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It's Not All About Behavior…
It's not all about behavior, but sometimes I wish it was. I wish we could just address each behavior, deal with it and move on. But when it comes to our kids – it's never just about the behavior. In the words of John Crist – we have to check their hearts.
It's ALL about their heart. Our girls are 2 and 4 years old – learning how to shepherd their hearts has been quite the challenge. And we still have such a long way to go. We want them to feel loved and cherished, but also learn self control when things aren't going their way. It's a tough balance to find – but we're learning. Paul Tripp says it best:
"As a parent you are never, ever dealing just with the words and actions of your children. You are always also dealing with the thing that controls their words and behavior: the heart."
We're learning about emotions – that it's ok to have big emotions and feelings. It's ok to not always agree with Mom and Dad. It's ok to question us when you don't understand. It would be easy to answer with, "because I said so!" when the questions arise. But our kids are curious and longing for reasons, not just rules.
I'm currently reading "Why I Didn't Rebel" by Rebecca Gregoire Lidenbach. One thing that stood out to me above the rest is the idea of creating reasons not rules. If my four year old knows why a rule is in place, she is much more likely to comply (most of the time). But if I give blanket statements and expect her just to listen because I'm Mom, that doesn't work out so well. It's when I take the time to explain why we have to wait our turn when someone else is speaking. I often ask her how she would like to be treated, and if she would like to finish speaking before being interrupted. Now she has the chance to understand why we don't interrupt others. She has a very big personality, and loves attention of any kind, so fostering that can be a challenge at times – but it's one I want to face head on.
Growing up, I did a lot of listening and obeying out of fear of the consequences. It worked. I made my fair share of bad choices, but I didn't spiral into a rebellion because of fear of what would happen. I never truly had the desire to live fully devoted to the Lord until I completely surrendered to Him on my own. My hope is that my children won't obey out of fear, but that eventually they will learn that this life is not about them, but about Jesus. It's pretty hard for a two and four year old to grasp that concept, but we can't let that keep us from talking about why we were created in the first place.
There are a number of books out there on discipline. I've read way too many. But out of all of the books I've read, one thing remains true – we are here to shepherd their hearts. There is no magic formula or something I could say to get my kids to obey. But I do know one thing – the more time I invest in them, the more likely they are to respond positively. I don't say that to put any pressure on anyone, because I've done that to myself. I use it as a reminder to keep myself in check. There is usually a root cause of their behavior. After addressing the behavior in that moment, I will try to figure out why it happened. I'll wait till a calm time of day, like right before bedtime, and talk to them about what happened. They are usually much more receptive once their emotions have settled.
The good news is we cannot change the heart of our child, only God can truly do that. It takes the pressure off. We can guide them and lead them, but God has to get a hold of their heart for true change to happen.
There are days when I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. Honestly that's most days. But I do think that we don't have to just "survive" the toddler years. I believe that we can live an abundant life now, and we don't need to wait until this phase is over. Because once one phase is over, another one follows. Parenting has been a constant challenge of figuring out what works best for our family, and for each child. It's never easy, but we're praying our way through it and adjusting as needed. I love this quote from Paul Tripp:
"in every moment when you are parenting, you are being parented. In every moment when you are called to give grace, you are being given grace. In every moment when you are rescuing and protecting your children, you are being rescued and protected. In every moment when you feel alone, you are anything but alone because he goes wherever you go."
If you feel like you're in the trenches of toddlerhood – know that you're not alone. He is there with us – giving us grace and protecting us. And you don't have to do this mom thing alone. Finding like minded moms that "get it" has saved my sanity on those rough days. I am determined to make the most of these toddler years and I hope you'll join me. There are so many moms I look up to that have been where we are, and have made it to the other side. I hear things like, "it gets better," and "it's just a phase." And while I know those things are true – I pray that these years don't just turn into a blur. I don't want to just survive; I want to live this live abundantly, regardless of the age of my children.
Thanks so much for reading, and for being here. I'd love to hear your heart on this, please leave a comment below so we can chat!


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Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy Melbourne
What is Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
Sweating (hyperhidrosis) is caused by over-stimulation of the sweat glands by the sympathetic nerves, and in most cases there is no other underlying disorder. The palms of the hands and the soles of the feet have the highest concentration of sweat glands and therefore these two areas are most commonly affected by hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis can also affect the armpits, face, scalp and body.
Over-stimulation of the sympathetic nerves can also cause excessive facial blushing.
ETS is an operation performed under general anaesthesia, which involves ablation of the sympathetic chain in the chest using minimally invasive surgery. It calms the sympathetic nerves of the upper body that are overactive in people with excessive hand sweating and/or facial blushing.

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In this portion we have examples of the best and the worst of human behaviour. We have the reconciliation between Jacob and Esau. We also have rape and murder. Jacob knows an encounter with his brother is inevitable as he moves towards his land. He prepares for battle and separates his assets into two camps in the hopes that one would survive in the event of attack. He is informed that Esau is approaching with four hundred men – indeed suggesting that attack is likely. When the brothers see one another, however, they embrace. The text does not tell us for sure whether they had been planning to do battle and then softened at the site of one another, or whether Esau was approaching with peaceful intentions all along. What is clear though is that despite their painful rivalry the brothers are able to find peace. One reason that is given for this, in addition to the hopeful implication that the inextricable bond between brothers is stronger than their quarrels, is that both admit to having enough. Their rivalry over their father's favour was very likely about insecurity. At the time, their futures were uncertain and uncertainty can make people behave poorly. Now that the brothers are each affluent in their own right, they are able to see their brother less as an enemy and more as a friend. This is a reminder that behaving with goodness is the responsibility of all, but that it is easier to do so when our basic needs are met. This should compel us to address poverty in our present day in our pursuit of Tikkun Olam.
In this portion we also have the renaming of the house of Jacob to "Israel." This happens in a couple of different textual moments. The disjointed nature of some of the writing in this portion suggests multiple writers, perhaps with competing ideas of how the story should be told. At one moment, Jacob struggles with a being by the river Jabbok. When he successfully fights the being off, the being tells him that his name should be Israel. The text tells us that this being is supernatural; he is in the shape of a man but something more like an angel or demon. Many commentators have interpreted this moment as a struggle between Jacob and himself. Whether the incident is really a dream, many feel that the being is Jacob's "shadow" (from Jungian terminology), or other aspect of the subconscious. Is this his feeling of dread approaching his brother? Perhaps. Perhaps it is some other source of inner-conflict. We find that his triumph over the being can be read, in this light, as the triumph we too may experience when we face our "inner demons" head on.
As soon as "Israel" is named, it becomes tainted with scandal. We have in this portion the very troubling narrative of the rape of Dinah. Most commentators understand that Dinah is raped,and violently, although the JPS version suggests that there may be a way of interpreting the text as suggesting improper sexual relations as opposed to rape. This would make the scene about intermarriage as opposed to sexual violence and change its interpretation entirely. We know that Hamor, father of Shechem the rapist, encourages Jacob to allow intermarriage between the tribes when he goes to ask for Dinah's hand in marriage for his son. Shechem gets circumcised and convinces the other men to do so as well in the hopes that this will make the marriage possible. All of this makes the rape narrative murky. The response by Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi, ostensibly to the rape but also perhaps to the suggestion of tribal intermingling, is to kill all the men who have just been circumcised and take their goods and women for their own. If it is the aspect of sexual relations between the tribes, as well as sex before marriage, that is the crime in this text, there is no doubt that Dinah's brothers slaughtering the entire town as a response is an inexcusably violent and horrific response. If the crime was rape we may read their response as justifiable, although certainly the extreme violence of it and the killing of innocent men along with the guilty one should give us pause. Certainly commentators have seen Simeon and Levi as justified, even though Jacob forbid this sort of action directly.
The text is silent on Dinah's will (she does not speak during the entire narrative) and so we cannot know whether this was a rape in her view. The text is also silent on the other women who are taken as part of the onslaught. Obviously this is not a world in which women have the power to say "no" and so the circumstances of Dinah's rape are even more murky. The text is clearly using it as symbolic of something else. This does not prevent commentators from using this narrative to perpetuate familiar problematic tropes about rape. Some blame Dinah for the jewellery she adorned. Others read the text, which says she went out to find the local women, as her choosing to traipse about and therefore, in some sense, she's "asking for it." All of this shows us that sexism is endemic to our Jewish society as well as our broader societies. The text can help us see the problematic tropes and offers a chance to discuss and demystify them in our communities.
Towards the end of the portion is the story of Rachel dying in childbirth. In the last portion I mention that her death along the road becomes emblematic of the deaths of many Jews while leaving/moving/in exile, etc. Rachel named her son "Ben-omi" for "son of my suffering" (it can also be "son of my strength," which suggests an interesting dichotomy). He is renamed Benjamin "son of the right hand" or "son of the South." Although Jacob builds a pillar to commemorate the spot where she dies, Rachel's own naming of her son does not stand. This is a particular Torah portion in which the words of women do not seem to amount to much. Dinah disappears from the narrative (and most commentators believe from the house of Jacob altogether – worrying for those so concerned about intermarriage and the purity of Jacob's line), and all that is left of Rachel is a pillar (reminding us of the pillar of salt that Lot's wife became).
The final aspect of this week's Torah portion that is interesting from a umanistic perspective is the naming of the God-character. The text tells us that when Jacob arrives "in the city of which is in the land of Canaan" he is thankful for his safe arrival and so sets up an alter. He calls it "El-elohe-yisrael." The JPS Jewish Study Bible notes that "through this confession El, the supreme Canaanite deity, is identified as the God of Israel" (69 n20). Immediately after this is the rape of Dinah and the suggestion of Hamor that the groups intermarry. We know that the Israelite culture borrowed tremendously from Canaanite culture, and here is a moment in which the text gives us proof. Perhaps fears over how much integration would be too much is what influences the telling of the rape story that immediately follows. Later in the story, after the retaliation by Simeon and Levi, Jacob moves again. Again, he is grateful for safe passage. He thanks God, who once again renames him Israel (suggesting this was a separate version of the story than the one in which the angel/demon tells Jacob of the name change that we have earlier in the text). God also says to Jacob "I am El Shaddai." While this is one of the names for God, its origin is uncertain. Some have argued it is a reference to Ugaritic, others Mesopotamian Gods or even Goddesses. Again, however, we have a sense that as Jacob and his tribe move, they pick up from the cultures around them. It is ironic that the response to suggestions of intermarriage are treated with such violence in the very narrative that gives us proof that it is the very intermingling of cultures that gives us the culture we call "Israel." Just as Jacob earns the name "Israel" through his travels, the Jewish people have become part of the tribe of "Israel" (and its successive generations) through the global migrations that have brought us into contact with others. This is clearly not a view of the text that most rabbis would celebrate, but for us it is a sign that our culture, like all cultures, has always been a process of human creation and has evolved and changed as we have. This is not something to bemoan, nor is it something to address by attempting to fix or freeze our culture in one arbitrary "original" or "authentic" moment. It is something to acknowledge. Change and tradition have always been mutually constituting processes. While that may seem to be a contradiction, it is also undeniable and is encoded in our very foundational text itself.


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George H.W. Bush Classic tees off
Golf tournament benefits Gary's House
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant and broadcaster Jim Nantz took part in a benefit golf tournament on Tuesday.
The Cape Arundel Golf Club hosted the annual George H. W. Bush Celebrity Golf Classic. The event benefits Gary's House, which helps families to stay near Mercy Hospital in Portland while relatives undergo medical treatment.
It is named for Gary Pike, who died of cancer at the age of 21.
"Three days before he passed away, he said, 'Mom, I want you to continue helping families in my name.' And I said, 'I'll try,' and he said, 'No.' He took my hand and he said 'No, Mom, you'll promise,'" Trudy McNeal, Gary Pike's mother said.
"Just a great little cause that the Bush family's been a part of over the years and so it's great to see so many folks from Maine and throughout the country coming out," said George P. Bush, grandson of George H.W. Bush and a participant in the tournament.
Since it began 12 years ago, the golf outing has raised about $2 million.


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While none of the sorrow over the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon is, or should be, forgotten (I wrote about it here that week), many of those who ran the race have begun to also allow themselves to reflect on the race itself, the running, and the happy (or difficult) day that preceded the attack. People are reclaiming pieces of the day; the iconic moments that each year make a marathon such an important part of the running calendar.
Many, many runners have added Boston 2014 to their calendars – out of a spirit of defiance and solidarity.
For marathoners, achieving the iconic Boston-qualifying time (BQ) is often a key goal in their development. Once that's achieved? For some, the next benchmark is cracking three hours.
With those folks in mind, I'd like to share the course strategy I ran, as it helped me achieve my goal of getting in under three hours, along with some notes from the training cycle.
Running the Boston Course, Strategy
The Boston course is a net downhill – my Garmin showed 479 feet of elevation gain and 926 feet of elevation loss during the run. What makes the course difficult is that the first 16 miles are pretty much all downhill, which encourages rash behavior. Then between mile 16 and 21 you climb four hills, the last one being the storied Heartbreak Hill. These climbs, after the 16 overly-speedy downhill miles, can leave your legs in pretty poor shape. If you overrun the first 16 miles, 22 to 26.2 will be quite unpleasant.
I encountered that unpleasant experience first hand in 2010. I was maybe 3:10-3:12 fit, but I got sucked into the easiness of the gentle downhills and ran the first half on what – if memory serves – was about a 3:08:XX finish pace. Thinking I could "put time in the bank." Of course I hit the hills and crumpled, struggled and wheezed up them and then tried to speed up on the far side of Heartbreak Hill, only to have my quads seize up. The last five miles were a terrible, exhausted slog, completely bonked, a white haze of fatigue. I could hardly keep my head up straight on my neck by the end. I finished in 3:12:46, and maybe that's not much slower than I would have run it if I'd paced better, but the final five miles needn't have been so utterly miserable.
So, I was hoping not to do that again this year. After nine marathons, including this one, I have concluded that you (or at least I) can't put time in the bank.
What I aimed to do this year at Boston was put energy and muscle in the bank. I hoped I was 2:59:XX fit. All my training benchmarks suggested I could run 6:45 pace for a marathon distance. I knew that if my goal pace was 6:50 and I was training by my Garmin, I'd better aim for 6:45, since you can't run the tangents perfectly (or at all) in a race as crowded at Boston.
So at the start, rather than saying to myself, "hey, I can run 6:45 pace, but that means I should run the downhills even faster, say 6:35," as I would on a course where the hills were more normally spaced and the first 16 miles weren't on downhill, I concentrated on not running any faster than my goal pace for the whole first 16.
It felt easy though 10. Then work from 10-16, but not too hard, concentration was required at that point, but not grim determination.
And then, because I'd gone easy (by sticking to goal pace) on the first 16, the hills were hard work, but actually fun. I didn't try and maintain the 6:45 pace up the hills, but tried not to go any slower than 7:00 and reclaimed as much as I could on the downhill sides. The first hill at 17 was a relief; my legs were happy for the variety. I wove in and out of the crowd and passed a bunch of folks. And I was able to speed up a good deal going down the other side. Even by Heartbreak, I slowed but still felt good, kept passing folks, and recovered quickly at the crest. Here are the splits from those miles.
17 – 6:52
18 – 6:53
19 – 6:41
20 – 6:52
21 – 7:00
The most critical number, though, was the split for mile 22 – which was 6:37. With that mile done, and the fastest one of the whole race, and only 4.2 to go, I began to feel confident I could hang in at a decent clip. Overall, I averaged about 6:43 pace for the last five miles. After mile 26, the last .4 miles (per the Garmin anyhow, and here's where you have to expect you're going to overrun the distance in a big, crowded race), was at 6:26 pace.
So there's my suggestion on strategy for the Boston Marathon course, based on my admittedly limited course experience, but a positive outcome three years later and the second time around: official time 2:58:43, avg. pace: 6:49.
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The Training Plan
The plan was from Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning, and I've followed it for (I think) 7 out of the 9 marathons I've run. It's enabled me to make consistent gains over the seasons, and this year make a more than 5 minute jump from a 3:04:05 PR at the fast-and-flat Baystate Marathon course October 2012. I highly recommend picking it up. Great advice throughout and the plans grow with you as you advance. My copy is battered, dogeared, annotated and well, well read. Sadly, not autographed.
Takeaways from the training cycle:
- The Pfitizinger plan breaks the training into four mesocycles of 3 to 6 weeks each focused on different elements of prep – endurance, lactate threshold training, race prep, and taper.
- Each mesocycle contains a race-pace long run, which builds throughout the program to an 18 miler with 15 (I do 16) at race pace five weeks from the marathon. I've found that if I can hit my paces in the race pace run, I can hit those paces in the marathon. (I wrote about it here.)
- The plan includes only a modest amount of speedwork – frequent strides and then once a week either a long tempo run or later in the plan long 5K pace intervals.
- A key workout combo is a 10 mile or so Tuesday run with 5-6 miles at tempo pace, and then a 14 mile Wednesday long run. I think this was one of the most potent parts of the plan for me.
- The Pfitzinger plan offers different versions for up to 55 miles per week, 55-70 miles per week, and 70 plus miles per week. I ran the 55-70 plan, but my schedule was so crazy with work and family obligations I had to modify, cutting some of the recovery run doubles out, and staying at between 55-62 miles a week most weeks.
- For scheduling reasons, I had to do my Wednesday night long runs (about 14 miles), a. at night, and b. on the treadmill because I had to be listening for the baby monitor. I actually ended up running about 50% of my mileage on the treadmill – and I think this helped immensely. This was the least tweaky/injured I've been in any training cycle, despite being the highest mileage season yet. I think all those mentally grueling nighttime 14 milers were much less physically grueling than they would have been on icy, snow packed sidewalks.
- The treadmill also let me control my hill workouts. For most of my 14 milers, I ran a warmup few miles then started alternating flat treadmill 1/2 miles with 1/2 mile climbs for 10 miles or so. I think this helped.
- My last race pace long run, 5 weeks out, was bang on – 18 miles with 16 at around 6:45, with the last two of the 16 faster than that. When this works, whatever that race pace is, I have been able to hit in the race. When I blow up, I know I have to modify the goal.
So there you have it. If you're considering training at a similar mileage level or similar race goals and have questions I didn't address here, feel free to drop me note. See you on the roads soon!


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Wal-Mart Recalls Dolls over Burn Hazards
- Updated: March 27, 2014
Wal-Mart is recalling around 174,000 of its My Sweet Love/ My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Baby Dolls. This was because the chest of the doll was overheating and could be a potential burn hazard. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that the "My Sweet Love / My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Baby Doll" has a circuit board in its chest that can overheat, causing the surface of the doll to get hot and burn someone.
Wal-Mart had received 12 incident reports wherein two were burnt o had blisters on their thumbs. Consumers are requested to stop using the doll with immediate effect and they should even go ahead and removed the batteries from it. You can go to the Wal-Mart store that you bought it from and return it and get a refund. You can even get in touch with Wal-Mart at 1-800-925-6278.
Manufactured by Tak Ngai Electronic Toys Co. of China, this baby doll was meant for exclusive sale at all Wal-Mart stores for $20. It was supposed to be available in stores from 2012 to 2014. It can be identified by UPC 6-04576-16800-5 and a date code, found on a label sewn to the bottom of the doll, which begins with WM. The sixteen-inch doll come is a cute pink overall and a matching pink cap. It was packaged with a toy medical kit, which includes a stethoscope. The doll coughs and babbles when 'sick' and her cheeks even turn red. You can use the toy medical kit to 'help her get better'.
Wal-Mart has other dolls that are manufactured by the same company in China. "We haven't discussed future business with the supplier, but they have been extremely cooperative in this entire process," said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee.


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Kevin Shih-Hung Chen (陳思宏) is a Taiwanese writer, journalist, and actor living in Berlin. He has published six books in Taiwan and China, which won several important literary awards, such as Chiuko Fiction of the Year Award, Lin Rong San Literary Award, and Taiwan Literary Award. As a journalist, he is a foreign correspondent for Taiwan MacroView TV and Performing Arts Review and regularly reports on European cultural life for numerous further newspapers and magazines. As an actor, he appeared in the German films "Global Player", directed by Hannes Stöhr, and "Ghosted", directed by Monika Treut, and further art house productions.
Flowers from Fingernails. Rye Field Publishing Co., Taipei 2002.
Ghost by Torchlight. Rye Field Publishing Co., Taipei 2003.
Attitude. Ink Publishing Co., Taipei 2007.
Rebellious Berlin. Chiuko Publishing Co., Taipei 2011.
Berlin Rebels on. Chiuko Publishing Co., Taipei 2014.
Three Ways to Get Rid of Allergies. Chiuko Publishing Co., Taipei 2015.


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| #thomas landsprung - a trip to mars | silents - the blue house | disknet - confused lines | unique - universal pictures | vision factory - intro | 9bootmenu written by digi - dial timeout +49-(0)40-5604688 | demo collection #8topaz.font | music by fred, player by jc & fred. greetings to rob hubbard! | a glacial wind blows on the red planet. | john, our hero, is sitting in front of the spaceship command-panel | of the zargon xb12 with pulso-reactors | you are looking at the hydroponic-central tower located in the myrtos plain, | started in the year 2080, just after the colonisation of mars... | ok, let's move a little in this strange world. | now you can enjoy the warbird, state-of-the-art of the martian technology, | the latest warship created | 9to fight the klingons (here again!) | what a wonderful planet,no? | in front of us, we see a martian helicopter, very very rare here! | this one is a very old model (helicos, on mars!) | we now fly to the network communication centre (ncc), | at which we wanna get connected with the earth... | the ncc is a high-tech martian development, with its 3 high density | borgol-propane distributors. | now, just look at one of the strange pla | ce of mars: the flying | village. wich is made of four flying panel! | they live in their house, about 50 meters of the floor! | how this geant stones fly in the air? | this is still a mistery | so, it's time now to leave this planet. i hope you've enjoyed | now, i just want to show you some of 'guest stars' of this | this is the megablasting hoover ship of john | with is powerful turbo-booster | but it's not very cleaver for the environment! | but it's look very impressive no? | yeah man, fun................... | and now a little carrier, | usually used for transport on the surface | the warbird, of course. | this powerful weapon is really big | but technically too: about 50 faces + the shadow !!! | yeah man, the shadow take a lot of time to do ! | one of the martian copter | nice copter, no? | the docking spacship, used for the surface to orbite travels | but it can't do long trave | a little auto-driven mecha-robot. but it doesn't seem to be | good at the moment! | and this martian motorbyke | it's inspired by the 20's century movie "tron" | another tom soft production | i want you to make a little trip in mars, for a few minutes | ok, so this ship will soon land on mars! | docking phase initialised......... | docking ready..................... | let's start the trip now | this is the first demo who bring you in a strange world: | music by fred, player by jc & fred. greetings to rob hubbard! | music by fred, player by jc & fred. greetings to rob hubbard! | 3 disks megademo? i think one good demo is better than six average demos! | and to all the megademos makers: please, if you really want to do | a megademo, put a selector to choose what you want to see !!! it's really | a pity to have to look at all the disk, to see only the good last part! | now some little hello: | are you still working on my graphics? | - martyn of newsflash u.k. | newsflahs is always great & intersting | - delta of red sector | ?o8?ope to see something new from you soon! | - ray of amignuts united | no poipoi this time | you've perhap's noticed that i used your font for | the first part of the demo! hope i can do it! | - thomas crown | ( join us on the amiga ?!) | (look at his nice paradox demo!) | - marauder of mystics | cool tune disk! | - cool j of unique | - stinger of paradox | and to all the r-tel guys: eure | ka (gvb), amigo of brainwave, | now, the technical info. the files needed ares: | they are all needed!!!! | yes, this is a lot of files, but this will make us | a little the cli, just to see if you're not one of these fucking lamers | who don't know how to make compilations! | so, i just want to see if you can do it! hahahah! | 'you want to know more about this: | the main source code is: 3867 lines long (68 kbytes) | but add to this | for the filling and drawing routines, and | for the iff handling! | and this only for the main part! | this was made using the great devpac2, with the help of ads | (assembly development system, made by a friend of mine!) | the hardest was to do the script of the demo, because i have no | editor, and this take | me a long time ! | it's a little bit harder make a ship moving around the world than | just showing simple objects flying in front of you! | but it think the result is pretty good! | but remember: | seka is still lame! | tom soft in 1990 | * a trip to mars | programming and design | thomas landspurg | fred (very old tune! copyright 1989 fred) | this is really the last p | &art of this demo. hope you've enjoyed it! | right mouse button to stop scrolltext, | and of course, left mousebutton to exit | use keys f1 - f4 for some synthetic tunes | and f5 - f7 for little sinthetic jingles | if you want to put this demo on one of your | disk, notice that it's made with a lot (!) of differents files! they are | all needed!!! read the end of the | scroll to know how to do | now, the story of this demo: | the first version was made for the contest of the french | papermag, gen4. the first price of this contest was an archimede and a | multisync monitor!!!! so, you see, a very nice price. | this was at the beginning of june. | but i had not a lot of time to do it, because i had to work | too! so i've made the first version of this | but it seem's that i've not win this contest: i think | that they prefers lame copperlist, bobs bouncing with a looooot of scroll- | so i've made the final version of the demo. the very first | part is enterly new, the beginning and the end of the demo, with some really | great effects. so this version is even better and different than the first | so now, 29 june, this is the really final version! | and i hope that i'll win something with my demos , one | actually, i've not earn anything with them! | and the last part have been improved too!!! | but the attentive spectator have noticed some bugs left!! | sorry guys, better next time! | from me, you can find: | dream pack | les poipois | if you want this, just write to me and send me a disk ( empty or | full, but no illegal stuff!): | thomas landspurg | 9, rue baldung-grien | first, some mega-giga-hypra greets to alien (of humanoids) for | being the first guy who made a real new innovative demo since a long | time. this demo is named plasmaworld, and each time put it in my drive, | i can't stop looking at it. really great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | (but the evolution demo on the disk is a little bit boooring!) | to alactraz: why don't you try to make simple demo instead of | the amiga tooltime: 07:46:49 by meikel | &part of the final trip to mars version | &part of the final trip to mars version | &part of the final trip to mars version | &part of the final trip to mars version | &part of the final trip to mars version | &part of the final trip to mars version | tom soft presente: | a trip to mars..... | (final version!) | this is really the final | version, with new great effects!! | \sread the final scrolltext to know | the complete story of this demo and | this is only the intro of the | demo.hope you'll enjoy it!!!! | it was made for the | \s sorry for not being at this party, | but this demo is my | this party........................ | and sorry, but i have no picture of | mars, so i take an earth picture's | ok, you can press the button | if no, i'll do it for you. | &part of the final trip to mars version | l&part of the final trip to mars version | `>a trip to mars main program, version 1.01 by thomas landspurg | alta of the silents!!! | 1989 by fridtjof siebe | chevrolet van | $unable to create background process
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Due Date: July 23, 2016
How Far Along: 38 weeks (39 weeks on Saturday)
Next Appointment: July 19th
Gender: GIRL!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: + 35lbs or so….I have an ice cream sandwich problem right now. And I'm not ashamed.
Exercise: Any movement feels like exercise at this point lol
Stretch Marks: No
Swelling: Yes- comes and goes. Usually at the end of the day, particularly when it's hot.
Maternity Clothes: Yes but not for long! I'm so over it. I want my old wardrobe back!!
Belly Button: Popped.
Sleep: Waking up at least once every night to pee- sometimes 2-3 times. And getting out of bed right now is the WORST.
Food Cravings: Ice cream sandwiches
Food Aversions: Nada
Symptoms: All the pain and discomfort.
Movement: Still nice and active in there.
Labor Signs: Braxton hicks, 2cm dilated, 50% effaced. Just waiting for real contractions to begin at this point.
What I Miss: My non-maternity wardrobe. And being comfortable.
What I'm Loving: Getting closer to her due date!
What I'm Looking Forward To: See above. I am SO excited to meet her and can't believe how close it is now 🙂
Best Moment This Week: Always love hearing her heartbeat on the doppler at my doctor's appointments. Since I'm so close to my due date I've been having weekly appointments, so I get to hear it often!
Words of Wisdom: Listen to your body- ask for help- rest when you can and don't feel guilty! That's been the theme for me recently. If I want to nap and eat an ice cream sandwich, that's just what I'm gonna do 🙂 Because life's about to get a whole lot crazier, very soon!


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April 13. Merle Mendis-Dennis is in charge of Shabby Chic and Judy Thomason and Mary Vance are in charge of Eve's Table.
Shabby Chic items are usually Chrystal, china, silver, etc. Eve's Garden items can be gently used gardening tools, bird feeders, decorative pots, etc.
Please bring your CLEAN donations to the meeting on Thursday. I say CLEAN because I don't think we should spend time washing donations for the sale.
Also, would anyone be willing to store donations in their basement or garage until the show? Our dearly departed Marge LaMar used to do this for the club, but we no longer have this option. Please let me know if you can help, 301-932-0251 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
See you Thursday.


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Who Wants Some Votes In Michigan?
Marc Ambinder reports that McCain's advocacy of a cap-and-trade system for carbon is starting to create some reaction in Michigan. He cites a press release calling upon evangelicals to "avoid false prophets" in regard to McCain. It quotes denialist Pat Michaels as saying "Scientists are just getting tired of exaggeration on this issue." Apparently this quote was not meant ironically.
I think that there is a tactical opening for any one of McCain's opponents in Michigan on this issue (and it's not, despite this memo, to stand athwart science yelling "I'm with stupid").
Here's what I put forward for a presidential candidate about 6 months ago in National Review:
We also shouldn't forget that, in national politics, global warming remains a tactical issue. American presidential elections almost always turn on the questions of war and the economy. Unless Al Gore wins the Democratic nomination, in which case an all-out effort to demonstrate the folly of his proposals will presumably be a centerpiece of the campaign, 2008 is unlikely to be an exception. A CBS poll in March asked adults the open-ended question of "What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?" Not surprisingly, Iraq was named first and the economy second. Global warming did not even break 3 percent.
A key political question is therefore which side could more effectively use its position on carbon taxes to peel off 1 percent of relevant votes from the opposing coalition. In a presidential election the key attributes of these targeted voters are that they are persuadable—that they could conceivably change their votes—and that they are in battleground states. It seems pretty easy to find the names and addresses for lots of people who are potentially persuadable because they have a huge perceived loss and no more than an average benefit from a carbon tax. You could start with every member of the Teamsters and the UAW. Together they represent almost 2 million people, not counting dependents. Now try to find people on the other end. I guess you could look for owners of homes within a mile of the beach, and even that's not an obvious winner.
The contemporary battleground for U.S. presidential elections is consistently the Midwest. The states with at least ten electoral votes and a 2004 presidential-election margin of less than 5 points are Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Imagine what a competent phone-bank and direct-mail effort could do in these states by contacting employees in carbon-sensitive industries (such as auto manufacturing and truck transport) with some version of this message: "My opponent wants you to pay thousands of dollars per year, and maybe lose your job, to help avoid a problem that might occur in sub-Saharan Africa a hundred years from now. I oppose this policy. I think we should invest in American technology and ingenuity to protect ourselves from any climate risk that might threaten us."
Tellingly, the most obvious examples of persuadable voters are old-line industrial-union members alienated by an elite policy that imposes huge penalties on them. They used to be called Reagan Democrats.
If one of his opponents has the wit to take a "technology, not taxes" approach to global warming, it could not only help him materially in the Michigan primary, but also be a winning position in November. This is the moment to do it.


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April 2014
Each month I will describe sights of interest in the night skies of South Carolina. These sights will be broken down into three sections; what you can see with the naked eye, with binoculars, and with a small telescope. The best time to view the night sky is at and around the times when the Moon is not visible, what is known as a New Moon; which will occur this month on April 29th. For April, your best viewing nights will be from April 1st to the 4th, and the 19th to the 30th. The Star chart below is set for Florence, SC on April 15th at 9 pm.
Lunar Eclipses:
There is a total lunar eclipse this month, but note that my heading says eclipses. For the United States there will be four total lunar eclipses in the next 17 months. Dates: April 15, 2014, October 8, 2014, April 4, 2015 and September 28, 2015. For South Carolina, only the April 4, 2015 will not be visible. I will discuss these later eclipses in my columns as they occur. At any given location on Earth, a solar eclipse is rare, but a lunar eclipse can occur at any given location every 2 to 4 years, and partial lunar eclipses are even more common. The possibility that there will be a total solar eclipse at any given location such as Charleston SC is more like once every 100 to 200 years! Note: There is a total solar eclipse over Columbia and Charleston on August 21, 2017; please mark your calendars.
The lunar eclipse this month will occur early in the morning of April 15th. Lunar eclipses are not at all as exciting as a solar eclipse, so most people will step outside to view a lunar eclipse if it occurs conveniently between sunset and about 11 pm. Therefore one may not feel driven to get up between 3 and 4 am to see this eclipse. Later in my discussion I will give you a reason to check out this eclipse.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the shadow of the Earth covers the surface of the Moon. Another definition is when the Earth is lined up exactly between the Sun and the Moon; see image below.
Of course this can only occur during a full Moon. From this description, one might conclude that we should have a lunar eclipse once each month during the full moon and a solar eclipse once each month during a new Moon. The reason this does not occur is that the orbit of the moon is slightly tilted in relation to the plane of the Earth and Sun. So each month, the full Moon usually passes above or below the shadow of the Earth; see diagram below.
You will also note that there are two shadow regions; the penumbra is an area where a portion of the Sun's light is blocked. The umbra is the area where all of the sunlight is blocked. This description would suggest that when the Moon is fully inside the umbra (total eclipse) the Moon would be dark and not visible. However, during a total lunar eclipse the Moon is darkened, but still visible, usually with a reddish brown color. The reason the Moon is not black/invisible is because the Earth has a significant atmosphere. Our atmosphere has the ability to bend (refract) the sunlight slightly around the Earth. Only light near the red end of the spectrum can make this bend. Another good reason to observe lunar eclipses is that many factors can effect this refraction such as time of night when totality occurs and the amount of dust in the atmosphere. Therefore every lunar eclipse may have a different shade of red and a different brightness.
Now I would like to mention a seldom discussed unique effect that can occur during a lunar eclipse, especially if the eclipse occurs when the Moon is somewhat high above the horizon as it is this April. To understand this effect, we begin with a question. If the Moon is a sphere, why don't we see it as a three dimensional ball in the sky, instead of a flat disk? The Moon landing cleared up this question, when the astronauts noted that the Moon's surface is covered with a fine powder. This fine dust tends to diffuse/scatter the bright Sun's reflected light, which prevents us from seeing the Moon as a ball. Now, during a total lunar eclipse, the Moon is only dimly lit by a small amount of reddish sunlight refracting/bending around the Earth's atmosphere. Under this low light, the dimensionality of the Moon can sometimes become apparent. Check it out this month, and see if the Moon looks like a ball during this total eclipse. This effect alone makes it worthwhile to set your alarm clocks for 3 am April 15th.
NASA Saturdays:
On March 29th we had our second NASA Saturday public viewing at ScienceSouth. Again we were bothered by scattered cloud covering, but the sky was much more favorable than last month. We had good clear views of the planet Jupiter and its colorful cloud bands, and its moons. In addition, we viewed the Orion Nebula and the four young stars in its center (the Trapezium), along with the Pleiades Cluster and the Beehive Cluster. Keep watching the ScienceSouth website for news of future public viewings.
Naked Eye Sights: Check out the total lunar eclipse between 3 am and 4 am on the morning of April 15th.
Binocular Sights (7 to 10 power): Still another great month to view Orion nebula and the Pleiades. Add to your list the Beehive Cluster (M44) in front of the constellation Leo.
Telescope Sights (60-100mm): Try again to see Jupiter's atmospheric bands and check out the positions of the four Galilean moons. Mars is clearly visible in the east throughout the month. You will need a higher end amateur telescope to enjoy the surface features of this planet.
See you next month!


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GreenWood: Forestry Management Meets Skilled Craft to Create Sustainable Livelihoods
Photos via GreenWood.org
During my time in Ecuador in 2007, apart from reporting on Kallari chocolate, and interviewing Daryl Hannah and David de Rothschild, I also reported on EcoMadera, a company working hard to promote responsible forestry management and sustainable use of the forest's resources. Thanks to TreeHugger's Sami Grover we've learned that an organisation called GreenWood is working along similar lines in Honduras and Peru. Read on to find out more about the amazing work they are doing with local artisans to promote sustainable livelihoods...Forest Management in Honduras
The GreenWood project started work in Honduras in 1993 as a field project for the Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection (WARP). In 2001 they became a registered non-profit organisation and since then they have trained more than 100 artisans, sawyers and forest owners in ten different communities and helped to manage more than 30,000 acres of tropical forest.
Furniture, Guitars and Boat Building
GreenWood currently produces more than 40 furniture designs and accessories, which are sold mainly to local and regional clients in Honduras, as well as working on larger international projects such as producing 'ship's knees' for the reproduction Schooner Amistad, at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut and guitar parts for the Taylor Guitar Company in California.
Working in Peru
In a similar trajectory to the Kallari Association in Ecuador, founded by American Judy Logback, GreenWood was founded by American craftsman Brian Boggs. However now, like Kallari, the project is now entirely "owned and operated" by a local board and staff. In GreenWood's case in Honduras the project now works under the name of a local nonprofit counterpart, Fundación MaderaVerde. As the Honduras program is now flying solo GreenWood is expanding its work to other areas of Central and South America. In 2007 GreenWood began applying the lessons learned in Honduras to indigenous Yanesha communities in the Palcazu Valley of the Southern Andean region of tropical Peru.
Small scale + Appropriate Technology
GreenWood describes it's mission as "sustainable development for the real world". They go on to say, "We work alongside residents of remote forest communities to help them earn more by managing their forests and creating valuable wood products than they would otherwise derive from conventional slash-and-burn agriculture or illegal logging. We employ small-scale, appropriate woodworking technologies and creative niche marketing to support good forest management and sustainable development."
GreenWood Videos
To find out more about GreenWood's work you can watch several videos on their website including one with an introduction from renowned environmentalist David Suzuki.
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Eco-Madera: Sustainable Wood From Ecuador - Part 1
Eco-Madera: Sustainable Wood From Ecuador - Part 2


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December 22nd, 2016 Sale
4 Red Transfer Bowls, Willow Ware by Royal China
Vaseline Glass Plates
5 Depression Glass Sherbert Bowls
Dishes Johnson Bros Ironstone Rose Chintz
Green Depression Glass Plates
Romantic England Dishes by J&G Meakin
Depression Glass Candlesticks
Vaseline Glass Bowls, Pitcher, Candlestick
Sharon / Cabbage Rose Plates
Depression Glass Sherbert Cups
Cups and Saucers
Romantic England by J&G Meakin Serving Platter
Vaseline Glass and Krome-Kraft Pitcher
Fitz and Floyd Plates - "Variations"
6 Depression Glass Goblets
Pink Depression Glass
Bright Pink Glasses
Arcoroc, France, Glasses, Plates, and Bowls.
Clear Glass Plates and Saucers
Red Transferware, mostly J&G Meakin
Collection of Pink Depression Glass, including Jeannette Cube
Pink Glass Plates and Platters
5 Cups with Saucers
Grouping of Clear Pressed Glass
Depression Glass
Dinnerware Service by Regency Fine China
Several Variations of Pink Wine Glasses
Cabbage Rose Creamer and Sugar, Platter, Covered Dish
Carnival Glass including some Fenton
Christmas Themed Dinnerware Service, by China Pearl
Mixture of Pink Depression Glass
Clear Pattern Glass Cups and Plates
Arcoroc Cups and a Rose Patterned Footed Bowl
Grouping of Clear Pattern Glass
Wine Glasses and Extra Tall Shot Glasses
Christmas Themed Plates and Glasses
4 Clear Glass Cake Plates or Compotes
Vintage Disney, Donald Duck Toys plus Hallmark Ornaments
Table full of Clear Glass Plates and Saucers
3 Pieces of Pink Pattern Glass
4 Clear Candy Dishes
Blue Willow Plates and Saucers
Blue Willow Bowls and Plates
Blue Willow Platters, Cream and Sugar, Egg Cup, Etc.
Blue Willow Cups and Saucers
Table Full of Clear Glass Trays
Glass Plates and Footed Bowl
2 Paint Decorated Candy Dishes
Frosted Sherbert Bowls and Wavecrest Vase
Collection of Teapots, Cups, Etc.
Gold Plated Flatware Set, Japan
Vases, Pitcher, Candy Dishes
Candlesticks, Vases, Bell – Includes some Crystal
Smaller Vases, Creamer and Sugar, Etc. - Includes some Crystal
Table full of Glass and Bowls
Milk Glass Vases and Ceramic Bird Figurines
Striped Pottery Bowl and Floral Plate
Grouping of Miniatures and Figurines
Teapots, Cups, Baskets
Pink Transferware Plates
Table full of Glassware including Mikasa
Victorian Era Porcelain Chamber Pot
Glass Trays, Plates, and Candy Dishes
4 Glass Bowls
2 Paperweights, Wendell August Plate, Camera
Silver Plated Items plus Tongs
Candles, Vases, Decanter, Etc
Primitive Antique Farm or Goat Wagon in Red Paint
Vintage Wooden Child's Sled
Earlier, all wood type, Wooden Child's Sled
Rarer, "Ram's Horn" type Wooden Sled
6 Foot Long All Wood Toboggan Sled
19th Century Bar or Pub Stool
Brass Andirons for Fireplace
Wooden Baking Board for Bread or Pizza
Mens Leather Ice Skates
Earlier, Wooden Strap-On Ice Skates
Meat Grinder, by Stern. Enamel with Art Deco Gold Paint
Antique Brass over Iron Bucket or "Jam Pan"
Small, Ornate Table. Heavily Carved with Marquetry Top.
Roseville (Ohio) RRP Pottery Bowl
19th Century Meat Platter (Staffordshire Type)
5 Small Deer Horns
Meat Grinder with Belt Drive on Antique Motor
Wheel Barrow
"Penguin Pal" Galvanized Drink Cooler
Vintage Aluminum Lunchbox with Thermos
Holmes Dehumidifier
Large Galvanized Canister (almost 2' tall)
Antique Oak Cabinet
MTD Snow Thrower. 8 HP / 26" Path.
8' Wooden Ramps with Aluminum Thresholds
Antique Washing Machine, 1900 Cataract
Vintage Wicker Sofa Table with Refinished Wood Top
Vintage Lady's Leather Ice Skates
Shipping Crate – Drink Castle Club, New Castle, PA
Wooden Sled with Hand Painted Winter Scene Painting
Antique Student's Desk
Antique Oak Hall Table
Pair of Vintage Plush Back Chairs
1950's Mid Century Naugahyde Ottoman
Antique Oak Student's Desk Chair, Marietta (OH) Chair Company
Cast Iron Toy Tractor Pedal Car
Pair of Rattan Chairs, 1960's Vintage
Coat Tree with 2 Brass Hooks
Kid's Sized Vintage Snow Shovel
Pay Phone, Bell Systems Telephone for Booth
Announcement Board or Display Case
Antique Virgin Mary Relief Wall Sculpture
Vintage Art Deco (1930's / 40's) Lane Cedar Chest
Cast Metal Eagle Wall Plaque
Shawnee Pig, Vintage Cookie Jar
Keebler Elf Cookie Jar
"Teapot", Vintage Cookie Jar
Dutch Style Wind Mill Cookie Jar, FAP Co.
Ginger Bread Man Cookie Jar, Weller
Betty Boop Cookie Jar
"Owl on Stump" Cookie Jar, by California Originals
Cookie Monster Cookie Jar, Muppets, Inc. #970
Snow Man Cookie Jar and Shaker Set
Snow Man and Teddy Bear Drummer Boy Cookie Jars
Grandma Cookie Jar
Cardinals on Snow Covered Birdhouse Cookie Jar
Poinsetta Cookie Jar
Vintage Traveling Typewriter, by Royal
Craftsman Router / Routing Stand with Bits
Craftsman 17" Weedwacker Gas Operated Trimmer
Lathe Table, 5' long, includes some accessories.
Troy-Bilt Pressure Washer with Honda Engine
5 Foot Patio Table Umbrella
Garden Tools in Rubbermaid Corner Organizing Stand
Bedroom Set: Full/Queen Bed Frame, Dresser with Mirror, Chest, Nightstand
Queen Size Bed Frame plus Metal Rails
4 Pieces of Small Furniture, including Hamper
Baker's Rack Style Shelf, Folds Away
Older Set of Poker Chips in Carousel
Plastic Shelf (comes apart for transport)
Plastic Shelf (comes apart for transport)
Antique Packard Bell Shortwave Radio with Turntable
Tall, Vintage, Table Lamp, Hollywood Regency / Moroccan Style
Birdhouse "Cage" Nick Knack Shelf
Wicker Christmas Sleigh
1920's Era Smoking Stand
Lot of Baskets plus Clothes Hamper
Wall / Ceiling Mount Fan, unused in box
Cook's Essentials Ice Cream Maker, in box
Lot of Teapots, Shaving Mug, Tea Cups
Dumb Waiter, or Pie Stand Shelf
Security Light, unused in box
Penn Fishing Reel, Long Beach, Number 66
Metal Tackle Box filled with Hardware and Bits
Miniature Ceramic Teapots
Acrylic Cigar Store Display Box. W/ Key and Humidity Gauge
Penn Fishing Reel, Long Beach, Number 60
Vintage Sunbeam Mixmaster Electric Mixing Stand
Cast Metal Keystone Meat Grinder / Sausage Stuffer
Vintage Duquesne Beer Advertising Clock.
C. Palmer and Penn Sport Lead Sinker Molds, plus Reel Line Boxes
Super Nice! Solid Brass Fireplace Log Holder
Vintage Ceiling Light / Chandelier
Metal Plant Stand
Wicker Rattan Stool
Hess Patrol Car Toy, 1993, unopened in box
4 Dolly Mama's Red-Hot-Teas Figurines with COA's
Fishing Reel, OceanCity 1700
Vintage Hunting Outfit plus Military Style Jacket and Pants
20 Gallon Tote, filled with mostly crushed aluminum cans
Tote Filled with Bows, Wreaths, Candle Warmer, Etc.
Vintage Records, Lot 1
Vintage Records, Lot 2
Vintage Records, Lot 3
4 Dolly Mama's Red-Hot-Teas Figurines with COA's – SEALED
Lot of Fishing Rods
Fishing Rods, including Early KingFisher Bamboo
Troy-Built Furrow Attachment for Wheel Horse
Very Large Tarp
Canvas Cover
Pull Behind, Standard Dethatching Rake, 42", Tine Rake Co. - new in box.
HP Deskjet 6940 Series Printer
Plastic Shelf, including Flowers and Halloween Decorations
13 Star US Flag
Glass Insulators, including Hemingray
Small Hanging Cabinet
Ceramic Mountain Goat Statue
Folk Art Miniature Rocking Chair, Welded Horse Shoes
Glass Perfume Dispensers, Atomizers
Enterprise Cherry Stoner, Cast Iron, Philadelphia
Small, Antique Tin Oil Lantern
iHome Clock Speaker, Apple iPod Compatible
Coleman Inflatable Twin Mattress
Lot of Watches, unworn, from Hong Kong
Life and Look Magazines, JFK related.
Antique "Little Boy Blue" Food Warming Dish
1960's Era, Antique Coin Facsimiles
Tole Painted Magazine Rack and Terracotta
13' Flat Screen TV by Sylvania
Vintage Beer Bottles, Pittsburgh and Independent Brewing Co.
Ceramic Duck, Carved Wood Ducks
4 Glasses, Etched with Ships
45 piece Stubby Tool Set
Pair of 1986 Series Jim Beam Fancy Urn Decanter Bottles
John Perry Sail Fish Sculpture on Burl Wood Stand
Conestoga Wagon, 1 Wheel Broken
Hand Painted Duck on Slate
Dietz Junior Hand Lantern with Red Globe, Railroad Type
Porcelain Platter with Sturgeon Fish, by Kahla, of Germany
John Perry Sail Fish Sculpture
Screwdriver and Socket Driver Set
Hand Painted Flowers on Slate
Boy Scout Yucca Bag, Back Pack
20th Century Plaster Tray or Wall Hanging
A Nice, Large, Book about the US Navy
1980s & 90s Pittsburgh Sports Newspapers
3 Sets of Sterilized Scissors from former Coroner
Vintage Poker Chips in Box
Chinese Brass Boxes and Dust Collector, Enamel resembles Cloisonne
Reloading Dies for .300 Weatherby Ammunition
Creamer, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Canisters including Puritan Slip Ware
Cast Iron Cherry Pitter, New Standard Hardware, Mt. Joy, PA
Sheep Dog Figurines and Painting on Slate
Nice, Large, Brass Deer, Buck Statue
Wooden Shoes and Other Primitive Kitchen Tools
Liberty Bell Bookends and Brass Bell on Mount
Vintage Thermos (Ball Brand Liner) and Canisters
Cart and Stand, for Display plus Miniatures and Toy Dolly
International Pewter, Carson Pot, Etc.
2 Wooden Frame Tennis Rackets
Advertising Tins and Cigar Boxes
Glassware, Brass Teapot, Blue Crock Sealer
1936 Pittsburgh Press Great Flood Newspaper
Framed Image of a Scottish Soldier
Baffle for Stopping Squirrels on Bird Feeders
Royal Heritage, Eagle. From "Birds in Flight" series
Stuffed Animals, including TY Beanie Babies
Watercolor of Chinese Boatman
Mink Hat, Wire Basket, Folk Art Rolled Paper Trash Basket, Draw Purse
C. 1900s Quarter Sewn Oak Dual Picture Frame
Antique Cast Iron Tractor Seat
Leather Purse and Plastic Indian Plaque
2 Stoneware Crocks, Wax Sealers
Sturdy Book Cart On Wheels
Birdhouses and Watering Can
Avon Cologne Bottles
Miniature Refrigerator
Plastic Shelf
Plastic Shelf
Rubbermaid Trash Can and Heavy Duty Plastic Barrel
Flexible Flyer Snow Sled with Garland
Plastic Flowers in Basket
19th C. Blue Transfer Platter, J&MP Bell
Nickel Plated Russian Samovar
Stained Glass Window (not antique) 34" x 24"
Stained Glass Window (not antique) 29" x 31"
Vintage Enamel Break Box
Wooden Stool
Antique Carpenter's Tool Box or Crate
Old Copper Bed Warmer (fill with hot water)
1939 Walt Disney Ferdinand the Bull, Chinese Checkers
Board Games: Monopoly, GI Joe, Kreskin's ESP
Board Games: Ben Casey MD, Go to Head of Class, Hollywood Stars
Book: Treasury of American Design
Framed Embroidery of Horse with Convex Glass
Antique Baby Doll, with 2 Dresses
Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Snoopy Items
Snoopy Sno-Cone Making Machine
Lot of Vintage Kitchen Graters and Mini Baking Pin
Art Deco / Art Nouveau Sheet Music Books
1900s Era Print of a Fleeing Girl
Book Plate Print, Orlando and the Wrestler
Antique and Collectables Related Books: Russel Wright and Beswick
4 Medium Sized Nutcrackers
2 Large Nutcrackers
Pink Depression Glass Plates
Store Display Merchandise Card – Pistol Tool Kit Keychains
Collection of Ethnic Dolls
Cast Metal Ornate Picture Frame Stand
Opera Glasses, Binoculars
Large Grouping of Records, Mostly Religious
Bennington / Rockingham Type Pottery Horse
Bennington / Rockingham Type Pottery Church Bank
Beswick Porcelain Horse
Art Nouveau Belt Buckle and Stick Pins
Sterling Silver Brush, the other 3 are Silver Plated
Edwardian Print of a Baby
Watercolor Painting of a Country Landscape
Pair of Glass (perhaps Crystal) Candlesticks
Mid Century Glass Eagle Cube Bookends
Mickey and Minnie Mouse Pens by Colibri for Disney
Department 56, Snowbunnies Figurines
Scotty Dog Bookends, Cast Metal
Hello Kitty Flashing Ornaments, First Aid Kit, Etc.
Minnie, Mickey, Pooh Bear Pens from Disney Store
Vintage Harmonicas, Opera and Atta Boy
Snowbunnies Figurine / Votive Candle Holder
Japanese Geisha Girl Style Pajama Box Kit
2 Relatively Modern Coca Cola Tin Advertising Signs
Lot of Vintage Toys, Watches, Games, Etc.
Books: Hardy Boys, Spartan / Eskimo / Japanese Twins Books
2 Birdhouses – One with Ceramic Tile
Bookends and Spiral Stair Lamps
Coca Cola Straw Dispenser and Anniversary Style Clock
2 Large, Cast Brass, Candle Wall Sconces
2 Harmonicas: Marine Band by Hohner and American Ace
Grouping of Sugar Cookie Molds
Cast Metal Statue of a Jumping Priest
Wendell August Hand Forged Plate and Bookends
Collection of Historical US Flag Glasses, Issued 1970s Pittsburgh Press
Avon Glasses, Goblets, Butter Dish, Etc in Deep Red, "Cape Cod" Pattern
US Military "Sweetheart" and Travel Hankies
Arthur Court Marble Cutting Board and Marquetry Wood Box
Hanging Cabinet, Chocolate Molds, & Giuseppe Armani Statue
Rosepoint Glass Sugar / Creamers and Candy Dish
1957 USS How Steel is Made Poster
McCoy (or similar) Vase
Crystal Prisms and Pendants
Chairside Height Large Magnifying Lens with Lights
Glass Body, Vintage Table Lamp.
Table Lamp, Wedgewood Style Urn Pedestal
Grecian Style, Marble Column Table Lamp
1950s Era, Moor Figural Table Lamp, Kitsch, PGH Statuary Co.
Tall, Designer Quality, Brass Table Lamp
Tall Table Lamp
Tole Painted Torchiere Style Table Lamp
Federal Grand Champion Skeet Shooting Clay Target Throws
Unique Brand Clock
Pabst Blue Ribbon, PBR, Beer Advertising Tray
1930s Art Deco, Copper Lined, Humidor, Tobacco Stand
Wire Frame Plant Stand
Artificial Poinsettias on Woven Conical Form
19th Century "Hyde Park" Blue Transfer Decorated Platter
KitchenAid MixMaster.
½ or 5/16th Thick Rope
Metal Chimney Cap, plus Artificial Flower Basket
2 Drawer Stand with Drop Leaves on Sides
Brass Planter, Wicker Cradle, Mini Chair, Picnic Basket, Tray
14" Poulan Chainsaw.
Advance Weather Station Monitoring Kit
Political and Gardening Books
Wire Framed, Soda Fountain Style, Chair
Water Fountain with Slate Center
Light, Aluminum Step Ladder
No Lot
Sprinkler Watering Stand
Electric Coin Counter with 4 Boxes of Rolls
Taxidermy Black Bear.
1960s Overnight / Make Up Travel Bag
30 Gallon Tote, with Rope, Tarp, Lawn Bag, Mat.
Food Processor
3 Shelf, Wire Frame Stand
Metal Body, Faux Bamboo Stem Floor Lamp
4 Folding Chairs
Net for Fishing
Bentwood Rocking Chair, Caned Back Rocker
Plastic Martha Stewart Ottoman, Wicker Plant Stand
Extra Long Telescopic Wand for a Pressure Washer
8 Plastic Totes
7 Plastic Totes
2 Large Wreaths, Red Bows and Lights
2 Large Wreaths, Red and Gold Bows, with Lights
Artificial Tree with Lights
Extra Large Christmas Wreath
Christmas Tree on Stand
Pair of Christmas Trees for Porch
Fall Decor
Small Blue Rocking Chair
Small Wicker Chair
Hollywood Regency Style Floor Lamp, with Ceramic Figures
Floor Lamp with Adjustable Heads
4 Fishing Poles
Sterling Silver Necklaces, 1.3 troy ounces
Pendants, Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings, Etc.
Sterling Silver Necklaces and Bracelets. 1.24 Troy Ounces.
Mostly Sterling Silver Jewelry, Over .5 Troy Ounces
10K Gold Pendant, 1.4 grams
10K Gold Ring, 2.3 grams
10K Gold Necklace with Pendant, 2.1 grams
10k Gold Necklace and Earring, 1.4 grams
10K Gold Pendant, 3.1 grams
Gruen Ladies Watch
Coach Ladies Watch
Sterling Silver Bracelets, .5 Troy Ounces
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Graphic Design students collaborate with Movember Foundation
Second year BA (Hons) Graphic Design students had the opportunity to collaborate with the Movember Foundation, as part of AUB Human.
Movember are committed to helping men live happier, healthier and longer lives and they aim to address some of the biggest health issues faced by men: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and mental health and suicide prevention.
The students were tasked with the 24-hour challenge to create anything, from online video content, to a national stunt that gets people talking about the issue and perform self-examination.
Jacob Sutton, Chris Kyte and Paula Gutierrez Arroyo collaborated on the challenge and created a short and humorous sequence that played on the idea of 'nuts and bolts'.
Movember loved the sequence and have linked to it for their April campaign.
Jacob said: "Working on the Movember 24-hour brief was such an amazing experience! The best part about this brief was that it was real. Our video has been shared around the world thanks to Movember, which is something really quite incredible! It is great to think that a quick video we made with some nuts and bolts could potentially help someone, somewhere in the world".
Chris added: "The Movember project was my first ever 24-hour brief. It was a challenge but I very much enjoyed working at such a fast pace to meet the tight deadline. We were then delighted when Movember got in touch afterwards, asking if our work could be used for their social media page! The feeling that the work we produced can possibly help save lives is extremely rewarding and a privilege to be a part of."


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Christmas Gifts Ideas (Express Your Feeling On Christmas)
The loving, happiest and special time is coming and it is called Christmas. It is much awaited event for Christian and they celebrate it in all over the world. For this occasion people makes different and unique plans and as well exchange gifts. Kids really love this event because on this occasion they received gifts from their elders.
Gifts play a significant role during Christmas and it makes Christmas special and unforgettable. Christmas gifts are one of the main attractions of Christmas. As a mom and dad, Christmas may be a giving you a headache because you require to know what is the most well-liked and best Christmas gifts are for children's.
Every year it becomes more hard and tricky to discover interesting Christmas gift ideas. When you go market for buying a gift then you can't understand what you should buy for him/her. If you are worry about gifts and thinking what you should buy then now you should not take any stress or worry because now days getting gifts ideas in not a hard job.
Internet is providing lots of gifts ideas. Just visit on internet and get different Christmas gifts ideas. If you want to give gift to someone then first of all you should know his/her likes and dislikes.
Christmas gifts are more about the feeling and sentiments than the price label. These days Christmas gifts are not tough to find, since throughout the holiday seasons, there are many choices for you. Homemade Christmas gifts are a perfect and great idea and family and friends extremely love them. Homemade Christmas gifts always considered unique and antique gifts and it's always attracts to others. If you would like to get some gift ideas through us then we are giving you here some best Christmas gifts ideas:
For Men:
Men always like to get electronic products such as i pod and any type of gadget. They are not buys these things themselves but love to have them. If you want to give gift to men then you can as well give them a beautiful wrist watch, perfume, dress or t-shirt, wallet, shoes and if he is a sportsmen then you can also give him any sports item suppose if he is a cricketer then you can buy for him a bat, a ball or a kit.
For Women:
Women always love jewelry and makeup kits. Finding gifts for women is a little bit hard because women choice is different. Women as well like to get interesting book, chocolates, bags, glasses, candies, teddy bear, flowers and beautiful Christmas cards. You can give these gifts to women.
For Kids:
If you would like to buy gifts for kids then you can select for them a beautiful toy, chocolates and candies, clothes, games, cycle and cash.
For Lover:
If you love someone and want to give him/her special and unique gift then first of all you should know about his/her likes. You can buy anything according to his/her like but with the gift you should as well give him/her a beautiful heart, red flower, heart candies and a romantic kiss.
These are the best ideas for Christmas gifts and we are hoping you will like it and as well we are sure these ideas will assist you on your search for a huge Christmas gift idea.


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Just One Night - Josh & Bailey by Melanie Shawn Book Summary
Stand-alone Crossroads romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!
Bailey Rossum was living out a bad country song.
After being stood up and having her pickup truck break down, Bailey found herself walking barefoot in a ball gown down a back road. And when her sexier-than-sin ex rides up on his steel horse Bon Jovi style to rescue her, she knows she has to accept his help even if it means breaking her heart all over again.
Josh Scott had no interest in being anyone's hero.
After finding the only woman he'd ever loved stranded on the side of the road, Josh knew that he had to do the right thing. And when his headlight shone on long silky, blonde hair, huge doe eyes, and the most perfect set of lips ever created he knew his already shattered heart was in serious trouble.
To live in the present, Josh and Bailey have to face their past. If they do they just might have a future…and it all starts with just one night.


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The Importance of AC Maintenance
KW Lang Mechanical offers a wide range of Rocky River AC service options, and we have a solution that is right for your needs. We feel that the best way to avoid air conditioner issues is to schedule air conditioner maintenance with us regularly. This way, your system will be at its best when you need it most. The benefits of having us maintain your system are:
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A fun way to learn more, including about the famous visitors to the Montreux Riviera.
Rencontres & Inspiration (Encounters & Inspiration) invites you to discover different places in Montreux Riviera: well-known locations and unexpected sites, through the vineyards of Lavaux, the lush mountains overlooking the area, quays lined with flowers and urban districts, from Villeneuve to Lutry.
On the way, benches dedicated to famous people who once stayed in the region offer you the opportunity to learn more about them. Discover what inspired them and what connects them to Montreux Riviera by reading a passage from their life through one of their works or letters, while visiting the places that they once visited.
In order to enjoy Rencontres & Inspiration fully there is an application to guide you using your smartphone or a tablet. At each bench, anecdotes and exclusive multimedia content will give you an additional overview of each famous person.
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Upscale Indian restaurant Royal Khyber recently celebrated 30 years of serving beautifully prepared dishes with aesthetic flourishes originating in the days of emperors.
I wasn't expecting a meal at a palace, but I had high expectations, especially walking through the door and seeing a wall of accolades, including Zagat's. While my visits were pleasant enough, I was mostly underwhelmed by the food and the service, especially for the price. The most memorable part of the experience came in the details: lovely platters and garnishes and interesting paintings on the walls.
The Santa Ana restaurant, near South Coast Plaza, offers a more upscale look than many other Indian restaurants. The atmosphere is dark and formal, especially at dinner. Textile upholstered chairs anchor the dining room with tables covered in white linens. Paintings depicting life in India are more refined than the bejeweled goddess motif often found in more casual settings.
On a Friday night we were greeted and seated promptly, but our encounter with our server felt a bit rushed. She smiled but answered questions with a slight edge of brusqueness. We started with the vegetable snack, a mix of four onion fritters, a potato and pea samosa and a potato patty for $7.95. We liked the tangy chutney dipping sauce. Our favorite snack was the silver-dollar shaped patty, with a soft creamy interior and crisp, hash brown-like exterior.
We tried the navrattan khorma and the malai kofta, both $13.95. The first dish was fine, a mix of lima beans, carrots, cauliflower, zucchini and red pepper covered in a mild sauce of tomato and ginger. The malai kofta, vegetable dumplings with a creamy red sauce, was a disappointment when compared with preparation elsewhere. I like the savory, colorful variety of packed balls of veggies, but these were mushy white cylinders of puréed potatoes, cauliflower and house-made paneer cheese. They tasted like rich, over-buttered potatoes. The sauce was well-spiced but best suited to camouflaging the dumplings. The garlic naan ($4.25) was warm, thick and tasty. We also shared a dish of basmati rice ($4.95), which was just barely enough.
The most interesting part of the meal came in the form of a little square of what looked like tinfoil stuck in the middle of our entrees, along with a maraschino cherry. Our served explained that the sheet is edible and made of real silver. I later learned the tasteless vark was a tradition developed for food served to emperors.
On our way out, we helped ourselves to a scoop of anise seeds, the black licorice-tasting breath freshener, certainly more fun that grabbing a mint.
Back for lunch, I liked the look better with light from the windows lightening the mood. Even with several tables nearby – a group of businessmen in suits and a multigenerational family – we could easily chat without raising our voices. We each ordered a mango lassi made with sweet canned mango pulp imported from India and tangy yogurt, made in house three times a week. While refreshing and delicious, they cost more than a Jamba Juice smoothie at $6.25 each.
We were served by the same waitress as before, but this time she came across as more present and attentive.
I was eager to try the specialty olive stuffed naan ($4.95), a standout if you love green olives (or martinis). Owner Arun Puri said his wife developed the recipe a few years ago after watching her husband sip a martini. I loved the warm bits of chopped olives layered in the thin wheat bread. It tasted so fresh and wholesome but also bold with the salty olives. Normally, I like to dip the bread in sauces and dishes, but with this naan I wanted to savor every bite without embellishment. The kitchen also prepares an onion basil naan and naan stuffed with lamb or chicken.
The tandoori chicken ($14.40) arrived hot from the traditional mesquite charcoal-fueled tandoor oven on a cast iron pan, with two red clay-colored drumsticks and a breast. Squeezing lemon juice on top of the chicken and strips of grilled onion made sizzling sounds like bacon frying in a pan. The reddish color comes from the deep marinating process of the whole bird with yogurt, saffron, ginger garlic paste and chili. The chicken tasted tender and flavorful without too much heat.
The vegetarian thali ($18.95) came on a beautifully arranged silver platter of spinach and cauliflower, eggplant with tomato and brown lentils served in delicate silver dishes. The platter included a small serving of rice and choice of plain or garlic naan as well as a small salad and raita yogurt sauce. Preparation is elaborate. My favorite, the eggplant bhartha, for instance, is baked in the tandoori oven until it's charred. The vegetable is then peeled and combined with tomatoes, fresh ginger and yellow onions cooked to the point of sweetness. I liked that each dish tasted fresh and varied in level of spiciness, but again, I ran out of rice while I still had plenty of food to finish.
Royal Khyber certainly has a long history in Orange County, and has made some creative menu adaptations. But in all, I found the food largely unexceptional for the price. In retrospect, I probably should have gone with the anniversary special, which is still being offered: a three-course meal and a glass of wine for $30.
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Romans 12:21
I have been working on this post for days.
Not wanting to take the chance of offending,
yet, feeling I needed to release the words, so the burden would lift.
Please know that I write this in love and only because I care so much.
I suppose God had me wait to post this until AFTER yesterday's election.
Because standing there yesterday, in my little voting booth,
I felt conviction fall over my spirit with a powerful force.
Never before have I taken the voting process so seriously.
I'll explain the reason for my dilemma later in this post
but first, I'll ask you a few questions, if I may....
Like things are so far gone, there is no hope of recovery?
Like we all may as well raise a white flag of surrender,
because there is just no sense in continuing to fight?
Like nothing we do will ever be able to make a difference anyway?
Like you are weary of swimming upstream?
Like you are fighting a forest fire with a garden hose?
I will admit to you that I have become very disheartened over the downward spiral
that seems to be picking up speed at an alarming rate in our nation and world.
It grieves my heart more than I could ever express in mere words.
I can hardly pray without weeping anymore.
It just hurts so much.
We have been studying American History in Zachary's 8th grade curriculum,
and as we read together, sometimes I have to stop, because the tears overpower my words.
When I look at our nation today and compare it with the way it started,
it breaks my heart.
The men who founded this great nation of ours believed in God.
They prayed to God.
They made God the focus of their endeavors.
They trusted in Him and founded our legal system upon the foundation of His Word.
I have often wondered what on earth they would think if they could rise from the dead
and see the state of our present society.
Oh, dear Lord!
Don't we realize we will be judged by the same Book as them?
Just because time has marched on, do we think God has changed His mind?
That He has suddenly decided to condone evil as acceptable behavior?
God's Word is forever settled in Heaven. (Psalm 119:89)
It has not, nor will It ever change.
Somehow, we have deceived ourselves into thinking that evil is good,
and good is evil.
How did things become so distorted and upside down?
How is it that standing up and reading straight out of the Book of all books...
God's Divinely-inspired, Holy Word,
has become something that is labeled hate-speech?
The Bible is 100% good, righteous, and true.
So, how could this be labeled evil?
And how can the things the Bible condemns as evil,
now be called good and acceptable?
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness..."
Isaiah 5:20
The lines have become blurred in our vision.
What is so clearly black and white/right and wrong in God's Word
has faded into a muddled shade of grayed confusion in our minds and society.
How did this happen?
How did we stray so far from the ways of our founding fathers
who feared God, respected His Word, and had a genuine disdain for evil?
How have we become so desensitized to the exceeding sinfulness of sin? (Romans 7:13)
In order for there to ever be found a solution, we must first figure out how we got here.
I believe there have been several contributing factors,
but the biggest culprit, sad, sad, sad to say, is surprising and appalling,
because it lies within the confines of the last place we would ever think to look....
the church.
Where am I going with this, you ask?
How can I be so audacious as to place the blame on something so "benign" and "innocent"?
Please stay with me, and hopefully, as you read, you will sense the heavy burden upon my heart,
and you will come to see that we, the church, are very much to blame for the current state of spiritual affairs in our nation and in our world.
I believe we have dropped the ball.
Plain and simple.
I will give you my reasons.
Watered-down, sugar-coated, ear-tickling preaching, for starters.
A lack of proclaiming the full truth from Sunday morning pulpits.
The watchmen on the walls (Ezekiel 33) seeing the signs of danger,
but choosing to ignore them, failing to warn the people,
and hoping things will "just get better on their own."
Picking and choosing which parts of the Word of God are most palatable
and only preaching those select parts from rostrum platforms.
Fearing the loss of members and allowing that fear to control and dominate
the subject matter of sermons.
Turning sanctuaries into "feel-good" arenas of entertainment,
where church-goers are made to laugh, dance, and worship celebrity idols,
instead of worshiping the Lamb of God, Who died for our sins.
Concern over "offending" the more generous tithers and donors,
therefore withholding Biblical information that contradicts their life choices.
Slipping from complacency into downright apathy.
Failure to get involved in utilizing our God-given right to vote for political leaders who
share and defend the same Biblical values we so strongly believe and support.
Sitting back in our fantasy world of making believe that all will end well,
even if we make the choice to do nothing.
Pretending we possess no personal responsibility or accountability.
Lack of unity among Christ's earthly body.
Refusing to lay aside our petty differences for the sake of a world literally going into eternity,
without God and without hope.
Holding each other within the ranks of Christianity at arm's-length,
tearing each other down, envying one another's individual successes and victories,
trying to outdo one another, competing with one another for applause and acceptance,
and biting and devouring one another in the process. (Galatians 5:15)
Ignoring the needs of "the least of these", (Matthew 25:40)
turning a deaf ear to their cries,
and closing our eyes to the reality of their pain.
Completely disregarding God's command to turn from our own wicked ways,
to repent, and to earnestly seek His face for healing and restoration. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Placing man-made labels upon ourselves,
boxing ourselves into little huddles of man-made groups and factions,
and refusing to let anyone else in....or out.
Placing the blame on everyone else, when we, ourselves are lackadaisical and refuse to lift a finger in the direction of positive change.
Refusal to call sin by its real name.
Does this younger generation even know or comprehend the definition of sin?
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..."
Hosea 4:6
"Therefore My people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge:
and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst."
Isaiah 5:13
"Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned Mine holy things:
they have put no difference between the holy and the profane,
neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean,
and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them."
Ezekiel 22:26
how can we expect those who watch and listen to know the difference between what God calls holy and what He calls profane?
Unfortunately, there are many who rely solely upon their pastor/minister for their spiritual guidance.
There are way too few independent thinkers, who will listen to what is being said,
then go home, take out their Bible, and prayerfully delve into Its contents,
comparing what the Holy Spirit reveals to what they have heard from the pulpit.
We cannot afford to place the most precious part of our being into the safekeeping of another human,
no matter how highly-regarded, well-respected, popular, or world-renown they are,
how many books they have had published,
how many Facebook followers or likes they have,
the square footage or number of pews in their mega-church,
or how many parishioners sit under the sound of their voice every Sunday.
At the end of the day, when all the dust settles, whether they or anyone else likes to admit it,
every single one of us is human.
We are fallible.
We may or may not be withholding necessary information.
We may or may not be blurring the lines.
We may or may not be skewing the facts.
We may or may not have the best interests of our eternity-bound souls at heart.
What if their motivation is greed?
What if they aren't truly God's anointed, but self-appointed?
Is it worth taking the chance of putting the entire weight of your spiritual guidance
on their very mortal shoulders?
Please don't misunderstand me.
I am not trying to spawn suspicion.
I am just saying we need to be careful.
We need to seek God for wisdom.
We need to be filled entirely with His Holy Spirit,
so we will be able to discern what is of God and what is not.
We need to read and study His Word, on our own, outside the walls of our Sunday gatherings,
so we will know 100% certain that we are being told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but.
Because didn't Jesus say it takes the truth to make us free? (John 8:32)
Don't we want to hear it straight?
Wouldn't it be best to find out our true spiritual state now,
while there is time and opportunity to make adjustments,
rather than to wait until we stand before our Creator, and it is too late?
I absolutely believe that
"as goes the church, so the nation...even the world...will follow."
Near the beginning of this post, I said this,
"In order for there to ever be found a solution, we must first figure out how we got here."
Deep in our heart of hearts, I think we know, don't you?
So, if we, the church, are to blame, what do we do now?
What is the solution?
Even though our generation has inherited a big part of this,
we have done our fair share in advancing it to where it is today...
simply by our passivity.
Our tolerance.
Our desensitized oblivion.
The solution....the antidote....is found in the one place we can look and ALWAYS find good news,
definitive answers, sound advice, and exactly what we need.
"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."
Romans 12:21
and the house of Jacob their sins."
Isaiah 58:1
"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble:
for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand."
Joel 2:1
I pretty much knew who I was voting for before we got there,
at least where most candidates were concerned.
That is.....all candidates but one.
He was the only one I was struggling with.
I'll be honest and tell you why.
I really, really like this guy.
We know him and his wife personally.
We have been in their home and patronized their business.
He has participated in charitable activities and even a church event with us.
He is a really, really nice man.
So, why wasn't it just a no-brainer to click the little check mark when I came to his name
in the voting booth?
Why did I stand there for so long yesterday, feeling so completely conflicted?
It was this.
This man, even though he is one of the nicest people you could ever meet or talk to,
and even though I respect him as a person and enjoy being around him,
has a very liberal, unChristian, non-Biblical worldview
on subjects that are very near and dear to my heart.
These are subjects that I simply cannot ignore.
As I stood there yesterday, boy, did I struggle.
It was like I felt a sense of betrayal if I didn't vote for him,
yet, I felt guilty if I did.
I'll tell you the truth.
I have voted for him in the past.
But, that was before I knew or realized what he stands for and against.
Somehow I thought that since he was such a nice, likable kind of guy,
surely he must be someone I could put my weight behind and support.
But is being likable what really matters?
When these men and women sit down to convene and implement legislation
that will affect our individual lives and the lives of our children for years to come,
what matters most?
The fact that they were likable, or the fact that they were RIGHT?
I stood there, struggling, and the Holy Spirit made it plain.
If I voted for him, I would be putting my personal sanction on every political decision he makes.
So, in a small, not-so-significant way, I would be an accomplice to his participation, right or wrong.
Because after all, my vote, no matter how singular or small,
would help to put him in the position to participate in the first place.
I knew what I had to do, and I did it.
Is it better to please man or to obey God? (Acts 5:29)
Voting has always been important to me.
If we don't vote and make our individual contribution to the process,
I don't think we have any right to complain about the results.
As Christians, we have held back and been way too passive,
not even utilizing our God-given freedoms to make a difference.
and everything our founding fathers believed.
We could not be more wrong.
Can we not see where lack of involvement and participation has landed us....
far from the spiritual ground of our founding fathers?
Is this where we really want to stay?
Prayerfully going to the voting booth on election day is just one way we can try to reverse this spiral.
Preaching the full truth of the Gospel, in the face of whatever comes against us, is another.
Our nation, our world, has been overcome with evil for a long time.
It is time to start overcoming that evil with good.
Don't you want to see things turn around?
Call me a dreamer, but I still have hopes of a Great Awakening.
I still pray for REVIVAL.
It all starts with one heart full of passion for God and willingness
to do anything and everything He asks.
Let it start here, dear Lord.
Let it start right here.
Positive change starts with you...and me.
Stay tuned for a follow-up post on other ways we can overcome evil with good!
Lauren's dream came true when she got to play in her first college basketball game on Sunday!!
I love the Scripture on the back of the T-shirts being worn in her honor.
Be strong and courageous.
Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged,
for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9"
Bless her dear heart!
Lauren has to be one of the strongest, most courageous people,
and her story is inspiring so many!
So thankful she was able to live out her dream
and still believing God for the miracle she needs!
Please keep praying for her and all of the others who need prayer at this time.
God is still on the throne, and He is not limited in power.
Let us keep our faith in Him!


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