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2014 64 PORSCHE MACAN 3.6 TURBO PDK 5d 400 BHP
- 48909 Miles
- Petrol
- Semi Auto
- 208 CO² (g/km)
- £330.00 12m Tax
- £181.50 6m Tax
- 31.7 Avg. MPG
- Group 45 Ins.
- 48909 Miles
- Petrol
- Semi Auto
- 208 CO² (g/km)
- £330.00 12m Tax
- £181.50 6m Tax
- 31.7 Avg. MPG
- Group 45 Ins.
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Vehicle Summary
- Body styleEstate
- Engine size3604cc
- Engine capacity3.60 L
- Fuel typePetrol
- Number of doors5
- Number of seats5
- TransmissionSemi Auto
- CO2 emissions208 g/km
- Insurance group45
Performance & Economy
- Fuel consumption (urban)24.6 mpg
- Fuel consumption (extra urban)37.7 mpg
- Fuel consumption (combined)31.7 mpg
- 0 - 60 mph4.8 seconds
- Top speed165.0 mph
- Cylinders6
- Engine power400 bhp
- Engine torque405 lbs/ft
- Height1624mm
- Height inclusive of roof railsmm
- Length4699mm
- Wheelbase2807mm
- Width1923mm
- Width including mirrorsmm
Interior / Exterior
- 3 zone climate control
- 4 12v Sockets
- 4 way adjustable front head restraints
- 40:20:40 split folding rear seat
- Active carbon filter
- Air quality sensor
- Alcantara roof lining
- Automatic air recirculate
- Clothes hooks on front seat backrests
- Connect Plus with Apple CarPlay, wireless internet access, Carfinder, Remote Vehicle Status and Remote Services
- DAB Digital radio
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- Front armrest
- Front reading lights
- Front seat ventilation
- Heated front seats
- Ignition Lock illumination
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- Isofix system on outer rear seats
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- Pollen filter
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- Rear centre armrest
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- Retractable Loadspace Cover
- Retractable luggage net
- Steering wheel gearshift paddles
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- Storage compartments in cargo area side walls
- Two tone leather upholstery with leather interior
- USB interface in rear
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- 21" Sport Classic wheels painted in black
- Air intake grilles in high gloss black
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- Porsche metallic - Carrara white
- Privacy glass
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- Sports exhaust system with silver sport tailpipes
- Tinted LED tail lights
- Towbar preparation
- Trailer Stability Programme
- Trim strip in silver
- Two tone leather with leather interior - Black/garnet red
- Welcome home function
- Wheel centres with full colour Porsche crest
ComfortNo features available.
Safety / Other
- 3 point automatic seatbelts
- 3 point rear seatbelts
- 7-inch high-resolution TFT colour display
- Alarm system
- Brake pad wear sensors front and rear
- Compass display in instrument cluster
- Curtain airbags
- Electronic parking brake
- Electronic transponder immobiliser
- External temperature gauge
- Front seat belts warning
- Front seatbelt pretensioners + load limiters
- Front side airbags
- Front/rear park distance control
- Full size driver and passenger airbags
- Height adjustable front seatbelts
- Hill hold control
- Instrument cluster with high-resolution 4.8-inch TFT colour display
- Mobile telephone preparation
- Motor Slip Regulation (MSR) - Engine Drag Torque Control
- Off-road button
- On board computer
- Passenger airbag deactivation system
- PCM navigation module
- Porsche Communication Management (PCM) including HDD navigation
- Porsche communications management
- Porsche Connect Plus
- Power tailgate
- PTM (Porsche Traction Management)
- Red painted brake calipers
- Remote central locking
- Reversing camera with ParkAssist
- Service interval indicator
- Sports button in centre console
- Two tone horn
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 75 litre fuel tank
- Carbon interior pack - Macan
- Interior pack - Leather - Macan
- Porsche stability management (PSM)
- Sport chrono package - Macan
Over £13,600 WORTH OF Factory Fitted Extras
- Compass display in instrument cluster£228
- Reversing camera with ParkAssist£345
- 21" Sport Classic wheels painted in black£2,483
- Air intake grilles in high gloss black£599
- Painted Porsche logo£179
- Porsche metallic - Carrara white£632
- Privacy glass£333
- Sports exhaust system with silver sport tailpipes£1,700
- Two tone leather with leather interior - Black/garnet red£1,457
- Wheel centres with full colour Porsche crest£114
- Front seat ventilation£657
- Heated front seats£294
- PDK gear selector in aluminium look£375
- Porsche crest embossed in front and rear headrests£320
- Porsche crest embossed in front headrests£161
- Two tone leather upholstery with leather interior£1,457
- Carbon interior pack - Macan£597
- Interior pack - Leather - Macan£956
- Sport chrono package - Macan£774
- Total value of factory fitted extras£13,661
For more info on this vehicle call our showroom on 01942 590990
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- Mileage: 48909 miles
- Engine Size: 3.60 L
- Fuel Type: PetrolGearbox: Semi AutoBody Style: EstateColour: WhiteOwners: 4
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Russian-born Singaporean businessman Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Acronis announced the sponsorship intentions.
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Overview & Purpose: The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and follows both municipaland state mandates. As a statewide cultural education center and museum, providing a diverse array ofservices to the public, including our cultural center, facility use, retail, coffee shop, educationalprogramming and classes, ANHC falls under several different classifications as… Read More
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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. As such, spoilers will be present within the article.
For gameplay-specific information, please see the relevant article on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Wiki!
- "They're not meant ter live together, giants ... they can't help themselves, they half kill each other every few weeks."
- —Rubeus Hagrid[src]
A giant is a very large humanoid magical being which can potentially grow to approximately twenty five feet tall and appear to be a large human.
Some may appear as large and hairy humanoids, while others resemble humongous-sized people, and some may even have bestial features (i.e. protruding sharp molars). Giants generally live in tribes, although as their numbers dwindle, the tribes have merged into larger groups. A Giant tribe is led by the strongest giant, known as the Gurg. Giants average between twenty and twenty five feet in height, however two nota exceptions include Grawp, who was considered small at sixteen feet high, and Goliath, under ten feet tall.
Behaviour and traits
- "Harry, they're just vicious, giants. It's like Hagrid said, it's in their natures, they're like trolls... they just like killing, everyone knows that."
- —Ron Weasley regarding giants[src]
Giants are not as intelligent as wizards and witches but definitely more so than trolls, given that they seem to be able to comprehend magic and are actually fond of its use (provided it isn't being used against them, of course). They have their own language, culture, and societal structure. They are capable of learning English, and presumably other languages as well, and read.[1] When breeding, they pride themselves on having large babies, and disappointment would arise if the child was smaller than expected.
Unfortunately, most giants don't have the patience for long discussions and seem to prefer simplifying matters by killing their audience if the topic they brought proved too complicated. Because of this, it is imperative that one must have gifts at the ready when trying to appease giants and take one's time, giving the giants the privilege of deciding what to do with what was offered.
Due to their lack of patience for resolving disputes verbally, they are not used to being cramped in small areas, and would fight against each other over the smallest matters, such as sleeping places and food. Even being a Gurg does not guarantee the complete loyalty of the tribe, as others may end up killing them to obtain the position, such as when Golgomath killed Karkus, summarising their characteristics of might makes right.
Even without significant magical abilities, Giants are immensely powerful creatures. Gifted with overwhelming raw strength proportionate to their prodigious size, they are difficult to detain by wizards since most spells tend to have little to no effect upon them and may very well be even stronger than dragons, as seen when six ministry wizards came to subdue the half-giant, Hagrid. All of the stunning spells they sent at him only seemed to just bounce off. This is particularly noteworthy, since Sirius claimed that nothing less of at least half a dozen wizards casting said enchantments at the same time can stun a full-grown dragon into submission. However, similar to dragons, they may have certain weaker spots on their bodies, such as their eyes, as Olympe Maxime managed to subdue some of Golgomath's subordinates with the Conjunctivitis Curse (which attacks the eyes). It also seems apparent that, while giants may be resistant to many spells, their skin appears to be no more resistant to non-magical trauma than regular wizards, as evidenced by the fact that Grawp - a full-blooded giant - was subdued and injured by the centaurs' arrows in the spring of 1996, despite there being no indication that their bows and arrows have any magical properties. The arrows may have been the equivalent of thumb tacs, considering Grawp's size, but they still provoked blood and forced Grawp to step back.
Giants were once plentiful across the world, with at least a hundred different tribes.
Giants were active in the United States of America during the 1920s, even frequenting wizarding speakeasies such as The Blind Pig.[2]
First Wizarding War
Between the wars
The remaining giants retreated into a remote mountainous region in Northern Europe, and being cramped in such areas resulted in them killing each other for the most trivial matters or sometimes for nothing but sheer violence, reducing their numbers to around eighty in total. Muggle mountaineers who approach the giants' colony would meet their demise at the hands of these fearsome beings, but they were always written off as some kind of climbing accident.
Wizard kind, however, seemed to be satisfied with the giants out of their community as a whole and did not bother to monitor or exterminate them as long as they remained so.[3] In 1995, following the return of Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore dispatched two half-giants, the Hogwarts gamekeeper, Rubeus Hagrid, accompanied by the headmistress of Beauxbatons, Olympe Maxime,[4] to make an alliance with giants and deny their forces to Voldemort when Cornelius Fudge refused to make an official approach on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. The pair travelled to a tribe north-east of Minsk to try and gain the friendship of the tribe, however, they were not alone in their efforts. Two Death Eaters, including Walden Macnair, had also arrived to try and convince the giants to rejoin Voldemort's forces.[3]
Hagrid and Maxime were doing well and were on good terms with the Gurg called Karkus. The Death Eaters, though, courted the favour of Golgomath and engineered an uprising. Golgomath killed Karkus, took his place as Gurg, and allied the Death Eaters. Hagrid and Maxime were forced to retreat after being attacked by the giants.[3]
Second Wizarding War
- "They've brought giants of their own!"
- —Aberforth Dumbledore, Battle of Hogwarts[src]
During the Battle of Hogwarts, many giants fought on the side of Lord Voldemort against the defenders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They mainly battled Grawp, a small giant who had fled the colony two years earlier, and the hippogriffs and Thestrals.[6] It is not known what happened to them after the battle. The most likely theories are that the survivors returned to the northern colony, came to be accepted by wizard kind from Albus Dumbledore's attempt to offer them the hand of friendship, or were subsequently executed by Aurors and The Committee for Disposal of Dangerous Creatures for the part they played in the war. If it is the latter, then the race of giants would be near extinct, with Grawp and two half-giants remaining, but given Kingsley Shacklebolt's loyalty to Dumbledore, as well as the insistence of Harry, Ron and Hermione (and likely eventually others after the Battle of Hogwarts) it is far more likely that wizardkind eventually wanted and managed to make peace and friendship with the surviving giants and let them live in remote habitats. However, considering their long life cycle and extremely small population size, it is not likely under any circumstances that the giant species would have remained extant for long after the end of the war, unless they were given more space on their own.
Giants within the Wizarding World
- Albus Dumbledore: "Extend them the hand of friendship, now, before it is too late, or Voldemort will persuade them, as he did before, that he alone among wizards will give them their rights and their freedom!"
- Cornelius Fudge: "You — you cannot be serious! If the magical community got wind that I had approached the giants — people hate them, Dumbledore — end of my career —"
- — Wizarding opinion regarding the giants[src]
Due to giants being dangerously violent, they are feared and hated amongst the Wizarding World. This was further compounded when they joined forces with Voldemort and caused some of the most devastating catastrophes. As such, wizards and witches tend to reject any connections with such fearsome creatures in general. Voldemort and his Death Eaters, however, see the giants as valuable assets and recruited them for both wars. Albus Dumbledore attempted to bring them over as an attempt to strengthen inter-species bonding (as well as preventing Voldemort from utilising their immense strength for his army), despite Minister Fudge's absolute refusal of the idea.
It is partly because of giants that fear of "part-humans" in the Wizarding World exist. Half-giants are looked down upon as outcasts of society and are singled out as a subject of ridicule. When Rubeus Hagrid was outed by Rita Skeeter as a half-giant, many became frightened of him despite having known him for years, and some demanded his resignation. Olympe Maxime refused to publicly admit her heritage, even to a fellow half-giant.[4]
Not all giants are "bad." Grawp was taken from the mountain tribe by his half-brother Rubeus Hagrid and lived in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid managed to civilise his half-brother to a degree and taught him some English.[3] Grawp attended Dumbledore's funeral in 1997[5] and assisted the defenders of Hogwarts Castle during the Battle of Hogwarts.[6] There were also some other giants who grew interested when Hagrid and Madame Maxime went to negotiate with them to live in harmony with wizards.[3] Unfortunately, when the Gurg that they did not agree with raided the area looking for them, they refused to have anymore to do with Hagrid and Madame Maxime.
Known Giants
- Hengist of Upper Barnton
- Karkus
- Karkus' wife
- Morholt
- Morholt's brother
- Olympe Maxime (Half-giant)
- Rubeus Hagrid (Half-giant)
- Unidentified Giant in the Battle of Hogwarts (I)
- Unidentified Giant in the Battle of Hogwarts (II)
- Unidentified Giant in the Battle of Hogwarts (III)
- Unidentified Giant in the Battle of Hogwarts (IV)
- Unidentified Giant in the Battle of Hogwarts (V)
- Unidentified giant in the Blind Pig
See also
Behind the scenes
- Gigantic humanoids exist in the legends of many cultures worldwide. The giants of Harry Potter are most likely predominately based on the giants of English folklore, such as those in the fairy tale "Jack the Giant Killer".
- According to W.O.M.B.A.T., giants may be cannibals, or giants may have very poor eyesight when compared with humans. Support for the latter is provided by the fact that Grawp needed to move his head close to see Harry and Hermione, and later to see the centaurs while in the Forbidden Forest.
- Andros the Invincible was able to conjure a Patronus the size of a giant, although the shape it took was unclear.
- Given the considerable size discrepancy between giants and humans, it is unknown how they are able to mate with the latter. A possible explanation is the Shrinking Charm.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (As Half-Giants, and in Rita Skeeter's article)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (Appears in concept artwork)
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (A Giant Problem) - The first Giant that Minerva McGonagall fights has a book hanging from his belt.
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 82
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
|Giants and Half-Giants
|Giant Colony
Gurgs: Karkus (Former) ·
|Other Giants
Bran the Bloodthirsty ·
Cyclops ·
Death Eaters's Giant army in First Wizarding War ·
Goliath ·
Grawp's father ·
Hengist of Upper Barnton ·
Morholt ·
Morholt's brother ·
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Alumni: Keeping in touch
We hope to stay in touch with our Old Members, Friends and Students around the world. Please do keep us up to date with your latest news and details by visiting our NetCommunity or just send us an email with your changes.
We do not give out contact details due to Data Protection legislation, but the Development Office will try to forward single pieces of post or emails to individual Mertonians.
As many alumni will know, Merton, in common with several other colleges, has transferred to a new database system, known as DARS. (Development & Alumni Relations System). This system holds the details of alumni, students, staff and friends previously held in separate alumni and development databases of the University and the participating colleges. More colleges are joining and the result will be a single, comprehensive database allowing, on a regulated basis, colleges, faculties, departments, administrative units, international offices, recognised alumni societies, and sports and other entities associated with the University access to all the data held in it. We hope that this will lead to the details of our alumni, students, staff and friends being kept more up to date and that it will help improve our communications with you.
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Each year, our team of Year Representatives contact as many Mertonians as possible from their matriculation year by letter and email to collect news of Old Members for publication in Postmaster and The Merton Record. The Development Office helps with the administration and preparation of correspondence.
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These days in music, it seems like groups are becoming more and more a thing of the past.
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I got a chance to hear from #GCF, where they told me about their background story, their thoughts on the Southern music scene right now, and more!
Check out the interview below, and listen to their music here.
Tell me a bit about your guys' background story, and how you got into music.
We go by #GCF, which means "Greatest Common Factors." Our families we're involved in music, so we feel that's where our music background comes from.
How did you guys link up?
We linked up during our sophomore year of high school at Rowlett High School. We had the same 4th period, and we were showing each other our music. From then on, we started making music together, and a year or so after, we made the duo #GCF, and now we're here.
How do you feel about the Texas music scene, and even Southern music in general?
The Texas and Southern music scene is okay, but we feel it's viewed as more of a dance scene overall. But over the past couple of years, I feel we're breaking that stigma, and we're bringing reality rap to the game.
Do you think the South is rising back on top?
From what I've seen over the past couple of years, we could say yes because we feel its a new age coming up, and it's more to be said, as well as more people trying to benefit the listeners more, instead of just giving them a beat to move their body to without a message.
Where does #GCF come from?
We started in Rowlett, TX, but we are looking to be future moguls.
What's your recipe to having a successful studio session together?
A great studio session would include good vibes, great ideas, diversity, and being experimental while in the studio because if it's the same routine, it'll get dull. A huge part of making music is to have fun.
Who have been some of your guys' biggest influences?
We could say when we started, Dizzy Wright, Kendrick Lamar, and Dom Kennedy had an influence on our music.
If you could team up with anyone, who would it be?
G.O.O.D Music.
What's up next for you guys?
In 2015, we have our first #GCF project releasing, dope visuals, as well as bigger moves being made.
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Dr. Nick Sewell. Non-conformist. Werewolf. The first puts him at odds with his colleagues' idea of how an All Saints College lecturer should behave. The second, bestowed upon him by an ex-boyfriend, puts him at odds with himself.
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The Lord's Day Evening
July 13, 2008
Ezra 10:18-44
"Named in Public–Guilty as Charged!"
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now if you're visiting with us this evening, I almost feel as though I must apologize once again. It's a list of names in the text this evening. Those of us who have been here in the book of Ezra from the very beginning will have noted that Ezra…some of the material, I think, in the book of Ezra comes from his personal records and his personal diaries, and we've seen more than once now a list of names. This is a "shaming list." You wouldn't want to be in this list. This is a longer list, but a similar one to the one Ligon was referring to recently in Philippians — Euodia and Syntyche — two quarreling women in the church at Philippi named and shamed forever, recorded in the word of God. Well, tonight we have, depending on which version you are reading…in the ESV, I think it's 110 names; if you're in the good old King James Version, somehow they've managed, I think, to get as many as 113 names. Part of the problem is the Hebrew, and sometimes "the son of" and variations thereof can sometimes be rendered as a separate name when in fact it is not.
Ezra has come back to Jerusalem. He's come some eighty to eighty-five years after the first return following the decree of King Cyrus. A lot of things have happened. Eighty-five years is two and a half generations. No doubt some of those who had initially returned, some of those who had been there when the temple was constructed some twenty years after that initial return, some of those have probably died. We're dealing now in these closing chapters with the sons, and probably the grandsons, of those first returning exiles.
Ezra is a representative of the Persian king. He's a Jew, of course; he's a believer. He's a preacher of sorts. We have already seen him expounding the word of God. And when we move into the book of Nehemiah — and we'll do that next week – in the Hebrew text there is no real division between Ezra and Nehemiah, the one immediately follows the other, we'll see Ezra appear again in the book of Nehemiah.
Ezra was a man who knew the Scriptures. He had a great burden for the word of God. Ezra 7 has been used by many a preacher as a kind of motto, as a kind of passage to describe what the work of ministry — and particularly what the work of preaching — is largely about: expounding the word of God. He's a man of prayer. We've seen Ezra throw himself to the ground in penitential prayer, a prayer that sounds very much like some of the penitential Psalms. He's discovered in Jerusalem an issue, a problem which ought not to be. It's a difficult problem. We began to look at it last week. It's the problem of intermarriage: marriage of foreigners in particular. Actually, technically it's marriage outside of the faith. Some of the men had married women outside of the faith.
A commission has been established. We're all familiar with commissions. One of the questions — those of you who are heading for ordination trials, one of the questions invariably that comes is "what's the difference between a committee and a commission?" And the answer that they're expecting you to give is…and if you don't give this answer it's curtains! It's all over!…a commission has powers. This commission has powers. It can act as its own authority. It's been delegated this authority. It's going to do an incredibly difficult thing. You couldn't pay me enough to be on this commission. They were going to examine these marriages; not just the ones that are going to be mentioned here, but probably many others, some of which were irresolvable, some of which they couldn't find a harmonious conclusion. Some perhaps were dismissed out of court.
It's all to do with the holiness of Israel. There are lots of questions. I'm going to try and address a couple of them. Some of them I'm not even going to touch. We'll leave this evening with lots of questions — questions to which this passage, and indeed the rest of Scripture, does not provide for us an answer.
Let's pick up the reading in Ezra 10, and we pick up the reading at verse 18, the commission having been established and the verdict is now being given. Before we read the passage, let's look to God in prayer.
Lord, we thank You for the Bible. We want to love it more than we do. We want it to be the first book in our lives. We want to be in the Bible morning, noon, and night. We want to treasure all that it contains, and value it as the infallible, inerrant word of God. We thank You for the truth that all Scripture, including this passage, is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine and reproof and correction, and instruction in the way of righteousness, that the man of God might be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. We ask now for Your blessing. We ask for the illumination of Your Spirit. We want, O Lord, that supernatural power that enables us to discern what Scripture means. Help us to ask the right questions. Help us to think through logically and structurally what it is that You are saying here, and grant to our darkened minds that the light of Your Spirit might enable us to understand Your word better. We want not just to be those who understand it, but we want to be those who do it. So teach us, O Lord, what You would have us do as a result of understanding a little this part of holy Scripture. Now hear us, O Lord, we pray, for Jesus' sake. Amen.
This is God's word:
18Now there were found some of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, some of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers. 19They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.[4] 20Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. 21Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. 22Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 23Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. 25And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah,[5] and Benaiah. 26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. 27Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. 28Of the sons of Bebai were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 29Of the sons of Bani were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. 30Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. 31Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, 35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, 36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu. 38Of the sons of Binnui:[6] Shimei, 39Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, 40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. 44All these had married foreign women, and some of the women had even borne children
Well, thus far God's holy and inerrant word.
In the spring of the year 2000, there was a TV program. [I never saw it, I promise!] It was called "I Want to Marry a Millionaire." It was a spin, I suppose, of "I Want to Be a Millionaire." Thousands of women applied to take part in this TV program, the prize of which would be this husband — purportedly a millionaire. These women were judged according to their beauty in gowns and swimwear, and general knowledge. At the end of the program, Rick Rockwell married Darva Conger, and they left for Las Vegas. Within a week the marriage had been annulled. He turned out to be not quite the millionaire that he purported to be, and there was talk by a former fiancйe of abuse and some other nasty things. Why did she do it? Why did she marry him? "For the diamond ring and the free trip to Vegas," she said.
Well, Ezra isn't quite facing that, but he's facing something similar. Marriages among the people of God, among those who had at least discerned the importance of the kingdom of God sufficient to have left captivity — at least, their grandparents had left captivity and they'd come back to Jerusalem. The heart and center are the purposes of God. They had married, some of them, foreign women. They'd married outside of the faith. Perhaps we're meant to understand that they'd married Persian women. They'd married perhaps for social advancement, for perhaps economic gain.
It isn't clear as to whether these technically were marriages. It's not the usual Hebrew word for marriage. In fact, it's a Hebrew word that suggests that they gave homes to these women, which may in Hebrew idiom amount to the same thing.
It's always important when reading history in the Bible to learn the distinction between description and prescription. What we have is an accurate, infallible, inerrant description of what happened. It does not necessarily amount to prescription for us in our context. So we need to do a little digging.
I. Is this a prescription for divorce?
I want to ask three or four questions about this passage: the first, is this a prescription for divorce? I ask that question because some do use this passage as a prescription for divorce. They find themselves married to unbelievers. They use this passage, Ezra 10, to provide justification for divorce. I said last week that Paul addresses that scenario — not the scenario of Ezra 10, but he does address the issue of someone who is a believer, who has come to be a believer after he is married. And if the unbeliever deserts that marriage, then divorce is permissible, though reconciliation would be preferable.
That's not the situation that's being envisaged here. These men, presumably believers but certainly within the covenant community of Israel as Ezra defines it, have knowingly and wittingly gone outside of the faithful in order to marry. That's an entirely different scenario. We have to remember that Malachi is a contemporary prophet of Ezra, and Malachi says in the second chapter, "God hates divorce." God allows divorce
And the Bible, and those who have carefully studied the Bible — our forefathers and predecessors, and writers of our Confession of Faith, here in this church — have suggested that there are two grounds for divorce. One is unfaithfulness or adultery, and the other is willful desertion. Neither of those cases are here in this passage, so what we have is not a case where there is grounds for divorce as we understand it.
II. Was Ezra right?
We have to ask ourselves a very difficult question now. Was Ezra right? Was he correct? Was he right in insisting through the work of this commission — it wasn't him, you understand; it was the commission, and the commission had been established by the almost unanimous (there were three naysayers)…but it was established by the almost unanimous opinion of the leaders of the Israelite community. But were they right? Were they correct in insisting on divorce?
You have to enter into that just a little. What would be the consequences of sending these women (and notice the almost offhand remark at the very end of the chapter that some of them had borne children)… that these women and children would be sent away. Now, they wouldn't be sent away to fend for themselves, as perhaps in a modern Western first world society; they would be sent back to their families and they would be provided for by their larger families, no doubt, in an ancient Near Eastern culture. But nevertheless, there are huge and significant problems here. Women torn away, perhaps unwillingly…perhaps there might have been a few that were willing, but one imagines that most of them would have been unwilling, and one imagines the emotional scenes as these women and children are being sent away. The Bible glosses over that scene entirely, because it's concerned with a matter of principle and not a matter of sentiment. Were the Bible a different book, perhaps we would be reading this in a different way than we read it this evening, but we have to ask the question — at least the possibility — was Ezra wrong?
I don't know the answer to that question, but I'm raising the question. I'm raising it as a possibility because Nehemiah, who faces a similar issue…and we'll come back to this…oh, it'll be the other side of Christmas! We'll enjoy Christmas first, and then we'll have to come back to this in perhaps January of next year. In Nehemiah 13, this issue arises again.
Now make a mental note that reformation, even within a godly community, doesn't always stick. It doesn't always last. The issue with Nehemiah is fourteen or fifteen years down the line. It's not a long period of time, and the issue is back again. They're intermarrying again. Now Nehemiah does not insist on that occasion for divorce. Now he does forbid any future such marriages; that is perfectly understandable. But he doesn't insist on divorce, so the question arises, was Ezra wrong? Now hold that thought; hold that question; hold that doubt in your mind for a little. Don't forget it. Don't let it drop down the other side, but hold it there for a second while we dig a little deeper.
What emerges from this commission's finding — and we imagine now the sort of questions that they might have been asking of the husband, to be sure, but of the wives. One imagines that had there been the likes of a Ruth, a Moabitess, technically a foreigner but who professed faith in the God of Israel, that in that case, that case would be dropped. One imagines. We're not told that, but one imagines that that would be the case.
And one imagines that the result that we have here, the 110-111 names that we read together [whether the pronunciations were correct I have no idea]… but one imagines that in these cases these women did not profess the faith of the God of Israel.
You notice that sin is to be found, and we're all agreed that this is sin. They should not have done this. Whether we're agreed about the divorce issue is another matter, but we're all agreed that the issue itself was sinful. They should never have got themselves into this predicament. But you notice there are seventeen priests involved. Priests — those who had access to the innermost parts of the temple, those for whom the worship of the Lord was their profession and daily duty, who could never argue that they didn't know. There were six Levites, helpers of the priests; there was one singerthree gatekeepers83 or 84 lay members. Sin wasn't confined… [Can I use the word laity? I don't like the word laity at all, but let me use that word tonight.] Sin wasn't confined there. It was at the highest ranks. Some of the priests were descended from Jeshua. Jeshua was the co-leader with Zerubbabel after the decree of Cyrus, that first wave of exile that came back from Babylon came back under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and some of these priests are descended from Jeshua…from that noble line.
Now granted, you may say the numbers are small…and they are small. One hundred, 110, out of what? Thirty thousand men? Forty-three thousand had returned, but the number of men was roughly around 30,000….100-110 out of 30,000. That's relatively a small amount.
But there's a principle here that no man — is it John Dunn? — "No man is an island." The sin of a few — and that's what motivates the zeal of Ezra — the sin of a few affects the whole.
Isn't that a principle Paul takes up in at least two of his letters, Galatians and Corinthians? That a little leaven leavens the whole lump? And Paul is talking about bad things in both cases…that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. It's the story of Achan, in Joshua; it's the story of Ananias and Sapphira in the book of Acts, that the sin of one or the sin of a few affects the whole entire community. We are the people of God. We are the people of God, and the failure of one inevitably affects the entire community. No amount of spiritual privilege can guarantee holiness.
A few of us were thinking about that this morning in Sunday School from the story of Peter, and the fall of Peter; Peter, who had said, 'I will never deny You;' Peter, who was one of the twelve; Peter, who was one of the three; Peter, who had been on the Mount of Transfiguration; Peter, to whom Jesus had spoken those definitive words at Caesarea Philippi: "I will build My church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." But no amount of spiritual privilege can guarantee that we don't fall. Priests had fallen. Levites had fallen.
Oh, there's a lesson here, if we can tease it out a little. "Take heed, you that think you stand; take heed, lest you fall."
There's something else. I didn't know how to put it [and this semonically is not my best sermon in terms of structure]. But the only way I could think of putting it was this way: that not everything in the kingdom of God is simple and straightforward. You might think when you're a young Christian — at least, when I was a young Christian, I thought everything was going to be simple and straightforward. I had the answers to everything. I knew how to raise children…until I had my own!
There are complexities here. We may stand from the vantage point of two and a half thousand years, and the vantage point of the revelation of the New Testament, and we may point an accusing finger at Ezra and call him a zealot — and I've been tempted to. We may think of that famous definition of Puritanism by H.L. Mencken: "The nagging fear that someone somewhere may be happy." And we may point that accusation at Ezra. He was a killjoy. Imagine the consequences of these divorces for the wives, for the children! Surely there was some better way of dealing with this.
But, my friends, you weren't there. And I certainly wasn't there. I have come to respect, in ways that I cannot begin to explain to you, some of the elders in this church who sit on extraordinarily difficult committees, who look at issues not dissimilar to these issues. You don't know them, and that's the way they want it. You've no idea how many hours they've spent, and that's the way they want it. I've heard the results of what they say on occasion, but have never seen the process. I've never been in the room. I've never read the papers. I've never listened to the discussions. I've learnt not to second-guess when wise heads who love the Lord and who love God's word… and they're men of principle…they're not merely men of sentiment and passion. They're men of principle, and I've learnt to respect that. And I tried to look at this passage and adopt the same principle: I wasn't there.
Even if you think Ezra was wrong, it was an incredibly difficult thing that he did, to stand on principle. We don't live in a principled age — not in society (you heard Jerry Sheldon's prayer tonight for the city) nor in the church at large.
What's the problem with the church of today? Well, it's lack of principle. It's lack of backbone. Somebody called me on my cell phone during the week, amazed that a certain church leader had said something. And I wasn't amazed at all. It was exactly what I would expect this certain church leader to say, because he has no backbone; he has no principle. He rules and governs by sentiment and by expediency, but not by the dictates of the word of God, and certainly not by the dictates of holiness.
III. Ezra's primary concern.
And the one prevailing issue for Ezra was the holiness of God's people. And you know, brothers and sisters, tonight, the very gospel hung on that? The coming of the Savior hung on that, that here was this small community…the salvation of you and me depended on this tiny little population in Jerusalem two and a half thousand years ago, because out of that population would emerge the Savior. And if that tiny little population allowed itself to become immersed into the ways and principles of the world…. Tozer said the best place for a ship is in the sea, but woe betide it when the sea gets in the ship. And that was Ezra's concern.
Now you may second-guess. You may shake your head and say, "Ezra, how could you possibly have done that?" But he did it! And he may have been wrong, but he did it out of principle, and he did it out of discernment, and he did it for the good of the kingdom of God. And the Bible doesn't tell us that he was wrong. And I think we ought to be slow…in fact, I think we ought to keep our opinions to ourselves, even though I've let a few out tonight.
You see, what is this passage about? It's about holiness. It's about separation. "Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate," saith the Lord. All right, we think of some crank with a placard somewhere in the town square, and we say that's no picture of Christianity that I want. But you see, my friends, we've allowed ourselves to think that the future of Christianity and the future of the church is to become like the world. We flaunt our liberties. We are so frightened of being different, of being different from the world, that we've run into the world and become like the world, and in many respects we can't be distinguished from the world.
And Ezra is saying that if the kingdom of God is going to survive, and if the kingdom of God is going to grow, and if the kingdom of God is going to attract others into it, it must be different from the world. It must be Christ-like. "Be ye holy as I am holy." And I think in Ezra's head that was the text that was spinning round and round and round, that the community of the people of God must be a holy community.
May God give us such a burden. May God give us such a zeal. May God give us such a love for His word and for the holiness of His church that we might be prepared to take the difficult decision for the sake of the kingdom of God.
Let's pray together.
Our Father in heaven, as we segue now from Ezra to Nehemiah, we find ourselves in a place that is difficult, and we remind ourselves that we too often find ourselves struggling to know what Your will is for us when there is no written prescription of Scripture to tell us what to do, and we're left to discern. We pray, O Lord, we pray for the leadership of this church. We pray for the church in the twenty-first century. We pray that we might be distinguished by holiness, by a desire to live out and out for You, no matter what the cost of that may be. And we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
Please stand and receive the Lord's benediction.
Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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Whole Earth Truck Store - An Original Inspiration October 15 2015
Perhaps some of you have heard about the famed counter culture magazine from the 60's and 70's called the Whole Earth Catalog. But did you know that a Rolling Shoppe similar to our own preceded the publication. It was called the "Whole Earth Truck Store".
The "WETS" was a 1963 Dodge truck that was a true travelling road trip. Not simply a store on wheels, but one with an educational angle as well. They offered an alternative lending library, and a mobile micro-education service. Soon the catalog was developed to explain and market tools and things that the truck could not display. Eventually, the mobile concept shop nestled into a fixed location in Menlo Park, CA and migrated toward a tool catalog, which they'd mail to people and have folks contact vendors directly about purchases instead of facilitating them off the truck.
The Whole Earth Catalog was a product catalog complete with editorial focused on product reviews, holism, and DIY culture. Think: Consumer Reports for counter culture, selling honest to goodness, good products for good people.
Editor Stewart Brand, named the project after a campaign he initiated to have NASA release the first satellite photo of the earth's globe from space. Brand was a progressive who wanted people to see the image to conceptualize the entire magnitude of our planet. His hypothesis was that that might help align American industry with ecology and social justice. Lofty goals.
According to Fred Turner in From Counterculture to Cyberculture (2006) "In time the Catalog would become the single most visible publication in which the technological and intellectual output of industry and high science met the Eastern religion, acid mysticism, and communal social theory of the-back-to-the-land movement." Eventually the business and publishing took a tole on Brand and he decided not to go forward with the concept.
The final issue in 1972 had a slogan on the back cover that has rung in the ears of many: "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." I encourage you all to follow suit with the same tenacity.


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NFPA President Jim Shannon took exception to comments made in a recent Boston Globe article by sprinkler opponents saying that sprinklers have not been proving to be more effective in saving lives than smoke detectors. Shannon's letter, printed today, shot back with the facts. He stated, "That is simply not true." His letter went on to site the statistics that prove the life and property saving value of sprinklers. Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a reported home fire by about 50 percent. The risk of dying decreases by about 80 percent when sprinklers are present. The coverage came as part of NFPA's continuing work with every major fire service organization in the state to oppose action by the Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards to omit the provision for fire sprinklers in new one and two family homes from the building code. For more information on the Massachusetts action visit www.firesprinklersma.org.
It is not uncommon for opponents to use inaccurate information or use NFPA statistics out of context. NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative provides research reports and statistical information to help advocates make the case for home fire sprinklers in their communities.


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Letting It Be
Mindful Lessons Toward Acceptance
Letting It Be: Mindful Lessons Toward Acceptance is a step-by-step guide authored by Dr. Lisa Templeton, a clinical psychologist, to help learn about your own inner process, manage thoughts and emotions more effectively, and to be a better friend to yourself and others. Each chapter is about being with a certain focused energy to aid with self-awareness and ultimately with acceptance. Dr. Lisa offers her own experiences through personal stories, spiritual experiences, first-hand interpretations, poems, and guided meditations to aid others in working through suffering to become a victor in moving through the difficulties of life.
Templetown Publishing, 9780999682708, 240pp.
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Chicago District Cites Another BAB Audit
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WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago has disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service is examining $600 million of Build America Bonds it issued in August 2009 — the second IRS audit of BABs announced in less than a week.
The district's material-event notice disclosing the audit, published late Friday on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's online EMMA system, also noted that the bonds are subject to a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry.
The bonds were issued to finance construction projects under the triple-A rated water district's capital improvement program. The IRS notified the agency of the audit in a Sept. 24 letter.
The district is in the process of responding to the IRS request, according to Harold Downs, its treasurer.
Bradley Waterman, the tax-controversy attorney representing the issuer before the IRS, declined to comment.
The disclosure marks another public acknowledgment of an IRS audit by a BAB issuer.
Last week, San Antonio disclosed that the IRS is examining $375 million of BABs it issued in May 2009 to finance capital improvements to its CPS Energy system. The city was notified of the audit on Oct. 18.
Clifford Gannett, director ot the IRS' tax-exempt bond office, said in an interview Friday that his team is auditing between 15 and 20 BAB deals. He said that, depending on what agents find, the service could audit more BABs as part of a targeted IRS initiative.
Both issuers received information document-request forms from the IRS, asking them to provide documents and information about their BABs, including how they were priced when sold and who purchased them.
One of the questions that has drawn particular interest from lawyers asks if any of the BABs were sold to governmental pension funds. This has caused some market participants to worry that the IRS is concerned about issuer employees participating in pension plans that buy the issuer's BABs.
One investment adviser on Tuesday wondered if the IRS is trying to figure out how many tax-exempt investors are buying BABs, to more accurately gauge the cost of the taxable stimulus bonds to the federal government.
However, the IRS did not indicate in either case that it was looking for a specific violation.
Gannett said the audits are "for the most part" random.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District also has responded to a query from the SEC in April about the pricing of its BABs due to the level of investor profit-taking in secondary market trading that immediately followed the initial sale, according to an article published in May by Bloomberg LLP.
Though the deal — which resulted in a true interest cost of 3.72% once the 35% direct-pay BAB subsidy was factored in, resulted in savings over a traditional tax-exempt deal — Bloomberg claimed in its analysis that the agency paid $8 million in unnecessary interest when compared to similar taxable deals done at the time.
Downs said Monday that the water district has not heard from the SEC since June when it provided pricing and other information from the deal. "We've heard nothing back at all," he said.
Chapman and Cutler LLP and Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt PC served as co-bond counsel on the issue.
The bonds were underwritten by a team led by Mesirow Financial, Inc., with co-senior manager Loop Capital Markets, LLC. Other underwriters were George K. Baum & Co., William Blair & Co., Blayock Robert Van LLC, Cabrera Capital Markets LLC, Jefferies & Co., Melvin Securities LLC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Podesta & Co., Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., and Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.
The disclosure of the water agency's audit comes as it is preparing to issue more BABs before the end of the year. The district is in the process of evaluating proposals from underwriting firms that came in Friday for another BAB deal, according to Downs.
Up to $500 million of BABs could be issued as part of the deal, but some portion of those bonds could end up as tax-exempts, he said.


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Mark's Weekly Review – Dunlopillo Orchid Divan & Mattressby Mark
Well what a week its been, rain, snow and now we have a weekend hotter than the Med! And with all that we've been setting up our brand new Dunlopillo Display. Not even 24 hours of having them here in our showroom and they're getting lots of attention. It seems only right to do a review on one, so I have chosen one that was our first sale for Dunlopillo here.
This week I'm reviewing the Dunlopillo Orchid Mattress on a slatted divan base.
Dunlopillo make pure latex mattresses from the rubber tree, one of the most eco-friendly mattress fillings available. This process takes unprecedented effort and patience. One rubber tree would take 500 days to provide the sap needed to make a single mattress. Perfecting comfort takes time.
We have the Orchid set up in our showroom in a king size which is perfect for allowing me to spread out like a starfish. Before even trying the bed I must say it's very aesthetically pleasing with a two-toned soft touch cover that gives it a modern/sleek look. I would almost feel ashamed to put sheets over it.
After trying this bed I felt supported but not to a degree where I would say this mattress was right for me. I have a slender build and this mattress is rated as 'Firm' I just didn't feel as comfortable as I would have liked. I make the bed more comfortable for my frame I had to lift the mattress which i must admit isn't the easiest thing to do on your own. Dunlopillo have been very clever in using adjustable slats to cater for differing levels of support and comfort. I adjusted the centre slats which have sliding adjusters to increase or decrease the tension you feel through the mattress It was pre-set to the firmest possible tension. No wonder it felt too firm for me. I must admit I was slightly debious about how much difference this could make to the overall feel but after making the adjustments and laying back down, I became aware that it made quite a noticable difference to the support it gave me. I started to feel more relaxed and loose, allowing me just lay there and take in all the bed was offering. Even though there are no springs in the mattress it is supporting each part of my body differently. Now this is because the mattress has 7 zones of comfort, softer zones around the shoulders, hips and heels but firmer zones for supporting the spine. This is clever. All the pointy bits of my slim body are moulding to the softer zones without compromising my spine.
Best of all my partner prefers a firmer tensioned bed compared to me so without the hassle of compromising we can just adjust our own slats to the tension we prefer.
One thing that is always on our mind when buying a new bed or just mattress is heat. Summer is here now 'I hope' and there is nothing worse than waking up or even worse not being able to get to sleep because your are overheating. Dunolpillo mattresses are pure latex but due to the nature in how they are made with Millions of microscopic air bubbles, this allows constant air circulation so as you move in the night the mattress is basically breathing, allowing for a comfortable tempature to sleep. This is maximised by the base options Dunlopillo offer, there bases only consist of either slatted or sprung this allows air flow to the highest level possible. Although not advised they can go on platform top bases but this won't allow the mattress to do some of the jobs its been designed for.
My personal choice if I was to buy a Dunlopillo Orchid Bed would be a 180cm / super king size, on a slatted base for the added option of slat tensions. With the multiple zones, breathability and unrivaled top quality feel this bed delivers everything I could want.
My final analysis for the Dunlopillo Orchid;
This isn't the cheapest bed you can buy but BMW or Mercedes aren't the cheapest cars you can buy. We all enjoy top quality items, big TV's, the latest phones etc. As you spend one third of life in your bed it leaves you thinking, why not. The Orchid is certainly worth saving up for.


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I first had this perception virtually 30 years in the past, and while I cannot show it's true, the many organizations I've worked with since have all wanted to alter their internal design before outcomes could enhance. The Navy's range initiative provides a strategic framework that's damaged down into 4 areas; recruiting – who the Navy brings in; training and development – how the Navy instills values; organizational alignment – how the Navy continues the momentum of cultural change; and communications – how the Navy informs the fleet of where we're headed.
A inventive company could thrive with a free organizational system, ample alternatives totally free brainstorming, and playful incentives. At the core of organizational innovation is the necessity to enhance or change a product, course of or service. With little or no planning and intervention, the organization design that emerges is prone to be flawed with misaligned incentives, processing gaps and obstacles to good communications.
It is certainly true that organizational designers additionally have to define the vertical construction, together with reporting strains. This time, as an alternative of redrawing the strains and boxes, the corporate sought to know the organizational elements that had slowed down its responses previously.
I've always loved stories about the previous west with gunfights at excessive noon out in the midst of nowhere. But when shopper tastes to your product are totally different around the globe, you may be higher off with a structure that delegates determination rights to the local enterprise chief. Some individuals affiliate group design with the mechanical association of positions and reporting lines on the group chart.
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The Chief of Naval Personnel stood up the "Fleet Range Council" which meets semi-yearly to discuss the diversity technique for our sailors and civilian employees. Due to this fact, organizational innovation requires a culture of innovation that supports new concepts, processes and customarily new methods of "doing enterprise".
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In sensation play, paraffin wax dripping from a lit taper delivers unexpected moments of heat which quickly fades. Not everyone's cup of tea. But for those who enjoy the surprise/receiving the surprise of temperature sensation, paraffin tapers can add consentual, wanted pain to expand arousal thresholds. Paraffin has an extremely low-temperature melt, so the skin is not burned as it would be with soy, palm, or beeswax.
These Colored Sensation Candles are deeply stained so you can see where you've been dripping. (Sometimes the undyed paraffin disappears on the skin.) The more distance between the taper and skin, the more the wax will cool before striking. Beware of the mess to sheets, walls, and floors, and don't leave candles burning near whiskers, window curtains or other flamable objects. Set of 3 short tapers.
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Supermodel Iman shared a rare picture of her daughter Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones, whom she shares with the late David Bowie, marking the teenager's 17th birthday on Instagram. And needless to say, Lexi appears all grown-up in the beautiful snap.
"The Queen of my heart Lexi Jones at 17 years old!" the Somalian fashion model wrote in the photo caption, followed up with "#selfportrait" and "#LexiLove".
The teenage daughter of late Grammy-winning singer Bowie showed off her side-profile and smouldering looks for the cameras in the sultry social media image. However, what caught the eyes were her vibrant red locks styled into loose curls and Lexi's shiny septum piercing.
Clearly, the celeb-kid has inherited her parents' good looks as she displayed a perfect pout in the picture posted by her mum. And eagle-eyed fans were quick to make a mention of it in the comments section.
"Wow, stunning genetics on display," one Instagram user wrote, while a second went on to gush about the similarities between the teenager and her famous father, "Bowie. Gorgeous... so like her Dad."
"Beautiful being just like you and David. <3. Happy birthday Lexi!" another admirer commented.
"Wow. You can see so much of David in Lexi. This is the first picture I've seen of her in several years. She is growing into a radiant and lovely young woman," someone else wrote, echoing what most of Iman's social media followers had to say.
A heartfelt birthday message in honour of Lexi's 17th birthday was posted on her late father's Instagram account as well.
"HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY TO LEXI 'You're only seventeen...' We're sure you will all want to join us in wishing many happy returns of the day to Alexandria Zahra Jones on her 17th birthday," the message read.
While Lexi is Bowie and Iman's only biological child, the 62-year-old model is also the step mother of Duncan Jones, the singer's son from a previous relationship.
The couple was together until Bowie died in January 2016 after losing his battle with cancer.


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Hunter Hayes holds on to the top spot for a second week with "Wanted" but he's got new competition behind him as Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" and Jason Aldean's "Take A Little Ride" both move up one to secure the #2 and #3 spots, respectively.
The lone debut this week comes from Kip Moore. He enters the countdown at #24 with "Beer Money", the follow-up to his smash hit "Something Bout A Truck".
As always, the CML Chart combines radioplay, album sales, along with popularity (video countdowns, frequency in the news, etc.) and internet downloads.
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the enemy away we found it one of great natural strength,and we proceeded to fortify it. Lines were laid off by the engineer, Captain Kossak, and a very excellent parapet was constructed by the men in a style that elicited the approval of General Halleck. Men worked day and night, and as soon as it was done and the dense trees and undergrowth cleared away in front, to give range to our batteries, I directed our pickets to drive the enemy farther back behind a large open field to our front and right. This was handsomely executed by the regular detail of picket guard under the direction of the field officer of the day, Lieutenant-Colonel Loudon, of the Seventh Ohio.
We remained in that intrenched camp at Russell's until the night of the 27th, when I received from Major-General Halleck an order by telegraph "to send a force the next day to drive the rebels from the house in our front on the Corinth road, to drive in their pickets as far as possible, and to make a strong demonstration on Corinth itself," authorizing me to call on my adjacent divisions for assistance. I asked General McClernand for one brigade and General Hurlubt for another, to co-operate with two brigades of my own division. General John A. Logan's brigade, of General Judah's division, of McClernand's reserve corps, and General Veatch's brigade, of Hurlbut's division, were placed subject to my orders, and took part with my own division in the operations of the two following days; and I now thank the officer and men of these brigades for the zeal and enthusiasm they manifested and the alacrity they displayed in the execution of every order given.
The house referred to by General Halleck was a double log building, standing on a high ridge on the upper or southern end of the large field, before referred to as the one to which we had advanced our pickets. The enemy had taken out the chinks and removed the roof, making in an excellent block-house, from which with perfect security he could annoy our pickets. The large field was perfectly overlooked by this house, as well as by the ridge along its southern line of fence, which was covered by a dense growth of heavy oaks and underbrush.
The main Corinth road runs along the eastern fence, whilst the field itself, about 300 yards wide by about 500 long, extended far to the right into the low land of Phillips' Creek, so densely wooded as to be impassable to troops or artillery. On the eastern side of the field the woods were more open. The enemy could be seen at all times in and about the house and the ridge beyond, and our pickets could not show themselves on our side of the field without attracting a shot. The problem was to clear the house and ridge of the enemy with as little loss as possible. To accomplish this I ordered General J. W. Denver, with his brigade (Third) and the Morton battery of four guns, to march in perfect silence from our lines at 8 a.m., keeping well under cover as he approached the field; General Morgan L. Smith's brigade (First), with Barrett's and Waterhouse's batteries, to move along the main road, keeping his force well masked in the woods to the left; Brigadier-General Veatch's brigade to move from General Hurlbut's lines through the woods on the left of and connecting with General Morgan L. Smith's brigade, and General John A. Logan's brigade to move down to Bowie Hill, cut off the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and thence forward and to the left, so as to connect with General Denvers' brigade on the extreme right; all to march at 8 a.m., with skirmishers well to the front, to keep well concealed,and at a signal to rush quickly on to the ridge, thus avoiding as much as possible the danger of crossing the open field exposed to the fire of a concealed enemy.


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The Synchrony bank walmart credit card login also known as the Walmart MasterCard login is a useful credit card for purchasing items from mainly Walmart online stores. You can learn how to use it right here in this review.
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The Synchrony bank walmart login is a credit card issued by Synchrony bank to customers who intend buying items online and from Walmart online stores. With this credit card, users would be able to carry out online shopping from any one of the Walmart chains of online stores. With this credit card, users are also open to receiving a variety of rewards as well as discounts on their purchased items. Customers would be able to purchase sports & fitness, baby, electronics, grocery and clothing items amongst others. Furthermore, customers in the US can use a credit card to pay any outstanding bills.
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To activate your Synchrony bank walmart credit card login you need to adhere to the simple steps below;
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