text:
|CANCELED - Study Buddy Homework Center
Event Type: Youth Program
Age Group(s): Children
Date: 1/29/2019
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 8:00 PM
Homework Help for Grades 1-8. Need help with your homework, reading out loud or reviewing your math facts? Study Buddies to the rescue! Stop by the Youth Services Department during Study Buddy times. You'll find a friendly high school student waiting to help you out!Google maps
Location: Morgan Youth Services Activity Room
Other Information:
CANCELED, DUE TO THE WEATHER. STAY SAFE AND WARM!Contact: Alice Johnson Bisanz
Contact Number: 224-387-4264
Presenter: Alice Johnson Bisanz

subset: commoncrawl


text:
CHERRY POINT � Like all good Marines, Gunnery Sgt. Mathew Strother is ready to go to Afghanistan and get the job done.
CHERRY POINT � Like all good Marines, Gunnery Sgt. Mathew Strother is ready to go to Afghanistan and get the job done.
�I�m confident in our abilities to do our job,� said Strother, who is the operations chief for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Tactical Air Center. �We�ve done a lot of training and we�ve done a lot of work to get ready. They�re real good Marines.�
Strother was one of about 70 Marines in Main Body II of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) who left Cherry Point air station Monday for a one-year deployment to Afghanistan.
For Sgt. Jason Rothgeb, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist, the deployment is his fourth.
�I�ve been to Iraq. I�ve done a MEU. I responded to the nuclear crisis in Japan last March, and this will be my first deployment to Afghanistan,� he said.
Rothgeb said goodbye to his two sons, Skyler, 3, and Jayden, 2, and wife Michelle in a parking lot with the other Marines.
�This will be my first major deployment away from my two kids,� he said. �I don�t think it will be too hard on me. I think it will be harder on them once they realize I�m gone and on my way.�
His wife said the year apart would be difficult.
�We�ll miss him, but we�ll do a lot of pictures and letters and hopefully we�ll be able to video chat, which will be good for the little ones,� she said. �I�m crossing my fingers he comes back safe.�
Gunnery Sgt. Moses Vilca, 35, has been on eight deployments.
�I�ve been everywhere � Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa. You name, I�ve been there,� the 15-year Marine Corps veteran said. �The camaraderie could not be any better. I feel proud of everybody I�m deploying with. All of the men and women here that are serving their country are doing an awesome job day in and day out. Whether it�s Afghanistan or Iraq, they are just doing a phenomenal job.�
About 1,000 Marines in various 2nd MAW (Forward) squadrons have deployed or are in the process of deploying.
Lt. Col. Tom Bajus commands the group that left Monday and saw the 2nd MAW�s main mission is to provide air support for the Marines and troops on the ground.
�Everything is about the infantry on the ground,� he said.
However, the Marines will be in Afghanistan as an expected drawdown of American troops in 2014 nears, adding another element to the mission.
�I think what makes this time unique is the focus is going to be the emphasis on the Afghan army and setting them up for success,� Bajus said. �When we started in 2009, we were in the buildup phase. And then 2011, there was force projection and taking it to the enemy, and now this year when we relieve 3rd MAW, we�re going to continue what they�ve been doing which is setting up the Afghan army and the Afghan government for success.
�We�ll kind of take a back role and provide assistance for Afghanistan and their government and their armed forces. It�s a unique mission, a little bit different than what we�ve done in the past, but the Afghanis have done a great job taking over, especially where we are working with the Marine Corps and the UK forces. We have also been working with some Georgian forces as well. It�s a big team effort across the board.�


text:
Synonyms and Antonyms of superb
- the restaurant's baker makes a superb chocolate cake
A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], boss [slang], brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope [slang], down [slang], dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous [slang], fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters (also gangbuster), gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), gone [slang], grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype [slang], immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight [slang], par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat [slang], prime, primo [slang], prize, prizewinning, quality, radical [slang], righteous [slang], sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping [chiefly British], unsurpassed, wizard [chiefly British], wonderful
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine
Synonym Discussion of superb
- the wedding was a splendid occasion
- resplendent in her jewelry
- a gorgeous red dress
- a glorious sunset
- a vision of sublime beauty
- her singing was superb
Learn More about superb
See words that rhyme with superb Dictionary: Definition of superb Spanish Central: Translation of superb Nglish: Translation of superb for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of superb for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up superb? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).


text:
An historic deal for JSSI and VistaJet was announced today at EBACE — a US$205 million deal that puts 50 Bombardier 5000 and 6000 aircraft onto JSSI's Platinum engine and APU hourly cost maintenance programs. The aircraft are part of VistaJet's November 2012 order of 56 Bombardier Global Jets and options for an additional 86 Global aircraft. That transaction was valued at more than US$7.7 billion. Deliveries will begin in 2014 to VistaJet.
"Having our engines and APS on a JSSI maintenance program is critical to the VistaJet business model," said Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of VistaJet. It provides budget stability and adds another dimension of service to the standard maintenance program., he added.
Both have a high visibility here at EBACE. Their stands are full of customers and visitors. Looks like deals are being done, smiles all around. A very bright spot indeed for business aviation.


text:
Dutch Radio Online
- Publisher: i-Life Mobitech Pvt Ltd
- Genre: Music
- Released: 17 Aug, 2010
- Size: 298.1 KB
- Price: $3.99
- App Store Info
DescriptionDutch Radio online is your final destination to listen to classic Dutch music on you iPhone. Just one tap on your favorite music station and we will connect you to your favorite Dutch music...!
Yes! Dutch Radio is a comprehensive list of Dutch music stations which provides a quick and easy way to play thousands of Dutch music from many different stations worldwide. The Dutch Radio application makes it easy for you to navigate through and engage with an extensive array of high quality music.
We will not be surprised if you wish to share Dutch Radio with your friends, your family, your co-workers, your neighbor, the list grows bigger...!.
• List of many local Stations
• Volume controller
• Start/Stop feature


text:
Derby fishing heating up in second week
Alaskans have the biggest halibuts – so far
Early season halibut fishing will get a boost mid June as anglers converge on Valdez in hopes of being the angler to catch the largest halibut June 15 through 24. Those are the dates for the much-anticipated Halibut Hullabaloo. Organizers of the Valdez Fish Derbies are offering a prize of $1,000 to the angler – with a halibut derby ticket - that hauls in the largest flatfish during that time. Organizers say they started the tournament a few years ago to promote halibut fishing before the silver salmon hit Port Valdez later in the summer. One of the committee members suggested making a big hullabaloo about Halibut and the tournament was born.
This week, anglers did well fishing for halibut near the south end of Chenega Island and at Middle Ground Shoal, though rough waters out in the primary halibut fishing spots in the Sound and Gulf made for some tough fishing.
This week's winners are Kurt Lindig of North Pole, who caught an 82.6 pounder from the Halibut Grove on June 2 and John Buckley from Fairbanks, with an 81.5 catch he caught the same day from the Dan Orion.
The halibut derby overall leader at the end of week number two is still Steven Adams of Valdez with his 136.1 pound halibut he caught aboard the Dan Orion on May 23. Benjamin Davis of Fairbanks is hanging on to his second place spot with his 127.1 pound flatfish caught on May 26, also on the Dan Orion, and Nick Yepko of North Pole is still in third with his 109.9 pounder.
The limit for halibut fishing from Port Valdez is set at two per day for the 2012 season.
In addition to the grand prize of $15,000, second place prize of $5,000 and $2000 for third place for catching the largest three fish of the season, halibut derby anglers can also win weekly first and second place prizes in the derby.
This year, the derby will once again give away a 4x4 truck to one lucky participant of the derby. Every $10 spent on a ticket is an entry to win the truck regardless of whether anglers catch a fish or not. A season ticket is five entries. This year will be extra special as Seekins Ford in Fairbanks and the Valdez Fish Derbies will be giving away a 2012 F-150 truck.
The Kids Pink Salmon Derby has been set for July 14 and the event has gotten bigger each year. The Silver Salmon Derby in Valdez will again boast a $15,000 first place prize and daily prizes. The Annual Valdez Women's Derby is slated for Saturday, August 11, with an opening ceremony Friday, August 10, and the closing ceremony Saturday night.
There will be a $500 prize for the vendor and operator selling the winning derby ticket in both derbies.


text:
Technology & Law Enforcement: Insights from IACP 2012
When police chiefs from around the world and other international community policing leaders come together with technology, you get innovative solutions that make the world a safer place. The Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Law Enforcement Education and Technology Exposition (IACP) does just that. It showcases technology and brings together global leadership in community policing and public safety to share information and experiences and to work together to find innovative solutions to issues facing law enforcement of today.
In attending numerous educational sessions lead by today's leadership within community policing and public safety, we're seeing some common themes emerging with respect to challenges. Some key insights have been as follows:
- Law enforcement and public safety are in the age of cloud and mobility. There is a need for cloud, mobility, and information sharing in real-time in order to drive the most effective community policing and law enforcement. While the actual technology related to these may seem complex to some, they enable simplicity and drive results to make communities safer. We'll have more on this subject in a future blog.
- Data in motion is going to be a key concept moving forward with a need for video and data analytics in order to drive preventative law enforcement and the most effective general law enforcement. There was a really interesting case example from one of the police chiefs about a kidnapping of two young girls by a sex offender, but thanks to video/data analytics designed to read license plates, they were found within hours and returned home safely to their families. That story gave me chills when I heard it.
- Technology to drive preventative law enforcement is something on everyone's mind. If we continue to find better ways to prevent crime, our communities and the officers out there protecting our communities will be safer.
- Economic challenges continue to be one of the key issues for law enforcement and public safety. Numerous police chiefs expressly stated the need for innovative technological solutions in order to enable them to do more with less.
- Security continues to be a priority for law enforcement and public safety.
In sum, this conference is providing key insight into how community policing leaders are looking to technology to assist them in enhancing operational efficencies, to help deal with smaller force sizes, and to help improve department agility…all within a secure environment.
If you'd like more information on Cisco® solutions for law enforcement and public safety, click on the Cisco 21st Century Government banner below to register.
We'll be continuing to bring you coverage from IACP so stay tuned to the Cisco Government blog site, as well as to our Global Government Twitter and Facebook sites. Also make sure to visit our Cisco Government page.
In an effort to keep conversations fresh, Cisco Blogs closes comments after 60 days. Please visit the Cisco Blogs hub page for the latest content.
1 Comments
Dr. Jose A. Wong - Perez
…A very good article that summarizes those key elements: "Law enforcement and public safety", "Data in Motion", "Technology", "Economic Challenges" and "security" as an important issue…Thanks for sharing…


text:
Mo Chailin Mheall Thu Mi
Record 1 of 1
« Previous Record | Next Record »
More like this:
'S mo chailin mheall thu...
Mo Chaileag, Mheall Thu,...
'S an Cuala Sibh mar a...
Prògram Choinnich
Contributors - Penny MacLellan
Reporters - Calum Iain Maclean; Dr John Lorne Campbell
Summary - In this song a man addresses a young woman who has deceived him. He had met her when they both worked at the manse. He still loves her and wishes they were coming home after taking their marriage vows before the minister.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:28
Date Recorded - 1949.11.21
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - National Trust for Scotland
Track ID - 20317
Original Tape ID - CW0007B
Original Track ID - CW0007B.14
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - Wire
Recording Location:
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - Benbecula
Item Notes - 4 (8-line) verses sung. Recorded during a cèilidh arranged by Mr Calum Maclean of the Irish Folklore Commission.
Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/20317/1
Record 1 of 1
« Previous Record | Next Record »


text:
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Western sanctions an "invasion" Saturday after Washington imposed new penalties over the country's contested nuclear program, though he promised negotiations with world powers would go on.
The U.S. imposed sanctions Friday on more than 25 businesses, banks and individuals it said it suspected of working to expand Iran's nuclear program, supporting terrorism and helping the Islamic Republic evade U.S. and international sanctions. The sanctions bar Americans from engaging in transactions with any of the designated parties, freeze their assets and block their property under U.S. jurisdiction.
Speaking to officials Saturday, Rouhani criticized the sanctions.
"Sanctions are an invasion of the Iranian nation. We should resist the invasion and put the invaders in their place," Rouhani said in remarks broadcast by state TV. "We should not allow the continuation and repetition of the invasion."
However, Friday's action did not constitute an expansion of the sanctions regime, but rather the enforcement of existing sanctions.
Later Saturday, Rouhani told journalists at a news conference that the sanctions would not thwart the nuclear talks with world powers, though he called those affecting the country's pharmaceutical companies a "crime against humanity."
Rouhani also said he didn't know whether he would attend next month's U.N. General Assembly and said he had "no plan" to meet U.S. President Barack Obama there. Last year, the two leaders spoke by telephone, the first direct conversation between leaders of the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The West long has suspected Iran of trying to build an atomic weapon through its nuclear program. Iran has said its program is for peaceful purposes, like medical research and generating electricity.
Last November, world powers and Iran reached an interim deal over the nuclear program, which called for Iran to limit its uranium enrichment in exchange for an easing of some economic sanctions. Both sides are now negotiating a final deal.
Already this month, Iran announced work was underway to redesign its nearly completed Arak heavy water reactor so it produces less plutonium, a key sticking point in negotiations. It also recently inaugurated a new plant to convert a type of uranium into a material that cannot be used to make nuclear weapons, another point in talks.
Voters elected Rouhani last year after he promised to engage the West diplomatically in order to get the sanctions lifted. But he has faced criticism from hard-liners who say he has conceded too much in the nuclear talks.
During his news conference, Rouhani also touched obliquely on the advance of the Islamic State group in Iraq, saying that Iran had "no plan to cooperate" with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism.
"In our viewpoint, crime is crime," Rouhani said. "If some say we only fight terrorism if an American is killed, it only indicates they are not serious in fighting."


text:
Dosti Realty around 10 - 12 years launched a Project named Dosti Flamingoes which was sold of in a short span, one of the first few projects with amenities and then came in Ashok Gardens and the same Peninsula group is also developing Celestia Spaces there, which will be one of the Marquee Buildings of Sewri.
Sewri has also been in the news for the past few years due to the Trans Harbour link which is likely to start from Sewri and go all the way to Uran or Ulwe side of Navi Mumbai. Due to this the driving distance to Pune and other parts of Navi Mumbai will be reduced considerably. The Trans Harbur Link is likely to start work some time in 2018 and it will be completed by 2023 - 2025 or even more since the work has not begun till March 2018.
Its also an important link for the Navi Mumbai Airport connecting South Mumbai and Western and Eastern Suburbs.
The prices in Sewri have been stable for the past few years. The lease rent demand is Sewri is Normal and ever green as it gives good connectivity to Fort, Nariman Point and Colaba and to Wadala on the Northern Side.
Majority of Demand in Sewri is for 1 and 2 BHK and then comes the 3 BHK Flats which are usually preferred by Business families. Sewri does not have too many under construction projects. Ashok Gardens, Monarch Gardens, Rushabh Towers are the prime residential buildings in Sewri.
On the Commercial Properties side, Sewri does not have any A Grade or proper commercial buildings. Most of the Commercial offices are old and may be Industrial Estates. Satya House, Nav Bharat Industrial Estate etc. Sewri also has a lot of ware housing options and a lot of Car Service Centres due to availability of large sheds for Car Servicing and warehousing.
Since 1993, Real Estate Mumbai has evolved and has carved out expertise in Buying, Selling and Leasing Office and Residential properties.
Our Clients get a complete spectrum of services beginning from Investment to Exit with Capital Appreciation.


text:
A Promatech Library Supplies company
Home +
About Us
New Products +
Download Brochure
Educational Resources
Products +
Library Supplies +
Adhesive Book Covers
Non-Adhesive Book Covers
AV Packaging
Archival Supplies
Book Care and Book Tape
Circulation Supplies
Labels and Protectors
Shelf Organization
Magazine Covers
Display Furniture +
All Books Display Furniture
Artifact Display Cases
Glass Display Cabinet
Exhibit Panel System
Hang Bag System
Magazine Display Rack-Classic Design
Magazine Racks- Wall Mount Design
Magazine Racks- Other Design
Multimedia Display CD DVD Rack
Multimedia Spinner Display
Multimedia Storage Cabinet
Newspaper Display
Library Furniture +
Atlas Dictionary Stand
Book Shelves Design
Big File Cabinet
Circulation Desk
End Panels
Mobile Library Shelves
OPAC Station
Study Carrels
Kids Furniture +
Kids Furniture Wood Browsing Cart
Kids Steel Browsing Cart
Kids Sofa and Lounge Set
Kids Cozy Seat
Kids Storage Solutions
Kids Spinner Display
Kids Ready Assemble Book shelves
Kids Cushion Floor Seat
Kids Story Time Seat
Library Signage
Library Promotion +
Award Certificates
All Bookmarks
Book Bags
Browsing Bags
Economy Book Bags
Plastic Cups
Reading Record Cards
Sticky Note Blocks
Tote Bags
T Shirts
Other Incentive Gifts
Library Decoration +
Canvas Print
Decorative Banners
Decorative Library Posters
Decorative Skill Posters
Wall Decals
Wall Murals
Library Facilities +
Book Return Cart
Book Trolleys
Book Drop Indoor
Book Drop Outdoor
Portable Sign Stand
Notebook Charging Cart
Queue Post Stand
Paper Trimmer
RF Library Security
RFID Library Automation System
Step Stools
Steel Locker
Security Mirrors
Small Library Cart
Wood Book Truck
Display Accessories
Educational Resource
Services +
Order Information
Buy On Line
Contact Us
Products Video
Order From
Right product for better library....
For commercial & retail purchases, please visit
click here
to shop (please register to sign in)
Library Facilities
Book Trolleys
All Products
Library Supplies
Library Promotion
Library Decorations
Library Facilities
Display Accessories
Display Furniture
Library Furniture
Library Signage
Kids Furniture
Educational Resource
Buy On Line
Product Demo Video
Order Form
Create Account
NLB Vendors
Librarians Tips
All Book Trucks
Choose your steel construction book truck here
< Back >
Economical Book Truck
Rugged yet affordable book truck
New Design
Single side Book truck
Hold up to 125lBs per shelf.
Quiet and 10 colour choices
Double side Book Truck
Double side increase capacity
Quiet and 10 colour choices
End of Range Book Trolley
Slim profile ideal for end of the range
display or librarian's workroom
Mini Book Truck
Extend your work desk, suitable
for cataloging
Heavy Duty Book Trolley
Super strong book truck for heavy
Kids Browsing Trolley
Ideal for display of books, AV and
Promatech Library Supplies
Tel: 65-68541802
(Strictly for Librarians helpline!)
Fax: 65-67560537
Republic of Singapore
Online Store
For Commercial &
Retail purchase
Operating Hour:
Mon~Fri: 9am to 5pm
Sat/Sun/Public holiday: Off
py right 2005
(no walk in services)
32 AMK Ind Park 2 #05-10,
Sing Ind Complex.
Singapore 569510


text: This tapestry of galaxies represents a small piece of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), taken from September 2003 through January 2004 by the Hubble Space Telescope. The HUDF is the deepest visible-light view of the cosmos and includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colors. The image is part of an exploration activity for students at a NASA education workshop planned for Queen Elizabeth II's visit. Students will study the HUDF image and classify the galaxies by shape and color. By analyzing the HUDF image, students will learn how light is used to explore the universe.


text:
Hope College computer science students Timothy Lewis, a senior from South Haven; Joshua Kammeraad, a senior from Bethel Park, Pa.; and Shinnosuke Kondo, a junior from Zushi, Japan, competed recently in the 2013 ACM ICPC East Central North America Regional Programming Contest at the Grand Valley State University, one of four in the region.
During the five-hour competition they were able to write programs to solve four of the nine problems they were given, which was good enough to earn them 16th place out of 126 teams in the region and third place out of 23 at the site. The second-place team at the site also solved four problems, but was able to do it in less time (the tie-breaker). The top team at the site (second place in the region) solved seven problems.
ACM Programming Contests are very competitive. Teams spend a significant amount of time preparing for each competition, with some schools having local competitions to decide who gets to compete in the regional contests. Schools with a long and consistent history of competing seem to do the best. Since Hope hasn't had a team compete since the 1990s, the team was formed less than a month before the competition, and was only able to have a couple of practice sessions lasting only a few hours each, the students' performance in the contest was impressive.
The team's coach, Dr. Charles Cusack, told the students before the contest that they might be able to solve maybe as many as four or five, but that they should be happy even if they only solved one or two problems since it is not uncommon for well over half of the teams to solve no more than one problem. In fact, he agreed to buy them dinner if they got three correct. Apparently they were hungry:).


text:
The view from behind the car cart.
I moved to Vermont resigned to do all my shopping online. Coming from California's Bay Area, where Target, Home Depot, Ikea, Toys 'R Us, and virtually every other major chain store were less than 30 minutes away, I couldn't imagine driving an hour or more for the kind of quick, cheap, and easy shopping I'd been used to; nor could I imagine that I'd find industrial-sized boxes of diapers or dirt-cheap Scandinavian furniture in our small Vermont town.
Also this: I had three children under the age of four when we first moved here. This made hour-long drives to Vermont's handful of big-box stores seem about as appealing as cleaning out a chicken coop with my tongue – and it made local shopping appear nearly as bad. Throughout our first summer in Vermont the only "live" shopping I could handle was buying groceries at Hannaford's. There, I could strap 2/3 of our children into an enormous, unwieldy "car cart" (a shopping cart combined with a two-seated plastic "car"), toss them free sugar cookies from the bakery (available for children under age 12), and be relatively sure that they'd last until check-out. Of course, if no car carts were available, I might as well give up and go home.
Over time, however, I gradually ventured out to more local stores. The fact that our daughters were getting older and (generally) more presentable in public helped, of course. But it was more than that; I started to understand that shopping locally was an important aspect of life in a small-town community.
It's convenient to order what I need with a click of my keyboard and have it appear on my doorstep, but it's also isolating. I don't see anybody when I shop like that. Granted, many times I don't want to see anybody when I'm shopping with my children. But part of shopping in a small town is thatyou always see somebody: from school, from church, from the office, from the neighborhood. Even the store clerks know us by now.
This keeps me humble, but it also keeps me human; as a stay-at-home mom, interactions while running errands may be the only grown-up conversations I have all day. I'm also encouraged by other people's kindness; never have I been told so often, "You sure have your hands full!" Yes, I do! Occasionally there are longer conversations, when a fellow shopper (usually someone over the age of 60) takes the time to ask my daughters' names and ages. These exchanges usually end with the other person saying something like, "Oh yes, we had seven children in five years on our dairy farm," which makes me wonder why I'm feeling overwhelmed in the first place.
None of that has ever happened while I was shopping online or in a big-box store.
Another reason I like taking my business local is that, as much as I appreciate the ease and cheapness of big-box and online shopping, I don't really want my town to become a typical American suburb, filled with generic chain stores. There are a handful of smaller chain stores here already, but, as in most Vermont towns, they're located on the outskirts along with the car dealerships. Venture into our "historic downtown" area, and you'll find a Main Street lined with locally owned small businesses. I want to support these businesses; it would break my heart to see our downtown become like so many others across America: a stretch of vacant storefronts.
The reality of shopping with three young children can still be ugly; there are certain stores in town – beautiful places filled with breakable things – that I've yet to enter. I stare wistfully at these stores as I push our stroller past and think, "Maybe in five years." (If I happen to catch the eye of a sales clerk through the window, their look more or less agrees: "Lose the kids, lady, and then we're in business.") My daughters and I venture into a charming downtown gift store twice a year to pick out birthday presents for their grandmothers, and we almost always leave with a broken item that we've had to purchase. (Last month it was a shiny plastic bee; yes, it turns out, plastic is breakable, too!)
But most of the stores in town are surprisingly kid-friendly, and my daughters and I have found little pleasures in each that help us survive a morning of errands: there's the basket of free peanuts at Paris Farmers' Co-op, and the huge rack of Schliech animals by the Agway entrance, from which only the offer of a sticker at the cash register can distract my girls. The Vermont Book Shop has a great children's section (they'll also order out-of-print children's books that we can't find at the library), and there are fun magnets and wind-up toys by the check-out counter. Ben Franklin is usually a safe bet, provided I divert the girls to the toy section having prepared them for "looking, not buying." And Junebug, a children's resale boutique with a playroom off of the main store, might as well be public daycare as far as my kids are concerned.
Even the car carts and sugar cookies of Hannaford's pale as the weather warms. Come summer, we've discovered the fun of picking our own fruit at any number of wonderful local orchards. And between May and October, we bypass the Hannaford's produce section entirely, opting instead for a weekly CSA share at Elmer Farm, where the girls play with their friends while I select fresh vegetables from the farm stand and pick flowers from the garden.
There will always be some things I can't get in town, so I'm not sure that I'll ever fully wean myself from online shopping. But these days, if I need something, I try to find it locally before turning to my computer. And that very act of pausing before I click "Submit Order" forces me to consider what I really need. So, in the end, shopping locally means that I shop purposefully, I shop communally, and I shop less – which is always a good thing!
NOTE: The week I wrote this column I came across two wonderful (and local!) blog posts on shopping locally: one appeared on the parenting site Minibury, and the other was written by the owner of local shop Clementine.Give them a read!
Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. Since moving to Addison County in 2011, her work has involved caring for a house in the woods, three young daughters (with another on the way), one adorable puppy — and writing for her blog, The Pickle Patch.


text:
* Wal-Mart online bonus track
Uh, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
[Hook: Nelly]
I was out in the - Bay Bay Bay Bay Bay
Met some niggas from the - Bay Bay Bay Bay Bay
Met some girls from the - Bay Bay Bay Bay Bay
Lot of folks in the - Bay Bay Bay Bay Bay
And they all go - dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
They all get - dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
They all go - dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
They all get - dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
[Nelly - impersonating Spice 1]
Uh, uh, uh
Aiyyo I represent that Derrty E-N-T all the way
But I'mma rip this shit up like I'm straight from the Bay
But no it ain't the Spiggity 1 from back in the day
It's the diggity-diggity Derrty one, they call him Nelly
Leanin' on his Cutlass with his cellular phone
You could tell that the St. Lou' was his home
More mail than the rest of them rappers
Cause they did more stompin than the cappers
And that's why Ice clique was it
First name St., last name 'Tics
Half-brothers and they name Murph' and Ky'
Slo had a mask, City and Ali
Old school rep, color cranberry
Up in the abyss with homie E-40
Orange juice, mix it with the Tang-and-a-ray
Hey, what can I say? (huh?)
I was out in the..
[Nelly - impersonating Too $hort]
Who you think this is?
This ain't Short, this St. Louis
+Born to Mack+, ma that's my biz
Life's +Too Short+, baby catch my drift
I was told not long ago
"Nelly, don't stop that rap
If you do it well enough
She just might bring it back"
Then I yelled out BIATCH! I go on and on
Baby girl skills on the level of porn
A freaky tail that I met out on tour
Mama was bad like Lena Horne
$hort then said I got a dirty mouth
Sometimes that might be true
But I'm the CEO of Derrty mayne
So, I ain't trippin off you
I'm just out in the..
[Nelly - impersonating E-40]
Rock a green fitted, with a yellow A
Yeah I'm from the Lou', but today I'm reppin Bay
Bring the yellow tape, he ain't gettin far
Mirror in my pocket so I practice lookin hard
And you don't wanna be around when them boys pullin out them thangs
All my niggas is pimps, man they all carryin canes
I met this girl up in the club, she told me call her Wassie
Red bone thick, with a bangin-ass body
Now is I, now is I, should I save her?
Think about it, no way, UGHH!
Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane
What's his crew name? Derrty E-N-T mayne!
I just wanna know (know) tell me when to go (go)
Price is on the Cavi', but I can get it low
Pocket full of fatty and sippin that hurricane
So just sprinkle me mayne
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm


text:
Availability: Out of stock
Give your swimming direction in this streamlined active design. Clever colourblock panels draw the eyes in and down. Contrasting details add a fresh pop of vibrant colour. Available in a variety of SS15 hues. Minimalist design, maximum impact.
Materials are key to performance swimwear. We crafted our Maxlife fabric to be ultra chlorine-resistant and retain shape session after session. Extra smooth and pill-resistant, you'll feel like you're swimming in a second skin. We've got you covered with UV protection for training under the sun or in the open water.
Design + Fit
We craft state-of-the-art swimsuits for women with an ergonomic fit. Our flexible Swim Pro back provides full upper-body freedom of movement and support while giving onlookers a sneak peek of your back. Extra lower body coverage with a medium-cut leg.
In order to ensure that your Arena swimsuit provides you with the best possible performance for a long time to come, we recommend you take the following precautions:
- rinse immediately after use, in non-chlorinated water;
- do not leave the wet swimsuit in a bag or other container for a long time;
- do not expose the wet swimsuit in a bag or other container to direct sunlight;
- wash with detergents suitable for delicate clothes;
- air-dry away from heat sources.
Follow the washing instructions given on your product label.
The label provides useful symbols giving information on how to take best care of it.


text:
Riley Steele is a Porn Star from United States. She was born in San Fernando Valley on August 26, 1987. She is listed on FreeOnes since 2009 and is currently ranked 131th place. She currently has 126 gallery links and 6 videos in her own FreeOnes section.
Our records show that Riley Steele is currently active which means she is still making movies, doing live shows and/or doing photo shoots.


text:
Let's bow in a word of prayer.
Our Father, as we approach your word tonight, we would pray that our hearts would be open, and that the Spirit of God might pour truth in that we need to understand. Help us, Father, to be able to put in perspective all these truths, to relate them to our lives, that we might understand our relation to you and to each other and to a lost world. We give you the praise in Christ's name, amen.
Tonight we are going to do what is definitely a Bible study. We're going to be moving through the text rather rapidly, so get your Bible and your notebook ready, and to begin with, open your Bible to the 15th chapter of John. And just leave it there open for a moment. I wanna make some introductory remarks, and then we'll look at this particular passage and the text that we wanna discuss tonight.
As you know, this is the beginning of our missionary conference. This is also the second in a series on the concept of the Body of Christ. And in order to dove tail these two particular themes; both the Body of Christ and missions, we are speaking tonight on the subject of the witness of the body. And by body, I'm not talking about the physical body, although it is also very true that your physical body sends off certain communication by the way you act and the things you do with your body. I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the Body of Christ and the witness of the Body of Christ.
Now we showed you last week that the church is presented in the New Testament as an organism. And that organism is called the Body of Christ. Christ is the head, we are the members of his body. He disseminates his thoughts, his impulses, his direction and his power and his life through us, and we operate. We are one body with Christ as the head. And we talked about what that meant last time. As I said this morning, if you didn't get that message, you weren't here, be sure you have opportunity to listen to the tape so you understand this most important New Testament concept.
We said then that Christ is the head, the Holy Spirit is the power of the body, and redeemed people make up the members of the body. Now we also showed you from First Corinthians 12 last week, which was our text, that the body has three key features: unity, diversity and mutuality or harmony. The body is one, yet within the Body of Christ there are many, many gifts all ministering to each other, bringing about even a greater oneness, and that there is not only this unity and this diversity, but there's a mutuality. There must be a harmonizing of all these ministries.
The principle on which the body is to operate, we showed you, is humility. The body functions on humility. The body functions on each one thinking of others rather than himself. The body functions on no man thinking more highly of himself than he ought to think. The body functions on like-mindedness, having the mind of Christ which is the mind of humility each esteeming others better than himself.
So the principle on which the body operates is humility. The mark by which the body is distinguished is love. Love is the over ruling characteristic of the body. The service of the body is to minister spiritual gifts. So the principle of the body is humility, the mark of the body is love, the service of the body is to minister spiritual gifts to one another. And by spiritual gifts we mean those listed in First Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and Ephesians Chapter 4.
Then the purpose for which God brought the body into existence is that it might be a channel through which he can accomplish his will. The purpose of the body is ultimately to be edified that it might witness to the world. And so we see the principle humility, the mark love, the service minister spiritual gifts, the purpose that we might be edified to witness; that we might be strong as one communicating Christ.
Now from the beginning of God's communication to man, he has endeavored to manifest his image in man. When he sent Jesus Christ into the world, he planted his own person in a body, didn't he. And the image of God was in Jesus Christ, he was the image of God, Hebrews 1 said So in a human body, God manifested himself. But that body arose from the dead and ascended into heaven, and that body is now no longer visible on earth. We cannot any longer see the body which manifests God. Now mark this - Christ sent his Holy Spirit to bring about another body; to bring into existence a new body. The body of Christ, this time not his physical body, but this time, many physical bodies making up his one body, the church. And in the church, Christ continues to dwell through the indwelling spirit. So that Christ is in the body the church, manifesting his glory and all his attributes, just as he did in his human body when he was here for 33 years.
When Christ's literal body was here, he manifested love, holiness, wisdom, power, and the glory of God. In this new body the church, and through this new body, he wants to manifest the very same identical things; love, holiness, wisdom, power, and the glory of God. We are the Body of Christ. We are as one to manifest Christ.
Now, God's will then for this earthly body called the church is as Paul says in Ephesians4, that all of the members of the body, you and I who know Christ - all of us are parts of the body - that all of us should come to the unity of the faith of the knowledge of the son of God under the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. We are actually - now mark it there - to become one body like Christ. We are the new manifestation of Jesus Christ as he indwells us by his spirit.
He has thus designed to manifest through this body the church, his manifold wisdom and glory. And you see, that is why Romans 8 tells us in verse 28 and 29 that he has predestinated us to be conformed to the image of his son. And this is a miracle. Imagine the miraculous nature of such a thing. That Christ can take these human bodies, subject to sin and death; these frail, physical bodies, and make them into his temple - literally dwelling in them, planting in them his glory - that they might manifest him to the world. What a tremendous miracle.
That I as an individual can manifest Jesus Christ to this world, and that you and I together as a body, the Body of Christ, also are called to manifest Christ. What a demonstration of God's power and love.
Now, here's the key. Understand this: it is through this body the church, this collective unity of all belief - it is through this body that Christ wants to manifest the mighty, victorious power of his person. Do you see it? We are to manifest as a body Christ to the world. That's the point of our existence as a body.
This, then - mark it - is a body for witness. We are called together to be mature and edified, that is taught and build up, that we might witness to the world. The reason for our unity is that the world might believe that Jesus came from God. The reason for our unity is witness. We are a body for witness. And so when we talk about the witness of the body, we're hitting it dead center.
Now within the body we saw that there are diverse gifts for the edifying of the body, and for its maturity. But while there is diversity in the body, as it ministers to itself, with all these gifts, while there's diversity in the body and ministering, the more diversity and the more operative diverse gifts, the more obvious unity will become to the world. The more we minister to each other with our diverse gifts, the more we become one and the more the world can see our oneness. And when the world sees our oneness, they'll know that Christ came from God. That's what Jesus said. We are a body for witness Now mark two things, and these are the two things we're gonna keep banging away at tonight. Number one, we witness as individual members of the body, number two we are to witness as a total body.
No individual member is excused from being a witness, did you know that? I had people say, "Well I don't think the Lord has called me to be a witness." No, that isn't so. Every one of us is a witness. Every individual member of the body is a member for witness. Acts 1:8: "You shall receive power", said Jesus, "after the holy power has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses." There's no option there, none at all. The Apostle Paul so carefully points this out in Second Corinthians 5:17, just listen. "Therefore if any man be in Christ he's a new creation. Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself, and hath given us the ministry of reconciliation". There's nobody excused from that - anybody whose been reconciled has the ministry of communicating reconciliation to others. To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.
Verse 20: "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by us, we beg you in Christ's stead, be reconciled of God". Every believer whose been born again, everyone whose been reconciled has been given the ministry of reconciliation. No believer is excused from being a witness. Every Christian is a witness of Christ, to bring others to Christ. Nobody is off the hook on that. We are a body for edifying that we might be a body for witness. We are individual members to e edified that we might e individual members for effective witness. See, the ultimate goal of the body folks is witness. Witness. Witness. Why do we wanna be one? That the world might know that God sent Christ, that's why, not so that we can say "we're one, we're one". Not at all.
This is our mission. Whether its' here or in Africa, whether its' in the mission field or whether it's right here in Southern California; we are individual members for witness, and we are a body for witness.
Now tonight we wanna see what the New Testament teaches about the nature of our witness, as members and as a total body. And the text is John 15:26. Now I want you to look at it. John 15:26 and 27. Beginning in verse 26: "But when the comforter has come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me and ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with from the beginning.
Now in those two verses as we break those up, we're going to discover a whole concept of witness. The whole scheme of witness all the way from God to you and every step in between is covered in those two verses; profound verses.
Now the word witness is a very interesting word. It's used there in verse 27. Witness is a legal term. It takes us into a law court. We see a judge on the bench, and we see a prisoner on trial. We hear the case argued by lawyers, first the prosecution and then the defense, and both of them call witnesses to substantiate their case. And we as individual members of the body are individual witnesses in a trial. You say who's on trial? Jesus Christ is on trial. Who's the judge? The world is the judge. Who's the defense attorney? The Holy Spirit. Who's the prosecution? Satan with his lies and accusations. Now we'll see all this in a moment.
Now we said we have two ways to witness as individual members and as a total body. First let's consider our witness as individual members. We are individual, separate witnesses in a situation where Jesus Christ; is on trial. Jesus Christ; is on trial before the world today, not the Sanhedrin, not Pilot, not Herod Antipas, but the word. He's on trial at the bar of world opinion. And the godless world is the judge. And the world is constantly judging Christ on the basis of the witnesses. They judge him to be a fake, some judge him to be a good many, others judge him to be a teacher, others judge him to be a liar, etc. But the world is judging Jesus Christ on the basis of the effect of the witnesses do you see from that how absolutely strategic your witness becomes? For if your witness tears down the claims of Jesus Christ by the kind of life you live, you're better off out of the court altogether; you only confuse the issue. The devil is the prosecutor who accuses Christ and the witnesses with lies and false accusations.
Notice it says in verse 26 when the comforter is come; the word comforter is _________. It came to mean "the counsel for the defense". It's one called alongside to help. It refers to the Holy Spirit who is the counsel for defense - he is defending Christ and calling you and I as individual members of the body to witness and confirm the testimony of Christ. Sad to say, much of our witnessing does not confirm the testimony of Christ. Some Christian witnesses do greater harm than if they weren't Christians, you know that. Others have effective witness all over the world defending him and commending Christ, and substantiating his claims by their lies.
And so we witness as individual members. We don't choose to witness, we only choose whether we're gonna help Christ or harm his cause, that's all. You are a witness. Mark it - you are a witness. The only question is whether you're a good one or a bad one.
Then the second way we can witness is as a body. We could witness to this world if we were one, couldn't we. Could you imagine the devastating impact that a united church would have on this world? And I don't mean an ecumenical church where everybody kisses doctrine goodbye and throws their arms around each other and marches down to help the poor. Now, I believe in helping the poor. Jesus said if you see somebody have need and you don't help him, that's sin. We wanna help the poor. But we do not unite in a struggle for social rights. But the body of Christ needs to be one, and we're not.
Today, the testimony of the body as one is pathetic. We are a Corinthian testimony, did you know that? Our testimony is strife, division, carnality and confusion, just like the Corinthians. And the world is rendering its verdict on the strength of these two witnesses; you and I as individual members of the body, and the body as a whole.
Now I wanna expand those two things tonight. And you'll see them expand as you look at verses 26 and 27. And in these verses I want you to see the nature of effective witness. The nature of effective witness- that's the proposition - the nature of effective witness, and then I wanna give you six points, and I want you to get them. The nature of effective witness. Here it comes. Don't write them all down now, we'll go one at a time, but just listen.
Effective witness has certain characteristics, and they're all given in these two verses, here they come. Christian witness is to the world, Christian witness is of the son. Christian witness is by the Father, Christian witness is through the Holy Spirit, and Christian is in the member individually and Christian witness is in the body in total. Now we'll divide all those up.
The first feature of true, powerful, potent Christian witness is this: Christian witness is to the world. Did you get that? The world is the objective of our witness. Verse 26 - "But when the comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me and ye also shall bear witness." Now you know this _________ gives no object. It doesn't say to whom, either the Spirit or these particular disciples or believers shall communicate with; does not give any object. But it is obvious that the reference is to the world. It is obvious because that's what he's been talking about since verse 18 of this chapter. He has been talking about the antagonistic, hateful, Christ-despising world. They are the object of our witness. And we will never really understand - now mark this - we will never really understand the nature of our witness as a body or as individual members until we understand what the world is. Because the world is our target. You see, it's before the world that Jesus is on trial Now John's writings spell out clearly what the world is. The prince and ruler of this world is the Devil; John12. The whole world is in his power, First John 2:17. The world is in the process of - now first John 2:17 is the idea that the world is passing away. So the world is in the power of Satan, it's controlled by Satan, it's passing away, but while it lasts, it is the absolute antagonist of the church, it hates the church, and its hatred is deep and bitter. So the words in our text, verse 26 and 27, those two versus. Those versus in our text are embedded - now mark it - are embedded in a context of hostility and the hatred of the world.
To show you this, look at verse 18. "If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you". Verse 19: "If you were of the world, the world would love its own, but because you're not of the world that I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." Verse 21: "But all these things will they do unto you for my namesake because they know not him that sent you" - they're gonna harm you. Verse 24: "If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they had not seen. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my father. Verse 25: "But this cometh to pass that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated me without a cause." Verse 1 of 16: "These things have I spoken to you that you should not be offended, they shall put you out of the synagogues, yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think he doeth God's service. And these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father, nor me."
This whole passage is a text about the hatred of the world. And slapped right in the middle of it is verse 26 and 27, which tells us clearly that our testimony and our witness is to the world. The world hates, the world ostracizes, the world kills; this is the antagonism of the world. But Jesus goes on to show that we must witness to the world. And the key is verse 26 the first word, what is it? But even though the world hates, even though the world ostracizes, even though the world kills, but when the comforter is come, then you will witness to that world. Our witness, friends, is to the world. It is not a witness when you sit around with other believers and talk about Jesus Christ - that's not a witness necessarily. A hostile, devilish Christ-hating world is the object of our witness.
You say, well how is a body member to react when he's faced with the opposition of the world? I mean if they throw you out, if they curse you. What are you supposed to do, retaliate in anger? No. Well are you supposed to lick you r wounds and self-pity? No. Supposed to withdraw; go back to a Bible study? Nope. You're bravely to bear witness before the world, no matter what the cost may be. And count it all joy to suffer for Jesus Christ.
Christian witness, friends, is to the world. That's where we are to bear the witness. And if you're not bearing your witness to the world, you've missed the whole point.
Second thing. Christian witness is not only to the world, it is of the Son. Did you get that? Hmm. So good. Verse 26: "When the comforter is come whom in will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me". Verse 27: "And ye shall also bear witness, because you have been with me". Testimony is to the Son. The world's hatred is focused on Jesus Christ. "They hated me without a cause", he says back in verse 25. It is Jesus Christ who is on trial, and our testimony must be of him. You see, throughout the gospel, every time there is preaching, it is always Jesus Christ who is central. John illustrates this about his testimony being of Christ in Revelations. Chapter 1 verse 2, John says: "Who bore witness of the Word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ". John's testimony was Christ. Over in the 12th chapter you read, I think it's the 12th chapter and the 17th verse, he reiterates the same thing. "Yes, and the dragon was angry with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed to keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Any kind of testimony, any kind of witness was always directly associated with Jesus Christ.
In fact, John even says in chapter 19 I think it is verse 10 of Revelation, that even the Old Testament witnessed to Christ for he says, "The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus." Christ's testimony is even a character in the Old Testament by prophecy. Didn't they prophecy about Christ? All true testimony is about Jesus Christ. The Apostles weren't in any doubt about that. Jesus told them before and after his death and resurrection that they were to testify them and Acts 180 says "you shall be my witnesses." Witnesses of me. And they obeyed, and their sermons in the early church were always about Jesus Christ.
You say well we already know that - well there are a lot of people who don't seem to know that. They talk and preach about a lot of things, and then leave out what the whole testimony is about. In Acts 10 - I love this portion. He talks - and this is Peter preaching unto Cornelius: "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him " - watch this - "and we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the Land of the Jews in Jerusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree. And God raised up the third day and showed him openly". And he goes on and on - his sermons were always about j, always about Jesus.
Verse 43, listen to what he says: "To him give all the prophets' witness." Do you hear that? All the prophets witness even to Christ. Our witness is to the Son. It's amazing how much so-called witnessing has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. All so much work, even in the missionary work - is talking about religion or talking about the church or vaguely talking about God - we say "Oh, I witnessed to my friend". Well what did you say? Well, I kind of let him know that I go to church,. You didn't witness to your friend, that's not a witness. A witness is the testimony of Jesus Christ.
You know, often our witness is an autobiography. Have you ever analyzed yours? _________ we never get around to Christ, we just give an autobiography. Tell our whole testimony, and they don't know any more about Jesus than when we started except that something happened to us. witnessing is not a discussion of the church, friends. Witnessing is not a discussion about religion, and witnessing is not a discussion just about you. witnessing is a testimony to whom? Jesus Christ. That's witnessing. Don't let your conscience let you get away with anything .less. so witnesses to the world and of the son; always of the son. That's witness.
Third thing. Christian witness is also by the Father. This is beautiful- by the Father. Verse 26: "When the comforter has come whom I will send to you from the father". Oh this is beautiful. Through Jesus Christ sending a spirit, he was really sending God's witness to this world. for the spirit proceeded from the father and bore the father's testimony to the world. let me show you how this works. This is just tremendous.
Do you know who the greatest witness is of Christ? The Father. The father is the chief witness. it was the father's supreme concern to bring honor and glory to the son - that's what he wanted to do. in John particularly chapter 5, but one verse I think of in chapter 8:54: "Jesus answered if I honor myself, my honor is nothing". Listen to this. "It is my father that honoreth me". and back in chapter 5, some tremendous verses, verse 31: "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true". Verse 32, "There's another that beareth witness of me and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true". Verse 36: "I have greater witness than that of John, for the works which the father hath given me to finish the same works that I do bear witness of me that the father has sent me". verse 37: "And the father himself who hath sent me hath borne witness of me."
In other words, Jesus says the father is my chief witness. he is the one primarily concerned with communicating who I am. And I am merely sending you the spirit who proceeds from the father to carry the father's witness and plant it within you, see? You say well how did the father bear witness to the son? I mean personally. That's easy. You know how the father bore witness to the son? First place, through the Old Testament. Look at verse 39 of John 5, listen to it: "Search the Scriptures", Jesus says to these Jews, "for in them ye think ye have eternal life" - listen to this - "and they are they which testify of me". my father witnessed to me in the Old Testament; it's all about me. and indeed the Old Testament is all about Jesus Christ.
In Luke, great portion 24:27, Jesus says to the disciples on the road to Amaus: "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded under them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. The Old Testament was the father's witness to the son, wasn't it.
The second way in which God witnessed to his son. Second in a beautiful, beautiful way. and that's on John chapter 10, verse 25. "Jesus answered them 'I told you and you believe not. The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me". you know the father also gave witness to the son by enabling the son to do mighty works, did you know that? You know that the works that Jesus did were the father's witness that he was who he claimed to be?
Chapter 14 of John, verse 10: "Believest thou not that I am in the father and the father in me, the words that I speak under you I speak not of myself, but the father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works". Did you know that the very works that Christ did were actually the works of the father attesting to his claim to deity? You say how did the father witness to the son? Number one in the Old Testament, number two in the words and works of Jesus. God enabled him to do those things.
There's a third way the father witnessed to the son and that was by direct verbal witness. at the baptism he said thou art my beloved son. So the father witnessed to the son. All true Christian witness is to the world, of the son, originating by the father.
So the might works of Jesus Christ signs through which he manifested his glory were really the works of the father operating within the son. And so the father is the source of all witness about Christ. And isn't it tremendous that the witness is recorded for us in Scripture? The Old Testament is here, isn't it. all the works that Jesus did is here, the words that he spoke are here, the statement of the father at his baptism is here; all of the father's witness is right here, isn't it. you know something? Your witness and my witness should be nothing, and could be nothing greater than an echo of the father's witness. you say how do you know what his witness was? You study it right here. And then you echo it. that's why we're spending so much time in the gospel of John, in order that you might know the father's witness an echo it to the world.
So we as members and as a body wanna support the father's testimony, don't we. Christian witness then is to the world, of the son, by the father.
Fourthly, and we're moving rapidly. Christian witness is through the spirit. Verse 26 of John 15: "when the comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the father, even the spirit of truth, who proceeds from the father- you see, the spirit only bears the father's testimony - he shall testify of me. so actually, it's the father's witness that comes through the spirit, you see? In other words, the spirit actually operated in Christ to testify. That's why when they condemned Christ and said he did what he did by the power of Satan, he said you blaspheme whom? The Holy Spirit. Because it is he that's working through me.
And so a Christian witness then is to the world, of the son, by the father, coming through the Holy Spirit; who empowered Christ and whom my friend indwells and empowers our witness doesn't it. is the witness for Christ apart from the Holy Spirit? Can't. all true witness is through the spirit.
Now we're coming close to the practical key that's gonna unlock the door and turn us loose to effective witness, so hang on to your hat. Jesus plainly declares that the father's testimony of Jesus comes through the Holy Spirit. Whatever witness God has in the world, friends, he has through the Holy Spirit. Did you get that? Notice the Holy Spirit has two names: comforter, verse 26, _________, it literally means one call alongside to help or comfort or give advice, it came to mean a lawyer or an advocate. It's translated advocate in reference to Jesus Christ who's our advocate; same word. Counsel for the defense. The Holy Spirit is Christ's defense lawyer. The world is judging him, the Holy Spirit is defending him. And the Holy Spirit calls you and I into the court to testify.
He's also called - notice it in the middle of verse 26 - the spirit of truth. That tells us what kind of testimony he gives- he always tells the truth, he can't lie. He cannot be a false witness, he's always true.
So the spirit, then is the witness. He's the witness today, in us, glorifying Christ through us. now there we see the basis of witness. It is to the world, of the body, by the father, through the spirit. You can't witness apart from the spirit. Christ couldn't operate apart from the spirit, could he. Spirit operated through him. that's the way he said it, and that's the way the father designed it.
And he said, well where do we come in? I mean, all this witnessing is going on, and we're not even around. To the world of the son by the father through the spirit, where are we? Here we go. Are you ready?
Us. Christian witness is in the members. 5.5, in the members. Individually. Verse 27: "And he also shall bear witness" and special reference to the disciples who had been around, but also including us. "You also shall bear witness" - individual members. So how does this work? Listen. Where does the spirit dwell today? Where does he dwell? In us. we are the vehicle carrying the witness that proceeds from the father, by the spirit, and out from us. Did you know the Holy Spirit has no physical voice? Sure you knew that. The Holy Spirit has no platform to do his witnessing unless it's through us. in the individual members of the body whom he indwells, the witness is resident. John 14:17 Jesus says I'm gonna send the Holy Spirit, and listen to this - he says "he is with you and shall be in you", First Corinthians 6:19 and 20 Paul says what? "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit" he lives within you, that's where the witness is - right in your body. As individual members. Every believer possesses the Holy Spirit, Romans 8:9: "Any man hath not the spirit of Christ he is not of his". Every believer has the Holy Spirit, the resident witness.
And I'll tell you something - if the Holy Spirit is going to speak, listen, it'll be through you and it'll be through me, because that's where he dwells. I love it in Acts 4:31: "They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spake the word with boldness". See? The spirit of God indwelling us, Acts 4:31, power to witness. so we as members of the body are individual witnesses, empowered individually by an individually resident Holy Spirit. That's what missions is, friends. That's what missions is all about.- it's us carrying the testimony of the father, brought to us through the spirit, and communicating it to the world. that's what missions is.
And there's another good qualification that we have, we are not only qualified to be witnesses because of the resident Holy Spirit, but we're qualified because we've experienced Jesus Christ; firsthand, haven't we. You can't be a witness if you haven't experienced it. in order to be a witness in a court case, you have to be there.
Now I can only think of one time in my life when I was a witness in a court case, and I will never forget how it happened. I was in my office, the church where my dad was formerly pastor, and secretary ran in and said there's a fight going on in the parking lot. And she said, "Would you like to see it?" so I ran out the door, and boy I mean it was a fight. One guy was lying on the ground and two very large type persons were furiously kicking him.
Well there was about 15 or 17 people, a group of them, standing around on the sidewalk just gasping - doing nothing, but looking. And I was there as all my ministerial pomp, and I realized that having come out of the door, I had to do something. I couldn't just stand there. So I decided I'd take this thing into my own hands. So I pulled my chest up to where it used to be, and - well you know how it is -and I yelled across the parking lot, "Break it up". And they didn't, so I thought well, probably a cross wind, they didn't hear me. or else they didn't seem or something.
Anyway, so I proceeded to go across the parking lot. So I went across there, I kept saying "Break it up, leave that guy alone". and I got over there, and I heard something. And I heard this one guy say, "Kill him, kill him, kill him". And I looked down, I couldn't recognize his face in a mass of blood and pulp - they had kicked his face clear, they had crushed all of his ribs, and they had never seen him in their life. Walking down the street drinking an Orange Julius from the Orange Julius stand, and they just thought they wanted to beat up somebody. Jumped out of the car, attacked him and he hit back, and now they had become so insensitive, they were high, and somebody tried to kill him.
So I walked out there and I thought to myself, oh, this is not a fight, it's a murder. Here I am saying break it up. and you really don't know what to do in a situation like that, and your mind is all boggled so I just stood there and they were really big, and the closer I got the bigger they got. Turned out one of them was about 6'5, 250, the other was about 6'3, 245, professional _________, and just gigantic guys who also played professional rugby, and they were nasty people. just really nasty.
So anyway I was standing up, I didn't really know how to handle the situation, so I said break it up and they didn't. finally I just yelled at this one guy, and I didn't know what else to do, it was a third guy in the getaway car, and this biggest guy turned after me and he came toward me. and I immediately stepped backwards. I mean I've always said I'll fight anybody smaller than me that's had a recent illness, but so he started after me, I really didn't know what to do, I didn't know if he had a knife or a gun or what, and so I just started reflex backing up. and I backed right back to the church door, and the other guy was just standing there over the body. And at that point, my father came out, very dignified, and I don't know what got into him but he said, and I'll never forget it, he looked at this one guy and he said, "What's going on here? I'll have you know, I'm the minister".
I really don't know what kind of a reaction he expected, but I know the kind of reaction he got - the fellow hit him. in the meantime, I had turned and called the secretary to call the police, and she was running and dialing the police. And he just really hauled off and hit my dad with a perfect shot - hit him across the room, and then turned to the left and got me, and I kind of rode it out, saw it coming. You know you can take a lot but then when somebody hits your father, that just gets to you. so when he hit my father, I said, "Now you've had it". the police are coming.
Well, after a long period of time this guy just kept threatening me with his fist - I found out he had a police record that was very - in fact now he's dead. He was killed in a barroom brawl not long after he got out of jail after a year for what he did this day. But anyway, finally I got the message through, they had hit the man's head on the wall of the church - we had to repaint it, blood was everywhere - just mangled him. He lived. But I'll never forget, I had to go to court as a witness. and they said do you wanna be a witness? I said sure. They said, well they've threatened the lives of other witnesses, these guys have been in and out of this before, and they do make a profession out of beating up people, and they've threatened other witnesses -and they threatened me, but I - I mean, I'm no hero, obviously, but I felt the security of the Lord in this thing, and I knew I could run faster than either one of them anyway. And so I said I'll go and I'll be a witness.
And I went to court, and I was asked three things - what did you see, what did you hear and what did you feel. That was basically what a witness was. A witness is somebody who experienced it. I heard it, I saw it, I felt it. I was there. That's what a witness is. In First John 1:1 you know what John says? " That which we have seen with our eyes, heard with our ears and our hands have handled concerning the word of life, that we declare unto you." that's what a witness is.
So being a witness, you don't have to go out and say, "Well I can't be a witness because I can't give a great dissertation on the doctrine of the immuzio, and I don't know how to explain _________" you don't need to worry about that. All you need to do is say I have met Jesus Christ, and you're a witness. you have the qualifications.
That's a long way of saying that a witness not only is indwelled by the Holy Spirit, but has firsthand experience. In fact, it is his firsthand experience with Christ that results in his being indwelled by the spirit, right?
And so the body member witness presupposes a firsthand experience with Christ and thus the indwelling spirit empowering us for witness. and our task, friends, is not to lecture about Jesus with philosophical detachment, it is to say I wanna share the Christ that I have seen and heard and touched with my life. Now this kind of careful witness must be more precious to you than your own life. It was for many. The word _________ which is the word for witness through the years came to mean martyr. Because so many times, when people were standing up for a witness for Christ, it cost them their life. More precious was their witness than their own life May God give us more men and more women and more missionaries and more teachers and preachers and laymen with the caliber of life who will witness effectively whatever the cost to their ego or their body. Yes, Christian witness comes all the way down from God, it passes through the Holy Spirit into your body and through you to a world where it gets bottled up at your body. As individuals, we are members of witness that communicate to this world, and your testimony will help or hinder the world in judging rightly about Jesus Christ.
So we see that our witness is to the world, of the Son, by the Father, through the spirit, in the individual member.
Lastly, critically, Christian witness is in the body. Total. Not only the individual member .5, but the total body, .6. Verse 27: "Ye", plural, "shall also bear witness". The spirit is the power of witness, and he indwells each member, right? we just covered that, didn't we. But you know something, there is another dimension here that is fantastic. The Holy Spirit not only says I indwell every individual member, but the Holy Spirit says I also indwell the entire collective body called the church. Why does he say that? I want you to look at Ephesians chapter 2 verse 14. Ephesians 2:14, tremendous truth in this portion. Listen. Ephesians 2:14, talking about Christ, Paul says, "for he is our peace who hath made both one" - that is Jew and Gentile- "broken down the middle wall of partition between us, having abolished in his flesh the enmity". That is the antagonism between Jew and Gentile, "even the law of commandments contained in ordinances to make in himself of two, one new man." Now watch this. verse 18, "For through him, we both have access by one spirit under the father", verse 21, "in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple", and the total of the church is a temple just like your body is, verse 21, "in whom ye plural are built together for an _________ of God through the spirit".
Did you know that that verse teaches beyond doubt that the entire church body is the temple of the Holy Spirit just like your individual body is? You say you mean the Holy Spirit in a very real sense is indwelling the total body of Christ? That's right. and why do you think he is? In order that he might carry the witness of the father planted in the body that we not only minister as members, but that we have a total body witness. do you see? The Holy Spirit is the powerful witness, and he indwells the body in the same sense he indwells the member that the body might also witness.
You say well how can the body witness? I mean, how can all Christians have a collective one single witness? you know and I say this honestly before the Lord, I believe this church has a collective witness. now we're not the total body of Christ, we're one part. But I believe the world is beginning to perk up their ears a little bit about what's going on here. Because I think we're sending off some pretty unified vibrations. We're not there, by any means. But I think we have a little idea. let me give you this. there are two ways that the body witnesses in total. And we'll wrap it up with this. two ways the body witnesses. All of these are important.
First way, the body total indwelt by the spirit, we are as a total a habitation of the spirit, the body witnesses number one by being one. did you get that? We witness by our unity, don't we. John 17:20, the prayer of Christ, here it comes, "Neither pray I for these alone" - disciples - "but for them also who shall believe on me through their word" - listen - "that they all may be one as thou father art in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us", why? Why do we want to be one? "that the world may believe that thou hast sent me". do you see why we're supposed to be one? as a witness, aren't we. How does the body witness in total? By being one. you say we're not making it. right. the body witness is nil. The body witness is carnal, divided, strife, division, confusion. We are not one, friends. We are fragmented and sectioned and all over the place protecting our little world and our little ideas and oh this - I could go on about the ways this is being propagated. One little group hates another little group and this little group hates Billy Graham and this little group loves this guy and this little group doesn't like that little group - and then you've got some people who would do nothing more than come to church and pick other members of the body apart. Our testimony as one is nil. Jesus prayed that we might witness to the world in unity. I pray that for this church our theme for this year is one word, isn't it - one. that's our theme for this year - for every year, for that matter. we can witness as a body by being one. and we haven't begun to see what God can do with this church alone if we will really be one, through the spirit.
That's why the spirit indwells all of us, so that our witness might be a total unified witness of one. if the world could see us as one, what an impact. But they see Christianity all fractioned and fragmented.
Second way the body witnesses is by love. Love. John 13:33, "Little children yet a little while I am with you, you shall seek me, and as I said unto the Jews where I go you cannot come so now I say to you" - now listen to this - "a new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another as I have loved you; that ye also love one another" - listen - "by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye love one another". We witness by our unity, secondly we witness by loving one another, don't we.
Listen, we could absolutely devastate this world if we could show them our concerted, unified, single love for each other. Oh what a witness that would be. And you know, friends, in that verse, verse 35, Jesus actually gives the world the right to judge us. it's a sobering thought, isn't it. he just says world, look at them. if they love, they're legitimate. Upon his authority he gave the world the right to judge whether you and I are really born again by whether or not we love our brothers. That's a pretty frightening thought. There are the keys to the body witness. one and love.
Now mark this friends, tonight as we close, will you? do you see it? you and I are the last link in the witness of the father. The witness comes from the father, through the spirit, into the member, out of the member, and out of the body. We're the last link. It started with the father about the son through the spirit came to us, we're the last link in the witness to Jesus Christ.
Let's pray God that the testimony of Jesus Christ; will not break down at this level. Do your part as a member to witness individually. Do your part for the body to create one by ministering your spiritual gift, and by loving. Then the ministry and the mission of the father in sending the son will come to pass as God intended. When we minister, and witness as members and as a body. There's a world to be won, it will begin to be won when we are one. and really not until.
Father, we thank you tonight for teaching us truths from your word. We thank you that you want to glorify the son, that you sent the spirit to glorify the son, that you put the spirit within us to glorify the son, God truthfully, in our hearts, we do not want your witness to break down with us. we do not wanna break the chain. We wanna carry on the witness as members individually, giving testimony to Christ Jesus, and Lord how we want to witness as a body, oh what an impact we could have if we were truly one. practically as we are in position. Oh we would desire to answer the prayer of Jesus Christ as we be one. we're a body for witness, we are members for witness. that's our purpose. God help us to see it, and not let that chain of witness collapse at us.
Lord I pray that you'll speak to every heart of every Christian here tonight, that we might be tremendously impressed and burdened with the truth of witness. giving the testimony to the world of the son, through the power of the Holy Spirit. God, give us courage, boldness, through the spirit, to witness as members and as a body, one in life, to the world that cannot see and cannot understand without our witness.
Father we pray that these thoughts shall find lodging in our hearts. In Christ's name, Amen.


text:
Radule waterfalls
An easy and nice walk that leads through a beautiful pine and larch and silver birch forest to the Bergeries de Radule and its enchanting small waterfall. The itinerary is varied, shady, without too much height gain and not exposed and therefore ideal for families or as an introductory first walk in the Val di Niello.
Reach Corte via the N193.
Take the D84 (Corte-Porto) for Col di Vergio, the watershed between Haute Corse and southern Corsica. Park the car circa 4km beneath the pass, next to a hairpin bend and an obvious large wooden map which placed at the start of the walk.
Follow the path (blue markers) from the wooden map to a fork after just 5 minutes. Keep left and walk past the thick undergrowth to reach the first larch trees, 40m high and almost 10 times as old! After meeting up with the famous GR20 the path opens onto the valley, from here continue easily for another 30 minutes to reach the refuge.
For lovers of Corsican cheese this refuge is an obligatory stop-off and, after having sampled the smelly delights, descend leftwards behind the hut (take care not to descend directly down into the valley) and follow the sound of the stream to reach the bridge which crosses the Golo river.
The small pools will prove hard to resist and after another short break say goodbye to the GR20 and cross the bridge, ascend slightly right and follow the obvious markers that lead back down into the valley.
There are numerous markers at this point: take care not to go wrong at this point by following the main path at altitude, instead follw the markers swiftly downwards to the river and the Radule waterfall – an ideal place for another refreshing dip!
From this pool continue gently along the valley floor and meander first left, then right to enter the forest once again. The path leads over the river and then starts its gentle climb past magnificent silver birch trees, larch and pine trees to join up with the fork encountered at the start of the walk.
Normal hiking equipment.
42451 OT Monte d'oro, Monte Rotondo 1:25000
Share this page
COMMENTS for the route "Radule waterfalls"
No comments found for Radule waterfalls