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You would do well to join the intensity of the day, Aries. You have the ability to unravel any riddle and find the underlying cause of any dispute. There's a great deal of potential for you to follow through on some major projects today. Work to press through with your ideas. Don't back down. Your sensitivity is your greatest asset. Feel free to express your emotions.
Today might end up being quite combative, Taurus. There may be people opposing you from all sides. There are apt to be some serious disruptions to your daily routine. Others may be quite stubborn, and you're apt to fall into a situation in which no one is willing to back down. Whatever happens, you will be called upon to act. This will most certainly be an eventful day.
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Your flexibility will be tested today, Gemini. You may end up twisting and flexing your body to fit the contours of the day. You will find that if you join forces with the powerful movers, you will get quite a bit done and be successful. Don't be intimidated by the intensity of other people's emotions. You will find strength in your calm, grounded self.
You may have a hard time figuring out why everyone is so worked up today. Don't waste your time, Cancer. You're better off accepting that things simply are the way they are and allowing other people to have their drama. Your job is to maintain balance. This may be easier said than done. You're working with some pretty intense issues, but nothing you can't handle.
If anyone is capable of dealing with the intense emotional energy of today, it's you, Leo. Other people may be angry and unable to stomach the sensitive issues that may arise. Take care, since there may be some major opposition coming at you that disrupts your plans. You will face a practical, grounding force that questions your methods of operation. Use these lessons to your advantage.
Stubborn forces may challenge your easygoing nature today. You would do well to tap into this aggressive energy and use it to follow through on some projects that you've left hanging, Virgo. Other people may be unyielding in their positions, but you can easily overcome this by tapping into your flexible, adaptable nature. Don't get upset and restless. Go with the flow.
Tune into the aggressive energy of today, Libra, and use it to push your intentions forward. Today's emotional intensity will bring you to your knees if you aren't careful. The secret is to harness the energy and use it to your advantage. Try not to get caught between the crossfire of conflict. Tap into the slow-moving, generous force that's helping you ground your thoughts and emotions.
This is one of those days in which you need to act or else you will be acted upon, Scorpio. Stubborn, aggressive forces are working counter to your aims. You will find yourself swept up in the thick of things if you aren't careful. Don't get too worried about what other people consider wrong. Have confidence in what you know is right.
The intense energy of the day is helping you streamline your projects and solidify your thoughts, Sagittarius. Work to manifest the ideas and dreams that constantly swirl in your head. Today is a great day to bring your mind into focus and get down to the nitty-gritty. Clean up the scraps off your plate and make room for the next gourmet course to be served.
Suddenly your emotions are much more intense, Capricorn. You notice that people are on edge and they're likely to go to extremes in all situations. This is one day to do things with passion. If there is any sort of detective work you need to get done, now is the time to do it. Try not to start any arguments. Others aren't likely to back down. All-out wars are likely to ensue.
There's a strong force working to oppose you today, Aquarius. Another's unbending attitude may be holding you back from things you're trying to accomplish. Take the time to see the other side of the situation. You can gain a great deal of perspective and come to a healthy point of balance, thanks to the events of the day. Don't back down from your viewpoint just because everyone doesn't agree with you.
There's an intensity about the day that may cause you to recoil from certain events and conversations, Pisces. Issues could get uncomfortable and perhaps a bit too involved. Other people may want to go to places that you don't want to go to. Don't get upset or frustrated. Either join in and roll with the punches or walk away and deal with the issues later


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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Rook – Sharon Cameron
History is doomed to repeat and the setting in Paris, France. This dystopia features a society that has shunned all things related to old technology. The ruthless leader of the revolution created a blood bath in killing the former ruling … Continue reading
The Gospel of Loki – Joanne M. Harris
I know a tale, o sons of earth I speak it as I must. Of how nine trees gave life to Worlds, That giants held in trust. So begins the authorized version of the history of the Nine Worlds as … Continue reading
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back – Janice P. Nimura
In 1871, five little girls clothed in rich, embroidered silk, their hair elaborately dressed, were presented to the Empress of Japan. Two were teenagers, the smallest was only six. The Empress commended them for their intention to study abroad. No … Continue reading
Rock with Wings – Anne Hillerman
Officer Bernie Manuelito couldn't let go of the drug bust that didn't happen. The guy seemed nervous, even offered her a bribe, but he and his car were clean. The only things found in the trunk were boxes of dirt. … Continue reading
Magonia – Maria Dahvana Headley
Aza Ray's parents were never aware that their daughter was switched at a very young age. Aza Ray has miraculously reached her teen years after many hospitalizations as a result of a strange lung disease. Her health takes a sudden … Continue reading
In a World Just Right – Jen Brooks
When Jonathan was in grade school, he survived an airplane crash that killed his family. He has many scars from the crash and he distances himself from his classmates. He is raised by an uncle who is curiously absent from … Continue reading
Dream a Little Dream – Kerstin Gier; translated by Anthea Bell
Liv and her sister have spent their childhood travelling from country to country and they want to land in one spot, a home. Their mother has taken a job in England and there is a little country cottage with their … Continue reading

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ObjectiveThe following article will provide the readers with information on how to update/upgrade Kali Linux system.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: - Kali Linux - rolling release
RequirementsPrivileged access to your Kali Linux System as root or via
sudo command is required.
- # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
- $ - given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
Step 1: Configure Kali Linux RepositoriesThe first step is to set correct Kali Linux repositories. Make sure that your
/etc/apt/sources.list file contains the following official Kali repositories:
deb https://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib deb-sources https://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list file may break or compromise your Kali Linux system.
Step 2: Update Kali LinuxTo begin the update of your Kali Linux system first update the packages index list. Open up terminal and enter:
$ sudo apt updateNext, optionally, display all packages which are scheduled for update:
$ apt list --upgradableAt this stage we have an option to upgrade individual packages using
apt install PACKAGE-NAME or upgrade all packages at once:
$ sudo apt upgrade
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Step 3: Upgrade Kept Back PackagesDue to package dependency changes some of the Kali Linux packages might be kept back.
If this is this case you will be notified by the
apt upgrade Linux command at the end of the Kali Linux upgrade process. You may upgrade each kept back package individually using the
apt install PACKAGE-NAME command or update all kept back packages at once:
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1930 Pierce-Arrow
Model A
Configuration: Front-engine, rear wheel drive
Engine: 365 CID inline 8-cylinder engine
Horsepower: 132hp
Transmission: 3-speed manual
A Little History
The name Pierce-Arrow was once one of the most recognized and respected names in the automobile industry. For 38 years, the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company in Buffalo, New York, produced some of the finest automobiles made.
For over 20 years, Pierce-Arrow supplied cars to the White House for the use of the President, as well as for the royal families of Japan, Persia, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Belgium, and scores of congressmen, ambassadors, governors, businessmen, and entertainers.
(The 1930 parade car built for the Shah of Persia. This $30,000 car had silk upholstery, gold hardware, Siberian wolfhound fur rugs, and the royal crest in precious jewels.)
At the end of the roaring 1920s, competition among luxury automakers had reached its peak. In order to keep up, Pierce-Arrow partnered with Studebaker in order to bring to market the
1930 Pierce-Arrow.
These cars came in three variations: Model B, Model C and the largest, and most expensive, luxury model, Model A – on exhibition here.
The Design
Everything about the Pierce-Arrow Model A is extravagant, from the Apollo-like "Archer" hood emblem (in Greek mythology, Apollo's golden chariot drove the Sun across the heavens),
to the storage area made especially for the driver's golf clubs, to the integrated headlamps,
down to the external "rumble box" seat made for – it was joked – annoying passengers.
Did You Know?
The body for the car on exhibition was designed by famed coachbuilder Raymond H. Dietrich, whose handiwork is celebrated perhaps even more so today.
Gibson Guitars CEO Ted McCarty, in 1962, convinced Dietrich to come out of retirement to design a new solid-body electric guitar that would not be limited by the traditional ways of designing and engineering an electric guitar – the result was the classic, 'reverse' Gibson Firebird, released in 1963, one of the most iconic and recognizable electric guitar designs ever.


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This week I've been celebrating finishing university by playing Game Dev Tycoon. This is a Steam game, developed by Greenheart Games and available for £6.99.
When I Initially loaded the game, it seemed quite linear and simple. The first stage of levelling- going from a one-man-band in your own garage, to moving into your own office, went well, and made it seem like the game would be quite easy to complete.
Once I got to the middle stage of the office, and starting employing people and making larger games, the game opened up a lot more. So much more, in fact, that I then realised I was only looking at a narrow area of the game. Levelling up staff and unlocking extra elements to include in created games are both set up by the same thing, Research Points: as it isn't always clear how to get more research points, I didn't have enough to unlock many things that in a real-life scenario would be company-destroying.
I would have preferred RP for games and staff to be slightly more separate, as it could have opened up more defined routes for the game, such as focusing on creating superstar staff who developed contracted games, or average staff putting all their focus into being at the cutting-edge of technology. While these options can obviously still be done in the game, it would have been nice if you could grow into a certain type of studio.
Furthermore, the research system seems imbalanced compared to real life. Without deliberately playing badly, I was developing for the in-game equivalent of the PS4 and Xbox One, without having unlocked online play or even 3D graphics. Realism fail.
Probably linked to this is the sense that the endgame seems to happen too early. I had finished the 35-year development campaign before I got to access major parts of the later game such as making my own console and investing in R&D. Although it's important to note that the game continues for as long as you want after the 35 years, it just means no new consoles or technologies are introduced to the industry. For example, my save file is currently on Year 53, and now I've got to the point of creating own console and my own Steam-esque distribution platform, that's opened up even more areas to progress in.
It would perhaps make sense if technological improvements were made easier to unlock but were required more often, maybe making progression more forced- as it is easy for a player to develop one engine then stagnate for years, in a way that could not be done in real life.
|Lategame developments and the different areas that can be managed.
The Games-Within-The-Games
|An average (in both senses) game review.
After games are released, they are given an aggregate review score. You can also analyse games after they are released, which provides hints about whether the genre, topic, and audience matched up, and whether your team had even workloads. This doesn't go into much depth, meaning it can be very difficult to work out exactly why your game was a 8 instead of 10, or a 3 instead of a 5, using the information provided in-game.
However, the scores are awarded according to an algorithm, which the wiki and online community have extracted and created spreadsheets from. The spreadsheets specify the correct level for each variable in each development stage, meaning a sufficiently-thorough player can score perfect 10's every time. The only major criticism of the game I have is this setup, which means a player has the dichotomy between having nowhere near enough information, or too much.
In attempting to make a simulation of something as complex as game development, it either needs to be incredibly realistic and detailed, or obviously simplified and arcade-like; GDT, while a fun game, is neither of those two things, and suffers slightly for it.
Most achievements in the game seem fair without being too easy or difficult- most are for tasks like hiring members of staff, or selling large amounts of games..
Two seem very difficult at the moment, namely, selling 100 million games without a publisher, and making a perfect 10/10 game. As the 100 million achievement precludes MMO's, the only type of game that can be sold indefinitely, it is hard to see how this could be done.
There are also some Easter Egg achievements, such as naming your developed games after famous games, or naming your studio after a famous studio (including, as a nod to the developers, the developers studio). This creates a sort of alternate history idea for the game which is both good in terms of continuity nods, but bad in terms of dissonance as it makes the unrealistic aspects I mentioned about research earlier stronger.
Overall, I would still recommend playing this game- it's fun, accessible, and has the slight-obsession-causing nature of a good sim game. However, GDT probably wouldn't be the best option for people wanting a serious game-dev game, as the lack of in-depth information may get frustrating.


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The Bowl and Shield finals are in the books at the RugbyTown 7s.
Bowl Final: College All-Americans 25-7 Atavus
The All-Americans opened the scoring with Lorenzo Thomas crashing over in the corner. It was all set up from an amazing restart from Cody Melphy to pin Atavus in the corner. The All-Americans were eventually able to win the ball back and on a quick tap caught Atavus unorganized allowing Thomas to score. Unfortunately for them Cristian Rodriquez was sent to the bin for interfering with a lineout . Even down a man penalties and errors would haunt Atavus giving the All-Americans plenty of possession. With that possession Maceo Brown would score to put the All-Americans up 10-0. They would lead 15-0 at the half after more possession from an Atavus mistake. Cody Melphy did the dirty work with a nice chip and then a few phases later Reece Czarknecki would score yet another one of his numerous tries on the weekend.
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Tim Stanfill would put Atavus on the board first in the second half after receiving a great pass from Isoa Donaldson. Jope Motokana would hit the easy conversion and the deficit was cut to 15-7. A good team try from Jihad Khabir would restore the advantage for the All-Americans. Mikey Baska would then add another try as the All-Americans would go on to win 25-7.
Shield Final: Navy 24-17 Coast Guard
Navy went up 5-0 early in the Shield final as Jake Griffin finished off a nice chip and chase. The Coast Guard responded right away as good possession saw Keith Wilkins score. The back and forth continued with Navy answering via Michael Fletcher for two tries to go up 17-7 at halftime. Navy continued to roll in the secon dhalf getting a try a minute in from Derek Biehle. The Coast Guard did a good job regrouping and pushed their way close to the line eventually getting a try while Navy picked up a yellow card. With the try the Coast Guard had narrowed the lead to 24-12. They then made things even more interesting with a minute and a half to go as Eric Geckas scored near the corner. Unfortunately the missed conversion meant they could only go for the draw. Not wanting to let that happen Navy held on to the ball, nearly scoring a try, for the win.


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We end our Bench View Series with images of the Spring, Fall and Winter seasons. Hope you enjoyed the unusual perspectives.
Category Archives: Fall
Slide to Digital – Fall Colors in Japan
A Japanese lantern against a backdrop of Fall colors in Japan circa 1985.
A Town Nestled in the Foothills
Gatlinburg, Tennessee nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains pictured on a cloudy Fall day
Colors on the Hillside
Remnants of Fall colors on trees growing on the side of the hill
Back-lighting the Fall Colors
The Fall colors are even more enhanced with natural back lighting
Color in the Woods
Fall colors enhance the dark tree trunks in Smoky Mountains National Park
A Natural Frame
The branch of a tree creates a natural frame for Fall colors at Smoky Mountain National Park


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Chandigarh, Oct 11: A day after resigning from the Punjab assembly, former Shiromani Akali Dal leader Inderbir Singh Bolaria joined the Congress on Tuesday.
Bolaria, who represented the Amritsar-South assembly seat since 2008, had sent his resignation to Assembly Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal on Monday.
He joined the Congress in the presence of state Congress president Amarinder Singh at an event in Amritsar, 250 km from here.
Bolaria, who was first elected in 2008 (by-election) from the Amritsar South seat, was re-elected in the 2012 assembly polls. He was made Chief Parliamentary secretary (CPS) in the Punjab government earlier.
He was suspended from the Akali Dal recently after he rebelled against a decision of the Punjab government to set up a waste management plant in his constituency.


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Business Logo: Impact on Branding, Customer Loyalty and SuccessBilly Curtis | August 14, 2018 | 0 | Advertising & Marketing
The business logo is one of the most important elements in starting a business. Your logo is your brand image. It represents your business in the online and business world. Without a logo, it would be difficult and it will take a long time for people to recognize your business. The success of your business logo will depend on the strategies used by professionals who do logo design Melbourne has to offer Therefore, it goes without saying that you should hire a professional to make one for you.
To help you understand the value and importance of developing a business logo, you should look into its impact when it comes to three aspects: branding, customer loyalty, and success. You can work with an SEO company Melbourne has today to devise a strategic plan in order to target all of those three.
The logo is the visual representation of your business brand. Hence, these two should always be taken into account when in the process of starting up your business. There should be a consistency between the two. The logo should feed the right image that is in line with your brand. The human brain is wired to process images rapidly. This is why experts from SEO services Melbourne has to offer would insist on creating a logo since they would be easier for humans to recall. Visit at Clark Marketing & Design
For an effective logo design Melbourne company offers, it should be simple but memorable. You can either provide a glimpse of what the company is about through the logo or it should clearly depict your brand. The best logos are able to add value to your brand in terms of when people process that image into their minds.
Customer Loyalty
Customer loyalty in relation to creating your brand logo is much more intriguing for a lot of business owners. However, it is linked to the point above about branding. When people recognize your logo and brand, they will relate to it. If they associate positive thoughts and emotions about your brand, they are going to choose it over another similar business. Experts in logo design Melbourne has today claim that your logo can solidify customer loyalty. It can be a status symbol for some people since they associate your logo with products from your brand. While the logo is an important determining factor, it also boils down to your products and/or services.
The above two factors combined to bring this result – it is not guaranteed but once you get those elements right, you should be one step closer. Hence, a logo is a powerful marketing tool. When people see your logo, there is no need to describe or say something about your business. The logo will do the talking for you. Some of the best brands in the world have succeeded and created quite a massive following because they have employed powerful techniques in designing a logo. Hence, you work that out with a company that offers marketing and SEO Melbourne has today if you want to take your business towards the right path.


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by Gary Garrahan, STIHL Inc. Manager of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health
Andreas Stihl founded our company on principles of action, not words. As you may have read in our blog post "The Road to Green is Orange" we take seriously our dedication to socially responsible environmental stewardship. In addition to focusing on the products we manufacture we also work to continuously improve our manufacturing processes and operations here in the U.S. all with the goal of reducing our overall impact on the environment.
Energy Efficiency
As a manufacturer we know that one main area of focus has to be our energy consumption. The group tasked with addressing this is our Energy Task Force, an inter-departmental group of STIHL employees with different technological and scientific backgrounds. Our broadest and most successful project so far has been changing out light fixtures and bulbs, adding reflectors, reducing the number of bulbs per fixture, and switching to energy-efficient fluorescent ones that require 63 percent less energy. We ended up replacing over 1000 fixtures. We also installed motion sensors to make sure we only use electricity when we need it. Because of this project we were able to save around 250 kW per hour. When you work three shifts around the clock 7 days a week, that adds up to some significant savings.
Green Roofs
We recently completed construction of our newest green roof on a 55,000-square-foot addition to our accessories manufacturing facility. This is our third extensive green roof; roofs that are covered in plants and require little maintenance. Though initial investment in a building with a green roof is higher than a traditional roof, the benefits are significant. Our green roofs help reduce energy used for heating and cooling, help filter storm water runoff, and help reduce outside noise (which for us is a big plus since we are located very near a Naval air strip). Overall we have planted 200,000 Sedum plants over 158,700 square feet of roof.
Wind Turbines
We are always on the lookout for new technologies that can help us generate, harness and even return power to the public grid when possible. One example is wind turbines. We installed two on the roof of one of our plants in late 2011, and the test was so successful that we installed another four on the roof of one of our warehouses.
Each turbine is eight feet tall and produces an average of 2.25 kW per hour. The turbine itself weighs 241 pounds (110 kg) and has an increased operating span over traditional turbines starting with winds as low as 0.5 mph (0.2 m/s) winds and an auto shut-off at 38 mph (17.0 m/s). Although the generated energy is not yet enough to be fed back in to the local grid, it does help reduce our overall consumption.
Zero Waste
Landfill waste has a major impact on the environment. Recycling is the principle way to reduce this waste. This past year we started a "Zero Waste" project with the goal of completely eliminating all of our solid waste going to landfills. We are addressing one recycling approach at a time, continuously improving our program. We have already made significant progress including:
- Cardboard: We discovered that 40 percent of our solid trash consisted of cardboard. In just 6 months we reduced this percentage to less than 5 percent.
- Paper: We are currently recycling more than five (5) tons of paper per month. For every ton of recycled paper, we help save 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 4,100 kWh of energy, five (5) cubic yards of landfill, and eliminate 60 pounds of pollutants.
- Plastic bags and shrink film: We separate and recycle plastic bags and shrink film at our assembly lines and other areas throughout the manufacturing facility, reducing our waste by several hundred pounds of trash per shift.
- Polymer ("plastic") parts: We take excess polymer from the manufacture of components like handles and trimmer guards and grind them up to be reused in the production of non-equipment items like trimmer line spools.
- Battery recycling program: We started a battery recycling program with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC). Containers are installed throughout our campus and employees can drop off rechargeable, non-rechargeable and non-RBRC batteries for recycling.
- Recycling of electronic devices: STIHL also teamed up with Goodwill Industries of Virginia enabling our employees to donate their unwanted and unusable electronic equipment. Goodwill either disposes of the unusable electronics in the proper way or uses the donated equipment in the repair or reconditioning of other electronics.
The Future
Recently all of our efforts paid off when two of our buildings, our Finished Goods warehouse and our Export warehouse, received the EPA's EnergyStar rating which recognizes superior energy efficiency. Buildings with this rating use 35% less energy and produce 35% less greenhouse gasses than similar buildings across the nation.
And we will continue to work towards reducing our environmental impact and increasing environmental awareness in our vendors and business partners. After all, taking care of nature is the very basis of everything we do.


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Pastor Bruce Simpkins Renewal Community Church Caldwell, ID Preached: December 24, 2011 1. Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. 2. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood; He will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. 3. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence. Silence is one of the most profound signs of reverence and honor one can show. Many years ago I was a choir director. There were several occasions when the choir would sing a song that had a powerful message or was a particularly moving arrangement of a song. I always knew if it had been honoring to God, because when we sang the last note there would be a long silence. No one wanted to break the spirit of the song . . . There is a profound reverence in silence.
If you remember from our study of Revelation in chapter 8 when the last seal was broken, there was silence in heaven for half an hour. We also took a practical look at how slowly time passes when there is absolute silence. We timed 30 seconds of silence and even that felt uncomfortable. We don't like silence in our world. When there is silence, it is natural to try and fill it by turning on music or TV or even some white noise like a dishwasher or a dryer.
When you stand before God at the last judgment, you will be silent in His presence because everything will be completely revealed and there will be no excuses for your sins. Only hope. The hope that comes from Jesus, God in the flesh, the one who was The Word in heaven and became flesh and dwelt among us. He redeems us. He is our redeemer.
There is a story about a boy who saved and saved to buy a toy sailboat that he could take to a nearby lake and float it. But when he did it got caught in a current that took it to a stream exiting the lake and he lost it. A few weeks later he saw it in a pawn shop window. He saved and saved again and redeemed the boat that he once had lost but then regained.
Jesus wants to redeem those He has lost in life. He had to pay with His life, but it was worth it to Him because He loved us so much. When we think about the fleshly birth of Jesus, we must always remember the fleshly death of Jesus. He was in the beginning before the earth was created, and He was on the earth, and He went back to heaven after redeeming the lost.
I have here with me a large nail, called the Christmas nail. When you hang it on your Christmas tree it is a reminder that there was another tree that Jesus was crucified on.
If you are looking for a family Christmas tradition, this would be a good one to start. You can buy one of these at the Christian book store in Caldwell called "For Heaven's Sake".
So on this Christmas eve, I would like to read just the beginning of the Christmas story about the birth of Jesus and make a few observations for us to consider. Then tomorrow on Christmas morning, we will look at the rest of the passage.
I have to warn you, that the true biblical story may shake some of the church paradigms that you have learned over the years. Jesus birth was glorious for the angels and the shepherds, but for Joseph and Mary, it was a beginning with a glorious shame attached to it. Let's read:
2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Do you know how big the town of Bethlehem was? Here is a clue from a song "O little town of Bethlehem". It was NOT a thriving metropolis. It was a little town. It is estimated to have about 2000 people including women and children. When it says there was no room in the inn that is literally THE inn. Not lots of inns, one.
Let me explode another picture you may have developed. They did not have inns in the same way we have inns in our culture. Archaeologists tell us that these inns were round stone hedgerows roughly four feet tall and 40 – 60 feet in diameter. It was just a circular walled space open to the sky. It was really only meant for commercial, rough and tumble rogues on a trade route to sell their goods. It was mostly just for scoundrels and gentiles passing through.
If you were a Jew, you would never stay there. The custom in that day if you were a Jew was to go to the temple or some other gathering place and find someone who would let you stay in their guest room. ALL Jews living in the town would have a guest room to house Jewish strangers passing through. It was a requirement of the Jewish law.
That is why the writer to the Hebrews wrote: Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Everyone was required to house Jews passing through. So why didn't Joseph and Mary stay in a guest room? Because Mary was pregnant and Joseph did not have a certificate of marriage. He would be required to show it when he registered for the census. They were Jewish outcasts living in shame. NO ONE actually believed Mary's conception was by God Himself and word about them would have traveled far and wide as rumors have tendency to do. They would not be welcome in a Jewish home because they were considered unclean. The only place left was the inn, but that was full of rogues and travelers. Not really a place appropriate for a woman who just gave birth to a baby anyway.
Here is another paradigm breaker. The bible says they were already there when it came time for the baby to arrive. They weren't frantically looking for a place while she was in labor. Someone had enough compassion on them to let them stay where they kept their animals. Usually a small cave like stone cutout. That way the person could keep the law but still show a little concern for them.
Can you see the shame attached to Jesus birth? And it gets worse, because the only people who came to acknowledge who Jesus really was were shepherds. Shepherd's were by definition considered law breakers and thieves. They were unable to tithe on the grass their sheep ate, so the Pharisees called them thieves and by definition made them shameful people and unclean. So the only people that came to Jesus when He was born were the shameful and unclean. And we didn't read verse 19 of the scripture, but it says that when Mary heard what the shepherds told her, Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
There was much for her to ponder over. Such as, "Why shepherds? Why an animal pen? Why all the shame?" Someone once said that the greatest burden in life is to be misunderstood and realize there is nothing you can do about it. Mary must have felt like that. She held the Redeemer of the World in her arms and pondered how God would accomplish His purposes in an impossible and unpredictable way.
Jesus was born in shame, acknowledged by shameful people, and Jesus died in shame. But no one in all of history has made a bigger impact on the world.
Each of us must speak the truth about Jesus to our circle of influence. You don't have to shout it from your roof top, just let your little light shine to the people around you.
We have symbolically set up a community of people represented by each candle on this table. If you would like to let your little light shine in the darkness of this world, would come up and light a candle as a commitment to the Lord?


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Army to force 550 majors to leave the service (LOLITA C. BALDOR, 8/01/14, Associated Press)
About 550 Army majors, including some serving in Afghanistan, will soon be told they have to leave the service by next spring as part of a budget-driven downsizing of the service.Gen. John Campbell, the vice chief of the Army, acknowledged Friday that telling troops in a war zone that they're out of a job is a difficult task. But he said some of the soldiers could join the National Guard or the Army Reserve.The decision to cut Army majors comes on the heels of a move to slash nearly 1,200 captains from the ranks.
If Morsi had down-sized the military Egypt would be a democracy today.
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The New York Fed just published its latest Quarterly Report On Household Debt And Credit.
"In Q1 2013 total household indebtedness fell to $11.23 trillion; 1.0% lower than the previous quarter and considerably below the peak of $12.68 trillion in Q3 2008," said the New York Fed in a statement.
This suggests the deleveraging process that has been slamming the economy may not be over.
On the plus side, more Americans are staying current on their obligations.
"[D]elinquency rates for each form of household debt declined, with about 8.1% of outstanding debt in some stage of delinquency, compared with 8.6% the previous quarter," they add.
Here's a summary from the NY Fed:
- Outstanding student loan debt increased $20 billion to $986 billion.
- Total mortgage debt decreased to $7.93 trillion from $8.03 trillion.
- Auto loans increased $11 billion to $794 billion.
- Credit card balances decreased $19 billion to $660 billion.
- HELOC balances fell $11 billion to $552 billion.
- Mortgage originations rose for the sixth consecutive quarter, to $577 billion.
- 184,000 individuals had new foreclosure notations added to their credit reports, down 12.5% from the previous quarter, the fourth consecutive quarterly decline.
Here's the NY Fed's chart:
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AG Holder Calls for Rule of Law in Cyberspace
The United States Department of Justice has released this text of a speech given by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Northwest Indiana Cyber Security Summit in Hammond, Indiana on Thursday, June 9, 2011.
The speech reviews the immediacy of problems in cyberspace and various Department of Justice initiatives – all good work, in my personal view. (Full disclosure: I was a long-time DOJ employee.) AG Holder also emphasized the need for international cooperation and the Obama Administration's "new International Strategy on Cyberspace." Included in the speech is this paragraph:
Today's summit sends a resounding signal that – together – we can, and will continue to, fight back. And it proves our unwavering commitment to preventing terrorists and other criminals from exploiting the Internet for planning, financing, or executing attacks; to engaging with an expanded network of partners across government and the private sector; and to strengthening our efforts to establish the rule of law in cyberspace. (emphasis added)
The speech contains no other mention of the rule of law.
The Attorney General has side-swiped an enormously important and difficult issue: the rule of whose law in cyberspace? The network of networks that comprises the Internet surely is not immune from national borders and legal jurisdictions. (See, Goldsmith, Who Controls the Internet? ) Yet, the Internet is surely international. Is the United States to make the law that rules the Internet? On what authority? Should all countries with interests in cyberspace impose their commercial, property, and criminal laws on any actor in cyberspace of whose body or assets that can physically obtain jurisdiction? Should the United Nations – hardly a democratic institution – make the laws that rule cyberspace? If international in effect, shouldn't the laws be made internationally? How – by international consensus? What is the International consensus defining, much less proscribing, "terrorism" in any domain, much less cyber? Even aside from the problem of "one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter," close allies often do not agree on the definitions for criminalizing terrorist activity on the Internet. For example, members of the European Union routinely attempt to stop websites from posting content whose dissemination is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
There is very little agreement on a definition of "rule of law." Indeed, some argue that the phrase is so overused that it is meaningless. Assuming that the rule of law is a necessary antecedent of democracy that all U.S. officials such as the Attorney General justifiably support, its definitions tend to be either ends-based or institutional and to include some variation of the following elements:
- supremacy of the law over government and arbitrary power;
- equality before the law;
- known, public, and certain law;
- predictable and efficient law enforcement;
- guarantee of certain basic rights;
- legitimate and uniform procedure for making law.
What law is supreme over all of the governments and actors in cyberspace? Or is it just sufficient that all are subject to some law?
Given the difficulties of attributing acts in cyberspace to particular human actors, how can the law be enforced – and enforced equally – in cyberspace?
If the United States claims criminal jurisdiction over any "computer located outside the United States that is used in a manner that affects interstate or foreign commerce or communication of the United States," (18 U.S.C. 1030) how can it make U.S. law known to all actors in cyberspace?
If each country can enforce its laws in cyberspace, how can enforcement be sufficiently predictable for individuals to conform their behavior or for corporations to plan and organize economic activity?
What are those basic rights? Equal access for all? Freedom of speech, even for Nazis and Jihadists?
Again, what is the procedure for making the law that governs cyberspace, and who or what has legitimate authority to do so?
Has the Attorney General and the Department of Justice thought about and planned for these elements of the rule of law before calling for "establish[ing] the rule of law in cyberspace?" If not, how do they defend against a cynic's claim that such a call is just self-serving effort by a bureaucracy to extend the territory, reach, and power of that bureaucracy?
Whose law will control cyberspace? The time to address this question is now.


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Thursday, October 29, 2015
The Flip Flop Quilt Finish aka Endless Summer
It was pretty funny when E was all done with it. She started pointing out all her mistakes, and didn't really even want to look at it when she was finished. So I just folded it up until I was ready to put on a hanging sleeve and label it.
She is now planning her next quilt. I think my secret plan is working.....
The details:
Quilt pattern is from Quilts for Kids by Fons and Porter, sort of. We used the applique pattern, but did our own setting.
Quilting is Aurifil and Superior Threads
Batting is Fairfield cotton
Finished size: 52" x 59"
Posted by Rachel
Labels: endless summer, flip flop quilt
2 comments:
- Beth said...
Endless Summer, indeed. The memories will also last be everlasting. Hooray for both of you!
- October 29, 2015 at 10:34 AM
- Danette said...
Awesome quilt!
- October 29, 2015 at 8:50 PM
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Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. These are not mere sounds. They are questions about the lubricant.
Auto manufacturers have effectively been able to address the issues of design, energy efficiency, user comfort, aesthetic appeal, engineering flexibility and durability in interior cabins of the car by use of composite plastics. However, these composite plastics developed and manufactured by advanced technologies are no exception to the laws of friction. Frictional dynamics are unique and complex and need to be resolved by speciality lubricants. In automotive interiors, composite plastic materials are a combination of definite polymer matrix with special additives and reinforcements like glass fibers or plastic material in combination with PC + ABS etc. These composites are used in various cabin components such as HVAC unit, seat recliner and adjustment mechanism, gear shift mechanism, cup, ashtray holder, door handle mechanism etc
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The demand on the lubricant is extraordinary in automobile interiors. Most of the components need to function in all extreme environmental conditions and until the lifetime of the car. Temperature build up due to friction is an undesired phenomenon. At high temperatures, plastic composites tend to diffuse and lose their inherent characteristics by borrowing or combining with ingredients of contacting surface or lubricating medium. Migration of the lubricant molecules inside the plastic composite result in swelling and softening of the plastic material. Alternatively, the polymer ingredients can diffuse into the lubricant structure, resulting in shrinkage and hardening of the polymer. Hence material compatibility of plastic parts lubrication is of paramount importance.
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James Magnussen: Too young to have much Olympic experience, James Magnussen took part as a 20-year-old in the 2012 London Games, winning a silver and a bronze in the 100m freestyle and a bronze in the 4 x 100 medley relay, where he swam the freestyle leg.
He hopes to be at his peak for the Brazil Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
James Magnussen, known as The Magnet, The Missile, or simply Maggie was born 11 April 1991 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. He currently resides in Sydney, where he competes and trains under current coach Brant Best as a member of the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, the site of the swimming and diving, water polo and swimming portion of the pentathlon during the Sydney Games in 2000.
He stands just less than 2 metres tall and weighs in at 90 kg. His specialties are the 100 and 200 metre freestyle. He also swims the 50 free.
James Magnussen seems to be part of a trend that is not all that old, given the long tradition of Australian swimming and that of swimming in general, of specialisation where swimmers no longer attempt to master every discipline. This is not intended as criticism of him, or anyone else for that matter. The training and diligence necessary to perform at top levels in swimming is so intense that it makes much sense to focus on one's strengths rather than expend a lot of energy trying to compensate for one's weaknesses. James Magnussen seems to have as near to ideal a physique as could be imagined for the freestyle; it would be pointless for him to bother with other strokes, most especially the butterfly or the breast stroke.
In all objective honesty, the financial opportunities for a swimmer are limited mainly to sponsorships and endorsements, and the fan base favours the freestyle, so if you intend to spend hours in the water training, hours out of the water cross-training and essentially devote every waking moment of your life to training and competing, you might just as well give sponsors and the public what they want.
On the big stage, the one that leads to Olympic qualification and international competition, James Magnussen was first brought to the attention of swimming world in the 2010 Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney. As well as serving to determine Australian Champions, they were also used to determine qualification for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
A young (19 yrs) James Magnussen made his way onto the national team by placing third in the 100 metre free with a time of 49.43.
In the Pan Pacific, he teamed with relay members Eamon Sullivan, Cameron Prosser and Kyle Richardson to win silver medal honours behind the United States. He swam the anchor leg and turned in a time of 48.25. In the individual event, he could do no better than 10th with a 48.94, even though he bettered his qualifying time by more than half a second.
Not long after, at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, James Magnussen again joined the relay, with the exception being that Tommaso D'Orsogna was in the spot occupied by Cameron Prosser in the Pan Pacific meeting. The four took the gold in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, turning in a combined time of 3:13.92.
The relay that followed, the FINA WSC, held on a 24 metre course in Dubai, did not produce a medal, but a fifth place finish.
The following year, James Magnussen took the top spot in the 2011 ASC in the 100 metre free, lowering his time by another 65 one hundredths to 48.29. To put that time in historical perspective, Tarzan (Johnny Weismuller) himself set a world record at 58.6 in 1922, over 10 seconds slower than Magnussen, yet Weismuller was handsomely rewarded with a lucrative movie and TV career, an attractive mate named Jane, an adopted son named Boy and a chimpanzee named Cheetah.
At the 2011 Worlds in Shanghai, Magnussen won two golds for the 100 metre free, the 4 x100 freestyle relay, along with a silver in the 4 x100 medley. Swimming the freestyle leg of the medley on the last night of the competition, he posted a 47 flat, by far the fastest in the water, almost enabling the Australians to overtake the United States.
Next up was the 2012 ASC, which during an Olympic year served as the qualifier for the Olympic team. In the 100 metre free, James Magnussen turned in a 47.10 and bested his nearest competitor by over half a second! This competition was where Magnussen chose to unveil his new tactic of going out hard in the first 50 metres instead of relying on his incredible kick. He also lowered his personal best in the 50 metre freestyle.
At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Magnussen managed two medals, one silver and one bronze. The Australian team was considered the favourite in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, but they came in fourth behind France, Russia and the United States.
In Magnussen's signature event, the 100 metre freestyle, he swam his best in the final only to discover at the end that he had lost by one-hundredth of a second to Nathan Adrian of the United States.
There were at the games some murmurings of discordance betwixt James Magnussen and his teammates to the effect that some team members had issues with Magnussesn's behaviour and actually expressed satisfaction over his second place finish in the 100 metre free. That would hardly be the Olympic, or the Australian spirit for that matter, on display and whether justified or not, a rather dismal lack of sportsmanship. The spirit of Weismuller could possibly have been heard to say, "Tarzan no like that!"
Magnussen defended his World title at the 2013 Worlds in Barcelon and also mustered, with his teammates, a silver in the medley relay.
He was back in the pool four days after the conclusion of Worlds for the 2013 FINA World Cup. He took first in the 100 metre free, turning in a 45.60 to take the victory over Vladimir Morozov.
Swimming records of James Magnussen's era require an asterisk due to the appearance of bodysuits made out of polyurethane or other non-textile materials. Magnussen holds an unofficial world record for fastest 100 metres in textile and the fastest 50 metres in textile.
Here are his best times.
Long Course Short Course
50 m free 21.52 20.98
100m free 47.10 45.60
200m free 1:47.93 1:44.12


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Eberhardie, Chris (2002) Nutrition and the older adult. Nursing Older People, 14(2), pp. 22-27. ISSN (print) 1472-0795Full text not available from this archive.
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The importance of ensuring adequate nutrition in older people is often acknowledged but, the evidence suggests, theory is not always matched by practice. This article describes causes of malnutrition in older adults and discusses nursing strategies to prevent it occurring.
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At this pace, Tuesday, May 17th could go down as "Green Lantern Day" here at Collider. We've already posted a ton of "On Set" stuff from the film and now I'm throwing another log on the fire in the form of an Abin Sur character poster. In case you were wondering, Abin Sur is best known as Hal Jordan's predecessor in the Green Lantern Corps. In the film, he is played by New Zealand's own Temuera Morrison.
Hit the jump to check out the poster. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, and Tim Robbins, director Martin Campbell's Green Lantern hits theaters on June 17th.
Here's the new poster courtesy of the film's Facebook page [click to enlarge]:
Here's the official synopsis for Green Lantern:
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris, if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax… he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.


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Born January 31, 1919, he died so young – 53 – it's hard to believe he would have been ONLY 100 today. Here is a reprise of a piece I wrote a few years ago:
My first baseball reporting assignment was Jackie Robinson's funeral.
On October 27, 1972, a taxi dropped me off in front of the grand entrance to Riverside Church in Manhattan. It was a sunny day with a bit of a chill, World Series weather.
I waded into the crowd outside, celebrity mourners on a Friday morning in their best Sunday suits, middle-aged men looking like they were gathered for an old-timers' banquet.
I spotted Pee Wee Reese being interviewed by Howard Cosell. Nearby, Roger Kahn was chatting with Don Newcombe.
Everyone knew Jackie had been wasting away for years, blinded and crippled by diabetes and other ailments.
But only nine days earlier, he had been in Cincinnati for the second game of the World Series between the Reds and the Oakland A's.
Wearing a dark suit, his hair white, he had thrown out the ceremonial pitch – to Johnny Bench – from the commissioner's box in the stands.
The Series ended, the A's won, and two days later Robinson died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
I was a 25-year-old reporter for UPI. I'd grown up in the city, a Brooklyn fan, like my dad.
He'd taken me to games at Ebbets Field. Robinson and Reese, Campanella and Snider, Furillo and Hodges were my childhood heroes.
In the late '60s, with the Dodgers long gone, I drifted to San Francisco in the summer after the Summer of Love, discovered passions other than sports.
But here I was in the autumn of 1972. Back with the Boys of Summer. Feeling like a kid again.
My press pass got me inside a VIP enclave, which was roped off and guarded by the NYPD. A church office had been converted into a reception room.
I wandered among the greats of the game. There's Hank Aaron! I shouted inside my head. There's Willie Mays! Ernie Banks! Campy in his wheelchair.
I wanted to go up to these guys and talk to them. But I really had nothing to say, nothing appropriate for this moment or any other. So I stood and gawked until it was time to file into the church.
I was working, though my duties were not defined. The main man on the story was UPI sports editor Milt Richman. I was to cover any news angles, though I was not sure what they might be.
About 3,000 people filled every pew inside the vast Gothic Revival church.
I sat next to Will Grimsley, AP's lead sportswriter, a tall, thickset Tennessean who politely introduced himself, then sat scribbling notes on a large writing tablet. He picked up his pace when a young black preacher delivered the eulogy, his booming voice and theatrical style gripping the audience.
"In his last dash, Jackie stole home," said Reverend Jesse Jackson, pausing, before picking up speed, as if he too was racing to the plate.
"Pain, misery and travail have lost. Jackie is saved. His enemies can leave him alone. His body will rest, but his spirit and his mind and his impact are perpetual and as affixed to human progress as are the stars in the heavens, the shine in the sun and the glow of the moon."
It was a hard act to follow. And nobody did. As Rachel Robinson and her family filed out behind the coffin, we all stood. Grimsley stretched and looked around the cavernous church.
He tapped me on the shoulder. "See that guy over there, that's Bill Veeck," Grimsley said, pointing to a man in baggy chinos and a ratty gray sweatshirt, standing alone in the back, sobbing into a handkerchief.
Veeck was known as an outlaw team owner, famous for such stunts as sending a midget up to bat to draw a walk. But he had also signed the American League's first black player, Larry Doby, and gave Satchel Page a chance to pitch in the majors.
Grimsley wandered off to talk to Veeck, while I went to find Richman.
"I want you to go to the cemetery," the sports editor instructed. "I've arranged space for you in one of the cars in the funeral procession. Call me when you can with notes and quotes."
The route to the cemetery in Brooklyn was mapped out to travel through New York's most heavily populated, badly scarred black neighborhoods. And these were tense and violent times in a city where the loudest and most militant voices did not count Jackie Robinson among their leaders.
But, as the hearse rolled slowly through Harlem, quiet, respectful crowds lined the sidewalks. Children in school uniforms stood at attention. Women sat on stoops, heads buried in their hands. Old men leaned against lampposts and wept.
It was a similar scene in Brooklyn, in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
By the time we reached Cypress Hills Cemetery, it was near dusk. The weather had changed.
Dark clouds moved in as the pallbearers, Jackie's former teammates – Reese, Newcombe, Jim Gilliam and Ralph Branca – Doby and Bill Russell, carried the casket to the gravesite.
I stood beside a tree, apart from the scene, added some notes to the ones I'd written during the drive, found a payphone near the cemetery gate and called Richman before catching a ride back to Manhattan.
A longer version of this story appears in my book, The Expat Files: My Life in Journalism, available in paperback and Kindle editions from Amazon.com and Amazon Canada.


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cised, Gen. xxxiv. 24; where, if it had been at ail necessary for proselytes, we might reasonably have expected the mention of it: so that our Pædobaptist brethren have not the least shadow of evidence, either in the Old or New Testament, to support this Jewish sable, on which they build so much. But, on the contrary, every thing we meet with there relating either to circumcision, or baptism, is clearly and plainly against them j and all the proofs, which they have yet been able to produce for Jewijh proselyte baptism, before and in our Saviour's, time, and for several hundred years afterwards, are no better than Dr. Berson's supposition from Nicodemuj's answer to Christ •, where the manner of expression, the circumstances of things, compared with the positive and clear expressions of the "Jewish Rabbins, in that and some following ages, are a sufficient and evident proof of the direct contrary: that they never had any such initiatory baptism, as is pretended, amongst them, and therefore if the doctor had ever thoroughly searched into these things, it may be presumed, that he would never have endeavoured to propagate, amongst his readers, the belief of Jewijh proselyte baptism, before and in our Saviour's time. But I have given a more full and particular account of this Jewish sable, in my supplement, and in my answer to Mr. Emiyn's previous question, from the writings of the learned Dr. Gale, who was as able to search into, as careful to find out the truth, and to know the foundation of this groundless conceit as any man, and whose testimonies and arguments upon that head were never yet confuted. To them I refer my readers, and shall only add here, that for any thing, which has ever yet appeared, notwithstanding all the labour and pains taken by our Pædobaptist brethren to establish this notion of Jei-ijh proselyte baptism, it stands upon the bare autiiority of ralmudical books, not composed till several hundred years after Christ, and
stuffed stuffed with blasphemies, full of stupid insatuation, and wild romance ; and upon whose credit, if it was not invalidated by what has been already published, no man, who wishes not to be imposed upon, would ever rely. And are these principles, from which to deduce duties of religion on which to found positive institutions of God? If Jeuijh legends are to b? the ground work of christian duties^ the whole sac;: o the gospel may in time be so mangled, and disfi ured, as to bare nothing at all of the aspect ot primitive, and unadulterate Christianity.'
All ih.u is between the hooks from [How Christian.1, can think p. 103. to, it 10 remarkable th.it] o 104. Anj also from [Moreover all such persons, p. 106 to, divine displeasure] p. 108 was no: in the original letters. The passages from tne apuitoiicai constitutions, and Justin Martyr, lnlcrted in the latter addition, witne s to the truth and juittit-'of my own reasoning; whereby the reader mav see, I have the best antiquity on my side, a thing not to be deipis'-ci by any wise or considerate man, when corresponding with tiie scriptures themselves.
I hive ..lo dded the word visible in some places, and an exprellion, or two besides, more clearly to determine my sense, ani' rwventany misco. ilrudtion of my words. And if any reader fh u ti funk my argument* in some places bare too hard upon such co nmunic nts, as are unbaptized; or on those, whocommuni -r.te v* th others, whom they know and believe to be so ; or upon jny other denomination of Christians, who are nut of the B-Tt>" persuasion j I nope his candour will acquit mt of unchari^r>:-'ness, when he considers my caution, in restraining my arg'i:rii its to the Ihte of the christian church her. on earth. And I am peri traded my charity is as gre.it for those, who differ in opini. i from me, as any Christian's is, or ought to be; tho' I cannoi be to complaisant to any, as to give up the interest of truth; and countenance them in a corruption, or neglect of any one of my Lord's commands or institutions. And 1 doubt not, but they would readily acknowledge this; if I should ever publish, what I wrote many years ago, upon the unlawfulness of imposing humm articles, creeds, oV explanations of scripture, or of separation for mere difference in opinion; and therefore all I have here said ought wholly to be imputed to a laudable zeal in me for the cause of truth; which God grant I may never be ashamed or afraid to appear in, according to my ability. And if I am but so happy, as to beany ways serviceable thereto; and at the fame time retain th- favourable sentiments of my readers, agreeable to what I bespoke, in my first letter, of the reverend minister, at whose request it was written, it is ail I desire.
Part the First.
Remarks on the several Answers to the Pamphlet, in-
titled Christianity not founded on Argument.
Sect. I. Remarks on the Cambridge Letter, p. 17
Sect. II. Remarks on the Oxford Reply, p. 27
Sect. III. Remarks on the Office of Baptism in the Kirk
of Scotland, and the English Directory by the Assembly
Sect. IV. Remarks on Mr. Mole's Grounds of the christian
Sect. V. Remarks on Dr. Doddridge's Letters, p. 51
Sect. VI. Remarks on Dr. Leland's Letters, p. 67
Sect. VII. Remarks on Mr. Benson's Dialogue, intitled
The Reasonableness of the Christian Religion, p. 76
The Necessity of Baptism, in order to Church Member-
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'HE positive duties of our holy religion are equally sacred, and demand from us, if we are from conviction Christians, and, in decency of character, if we are only nominal, nay, if we aie hypocritical, and merely mercenary Christians, the fame outward regard and strict observation, as those which are moral and unchangeable. Tho' they are not of the same importance and intrinsic dignity, they are, and must be, equally inviolable, because there is but one enacting au
B thority thority with respect to the laws both of nature and revelation: and tho' the former may be received as sit rules of conduct, they can never be obeyed as laws of government, but upon the very fame foundation and ground of authority. For nature cannot be superior to God, because it is the constitution and creature of God; it can therefore have no pretence to controul his will fupernaturally revealed: for in both cases the wisdom is the fame, and the right of governing the fame. A Christian therefore must yield exact obedience to the positive institutions of the christian doctrine on the self-fame principle, on which he thinks it his duty to conform from motives of religion, or acknowledgment and suitable veneration of the supreme Deity, to the eternal and universal rules of virtue and morality.
When therefore any of us, acknowledging the authority of Christ, and the divinity and truth of his religion, live in the omission of any positive duty, which he, in the name of God, and as invested with his supreme authority, has enjoined upon us, we act in such a manner, as is not only absolutely inconsistent with the character we assume, and should think it our honour to-bear, of being his disciples, but in a way that is a contradiction to itself, and to all the natural principles of reason. For there is no one clearer and more certain principle of everlasting and unalterable right within the whole extent and scope of moral duty, than this, that the omnipotent creator and sovereign ruler, whose dominion is unlimited, and who is persect in wisdom, and in all moral excellence, should be reverenced, honoured, and obeyed in all his laws, in all the discoveries and declarations of his will, whether by the voice of nature, or by extraordinary methods of revelation. And in no one point can there be the least just ground to object, without supposing that he is a capricious, arbitrary, tyrannical being, who is not in the abstract propriety and truth of things sit to be obeyed, nor, consequently, without entirely dissolving, together with every instituted tie, the religion of nature and reason itself. Nor ought the base and slavish principle of public shame, or a sordid secular interest, to have any influence in an affair of such vast importance, as that of preserving an uncorrupted probity of mind, and approving our fidelity to God. They should neither suspend, nor controul and limit, the free scope of our enquiries, nor prevent our renouncing error, however popular and long establish