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My trip to South Korea was a personal treat of sorts. I wanted to celebrate turning a year older in a foreign land for the first time, I wanted to mark the end of my temporary stint and the start of something new (I will share my post-graduation struggles in a later post), and I badly wanted to break out of the daily stasis, to see His lands, find my drive, my smile, my inspiration again.
Prior to this trip, I haven't a semblance of an interest in anything Korean. Okay that's a lie. I am quite a fan of bulgogi, bibimbap and the likes. But aside from its gastronomy, a smatter of Korean I picked up from random k-dramas I got pulled into watching thanks to peer pressure, and a culture I scarcely know, I journeyed to this country with low expectations, and prayed that He would present me pleasant surprises along the way.
I have always wanted to experience cherry blossoms in spring anyway, and it further sealed the deal when I was told that South Korea is one of the safest Asian countries for female solo travelers, super convenient to get around and well-connected too. It also helps a mighty lot that the good people from Have Halal Will Travel have curated an app for Muslim travelers and I guess it's fated when the first country on its list is Seoul! Itinerary planning can get pretty arduous for a sloth like I, you know.
So I visited Seoul and Busan; the former because it's the capital, obviously, and the latter for its scenery. My first impression of South Korea, is that it's a work in progress. Her streets adorned with cable lines, modern buildings surrounding traditional houses and palaces, uneven roads leading to shops comfortably tucked in obscure addresses, lone high-rise buildings against a mountainous backdrop and standing amidst a burgeoning landscape… I'd imagine, if Seoul was a person, she'd be this humble, hardworking, promising candidate during a job interview. Or something.
Itaewon at 1700 hrs. My first glance of Seoul. Cafes punctuating every corner of her streets. Here is where the halal Korean food are mainly located, and this was where I conveniently chose to stay.
The view as I stood atop one of the intersections in Bukchon Hanok Village had me appreciating the quaint juxtaposition of old and new. I could barely make out the outline of the developing cityscape in the foggy, dreamy background, where the Seoul Tower loomed like a dignitary.
There were plenty of touristy destinations I visited, and plenty more I skipped. After hours of walking, shopping, eating, and sightseeing, all I really wanted was to retreat to a beautiful cafe which housed floor-to-ceiling shelves of books, books, & more books.
Since I was already in Seoul, I took the opportunity to visit her laidback and relatively less popular sister, Busan. There was one place I really wanted to visit – The Santorini of the East, aka Gamcheon Cultural Village, aka #busantorini. There's a quiet charm about this city by the sea.
This city was a breath of fresh air. I met the chirpiest ahjumma who talked entirely in Korean to me while I pretended to nod and smile at every pause, fellow Singaporeans whilst queueing for the tram at Taejongdae, and a couple of cute yet strange Korean guys at Haeundae Beach who for some inexplicable reason asked to take a photo with me (I must have possibly looked like an alien from outer space or they're just being extra friendly – either way, because they were cool, I was flattered lol.)
As with most of our travels, we learn a great deal of things along the way. Here are the things I have learnt, thoughts I have thunk (excuse my grammar rebel ways), and incidences I have observed during my sojourn…
I have learnt, or more accurately, took this experience as a reminder to myself, to not judge a book by its cover (or should I say… jacket?) To put it simply, I've learnt to never judge a people and their culture based on ignorance. Because I was extremely uninterested about anything to do with the korean culture, I grew ignorant and unappreciative of the people and language that so many seem to find appealing. I wasn't cognizant of the trends and even once thought there weren't any differences between the Koreans, Japanese & Chinese. I used to judge my friends who listen to k-pop and watch k-dramas hahaha because I just couldn't wrap my head around the hype (I'm slowly embracing this now and am no longer embarrassed to hide the fact that I do listen to some Korean songs & watch some of their shows that seem to grow on me, much to my annoyance lol). And so, because of this gradual acceptance of a culture so different from ours, I began to look at things from a different perspective, and embraced the differences that exist. So I began to read up more on their history and educated myself with a bit of their language. Ignorance isn't always bliss. I guess I have come to learn, appreciate and love each other's difference.
What made it easier for me to open up and appreciate the culture is the politeness and warmth I received from its people, as well as the language that's laden with respect. As a student of language, it's become second nature for me to listen and observe the way people speak, the inflections, the extralinguistic aspects (okay let's not go there) and everything that comes with it. What struck me most was the kindness of the people, notably the ahjummas and ahjussis on the subways, which was a pleasant surprise seeing that the kind of treatment I usually got from my nation's counterparts was one that's pretty, well, brusque. These kind Korean elderly would offer, no they'd insist on me having their seats (like hold up isn't it supposed to be the opposite?!), and they'd flash a generous smile too while at it. The adorable owners of the guesthouse I stayed at in Seoul served us omilja tea upon arriving and chatted with us til late, albeit the lack of a common language. I don't know how we maintained a conversation that long, but well, I suppose kindness is a universal lingua franca. I'm grateful that He had brought these kind souls my way. Needless to say, it's usually the people that'd make any traveling experience a more worthwhile one.
This trip has also opened my eyes to the simple fact that, really, we can't assume others to know what we already know. Some of the locals I came across with had this to ask me: "You from Malaysia? Indonesia?" When I replied "No, Singapore," I was mostly met with surprised looks. "Ah, Singapore? Hijab?" they'd gesture the piece of cloth we wear around our heads, genuinely puzzled that there are actually Muslims in Singapore. I proceeded to tell them that yes, there are Muslims in my country too. Initially, I was slightly annoyed, but my better self reasoned that perhaps they honestly didn't know that Malays don't only come from Malaysia and Indonesia. Perhaps all this while, they have only ever come across Malays from our neighbouring countries, or it could be that the Singaporeans they met were mainly Chinese. So I took it as an opportunity for me to educate, and realize that the role the hijab plays can be powerful, if only people were open enough to have a conversation about it. This incident reminded me that I am an ambassador of Islam, that I carry the flag of His good word, wherever I go.
This country has also instilled my faith in the fact that originality always trumps… chiefly when it comes to food. I expressed my disappointment after tasting the fish and chips I had in London and told my friends "I've tasted better ones at Fish & Co", and the one time I was in Spain to try their churros, had me thinking "Man, the ones from a cafe at Bukit Timah tasted much better." Korea has proven that the original remains unrivaled. Seoul Garden Hotpot can't even hold a candle to their glorious spread of authentic Korean food. Honestly haven't had enough of the good grub even after having their beef bulgogi for days.
Besides that, I've also become more aware of how every single one of us have an important role to play in recycling. Recycling seems to be taken seriously here – a practice I greatly admire. The hostel owners explained in detail on how we must be meticulous in our disposing of waste. I observed one of them filtering out the recycling bins, removing wrongly thrown waste, and making sure everything was in its place and recycle-ready. It was also pretty delightful to see recycling receptacles on the streets, at the subways, etc., basically just more visible than what I was used to seeing. It's a responsibility I wished was practiced more rigorously back home. I do see the effort in campaigns to raise awareness towards sustainable living, but I think we certainly have the capability and resources to contribute more in our part to save the earth.
Lastly, this city, I've discovered, is a terrible destination if you wish to disconnect and de-tech. In a place where wi-fi is ubiquitous, on subways, the streets, and even at the beach… getting lost is not exactly an easy thing to do. You will get connected at most places, even if you don't wish to. I was amazed to find that the connection of the Whatsapp call function worked so much better here for overseas calls than when I called my friend locally in Singapore! Their technology is something else.
Ultimately, I have learnt that no matter the barriers in language, differences in culture, practices, lifestyle, tradition, taste… what connects us all, the essence of what makes us human, still remains. We are all the same. We speak the language of kindness, we thrive on goodness and warmth from strangers, we struggle, we cry, we celebrate, we smile, we are all living and creating good memories every day, the best we can.
Learnt new things, had interesting encounters, and found seoulace in a city which was once a stranger, now turned newly acquainted friend whom I'm thankful to have met. Perhaps I'll see you in another season. Time to get back to the grind, better and stronger, reflecting on all that's passed, and all that will.

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Socceroos vs Ghana Missing H
The Football Federation of Australia hosted Ghana in an international friendly match with the Socceroos in May 2008, hoping to demonstrate Australia's support for the game of soccer in the build up for a bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Instead of focusing on the Socceroos, the marketing team drew attention to the need for Ghana supporters, creating a fake Ghana fan club who needed someone with an H on his or her chest to complete their visual impact. The club went onto the streets of Sydney, appealing to the public to attend the game and be their missing "H". The ambient campaign drew attention on blogs and national news programmes. Back in 2008 very few Australians knew or cared about Ghana's soccer achievements. Now they do. Australia meets Ghana in a critical FIFA World Cup 2010 match tonight in Rustenburg, South Africa.
Click on the image below to play the video.
The Missing H campaign was developed at Lowe Sydney by executive creative director Dave Johnson, copywriter Nathan Lennon, art director Dave Gibson, agency producer Charna Rifai, editor Kris Rees, account director Nathan Quailey and account manager Guy Lovell. The campaign won a Gold Media Lion at Cannes International Advertising Festival in 2009.
Filed under: Ambient, FIFA World Cup, Socceroos
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Cycle path barriers necessitate dismounting bike
Reported anonymously at 17:16, Tue 25 September 2018
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council and Vale of White Horse District Council 3 minutes later
The barriers on the cycle path between Jackman Close and Radley Road are angled so that on a bicycle you have to dismount to pass through. A bike with a child trailer means unhooking the bike and trailer and difficulty manoeuvering the trailer (and child) through. Or to turn back. A tricycle cannot pass at all and has to turn back. Is this a cycle path or not?
Thank you for your report, we are now investigating this issue and an update will be posted as soon as possible.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 17:25, Wed 26 September 2018
Coming in via Jackman Close, it's not easy to find the cycle path.
Posted anonymously at 17:51, Wed 3 October 2018
Oxfordshire County Council has recently transitioned to a new system that handles reports from Fix My Street. Due to the length of time taken to process your enquiry, we have logged this as a new report. Your new reference number is ENQ19836360. Please click on the provided link to get updates and see progress:https://fixmystreet.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ report/ 1673565.
State changed to: Duplicate
Posted anonymously at 14:10, Monday 9 September 2019
This report is now closed to updates. You can make a new report in the same location.


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Duncan Keene, UK managing director of ContentSquare, explains the role that user behaviour analysis has to play in increasing mobile conversion rates
The shift to mobile is evident everywhere we look. If you're reading this now on a bus or a train, look around you at all the people glued to their phones. As you do, you'll see also that the addiction to mobile is in no way a millennial-only phenomenon; it holds across all age groups and demographics.
This trend towards mobile consumption is reflected in an explosion in mobile traffic to websites, and a similar increase in app usage. In fact, according to ComScore's 'Global Mobile Report', British consumers now spend 46 per cent of all their digital media time in smartphone and tablet apps.
Yet despite this increase in mobile activity, mobile conversion rates remain flat, because consumers behave very differently on mobile compared to how they behave on desktop. Sadly, however, their journeys and needs are not being catered for by the majority of mobile sites and apps. The message is clear: eCommerce teams urgently need to address how they optimise their mobile sites and apps to increase conversion.
In the digital world, there are no sales assistants to help consumers find what they are looking for. Your UI (user interface) and UX (user experience) are everything. Most brands with an online presence have worked hard on these aspects of their websites, and have reaped the benefits in terms of increased conversion rates and basket values.
But on mobile, things are different. Consumers have high expectations in terms of page load times and easy, intuitive navigation, and will not hesitate to click away if they are not met. Scrolling, swiping and snacking have become impulsive behaviours, but they are behaviours that most apps and mobile sites do not cater for.
The fact is that most eCommerce teams don't understand why mobile conversion rose or fell on a particular day; they don't understand why mobile customers behave the way they do. This is because they don't have the right tools in place to enable them to see and understand what's happening.
But the tools are out there. From a simple integration, ContentSquare's platform records every user session and then stores and collates it to enable you to see what's working, and what isn't, so that your eCommerce and mCommerce teams can see quickly what they need to change and optimise. You can even use it to retrospectively analyse user behaviour, so if conversion rates fall, you can look at what has changed on the site or in the app that may be responsible.
By analysing site-path navigation; and conducting zone analysis to understand each zone's role in conversion, attractiveness and hesitation, and optimise their performance, you can easily and visually identify areas of interest and rearrange elements to maximise time-on-site, taking the guesswork out of mobile conversion and empowering your teams to deliver an engaging and coherent user experience that will keep your customers coming back, and spending.
Brands like Orange, Unilever, Clarks, Accor Hotels and BooHoo.com have seen first-hand what user behaviour analysis and the resultant UI and UX optimisation can do for their mobile conversion rates, and are bucking the trend that sees most brands fail to turn an increase in mobile users into increased revenues.
The shift to mobile is only going to increase. If you're one of the many brands struggling to understand why your mobile conversion rates are not doing the same, perhaps it's time to act.
This sponsored article first appeared in the February 2017 print edition of Mobile Marketing. You can read the whole issue here.


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It was the morning after a resounding primary victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio, the kind that political mandates are made of, and as luck would have it, the mayor of New York had a tailor-made moment to bask in the glow of electoral success.
It was not to be.
The political gods had conspired to place Mr. de Blasio on Roosevelt Island on Wednesday, in an uncomfortable white plastic chair in the front row at the opening ceremony of the Cornell Tech campus, alongside Michael R. Bloomberg, his billionaire predecessor, with whom Mr. de Blasio has had an uneasy relationship, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has been Mr. de Blasio's near-constant tormentor.
Speaker after speaker praised Mr. Bloomberg, who had conceived of the tech campus when he was mayor and put the project in motion. But it was Mr. Cuomo who damned the current mayor with not even the faintest of praise.
"Mike Bloomberg had the formula: vision plus confidence plus achievement equals progress," Mr. Cuomo said. "Mike's formula was shared by my father Mario Cuomo, who called himself a pragmatic progressive. Think about it. A progressive who gets things done, and gets results."
The governor did not include Mr. de Blasio, who sees himself as a paragon of progressivism, in his commendations.
In many ways, Mr. de Blasio has benefited from circumstance and luck. Since he entered City Hall in January 2014, the city's economy has steadily expanded and crime numbers have continued to drop. He has avoided, by and large, major crises.
The mayor is expected to easily defeat his challengers in the general election in November, accomplishing what no Democrat has in New York since Edward I. Koch: win a second term as mayor. (Mr. Koch served three terms, before New York passed a law limiting politicians to two consecutive terms.)
But although Mr. de Blasio is enjoying the fruits of incumbency, he will need to do more in his second term to carry his expected mandate outside City Hall, and expand it to Albany and beyond.
Mr. de Blasio has shown little sign of being willing to change. And to judge by the primary results, where he got 74 percent of the vote and his nearest challenger, Sal F. Albanese, received 15 percent, what he has done so far seems to be working.
He has delivered on many of his promises — notably universal prekindergarten classes and changes in policing that he says have contributed to a sharp drop in crime — and remains loyal to his base.
"Overall the vast majority of New Yorkers are satisfied," said Letitia James, the city's public advocate. That's true, she said, even of voters who do not like Mr. de Blasio. "In terms of their personal life and their personal affairs, they're not in a state of crisis."
On Wednesday, after the Cornell event, Mr. de Blasio strode into his Brooklyn campaign headquarters and hammered on those themes before a receptive audience of dozens of volunteers and staff who cheered and applauded him.
He dismissed talk of low voter turnout — "It was higher turnout than 2009" — and took aim at his Republican challenger, Nicole Malliotakis, when asked about her by a reporter. The general election, all of a sudden, was underway.
"It's very simple: Assemblymember Malliotakis is a pro-Trump Republican, and the fact that she even has to wonder if she wants Donald Trump's support speaks volumes," he said. "People of this city reject Donald Trump."
For her part, Ms. Malliotakis, newly protected by a police security detail provided to the Republican nominee, campaigned on Wednesday at three nursing homes in Queens. Arriving at a news conference outside a Catholic church in Ozone Park, she paused, struck by the number of video cameras (five) and reporters (more than a dozen).
"I thought it was going to be a much smaller crowd here," she said, before launching into an attack on Mr. de Blasio's record on homelessness, promises of new taxes and toxic relationship with Mr. Cuomo.
She played down his primary victory, focused on low turnout that she said showed "apathy among his political base," and contrasted her campaign with Mr. Albanese's, saying she would have more money to get her message out.
Part of that message has been reminding voters of the state and federal investigations into Mr. de Blasio's fund-raising — no charges were filed — and of the personal style of the Park Slope mayor ill-at-ease on the Upper West Side.
He can be stiff and is not playful; he is often professorial; he doesn't play nice with reporters or with his Democratic colleagues. He talks down to his staff, and ignores advice not to his liking.
But those attack lines have been tried before, by Mr. Albanese most recently. The primary election appeared to bear out the mayor's contention all along: None of that matters to the Democratic voters who dominate in New York.
As if to drive that point home, on Tuesday, after he voted in Park Slope, he took off his suit, went to his gym in Brooklyn, and then went to his favorite pastry shop. He went again on Wednesday morning — a victory workout.
"I think what everyone's watching is whether or not he keeps an eye on City Hall or on a national agenda," said George Arzt, a veteran political consultant.
More broadly, with incumbents like Ms. James re-elected across the board on Tuesday, New York may be seeing a new political normal where the city's term-limits law has given rise to two-term sinecures. Few politicians want to give up a guaranteed second term to challenge an incumbent mayor.
It's the reality of New York City — a majority-minority city where the immigrant population has exploded — becoming truly a one-party Democratic town. Viable political opposition cannot really come from outside the party without a crisis, and is unlikely to come from inside the party when every politician bides his or her time rather than risking going after an incumbent, political observers said.
"You'll have a massive number of people running in four years," Mr. Arzt said, anticipating 2021.
In the meantime, Mr. de Blasio must contend with the same old drama that has been dogging him for years: He wants to tax millionaires, institute voting reforms and enact a range of measures that must originate in Albany. And Mr. Cuomo has not always seen himself as a partner in those efforts.
After Mr. Cuomo spoke on Roosevelt Island, Mr. de Blasio also delivered a speech praising Mr. Bloomberg, after first saying that he was not known as a "sycophant" of the former mayor. His remarks then turned into a campaign-style appeal, ticking off some of his accomplishments related to technology — expanding computer science classes in schools and creating a program to place workers in technology jobs.
Indeed, Mr. Cuomo, who left before the mayor's speech, delivered remarks that recalled in reverse Mr. de Blasio's inauguration, where speakers sharply criticized Mr. Bloomberg as the former mayor watched in stoic silence from the first row.
This time around, it was Mr. Bloomberg who received the praise, with Mr. de Blasio watching up close.
Shortly after, surrounded by supporters at his campaign headquarters, Mr. de Blasio offered a revisionist view of the governor's comments.
"I am very proud to be in that tradition," he said, referring to Mr. Cuomo's reference to progressives who get things done. The mayor then dodged a question about whether the governor had been needling him. "I don't spend a lot of time analyzing the governor's speeches."


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Sen. Rand Paul is making sure everyone is clear that killing a noncombatant American on U.S. soil is illegal.
He spoke for 13 hours on the subject yesterday in his filibuster of CIA nominee John Brennan. Attorney General Eric Holder responded to Paul's rant in a letter, assuring him that a domestic drone strike of that nature cannot be ordered.
The Kentucky Republican said he was satisfied, and the Brennan nomination was voted on today. (In case you were wondering, the Texas senators voted no, as expected.)
Just to be safe, Rand and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation that would prohibit killing non-threatening Americans on US soil by drones.
The bill says:
The Federal Government may not use a drone to kill a citizen of the United States who is located in the United States. The prohibition under this subsection shall not apply to an individual who poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to another individual. Nothing in this section shall be construed to suggest that the Constitution would otherwise allow the killing of a citizen of the United States in the United States without due process of law.


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At that time, I began to understand how much Miriam suffered. I thought that the only thing I could do was to take myself out of any encounter with Jacques. And so, I did.
Looking back, that was the first mistake I made. I forced Jacques to transport me from the realm of the real into the realm of his imagination.
With my whole being out of his sight, I freed him to fall in love with me. More precisely to fall in love with a chimera resembling me; a chimera born from the richness and depths of his soul. I became his dream woman, precisely because I was not his woman.
I remember Angelo's words, one warm autumn evening while we were walking through Place du Tertre watching the work of amateurish artists:
"My dear Clara, your cloistered behavior is ridiculous. It's not helping at all."
I retrospect I wish I would have listened to him.
Well, but later Miguel would say:
"Jacques fell in love with you the moment he saw you, Clara. Remember his words that winter evening…"
I remember the words that Jacques uttered that winter evening when we first met him. I always will.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is the statutory body with responsibility to protect, enforce and promote equality across the seven "protected" grounds - age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender reassignment. You can find information on the law and practical guidance on addressing equality issues in education. Click on advice and guidance information EHRC.
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is the department responsible for equalities legislation and policy in the UK. Visit their site for up-to-date information on the Equality Bill.
The National Association of Schoolteachers and Union of Women Teachers, (NASWT) provides an overview of definitions and legislation in simple, understandable language.
- Human rights
- Social class and equality of opportunity
- Work towards ending violence against women
Work planned to address all the equality strands, including sexual identity, religion and belief, and as an employer only, age, is the commitment to strengthen priorities around these strands as the Single Equality Scheme develops.
Teachernet is the education site for teachers and schools. Click on whole-school issues for information on equality, information and guidance, disability and Special Educational needs.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has equality and diversity pages covering issues for pupils and teachers.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) : Young People Know Your Rights contains a section called 'Young people have asked us these questions' which includes questions about a range of issues including Religion and Belief.
Guidance for those advising young people on STEM careers
'STEM Choices' published as part of the STEM Subject Choice and Careers project has specific, detailed information about careers and has an Equality and Diversity section with STEM Careers, to gain access to a copy email firstname.lastname@example.com.
A number of the STEM specific sites have a good representation of people from different backgrounds in their resources for example futuremorph, mathscareers and enginuity.
The DCSF have created a separate site scienceandmaths.net to promote STEM to young people which has representation of role models from different backgrounds and in different sectors of STEM.
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) for advice on their equality pages, choose appropriate equality strand from the site menu.
Prospects is aimed at Higher Education students and graduates but offers advice which could also be applied to young people and has useful pages on handling discrimination, equality and diversity. Click here within the Careers Advice section to view 'Handling Discrimination', choose appropriate equality strand.
Specific links related to Religion and Belief
- Equality Challenge Unit, view guidance on site map and choose appropriate equality strand. The briefing 'Religious Observance in Higher Education' provides some useful information and suggestions for inclusive practice regarding religion and faith.
- Teachernet advice on religion in education
- ACAS Advice on religion or belief and the workplace
- The Inter Faith Network for the UK has a useful website with an extensive list of other organisations representing different religions and faiths in the weblinks:


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Right now, the world faces two defining challenges: climate change and extreme poverty.
Roughly 1.2 billion people don't have access to electricity, which means children don't have light to study at night, business owners don't have electricity for their shops, and health clinics don't have power to perform life-saving surgery at night.
At the same time, our current energy use is causing the climate to change in ways that threaten the air, land, and water we rely on.
The good news is that sustainable energy provides a solution to both problems. Clean energy technologies – from solar lanterns to clean cookstoves to energy efficient appliances and clean micro-grids – can increasingly deliver our energy needs and open the door to economic opportunities while protecting the planet.
As United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said, "Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight." Under his leadership, the United Nations has launched the decade of "Sustainable Energy for All" to advance a collective global agenda on renewable energy and energy efficiency and to achieve universal access to modern energy services by 2030.
Entrepreneurs are helping lead the way to a sustainable energy future. The United Nations Foundation has seen this close up, as we work daily with entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of energy innovation to help them scale their solutions and services.
Members of our Energy Access Practitioner Network are using off-grid solar powered solutions to provide electricity to homes and health clinics, and partners working with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves are developing cleaner and more efficient cookstoves so women don't have to cook over open fires that emit toxic smoke. Additionally, young people around the globe are taking action from their homes to their schools to drive progress on our energy and climate challenges.
Thanks in part to the ingenuity of today's energy entrepreneurs, clean energy technologies continue to improve while their costs decline. In fact, they are already affordable today, and many of them cost less than the dirty and dangerous fuels in use now.
Encouraging continued innovation will be critical to realizing the promise of a sustainable energy future. The Zayed Future Energy Prize, instituted in 2008 in honor of the environmental stewardship of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, recognizes the pioneering work of companies, organizations, and individuals to discover and deploy sustainable energy solutions that can help to address climate change and support better opportunities for all.
The prize incentivizes clean technology innovation and provides much-needed funding for small and medium enterprises, non-governmental organizations, and high schools that are working to more quickly get their solutions and products to the market. For example, in recent years the prize has recognized two members of the Energy Access Practitioner Network: d.light design, which manufactures and distributes solar lighting products to people without access to reliable electricity, and Orb Energy, a leading provider of solar electricity and hot water systems in India. As a judge for this important prize, I encourage innovators to submit applications before this year's deadline of July 14, 2014.
Energy entrepreneurs are showing all of us that sustainable energy solutions are not a far-off dream; they are making a difference here and now – powering the future and a brighter, healthier world for all of us.


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Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition heads to next-generation consoles
After receiving multiple awards, Tomb Raider is heading to next generation consoles in the Definitive Edition.
The next-gen version includes improved physics, Lara's head has been completely redesigned, and the impressive TressFX that powered Lara's hair physics for PC will come to consoles. Also included in the edition is all the previously available DLC, that includes multiplayer maps and skins. The trailer for the upcoming edition can be seen below.
So how do you guys feel about a game that just released in 2013 getting a face-lift for the next-gen already? I love it and hope to see even more of my favorites from previous generations arrive on the next-gen. Let us know in the comments below!
Source: GameInformer


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The immensity and depth of the anointing into which the Holy Spirit longs to baptize God's children is such that words too holy to be spoken, songs too holy to be sung, and deeds to holy to be done might yet be able to become spoken and sung and done through we as His broken vessels – if we only will allow ourselves to be so shattered by His revelation to us. He would put a new song in our mouths, if only we stopped using them to make excuses.
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For Thine Is The Kingdom – Part 2
Part 1 can be read HERE
"I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven." – Lk 10:18
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:18-20
The victory of Christ in His death and resurrection surely sealed the fate of sin and death, and spelled certain doom for the rule of Satan on the earth; but not yet has the full task been manifestly completed. The legal groundwork is laid; but the war is far from over. The gavel has resounded with "it is finished;" but now God builds His kingdom upon that decree in our hearts just as a man builds his house upon a foundation. The Potter has chosen His lumps of clay in Christ; but now He puts them to His wheel for the making of vessels, and tries them each by fire.
Yet for now, my focus is drawn primarily to the cosmic regime change at which the Lord hints in the phrase, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me." This is in stark contrast to His earlier acknowledgement by silence that the kingdoms of the earth were rightfully under the rule of the Devil (Matt 4:8-10). But now, they are rightfully under Christ's rule, in just as direct a sense that they were once rightfully under the Devil's – yet here is where men of God become puffed up in their understanding. And to counter their leaven, we need look no further than His prescription for the church in light of His total authority: "MAKE DISCIPLES."
Now one will say, "But He says, 'of all nations' – so surely the body of Christ is meant to eventually disciple the very kingdoms of the earth even in this age." How such men must then interpret the kings of the earth committing fornication with the Great Prostitute, I am quite at a loss. For it would imply a total failure on the part of His church, thus reflecting a poor record upon He who said "the gates of hell will not prevail against it." Little do they realize, however, that such a mixture of the city of God and the city of man is the very fornication there spoken of! But no, we are to make disciples from out of all nations. In Luke's account of the same great commission, Jesus says to preach the gospel into or among the nations ["εἰς" – Str. G1519 ] – it is the personal call of the gospel's command to repent unto the Lordship of Christ, not a commission for the broad moral or spiritual conquest of society as a whole. It is the call to suffer outside the camp which turns the world upside-down, not the call to reorder the camp. It is the countering of worldly agendas with a heavenly gospel that throws men off balance from their mesmerization with the world; it is the individual repenting of his race to the bottom of depravity which offends the flesh; it is the simple holy life lived against the stream of the spirit of the age that sheds the most light upon the Devil's work. We ought to be so heavenly minded that the scriptures would include us in the saying, "of whom the world was not worthy" (Heb 11).
We would do well to take heed of Jesus' words to the seventy-two; when they had experienced the power of His authority yet admired it according to the flesh, which leads to all manner of unholy mixture:
The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name!" And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Luke 10:17-20
The Lord Jesus was not impressed by the mere excercise of His authority; He sought for His own an eternal perspective of His kingdom, a heavenly mindset in which men find no earthly good – for God Himself is the only absolute good. But in the midst of this discussion, He remarks, as if out of nowhere, upon the scene in the heavenlies that backdrops His first coming: "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven." And it is this very scene in time which the apostle John saw regarding the birth of that Son of Man…
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a Male Child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her Child was caught up to God and to His throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Revelation 12:1-6
This woman was the Israel of that day, from which the Christ was brought forth; and upon His coming, the Devil incurred yet another rebellion of heavenly hosts to thwart the rule of He "who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron." Yet the Anointed One did NOT immediately establish this full reign upon the earth, as had been expected by the wisdom of this world; but was rather "caught up to God and to His throne" (the ascension), "and the woman fled into the wilderness…" And that woman is comprised of all those to whom He came, as unto His own, and they received Him not (Jn 1:11).
Now as we read above, it is within the context of the first coming of Christ – not the fall of Adam – that a third of the stars of heaven were "swept down" by the dragon. And these are the forces against which much of our warfare is fought today. For it says of the first incursion of the fallen sons of god (the bên 'ĕlôhîym – read part 1) that Christ has now kept them "in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day…" (Jude 5-7)
But concerning the new rebellion, the beloved apostle writes further of what was shown to him:
Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world – he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come [Mt 28:18-20], for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Revelation 12:7-11
This describes the current age. Here the great commission is echoed in the saying, "the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come;" because Satan fell, as Jesus said, like lightning from heaven: "for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God." He shall never again set foot in the divine council; but on earth he works to establish a kingdom of darkness, and to wear out the holy ones of God through the whoredoms of the earthly powers, upon whom he imposes his wicked influence.
"It cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem." – Lk 13:33
"And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints…" – Rev 18:24
Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!" And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
Revelation 12:12-17
The Devil's scheme is the seduction of all who do not obey the Spirit of Christ; and in his rage against the Son of God, he turns to persecute and stamp out the offspring which are born after His image. For notice where the woman flees to: "into the wilderness;" and there she is preserved "where she has a place prepared by God."
But for what is she prepared? It could have been for mercy; but the story quickly changes. We see that the dragon in his wrath does not continue this pursuit of her, but turns rather to the persecution of her spiritual offspring (the church). And notice by what she is helped when the dragon sought her utter destruction: she is helped not by God, who had borne her away in mercy for a time; but she is now helped by the earth, which "opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth…"
I see in this a turning of the woman away from the purposes of God to fully embrace the methods of the rulers of the earth, which the Christ foretold to her worldly children the Jews saying, "I have come in My Father's Name, and you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him." (Jn 5:43) For until this day, all who reject Christ, especially they which call themselves the Jews, have turned to the kings of the earth for help; and having thereby aquired a lust for power, have embittered the whole world against them, of whom Paul says, "who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men…" (1Thess 2:14-16) Such is the tale of all to whom He comes, yet who do not receive Him; and it remains a warning to His church. "He came unto His own; but…"
It is at this very junction that judgement begins anew at the house of God, resulting in the distinction between two women: the bride and the whore. And this is the age of judgement in which we now live; for this judgement befalls every generation in one way or another. As Christ said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might become blind." (Jn 9:39)
Later, the woman is found again in the wilderness and is pronounced fallen, "for she has BECOME a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast." (Rev 18:2)
This is what John saw concerning she who had become the mother of harlots:
And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations." And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
Revelation 17:3-6
Now Babylon is not only the city in which "is found the blood of the prophets and saints" – a characterization which Christ Himself makes of the earthly Jerusalem (Lk 13:33) – but she is also the city in which is found the blood of "all who have been slain upon the earth" (Rev 18:24). Christ indeed seems to place the epicenter of Babylon during His earthly ministry at Jerusalem, as that is where the judgement of the gospel began; but then as the gospel spread, so also did the daughters of Babylon follow to the ends of the world. And now her cancer is found across the whole face of the earth; as she and her daughters are ever the more proficient at seducing men of God into her worldly ways. They are the false prophets which seduce the flock, they are the apostates which secretly prey upon the children of His inheritance; they are the synagogue of Satan, "who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie;" for the true Israel of God are the children of the very faith of Christ which dwelt in Abraham, but those who do not receive Him are cut off from the Vine. "And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise." (Gal 3:29)
And note what characterizes the beast on which she is carried: "it had seven heads and ten horns." This is because the mode of her operation is religious in nature, but secular in power. Yet even the secular power in the end will hate her, resenting her sway over them, and her mixture will be her downfall.
And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."
Revelation 17:15-18
The great whore is seated in stark contrast to the true bride of Christ. For while the former sits arrayed in purple and scarlet, the latter humbly adorns herself in the white raiment bought beyond price; and unlike the former, she drinks not the blood of her enemies from a chalice of gold: but she purifies herself in the blood of her Beloved through the fellowship of His sufferings to keep her garments unstained. And the betrothed of the Lord looks not for an earthly dwelling, but for a city whose builder and maker is God. For the assertion of Babylon is, "I sit a queen, and am no widow" (Rev 18:7); but the cry of the true daughter of Zion is, "Make haste, my Beloved!" (SS 8:14)
The pursuit of the kingdom by the will of man is the road to Babylon. The mixture of the holy with the profane is the abomination which causes desolation. Those who do these things are truly the murderers of the apostles and prophets; they are the perverters of all that the Lord would work in the hearts of His people. But in the seeing of the Son and in the suffering for His Name, the holy ones are brought to kingdom-come; and the whores will be delivered into the vengeful hand of He to whom belongs all power and glory.
That Word above all earthly pow'rs,
No thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth;
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
– Martin Luther
Part 3 can be read HERE
For Thine Is The Kingdom – Part 1
"Because you have said in your heart, 'I will ascend…'" – Isa 14:13
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God [Heb. "bên 'ĕlôhîym"] saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose…
…The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:1-2, 4 (ESV)
We are naive to suppose that the self-made utopian impulse is no temptation to those who have stood in the presence of the Holy One.
For doubtless these sons of God which sinned were once among those of whom it was said during the creation of earth,
On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God [Heb. "bên 'ĕlôhîym"] shouted for joy?
Job 38:6-7 (ESV)
These who witnessed the creation of the earth and the forming of man, these who saw that God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and these who heard the blessing of the mandate with which God first charged His new human sons, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion…" – some of these heavenly beings apparently followed after the same abomination of Satan in his fivefold rejection of the state of grace: "I will ascend…I will…I will…I will…I will." (Isa 14) They dawned independence as a king dawns a crown; but the Most High did not coronate them.
This infectious pride of the fall is so abominable to God that the sin of Adam is justly imputed to all his offspring, so that by one man's disobedience, the many are made sinners (Rom 5:19). And within the heart of those who abide not in the Life of God, there arises the same impulse, the mantra of Babylon, constraining them to establish a heavenly kingdom on earth by the might of their own hands and the ingenuity of their own minds. They say, "These gifts are of God, and with them, let us build His kingdom." Now, some do not even acknowledge God, and the folly of these is most obvious, as they are confessedly their own gods. But many do acknowledge Him; yet it renders their impulse toward the same ends no less grievous – if not more. Those who truly know the power of God ought to only look for a kingdom whose builder and maker is He: which temple is composed of righteous souls; and whose glory is imparted to it by obedience, not by the expectation of men upon the work of their own hands. For He has made no special covenant with any nation except the children of His faith.
Since the fall, it is not God's prescribed will that all men should come together under their own banner of unity. For only in spirit and in truth, by the working of God Himself, does unity not compromise the holy with the profane.
But for those who attempt to build from the ashes of their own existing ruin, the Lord shows only disdain, and eventually disperses them from their project:
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth." And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech." So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:1-9 (ESV)
"Come out of her, My people." – Rev 18:4
The Babylonian impulse is spiritual fornication. It is the attempt of fallen creatures to divinize apart from the method of the Divinity. It is a denial of the glory which is given to the creature through the creature's attempt to have it's own self-perpetuating glory. In this they have been detached from the singular and unique glory of God; a deviant path which can only produce corruption.
This corruption is perhaps most clearly illustrated in the earlier fornication of the sons of god with daughters of men (Gen 6), producing only a wicked offspring of unholy mixture, against which the people of God would have to make war for centuries to come. There is a real power in that witchcraft of Babylon: but it is a power that must feed upon flesh, and eventually can only further itself by the open practice of every form of depravity; until a people are left like the scattered remains of a rotting corpse, and the cancer moves on to its next willing victim.
And the discipline of God, upon both divine rebel and humankind alike for this building of their own kingdom, was that the latter should be ruled over by the former; until such a time as the Lord would reveal His heavenly kingdom in Christ unto a newly adopted people from out of every tribe and tongue and nation. I mentioned before that humanly derived unity is not God's prescribed will for fallen man; since although His decree in creation was that man under God should subdue the earth and have dominion, man has since by the fall lost many freedoms within that privilege under God's current prescription for him:
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He divided mankind, He fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. [Heb. "bên 'ĕlôhîym" – DSS, LXX]. But the LORD's portion is His people, Jacob His allotted heritage.
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (ESV)
Notice two things from this scripture:
All nations were called to separate from one another ("When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He divided mankind, He fixed the borders of the peoples…"), but it is the church's calling to separate from the nations, in the midst of the nations, unto God ("But the LORD's portion is His people, Jacob His allotted heritage.")
For the Israel of God in all ages is the body of Christ, which in heaven is never divided. God divided the nations upon earth purposefully; and His only intended place for an integrated unity of the nations is within His kingdom, that even fallen men might behold the glory of God by our love for one another. But the impulse of men to build Babylon ever perverts this wondrous goal even within the church, and God gives such a people over to their own devices, that their own towers may fall upon them. This is why all such unions inevitably fail, and the last and greatest of them shall also be crushed at His coming, when His bride from among every tribe and tongue and nation is finally done dancing with such idolatry, that at last for a chaste virgin He may come.
So He set up the nations, whom He had divided, under the rule of the principalities and powers – "He fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God." These still must answer to Him, and these He also chastens when they step out of their own bounds (we will cover this momentarily). And He began to re-establish His reign over man within the hearts of one obscure people (Jacob), raised up from the miry cesspool of mankind. To these He gave His oracles, and to these He began revealing His covenant. And among these was already a mixed multitude (Ex 12:38), so that men could not boast in their own flesh. The priesthood of the One coming was also prepared for and foreshadowed in the patience of God as He endured with a hand of discipline the waywardness of these children of Israel, His church in the wilderness.
"Of Him shall the nations inquire." – Isa 11:10
But regarding the nations round about them, He was not entirely silent; and for those whom He longed to graft into the Vine, He was preparing the table of mercy. For though His wrath is rightly kindled against iniquity, rebellion, and sin; still "He delights in steadfast love." Therefore, His people out of all the world, whom He foreknew from of old, would not be forgotten; and in the hardness of earthly Israel's heart, He remembered the nations.
In a Psalm it is said of those principalities who ruled over the nations of earth:
God [Heb. "ĕlôhîym"] has taken His place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods [Heb. "ĕlôhîym"] He holds judgment: "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?"
"Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I said, "You are gods [Heb. "ĕlôhîym"], sons [Heb. "bên"] of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince." Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit all the nations!
Psalm 82 (ESV)
This council is comprised of heavenly beings [Heb. "bên ĕlôhîym"], but their rule is here seen as unjust by He who both created and placed them in that role. The psalmist's cry "Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit the nations!" is prophetic of the One coming, whose appearing would spell certain doom to the wicked schemes of those principalities, and in whom all His elect from the nations, who are found written in His book, would be redeemed (Rev 5:9-10). The "divine council" pictured here is not strange to the rest of scripture. In one instance, we even see that the most infamous rebel at times conversed among their ranks…
Now there was a day when the sons of God [Heb. "bên 'ĕlôhîym"] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them…
Job 1:6 (ESV)
Also consider what the prophet saw regarding the decree from God that Ahab must die:
And Micaiah said (to Ahab), "Therefore hear the word of the LORD:
I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside Him on His right hand and on His left; and the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, 'I will entice him.' And the LORD said to him, 'By what means?' And he said, 'I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And He said, 'You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.' Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the LORD has declared disaster for you."
1 Kings 22:19-23
Now the above vision serves to illustrate a wider truth regarding the first coming of Christ. The decree was set: only the means was to be determined. For it is not in the nature of God Himself to lie; but if one insists to trespass His law, He will work even their iniquity toward His end. But regarding Christ; not only was the end decreed, but the means also – and the means was hidden in the scattered and cryptic sayings of the prophets. He has irreversibly confounded the wicked principalities and powers through the blindness of their own arrogance and rage; that by their pride they should deceive themselves into thinking that they could supplant the Holy One of God when He came. Little did they realize what an open shame His death would put them to, and what disarmament His rising would cause them!
For until His incarnation, the Son was not yet explicitly revealed, but only scattered in the words of the prophets, and occasionally appearing in pre-incarnate theophanies. And that He should die without immediately establishing a visible earthly kingdom was not what the "wisdom" of the world, nor its rulers, nor even the leaders of the Jews, had counted upon. Yet this Anointed One was not only decreed to die, but was even decreed to die at their very hands as the yet unnamed Suffering Servant (Isa 53); whom they considered not to be the same man as He who would rule the nations with a rod of iron. As He pointed out multiple times, they were the ones in contradiction with scripture regarding Him – particularly because they thought that His kingdom ought to be of this present world.
As the apostle Paul wrote, "But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God [Christ crucified], which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory" (1Cor 2:8). And this same veil of blindness was afterward cast upon the stubborn practitioners of the law without grace "until the fullness of the nations has come in" (Rom 11:25). For the Israel of God is complete when He has gathered His people whom He foreknew of all nations, the elect who obtain salvation (Rom 11:2,7). It may then be of little wonder that Paul, no matter how far his gospel reached, would always say, "I must go…I must go to Spain… I must go further…" As one fluent in the Hebrew scriptures, and now being enlightened of Christ, he would see the nations as each requiring representation at the marriage supper of the Lamb, that the promise of God inheriting all the nations might be fulfilled.
And this He will do. Yes, all who deny Him His right and seek to thwart His work will likewise be denied and their own works thwarted. For He declares the end from the beginning, and "His works were finished from the foundation of the world." The Book of Life is the book of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth. He has not reacted to man's rebellion with a secondary plan, as though He took a "calculated risk" in the creation of man. No, in this He had but one plan, one decree, one mind, one means. And in that eternal purpose, He accounted for sin, (for sin is not a created thing, but is an opposing of the creaturely will to the divine will); causing what was meant for evil by the ungodly to result in the showing forth of His wisdom, glory, and power before the eyes of His lowly creatures. He will have His way, and He will take those worthy of His bride's garments through the onslaught of the very councils of hell when necessary.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
Part 2 can be read HERE
The Church Of His Countenance
The Body of Christ is not comprised of mere curiosity seekers; it is comprised of living martyrs. If curiosity seekers come into a meeting of believers and their curiosity is not soon turned into conviction, how can we claim that the Spirit of God is working in our midst? Our sensitivity ought to be toward the Seeker and Judge of men's souls, not merely the "felt needs" or curiosities of of men.
Men who only want their endless questions constantly answered ought not to be the legacy of our faith, for such is not the faith of Christ. But men who long to know their God and are only satisfied with His likeness are what allow the authority and power of Christ into the midst; and with an army of such as these, God cannot be ignored on the earth, and men quickly run out of questions in the light of His countenance. For one who has seen the face of the Lord, even in the face of another man, has been given the final answer of all, and now has but to unravel it for the rest of eternity, if he so humbles himself.
Christ is coming for a glorious church, one beaming with His countenance. This cannot be its state so long as it exists to satisfy the demands of men who neither see nor desire to look upon Christ the LORD.
It Needs To Be Said, And Said Again
Here is an unusual post for this site.
I wondered why I felt the need to copy and save this conversation which I had on a public blog a few days ago – something I almost never do. It conveys quite well the spirit of the age, and its growing infection within the body of Christ.
As nations are awakening of late to the clutches of global power that have consolidated their respective seats of authority, the spirit of deception has seduced the more observant eyes within the church into a new consolidation of political and cultural entanglement. Whether or not these nations succeed in their seperation to any degree, we shall see; but the people of God have another city to be concerned with, and they are abandoning it to change the world rather than saving men out of it.
The entire thread in which I responded to this blogger was later deleted without notice or explanation – which is entirely his right to do; but I will post the exchange here as I find it quite illustrative of the deception by which we find ourselves surrounded. I post this neither for spite nor to feel as though I have won an argument, and not in the least for the sake of controversy (I have no ill will toward the man); but I post it so that those who encounter this common deception elsewhere might not be ignorant.
Tony (whose blog this is from) has seen many good and true things over the years, and has been bold to share them publicly even when they are truths not pleasant to the ear. It is because of that reputation that I would be remiss not to hold the line on this matter.
Take note that my first comment is not an objection, but is a biblical framing of what Tony saw. But it appears that what I said was precise enough to draw out something nefarious in his understanding, and the rest is self-explanatory.
[Originally from tpuccio(dot)wordpress(dot)com]
"Brexit Must NOT Be Allowed To Fail"
By Tony
This is what I read today in the news concerning Brexit. "Theresa May's withdrawal agreement was voted down 432-202, the largest defeat for a prime minister in thehistory of the House of Commons" As I was reading this I saw a vision of grappling hooks being shot over from Europe to England to pull the country back into the E.U. . Britain must be totally free from the E.U, or, I feel, that it will share in the judgement that is coming to Europe. Additionally I saw in this vision Theresa May standing at her podium looking out. As I saw her looking out I saw a very large snake slithering up and down the rows of the House of Commons. I feel in my spirit that this snake is fear and deception and I do believe that this has to do with the rise of the antichrist and an independent England would greatly hinder his plans. So I would say to the people of Great Britain, fast and pray. There is more at stake than you realize. Pray, Pray, Pray!!!! It is imperative that you pray!
The church is God's unity.
Babel is man's unity.
Genesis 11
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
God divided the nations purposefully.
His only intended place for an integrated unity of the nations is within His kingdom – this is why all other such unions inevitably fail, and the last and greatest of them shall also be crushed at His coming.
Not so in this case . The Word also says come out from among them and be separate. England is/was called by God to separate from the European Union
Of course they were, as were all nations instructed not to build Babel. That is precisely my point.
But here is the distinction I am making:
Deut 32:8-9
All nations are called to seperate from one another ("When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He divided mankind, He fixed the borders of the peoples…"), but it is the church's calling to seperate from the nations, in the midst of the nations, unto God ("But the LORD's portion is His people, Jacob His allotted heritage.")
Again, not the case here
Let scripture be the judge of that.
Again God has spoken through many prophets concerning Brexit. Read what the Lord showed them
I may be no cessationist, but regarding all things in which God has not yet ceased, I yet remain a scripturalist. I have read and heard many such utterances; and where scripture (such as that which I have already provided) finds no warrant in them, I need not heed their every assertion.
The Pharisees and Saducees were scriptualists. They missed Jesus and the giving of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost
They were also sacralists – a rather relevant subject to this conversation, I deem.
They missed Jesus, The Word speaking to them did they not?
Of course. And as He pointed out multiple times, they were the ones in contradiction with scripture regarding Him – particularly because they thought that His kingdom ought to be of this present world.
And that is where I find your own words to be leading you.
No my words are what God has shown me regarding Brexit. There are others whom the Lord has shown the same. The Word says to test all things and to hold fast to that which is true. It sounds like you have a problem believing in the prophetic.
Not in the least, Tony. I simply have a problem when the prophetic contradicts scripture, as did the prophets. For it was not the Pharisees who said, "To the Law and the testimony!"
Then I would suggest that you follow what I wrote. Test all things hold fast to that which is good. If scripture is being contradicted, or rather your understanding of scripture, then what those in the prophetic are saying will not come to pass. On the other hand if there is alignment then it will come to pass
Coming to pass is not the test of true or false prophecy. That is the very power of the strong delusion.
Deu 13:1 — Deu 13:4 (NKJV Strong's)
Punishment of Apostates
"If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods'—which you have not known—'and let us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
"And the sign or wonder comes to pass…" – Exactly my point: things may come to pass which lead men to follow after the prophets and their own gods. And who are their gods? Those principalities which the god of this age has used to infatuate the prophets with earthly glories.
For the sake of earthly glories they even prophesy of the true prophets, saying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."
No you miss the point entirely. If you'd been reading the many prophecies concerning Brexit from godly men and women who seek the Lord and would not dare to speak a false word you would not have come to that conclusion. Your understanding of the prophetic is deeply flawed.
My understanding of the prophetic is deeply flawed, because my standard is something higher than the mere sincerity of these men of whom you speak?
I rest my case.
My final response was never approved, and the entire thread has been deleted.
Interestingly, I was already writing a long article that touches upon these very things. This encounter has only sharpened that sword. It will be posted in the very near future.
"Earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints."
True & False Prophets
The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: 'Hear the word of the LORD!' Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!"
Ezekiel 13:1-3
God calls false the "prophet" who sees his own visions, feels his own feelings, and speaks his own thoughts. For a true prophet is the one who sees what God sees, feels what God feels, and speaks what God thinks.
The gulf of difference between these two is irreconcilable; and the standard by which the matter is measured is the holy scriptures – through which the word of the prophets is made known, and by which the prophets themselves are forged, for therein has the Spirit Of Prophecy expounded Himself. And the testimony of Jesus IS the Spirit of prophecy.
His prophets today, therefore, are those both in whom and through whom the very Christ of those scriptures' testimony is found seeing, feeling, and speaking after God Himself.
In these men the Word of the Lord is not trapped on the pages of its binding, nor confined within the interpretation of mere men, nor restrained even by the words of great men of history; but it is become a living fire in their bones to strike down and eviscerate the imperfect chatter of every foul spirit which continues to oppose it in their own day.
The spiritual authority that a man carries directly corresponds in measure to his current conformity to the revealed will of God – and that divine will is moving through time, the Spirit of Christ as a wind blowing each obedient man His way; yet are we ourselves remaing in symphony with Him? For though we may stand upon the shoulders of giants, we must yet remain mindful that those who proclaim the word of the Lord in every age shall be judged alone according to the testimony of the Word Himself, Who is living and active.
And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:19-21
By this standard our words are measured.
On Being Lukewarm
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, "I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing;" and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 3:15-18
To be spiritually lukewarm is not merely to be partially safe and partially in danger; it is rather to be in imminent danger and think ourselves safe.
It is not to be partially on fire for God and partially cold toward Him, it is rather to be unconcerned with our temperature altogether.
It is not to be partially in light and partially in darkness; it is rather to be blissfully ignorant of how deep we may truly be in darkness, and unenlightened of the Light which calls us out.
It is not merely to be half asleep and half awake; it is rather to be deep in slumber as we dream of the day in self-deception.
God would rather us know our evil and love it than feign loyalty to Him as proudly ignorant traitors.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:20-22


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Helping Your Kids and Puppy Bond
Your kids need help from you to figure out how to play with your puppy and teach her in appropriate ways. Teach your kids the interaction catchphrases they can put into practice, good games they can play with the puppy, and ways they can help you with training.
Using positive catchphrases
You want your kids to interact with the puppy in ways that help them bond and that earn them her respect. Explaining the following catchphrases to your kids and using them when you want to remind of them of appropriate behavior can be very helpful:
*"Four paw rule": This catchphrase helps the kids remember not to pet Roxy until all four paws are planted on the floor. And this catchphrase sounds a lot better than "Stop calling the dog on the couch."
"It looks like rain": When the kids enter the home (after school, for example), have them "look for rain" until your puppy calms down — that is, tell them to cross their arms in front of their body and look to the sky.
You can also have your kids look for rain when the pup jumps into their laps for attention. This body language communicates calmly that jumping is an ineffective way to interact.
If your puppy is just too big for the "it looks like rain" technique to be effective, use a drag leash and consider putting your dog on a head collar. Either step on the end of the leash or pick the lead up and bring your puppy down.Credit: Illustration by Barbara FrakeKids should "look for rain" until the puppy calms down.
"Obsession toy": Place a basket of toys by the door and encourage your children to give the puppy a toy as they come in the door so she has an appropriate outlet for her excitement.
"Kisses": Rub a frozen stick of butter or peanut butter on the back of the kids' hands, have them extend their hands, and together instruct, "Kisses." The trick not only teaches your puppy to kiss a hand that reaches toward her, but it also discourages nipping.
Playing games with your puppy
When encouraging your kids to play with your puppy, choose games that focus on an object, teaching your puppy to play with your kids, not jump at them or challenge their interactions.
One good way to teach your puppy and kids how to put a halt to a variety of problem situations is with the game freeze dance. (This game is appropriate for kids older than age 7.) Gather your family, place the puppy on a drag lead, and get a treat cup. Play some music. When it's playing, everyone should hop around and dance.
Have someone pause the music occasionally, and when the music stops, shout "Freeze," step on the leash, and wait for the puppy to quiet down. Then shake the cup and reward her. Play this game until you're able to calm your puppy down within seconds with the word "Freeze," and then encourage the children to shake the cup and reward your puppy. If your puppy gets too wild or mouthy, consider using a head collar and practice short dance sequences.
No tug of war! Your puppy must learn that when hands are touching an object, teeth let go. Tug of war can lead to serious consequences because your puppy may not be able to distinguish between a stuffed toy or leash and an item of clothing. To discourage your pup from playing tug of war, have your kids exchange treats or toys for the item the puppy has or teach them the command "Give."


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Welcome to Penn Central Railroad Online!
Welcome to Penn Central Railroad Online, the first and largest source on the Internet for historical information about the Penn Central Transportation Company. While the Penn Central passed into history on April 1, 1976, its memory lives on here.
Bulletin Order, 4/21/2009
End of the Line: A message from the site owner
This announcement has been long in coming, and it has been true by default for a while, but it's finally time to make it official.
Effective immediately, this web site will no longer be updated. The site will not be taken down, but will remain as-is indefinitely. Eventually, I will probably remove some of the time-sensitive pages (such as model product announcements, the Sightings page, etc.) that will get stale, but otherwise all the other content will remain. I do still have a backlog of material that may get added someday if I ever get bored or really inspired, but the chances of that happening honestly are not very good.
Why am I doing this? Two reasons:
- I no longer have the desire or the spare time to work on maintaining the web site. Between my real job that I do in order to eat and pay my mortgage, take care of the house and the yard, and all of the other mundane responsibilities of life, my spare time is limited, and quite honestly, maintaining a web site falls far down the list below other things I enjoy, like working on my model railroad, railfanning, historical railroad research, writing articles, spending time with my family, etc. Take a look at the What's New page and you can see how the frequency of updates has dropped off over the years. So rather than carry on the pretense of this being a living, growing site, I think it makes more sense to let it go into retirement.
- The web site has served its purpose. A lot has changed since this web site launched back in 1995 or 1996 (I don't remember exactly when it was). Back then, the World Wide Web was much smaller than it is now. There was not a lot of Penn Central information available online. Large railroad photo web sites did not exist, so I tried to collect as much information about the Penn Central as I could in my little corner of cyberspace. Now jump ahead to 2009. There are several railroad discussion forum sites that have places to discuss Penn Central. We have sites like George Elwood's Fallen Flags site and Railpictures.net that house tens of thousands of railroad pictures, including pictures of Penn Central. We have Yahoo! Groups with a group devoted to Penn Central modeling. And (most importantly in my opinion), we now have the Penn Central Railroad Historical Society and its quarterly publication, the POST. So, with so many more resources available for the Penn Central fan, there is really no need for this site to keep going.
Obviously, I am no longer accepting new material for the web site. However, if you have photographs, drawings, an article, or other information that would like to share with the PC community, I would urge you to consider contributing it to the PCRRHS POST magazine. You do not have to be a great writer to contribute to the POST. The POST staff can work with you to take whatever you have and make it fit for publication.
Again, I do not plan to shut down this site, but I do not plan to make any further updates to it for the foreseeable future. If someone has a serious interest in taking it over and continuing to add to it, I would be willing to consider such a proposal. Otherwise, it is going to remain in stasis.
The associated Penn Central Mailing List will continue in operation for as long as people see a use for it. If traffic eventually drops off to nothing for several months, then I will likely pull the plug on it too, but otherwise, feel free to continue to discuss topics about the PC there.
I want to thank everyone who has supported this site and contributed to it over the years. There were many people whose pictures, articles, drawings, maps, and other information all made this web site what it is. I certainly did not do it alone. I especially want to thank Henry Priebe at Railfan.net, who has hosted this site for me for the last several years. Through all of our continuing efforts, we can make sure the memory of the Penn Central lives on for generations to come.
Jerry Jordak
April 21, 2009
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