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Dell targets enterprise with Windows 8 tablets and laptops
Dell has launched a Windows 8 tablet it claims will tackle IT consumerisation in business
Dell has launched a range of devices running Windows 8, including a 10-inch tablet, which it claims will fit "easily into current IT environments."
The company said the new range of Windows 8 devices could solve issues with the consumerisation of IT.
Over the last two years IT departments have been fighting a battle to retain control of desktop IT, while staff have brought in their own iOS and Android devices. With Windows 8, PC manufacturers like Dell are hoping to convince IT departments that they have a viable alternative to letting staff bring their own devices to work (BYOD). Industry experts believe BYOD can lead to an uncontrolled, insecure environment and can potentially increase support costs.
The Dell Latitude 10 tablet will support existing Microsoft applications. The 725g device features a swappable battery and security options from Dell, including the Dell Data Protection and Encryption software, which encrypts all data on the hard drive to and USB memory cards that are plugged in.
It comes with 2 GB of memory and uses an Intel Atom processor, which means it will ship with the full version of Windows 8, rather than the RT (light) version of Windows 8 for ARM devices. It includes a USB 2.0 slot as well as an SD memory card reader.It supports keyboard and mouse and docking station, allowing the tablet to become a fully functional desktop PC, when users are at their desk.
To improve security the Dell tablet can use an optional fingerprint or smartcard reader. Sectors such as healthcare, government and education, which require integration with specific industry software and additional levels of security, will be able to add these features from January 2013, Dell said.
Dell also unveiled its first enterprise-class Ultrabook as well as an All-in-One PC, both running Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 8, which is set to be released 26 October.
The company recently announced its consumer offering, the XPS range including laptops which will feature Windows 8 and a tablet which will run on the Windows 8 RT operating system.
According to Dell's recent Evolving Workforce Research report nearly 60% of employees feel work would be more enjoyable if they had a say in the technologies they used, while 60% feel they would be more productive with better IT resources.
"There's a middle ground where you give the tools that are needed and deal with the security and integration issues head on to meet senior employee needs."
"If you solve the problem, the need for BYOD goes down," said Kirk Schell, vice president, computing products, Dell.
Schell added that the full Windows 8 operating system easily integrates into the enterprise IT infrastructures. Even if a company is not intending to upgrade its PCs to Windows 8 come its release in October, a Windows 8 tablet sits seamlessly among other Windows products.
Steve O'Donnell, consultant and analyst at S1ned said that companies tend to deny there is a problem with BYOD, leading to employees bringing in their own devices, which then burdens the security model and IT support.


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My Father, Die is loud. Not just sonically, though it certainly pummels the ears with a punishing soundtrack of hardcore and heavy metal, but also in the way it cranks the dial on its violence, depravity, and emotional catharsis. "In-your-face" is a stupid way to describe anything these days, but it's hard to find another phrase that better sums up Sean Brosnan's Bayou-set revenge thriller. This thing is brutal.
Joe Anderson (Across the Universe, Hannibal) stars as Asher, a Southerner who loses both his speech and hearing during an attack that leaves his brother, Chester, dead. The perpetrator of that attack? Asher's own father, Ivan (Gary Stretch), a tattooed monster of a man with tight, bulging muscles that course through his frame like cordwood pythons. Ivan is jailed for the assault, but released a decade later due to overcrowding. That's when Asher sets out for revenge, wasting no time in pursuing the man that gave him life. But this is only the beginning of the story–one of My Father, Die's most impressive feats is how it evolves from a revenge thriller into an honest-to-god horror movie. By the film's end, Ivan is more Michael Myers than man. If this doesn't turn Stretch into the next Kane Hodder, that's a damn shame.
Brosnan has style for days, sometimes to his detriment. My Father, Die oscillates wildly between queasy handheld camerawork and carefully orchestrated tableaux that could hang on the wall of a museum. Though striking, this stylistic inconsistency can feel overstimulating; it likely would've benefitted Brosnan to make a more stringent edit. That sentiment extends to the script, which occasionally culls depravity when it's not warranted. A sequence with a kindly evangelical healer (Thomas Francis Murphy) veers into exploitation territory in ways that not only pervert the narrative, but spoil what could otherwise be an opportunity for empathy. There's a giddiness to Brosnan's approach to his film's seedier elements that just doesn't serve his narrative.
That's not to say he can't dial it back. There's several lovely scenes in the second act that place Asher with Nana (Candace Smith), a churchgoing childhood friend who scrapes a living for her son (an adorable and expressive Jonathan Billions) through webcam modeling. Their scenes are also the best showcase for Anderson, who, lacking words, finds layers in his character through gesture and expression alone.
But this is still a horror movie, and it's important to emphasize just how integral Stretch's Ivan is to elevating this movie above the morass. The unkillable villain is a trope that's sadly faded from the modern horror scene (as good as they were, the monsters in The Babadook and It Follows were defeated by hilariously lame means). Ivan is human through and through, but as sociopathic and imposing as any monster from the golden age of slashers. The final 30 minutes of My Father, Die do exactly what a great horror movie is supposed to: it makes you wonder just how in the fuck our heroes are going to escape from this.
It's too bad, then, that the movie indulges in so much bad behavior. Brosnan (son of Pierce, by the way) is clearly a talented director, but there's a mania to My Father, Die that detracts from its power, especially once intertitles appear during the closing credits that draw unwarranted and unnecessary comparisons to Irish playwright J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, another story of attempted patricide. Brosnan would benefit from a streamlined approach, one that emphasizes his talent for subtle character work and breakneck chases over greasy depravity. More often than not, a good story is all you need.


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LONDON (AP) - An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published Friday.
LONDON (AP) � An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published Friday.
There is currently no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, which has so far killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa since the world's biggest outbreak began in the forest region of Guinea last year. Cases have dropped dramatically in recent months in the other two hard-hit countries, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
"If proven effective, this is going to be a game-changer," said Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, which sponsored the study. "It will change the management of the current outbreak and future outbreaks."
Scientists have struggled for years to develop Ebola treatments and vaccines but have faced numerous hurdles, including the sporadic nature of outbreaks and funding shortages. Many past attempts have failed, including a recently abandoned drug being tested in West Africa by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals.
For the study, researchers gave one dose of the new vaccine to more than 4,000 health care workers and other people within 10 days of their close contact with a sick Ebola patient. Another group of 3,500 people got the shot more than 10 days after their exposure to the infectious virus. In the group that received the vaccine immediately, there were no Ebola cases versus 16 cases in people who got delayed vaccination.
The vaccine, developed by the Canadian government, has since been licensed to Merck & Co. but has not yet been approved by regulators. The study results were published online Friday in the journal Lancet.
At the moment, officials think the vaccine would only be used once an outbreak starts, to protect those at high-risk; there are no plans to introduce mass vaccination campaigns like those for measles or polio or to create huge stockpiles of the shots.
Merck, based in Kenilworth, New Jersey, noted its vaccine is in what is normally the final round of human testing in Sierra Leone, and in mid-stage testing in Liberia.
Merck will manufacture the vaccine if it's approved for use outside patient studies. In late-morning trading in the U.S., Merck shares were up 62 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $59.13.
Last December, Gavi, the vaccine alliance, said it would spend up to $300 million buying approved Ebola vaccines. The private-public partnership, which often buys immunizations for poor countries, said Friday that it "stands ready to support the implementation of a WHO-recommended Ebola vaccine."
An expert group monitoring the study's data and safety recommended the trial be stopped on July 26 so that everyone exposed to Ebola in Guinea could be immunized.
The vaccine uses an Ebola protein to prompt the body's immune system to attack the virus.
"It looks to be about as safe as a flu vaccine," said Ben Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading who was not part of the trial. Researchers are still assessing possible side effects; the most serious seemed to be fever and the stress experienced by patients who believe such symptoms were due to Ebola.
"This (vaccine) could be the key that we've been missing to end the outbreak," Neuman said. "I don't see any reason on humanitarian grounds why it should not be used immediately." He said further tests would be necessary to see if the vaccine might also protect pregnant women, children and adolescents; those trials are already under way. It's also uncertain how long protection might last.
WHO vaccines expert Marie-Paule Kieny said having an effective vaccine might avert future disasters but added it would still take months to get the shot approved by regulators.
"Using a tool like this vaccine, we would be able to stop the epidemic from going really wild and spreading further," she told reporters, noting that stamping out future outbreaks still depends on early detection. WHO first identified Ebola in Guinea last March but did not declare the epidemic to be a global emergency until August, when the virus had killed nearly 1,000 people.
Other Ebola vaccines are being studied elsewhere but the declining caseload is complicating efforts to finish the trials.
AP Business Writer Linda A. Johnson in Trenton, N.J., contributed to this report.


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Rep. Miller: House Should Also Examine Impact of Trigger Cuts
So there was a big hearing today on the impact of looming across-the-board domestic funding cuts, held by the Senate appropriations panel that deals with education spending. Now, U.S. Rep. George Miller of California, the top Democrat on the House Education Committee, is hoping his panel will follow suit.
"Congress has a responsibility [under legislation passed last year] to put forward a balanced and responsible fiscal plan for the nation," Miller said. "To avoid the fiscal cliff, choices will have to be made. The stakes are high for workers, families, and children. I ask that our committee convene a hearing as soon as possible to understand the full impact of sequestration on programs within our jurisdiction."
In fact, he sent a letter to Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the committee chairman, to that effect. You can read the whole thing here. Kline received the request and will take it under consideration, his spokeswoman, Alexandra Sollberger, said.
Miller, along with a bunch of Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also participated in a rally on Capitol Hill today urging their colleagues to spare education and other domestic programs.
The rally was organized by Harkin and a bunch of groups representing non-defense discretionary programs, such as health, education, and science. (Some of those groups are part of a coalition that put out this letter.) And it featured some non-education folks who will be effected by across-the-board cuts, including a small business owner and a parent. There were also, of course, education advocates holding signs (best one featured a bandage and the words "Education Cuts Never Heal").
Harkin made it clear that the rally was meant to draw attention to the impact of the cuts on domestic programs. So far most of the talk has been about how defense programs will be squeezed.
"We've heard from defense contractors," he said. "Now it's time to hear from rank-and-file Americans." He doesn't want sequestration to happen, he said, but if it does, the pain should be spread out evenly.
Members of the non-defense discretionary coalition (catchiest coalition name ever?), which has expressed concern about the cuts, represent folks from across the political spectrum. But the lawmakers who spoke at the rally today had a definite Democratic flavor to their remarks. For instance, Harkin introduced Miller as the next chairman of the House education committee. And Miller said that Republicans "have no commitment" to education spending.
Will the education cuts become a campaign issue at the presidential and congressional levels? Should they?


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How to Start Windows Media Player in Full Screen
Windows Media Player provides businesses with an easy way to display training and presentation videos and music files without the need to purchase additional software. When presenting a video at a meeting or during a training session, you may want to have Media player launch in full screen mode automatically, eliminating needless clicks to accomplish the task manually. If you just want to start the player alone (i.e. not launch a file right away), you cannot launch it in full screen mode, but you can configure it to launch maximized. If you want to launch a file directly, you can use the command line to launch it directly into full screen mode.
Start the Player Maximized
Log into the computer with an administrator account.
Click "Start," and position your mouse cursor in the Search box.
Type "media player" (without quotation marks).
Right-click on "Windows Media Player" when it appears in the search results.
Click "Properties."
Select "Maximized" from the "Run:" drop-down menu.
Click "Apply," and then "OK."
Launch a File Full Screen
Log into your computer with an administrator account.
Right-click on your media file and select "Properties."
Write down the file path, given after Location (or copy and paste it into a document). Place a forward slash after the path, and write the file name. The full path should look like this:
Click "Start," and type "cmd" in the Search box.
Press "Enter."
Type the following command exactly as shown below, substituting the path in quotation marks with the path to your specific media file:
start wmplayer "C:\Folder\Subfolder\File.mpg" /fullscreen
Press "Enter."
- To avoid having to type the "wmplayer" command each time you want to launch a file in full screen mode, paste the command into Notepad, and save the file anywhere you'd like as "file.bat," (without quotation marks), substituting "file" for whatever file name you'd prefer. Double-click on the BAT file to launch your media file full screen. Just remember to update the BAT file if you ever move your media file to another drive or folder.
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Police: Pants turn in robbery suspect
BRIDGEPORT -- It was the pants that gave him up.
More specifically the white design on the back of his jeans are what caught the attention of the Bridgeport Police Strategic Enforcement team.
Police say the design matched that of the jeans worn by a suspect filmed on a surveillance camera during a robbery of Walgreens drug store on Friday.
And shortly after midnight Friday, SET team members stopped, then arrested Brian J. McGee, 34, of unknown address, on a first-degree robbery charge.
Bond was set at $150,000.
McGee, who carried a Georgia identification card, is a suspect in the Friday armed robbery of Krauser's on Fairfield Avenue and at attempted robbery at Walgreens on North Avenue. At this point he is charged only in the Krauser's robbery after being identified by a clerk.
At the time of his arrest, SET team members said McGee was wearing his black t-shirt inside out. The front of the shirt had a multi-colored design on it.
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In accordance with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1999, 42 USC 653A, employers in all states are required to report all newly hired and rehired employees to their applicable state agency. Each state has its own agency that assists employers in reporting employees and the specific requirements that must be met. Most states accept reporting through submission of employees' Forms W-4, or completion of the state agency's particular form. Submissions are generally accepted electronically, by mail, by fax or via online reporting.


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Revelation Chapters 4 and 5, Part 2
by Karl Kemp
9/04/2012 / Bible Studies
We continue the verse-by-verse study of Revelation chapters 4, 5 here in Part 2, starting with Rev. 5:1.
I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne [God the Father, as in Rev. 4:3, 9, 10; 5:7, 13] a book [In the margin the NASB has, "or, scroll." I would translate "scroll," with the NIV and NKJV.] written inside and on the back [The NIV has "with writing on both sides."], sealed up with seven seals. [[Apparently the seven seals were along the edge of the scroll in a way that prevented its being opened before all seven seals had been removed. The seven seals are removed by the Lord Jesus Christ one by one (Rev. 6:1-12; 8:1). It is significant that there is very little in the way of new revelation (a revelation of things not revealed in the Bible before) regarding the last things from Rev. 4:1 through 8:1, before the seventh seal is removed (at Rev. 8:1) and the scroll is opened. Apparently this same scroll, or part of this same scroll, is seen again at Rev. 10:2; there it has been opened. Ezekiel 2:8-3:4, with its scroll "written on the front and on the back," is an important cross-reference. I quote these verses and comment briefly on them at the end of the article on Revelation chapter 10.
I'll quote from F. F. Bruce on "sealed up with seven seals" ("New Layman's Bible Commentary in One Volume," [Zondervan, 1979], page 1688). "The seals could be properly broken only by someone with due authority to do so. In this instance the person authorized to break the seals will be marked out by that very fact as lord of history and master of the world's destiny." With the widespread use of the symbolic number seven in the book of Revelation (to symbolize perfection/completeness), I assume that explains the use of the number seven here.]] (2) And I saw a strong angel [cf. Rev. 10:1; 18:21] proclaiming with a loud voice [The "loud voice" fits the "strong angel," but a "loud voice(s)" is common in the book of Revelation (Rev. 1:10; 5:12; 6:10; 7:2, 10; 8:13; 10:3; 11:12, 15; 12:10; 14:7, 9, 15, 18; 16:1, 17; 19:1, 17; and 21:3).], 'Who is worthy to open the book [scroll] and to break its seals?' (3) And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth [cf. Phil. 2:10] was able to open the book [scroll] or to look into it. [To be able to open the scroll here in verse 3 equals being worthy to open the scroll in verse 2. On being worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals and open it, see Rev. 5:4, 5, and 9, 10.] (4) Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book [scroll] or to look into it [[Apparently John was weeping greatly because he knew something of the awesome importance of this scroll and the need to open it. For one thing, to be worthy to take the scroll, to break its seals, and to open it requires someone worthy/able to bring to pass the things written in the scroll. Jesus, who defeated sin, Satan, and death (including spiritual death and physical death) in His atoning death and earned the right to save all who submit to Him in faith; to judge and remove all who continue in rebellion; and to bring about God's new heaven and new earth with its new Jerusalem was the only One found worthy.
We can probably say that the scroll contains the contents of the book of Revelation, starting at Rev. 6:1. But, as I mentioned, there isn't much in the way of new revelation before the seventh and last seal is removed at Rev. 8:1 and the scroll can be opened. There is a definite correlation between the contents of the scroll and the words "I will show you what must take place after these things" of Rev. 4:1 (cf. Rev. 1:1, 19).]]; (5) and one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, 'Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah [Compare Gen. 49:8-10; Matt. 1:1, 3; Luke 3:23, 33; and Heb. 7:14. Jesus was/is a "Lion" in His authority and power.], the Root of David [Compare Isa. 11:1, 10; Rom. 15:12; and Rev. 22:16. I assume the BAGD Greek Lexicon (under "rhiza") is right on the meaning of "Root" here: "shoot...growing from the root, symbolically descendant...." It's also true, however, that the Son of God was before David (having always existed), and He was David's Lord (cf., e.g., Psalm 110:1 with Matt. 22:41-46).], has overcome [see Rev. 3:21] so as to open the book [scroll] and its seven seals.' (6) And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders [[As the margin of the NASB shows, a more literal translation of the Greek would be, "[And I saw] in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders." (See under Rev. 4:6 on this more literal translation of the Greek.) The Lamb was on the throne, inside the four living creatures, who were inside the twenty-four elders. The NIV has, "Then I saw...standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders." The Lamb, with God the Father, was the center of attention.]] a Lamb [cf. Isa. 53:7; John 1:29, 36; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet. 1:19; Rev. 5:8, 12, 13; 6:1, 16; 7:9, 10, 14, 17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1, 4, 10; 15:3; 17:14; 19:7, 9; 21:9, 14, 22, 23; and 22:1, 3.] standing, as if slain [Revelation 1:18; 5:9, 12; and 13:8, with many other verses, confirm that He actually had been slain. The Lamb of God had been slain, bearing our sins with the guilt and the penalties, but now He was alive again, being the first-born from the dead (Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5; cf. Rom. 8:29). He had overcome, and now, for one thing, He had earned the right to take the scroll and to open it. The marks of His crucifixion were visible after His resurrection (cf. Luke 24:39, 40; John 20:20, 25-27).], having seven horns [[Horns (the horns of animals) sometimes, as here, serve as a symbol for reigning, power, and dominion (cf., e.g., 1 Sam. 2:10; Psalm 89:17, 24; Dan. 7:7, 8, 20, 24; 8:3-14, 20-25; and Rev. 17:3, 12). The number seven, which is often used in the book of Revelation, is used here as a symbolic number for perfection. For the resurrected Lamb to have seven horns is a symbolic way of saying that He has all authority, power, and dominion. After His resurrection Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and in earth" (Matt. 28:18; cf., e.g., Eph. 1:20-23; Col. 2:10, 15; Heb. 2:9, 14; and 1 Pet. 3:22), but in the plan of God the Father, this authority, power, and dominion hasn't been manifested yet in most senses, and it won't be manifested in its full sense until Jesus has returned to fully save His people and subdue and remove forever the enemies of God (e.g., Matt. 26:64; 1 Cor. 15:20-28; Phil. 2:9-11; and Rev. 11:15-18). His unlimited authority, power, and dominion, which is symbolized by the seven horns, will be manifested as He brings to pass all the things prophesied in the book of Revelation.
What is the time setting for the scene pictured in Revelation chapters 4 and 5? The revelation given to Christ Jesus to show to His bond-servants (Rev. 1:1) wasn't given to John until about AD 95, but the scene pictured here in chapter 5 fits best at a time shortly after the resurrection, glorification, and ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, about AD 30.]] and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. [[First we'll look at Zech. 3:9; 4:10. These verses help us understand the meaning of the seven eyes of Rev. 5:6. Zechariah 3:9 says, " 'For behold, the stone [The stone represents Christ Jesus (cf. Psalm 118:22; Isa. 28:16; Dan. 2:34, 35, 44, 45; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; and 1 Pet. 2:6, 7).] that I have set before Joshua [Joshua was the high priest of Israel/Judah in the days of Zechariah (cf. Zech. 3:1-8).]; on one stone are seven eyes. [The "seven eyes" of Zech. 3:9 apparently refer to "these seven...these are the eyes of the LORD [Yahweh] which range to and fro throughout the earth" of Zech. 4:10. Some understand the seven eyes of Zech. 3:9 to be located on the stone itself. The seven eyes on the stone (the stone which represents Christ Jesus) would then be very much like the picture in Rev. 5:6. This is a reasonable interpretation of Zech. 3:9, but I prefer the viewpoint that the seven eyes of Zech. 3:9 weren't located on the stone; they were the seven eyes of the LORD [Yahweh] that were directed to that very special stone.] Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,' declares the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.' " The inscription on the stone apparently deals with the atoning death of the Lamb of God and the resultant high-priestly ministry of the Son of God that (for one thing) will ultimately remove the iniquity of (sanctify) the remnant of the nation of Israel in one day in the last days, when they look upon Him whom they have pierced (see Zech. 12:10-13:1; 5:1-11; 9:9; 11:12, 13; 13:7; 14:2-21; Rom. 11:25-27; and Rev. 11:13). It's also true that His atoning death sanctifies all Christians. (I should mention, however, that Christians are sanctified only to the extent that they walk in line with the gospel and by the Holy Spirit on a continuous basis by faith.)
Zechariah 4:10 says, "For who has despised the day of small things? [These words allude to the fact that the temple that was being rebuilt in Zechariah's day, when Zerubbabel was the governor of Israel/Judah (Hag. 1:1-2:23; Zech. 4:6-10), was far less glorious than the temple built by Solomon, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians. (See Hag. 2:3; Ezra 3:12.) However, as God prophesied in Hag. 2:6-9; Zech. 4:6-10, His work of building would only barely have begun when the temple was finished in Zechariah's day (516 BC); His ultimate work of building would very far surpass Solomon's temple in glory. His much greater work of building His temple/kingdom/new Jerusalem would be accomplished through The Ruler - The Lord Jesus Christ, The King of glory - of whom Zerubbabel was a type, even as Joshua the high priest was a type (see Zech. 6:11-15).] But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line [which goes with building] in the hand of Zerubbabel - these are the eyes of the LORD [Yahweh] which range to and fro throughout the earth."
For the Son of God, who is deity with the God the Father (and God the Holy Spirit), to have seven eyes here in Rev. 5:6 is a symbolic way of saying that He sees (accurately sees, fully sees) everything everywhere. And we are given the fuller information that He does this by "the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth," which is a symbolic way to say that He does this by the Holy Spirit (see under Rev. 1:4). The Holy Spirit can be called the Spirit of Christ Jesus too (cf. Acts 6:7; Rom. 8:9; Gal. 4:6; Phil. 1:19; and 1 Pet. 1:11).]] (7) And He came and took the book [scroll] out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne [cf. Rev. 5:1]. (8) When He had taken the book [scroll], the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb [It would be quite improper for anyone to fall down before the Lamb to worship Him (cf. Rev. 5:14; 19:10; and 22:8) if the Lamb weren't deity with God the Father - He is!], each one holding a harp [cf. Rev. 14:2; 15:2] and golden bowls full of incense [Most agree that it was only the twenty-four elders (apparently the four living creatures were not included) who were holding the harps and golden bowls.], which are the prayers of the saints. [[This is interesting and important information. The twenty-four elders apparently present our prayers before the throne. Our prayers that haven't been answered yet that have been prayed in the will of God and in faith don't just vanish. Especially relevant here are prayers like, "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:9). (For God's will to be done, including being done in our lives, is all that really matters.) Those prayers are before God now. They will be answered. They are part of what God uses to accomplish His purposes on the earth.
We must understand that the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and our great high priest, is the one who makes our prayers acceptable before the Father, not the twenty-four elders and He intercedes for us (cf., e.g., John 15:16; 16:23, 24; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 8:1-10:25; 12:24; and see under Rev. 8:3-5). Also, we pray in His name. It's true, however, that God does give significant authority and responsibility to others, both angels and men. We're not talking about angels or men competing with God and trying to take some of the glory due to Him (the triune God). We're talking about the fact that God chooses to give important assignment to those under Him, angels and men, which they carry out by His grace for His glory. He didn't create us to be unimportant and to do unimportant things. When we're doing what He wants us to do, it's important and significant. On the relationship between prayer and incense, cf. Rev. 8:3, 4; Psalm 141:2; Luke 1:9-11; and Ex. 30:6-10.]] (9) And they sang a new song [The new song celebrates the victory that has just been accomplished through the death and resurrection of the Lamb of God. Apparently only the twenty-four elders were singing here.], saying, 'Worthy are You to take the book [scroll] and to break its seals [cf. Rev. 5:2-7]; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. [[On "purchased for God," cf. 1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23; Gal. 3:13; 4:5; 2 Pet. 2:1; and Rev. 14:3, 4. All true Christians (all the members of God's true Israel) are redeemed through the blood (sacrifice/atoning death/cross) of Christ (cf., e.g., Rev. 1:5). This is a dominant theme in the New Testament. Furthermore, although they're not mentioned here in Rev. 5:9, 10, the elect of the nations are also saved through the blood of Christ (see Rev. 21:27; 13:8; cf. Rev. 15:3, 4; 20:3). He is the only door to heaven for mankind (cf. John 10:7, 9; 14:6).]] (10) You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.' [[See under Rev. 1:6. Our reign will begin when Christ returns, and Rev. 20:6 shows that we will reign throughout the millennial kingdom. Revelation 22:5 adds the information that our reign will continue forever in God's new heaven and new earth with its new Jerusalem. In a preliminary sense we are priests now (cf. Ex. 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9), and Rev. 20:6 shows that we will be priests throughout the millennial kingdom. I assume we will continue to function as priests after the millennial kingdom too.
The KJV and the NKJV have "us" instead of "them" here, and "we shall reign" instead of "they will reign." They also have "redeemed us" instead of "purchased men" in Rev. 5:9. These readings would substantially alter the meaning of these verses. The twenty-four elders would be singing this song about themselves. The twenty-four elders wouldn't, therefore, be high-level angelic beings (see under Rev. 4:4).
The Greek manuscripts of Rev. 5:10 strongly support the translation of the NASB, and most agree that the Greek text behind the KJV and NKJV of Rev. 5:9, 10 is not the original text. Every other translation I have looked at is in agreement with the NASB in Rev. 5:9, 10 (in opposition to the KJV and NKJV), including the NIV, the Amplified Bible, the RSV, the NRSV, the New English Bible, the New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips, the Jerusalem Bible, and the New American Bible. The United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament (Fourth Revised Edition, 1993) has the Greek readings followed by the NASB, and they assign their highest rating of certainty to these readings, which means that from their point of view "the text is certain."]] (11) Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands [[Compare Dan. 7:10; Heb 12:22; and Jude 1:14. Under "myriad," my English dictionary has (in part), "originally, ten thousand; any indefinitely large number." The NKJV has, "the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands." The NIV has, "numbering thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand." "Myriads" comes from the Greek "murias, muriados," which was sometimes used of a literal ten thousand. (Acts 19:19 in the Greek has the word for five [pente] with the plural for myriads, which yields "fifty thousand [pieces of silver].") But it was often used of an indefinite very large number.]], (12) saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain [cf. Rev. 5:6, 9] to receive power and riches [The NIV has "wealth."] and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing [The NIV has "praise" instead of "blessing" here, and in Rev. 5:13; 7:12. So does the BAGD Greek Lexicon (under "eulogia").].' [[Note that Rev. 4:11 says that God the Father is worthy to "receive glory and honor and power"; note the words spoken to God the Father and to the Lamb (God the Son) in Rev. 5:13; and note Rev. 7:12, words spoken to God the Father, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen."
Since it's a fact, as we discussed under Rev. 4:11, that these things listed in Rev. 4:11 already belong to God by virtue of who He is and what He has done, He receives them only in the sense that these things, which are His, are ascribed to Him in worship. The same truth applies to God the Son here in Rev. 5:12. The "blessing/praise" of Rev. 5:12; 7:12 and "thanksgiving" of Rev. 7:12 are in a different category; these are things that can be truly be given to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ by men and angels in worship.
I'll quote what Isbon T. Beckwith said regarding "blessing" here in Rev. 5:12 ("Apocalypse of John" [Baker, 1979, copyright 1919], page 513). " 'Eulogian,' 'blessing': i.e., praise. The word, like "eucharistian" [thanks] in Rev. 4:9 [and "thanksgiving" in Rev. 7:12], expresses what is offered to Christ on man's part; this is, at least in thought, distinguishable from the acknowledgement of what he possesses in himself, his power, wisdom, glory, etc. The distinction is made clear in the doxology in 1 Chron. 29:11-13, with which this hymn is in several terms parallel."
I'll quote 1 Chron. 29:10-13, "So David blessed the LORD [Yahweh] in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, 'Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name."]] (13) And every created thing [The NIV, KJV, and NKJV have "every creature."] which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth [cf. Rev. 5:3] and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, 'To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing [or, praise] and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.' [[The praise and worship of heaven pictured in Revelation chapters 4, 5 expands here to include the entire universe. There is some uncertainty as to whether we are to think of the devil and his followers being included here. Some say yes, and some say no. I'm not sure, but I'm sure that whichever way this question is answered it must not be allowed to obscure the fact that the emphasis of this verse, in this context, is on genuine praise and worship of God the Father and God the Son.
The wording of this verse seems to include all creatures, including the enemies of God. On the other hand, the devil isn't going to worship God. It's true, however, that even the devil and his followers will ultimately be subdued, and they will have to acknowledge the wisdom, glory, honor, power, and dominion of God (including God the Son). As Phil. 2:9-11 say, "For this reason also, God highly exalted Him [Christ] and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name [This is true already], so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father [In most senses this is still future]." All creation, excluding only those who will be removed by judgment, benefits from the victory/overcoming of the Lamb of God (cf. Rom. 8:19-22; Rev. 21:1-22:5; Isa. 11:1-10; and 65:17-25).]] (14) And the four living creatures kept saying, 'Amen.' [Compare 1 Cor. 14:16; Rev. 7:12; and 19:4. On "Amen," see under Rev. 3:14. For us to say "Amen" after the expression of praise or prayer by others means that we agree with what was said - it is truth - we are making it our own.] And the elders fell down and worshiped." [Note that the twenty-four elders worshiped the Lamb with God the Father, which would be totally inappropriate if He weren't deity with the Father (and the Spirit) - He is!]
May the will of God be fully accomplished through this paper, and His people be edified!
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By Tommy Andres, CNN
(CNN) – Remember a few months ago, when the price of gas was the hottest topic on the campaign trail? That's when President Obama renewed his call for alternative fuels and Newt Gingrich pushed the party's "drill, baby, drill" message. Now gas prices have fallen again and the GOP has chosen its candidate.
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