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Jimmy Fallon's Blow Your Pants Off has been named winner for Best Comedy Album at the GRAMMYs. The Late Night host bested Kathy Griffin's Seaman 1st Class, who has had five nominations over the years and no wins.
"The winner didn't even show up and the winner never shows up," Griffin joked. "I'm here every year, hoping."
Griffin joins other hopeful nominees Margaret Cho's Cho Dependent (Live In Concert), Lewis Black's In God We Rust, Jim Gaffigan's Mr. Universe and Tenacious D's Rize Of The Fenix.
In the spoken word category Janis Ian's Society's Child: My Autobiography took away the top award, besting works by Rachel Maddow, Ellen DeGeneres and former president Bill Clinton.
–E. Parker, CBS Local


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Leslie Moonves earned his $69.9 million 2011 pay package for diversifying the company's revenue base, for stock growth that outperformed CBS' media peers and for his leadership in developing hits for the Eye network. So said the Eye's corporate stewards Friday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The disclosure of Moonves' blockbuster paycheck comes as a time when exec pay is drawing renewed scrutiny from investors and shareholder activists.
The Eye's chief exec brought home more coin last year than most of his showbiz CEO peers, including Disney's Bob Iger, Time Warner's Jeffrey Bewkes and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch. Moonves' compensation climbed from $57.7 million in 2010 and from $43.2 million in 2009.
The rationale for Moonves' haul was laid out in the proxy statement filed in advance of the Eye's May 24 annual shareholders meeting.
Among the details offered to bolster the case is that the digital licensing deals CBS struck last year with Netflix and Amazon have generated more than $250 million in incremental revenue — aka found money. Better still, the filing noted, those pacts involve less than 10% of the company's library titles, suggested that there's still more money to be mined.
CBS' senior management has succeeded in the "revenue diversification strategy" designed to make CBS Corp. less dependent on advertising revenue and thus less exposed to the gyrations of the economy. The proxy statement cited that CBS' non-advertising revenues grew to 37% of its total revenue last year, up from 28% four years ago.
"This dramatic shift principally resulted from the company's continued accomplishments during 2011 in content monetization and international expansion," the filing stated.
The rebounding stock market also lifted all boats at CBS. The Eye's share price soared 42.5% in 2011, far exceeding the average 11% growth rate of its media peers, according to the filing.
Moonves' "leadership in connection with the creation of premium content" earned him a special $7.5 million cash payment for 2011. That was on top of his regular $20 million bonus and $3.5 million base salary. The seven-figure nod for premium content is a recognition of the Eye's strong perf in the 2011-12 TV season, with frosh hits "2 Broke Girls" and "Person of Interest" added to its primetime arsenal.
The biggest chunk of Moonves' earnings, however, came from stock and option awards valued at nearly $36 million. He also received $1.6 million in "other compensation," which included $557,000 for travel expenses, $500,000 to build a screening room in his home and $383,000 for security services.
Although shareholder complaints about swelling exec pay packages are on the rise, there won't be any drama on the issue at CBS' meeting in Gotham next month. CBS chairman Sumner Redstone controls 79.1% of the Class A voting shares in CBS, while the vast majority of Eye shareholders (including Moonves) hold non-voting Class B stock.
In his capacity as chairman of CBS' board of directors, the 88-year-old Redstone, who holds the same post at Viacom, earned a salary of $1.7 million, a $10 million bonus and stock and option awards valued at $8.5 million.

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I just registered for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIPitt). With the advice of Michelle, I was registered in my first choice class and received an email confirmation with a time of 10:01 (just one minute after registration opened). Thank you Michelle.
I'm so excited. I've never been to an Institute. No, it's not close (I live in Arizona). No, I don't have any ancestors in Pennsylvania. BUT I'm going to be learning so much that will improve my research skills. Fortunately, I have five months to prepare.


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ESTHER JOB J. Vernon McGee
ESTHER This is one of the two books of the Old Testament named for a woman. While Ruth is the story of a Gentile who married a Jew, Esther is the story of a Jewess who married a Gentile. WRITER: Unknown. Could Mordecai have been the writer? (See kjv@Esther:9:29.) KEY VERSE: 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed. And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? A STRANGE STORY: God's name is not mentioned in this book; no divine title or pronoun refers to Him. The heathen king's name is mentioned 192 times. (It is true also that God's name does not occur in the Song of Solomon, but every masculine pronoun — with a possible exception of 8:6 — refers to Him.) Esther is the record of Israel in a self-chosen pathway. Opportunity had been given for the Jews to return under Cyrus, but only a very small remnant returned. Ezra and Nehemiah give the story of those who did return; Esther gives the story of those who did not return but who chose instead the prosperity and luxury of Persia. They are out of the will of God, but they are not beyond His care. kjv@Deuteronomy:31:18 explains the reason God's name does not appear. In the Book of Esther His face is hidden. There is no mention of prayer nor dependence upon God in this book. Esther is never quoted in the New Testament, nor is there even a casual reference to it. However, the Jews give it a peculiar emphasis. It is one of the five books called Megilloth (rolls) and is placed beside the Pentateuch in importance. SUBJECT: Esther teaches the providence of God. "Providence" comes from the same stem as "provide," and it means simply that God will provide.
Theologically, providence is the direction God gives to everything: animate and inanimate, good and evil. Practically, providence is the hand of God in the glove of history — and that glove will never move until He moves it. God is at the steering wheel of this universe. Providence means that God is behind the scenes, shifting and directing them. Providence is the way God coaches the runner on second base. It is the way God leads those who will not be led. As recorded in the Book of Esther, the entire Jewish nation would have been slain had it not been for the providence of God. God stands in the shadows, keeping watch over His own. ANTI-SEMITISM: This book teaches how God met another satanic attempt to destroy the nation Israel, and how vengeance was wrought upon the perpetrators of the dastardly deed. (See kjv@Genesis:12:3.) OUTLINE: The wife who refused to obey her husband, Chapter 1 The beauty contest to choose a real queen, Chapter 2 Haman and anti-Semitism, Chapter 3 For such a time as this, Chapter 4 The scepter of grace and the nobility of Esther, Chapter 5 When a king could not sleep at night, Chapter 6 The man who came to dinner but died on the gallows, Chapter 7 VIII. The message of hope that went out from the king, Chapter 8 IX. The institution of the Feast of Purim, Chapters 9, 10 COMMENT: I. The wife who refused to obey her husband, Chapter 1 5:1 — Rather than a name, "Ahasuerus" is a title meaning "high father." This Ahasuerus is probably the Xerxes mentioned in kjv@Ezra:4:7. The date is approximately 486 B.C. vv. 2-6 — Before his disastrous campaign into Greece, Xerxes held a banquet with a great display of wealth and power to impress the nobles of his kingdom and to enlist their enthusiastic support. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.
vv. 7, 8 — There was no pressure on anyone to drink, but there was an abundance of alcoholic beverages available. 5:9 — Queen Vashti made a separate banquet for the women. vv. 10, 11 — The king, evidently under the influence of wine, summoned the queen to appear at his banquet to display her beauty. This was contrary to accepted custom and she refused to come. 5:12 — Her refusal makes it evident that she was a person of nobility and strength of character. vv. 13-15 — This precipitated a state crisis that could not be ignored. A crisis meeting of the cabinet was called to determine what measures were to be taken. vv. 16-20 — Memucan, obviously a hen-pecked husband, suggested that extreme measures be adopted. The queen should be set aside permanently. The example would prevent other wives from assuming too much liberty. vv. 21, 22 — Under the emotional reaction of the moment, the king accepted this suggestion and made a decree to set aside Queen Vashti. This would insure the right of husbands to rule in their own homes. II. The beauty contest to choose a real queen, Chapter 2 5:1 — After the disastrous campaign to Greece when Xerxes was soundly defeated, he returns in deep dejection to his palace. Added to his misery is the absence of his queen and the fact that the law of the Medes and Persians cannot be altered — even by the king himself. Vashti can never again be his queen. 5:2 — The servants of the king, seeing his deep depression, suggest a contest be conducted to choose another queen. vv. 3, 4 — The contest is advertised throughout the entire kingdom. vv. 5, 6 — Here is where the story actually begins. Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, is one of the Jews who had not returned to Jerusalem. He had settled in the capital of Persia with no thought of returning. His name means "little man." Evidently he is a short person, which adds to the interest of the record.
v. 7 — He had adopted his uncle's daughter, Esther, and had reared her as his own. She is a beautiful young woman. 5:8 — Mordecai enters her in the beauty contest. 5:9 — Esther immediately pleases Hegai, who has charge of the contest. The hand of God is beginning to move in providential dealings with a people who no longer look to Him. 5:10 — Esther has not revealed her nationality. 5:11 — The concern of Mordecai is evident, for he feels he can no longer turn to God for help. 5:12 — Beauty treatments took an extra long time in that day — as well as today. vv. 13-18 — Esther wins the contest. When the king sees her, the contest is over. He places the crown upon her head and makes her his queen. vv. 19-23 — Immediately Mordecai is found "sitting in the gate," which means he has been given a political job and is now a judge. He overhears a plot to kill the king and reveals it to Esther who, in turn, reports it to the king. The deed is recorded but no reward or recognition is given to Mordecai. III. Haman and anti-Semitism, Chapter 3 5:1 — Haman is promoted by the king to the position corresponding to prime minister. He is an Agagite (Saul should have obeyed God and destroyed the Agagites — see kjv@1Samuel:15:1-9). 5:2 — Because of Haman's position, the king commands all to bow and revere him. Mordecai refuses because of his training in the Mosaic Law kjv@Deuteronomy:5:7-10). God's people revere only God kjv@Daniel:3:8-12 kjv@Daniel:6:4-15). Although he is walking in disobedience, Mordecai has not repudiated his God. vv. 5, 6 — Haman reveals that he is a small man. He should have ignored Mordecai, but his hatred knows no bounds. Haman determines to destroy not Mordecai alone, but all the Jews. vv. 8-11 — The king gives Haman permission to have the Jews killed on a certain day. The king is careless of human life and makes no inquiry as to details concerning the people Haman accuses. vv. 12-18 — A decree is drawn up and sent throughout the kingdom permitting the people to slay the Jews on the 13th day of Adar (March). The people are shocked at such a brutal and senseless decree. This is one of the many attempts of Satan to destroy the people of Israel and frustrate God's purpose in sending Christ into the world. Anti-Semitic purges began with Pharaoh and continued down through the times of Herod, Hitler, the Arab world, and our present society. IV. For such a time as this, Chapter 4 vv. 1, 2 — Mordecai mourns in sackcloth and ashes, but there is no mention of prayer. 5:3 — The Jews throughout the kingdom mourn, but still there is no mention of prayer. 5:4 — Queen Esther is embarrassed by the conduct of Mordecai, and she sends him a new suit of clothes. There is an application here. The covering of religion will not remove the fact that man is a guilty sinner before God. Neither will religion alter the fact that the wages of sin is death. Mordecai refuses the new garments. vv. 5-8 — Esther knows now that there is some serious crisis and she sends Hatach to learn the nature of it. Mordecai returns to her a copy of the terrible decree. vv. 9-11 — Esther reports back to Mordecai that there is nothing she can do, as she does not have access to the king. vv. 12-14 — Mordecai sends back an SOS. Her life is in danger because she is a Jewess, her relatives are in danger, and her nation is in danger. If she refuses to accept the challenge, deliverance will come from another place. Obviously this is a veiled reference to the providence of God. Mordecai believes that God will intervene. He urges Esther to act, as he now begins to see the hand of God in bringing her to the throne.
vv. 15-17 — Esther accepts this challenge. Notice that she makes no reference to prayer, only to fasting. The strange providences of God are becoming evident, and there is revealed a confidence in the unnamed One. V. The scepter of grace and the nobility of Esther, Chapter 5 5:1 — For anyone to appear before the king without permission means instant death — unless the king holds out the scepter to the intruder. Esther displays a brave nobility as she arbitrarily goes into his presence. 5:2 — The king extends his scepter toward her, and she comes near and touches it. The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; he turneth it withersoever he will. kjv@Proverbs:21:l) 5:3 — The king senses that a real crisis has arisen which brings the queen into his presence. He gives her assurance by promising to grant her request even to half of the kingdom. This is the same as giving her a signed check with his permission to fill in the amount. God gives His children the same promise: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. kjv@Philippians:4:19) vv. 4, 5 — Esther is still reluctant to state her case and invites the king and Haman to a banquet (luncheon). 5:6 — Again the king renews his assurance by offering her a blank check. vv. 7, 8 — The queen promises to reveal her request at another banquet on the following day, if the king and Haman will accept her invitation. vv. 9-14 — Haman goes from the banquet filled with joy and pride, though the sight of Mordecai dulls the edge of his joy. He returns to his home and begins to boast. But he reveals that the presence of Mordecai is the fly in the ointment. His wife Zeresh and his friends advise him to build a gallows 50 cubits high and get an order from the king to hang Mordecai on it. Haman agrees to do this. There are several lessons in this chapter. God is holding out the scepter of grace to a lost world today. We all must stand in the presence of the King someday. A Greek proverb is illustrated in this chapter — "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." The extreme hatred of Haman is revealed in the height of the gallows — remember that Mordecai is a very short man. VI. When a king could not sleep at night, Chapter 6 In this chapter we see the strange providences of God in operation. 5:1 — That the king could not sleep seems a very small thing, but God uses small things. "God swings great doors on little hinges." Years before, in Egypt, God brought a woman's heart and a baby's cry together when Pharaoh's daughter found the baby Moses in the Nile River. By this He changed the destiny of a nation. Evidently, hearing the uninteresting records of the kingdom was conducive to sleep. They are the king's sleeping pill. 5:2 — The scribe "just happens" to read the record of Mordecai's deed in saving the king's life (2:21-23). 5:3 — The king learns that Mordecai had not been recognized or rewarded. vv. 4-6 — At that early hour, Haman comes to get the order from the king to execute Mordecai. Before he can state his business, the king puts a question to him, "What shall be done for the man whom the king delighteth to honor?" The unsuspecting Haman, thinking that the king is referring to him, makes an audacious suggestion. vv. 7-9 — The proposal reveals the real desire of Haman — he wants the throne. This honor would prepare the people for their acceptance of him. vv. 10, 11 — Haman is stunned and humiliated when he learns that the man to be honored is Mordecai! vv. 12-14 — This time Haman returns home to cry instead of boast.
His wife and friends warn him that he is in grave danger. (What a wife is Zeresh!) While Haman is still bemoaning the sad turn of events, the king's servants come to bring Haman to Esther's banquet. VII. The man who came to dinner but died on the gallows, Chapter 7 vv. 1, 2 — For the third time the king gives Esther a blank check to fill out. He loves her and wants to please her. vv. 3, 4 — Esther now reveals the dastardly plot to destroy her and her people. 5:5 — The king demands to know the name of the man. 5:6 — Esther identifies Haman as the man. Haman is stunned; he did not know that Esther was a Jewess. 5:7 — The king likewise is astounded and shocked at his misplaced confidence in Haman. He goes into his garden to think things over. 5:8 — Haman pleads for his life as he falls across the couch of the queen. He is beside himself with fear. The king returns and sees Haman in this compromising position. vv. 9, 10 — He orders that Haman be hanged on the very gallows he had erected for Mordecai. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from me, saith the LORD. kjv@Isaiah:54:17) I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. kjv@Psalms:37:35-36) VIII. The message of hope that went out from the king, Chapter 8 Because the first decree could not be changed, another decree is issued that permits the Jews to defend themselves. The king's government that initially demanded their execution now defends them.
This brings salvation and deliverance to a people who otherwise would have perished. A decree has gone out from God to mankind: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" kjv@Ezekiel:18:20). "The wages of sin is death" kjv@Romans:6:23). Although this has not been altered or cancelled, man need not perish, for another decree has gone out from God: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. kjv@John:3:16) IX. The institution of the Feast of Purim, Chapters 9, 10 The day that would have meant the destruction of the people of Israel is the day of their great deliverance. Darkness is turned into light; night is turned into day. This day becomes another holy day for the nation and is called the Feast of Purim (9:20-32). The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. kjv@Proverbs:16:33) Many believers know only of a distant and strange providence. They do not learn to walk with God in close fellowship, obeying His Word. As someone has expressed it, He knows and loves and cares, Nothing this truth can dim: He gives the very best to those Who leave the choice to Him. It is interesting to see that Herodotus, the Greek historian, states that the wife of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) was a cold, vindictive queen after the invasion against Greece. For an outsider, this would appear to be the fact.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS Gaebelein, Arno C. The Annotated Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1917. Ironside, H. A. Notes on the Book of Esther. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1921. Jensen, Irving L. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther: A Self-Study Guide. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1970. McGee, J. Vernon. Ruth and Esther: Women of Faith. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988. Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981. Whitcomb, John C. Esther: Triumph of God's Sovereignty. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1979.
POETICAL BOOKS Job is the first of the poetical books, which also include Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Lamentations. The reference is to the form of the content and does not imply imaginative or capricious content. Neither does the term "poetical" mean that it is rhythmic. Hebrew poetry is achieved by repeating an idea, a technique called parallelism. The dialogue in the Book of Job is poetry because conversation was in poetry in that day. The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer are examples in secular literature. JOB WRITER: Unknown The following have been suggested: Moses, Ezra, Solomon, Job and Elihu. That Elihu is the writer seems most likely (32:16). DATE: Unknown Evidently it was written during the patriarchal period. Did Job know Jacob? It is possible. It was written before Exodus, it would seem, as there is no reference to the Mosaic Law nor to any of the events recorded in the Book of Exodus. Here are the arguments which seem to place Job with the patriarchs: 1. Length of Job's life span (42:16). 2. Job acted as high priest in his family. 3. Eliphaz the Temanite was descended from Esau's eldest son kjv@Genesis:36:10-11). PURPOSE: Many problems are raised and settled in this book. 1. To determine why the righteous suffer. (This is not the primary teaching.) 2. To refute the slander of Satan. 3. To reveal Job to himself. 4. To teach patience. Was Job patient? 5. Primary purpose: To teach repentance. God selected the best man who ever lived (Christ is the exception) and showed that he needed to repent. In contrast, we usually choose
the worst man who repents as an illustration. Manasseh, a most ungodly king, repented; Saul of Tarsus repented; St. Francis of Assisi, a debauched nobleman, repented; and Jerry MacAuley, a drunken bum, repented. God chose the best man and showed that he repented — "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes" kjv@Job:42:5-6). ESTIMATION: Tennyson said of the Book of Job, "The greatest poem, whether of ancient or modern literature." Carlyle said, "I call Job one of the grandest ever written with pen." Luther said, "More magnificent and sublime than any other book of Scripture." Moorehead said, "The book of Job is one of the noblest poems in existence." OUTLINE: I. DRAMA, Chapters 1, 2 (Prose) A. Scene I, Chapter 1:1-5 Land of Uz; Job's prosperity and serenity B. Scene II, Chapter 1:6-12 Heaven; Satan's slander of God and Job C. Scene III, Chapter 1:13-22 Land of Uz; Job's loss of children and wealth D. Scene IV, Chapter 2:1-6 Heaven; God and Satan E. Scene V, Chapter 2:7-10 Land of Uz; Job's loss of health and wife's sympathy II. DIALOGUE, Chapters 2:11 — 42:6 (Poetry) A. Scene VI, Chapters 2:11 — 37:24 City Dump 1. Job's loss of understanding of friends, 2:11-13 2. Job vs. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, 3:1 — 32:1 3. Job vs. Elihu, 32:2 — 37:24
B. Scene VII, Chapters 38:1 — 42:6 Jehovah vs. Job III. EPILOGUE, Chapter 42:7-17 (Prose) Scene VIII Land of Uz; Job's blessings doubled COMMENT: The prose section of the Book of Job is a gigantic, sweeping drama that encompasses earth and heaven. This does not mean it is fiction. Job is treated as a historical character in the Scriptures (see kjv@Ezekiel:14:14 kjv@Ezekiel:14:20 kjv@James:5:11). Paul quotes from the Book of Job ( kjv@1Corinthians:3:19; cp. kjv@Job:5:13). Many writers have used Job as the basis for their plots, including H. G. Wells and more recently Archibald MacLeish in his Broadway hit, J.B. Job's problem is a universal problem. Thomas Carlyle called the Book of Job "all men's book." The poetry section of the Book of Job is a contest in dialogue between Job and his three friends. Later in the book, Bildad challenges Job. A brilliant dialogue in that day was what a baseball game or any other athletic event is in our day. I. Drama, Chapters 1, 2 (Prose) A. Scene I, Chapter 1:1-5 Land of Uz; Job's prosperity and serenity The land of Uz was somewhere in the Middle East, but beyond that there is nothing specific. Josephus gives us a glimmer of light on the location of Uz. According to kjv@Genesis:22:21 the firstborn of Nahor, Abraham's brother, was Uz. He is the founder of the ancient city of Damascus. Job lived somewhere in the Syrian desert, where later the Lord sent Paul for post-graduate studies (see kjv@Galatians:1:17). 5:1 — "Perfect" in the sense that he had offered sacrifices for his sons (see 5:5). "Feared God" means that he has a high and holy concept of God and as a result he hates evil. vv. 3, 4 — He is a wealthy man, and his ten children live in the ease and luxury of the rich. 5:5 — Job's one concern is for his children. B. Scene II, Chapter 1:6-12 Heaven; Satan's slander of God and Job vv. 6, 7 — God's created intelligences report to God as a matter of regular routine. They are responsible creatures. The shocking fact is that Satan has access to heaven. Even he has to report. He reports that he had been up and down the earth, which is his domain (see kjv@1Peter:5:8; kjv@1John:2:13-17; kjv@Matthew:4:8-9). He has never been in hell kjv@Revelation:20:10, see author's book, Reveling through Revelation, volume 2). 5:8 — Satan obviously had been trying to get at Job, but he found there was a hedge about him. Satan cannot touch God's man without God's permission. vv. 9-11 — Slandering both God and Job, Satan infers that God is not worthy to be served and loved for Himself alone but that He has to pay Job to love Him. Satan suggests that Job is a time server. 5:12 — God grants Satan permission to get at Job's possessions, including his children. C. Scene III, Chapter 1:13-22 Land of Uz; Job's loss of children and wealth Job is stripped of all his earthly possessions, including his ten children. vv. 20-22 — Job's reaction to his tragic circumstances reveals that though his faith is shaken, it is not destroyed. Job is no time server. D. Scene IV, Chapter 2:1-6 Heaven; God and Satan Created intelligences make their regular report again. Satan has to admit that he has not destroyed the integrity of Job, and he asks for permission to touch his body. He is confident that Job will then curse God to His face. God gives Satan permission to touch his body, with the provision that he may not take his life.
E. Scene V, Chapter 2:7-10 Land of Uz; Job's loss of health and wife's sympathy Satan smites Job with a frightful disease. Job's wife suggests that he curse God and commit suicide — which is the reason Satan did not take Job's wife! Job still maintains his integrity. II. DIALOGUE, Chapters 2:11 — 42:6 (Poetry) A. Scene VI, Chapters 2:11 — 37:24 City Dump 1. Job's loss of understanding of friends, 2:11-13 Three friends of Job come to visit and comfort him: Eliphaz, a Temanite. Teman was a grandson of Esau kjv@Genesis:36:10-11). Bildad, a Shuhite. Shuah was a son of Abraham kjv@Genesis:25:2). Zophar, a Naamathite. Naamah was in northern Arabia. For seven days they mourn with Job without saying a word. They are real friends, but they are in no position to comfort Job because: (1) They do not understand God. (2) They do not understand Job. (3) They do not understand themselves. They merely shake their heads in a knowing manner during the seven days of mourning. 2. Job vs. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, 3:1 — 32:1 There are 3 rounds of speeches: (1) By Job, then Eliphaz, and Job answers him; (2) By Bildad, and Job answers him; (3) By Zophar, and Job answers him. This is repeated three times with one exception — Zophar does not give a third speech. The dialogue is in the nature of a contest. Under the critical and accusing eyes of his friends, Job finally explodes with his tale of woe and a wish that he had never been born.
First Round Chapter kjv@Job:3 Eliphaz, 1st Discourse.............................4, 5 Job's Answer....................................6, 7 Bildad, 1st Discourse..................................8 Job's Answer..................................9, 10 Zophar, 1st Discourse................................11 Job's Answer ..............................12—14 Second Round Eliphaz, 2nd Discourse..............................15 Job's Answer.................................16, 17 Bildad, 2nd Discourse...............................18 Job's Answer.......................................19 Zophar, 2nd Discourse...............................20 Job's Answer.......................................21 Third Round Eliphaz, 3rd Discourse..............................22 Job's Answer................................23, 24 Bildad, 3rd Discourse................................25 Job's Answer...............................26—31 First Round Chapter 3 — Job wishes that he had never been born or that he had died at birth. Job's tranquility in his days of prosperity were disturbed by the uncertainty of life. He had dreaded the very thing that happened to him (v. 25). Chapters 4, 5 — Eliphaz's first discourse. He is the voice of experience. He suspects that there is secret sin in Job's life (4:8). He recounts a terrifying and hair-raising vision (4:12-16). The selfevident truth he received from the vision does not seem worthwhile for all the terror he endured (4:17). He gives some gems of wisdom as all the others do (5:6-7). He charges that Job is being corrected for some awful secret sin and he should not complain (5:17-22).
Chapters 6, 7 — Job's answer. His condition is much worse than his friends realize and he wishes God would destroy him, not correct him (6: 9). He expected pity and comfort from his friends (6:14). He looked for help when he saw them coming, but it was only a mirage on the desert (6:15). Eliphaz misses the entire problem (6:25). Job is willing to confess any sin he has committed. Why doesn't God pardon his sin (ch. 7) and restore him? Chapter 8 — Bildad's first discourse. Bildad is the voice of the past. He rests his argument on tradition (v. 8). Man can know nothing of himself. He must depend on the past (vv. 9, 10). Notice that Paul did not have this philosophy; rather he pointed to Christ and the future. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. kjv@Philippians:3:14) Bildad is more candid and crude than Eliphaz. He considers Job a hypocrite (v. 13). He does not know the ways of God (v. 20), nor does he take into account the final outcome (v. 21). Chapters 9, 10 — Job's answer to Bildad. Bildad has not met the problem of Job (9:2). Job makes no claim to perfection and knows that he cannot defend himself before God. He needs someone on his side to present his case (9:19-20). Notice Job's heart-cry for Christ (9:32-33). He recognizes his need for a mediator to stand between himself and God. (See kjv@1Samuel:2:25.) God knows that Job is not perfect, but He also knows that Job is not wicked (10:6-7). Again Job resorts to his wish that he had not been born or had died at birth (10:19). Chapter 11 — Zophar's first discourse. Zophar is the voice of legalism. He holds that God is bound by laws and never operates beyond the circumference of His own laws. He is probably the senior member of the group, and he speaks with a dogmatic finality that is even more candid and crude than that of Bildad. He accuses Job of covering his sin with words (v. 2). He even accuses Job of lying (v. 3). He assumes the pious position of being on the inside with God while Job is on the outside, unable to know what He does (vv. 4-11). He urges Job to come clean, that he is hiding his sin (v. 14). He predicts the complete judgment of Job unless he confesses his secret sin (v. 20). Chapters 12, 13 — Job's answer. Job becomes bitter and sarcastic. He resents the superior claims of his friends and their accusations (12:1-3). Job would bypass his friends and appeal to God directly (13:3). He now accuses them of lying about his case and states that they are offering him no help — they are "physicians of no value" (13:4). The faith of Job stands inviolate in spite of the onslaught of his friends (13:15). Chapter 14 — A great elegy on death. Trouble is the common denominator of mankind (v. 1). Job knows that death is inevitable and that he must depart from this world (v. 10). However, Job has a hope beyond death and the grave (vv. 14, 15). Second Round Chapter 15 — Eliphaz's second discourse. Eliphaz accuses Job of being his own accuser, for his words are foolish (v. 6). He defends himself and two other friends by reminding Job of their advantage of maturity over him. He states a great truth, but it is no more applicable to Job than to any other human being. Chapters 16, 17 — Job's answer. Job labels his friends "miserable comforters" and accuses them of uttering self-evident truths which are not applicable to him. If their situations were reversed, Job could argue as they have (16:4). Instead of helping Job, they fill him with wrinkles (16:8). He goes too far in defending himself (16:17). Job will stand by his record (16:19). He recognizes the problem of pleading his case before God (16:21). His physical condition is tragic. Chapter 18 — Bildad's second discourse. Bildad suggests that Job stop speaking and start listening (v. 2). His second argument follows the same pattern as his first — since the past teaches that God judges sin and since Job is being judged, he has committed some gross and secret sin. He digs up a few hoary epigrams from the past as proof.
Chapter 19 — Job's answer. Job recognizes that his friends are becoming strangers to him and that they are growing apart (v. 3). Job is willing for his words to be made into a permanent record and he is prepared to stand by them (vv. 23, 24). Job expresses his great faith. He is maintaining his integrity. He believes the Redeemer is coming and that he himself is numbered with the redeemed. Chapter 20— Zophar's second discourse. He introduces nothing new. He rests upon his seniority and resorts to the same legalism. He still holds to the theory that Job is a very wicked person because of the law that the wicked must be punished (vv. 3-5). Chapter 21 — Job's answer. Job is growing weary of their false charges. He appeals to a higher court (vv. 1-4). He agrees that the wicked will be punished but insists that this does not apply to his case. Third Round Chapter 22 — Eliphaz's third discourse. He accuses Job of being self-righteous (v. 3). His final word to Job is a great gospel invitation, but it does not fit Job's case (v. 21). He admonishes Job to return to God (vv. 22-30). Chapters 23, 24 — Job's answer. Job claims that his condition is worse than his friends think it to be (23:2). He would like to present his case before God (23:3-9). Job begins to sense that he is in the sieve of God's testing and that God will bring him through his trials (23:10). Job still maintains his integrity (23:12). Chapter 25 — Bildad's third discourse. His answer is brief. He becomes rather thoughtful and begins to wonder why Job has not broken if he is guilty. Chapters 26 — 31 — Job's answer. This is Job's longest speech. His friends have not helped him, but he expresses his faith in God, the Creator. Chapter 27 — Job does not break under the attack of his miserable comforters.
Chapter 28 — This is a beautiful poem about God as Creator. Chapter 29 — The secret sin of Job is now revealed. He is suffering from a bad case of perpendicular "I-itis." He is filled with pride. Even a good man needs to repent. The first person pronoun, in one of its forms, occurs 52 times in this chapter. (Mark them in your Bible and be amazed.) What Job says is probably true, but he is self-righteous. Chapter 30 — He compares his past with his present condition. His voice is no longer a song of praise but a sigh of pain (v. 31). Chapter 31 — He is not guilty of the common sensual sins. 3. Job vs. Elihu, 32:2 — 37:24 Chapter 32 — Elihu's discourse. He is a Buzite — Buz was evidently an Arab tribe kjv@Genesis:22:21). Elihu has been one of the auditors to this contest. He has kept silent because of his youth, though he wanted to speak. When the three friends have nothing more to say and have lost the contest, Elihu is angry because: (1) He feels that Job justified himself and condemned God (v. 2). (2) He feels that the three friends of Job have failed to answer him adequately. When Elihu finally speaks, he speaks longer than any of the three friends or Job (chapters 32 — 37). Chapter 33 — Elihu maintains that: (1) (2) (3) (4) God is right in all that He does; God created man (v. 4); God is responsible to no one (v. 13); God speaks to man by dreams and visions before He gave a written revelation (vv. 14, 15); (5) God instructs men through discipline (vv. 29, 30). Notice that he suggests the reason for the Incarnation (vv. 6, 7). Chapter 34 — Elihu declares that God never acts wickedly nor commits wrong acts (v. 12). Chapter 35 — Elihu reproves Job for inferring that he is more righteous than God (v. 2). God is teaching Job a lesson, and both Job and his friends missed this truth (vv. 10-12). Chapter 36 — God is the great Teacher (v. 22). (It was said of Jesus, "Never man spoke like this man" kjv@John:7:46].) Chapter 37 — Elihu infers that God is too far removed for man to communicate with Him (vv. 22, 23). However, it is not the greatness and majesty of God that has separated man from Him; it is man's sin that has caused the disruption (see kjv@Isaiah:59:1-2). B. Scene VII, Chapters 38:1 — 42:6 Jehovah vs. Job Chapter 38 — Answer of the Almighty. God breaks through and speaks to Job. During the entire dialogue a storm has been gathering on the horizon. At this point, it breaks with fury. The crowd scatters and scurries for cover, leaving Job alone with God (v. 1). Both Job and Elihu had obscured truth with their theories and ideas (v. 2). God's appeal to Job is on the basis of His role as Creator. Remember that this was before there was any written revelation (v. 4). Compare kjv@Romans:1:19-20. This is a good introduction for every book on geology and origins. This response (v. 7) predates the creation of man. Actually, man is a "Johnny-come-lately" in God's universe. What did the writer of Job or Job himself know about the beauty of a snowflake (vv. 22, 23)? Hail is for judgment — see kjv@Revelation:8:7. Chapter 39 — God's wisdom, person, and power are revealed in creation. Chapter 40 — God now demands Job to answer Him (vv. 1, 2). Job begins to see himself in the light of God's presence — he is vile. Job becomes suddenly silent (vv. 3-5). The storm breaks in all of its fury and God speaks out of the whirlwind. He continues His appeal through creation (v. 6). Chapter 41 — God continues to quiz Job relative to His acts of creation. Chapter 42 — Job answers God. He recognizes the sovereignty of God (v. 2); he confesses his sin (v. 3); he repents (vv. 4-6). God accomplishes His purpose in the life of Job. Job evidently realizes that the reason God has permitted him to suffer is to bring him to repentance. He sees himself in the light of the presence of God (see kjv@1John:1:6-7). III. EPILOGUE, Chapter 42:7-17 (Prose) Scene VIII Land of Uz; Job's blessings doubled This section is the final scene in the drama. It is poetic justice. God rebukes the three friends of Job. Job becomes their priest to offer a sacrifice for them (vv. 7-9). God gives Job twice as much of everything as he had at the beginning. Did God also double the number of his children? When his cattle were destroyed, he lost them forever. When his sons and daughters died, he did not lose them: He has 10 children in Paradise. + He has 10 children on earth. God doubled the number of his children.
These notes, prepared by J. Vernon McGee, are for the purpose of giving assistance to the listeners of the THRU THE BIBLE RADIO program. They are to be used with the Bible and will be more meaningful as you look up all the Scripture references. Due to the necessary brevity of both notes and broadcasts, a list of recommended books is included for those wanting a more detailed study. These books may be obtained from a Christian library or bookstore or ordered from the publishers.
Blair, J. Allen. Job: Living Patiently. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Darby, J. N. Synopsis of the Books of the Bible. Addison, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, n.d. Ellison, H. L. A Study of Job: From Tragedy to Triumph. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, n.d. Epp, Theodore H. Job — A Man Tried as Gold. Lincoln, Nebraska: Back to the Bible Broadcast, n.d. Gaebelein, Arno C. The Annotated Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1917. Garland, D. David. Job — A Study Guide Commentary. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, n.d. Gray, James M. Synthetic Bible Studies. Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906. Jensen, Irving L. Job — A Self-Study Guide. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, n.d. Mackintosh, C. H. Miscellaneous Writings. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Ridout, Samuel. The Book of Job. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1919. (Very fine.) 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 Handbook. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1966. (A concise commentary on the entire Bible.) Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981. ( Volume 1 covers Genesis through Song of Solomon with a fine summary of each paragraph.) Zuck, Roy B. Job. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1978. (A fine summary in the Everyman's Bible Commentary series.)
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Yes, many of you have been waiting for this to happen, and now it's finally there! From the April 30, 2012 Nightly build onwards, Firefox for the Mac comes with VoiceOver support turned on by default. All you have to do is turn on VoiceOver, or launch Firefox Nightly from Finder or LaunchPad with VoiceOver already running. No extra switches or other steps need to be performed.
This is a raw diamond that still needs quite some love before we can call it fit for wide-spread use by customers. But if you like to play with early development software, want to provide feedback or just get a glimpse at what's hot and new, feel free to download the latest nightly build for the Mac. I do not recommend using this as your default browser just yet!
Known issues
Here are some known issues we need to address:
- Performance
- That's our biggie at the moment. Compared to Safari, we're still very slow and unresponsive. Navigating via the VoiceOver commands takes longer, and when a page initially loads, you'll hear VoiceOver often say "Nightly busy" before you can actually do something.
- Firefox does not yet notify VoiceOver when a page finishes loading.
- This has been known, and we're working on it to address the issue as soon as possible. We think we are sending the right notification, but VoiceOver does not pick it up. Once a new page loads, and you start navigating, VoiceOver correctly sees the new content, though, so you are able to surf to more than one page within a session.
- All controls within a multi-tab XUL dialog is visible.
- Within Preferences and other dialogs, VoiceOver sees all the content of all the tab pages, even those that are currently hidden. This makes navigating this type of dialog a bit cumbersome for now.
- Some control states not correctly reported.
- The initial control states of check boxes in XUL dialogs is not yet reported correctly. The initial question whether Nightly should be used as your default browser, for example, speaks an unchecked checkbox, when it is actually checked. We are aware of the issue.
How to install
You install the app by opening the downloaded DMG, focusing "Firefox Nightly.app" and copying and pasting it into your Applications folder, like you do with any other app. Sighted users can, of course, do their usual drag and drop from the DMG to the Applications folder. You then launch it like any other app.
Providing feedback
Beat it, hammer on it, install your favorite extensions into it that you might know from the Windows or Linux worlds, for example the WebVisum extension, surf to your favorite web sites and do the stuff you'd normally do. But expect a lot of things to not work yet as you would expect them to! Like I said: This is a raw diamond still.
To provide feedback, either comment to this blog post, and I will triage and file bugs as appropriate. Or if you're familiar with our bug tracking system, feel free to file a bug yourself. If you use this link, things like platform, component and product are already preset for you correctly.
If you're not a VoiceOver user, we still want to hear from you! Our goal is that you should not notice a difference in daily browsing and working with everything you work with usually. If there are changes that aren't explicable, please provide us with that feedback, too!
This is my first real new platform accessibility roll-out, and I'm excited as hell about what's to come from you all over the next couple of weeks!


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Life just got a little easier thanks to the latest innovation from InGenuity. Disney Baby The Lion King Premier Washable Playard is the first full-size playard made of fabrics that easily zip off in approximately a minute for machine washing. This playard provides a hassle-free way to wash away germs, allergens, bacteria and dirt, answering moms' need for a playard that can be kept as fresh as the rest of baby's bedding.
Emphasizing cleanliness, convenience, and adjustability, the washable playard, provides the most comfortable environment for baby with modern benefits for mom. Loaded with great features like the One Less Step folding system that allows for easy portability, mom can fold and take this on the go without removing the playard's bassinet. The elevated changing table pivots out of the way when not in use. The organizer tray and fabric toy bar with two plush toys are also removable.
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In his book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions, bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki says that if you want to get people on your side, you have to enchant them.
How? Through likeability, trustworthiness and greatness. In doing so, according to the former chief evangelist at Apple, you will transform skeptics into believers and the undecided into the loyal.
What does that mean for financial advisors? A lot, it turns out. Here's how Kawasaki connects the dots.
— Ellen Uzelac
The pillars of enchantment — likeability, trustworthiness and greatness — describe the very best financial advisors. How do you achieve that?
Likeability is fundamental: accepting other people, having a great smile, a good handshake, and defaulting to a positive "How can I help?" attitude. Easy to say, hard to do. Trustworthiness is about trusting others before you can expect them to trust you. This isn't chicken or egg — there's a definite order. And greatness is about creating an outstanding product or service, one that's deep, intelligent, complete, empowering and elegant.
Once you achieve a state of enchantment, what's the outcome: the loyalty of the client?
The outcome is that you'll be able to influence and persuade people, but you should never take this power lightly. It comes with huge moral responsibilities. And if you want the enchantment to last, then you must always be thinking of the best interests of the client.
How does the advisor align internal identity with external image?
This may sound silly, but the only way to align internal identity and image is to have a good reality. That is, if the internal identity is crappy, it's close to impossible to make a good external image. For sure it's impossible if you want the identity and image to match over the long run. So the key is not to put lipstick on a pig, but to not be a pig.
To what extent is employee buy-in important?
It's essential. A company cannot expect employees to enchant customers if they are not enchanted themselves.
What are some of the challenges to staying on message?
The biggest challenges are solutions du jour where someone hears about a new approach to management or customer service and jumps on a new bandwagon — though admittedly, you can claim that enchantment is a new bandwagon. Assuming you get past this, then implementation is hard. And assuming you get past implementation, then just about the time when things are starting to gel, companies often get bored and want to remake or redo things. How many times have you seen companies change a logo just as people were beginning to identify it? The same thing can happen with staying on message.
Some folks talk about how important it is for the advisor to be true to his or her core, ideals and principles in order to be successful. How does this factor into your recent thinking?
It depends on what the true you is. If the true you is a crook, I suggest changing it if you want to succeed. If the true you is good, moral and focused on the customer, then by all means be true to yourself as is.
How critical is social media today when it comes to marketing your service or product?
Social media is becoming more essential every day. For a while it was something weird companies did. Then it was for innovators. Now, social media is part of mainstream marketing. Pretty soon it won't even be a specialty; it will just be marketing. Think back: for a while a website was an experiment, then it was cool, then important, and now you don't even think of not having a website. Social media will evolve in the same way.
Think about your own financial advisor, assuming you have one. How does he or she demonstrate a state of enchantment when it comes to your own relationship?
I do have one. What I want more than anything from a financial advisor is an expert in managing what I don't know I don't know. I want him to ensure that my overall portfolio, which includes my job, my investments and my stock options, are not all in one sector. I want him to tell me to save more and to establish 529s and do things that I wouldn't think of or know how to do.
Finally, what's your best advice for building brand?
My best advice for building a great brand is to have a good reality. That is, to have a good product or service. It's easy to brand something that's good.


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Michigan City, IN — Horizon Bank has established a new Advisory Board for the Northeast Indiana region as a result of its recent acquisition of Peoples Federal Savings Bank. The board provides oversight for 11 branches in the towns of Auburn, Avilla, Columbia City, Garrett, Howe, Kendallville, LaGrange, Topeka, Waterloo and Woodburn.
Dennis Kuhn, the bank's Regional Market President for the area says that the Advisory Board will provide valuable insights into the local market. "Board members monitor Horizon's effectiveness as a community bank," he says, "and they offer suggestions for addressing local economic conditions, and for expanding our market share in the region."
Additionally, board members help to educate others in the community, about the bank's mission, vision, and values. Kuhn says one of the board's first goals will be to introduce Horizon Bank to the community, and to help demonstrate the bank's commitment to providing exceptional service, and sensible advice.
Kuhn says that the bank's Advisory Boards are typically made up of business and community leaders who can offer a unique perspective on the needs of area customers. For example, he notes, "The Northeast Indiana Advisory Board is strongly represented by members of the agricultural industry, because farming is such an integral part of the local economy. And this is a significant customer base for Horizon Bank as a whole."
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Advisory Board Members for Northeast Indiana include:
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Kuhn says Horizon Bank is also addressing the specific needs of the agricultural industry throughout Northeast Indiana and across its entire market, with its Agricultural Lending Group.
Led by Larry Kummer (Market President for Northeast Indiana), and Joe Walter (Market President for LaGrange County), this group was originally part of the Peoples Federal Savings Bank. "We are very happy to have this expertise in agricultural lending as a part of Horizon," says Kuhn.
Board members look forward to serving the community and helping Horizon expand its reach across the region.
Horizon Bancorp is a locally owned, independent, commercial bank holding company serving Northern and Central Indiana and Southwest and Central Michigan through its commercial banking subsidiary Horizon Bank, NA. Horizon also offers mortgage-banking services throughout the Midwest. Horizon Bancorp may be reached online at www.horizonbank.com. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HBNC.
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(Pocket-lint) - Analogue camera specialist Lomography has unveiled its very first movie camera, the LomoKino, and we were invited along to Lomo HQ for a top secret preview prior to the official launch.
As we'd already received an invite to the launch event in the form of an old cinema ticket along with a pack of popcorn, we'd guessed that the new product would be a movie gadget of some sort. However, while most internet rumours pointed towards some form of 8mm movie cam, the LomoKino actually uses good ol' 35mm, which is nice and cheap to buy and easy to find, unlike 8mm cine film.
Equipped with a 25mm lens, the LomoKino takes 4 shots per frame, giving you a total of 144 shots on a roll which, when edited together into a digital movie file, should give you a silent film lasting between 36 and 48 seconds (at around 3-4 frames per second). You can use any type of 35mm film - whether that's conventional colour negative, slide film or black and white - and all you need to do is turn the film crank on the side of the camera to capture your shots. Varying the speed of the crank will determine how slow or fast your film is and you can either take it all in one go, or stop halfway through and pick up "filming" later on, in another location.
The camera is available on its own, or in a bundle with the LomoKinoScope - a small black box into which you can spool your developed slide film, hold up to the light and watch your movie. Obviously, you can also use the device to view other types of 35mm apart from slide film, but your images will appear in negative, rather than positive (as slide film is specifically designed to produce transparencies, rather than prints). Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to see the LomoKinoScope in action, but we did get our mitts on the camera and it's a beauty.
The modernist black plastic casing has a suitably retro look to it and although not the slimmest gadget in the world, it's certainly small enough to fit into a bag (a fairly spacious bag, granted). And it's also extremely lightweight and fits comfortably in the hand. Although we didn't actually get the chance to shoot a roll, the loading mechanism all appears to be very straightforward, so you should be able to cut your own, hipster-flavoured version of Keystone Cops before you know it.
The rudimentary viewfinder pops up at the flick of a switch and packs down flat for storage. The viewing window is really quite tiny as it's sized to match the quarter frame shots that you'll be taking, so it's a bit of a struggle to see through. However, most users will probably end up sticking to Lomo's "shoot from the hip" ethos and doing away with the viewfinder in favour of freestyle shooting.
The top of the unit is also home to a hotshoe adaptor so that you can attach any compatible flashgun. The experts at Lomography tell us that the Fritz the Blitz flash is the most suitable product from the Lomo range to use with the new model, thanks to its swift power-up time and variable flash setting. The flash will keep firing as long as you keep turning the crank.
The camera has a variable aperture setting which can be adjusted from f/5.6 through f/8 to f/11 using a dial which turns nice and smoothly so that it can be used seamlessly while you're taking snaps. Likewise, the close-up button can be held down while filming to focus on objects up to 0.6m away. When released, the camera goes back to its usual 1m-infinity range. As very little pressure is needed on the button, it should be easy to press during shooting without jogging the camera too much.
Keeping the controls to a bare minimum, the LomoKino also features a rewind dial and a film indicator with a red bar that moves from full to empty as the film is used up. It gives you a rough idea of how much film you have left. There's also a standard tripod mount on the underside of the camera to get rid of the effects created by shaky hands.
Getting your film processed by the LomoLab will get you digital files of each separate frame (24x 8.5mm), along with a digital movie file comprised of all your images. Alternatively you can just get the film scanned and do the digital splicing and editing for yourself. There'll be two processing options - the faster, cheaper (and slightly lower quality) machine scanning method, or the slightly higher priced and higher-res manual scanning, which should also enable you to include sprocket holes on your finished images and film.
You'll be able to upload your videos to the Lomography site as usual, while the company will be promoting Vimeo as the best place to host your videos, which can then easily be embedded on your LomoHome page.
The Lomography LomoKino is available now for £65 (making it one of the cheaper cameras in the Lomo range) or you can get it bundled with the LomoKinoScope for £89. The proof will be in the testing, but this little movie camera certainly looks like a lot of fun and a hell of a lot easier and cheaper than shelling out on an old 8mm camera.
Are you into your Lomo? Or are you now purely digital? Let us know in the comments below...


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BURBANK � September 4, 2008 -- NBC announced that Golden Globe winner and Emmy� nominee Anthony Edwards will reprise his role as Dr. Mark Greene for one episode of NBC's long running show "ER" (Thursdays, 10-11 p.m. ET/PT). Edwards will return in the episode entitled "Heal Thyself," which was written and directed by executive producer David Zabel, and will air on November 13, 2008.
The installment will feature Dr. Greene in a series of newly shot scenes that will feature other characters from the show's past while also giving insight into Dr. Banfield's (Angela Bassett) past and her experiences within the walls of County General.
"We had hoped to bring back some of "ER's" stars for the final season and think that our loyal fans will enjoy seeing some of the shows most beloved and memorable characters," said executive producer John Wells.
Edwards first appeared in the "ER" pilot and after nearly eight memorable seasons, completed his run in a highly rated episode at the end of the 2001-02 television season.
Edwards has received four Emmy� nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He also won three Screen Actor's Guild Awards (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series in 1996, Best Ensemble Cast in 1998 and 1999), the Golden Globe Award in 1998 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Drama and a People's Choice Award in 1995 for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series.
Edwards can next be seen in the feature film "Motherhood" with Uma Thurman. He was most recently in the film "Zodiac," directed by David Fincher. Other recent credits include "Thunderbirds" for Universal, "Northfork" written by the Polish brothers and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," which he executive produced in association with his production company Aviator Films. The company also produced the NBC television movie, "Borderline," that starred "ER" alumna Sherry Stringfield.
Edwards has appeared in more than 20 features, including his memorable turn as "Goose" in the blockbuster feature "Top Gun." His other feature credits include; "Playing by Heart," "The Client," "Miracle Mile," "Mr. North," "Hawks," "The Sure Thing," "Gotcha," "Revenge of the Nerds," "Heart Like a Wheel," and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
Edwards made his film directorial debut with "Charley's Ghost Story," a modern-day Mark Twain adaptation starring Cheech Marin and Linda Fiorentino.
NBC renewed "ER" for a 15th and final season in April. Combining the extraordinary talents of multiple award-winning producer John Wells ("The West Wing" "Third Watch"), best-selling author Michael Crichton ("Jurassic Park") and the creative team at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, the venerated series "ER" explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room. Currently beginning its 15th season, the highly acclaimed drama series now holds the distinction of being recognized as the most Emmy�-nominated series in the history of television with 122 nominations. Crichton, Wells and Zabel serve as executive producers, along with Christopher Chulack, Joe Sachs and Janine Sherman Barrois.
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The long-running series stars Maura Tierney ("Diggers," "Welcome to Mooseport,"), Mekhi Phifer ("Dawn of the Dead," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "8 Mile," "Slow Burn"), Parminder Nagra ("Ella Enchanted," "Bend It Like Beckham"), Linda Cardellini ("Brokeback Mountain, "Scooby-Doo" films, "Grandma's Boy," "Freaks and Geeks"), Scott Grimes ("Band of Brothers," "American Dad," "Party of Five," "Mystery, Alaska"), John Stamos ("A Raisin in the Sun," "Jake in Progress"), David Lyons ("Blue Heelers") and Angela Bassett ("Akeelah and the Bee," "What's Love Got To Do With It").
On staff at County General Hospital are Abby Lockhart (Tierney), a recovering alcoholic trying her best to juggle a demanding residency and motherhood while everything around her seems to be falling apart; Dr. Greg Pratt (Phifer), an attending fighting for the chief spot on the floor as well as for a firm grasp on his love life; Neela Rasgotra (Nagra), a skilled surgical resident committed to growing in her craft as well as in her place on the surgical team; Sam Taggart (Cardellini), a spirited ER nurse who is finally getting some time to explore life and love both in and outside the hospital; Dr. Archie Morris (Grimes), the quirky-yet-talented attending dedicated to his work but constantly distracted by his own world; Tony Gates (Stamos), a paramedic-turned-doctor who has overcome numerous obstacles to take on the rigorous challenges of life in the ER, Dr. Simon Brenner (Lyons) the newest attending physician with a penchant for stirring things up and Dr. Cate Banfield (Bassett) as a tough-as-nails attending physician whose arrival shakes up the ER.
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Frankly, I'm surprised CNBC is letting them on with talk like this. But it's okay, their bubbly announcer will steer the topic a soon as the talk is based too much in reality, LOL.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sandy Jadeja - Another technician not so bullish on equities…
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Yeah, I stand by what I said, because it would seem that it's actually easier for sites to cheat. Because the moment the new measures got put in all of a sudden my site got spammed down the list I'm on. I've witness this month me being spammed vote. putting me out of banner range by 1500-1900 votes. Racking up 4000-5000 votes in a single day (probably more) for sites that haven't been active in years. I don't have an official count, but I kind of doubt that there is even a very small percentage of that number in every active site on the list I'm on even if you put them all together (there are 3 active sites on my list). That's not possible if the methods actually worked. In fact I am sure it's just one person. Pretty outrageous. Yes, I am behind your bring back the comments thing (and added it to my ticket), because that also seemed to keep things in check. (worst I witness then was sites (who were at least active) get to 100 votes fairly quickly. That was ok.)
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in the bilight
A pilgrim is journeying to Port Botany in search of coffee or a revelation, and the Spherical Polar Spirits, Altitude and Ascension, are helping him along with a little tough electric love. Part 1 is here.
Swerving water, a long slow
crash of breakers on the land,
as I journeyed in the minutes
of the bilight, when the sun
was yielding to the rise and stutter
of the streetlamps,
their denatured spectral substitution.
Around me in the street,
the blank façade of industry,
always less than its sum of parts,
and from the gloomy concrete,
Dalí's mosquitoes, dystopian elephants
in chiaroscuro, were mocking me.
Before me in the raindrops,
I glimpsed a faint refraction,
the meniscal shape of a subtle gateway.
An indication, an alteration,
a new sentence, another paragraph,
and I went through,
but near enough to nothing happened.
My polar guides, Altitude and Ascension,
they stayed behind,
and above a nearby doorway,
an enticing neon offer caught my eye:
No, I'm definitely not the Medusa,
no, not at all,
and all her hairdo vipers shook their tiny heads.
I'm fully qualified, a therapist, a counselor
and confidante, so let's begin.
She shuffled through a sheaf of papers
and poised a pencil.
We'll start right here.
What's the very last thing
you remember?
Those words, exactly.
Let's fast forward, shall we?
She turned the pages hastily,
tossing them and tearing them,
their questions scattering and sailing
through the air.
What's the very first thing?
A indivisible ether sea shining on the future,
so sharp it cuts the shore,
layered manuscripts of shale, anaerobic
physics and futility;
a solar railway, keepsakes long forgotten,
tiny insect motes,
cellophane rabbits with eye drops
glistening in the dew.
She glanced towards an ornamental
crocodile clock, and spoke to someone
I couldn't see.
I'm afraid that's all we have time for this week.
Who are you talking to?
to continue
- how mercury streetlamps imitate sunlight
- Dalí's elephants
- Medusa
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Raw talent: Shapiro and Read bare all
They may not be live and on stage, but totally nude girls are currently bringing sexy back to art on the Downtown Mall. The female body as an artistic focus has recurred throughout history, yet it often makes Americans uncomfortable. In fact, former Attorney General John Ashcroft spent $8,000 just to curtain off a bare-breasted statue of Justice.
Yet the nude endures, often beautifully, as demonstrated by Sharon Shapiro at Derriere de Soie and Megan E. Read at Mudhouse. Both artists tap archival nudie photographs as sources for their celebration of the female body, with Shapiro drawing inspiration from 1960s-era men's magazines for her paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works, and Read re-creating 1920s' erotic imagery in her charcoal drawings.
Since Shapiro has something of an obsession with women's breasts, her work seems especially at home amid the frilly bras of Derrier de Soie. The layout of the venue also allows each of show's 13 pieces, ranging from large paintings to small sketches, to stand on its own.
Shapiro's strength is her skill with large-scale acrylic paintings, exemplified by "Ease," which hangs in the lingerie shop's front window. Depicting a woman's torso as a pink, magenta, and gold striped robe slips from her shoulders against a rich black background, Shapiro's m©lange of strokes is deft as she uses the full range of her palette to create lustrous flesh.
When Shapiro is attentive, she thrills with her observation of details, but occasionally she seems to rush through areas that interest her less. For instance, in the charcoal drawing "Dial," she beautifully contours the neck, face, nipples, and phone cord, but treats the shadow on her subject's right arm like an afterthought. Because everything else is so "on," its off-ness is distracting.
Megan E. Read is another artist adept at closely observing the female form. The 11 charcoal drawings she displays at Mudhouse are so meticulously executed that they are easily mistaken for antique photographs. Her mastery of her medium is particularly evident in the way she captures a sheer floral veil draped over the left side of a graceful nude in "And So It Went."
Unfortunately, Read often splatters paint on the glass covering her drawings and/or stencils words or numbers onto the clear surface. At best, these additions add nothing to the image, and, at worst, they detract from the exquisiteness of the drawing.
Complaints aside, though, it's refreshing to have Shapiro and Read skip and go naked down Main Street.
Sharon Shapiro's exhibition, "Painting Sexy," is on view through March 30 at Derriere de Soie. 105 E. Main St. 977-7455. Megan E. Read's charcoal drawings are on display through March 31 at Mudhouse. 213 W. Main St. 984-6833.
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Dearest Jasmine,
Why is that 'ew?' Jasmine is a woman's name. Are you disgusted by the female physique? Something tells me that your feedback to these paintings roots from insecurities about your own body.
And something tells me your real name begins with an 'M'....
What the heck does your review have to do with anything?


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Norwegian retailer CDON has, as it should, a page up ready for people order Wii U games. It's also got something most other retailers don't: listings for games many Nintendo fans can only dream of.
Among the known and incoming games like Tank!Tank!Tank! and New Super Mario Bros. U, there are listings for games that are not only unannounced, but are surely the work of naught but daydreams and broken wishbones.
Like Fire Emblem Wii U. Doom 4, a game that is yet to be officially shown off in any capacity. A Wii U version of Endless Ocean. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Wii U. Kingdom Hearts Wii U. Nintendogs Wii U. There's even a listing for a game that would be perfect for the system, a Wii U edition of surgery simulator Trauma Center.
Sure, there's a remote chance that some of these are real, if only through the power of coincidence, but for most, come on.
Before you laugh, don't! This kind of thing is great. Shows somebody at head office is either conveniently incompetent or, as seems more likely, is quietly, and on the company dollar, dreaming out loud.
Though the lack of Wind Waker HD shows they're not dreaming hard enough.
Kommende Wii U [CDON, thanks Tobias!]


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Ric Flair is one of North Carolina's favorite sons. He's also a stylin', profilin', limousine ridin', jet flyin', kiss-stealin', wheelin' and dealin' son of a gun, so when the 49ers invited him to address the team, he said hell yes. But now the 49ers are heading to Charlotte, and Panthers fans aren't so eager to forgive.
Flair fired up the 49ers at their hotel in Appleton, Wisc., before the Packers game ("this shit hole," OT Anthony Davis called it):
"Ric Flair's heart is with the 49ers all the way to the end," Flair said. That's news to Carolina fans, since Flair used to live in Charlotte, owned Panthers season tickets, and was frequently shown on the scoreboard. His heel turn rubbed receiver Steve Smith, a big Flair fan, the wrong way.
"I'm not sure if he'll get the invite" to Sunday's division matchup, Smith told the Charlotte Observer. "That Golden Gate Bridge has been burned."
Now comes a statement from Flair's agent, confirming that he won't be in the house this weekend and claiming that angry Panthers fans attacked Flair online, some even offering up death threats. People, chill out. Everyone knows football's just as fixed as wrestling, and you should enjoy it for the entertainment value.


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Yesterday was the kids last day of school. Actually I think "school" as we know it ended last week because all they have been doing is signing yearbooks and having parties. I'm so glad school is out, but as much as I wanted it to be over with, I wasn't ready for the end of year teacher gifts. I knew that gifts require cards so I did the fun part first and made the cards.
I couldn't think of anything that was both inexpensive and fast so I did a repeat of last year (since they didn't have any of the same teachers). I found some nice water bottles and filled them with Crystal Light drink packets and put a little tag on them that said, Thanks for quenching my thirst for knowledge. I knew it was kind of lame so I made the kids write their teachers thank you notes inside the cards. I figured it would mean more coming from them. Kyle really knocked his out of the park, I knew his teachers would really appreciate it. I helped Lana organize her thoughts and then made sure she used her best handwriting, luckily we have some erasable pens.
The past week and a half has been exhausting. We have had promotion ceremonies, award assemblies, locker and desk clean outs, a phonics party, a lacrosse party, birthday parties, swimming parties, and did we get pictures of any of it? NO. I did take some video but I'm not going to share it with you out of respect for others privacy. So I'll show you a picture taken a month ago after my parents returned from Hawaii.
Kyle is still taller than me. I know this isn't going to change but it still surprises me every time I see us standing together.
It's the first day of Summer Vacation and what are my kids doing?


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We are part of Leeds Museums numismatic collections, we live in store at the Discovery Centre in Leeds. We are all roman coins and today we've been brought out into the light so that Lucy, who works on the coin collections can select some of us to go on outreach.
The store where we live temperature controlled and highly secure. We might be small, but we're valuable! Museums don't judge objects in terms of price, but in terms of our Cultural Value. We are orphaned coins – the data from where we were excavated was lost in the Victorian period – and we entered the collection of a man called George Baron, who loved us objects. You can understand so much about the past from our designs and our inscriptions. We may not be able to securely date a site, but we can open windows into the Roman world.
Best Wishes and Happy Day of Archaeology,
Coins of Leeds Museums & Galleries
@CuratorLucy works with numismatic collections at Leeds, but is also Projects Curator: First World War there. Archaeological centenary projects include exploring Leeds' built environment and linking archaeological investigations of the Leeds Pals' training camp to collections in the city.


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