriah. David thought he had gotten by with it, but he had not ( kjv@2Samuel:11:27).
kjv@2Samuel:12 — Nathan faces David about his sins, and David repents. Nathan applies the parable about the little ewe lamb to David's sin ( kjv@2Samuel:12:7). Nathan pronounces God's judgment upon David ( kjv@2Samuel:12:10-12), and David acknowledges his sin ( kjv@2Samuel:12:13). David must learn that man reaps what he sows ( kjv@2Samuel:12:14). Solomon is the second son born to Bathsheba.
kjv@2Samuel:13 — David's daughter Tamar, sister to Absalom, is raped by Amnon, another son of David. David did nothing about it ( kjv@2Samuel:13:21). Absalom kills Amnon and flees to his mother's father, king of Geshur.
kjv@2Samuel:14 — Joab plots the return of Absalom when he sees David's love for him ( kjv@2Samuel:14:1). Absalom is permitted to return, but David refuses to see him ( kjv@2Samuel:14:24). Finally David receives him ( kjv@2Samuel:14:33).
kjv@2Samuel:15 — Absalom heads a rebellion against David after winning the affection of Israel ( kjv@2Samuel:15:6, kjv@2Samuel:15:10-12). David is forced to flee from Jerusalem. David refuses to take the ark with him as a superstitious or good-luck charm ( kjv@2Samuel:15:25-26). David leaves, perhaps to avert bloodshed and the slaying of Absalom ( kjv@2Samuel:15:30).
kjv@2Samuel:16 — Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, betrays his master and deceives David. Shimei, of the house of Saul, curses David, yet David refuses to let Abishai slay him. Absalom takes Jerusalem.
kjv@2Samuel:17 — Absalom's advisors, Ahithophel and Hushai, disagree about the attack against David. Hushai argues that David and his men were veterans in the field of battle and Absalom was no match for them ( kjv@2Samuel:17:8-10).
kjv@2Samuel:18 — The people refuse to let David go into battle. David reveals his tender love for Absalom by urging all his captains to protect the life of his son ( kjv@2Samuel:18:5). Absalom is slain by Joab in battle. David's deep grief at the death of Absalom is a masterpiece of mourning ( kjv@2Samuel:18:33).
kjv@2Samuel:19 — David returns to Jerusalem and is restored to his throne after Joab rebukes him for his deep mourning for Absalom. Obviously, Absalom was the favorite son of David and his choice for the throne. David was a great king but a very poor father. David spares the life of Shimei.
kjv@2Samuel:20 — Sheba, a Benjamite, leads a revolt against David. The revolt is put down by Joab after he slays Amasa who showed no inclination to put down the rebellion.
kjv@2Samuel:21 — Three years of famine come as a judgment upon the nation because of Saul's zeal in slaying the Gibeonites with whom Joshua had made a treaty of peace. David continues warring against the Philistines.
kjv@2Samuel:22 — This is David's song of deliverance after God delivered him from all his enemies. This is the same as kjv@Psalms:18. It would seem a reasonable probability that David wrote kjv@Psalms:23 about this time.
kjv@2Samuel:23 — These are David's final words. Verse 5 was David's hope. David's mighty men are listed. These are the men who came to David during the days of his rejection. They did exploits for God ( kjv@2Samuel:23:13-17) and performed courageous feats beyond the call of David ( kjv@2Samuel:23:20). There is one blot on the escutcheon of David, as Uriah the Hittite was one of the mighty men of David ( kjv@2Samuel:23:39).
kjv@2Samuel:24 — David commits another sin in taking a census. By now he should trust God instead of numbers (see kjv@1Chronicles:21:1-7). God again punishes David but permits him to choose his punishment. David casts himself upon the mercy of God ( kjv@2Samuel:24:14). God sends a pestilence. David buys Araunah's threshing floor on which to rear an altar to God. David's refusal to accept it as a gift reveals his deep dedication and devotion to God ( kjv@2Samuel:24:24). This spot became the place where Solomon erected the temple. Although the Mosque of Omar stands there today, Israel again controls that area. 2 Samuel continues the message of 1 Samuel. Government of this world in the hands of man is a failure. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it him. kjv@Ezekiel:21:27) Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. kjv@Isaiah:32:1)
OUTLINE: I. TRIUMPHS of David, kjv@2Samuel:1—10
A. David mourns the death of Saul and Jonathan, kjv@2Samuel:1
B. David made king over Judah, kjv@2Samuel:2
C. Civil war — Abner joins with David but murdered by Joab, kjv@2Samuel:3
D. Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, killed, kjv@2Samuel:4
E. David made king over all Israel; moves his capital to Jerusalem, kjv@2Samuel:5
F. David's wrong and right attempts to bring the ark to Jerusalem, kjv@2Samuel:6
G. God's covenant to build the house of David, kjv@2Samuel:7
H. David consolidates his kingdom, kjv@2Samuel:8
I. David befriends Mephibosheth, kjv@2Samuel:9
J. David wars against Ammon and Syria, kjv@2Samuel:10
II. TROUBLES of David, kjv@2Samuel:11—24
A. David's two great sins, kjv@2Samuel:11
B. Nathan faces David with his sins; David repents, kjv@2Samuel:12
C. David's daughter Tamar raped by Amnon, David's son; Amnon murdered by Absalom, David's son, kjv@2Samuel:13
D. David permits Absalom to return with half-hearted forgiveness, kjv@2Samuel:14
E. Absalom rebels against David, kjv@2Samuel:15
F. Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, deceives David; Shimei curses David, kjv@2Samuel:16
G. Absalom's advisers (Ahithophel and Hushai) disagree on attack against David, kjv@2Samuel:17
H. Absalom slain and David mourns, kjv@2Samuel:18
I. David restored to throne, kjv@2Samuel:19
J. Sheba revolts against David, kjv@2Samuel:20
K. Three years of famine; Gibeonites take vengeance on house of Saul; war with Philistines, kjv@2Samuel:21
L. David's song of deliverance kjv@Psalms:18), kjv@2Samuel:22
M. David's last words; David's mighty men, kjv@2Samuel:23
N. David's sin in taking census; chooses punishment and buys threshing floor of Araunah, kjv@2Samuel:24
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS Crockett, William Day. A Harmony of the Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1959. Darby, J. N. Synopsis of the Books of the Bible. Oak Park, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, n.d. Davis, John J. and Witcomb, John C., Jr. A History of Israel. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1970. (Excellent.) Epp, Theodore H. David. Lincoln, Nebraska: Back to the Bible Broadcast, 1965. Gaebelein, Arno C. Annotated Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1917. Gray, James M. Synthetic Bible Studies. Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906. Jensen, Irving L. I and II Samuel. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1968. (A self-study guide.) Kelly, William. Lectures on the Earlier Historical Books of the Old Testament. Oak Park, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, 1874. Knapp, Christopher. The Kings of Israel and Judah. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1908. (Very fine.) Meyer, F. B. David: Shepherd, Psalmist, King. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade, n.d. (Devotional.) Meyer, F. B. Samuel the Prophet. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade, n.d. (Devotional.) Sauer, Erich. The Dawn of World Redemption. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1951. (An excellent Old Testament survey.) Scroggie, W. Graham. The Unfolding Drama of Redemption. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. (An excellent survey and outline of the Old Testament.) Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Bible Commentary. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1980. (Volume 1 covers Genesis through Song of S o l o m o n with a fine summary of each paragraph by this outstanding Old Testament scholar.) Wood, Leon, J. Israel's United Monarchy. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, n.d. (Excellent.) Wood, Leon, J. The Prophets of Israel. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, n.d. (Excellent.)
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Posted: Sun 17 Dec 2017, 16:07
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bundled/bungled software
Subject description: password Keeper bundled in Windows 10 had huge vulnerability
There is a slight problem with massive bundles of software sold for do-everything solutions,
they may do things you really don't want
. Some versions of Windows 10 were bundled with a password manager that could compromise all your passwords.
With the expected effect of net neutrality repeal being mergers and consolidation, this will become a bigger problem as more people are presented with huge bundles of software that require expertise to remove.
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Posted: Sun 17 Dec 2017, 21:23
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I will opine again that W10 should be used ONLY by bussiness users, not individuals.
Horribly maintained distro, lacking in oversight, despite multi-thousands of "employees".
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 07:35
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8Geee wrote:
I will opine again that W10 should be used ONLY by bussiness users, not individuals.
Horribly maintained distro, lacking in oversight, despite multi-thousands of "employees".
Hi 8geee,
There is a reason for this. Microsoft has basically (and almost publicly) already acknowledged a desktop OS that is needy, aka constant updating (along with the cornucopia of programs it holds), is not the future. It is definitely, and rightly (imho), not what they want to be focusing on.
Their whole drive is moving nearly all of the programs and as much of the OS possible, online (the cloud) and making it intelligent as it goes forward. Google paved the way for this with Chrome. Heck, even Apple (friends work inside) is moving in this direction & emphasis is being increasingly devoted to it.
The days of a machine booting up with its own OS and a massive host of applications (
some with 3rd party that brings the whole world of problems that we see today
) are numbered. Our kids and grandkids will look back at us and say:
"What?? What do you mean you had the program on your desktop? What happens if it broke, Grandpa?? Or, you mean, you had to keep it updated? Quit making stories up, Grandpa....you are so funny!
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 09:36
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the Cloud means control......I rather have an old obscure OS with a load of programs on a hard drive....barely connected....than trust Apple, Microstuff and Google. Hell I still use some DOS programs which run SO fast these days.
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:20
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"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:16
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Don't disagree with a ting said here. In fact, I am in that camp. Mostly, I can only see negative things at the moment since my belief in a public-entity that is by design engineered to make $$$$ makes it hard to see other things.
But, like all things, we will end up being nothing more than mirco-spec debris on the wheel of life as it moves forward.
Eventually, it will happen, plain and simple. We oldsters will kick and scream about it, but there's no denying everything will end up in the cloud. I have even spoken to bankers who are first technologists, and they all to a person said that "if" this existed today, they would force all of their customers to use it otherwise they would not insure their deposits and/or accounts. When you think about it, as radically sh!tty as this sounds, it is the way forward.
It is just like when people first started mass air travel. My grandfather said there was no way in hell he was giving up "control" of someone and/or something taking him places, plus actually knowing his name (a purchased ticket) and actually where he was going (destination contact for lost luggage). Nowadays, this is looked at as laughable. Nearly everyone flies any and every where. We are a "bit" in those planes, entities that are either a "0" or a "1".
What is going on with the push towards the cloud is the exact same. Eventually, one day, in the not too distant future, humans will define themselves and their lives by how they are presented and situated in the "cloud". And there will be things, good things, unimaginable great things, that we oldsters cannot even envision today, or perhaps more correctly, that we oldsters are too curmudgeon in nature to admit and/or realize.
-Self-driving cars?
(from TSLA on down, it's a coming, boyz
-Robot medical machines
(thank you Intuitive Surgical for opening the doors to the genius thought of taking humans out of certain types of surgery, humans who are way more mistake prone, than any machine will ever be).
-fuel-injection doing away with carburetors (
something my own father repeatedly said "hell would freeze over before" people let that ridiculous technology become widespread---lol, just try to find a carburetor device today
-phones that you carry around in your pocket??
(again, can you not think of the massive uproar this caused when the first flip phones came out??
....and this list goes on and on and on and on......just sit and think about the past 70-80 years alone. Hell, think about the madness of societies seeing steam engines for the first time (beginning of 1700s), or information message shot down copper wire on telegraph poles (mid 1800s), or today's 3D or..........
The future is not paved with old, inelastic minds.
It is paved with young, pliable, elastic ones.
This is true, lol, no matter how much we oldsters bitch and moan & kick up a fuss about something/anything that is coming down the pike. And this is what we will do with everything related to the "cloud".
Thus, we are
the future.
Never will be.
And we never should be.
For progress' sake.
And for the world's collective children's sake.
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:52
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An open society still needs privacy. It needs self-empowerment in order to find the mistakes that progress inevitably makes. And society needs to be open enough to test the mistake and repair it.
When society itself deludes itself that progress must continue at cost and profit, society has indeed become marginalized and becomes inert by that profit and cost. Therefore the business model of society is not a leader or representative of society, as it is currently attempting; it is simply a powerful opinion that tries to become law in order to further profit and reduce cost.
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:30
Post subject: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a cloud
Subject description: No, it's time-sharing.
While everyone else is talking about how cool "The Cloud" is, I'm so old that I can remember something called "timesharing", where all your programs were controlled and data stored remotely.
(I can also remember fear that months of work would suddenly disappear. I kept miles of paper tape to prevent this. )
This turned out to be such a bottleneck that many organizations found excuses to buy relatively cheap minicomputers they could control themselves. A second wave hit in the 1970s and 1980s, when people in corporations started turning up with Apple II machines on which they could run Visicalc, overcoming the inertia of the corporate DP department.
(A friend still has piles of floppy disks from that era. The reason was that this was a case in which you could control the programs, the machines and the data, without consulting management.)
In both cases the problem was not the equipment, it was the organization that controlled access to computers. Unless people have changed, the same thing will predictably happen with the cloud.
When people in control of any resource make sententious pronouncements about security you should first suspect that the security that matters most to them is job security.
I say this as someone who literally saw the old chestnut of programs written in 1401 Autocoder, complete with arithmetic applied to modify instructions, which were unintelligible to anyone except the original programmer, emulated on the 360/30, then machine translated automatically into COBOL, when 360/30s disappeared, producing high-level language programs that were even harder to understand.
Why do this? Because at each stage the cost of rewriting the programs was too high for managers, based on advice they were given by people who couldn't make heads or tails of a program, plus those whose jobs were at stake. As a result, many large data centers retained programmers whose primary skill was with 1401 Autocoder, even though they no longer had 1401s. Such a programmer could fix a program which would then be retranslated into COBOL, and compiled to 360/370 machine code.
The Cloud will acquire similar barnacles as it ages.
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:02
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There are variables like that for almost everything you purchase. In the automotive field, you find components that are made the same but something as simple as faulty solder brings everything to a screaming halt. My daughters Saturn had a controller issue that was based on faulty components and solder from different supply vendors. I've also had laptops with the same issues.
Even in my everyday job which consists of industial products, you see the difference in certain materials. Most of our products now come straight out of china. There is suppose to be an industry standard for things but the differences in name brand and chinese can be very, very profound. Considering some of the applications these products get used for, it blows my mind. My employer is all about profit. That's basic business practice but they have sacrificed quality to achieve it. I'm honestly surprised that cell phones last as long as they do. You still see the changes they make to keep you spending. non removable batteries, etc.
My favorite was the kindle fire. You could install google based apps by back dooring so to speak but otherwise, they used some type of algorithm or otherwise to eliminate the install of said apps. They were either none compatible or the installation mysteriously puked with an error.
I've just come to the conclusion that nothing is safe, nothing is honest and after the last year of world antics, I'm not even sure whats real anymore.
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Posted: Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:44
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This turned out to be such a bottleneck that many organizations found excuses to buy relatively cheap minicomputers they could control themselves. A second wave hit in the 1970s and 1980s, when people in corporations started turning up with Apple II machines on which they could run Visicalc, overcoming the inertia of the corporate DP department.
I wasn't there yet in the era of timesharing, but I saw what you called as the "second wave" above and you're absolutely right about it.
Even today, you'll see people who are still doing it. The name of the department may have changed from DP, to EDP, to MIS, eventually to IT, but the situation is still exacly the same.
Unless people have changed, the same thing will predictably happen with the cloud.
Unfortunately they haven't. Human history of the last few thousand years confirms that you're right.
Put succintly:
Ecclesiastes 1:9 wrote:
What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun!
When people in control of any resource make sententious pronouncements about security you should first suspect that the security that matters most to them is job security.
My employer is all about profit. That's basic business practice but they have sacrificed quality to achieve it.
There goes your proof prehistoric. One of many.
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Posted: Tue 19 Dec 2017, 07:01
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I thus have a question:
Would we be even able to call ourselves "human" if whatever we developed in life as we moved forward, it was developed with absolutely "zero" faults, defects, or as Prehistoric says, "barnacles"??
Dang, guys, the only way that might happen is if a new, sentient life arises, possibly AI, and even then, entropy---somewhere, someway---is going to creep into it too.
Speaking of the digital web, the new developements concerning "online security", "personal security", etc, etc, none of us, not one single person among us today, can see what is coming down the pike. It is just guesses based on what we've seen, and if you study history, guesses are the furtherest thing from what usually happens. And nearly always wrong in scope and texture.
We are living through the growing pains of this nascent digital revolution.
Realize that.
Accept it.
And keep in check our/your emotion of wanting and/or deleteriously thinking that what we believe now, or even more fallacy, what we "think" we know as 100% fact now, should actually "shape" and/or "guide" the future of that revolution. Being a Cassandra never got the human race anywhere. I am so thankful that both Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, are taking their billions & pushing to get the human race into one of our next exciting chapters: NEO and space. (Near Earth Orbit). The number of humans who poohpoohed this idea from the early 90s to just 3-4 years ago, is astounding---and is exactly the thinking and attitudes being displayed here.
Now, all that said?
When it comes to the web, I still want the option to go the teller window, where a human is, when I do my banking, because, well, I am OLD and deep-down in my aging soul somewhere, being OLD equates to LUDDITTE, not to mention being a cranky-old-bastard who will never get to fly on a SpaceX and/or Blue Origin butt-rocket
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Posted: Tue 19 Dec 2017, 21:20
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rockedge wrote:
the Cloud means control......I rather have an old obscure OS with a load of programs on a hard drive....barely connected....than trust Apple, Microstuff and Google.
I think this mass movement towards "the cloud" and general mistrust of the Big Players only further differentiates Linux/FOSS, and could possibly lead to an increase in it's popularity as a viable alternative for those whom (rightly!) desire to retain more local, "in-control" and trustworthy computing. Who knows... could actually be a long-term big
for Linux!
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Posted: Thu 21 Dec 2017, 07:35
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Hey guys,
Since we're talking about the "cloud", thought you'd be interested in this. A perfect example of the foundations and thought processes being laid. It's the latest example of companies setting things up for the 'big push'---some decades down the road----of having everything (business, govt' & individual) in the Earth's data-connected-net 'cloud'. Our children will see this in their lifetimes. Hope George O. isn't rolling over too many times in his grave.
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I'm just wondering how the digital economy will be powered in the future.
Politicians seem to love it. Maybe they have shares in the tech.
There definitely needs to be some kind of balance, because it does seem to be stifling commerce in creativity, as one instance.
You're not going to get a Muddy Waters robot or an Elvis bot with soul.
And Daddy can only fund a privileged son or daughter for so long and even then, the returns probably won't add up.
I think Lady Ga Ga only managed a couple of shandies from the proceeds of Spotify and she was/is pretty good! (If she is your cup of tea).
I reckon David Bowie wouldn't have got very far on the X Factor.
Edit: This thread is about bundled/bungled software, got distracted above.
On a Prehistoric note, they might need to change that lame branding of My Documents, My Paint, My Wallet etc to Everybody's Documents, Wallet etc.
A few swooshes of say 32 billion "transferred" from A to B
might shake the fluffy image of the cloud (i.e bunches of chundering hot hard drives in a room). Digital money is a sort of slavery isn't it?
A likely raid would possibly be on China because they are pretty digital cash rich, maybe "rocket man" has been having a go already.
He's going to be looking a bit sheepish if his piggy bank is raided. He might have to go back to:
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There is something here that was simply absent from those earlier revolutions I survived, centralized data mining and control. There is also a huge increase in complexity, beyond ordinary human scale. How do you check such matters? What happens when most people cannot check? What happens if no one can check?
Here is an article on
China's effort to give every citizen a three-digit rating
. You can also find this in
a recent Wired article
, though I'm not sure I can link others to it, if they don't have a subscription.
The Yahoo! breach of personal data from 3 billion accounts went somewhere. So did the data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's database of millions of SF-86 forms. From experience, I can tell you that you can't expect to have many secrets left after filling such a thing out. Who now has this information about people in important positions?
The U.S. has an imperfect system of checks and balances, which are getting a real workout this year. Russia and China remain authoritarian states with centralized control, regardless of current political philosophy, where there is abundant evidence that checks and balances do nothing to interfere with the use of raw power.
(Extreme example: Buzzfeed had
a series last summer
on mysterious deaths outside Russia of people who caused or might cause Putin problems. Anyone who has been following similar events inside Russia has to be aware that regime opponents tend to have extremely bad luck. You can find parallels in poisonings, beatings and defenestrations. The reporter to ask would be Anna Politkovskaya, if she were still alive.)
Here, I've just been through an exercise in bureaucracy concerning a driver's license, which is now becoming a national ID. Due to something on my birth certificate, clerks were ready to change my legal name, insisting that I could always change it back. The name they wanted would not have allowed me to cash a check/cheque on a bank account I have had since 1969. I carried a pile of documentation in to prove that everything I have done in my life used a different name. I was not even aware of the discrepancy until about age 30 and then I was told that a name change would introduce uncertainty where there was none, since my every legal signature was different.
This kind of SNAFU could hamstring anyone a government wanted, preventing them from voting, or driving an automobile, or doing much of anything economically. In many parts of the world the quick and easy solution is to bribe a clerk to change records. We may be heading that way.
During the same period I've had my bank wanting to give me a line of credit. I told them right off that I didn't intend to use this, unless there was some emergency. I now have about 15 pages of documents indicating that, should I want to, I can borrow a substantial amount of money from them. Should I default on this loan, they could take just about everything I own. I don't know why it takes 15 pages to detail this. It would require a team of attorneys to analyze all the text.
(As far as I can determine, that loan agreement is inactive without another signature of mine to actually borrow money. If I find something else, I can always cancel it immediately. I only went through with the preceding to find out what kind of scam they were running. I still don't know.)
BTW: the credit line was initially refused by Equifax, then later approved. I have a bone to pick with Equifax, with whom I never had any agreement prior to them losing volumes of credit information pertaining to me. I have since been bombarded with offers to sell me LifeLock.
At another level we have a new 1097-page tax bill which includes provisions
most of those who voted for it have not read
. There is already a thriving industry in finding profitable loopholes in this mess. I take the positive response by the stock market to mean people with money are thrilled with the new games they can play to bamboozle others.
I will also note that if there were any chance this bill would pay for itself with economic growth there would be a substantial drop in sale prices of fixed-face-value, fixed-term bonds like T-bills. Such investments go up when people become worried about risk, and down when there is stable growth. Because you are locked into the investment, these changes take place at the front end, not at maturity. The way I read the tea leaves at present is that people with money to sock away are more willing to sock it away in secure but rigid investments than to invest in the hope of growth lasting years. They remain risk adverse.
Several aspects of this economic situation shout "bubble" to long-time investors.
Here's a name we have heard from before
. He is not considered a liberal. I don't have to take his word for anything. I just present this as information on investor confidence.
All this has raised basic questions in my mind about identity, credit and the very nature of money in this brave new world of electronic everything. I'm so appallingly old I can remember dollars that were silver certificates. (If you took one to the right kind of bank, they would give you a baggie of silver powder equal to the current value of a dollar. People snickered.) I can also remember when the price of gold was maintained at $35/oz. I was born in a world where nobody had coined the term
, if the money said it was from the U.S. Treasury, that was all you had to worry about. Not any more.
Today, walking into an office and demonstrating my appearance, signature or fingerprints is only part of the basis for my identity, and the connection between this and the common assumption of identity in every transaction is not as solid as you might believe. The numbers on my bank statements are not redeemable in any physical commodity. So, what do those numbers mean, at present or in the future?
I contend that the ultimate basis for money is simply faith in a system. The rise of cryptocurrencies is an example, and also an indication that faith in national currencies is weak. The world has seen variations on this theme before, and there is
a long history of nations defaulting
I can tell you a great deal about the problems of investing in, say, silver, which is a commodity being consumed faster than it is produced, with production poorly responsive to demand. (Most silver extraction is a byproduct of copper mining.) I welcome any advice on how to base a currency on anything that is less subject to manipulation characteristic of
fiat money
My bottom line on all this is that nearly everything we do, and even who we are, is ultimately based on faith that the systems we use are not simply con-games run by insiders. We also need faith that the answers coming out of various machines supporting these systems are valid, and again not subject to malicious manipulation. Scarcely any of us are in a position to check.
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