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Jon M. "Jack" Lipshultz
Environmental Defense Section
Assistant Chief, ENRD
Jack Lipshultz earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1987, and a Master of Public Policy in Environmental Policy from the University of Maryland in 2002. He served as a Trial Attorney in the Environmental Defense Section ("EDS") from 1989 to 1996, then rejoined the Section in November 1998. In the spring of 2004 he was promoted to the position of Senior Counsel for Appellate Matters, in which capacity he co-managed the Section's high profile petition for review practice, and in the summer of 2013 he was elevated to the leadership of that practice as Assistant Section Chief. That practice consists of defending petitions for review filed in the courts of appeals seeking review of final regulations and other agency action promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nation's pollution control laws. He is responsible for ensuring that the Section's attorneys provide EPA with the highest quality legal representation in these demanding cases, coordinating the Agency's position in litigation with other interested components of the Department and the federal government, and supporting the Office of the Solicitor General with respect to cases in which EPA or opposing parties may seek further review.
Throughout his Justice Department career, Mr. Lipshultz has made enormous contributions to the development and defense of EPA's regulatory program, particularly under the Clean Air Act. Litigation challenging EPA's regulatory initiatives under the pollution control statutes often presents issues of substantial public interest and extraordinary technical complexity. Mr. Lipshultz's combination of sharp analytical skills, keen editing ability, persuasive oral advocacy, and tactful diplomacy serves the United States very well in managing this high profile practice area.
As a Trial Attorney, he successfully defended the "NOx SIP Call," the first in a series of Clean Air Act rules applying a novel allowance trading program to address the problem of air pollution from upwind states contributing to unhealthy air in downwind states. Later, as a manager, he was instrumental in the development and defense of later generation rules addressing that problem, the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
Similarly, he litigated the landmark Massachusetts v. EPA case that established EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants under the Clean Air Act, and he has been intimately involved in shaping and defending every regulation since then addressing greenhouse gases, including the first suite of regulations limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles and the Clean Power Plan aimed at reducing emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Mr. Lipshultz is widely-respected within the Environment Division and at EPA, and his sage advice on thorny issues is widely sought. He has shown himself to be an exceptional manager, editor, and mentor. This Muskie-Chafee Award recognizes Mr. Lipshultz's long history of leadership in interpreting the Clean Air Act, and developing and defending EPA's regulatory scheme to implement it.
Walter Mugdan
Director of EPA Region II's Superfund Division
2016 Muskie-Chafee Award Recipient Walter Mugdan, an employee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the past 41 years, is currnently the Director of EPA Region II's Superfund Division. Throughout Mr. Mugdan's career he has worked closely with ENRD on scroes of matter: the partnership that Mr. Mugdan has forged with ENRD has resulted in improtant achievemtns to protect the environment. Mr. Mugdan exemplifies the ethic that Senators Muskie and Chafee stood for He was involved in environment protection early on in this country's envirnment movement. Mr. Mugdan is one of the original group of attorney in the enviornment law field and has remained throughout his career on the side of enviornmental protection.
Mr. Mugdan began his career at EPA in 1975 in the Office of Regional Counsel at EPA Region II. He served as Deputy Regional Counsel and from 1996-2002 as the Regional Counsel. He has served as the Director of the Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, whre his staff of 1080 scientists and eingineersmanaged the Region's air, water, and hazardous wast programs. Since 2008, Mr. Mugdan has served as the Director of the Region's Superfund Division, one of themost active Superfund programs in the country.
Mr. Mugdan has been personallly involved in Superfund negotiations that have resulted in billions of dollars of environmental cleanup. Mr. Mugdan and ENRD collaborated in negotiations with General Electric which resulted in an historic cleanup of the Hudson River. The Hudson River Superfund matter involves the largest enviornmental dredging project ever undertaken in the United States, consisting of the removal of 2.75 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment from the upper 40 miles of the river bottom. The major portion of the Hudson River cleanup is now complete, and the cost – borne by FE, instead of the federal government – is reported to be over $2 billion. Mr. Mugdan and the Division are presently collaborating on an enforcement matter involving the Passaic River/Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, which involves cleanup of toxic sediment in the lower eight miles of the Passaic River. This project, when implemented, will surpass the size, complexity and cost of the Hudson River PCB matter. Mr. Mugdan and ENRD are also engaged in enforcement efforts to bring about cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the most infamous Superfund sites in Region II: a highly contaminated 1.8 mile canal that has received extensive industrial and sewer discharges for over 150 years. Several years ago, Mr. Mugdan played a pivotal role helping the division defend against General Electric's challenge to the constitutionality of CERCLA Section 106, a lawsuit that threatened a vital part of the entire Superfund program. Mr. Mugdan's contributions to the defense of Section 106 was highly significant and is emblematic of his willingness to work with DOJ on our overall mission to protect the environment.
Mr. Mugdan's accomplishments in the regulatory arena have been similarly impressive, and have resulted in concrete improvements in protection of the environment and public health. Her personally helped to negotiate the settlement that resoved our Clean Air Act claims against the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), which supplies electric power to the residents of Puerto Rico. Working isde-by-side with the Division, Mr. Mugdan played a central role in achieving a comprehensive settlement with PREPA that provided for a drastic overhaul of the way PREPA operates and maintains its generating units and required PREPA to spend hundreds of millions on additional pollution controls. Before the lodging of the settlement and also during the public comment period, Mr. Mugden led the EPA-ENRD effort across Puerto Rico to obtain community input on supplemental environmental projects and to engage the public on the terms of the settlement. Mr. Mugdan's personal commitment to the PREPA settlement, as exemplified by his personal role in the negotiations and his willingness to lead public outreach on the proposed settlement, was an essential reason we were able to reach a settlement educate the public on the settlement and obtain court approval.
Throughout his stellar career, Mr. Mugdan has fostered a close relationship with this Division and has demonstrated a willingness, indeed eagerness, to personally work with the Division on many important matters. The essence of Mr. Mugdan's work with the division can be summarized as follows: his effrots have brought about improved outcomes for millions of people in terms of environmental protection and public health.
Daphne Fuller
Assistant Chief Counsel, Airports and Environmental Law Division, Federal Aviation Administration
2015 Muskie-Chafee Award Recipient Daphne Fuller is Assistant Chief Counsel for the Airports and Environmental Law Division of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Ms. Fuller has, for over twenty-five years, worked closely with ENRD on a growing and difficult docket of FAA cases. Ms. Fuller is frequently the senior career liaison between FAA lawyers and lawyers within ENRD. As air travel and commerce have increased, the need for enhanced capacity at the country's airports has become clear. Accordingly, local and regional airport authorities have undertaken ambitious enhancement projects like new runways and terminal facilities and, in some cases, a completely new airport. These projects are not always welcome in the communities immediately adjacent to regional airports, and cases challenging the FAA's approval and support of these projects on environmental grounds are frequent. The FAA also recently started implementation of its NEXTGEN system for air traffic control. This system will reduce delays and promote efficiency, but it too has resulted in challenging environmental litigation as communities struggle with change in air traffic configurations. Ms. Fuller has done an outstanding job supporting and cooperating with ENRD in the defense of these lawsuits and the FAA's record in the courts is nearly flawless.
But Ms. Fuller's leadership within the FAA reflects far more than a winning record in the courts. In confronting challenging environmental issues, the FAA has been a leader in thoughtful compliance. One notable example is environmental justice (EJ). In 2004, ENRD defended a challenge to a runway project at Boston's Logan International Airport. Project opponents asserted that the FAA and Massport (the Airport Authority) had not adequately addressed environmental impacts on environmental justice communities. The D.C. Circuit specifically asked the parties if the EJ analysis was subject to judicial review since the analysis was done in compliance with Executive Order 12,898 which stated that it did not provide for a private right of action. Massport argued that the analysis was not subject to judicial review. Working with Ms. Fuller, we took the position that the EJ analysis was subject to judicial review because it was a component of the Agency's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and thus reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Court agreed with us and the case, CARE v. FAA is a foundational EJ decision. Ultimately, the Court in CARE upheld the FAA's comprehensive EJ analysis. The robust analysis of environmental justice issues that is now routinely included in agency NEPA documentation is a direct result of Ms. Fuller's and the FAA's guidance on these issues.
Karen Dworkin
Environmental enforcement Section
Assistant Chief Special Litigation and Projects, ENRD
Karen Dworkin joined the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Division in 1987 and has displayed an unwavering commitment to its mission and that of the Department throughout her 27 year tenure. Karen began her work in EES as a trial attorney, quickly becoming a specialist in Clean Water Act enforcement issues. She actively litigated one of the early cases in which the Division sought to bring a major municipality (San Diego) into compliance with the Act. Her tenacity and creativity in the face of legal and policy challenges led to her appointment as the Assistant Section Chief in charge of the Special Projects Group, which she was asked to form and then manage by the Section Chief 18 years ago. Karen's duties are unlike those of any other EES Assistant Chief. The breadth of her responsibilities is legion -- from acting as primary liaison between the Section and EPA on a wide range of agency policies, to overseeing matters relating to professional responsibility of EES staff, to managing a challenging docket of complex mobile source Clean Air Act cases, to providing advice to Section attorneys on significant court decisions affecting the Section's practice. Karen's ability to act effectively as a broker of legal concepts, her steady hand, accommodating nature, and unequaled capacity for hard work enable the Section to respond effectively and consistently to the many issues it confronts. As important as these activities are to the quality of the Section's work, two of Karen's most notable contributions to the Section and the Environment Division have come in her fostering the development of hundreds of Supplemental Environmental Projects in the Section's settlements and leading the development of the Section's Environmental Justice program. She is consulted by attorneys on virtually every SEP that is included in a settlement of an enforcement action, more than $75 million worth of such projects in the past four fiscal years. Karen's work in developing EES' Environmental Justice (EJ) program laid the foundation for the Division's approach to this important matter. Karen played a central role in developing the Section's EJ Plan, a comprehensive written framework for implementing EJ in actual cases. The Section's robust program has become a model for the entire Division. Karen is completely devoted to the mission of EES and enjoys an unparalleled reputation for credibility and commitment to the Department of Justice and the environment we all cherish.
David Shilton
Appellate Section
Attorney, ENRD
David Shilton of the Appellate Section was recognized with the Division's Muskie-Chafee Award at a gathering in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General yesterday. Mr. Shilton began working for DOJ in 1979 in the Appellate Section of ENRD, where he has since spent his career. Through his exceptional work and advocacy, he has profoundly influenced the growth and direction of environmental law over the past three decades. Early in Mr. Shilton's career, he played a significant role in a broad range of ENRD's subject matter areas: the development of the law regarding Indian Treaty Rights, U.S. v. State of Washington; the development of the Takings Doctrine (in a manner mindful of environmental concerns), Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City; and the interpretation of the Clean Water Act, Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Clean Air Act, General Motors Corporation v. U.S. Mr. Shilton's work defending the constitutionality of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is among his most notable accomplishments. Immediately following the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Lopez, in which the Court found that an act that made possession of a firearm within a school zone beyond the reach of Congress's Commerce Clause authority, conservative activists brought a slew of cases challenging the constitutionality of the ESA. In an important test case the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) alleged that the "taking" provision of the ESA as applied to a species of fly found only in California also exceeded the Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause. Mr. Shilton convinced a conservative panel of the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that the Act was constitutional (NAHB v. Babbitt). His win in NAHB provided important ammunition to the Administration's successful defense of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. His output of excellent briefs has never wavered. To date, there are more than 400 federal court of appeals decisions bearing Mr. Shilton's name. His advocacy has played a seminal role in the development of environmental law.
Ronald "Ron" E. Swan
Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior
Mr. Swan recently retired from the Solicitor's Office after an impressive and distinguished 38-year career in Washington DC, Oregon, and other Pacific Northwest states providing legal advice vital to effective implementation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Throughout his career, Mr. Swan worked on controversial and precedent-setting ESA issues including when re-initiating consultation is required under Section 7, Section 10 Habitat Conservation Plans, promulgation of a rule allowing translocation of the ESA listed Southern Sea Otters to aid recovery of that species, and the Northern Spotted Owl Exemption proceedings that culminated in the Northwest Forest Plan. Mr. Swan continued to work on Pacific Northwest Timber issues and served as an advisor and mentor to numerous Interior and ENRD attorneys who have worked on these cases over the years. His loyalty and commitment to development of sound policies and legal positions to protect endangered species and critical habitat are legend both within Interior and ENRD.
John Cruden
ENRD Deputy Assistant Attorney General
John Cruden is recognized for his many accomplishments while serving as ENRD's career Deputy Assistant Attorney General from 1995 to 2011. During this tenure, John also served as Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section and as Acting Assistant Attorney General on multiple occasions. John has extensive personal experience litigating complex environmental cases. He is recognized for his commitment --- to legal excellence, to enforce and defend the federal laws protecting and conserving our environment, and to representing ENRD's client agencies and the American people. During periods of transition, he has worked to assure that the institutional knowledge and integrity of the Division was recognized and respected. He has mentored, taught, trained and served as a role model or a colleague for a generation of ENRD attorneys. His unwavering commitment and tireless efforts to protect our environment and to the integrity of the legal profession is his legacy to ENRD.
Eileen Sobeck
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior
Former ENRD Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Eileen Sobeck is responsible for the Nation's fish, wildlife, and plant conservation as well as the National Park System which is comprised of 392 areas covering more tha 84 million acres in the U.S. as well as American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands. Ms. Sobeck began her service with ENRD in 1984 as a trial attorney and quickly moved through the ranks to become Assistant Chief, then Chief of the Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, then Deputy Assistant Attorney General where she supervised the Environmental Crimes and Wildlife and Marine Resources Sections. Ms. Sobeck was responsible for overseeing many significant cases as well as providing superb administrative oversight and training initiatives. She was recognized with the prestigious Presidential Rank Award in 2003.
Edwin Kneedler
Career Deputy Solicitor General
Edwin Kneedler has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Environment and Natural Resources Division for many years. He is one of the most well known Supreme Court advocates in the nation, having now argued more than 100 cases. The list of cases that he has argued is legendary. Ed received his JD from the University of Virginia in 1974, clerked in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and then joined DOJ in 1975. He was Acting Solicitor General at the beginning of the Obama administration. Within DOJ, he is a recognized expert on Administrative Law, Native American Law, Fifth Amendment Takings, and Natural Resources issues and frequently advises and assists the Division in addition to his other responsibilities. He is also responsible for making appellate recommendations on natural resource issues, Fifth Amendment Takings, and Native American issues that must be approved by the Solicitor General.
John Webb
Environmental Crimes Section
Assistant Chief, ENRD
John Webb, Assistant Chief of ECS and formerly of the Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, joined the Division in 1986 following eight years of service with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He is the nation's expert in the complex area of domestic and international wildlife crime enforcement. John developed innovative prosecution theories and methods, worked to increase penalties imposed on wildlife traffickers, enhanced the proficiency of our nation's wildlife law enforcement agents, increased international understanding and cooperation in multilateral wildlife enforcement efforts, fostered cooperation between federal and state wildlife agencies, and promoted awareness of and proficiency in prosecuting wildlife cases by U.S. Attorney's Offices.
Raymond Mushal
Environmental Crimes Section
Senior Counsel, ENRD
Ray has dedicated his entire career to the Division. He began as an Honor Graduate in 1973 and was an original member of ECS 21 years ago. Ray has made numerous contributions to the enforcement of the nation's environmental laws. He brought some of the nation's first criminal prosecutions under the very statutes Senators Muskie and Chafee helped enact. He provided superb counsel to federal and state prosecutors and agents throughout the nation and helped craft the federal sentencing guidelines for environmental crimes --- watershed provisions that created a powerful deterrent to environmental crime. He has been principal author/editor of the Environmental Crimes Manual, program director for ECS's successful annual conference, and the person responsible for the extensive on-line resources that ECS makes available to federal prosecutors nationwide.
Dolores Steenland
Catherine Barbour
Diane Stone
These three sisters have dedicated many years (a combined total of nearly 100) to providing the best possible support to the mission of the Environment Division, each in a different way. All three have imparted a sense of dedication and professionalism to their staffs and are shining examples of committed public servants. Perhaps the sisters' biggest contribution has been the countless number of excellent hires they have identified for the Division--employees who have made numerous contributions in their own right and who have carried on the fine tradition of service taught to them by their mentors.
Ms. Steenland, now retired, began her career, as did her two sisters, as a legal secretary. After receiving her B.S. by attending night school, she was appointed the director of the Executive Office's Systems Group overseeing its first case management and attorney timekeeping system.
Ms. Barbour, also retired, was appointed as Director of the Administrative Services Group overseeing facilities and other support after working as secretary and staff assistant.
Ms. Stone currently is the Chief of the Administrative Unit in the Environmental Enforcement Section where she oversees the section's administrative activities including legal and case management support for a staff of nearly 250.
James Eaton
Land Acquisition Section
Senior Appraiser, ENRD
James is an extraordinary appraiser. His analytical skills, knowledge of appraisal standards and valuation case law; experience as a testifying expert witness; ability to write clearly and in a manner to educate less knowledgeable readers; adherence to the highest professional standards; and common sense set him apart from all other appraisers. Jim joined the Division in 1990 after setting his mark as a nationally renowned independent real property fee appraiser and expert witness. Since his arrival in the Division, he has conducted 3,340 reviews of real property appraisals totaling $18.19 billion. He personally transformed the Division's Appraisal Unit from a parochial group serving the Land Acquisition Section's litigators into one whose services are sought by all components of the Division and, indeed, the entire Department of Justice.
Phillip Brooks
Environmental Enforcement Section
Counsel to the Chief, ENRD
Phil began his federal career as an attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Enforcement Division in 1984. He transferred to the Enforcement Section of the Environment Division in 1987 and since that time, has litigated some of the Division's most high profile cases. Mr. Brooks represented the U.S. Army in a successful effort to recover millions of dollars in cleanup costs at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Superfund Site in Denver, Colorado, and was lead counsel in U.S. v. Stringfellow in which he successfully resolved the challenging and contentious issue of California's liability for more than $100 million. Mr. Brooks serves as managing litigation counsel on the Section's suite of enforcement actions against a host of coal-fired power plants for violations of the Clean Air Act. These lawsuits are the most complex and vigorously contested actions ever brought by EES.
Dianne Shawley
Environmental Enforcement Section
Senior Counsel, ENRD
Dianne began working with ENRD in 1989. She achieved groundbreaking results in a series of landmark nationwide settlements under the Clean Air Act with major companies in heavily polluting industrial sectors, including the wood products industry, the steel mini-mill industry, the petroleum refining industry, and the agribusiness industry. Ms. Shawley is a nationally-recognized authority on issues involving the Clean Air Act's Prevention of Significant Deterioration and an advocate for a national approach to Clean Air Act compliance. She was the lead attorney in cases against Koch Petroleum Group, L.P., among many others, covering 24 refineries, or 25 percent of the petroleum refining industry, for violations of the Clean Air Act. The resulting settlements provided for upgrades or new air pollution control equipment on all of the largest process units, and implemented procedures at all facilities designed to reduce and eliminate flaring of acid gas and other emissions.
Andrew Walch
General Litigation Section
Senior Litigation Counsel, ENRD
Andy began his career in the Division as an Honor Law Graduate in 1972. During his 30-year tenure, Mr. Walch made landmark contributions to protecting national parks, resolving interstate water disputes, and representing the United States' interests on numerous natural resource issues. He has been a tireless leader and renowned advocate for the Department of Justice.
Myles E. Flint
Front Office
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, ENRD
Myles joined the Environment Division in 1968 as a trial attorney, became an Assistant Chief and subsequently Chief of the Indian Resources Section, was appointed Chief of the General Litigation Section and in 1984, was appointed to Deputy Assistant Attorney General, the highest-ranking career position in the Division. Mr. Flint served in this position until his retirement in 1994. Myles Flint is a nationally-known expert in Indian law, water law and other areas of natural resources law. During his career with the Department, Mr. Flint distinguished himself as the lead attorney in several high-profile cases such as Arizona v. California, in which he obtained additional water rights for the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and the Pauley Petroleum litigation dealing with the government's right to regulate drilling on the outer continental shelf.
Charles W. Findlay III ("Spinner Findlay")
General Litigation Section
Assistant Section Chief, ENRD
Spinner began his Environment Division career in 1978 as a trial attorney in the then-Marine Resources Section, transferring to the General Litigation Section in 1981 where he was later appointed as Assistant Section Chief. Prior to this time, Mr. Findlay worked in the Department of the Interior's Solicitor's Office in the Division of Energy and Resources, and served as the key contact on legislation, Executive Order and regulations dealing with the creation of the "new" Department of Energy. He engaged in intense, important negotiations between Interior and Energy representatives over the division of responsibility between the two agencies.
Dinah Bear
White House
General Counsel, the Counsel on Environmental Quality
This office oversees the National Environmental Quality Act, which requires all federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of any proposed action. Ms. Bear is involved in almost every action the federal government takes, from the defense department's procurement of new missile systems to permits for grazing on public lands and the federal trade commission's promulgation of green advertising regulations. Ms. Bear has been in her position since 1983, through several Presidential administrations, and has provided invaluable assistance to the mission of ENRD.


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Back to work!
Lily's funeral was a truly lovely occasion, better than I'd ever hoped for. Sunshine, stories and songs - even the birds joined in with a sweet chorus during the contemplation - and her favourite daffodils everywhere in full bloom. I know she would have approved.
The yarn for the first three projects in my next book arrived from Rowan a couple of weeks ago and the first deadline looms mid April, so I've really got to pull out all the stops now and get on with it. This has been the longest cooking time ever for me, so I just hope it's reflected in the book's contents!
The book plan's done, I know what the ingredients are, so I now have to bring each design to life with colours, textures, stitches, shapes and trimmings. I'm hoping the first design, one of the biggest knits, will be ready for the sample knitter by the end of the week, and the following two, smaller projects, hopefully ready for knitting by the end of next week - everything sorted, just need to charge up the old grey matter again.
I've put the easter tree up, much to the delight of Izzi and Ava who constantly rearrange the eggs, being the budding designers that they are. The weather is just amazing, time for coffee in the garden, then I'll be ready to pick up my needles again.

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Is it better to love God or fear God?
Love is defined as:
- 1.an intense feeling of deep affection."babies fill parents with intense feelings of love"
synonyms: deep affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, intimacy, attachment,endearment; More
Now see the Biblical definition of Love called Charity in Olde English:
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
This is a complete definition. If you miss one point, you are not being completely honest in claiming that you Love. Ever since you began to believe in God or follow his word or tried to change your life, have you ever offend in one of these characteristics love? Even after Jesus saved your life (from the first death) by dying a perfect sacrifice – and after you decided to follow him ?
To every honest person reading, the answer is we ALL fall short at one point or another.
Fear is defined as: a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
Now I ask, have you ever offended a person who made you feel this way? Have you ever crossed that person? Well i would tell you that the day that you crossed that person you feared, is the day you stop fearing that person or the consequences of the fear. For even when you cross by mistake someone whom you genuinely fear, you walk around worried until the next time you see with that person. And when you finally do run into them again, most people take thought how that they you may reverence and diligently try to make up for the offense.
This is how our relationship with God should be, based in fear.
First because, this is what the Word says: Proverbs 1:7-33 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.. Why is that? because once you fear him then you know what he will do to you if you cross him [break his Commandments] i.e sin. Through God you receive knowledge, and when you receive this knowledge you shall not fear evil 'Verse 33'.
I I hear people often say you are not supposed to fear God, and you can't serve God or Christ if you fear him... Let us then take a look at advice straight from the Messiah...
Luke 12:4-5 — here Jesus is advising us to fear something: And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Some like to hide behind the verse that says God has not given us the spirit of fear, and I argue that that is to not fear another man or spirit as you can figure out if you read beyond verse 7 (2nd Timothy 1)...
But these words are written in red, He (Jesus) is on the earth, in the Gospels, & warning us to fear!
Psalms 19:9-13 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Notice how the fear of the Lord allows for understanding errors and being cleared from faults and being kept from sins...
- Psalms 103:17 if you want God's mercy... Fear Him!
In the 52nd Psalm, we read about the wicked being destroyed and how God will 'root' them out of the land of the living. In verse 6 we are informed that, the righteous will see this thing happen to the wicked, and they will fear and then laugh at whom God destroys. The Lord hands out vengeance and even the righteous fear. Even-though they trust in God, they fear because when you bear witness to God's, wrath, you know he is real!!
In Acts chapter 10, Peter was sent by the Holy Spirit to minister to the first Gentile brought into the church under the new covenant; coincidentally he was an Italian. In Verse 34, Peter reminds us: "...Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, AND worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."
Fear Sisters and Brothers, Fear!
At the end of 2Corinthians chapter 6, God promises to be our God and for us to be his sons and daughters. The apostle Paul continues in the 7th chapter saying: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1 KJV)
He could have just very well said that through the fear of God we perfect holiness.
In Romans chapter 11 Paul is talking about how Israel, the natural seed of Abraham, were broken off the tree so that the Gentiles might be grafted in, and this because of their unbelief. And he quickly reminds the Romans not to be high-minded but fear because if the chosen people of God were cut asunder, the Gentiles, who were not chosen should fear, knowing that they could also be not spared.
Finally I leave you with one of the first scriptures I was ever taught, written by the apostle Paul, on whom most people base all of their doctrines on… From the second chapter of Philippians: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:10-12 KJV)
Knowing that any of us could backslide and decide not to follow God, could Die in our sins before we repent of something that we did unknowing or unwittingly; Paul advises us wisely to work out our salvation with fear because one wrong move, can send us to the lake of fire.
May the Lord add a blessing to the reading of His Word...
Grace and Peace in the name of Jesus... The God of Israel
1john Chapter 4 some point to, to say we must not fear God. This entire chapters talking about God's love for us which is a separate issue from the topic today our fear of God.
•Romans 3 equates lack of a fear of God with: unrighteousness, shedding of blood, destruction and misery producers...
•Ephesians 5 In a marriage you should submit to the other person "in the fear of God."


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Melbourne: The Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday handed down a 10-year sentence to a teenager for planning a terror attack on the police in April 2015 during celebrations in honour of Australian soldiers killed in the First World War.
Sevdet Ramdam Besin, 19, resident of Melbourne, in June pleaded guilty to planning the terror attack, EFE news reported.
Judge Michael Croucher condemned the Islamic State (IS) sympathiser to 10 years in prison, but he could be released on parole in seven and a half years, according to sources.
Croucher said it was unthinkable that a teenager could plot the murder of a policeman, plan to attack and behead him with a knife.
Besin, arrested a week before Anzac Day in 2015, discussed his plans with a young British national, who is currently serving a five-year sentence in prison after pleading guilty to inciting a terrorist attack during the celebrations.
During the process, the boys also discussed the possibility of painting a kangaroo with IS symbol, loading it with explosives and releasing it in a city.
Australia in recent years has registered an increase in adolescents and teenagers who, influenced by extremist Islamic movements, have carried out attacks in Australia or tried to leave the country to join the IS fight in the Middle East.
Australian authorities put the country on high alert in September 2014 and since then has tightened security and adopted a series of anti-terror laws to prevent attacks on its soil.
The current 'probable' alert, in force since November 2015, responds to 'credible' intelligence information, according to which a group of people has both the intention and the ability to carry out a terror attack in Australia. IANS
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Journeys of Paul in Greece 2018 with Pastor Jeremy & Ashley Rebman
Departing on June 17, 2018 | Join Pastor Jeremy & Ashley Rebman for the 2018 Journeys of Paul in Greece tour. This tour allows you to visit places such as Thessalonika, Corith, Athens and more. This custom itinerary also includes a 3 night cruise around the Greek Isles and Turkey! Pricing starts at $4,296* from Orlando.
*All prices reflect a 4% cash discount price.
What's Included
- All Inclusive Pricing
- Breakfast and Dinner Daily
- Deluxe A/C Motor Coaches
- Domestic Airfare
- Entrance and Program Fees
- First Class Hotels
- Fuel Surcharges and Gov't Taxes
- Gratuities
- Guided Tours
- International Airfare
Daily Itinerary
Day 1 Depart the USA
Depart the USA.
Day 2 Thessalonika
Head north to Thessalonika this morning for guided sightseeing. Named after Alexander the Great's sister, it figures prominently in the New Testament. This was the center of Apostle Paul's activities in northern Greece—where he preached, founded a church, and to whom he wrote his two Thessalonians epistles.
Day 3 Thessalonika. Excursion to Philippi & Kavala
Today begins along Paul's route via Amphipolis, a wealthy city in ancient Macedonia where a large number of Christian churches were built in the 5th and 6th centuries. Next, travel to Philippi, a busy Roman colony with an impressive library and theater. It was here that Paul preached and established the first church in Europe, and to whom he wrote his Philippians epistle while imprisoned in Rome. Continue to Kavala, ancient port of Neapolis.
Day 4 Thessalonika – Veria – Kalambaka
This morning, stop in Veria (called Berea in the New Testament), where Paul and Silas were sent by friends after being accused of treason in Thessalonika. Visit the Bema of Apostle Paul, where he preached the gospel to the local community, and then continue to Kalambaka, home to the awe-inspiring Meteora monasteries.
Day 5 Kalambaka – Meteora – Athens
A real highlight is in store today. Situated atop soaring cliffs and rock faces, the Meteora monasteries create one of the most inspirational sites in the world. Visit the Holy Monastery of Varlaam, the second-largest of the monasteries, and the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen, which was bombed by the Nazis during WWII but later reconstructed by nuns. Here you will be introduced to the many historical and religious treasures. Check into your Athens hotel for an overnight.
Day 6 Cruise (Embarkation) – Athens – Lavrion/Piraeus – Mykonos
Awaken refreshed this morning and ready to begin your 3-night cruise around the Greek Isles and Turkey. Head first to mountainous Mykonos with its iconic windmills and brilliant whitewashed houses. Watch for Petros the Pelican, the island's most famous resident since 1954!
Day 7 Cruise – Kusadasi, Turkey–Excursion to Ephesus–Patmos, Greece
Visit the Turkish port of Kusadasi for an included excursion to the Ruins of Ephesus, the former capital of the Roman province of Asia. Walk in the footsteps of Apostle Paul, who lived and preached here, and meditate on what life must have been like for the early Ephesian Christians in this pagan society. Also see the House of Mary, where the Virgin Mary is said to have spent her last days. Continue your cruise to the island of Patmos, the "Jerusalem of the Aegean," and visit the Monastery of St. John and the Cave of the Apocalypse, where John the Evangelist received the visions that he recorded in the Book of the Revelation during his exile.
Day 8 Cruise – Crete, Heraklion–Santorini
First port of call today is Heraklion on Crete. An included excursion is available to nearby Knossos, the center of the 3000 BC Minoan civilization and historic site of mythology's tales about the Minotaur and the labyrinth. Afternoon call (weather permitting) at Santorini, the "Black Pearl of the Aegean." An optional shore excursion takes you up to the cliff-top village of Oia for one of the world's most glorious panoramic views.
Day 9 Cruise (Disembarkation) – Lavrion/Piraeus – Corinth – Athens
Disembark and travel to Corinth to visit the excavations where Apostle Paul worked for 18 months with tent-makers Aquila and Priscilla. Learn about this ancient city-state and its early church, which was the recipient of Paul's two Corinthians epistles. Return to Athens for sightseeing that visits the Acropolis with the Parthenon and Areopagus, where Paul delivered his famous sermon about the identity of the "Unknown God." Tonight, join your traveling companions for a final evening of fellowship and celebration at a farewell dinner with wine at your hotel.
Day 10 Athens
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.


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Honesty Or Verbal Abuse?
Have you ever been told something that hurt you, but was true? How do you react? After all, you have no right to talk back, since what was said was accurate.
Especially in Korea, where language amongst peers is blunt and standards are high, these kinds of comments are common, offensive and ever so slightly funny.
Netizens have recently coined the phrases 'fact attack' ('팩트 폭력') and 'factriot' ('팩트리어트').
Fact Attack Level 1
A statement that blatantly points to the obvious, but offends is called a 'fact attack' However there are different degrees of 'verbal attack'.
[Unmarried Lady A and unmarried Man B are having a conversation.]
Lady A: Wow, brides nowadays are so thin and pretty.
Man B: They're brides because they are thin and pretty.
Lady A: (sigh)
Sometimes a 'fact attack' is an innocently blunt statement that is ignorant of how the words may affect people. As Korea is usually so conservative, if someone bluntly addresses the elephant in the room, this 'fact attack' can be a refreshing and witty observation. Obviously, the butt of the joke may not find it so funny.
Fact Attack Level 2
The more malicious side is when verbal abuse is packaged as a fact to deliberately humiliate others. The receiver cannot rebut, so the fact attack is a newer, smarter and crueller way to passive aggressively abuse.
[On Twitter]
Girl A: Why are people dating such airheads? You should at least date someone with some common sense and know Korean history and politics!
Anonymous 1: If people had the choice between a girl who knows everything like you and an airhead like Seolhyun, who on earth would choose a fugly chick like you?
Anonymous 2: Lololol he said the truth! #Factattack
By referring to the sad reality (which is lookism/sexism) as well as adding in colorful language, the attacker has enough evidence to shut the other person up. Most users of this type of 'fact attack' direct it to their juniors or online because there will be no direct repercussions. The most controversial fact attack is often used on online forums and on sensitive topics like feminism.
The term 'factriot' is a derogative term for people who regularly use 'fact attacks' to appear superior and to humiliate others by fabricating a fact with emotive language to hurt others, yet claiming that they are innocent and most importantly correct.
It is coined from the english words 'fact' and 'patriot' (someone who vigorously supports their country and defends it against enemies), so a 'factriot' is seen as a relentless spewer of 'facts. 'Factriot missile' is the equivalent of a 'truth bomb'.
Many people who dapple in verbal abuse, fall back on the age old argument that they are entitled to express their thoughts. The reason why the terms 'fact attack' and 'factriot' are trending now, is because it is difficult to define the fine line between unpleasant language and 'fact'.
Translating Offensive Language
This is just one problem of many when it comes to language and verbal abuse in Korea.
It is very difficult to translate Korean verbal abuse because the English translations aren't able to carry the same gravity. I always think that the translations are always milder than the actual Korean phrase. Many examples of fact attacks online range from playful banter to shocking.
Even if it's true, we should all be aware of how the phrasing and the delivery of our words affect the listener. Does stating 'truths' make us the good guy? Or is it better to be considerate?
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Are you ADVERTISING or MARKETING your business?
For most small-business owners, typically, the selling process is anything but easy and sometimes frightful! In fact, when it comes to promoting your product or service, many entrepreneurs struggle with any number of issues, including lack of confidence in themselves or their product, fear of failure/rejection and fear of closing the deal. On average, most new business owners fall quick and deep into the habit of advertising because our brains and our outside influences are so conditioned in doing so. Oddly enough, it's a turn off! Put the shoe on the other foot and you will clearly see how turned off or how quick you are to hit the delete key on that incoming promo email, doesn't matter who it came from, right? We just don't want to be sold. There is a difference between advertising and marketing. The good news is experts say these fears and processes can be overcome with the proper attitude, training and practice.
First things first lets showcase some of the typical areas that may be holding you back in your business.
1) Nervous about making a Negative First Impression? You have complete control over this! It's been said that first impressions are 50% of the getting to know you/like you process. Depending on where you are working to build your business, do as the Roman's do, to a degree. People are attracted to other's who look like them, dress like them, and act like them. If your audience is young vibrant early twenties women, you may want to wear the hot color now out and well put together outfits with accessories. You do not need to "act as a twenty year old" especially if you are no where near that age range. If your audience is a group of business professionals, look the part!
2) Scared of Rejection? Rejection actually can work in your favor. You've heard the saying, "Go for No." this will actually force you to practice! Practicing where you can continuing to present your services, craft, or products for your audience will only make you better. Understanding the reasons behind a rejection can help you refine your product and presentation. Sometimes, the only way to beat that fear is to confront it. The more you do it the better you become at it, and less fear will be the result. Additionally, what you have may not be suited for everyone. Work with the people it is best suited for.
3) Are you Coming Across as Too Pushy? Focus more on having a conversation with someone than simply selling. Not every conversation has to move into you selling them what you have. But if the conversation does lead this way, learn the prospect's needs and ask yourself if what you're offering is of real value to that person. When you care about your prospective customer and develop a sense of trust, you're more likely to make the sale. Business is about relationships, not who you can sell something to.
What's the difference between advertising and marketing then? Easy, think about advertising. Shouldn't be too hard, you are getting slammed with it everyday!
Advertising is the direct promotion of products and services to you. Sometimes in can be screamed in a mass promotion over and over again and on the most common level new business owners take, they personally send off "form" letters and canned conversations without finding out what the other person may need.
This of course allows people to move you into the white noise category and easily into the deleted email folder.
The best way to build your business is by marketing. You are a business, so own it! You provide service, products, and an opportunity for people. Just because you offer something that requires an exchange of money or commitment, doesn't mean you are a slimy bad guy. You just need to find the right people that are looking for what you need. Again, you are a business. This is the way of the world, business is all around us. Services are being bought. Products are being purchased. How do you fall into being a success then? The biggest difference will be your interest in who you are speaking with. It's not what's in it for you, but what's in it for them. Discover their needs and how you may be able to help support that need for a solution. Specifically creating a bigger social network allows you to speak more and more to people without intention. Once you have learned this skill, it really opens the door for attraction marketing; that's a whole other story!


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Annie Burton is Executive Director of School and Community Engagement at the University of North Carolina Asheville. She's also a member of Women's Leadership Council, a network of passionate and influential women focused on supporting the Middle School Success initiative. We get to know her a little better in this month's WLC Spotlight.
What is your background? "I grew up in Boston, attended Harvard University and spent 12 years working at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University in the faculty of Arts & Sciences. I spent time in Baltimore and Durham before moving to Asheville in July 2013 and am currently the Director of School and Community Engagement at UNC Asheville."
What's the most valuable lesson you've learned during your career? "I learned early on that it is important to be true to who you are."
What is your favorite quote or motto? "I include a quote from Winston Churchill as part of my signature: 'Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.'"
How did you get involved with United Way? "I have been involved with United Way for many years and support United Way because I know the dollars are going to good use. I have confidence in United Way and believe the organization understand the needs of the community. I appreciate that United Way vets programs available in the community and requires the agencies they fund to provide measureable outcomes."
When did you join WLC and why? "Being involved in WLC is a way to give back while having fun. I have seen firsthand the power of women to get things done. Just before a recent event at UNC Asheville, I saw all that women can do. The University wanted to provide books for students participating in the Middle School Arts in Education Celebration and WLC members raised nearly $1,000 to purchase the books in a matter of hours."
What is the best advice you have ever gotten? "A professor at Harvard shared a quote by Frances Bacon with me: 'Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom' and under his guidance, I learned to listen—both with my heart and with my head. In my job, I work with a lot of different people and have worked to develop a heightened sense of listening and to greater understanding of different perspectives."
What qualities do you most admire in business professionals? "Those who understand the need for civic engagement and are willing to make a commitment to being part of the social, cultural and economic fabric of the community."
Which qualities do you dislike? "Those who are insecure, shallow and potentially threatened by those who are catalysts for cultural shifts and ambitious to make an immediate difference in the community (rather than joining in to help)—community work is a collaborative process—and those who have a 'not my problem' attitude."
What is the best advice you can offer to young women and young men as they start their careers? "Lee Iacocca said to 'begin with the end in mind.' I've followed this same advice in my own career. Think about what you want to accomplish and then determine what steps are needed to get there."
If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why? "I'd like to have dinner with Mother Teresa and learn what it takes to live like she did—to make the ultimate sacrifice, to live with compassion and selflessness. I would also choose to have dinner with Sun Tzu, the ultimate strategic planner. He understood what it took to accomplish goals and to succeed and much of his thinking has been re-purposed for leadership development."
What are your top three networking tips?
"1) Check out your community calendars and get to a lot of events
2) Become engaged in the community
3) Grow your network"
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The Western Hockey League has named Hurricane defenseman, Calen Addison, as Player of the Week for the week ending December 3rd.
The Western Hockey League announced Monday that Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman Calen Addison has been named the WHL On the Run Player of the Week for the week ending December 3, 2017.
Addison, a prospect eligible for the 2018 NHL Draft, registered eight points (1G-7A) in four games this week, helping the Hurricanes to three wins and six important points in the Central Division race.
Tuesday against the Portland Winterhawks, Addison chipped in a pair of assists as the Hurricanes mounted a third period comeback against the top team in the WHL, eventually winning 4-3 in a shootout. Friday, Addison scored the Hurricanes' only goal in a 5-1 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings.
After going pointless in a 4-1 victory over the Victoria Royals Saturday, Addison exploded with a big offensive effort Sunday. In a 7-2 drubbing of the Edmonton Oil Kings, Addison potted five assists, earning second star of the game honours and the second star of the night honours in the WHL.
The 5-foot-11, 178-pound product of Brandon, Man. presently sits third on the Hurricanes in scoring with 32 points (6G-26A) in 27 games. Those totals also have ranked fourth in WHL scoring for defencemen. He's the first player from the Central Division to win a weekly award this season.
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So many times I get a chance to watch players at a young age and you know they have something big in their future. Taylor Alexander is one of those players that caught my eye young, initially because of her size,scoring well inside, tenacity on the boards and the effort she showed defensively but over the past three seasons, she's learned how to score multiple ways and at a shade or two under the magic number of six feet, she can consistently face the basket and hit the midrange
She's still a force in the paint offensively and what caught my eye at first, rebounding and defense earned the Channelview senior Defensive Player of the Year in her district. After a sensational summer, there was no doubt in my mind that she was going to have multiple options as far as college and after weighing all of her options she decided University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma would be the best fit for her
I asked Alexander what narrowed the field down and she said "I chose USAO because not only do I feel comfortable with the environment but also with the coaching staff. I know I can come in to the program and use my skills to bring the developing team to many accomplishments" and one thing I know about this young lady is that if she says she's going to do it, it's going to happen


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"Jar of Hearts" singer Christina Perri had to fight off a wannabe car intruder in the middle of the night last week … after the guy allegedly tried to force his way into Perri"s ride … has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell … Perri called police early Friday morning claiming she was behind the wheel of her car, waiting to pull into a L.A. building around 2 AM … when an unknown male approached her vehicle and opened the driver"s side door.
Perri claims the man instructed her to "move over" and tried to shove himself into the car — but she wouldn"t budge … and a struggle ensued.
Perri told cops she fought the man off … and began honking the horn to attract attention.
The suspect eventually ran away … but not before allegedly striking Perri in the head and body a few times during the altercation. Perri said she did not need immediate medical attention
Cops responded — and are now investigating the situation. So far, cops have not identified a suspect.
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Beyonce to Perform 'Intimate' Four-Night Concert in N.Y.
Beyonce is accustomed to packing out arenas but she is taking things down a notch to get a bit more intimate with her fans. The 29-year-old pop star is set to perform at New York City's famed Roseland Ballroom for a special four-night concert event later this month, titled "4 Intimate Nights With Beyonce."
The Houston native will showcase songs like 'Best Thing I Never Had' and 'Run the World (Girls),' as well as the entire '4' album's tracklisting for the 3,200-person, standing room-only audience. Beyonce will grace fans with a special four-night concert experience, commencing on Sunday, Aug. 14. She will then move into her next intimate performances on Aug. 16, 18 and 19.
Her fourth album, aptly titled '4,' was released on June 22, and soared to the top of the charts with a No. 1 Billboard 200 position. Just two months after its release, the effort was certified platinum by the RIAA. '4' marks the esteemed entertainer's fourth solo album to go platinum -- 'Dangerously in Love,' 'B'Day' and 'I Am... Sasha Fierce' each garnered the accomplishment.
Tickets for the show will be available for presale beginning Wed., Aug. 10, at 12PM EST for Citi cardmembers through Citi's Private Pass Program. Visit citiprivatepass.com for details. General ticket sales begin at 1PM EST on Wed., Aug. 10 at Ticketmaster for the first concert date, Aug. 14. Tickets for Aug. 16 will be available for purchase starting at 2PM EST; Aug. 18 tickets will be available at 3PM EST; Aug. 19 -- the final concert -- will be available at 4PM EST. Visit ticketmaster.com/Beyonce to purchase tickets.
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Why do poor kids join gangs, break laws, beat each other up, and wind up dead or in prison? For these questions, which have plagued urban America for the past 30 years, there's no shortage of theories. But a UCSB sociologist may have finally found some actual answers, and, better yet, the resulting solutions aren't as complicated as you might expect.
"[Mine is] a very simple argument: Genuine human contact with people in mainstream institutions makes a world of difference," explained Victor Rios, asserting that sweeping changes, new bureaucrats, or expensive programs aren't the solution. "We have the capacity. There are enough adults and professionals out there who care. We don't have to hire more people or add additional hours to a teacher's or a cop's schedule. We have to change the interaction."


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Griot Galaxy, to experience some of his earlier work from the 70's and 80's. Hopefully in the near future I'll finally be able to wrap up that mix that I've had in the works. RIP Faruq Z. Bey.
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Kelsea Ballerini to Receive "Rising Star" Honor, Perform at Billboard's Women in Music
The country singer and songwriter will receive the honor given to an artist whose success on the Billboard charts and talent demonstrate a clear path to success, following last year's recipient, Ariana Grande.
Kelsea Ballerini will be honored with the "Rising Star" award at Billboard's Women in Music event, which will take place Dec. 11 in New York.
The country singer and songwriter will also perform at the 10th annual event, which will air Dec. 18 on Lifetime.
The "Rising Star" award is given to an artist whose success on the Billboard charts and talent demonstrate a clear path to success. Last year's honor was given to Ariana Grande.
"At 22, Kelsea Ballerini already has a career to kill for, from a hit song to award nominations and even a stop at the famed Grand Ole Opry," said Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media's Entertainment Group, which consists of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. "Much like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift before, Kelsea is a powerful songwriter and singer that has Nashville a buzz. Expertly bridging the pop-country gap, her songs have heart and it is only the beginning."
Earlier this year, Ballerini's debut single "Love Me Like You Mean It" peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart after 38 weeks and at No. 5 on Hot Country Songs. The 22-year-old was the first female to lead the Country Airplay chart with a debut in nine years, since Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" in January 2006.
At the same event, Lady Gaga will be honored as "Woman of the Year," Selena Gomez honored as this year's "Chart Topper," Lana Del Rey honored as this year's "Trailblazer," Demi Lovato honored as this year's "Rulebreaker," Fifth Harmony honored as "Group of the Year" and Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard given the "Powerhouse" artist award. Lovato, Gaga, Gomez and Howard will all also perform.
Billboard's 2015 Women in Music event is held in conjunction with the publication of Billboard's Women in Music list, which selects the year's 50 most powerful female executives in the industry.
Don Mischer Productions, whose work includes multiple Billboard Music Awards, Oscars, Emmys (including the last two) and Super Bowl Halftime Shows, will produce the televised outing, to be held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.
This story first appeared on billboard.com


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New Violence Prevention Coordinator 01/11/2018
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A man who has been wanted by Grey County OPP since 2006 has been arrested.
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New Police Chief, Mike Bellai, is transitioning well into the Saugeen Shores Community.
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Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore said in a recent statement that he plans to spend the next two-to-three years restocking the organization's farm system. For those of you who don't speak baseball, a farm system is a network of minor-league teams affiliated with a Major League team. Players for the Royals' minor league teams are under contract with the Royals organization, meaning that they can be "called up" at any point to join the Royals' forty-man roster.
In other words, a farm system is a system of players with potential–a place where they can spend years developing their skills under the instruction of experienced coaches. The Royals don't have the expendable capital of the New York Yankees or Chicago Cubs, so a farm system is important because, when well managed, it becomes a wealth of resources upon which the team can draw when in need of developed players in the future.
For example, Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer both spent time in the Royals' farm system before heading to The Show. Dayton Moore's plan is to spend some time strengthening the system in the hopes that in the next few years it will begin to churn out more World-Series caliber players.
Church planters can take a lesson from the world of baseball here. If you hope to multiply, your plant needs a farm system. That is, you need a structured and organized way of developing future leaders in your plant.
How do you do that?
I sat down with a couple of experienced pastors and planters to find out.
1. Start a residency program.
Identify potential leaders in your plant and invite them to become residents. For some plants, this will be a very structured, organized endeavor involving regular residency meetings with pastors and elders, writing and presenting papers on particular theological and pastoral topics, preparing and delivering sermons for evaluation, and so on.
For other plants, it might be less structured. But the point is a simple one: you need to have some kind of plan in place for how you will develop future leaders.
2. Grant your residents an all-access pass to your ministry.
For many planters, pastoring your plant is a daily grind involving meetings with members, holding office hours, sermon preparation, hospital visits, and the like. Invite your resident to take part in those things. Grant him a peek behind the curtain at the ins and outs of pastoral ministry. Take him to visit a sick church member. Let him sit in on a meeting. Show him how you prepare your sermons.
In other words, grant your resident exposure to the realities of church-planting ministry. A potential player cannot learn how to play baseball in theory alone. Nor can your resident learn how to do ministry in theory alone.
3. Develop the person, not the vision.
One planter shared a story about a resident who aspired to be a pastor of teaching and preaching but had no apparent gifts in those areas. It became clear during this young man's residency that his gifts involved providing biblical counseling for hurting people. Thus, biblical counseling became the focus of his residency.
Here's the point: your resident will have personal strengths and weaknesses, natural gifts and deficiencies. It is your job to identify these and develop him accordingly. You cannot make a 6'7″, 230-pound first baseman into a short stop. Nor can you make a resident into something that he is not.
4. Think theologically and practically.
Good theology is vital, but a good theologian will not always make a good pastor. Strive to marry theological and practical considerations for your resident. It is important for him to have strong and consistent views of atonement, original sin, and the like. It is also important for him to know how to write by-laws and conduct business meetings.
5. Utilize NAMB resources.
This is a shameless plug. The NAMB Church Planting Pipeline in particular is a great resource for those looking to discover and develop future planters. It allows for up to three years of thinking and training for future church planters, and covers a total of thirty church-planting competencies. You can learn more about it here.
To summarize…
Take the following steps to develop your plant's farm system:
- Launch a residency program intended to identify and train future planters.
- Allow your residents to see the ins and outs of church-planting ministry.
- Keep your resident's strengths and weaknesses in mind.
- Utilize the wealth of resources available through the North American Mission Board–particularly the Church Planting Pipeline.


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Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Festive Makeup Look
I always use the festive season as an excuse to wear glitter on my eyelids and a bold red on my lips. Therefore, I thought that I would share how I created this look with you - I also might film a YouTube tutorial of it and post it to my channel.
Firstly, I always use Benefit's The POREfessional Primer and, whilst I'm waiting for this to sink in, I use my eyelash curler. Then I apply the Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation - I have quite oily skin and this foundation doesn't go greasy on me half way through the night! To add a bit of colour, I use the Guerlain Terracotta Bronzer, applying it in a '3' shape from the top of my head then along my cheekbones and down my jawline. My go-to highlighter for the festive season is The Balm's Mary-Lou Manizer, which adds a beautiful shimmer to my cheek bones, brow bones and down my nose. Before applying eyeshadow, I use Urban Decay's Eyeshadow Primer - this ensures that my eyeshadow doesn't budge all night. I fill my eyebrows in whilst waiting for the Primer to dry and I always use Benefit's Gimme Brow. All of the eyeshadows I use are from the Naked 1 palette; I apply 'Virgin' right in the corners of my eyes, followed by 'Half Baked' across the main part of my eyelids and then 'Smog' in the outer corners of my eyes and along the crease. To get my eyes looking extra sparkly I applied more of 'Half Baked' once I'd done the rest of my makeup. I then use the Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara (my all-time favourite mascara!). Although, sometimes I might opt for fake lashes instead and my favourites are the Ardell Demi Wispies. Finally, for my lips I outlined them using MAC's Dark Out Lip Pencil and filled them in with MAC's Sin Lipstick.
I'm loving creating different makeup looks at the moment so I might post some more festive looks before Christmas. What are your go-to festive makeup products?
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Best Black Friday Deals
Black Friday never used to be very big in the UK but over the last couple of years a lot more brands have jumped on the bandwagon. It's not even the big day yet and I'm already getting flooded with emails about deals which have already started so I thought that I would share with you some of the best deals that I've come across.
Beauty Bay: They're offering up to 30% off everything.
Boots: There's a range of savings across their products, with many products having more than 50% off.
Feelunique: They're offering 15% off with the code: SHINE and 20% off selected fragrances.
Lookfantastic: You can get 20% off your order with the code: LFCW20
ASOS: There's 20% off everything with the code: WIN20
Missguided: They've got 50% off everything with the code: CYBER50
Nasty Gal: This is fast becoming one of my favourite places to shop and they're currently offering 30% off everything with the code: LETSGO
PrettyLittleThing: There's up to 50% off everything.
River Island: You can get 20% off when you spend £75 or more.
Office: They're offering 20% off and free UK delivery with the code: SHINE
Public Desire: You can save 30% on everything with the code: 30CYBER
SCHUH: There's up to 40% off everything and £1 next day delivery.
There are plenty more deals around and lots of companies are changing the deals each day so you need to act quick! Hopefully you can find some great stuff (I know my bank account is going to take a hit!). Let me know if you come across any other deals.
Sunday, 19 November 2017
VLOG: Visiting Paris
Here's the final vlog from my Summer travels (I'm well aware it's nearly Christmas - I need to up my editing game!). It features clips from my trip to Paris, which included a visit to Disneyland! Leave me a comment if you have a YouTube channel so I can check it out.
Also, I made a few changes to my blog design earlier in the week so let me know what you think of it. Those social media icons took me ages to do!
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Sunday, 12 November 2017
Benefit Hello San FrancisGLOW!
For my birthday (which was over a month ago now I've just been very bad at blogging recently - sorry!), I received the Benefit Hello San FrancisGLOW! highlighter kit from a friend. If you're as obsessed with highlighter as I am then this is perfect for you! It contains a mini Dandelion Shy Beam, a mini Dandelion Twinkle, a mini High Beam, a full-size Watt's Up! and a mini Powder Brush.
Considering the amount of makeup I buy, I had actually never tried a Benefit highlighter before. My favourite is High Beam, which is a gorgeous pink liquid highlighter that's perfect for applying over makeup and gives a radiant glow. Dandelion Twinkle is a paler pink than High Beam and is a powder rather than a liquid. This is great for strobing or it can also be applied all over the face - but I haven't tried this yet. Watt's Up! is a subtle rose-gold cream highlighter which is perfect for everyday use because it's not 'too glowy' - if that's even possible! Dandelion Shy Beam is a pink matte-radiance liquid highlighter, something that I've never used before, and Benefit say that you can wear this alone or with makeup. This isn't as sparkly as the other highlighters in the kit so it probably won't get as much use from me because I'm all for sparkles! The kit also comes with a guide on how to apply each highlighter which is really helpful.
This would make a great Christmas present for someone or if you want to try a few of Benefit's highlighters before buying the full-size version. Do you use any of these highlighters?
Monday, 6 November 2017
VLOG: Visiting Venice
Here's my third and final video from my trip around Italy over Summer. Venice is one of my favourite places and I would highly recommend going if you get the chance. Hope you enjoy it and if you have a YouTube channel then let me know so I can check it out!
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PORT VILA, 23 NOVEMBER 2015 ( VANUATU DAILY POST) ----Vanuatu Cricket Association is proud to announce the appointment of one of the leading local cricket umpires, Nigel Morrison to officiate in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers in Bangkok, Thailand
Nigel will be one of six contracted ICC umpires to officiate at the Bangkok, Thailand tournament which will determine the final teams to participate in the Women's T20 World Cup in India next March.
The tournament includes teams from Thailand, Bangladesh, China, Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Zimbabwe.
Morrison will be busy again in January when he has been invited to umpire at the Australian Country Championships in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
"I look forward to these tournaments and expect to enjoy some high quality cricket from my special vantage point in the middle of the ground," said a smiling Mr Morrison. "There are great opportunities within the region and further afield for both male and female indigenous umpires. I encourage this interest path for anybody who enjoys travelling and meeting people from different cultures, has a love of cricket and wants the best seat in the house," Morrison continues.
Morrison will be travelling to Thailand this week.....PACNEWS
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Nevertheless, I will try to point out a few fundamental characteristics of the term 'freedom' for the purposes of this brief essay, or, in modern terms, this blog, so that readers may have a better chance to understand just what I am trying to convey.
As it turns out, even the simplest connotations of the term 'freedom' work quite well in understanding what I mean when I say the word.
For example if I said, "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose," one might infer that freedom means an absence of something rather than a presence of something.
In this sense, to be free of something means to not have it. That sounds right, but it could easily get sticky if one then inferred that freedom meant something is lacking, and thus be extended to mean a generally negative condition. What if we are free of freedom? In that case and beyond, the message can get very confusing and even contradictory. Thus, the pedantic conformity gets in the way of the flow of ideas and concepts that one might be trying to convey.
Let's try another:
The infamous and apparently non-existent free lunch. It supposedly can't exist in reality because everything has some cost, either a cause or a consequence that may be hidden from immediate sight, but that will reveal itself later, after the fact of the eating.
In this sense, the idea of freedom cannot stand alone as a self-supporting concept. It needs another half; it needs a yin for its yang or vice versa.
That is, freedom must be balanced by something. Compensation is some form must accompany it.
To be free…what does it entail? An absence of constraints? Sure. Here we must clarify something, though. The economic connotations must be separated from the philosophical connotations, at least superficially and temporarily. I think that we will find that even that separation doesn't really need to be made in the final understanding of the ideas I present here, but let's not get superfluous in our digressions. Let's just say for now that we are talking about the more philosophical and humane aspect of the concept of freedom rather than, or at least more specifically than we are the economic aspects of the term.
Free from constraints, then. Okay. That works for a huge list of ideas. Freedom of religion, freedom to bear arms, freedom of speech…all these ideas depend on a basic understanding that freedom implies an absence of constraints.
So what then balances this lack of restraints? What keeps this supposedly beneficial idea from leading to exactly the opposite condition…that of totally repressive constraints, dictatorial political rule, and slavery?
The answer, of course, is responsibility. Without an equal and constant application of responsibility, freedom becomes anarchy and without responsible constraint on freedom, the physically powerful dominate the weak and force upon them their private, selfish wills. That has been the case throughout history and is the case today.
Political parties in the U.S. and worldwide express this concept particularly well In the U.S., the Republican party calls for deregulation for most businesses, a general governmental hands off approach to economics. Free enterprise is taken to mean that the gloves are off. Let 'em have at it and the best will emerge…this is the heart of social and economic Darwinism. Sounds great, but it has one fatal flaw. For true free enterprise to work, for government regulations to be obsolete and unnecessary, individuals would have to voluntarily and willfully integrate an equal and constant amount of responsibility into their transactions. Personal applications of restraint, cooperation and compassion would have to replace overly aggressive greed and contempt for the less able or less fortunate.
Unfortunately, that has not been the case. Thus, the Wall Street disaster, the failing housing market, the export of jobs oversees, etc. Freedom just doesn't work without responsibility. And by neglecting to exercise such responsibility, the conservatives have given the left wing huge momentum in implementing more and more government control of our economy.
Same thing with the Democrats, just in reverse. By insisting on radical left wing extremism, ignoring personal liberty in many instances, and striving to over regulate business to the point of destroying the great economic machine that has propelled the world into the age of technological genius and prosperity, the democrats have opened the door to even more accumulation of wealth at the top 1% of the population in the U.S. The great failure of Marxism can be found in the famous adage by Carl Marx himself: "From each according to his ability; to each according to his need." Sounds perfect, right? But wait. One HUGE problem: Who decides what ones abilities and needs are? The politburo? No way Jose.
The American Revolution was fought to establish a nation of laws, laws that were designed by the people for whom they applied and enforced so as to equalize the opportunities for all citizens. The rulers were to rule by voluntary consent of the people.
Well, the citizens obtained a large degree of freedom and personal liberty, but the application of an equal and constant responsibility, both quantitatively and qualitatively, quickly began to dissolve, leaving he new nation on an inevitable pathway to discontent and ultimate failure. But the inevitability is only applicable if the pathway remains away from balance between freedom and responsibility. At any time conscious, compassionate, genuinely cooperative responsibility can be reintroduced into the system and at such time the nation (ours or any other) can reestablish this balance and regain freedom and liberty, both collectively and for individual citizens.
It is extremely simple but very difficult to achieve this lofty balance, both as individuals and as citizens of a collective community. An entirely new and evolutionary innovative modification of our worldview is required. Aggressive competition must be superceded by compassionate cooperation. This metamorphosis is the essential element of what self-government is all about.
Self-government. We take it simply to mean that people get to rule themselves through a democratic form of government, either directly or more realistically through representatives. While this may be true and necessary, the key idea here reduces to the most elemental common denominator…the individual. Simply stated, each individual citizen must rule his or her self. That means that it is the responsibility of each citizen to identify and enhance the aspects of oneself that best serves the most beneficial evolution of ones own soul and is therefore and necessarily in resonance with the will of the soul of humanity.
In this way (and exclusively so) freedom can be obtained and sustained, being it its strongest and most productive state, that of balance. Freedom, balanced every time, and everywhere by compassionate and cooperative responsibility, is the perfect cultural environment for self-government to flourish. The result is peace.
Column made by George Kinney / 2012
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Come hang out with Joe From Cincinnati and I as we break down the latest Chapter Pack for AGoT 2.0. This pack brings in two new game changing agendas which introduce Summer and Winter as primary plot deck archetypes.
Come hang out with Joe From Cincinnati and I as we break down the latest Chapter Pack for AGoT 2.0. This pack brings in two new game changing agendas which introduce Summer and Winter as primary plot deck archetypes.
A very special deck building episode. In this episode we break down the Store Championship winning Greyjoy Fealty deck that I have been using this Store Champs season.
3x Top 4 Performances
Revisiting the Stark Fealty theme with the release of The Road to Winterfell which has introduced a variety of new combos for Stark aggro.
With the release of Taking the Black and lots of new and exciting cards, here is a look at a new and improved look out of Greyjoy. Bannering with Martell allows them the opportunity to take more of a power rush, intrigue based strategy that is very effective against the current meta.
Because of how new and popular Thrones 2.0 is, it has been increasingly difficult to find stores that have the game stocked.
For those still looking, hit up Book Depository (here) for extremely cheap Core Sets without taxes or shipping!
If you are a new player looking to play competitively, I would suggest purchasing at least two boxes. And why wouldn't you at such a great price?!
By popular demand this week's deckbuild takes a look at what House Stark has to offer on the competitive scene. This is a deck that chips away at your opponents defenses until you can afford to bring in your closers.
This week's cast features a deck that was a little bit out of my comfort zone, a.k.a it wasn't Greyjoy, but a deck that I have still had a great deal of fun and success with.
This deck highlights the amazing synergies between Khal Drogo and Jaime Lannister.
Check it out!
What an exciting time to be an LCG and Song of Ice and Fire fan. This past weekend marked the highly anticipated release of Fantasy Flight Games' A Game of Thrones The Card Game 2.0
With so many new players jumping into the world of ASoIaF, and A Game of Thrones LCG in general, I thought it would be a great idea to provide instructional, detailed deckbuilding tutorials and explanations to help players old and new.
This week's deckbuild features my favourite House, Greyjoy, bannered to the Stag.
Check it out!
Thank you for all of the support you guys have given me this past year on our Youtube channel. This website was created to help further organize the content that I have been creating for the past little while. Furthermore, I have decided to post my instructional videos as podcasts for those who would rather listen during their commute, or in the background as they work.
Hope you guys enjoy. Let's keep building this community even further!