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if you're a loving God, why do you send people to hell?
Over Christmas 2015 at City Church Birmingham we invited those who visited our Carol services to take part in a poll to identify the three most important questions that we would like to ask God. On January 3rd, 10th and 17th each question is answered in turn. Here are my notes that provide a reasonably accurate transcript from the third talk.
Good morning. We are pleased to have you with us this morning for the last in our three week series 'If I could ask God one question.' If you missed either of our first two in the series 'God, why don't you make it more obvious' and 'God why did you create a world of misery' then do listen on-line via our web site or download the City Church App (IPhone) (Android).
This morning we look at the question that more people wanted to hear an answer to than any other; 'God, if you're a loving God, why do you send people to hell?' Almost a quarter of the 500 people who voted asked for an answer to this question. And no wonder. Hell is an emotive topic. We naturally find ourselves asking 'what possible reason could a God of love have for punishing people in hell for all eternity?' British Philosopher Bertrand Russell took issue with the person of Jesus at precisely this point when he wrote 'There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that He believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.' And I guess, if we are honest, hell is in some sense an idea that we would all wish away.
So is it really possible to ever get to a point where we could believe in and even love a God who sends people to hell? It's my job this morning to demonstrate that we can trust God even if we cannot fully understand this matter. We may not find every answer to every question we could ask but I trust we can find enough reassurance to trust God with what we can't know. So I want to start with the fact that
1. We long for a God of Justice
I'm sure we all know the song Imagine by John Lennon. Rolling Stone ranked it number three in their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". So iconic is it that its played every year just before the New Year's Times Square Ball drops in New York City. It is an anthem for our times; I won't try to sing it but I think we know the words;
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Maybe it seems obvious to you that the universe is a much better place without hell and you can see why. Yet, I'm not sure if when we really stop to think about it that we really believe John Lennon. I find an awful lot of evidence to suggest that we do not want to believe we live in a world where people do evil things and get away with it. Just on Friday I read the following on the BBC website 'lawyers are now representing at least 20 men and one woman, including the 12 residents of children's homes, who say they were abused by former MP Lord Janner.' With Jimmy Saville no charges have ever been brought, many of those who perpetrated crimes against humanity from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Bosnia to IS in Northern Iraq. We ask ourselves will justice be done and ever be seen to be done?
In his autobiographical book about death, Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes, effectively, says 'no chance.' As an atheist he writes: "It is difficult for us to contemplate, fixedly, the possibility, let alone the certainty, that life is a matter of cosmic hazard, its fundamental purpose mere self-perpetuation, that it unfolds in emptiness, that our planet will one day drift in frozen silence, and that the human species will completely disappear and not be missed, because there is nobody and nothing out there to miss us. That is what growing up means. And it is frightening prospect for a race that has for so long relied on its own invented gods for consolation." If you look for justice, and if you ask for justice, then ultimately you are naïve and immature. 'Grow up' says Julian Barnes.
Breaking Bad is one of the greatest TV series of the last 10 years winning 16 Emmy awards. The creator and producer Vince Gilligan said in an interview in the New York Times back in 2011
'I hate the idea of Idi Amin living in Saudi Arabia for the last 25 years of his life. That galls me to no end. I feel some sort of need for biblical atonement, or justice, or something. I like to believe there is some comeuppance, that karma kicks in at some point, even if it takes years or decades to happen. My girlfriend says this great thing that's become my philosophy as well. "I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell." ' There is in each one of us a cry for justice. Whether that arises from the cast iron penalty Aston Villa should have had yesterday against Leicester to justice for Stephen Lawrence.
And so we say it would be evil of God not to judge. What kind of God just stands by and allows wicked people to get away with it? If God does exist we do hope that he is a God of justice.
And there are so many places in the Bible where God's people cry out for justice. We read in Psalm 82:2-4, 8.
"How long will you defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.'
So here is my first point, it is the fact that God is a God of justice that means he must judge and that is the loving thing for God to do. God's is a God of love but a God of love has also to be a God of justice demonstrate that love. He defends the cause of the innocent and he will put right every wrong. In our passage (2 Thess.1:1-10) and v.6. we read these words, 'God is just: he will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled and us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.'
For God to be good he must judge –and that is why judgement is always presented in the Bible as a good thing – because it shows that justice matters
It is because God is good, just and loving that there is a hell.
(I am indebted to a talk by Robin Whaley given at the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union for many of the good ideas that feature in this first point).
We might well accept that justice should catch up finally with Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin or mass murderers
2. But isn't hell too extreme?
The thought that hell might be a place where ordinary people like you and me are punished and not just tyrants and dictators seems completely over the top.
Let me say two things in response to that fair concern
a) There are degrees of punishment
Because God is just not everyone will receive the same punishment
We read in Matthew 11:20-24
Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
b) God's punishment fits the crime – it is proportionate
One thing we do have to grasp is what hell is the punishment for.
We might well think that the most serious sin is hurting another person, especially an innocent child or destroying the environment. And indeed God will hold us to account for all wrong actions.
But the sin that the Bible says condemns us is refusing to love the one person to whom we owe everything – that is God. Michael Ots has said 'Sin is serious because it is ultimately not against people but against God himself.' And sometimes it is not what we do but who we do it against that makes all the difference.
So, if I betray the confidence of a friend by telling others of her secrets then that is wrong but it's unlikely to be a crime but if I betray my country by telling another country its secrets then that is treason -a very serious crime. A number of years ago during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at the United States President George W. Bush. "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!" yelled al-Zaidi in Arabic as he threw his shoes. President Bush ducked twice, avoiding being hit. I'm sure people throw shoes all the time in arguments but to throw your shoe at the leader of the free world as you call him a dog is quite a different thing. That is not an attack on an individual but an attack on everything he stands for as President.
The sin that sends to hell is to snub not a president but the God who made us and sustains us. It is to dishonour him and insult him.
We read again in 2 Thess. 1:8-9, 'He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. And in one sense the punishment fits the crime because hell is to exist without God for ever.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord.'
So, yes, hell is a punishment from God and the Bible says it is proportionate. I know that might be very difficult to understand and to accept. The natural response is to reject out-of-hand such unpallitable truths. But listen to the advice of Francis Chan, from his book Erasing Hell 'Don't believe something just because you want to, and don't embrace an idea just because you've always believed it. Believe what is biblical. Test all your assumptions against the words God gave us in the Bible.' And so therefore let me say a few things that I hope might help us further as we wrestle with this difficult idea.
3. Does God send people to hell?
In some sense I want to take issue with the question 'if you are a God of love why do you send people to hell' by asking are we right to say that it is God who sends people to hell?
It is true that hell is a punishment from God but it is also the natural consequence of rejecting God. Hell is separation from God and all the good things he's made – so if in our lives we are making it clear that we want nothing to do with him and want him out of our lives – then hell is getting everything we've wanted all our lives and getting it forever.
CS Lewis writes in the Great Divorce, "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened." In some sense hell is a place for people who would rather live without God but then find that when we die we don't end and our self-absorbed, self-centred life, our life without God goes on and on forever.
4. God takes no delight in hell
God is just, hell is real but please remember that God does not desire that any should perish in this way. It's a common enough view to think of hell as some kind of medieval torture chamber in which God takes some kind of sadistic pleasure in punishing people but really that could not be further from the truth. That simply isn't the Bible's view.
Throughout the Bible we meet a God who is patient with people wanting people to turn to him. We read in Ezekiel 33:11 'Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?'
I really don't think it is too much to say that God hates hell and he hates people going there. And that is why he delays his judgement.
2 Peter 3:9 says 'The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.' If you are someone who is thinking right now I'm really not sure where I might spend eternity, then let me say this – there is still time for you. The one who talked more about hell than any other is Jesus Christ himself. And yet the wonderful news of the gospel is that. ..
5. Christ came to save people from hell
When Jesus came into our world he didn't come just to us against hell – he came to rescue us from hell itself. That is the difference between what we might call religion in general and Christianity in particular.
The world over religion is like a leaflet printed by life-guards to warn you of danger. Christianity is like the life-guard who runs into the surf to rescue you. Jesus said that his whole purpose in coming into our world was to seek and save the lost and he saw his death as the very means by which he would do so.
We read in Mark's gospel Mark 15:33-34,
'At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").' And then in v.37-38, 'With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.'
The cloud of darkness represented God's judgement, the cry of Jesus on the cross was his experience of God-forsakenness and the curtain torn in two the moment Jesus died is the visible sign that Jesus death makes it possible for us to be reconciled to God.
Whatever I do not understand about hell I do understand this – the one who spoke of hell more than any other, was willing to go through hell on the cross that you and I might not have to.
The choice we have is whether we want to pay for our sin ourselves or turn to Jesus and accept that he has suffered hell for us that we might not have to.
This morning we've asked God a question and we've considered something of the answer that the Bible gives. It might not be the answer we were hoping for, but what we learn is that God is a God who isn't always easy to understand, and whose ways are far beyond us; a God whose thoughts are much higher than our thoughts. Do you have a problem with hell? Good. Can I urge you not to let those problems push you away from God. For it is true that Jesus had a problem with hell. He preached about hell, he warned about hell with tears in his eyes, he suffered and died to keep you out of hell.
Let me say two things as we close.
a) When it comes to hell, we can't afford to be wrong.
Antony Flew many years before he ever became a believer in God wrote in his book God and Philosophy 'If there is a chance at all that we are in danger of some unending misery, then knowledge which might show us how this is to be avoided must become overwhelmingly important.
b) When it comes to hell, we can't afford to delay
Scientist and mathematician Blaise Pascal said 'Between heaven and hell is only this life, which is the most fragile thing in the world.'
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(A Spur of Hermon, near Cæsarea Philippi.)
a MATT. 17:1-13; b MARK 9:2-13; c LUKE 9:28-36.
c 28 And it came to pass about eight days {a six days} c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements tally exactly. The "sayings" referred to were the words of Jesus with regard to his suffering at Jerusalem], that a Jesus taketh {c took} a with him Peter, and James, and John his brother [These three, as leaders among the apostles, needed the special encouragement which was about to be given. For further comment, see Section 58], and bringeth them {c went} a up into a {c the} b high mountain apart by themselves: c to pray. [A tradition dating from the fourth century fixes upon Mt. Tabor as the site of the transfiguration, but this is unquestionably a mistake. Mt. Tabor is in Galilee, while Jesus was still in the region of Cæsarea Philippi ( Mark 9:30 ). Moreover there is little doubt that at that time and for centuries previous there was an inhabited fortress upon Mt. Tabor ( Joshua 19:12 ; Jos. B. J. i. 8, 7; Vit. 37). Moreover, Mt. Tabor is not a high mountain, its elevation above the sea being but 1,748 feet. Hermon, on the contrary, is the highest mountain in Palestine, its elevation, according to Reclus, being 9,400 feet. It was Jesus' custom to withdraw for prayer by night ( Matthew 14:23 Matthew 14:24 ; Luke 6:12 ; 21:37 ; 22:39 ) and the transfiguration took place at night.]
29 And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became white and dazzling.
a 2 and he was transfigured [i. e., transformed; the description shows to what extent] them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
b glistering, exceeding white; so as no fuller on earth can whiten them. [We may conceive of the body of Jesus becoming luminous and imparting its light to his garments. The Christian looks forward to beholding such a transfiguration and also to participating in it-- 1 John 3:2 .]
a 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them c two men, who were Moses and {b with} c Elijah; b and they were talking with Jesus. [The three apostles could identify Moses and Elijah by the course of this conversation, though it is possible that miraculous knowledge may have accompanied miraculous sight.] c 31 who [i. e., Moses and Elijah]
who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. [The word for decease is "exodus," an unusual word for death. It means a departure and is, as Bengel says, a very weighty word, since it includes the passion, crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension.]
32 Now Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep [it being night]; but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
33 And it came to pass, as they were departing from him,
a Peter answered and said {b answereth and saith} a unto Jesus, b Rabbi, c Master, a Lord, it is good for us to be here: b and let us make three tabernacles; a if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. c not knowing what he said.
b 6 For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid. [Peter's fears overcame his discretion, but did not silence his tongue. Though he trembled at the fellowship of Moses and Elijah, he also realized the blessedness of it and could not let them depart without an effort to detain them, though the best inducement that he could offer was to build three booths, or arbors, made of the branches of trees, for their and Christ's accommodation. By and Elijah--all three being worthy of a booth.]
c 34 And while he said these things,
a 5 While he yet speaking, behold, b there came a a bright cloud b overshadowing them: {c and overshadowed them:} and they feared as they entered into the cloud. [Clouds often roll against the sides of Mt. Hermon, but the brightness of this cloud and the fear which it produced suggests that it was the Shekinah, or cloud of glory, which was the symbol of God's peculiar presence-- Exodus 13:21 Exodus 13:22 ; Exodus 19:9 Exodus 19:18 ; 24:16 ; Exodus 40:34 Exodus 40:35 ; 1 Kings 8:10 .]
a and behold, b there came a voice out of the cloud, a saying, This is my beloved Son, c my chosen: a in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. [This command contains the chief significance of the entire scene. Spoken in the presence of Moses and Elijah, it gave Jesus that pre-eminence which a son has over servants. He is to be heard. His words have pre-eminence over those of the lawgiver and the prophet ( Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 1:2 ). Peter recognized Jesus as thus honored by this voice-- 2 Peter 1:16-18 .]
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. [As every man is who hears the voice of God.]
7 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid. [As mediator between man and God, Jesus removes fear.]
b 8 And suddenly looking round about,
a 8 And lifting up their eyes, b they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
c 36 And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. [Leaders and prophets depart, but Christ abides-- Hebrews 3:5 Hebrews 3:6 .]
b 9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them, that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead.
a 9 And Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead. [The people were not ready for the publication of such an event. To have told it now would only have been to raise doubts as to their veracity.]
questioning among themselves what the rising from the dead should mean. [Jesus spake so often in parables and made so frequent use of metaphors that the apostles did not take his words concerning the resurrection in a literal sense. They regarded his language as figurative, and sought to interpret the figure.] c And they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of the things which they had seen.
a 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? b How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come? [They were puzzled by the disappearance of Elijah. They looked upon him as having come to fulfill the prophecy of Malachi ( Malachi 4:5 Malachi 4:6 ), but they marveled that, having come, he should so soon withdraw, and that they should be forbidden to tell that they had seen him, since the sight of him would be some sign of Jesus' Messiahship.]
a 11 And he answered and b said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth {a shall restore} all things [this sentence leads some to think that Elijah will appear again before the second coming of our Lord, but the words are to be interpreted in connection with the rest of the passage]: b and how it is written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, and be set at naught? [If the writings concerning Elijah perplexed the apostles, those concerning the Messiah perplexed them also. From one set of prophecies they might learn something about the other. Elijah came, but the Scriptures concerning him were so little understood that he was put to death. The Messiah also came, and the prophecies concerning him were so little understood that he, too, would be set at naught.]
13 But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, a already, and they knew him not, but did {b and they have also done} unto him whatsoever they would. Even as it is written of him. a Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
13 Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. [Malachi used the name of See Section 20, Section 45. That there shall be a second coming of Elijah in fulfillment of this prophecy is hardly possible, for the office of Elijah is prophetically outlined as that of the restorer. But Elijah could not restore Judaism, for that dispensation had been done away with in Christ. He could hardly have chosen to restore Christianity, for even if it should need such a restoration, a Jewish prophet would be ill-suited to such an office. One of the apostles would be vastly preferable.]


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I get a bunch of craft magazines that I like to keep after I have read them for ideas and inspiration. Every year I also get a copy of a soft cover book that comes out about cake decorating called the Wilton Cake Decorating Yearbook. This is a soft cover book that is a little thicker than a standard magazine but just like a magazine, it is hard to store on a shelf like a book because they are soft and tend to flop over.
So with a need for proper magazine storage I went on a quest to find something affordable that I liked. I looked at the new cardboard ones every seems to have now and they were pretty but I was worried about how sturdy they were and how well they would hold up over time. One day when I was in Big Lots looking for something else, I looked up on the top shelf and there was just what I needed. They had 2 packs of Rubbermaid Magazine Files at the perfect price of only $4.99.
They are black so they might not be the prettiest ones out there but then again, black does go with everything. They are made of a hard plastic this makes them strong, sturdy and balanced so they do not tip over easily which I really like about them. They stand 11 3/4 inches high in the back and then slope down to 4 1/2 inches in the front. This makes it easy to see the spines to see what each issue is and it also makes it easy to get them in and out with out bending up the magazine in the process. I can fit about 8 of the Wilton Yearbooks in there and 10-12 standard magazine issues. I bought several sets of these so I use some for each different type of craft or magazine category and they keep me organized. When I want to look through a stack of them, the files are easy to lift off the shelf and carry with me where ever I want them to go.
I have been really happy with my choice of these magazine files and they have really helped to keep my magazines organized and free of damage to the covers, pages and spines. I am starting to run out of space in them though so it's almost time to pick up a few more.


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Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are widely understaffed, potentially increasing the risk of infection in critically ill babies, researchers reported.
In a retrospective study, hospitals understaffed nearly one-third of their NICU infants and more than 90% of their high-acuity NICU infants in 2009, relative to staffing guidelines, Jeannette Rogowski, PhD, of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Piscataway, and colleagues reported online in JAMA Pediatrics.
In addition, infection rates for very low birth weight infants were 16.5% in 2008 and 13.9% in 2009, with higher levels of nurse understaffing associated with 40% higher odds of infant infection.
"Hospital administrators and NICU managers should assess their staffing decisions to devote needed nursing care to critically ill infants," they wrote.
National guidelines specify nurse-to-patient staffing levels that are typically based on acuity. For instance, the lowest-acuity infants have a recommended nurse-to-patient ratio of 1 to 3 or 4, but the highest-acuity infants have ratios of greater than one nurse per patient.
But studies have shown shortfalls in NICU nurse staffing, which have been associated with higher rates of nosocomial infections, particularly among infants with very low birth weights.
The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study using 67 NICUs from the Vermont Oxford Network, with data on 5,771 very low birth weight babies from 2008 and 5,630 very low weight babies from 2009.
Nurse understaffing was assessed based on survey data in 3008 (4,046 nurses and 10,394 infant assignments) and 2009 (3,645 nurses and 8,804 infant assignments).
Overall, they found widespread understaffing of NICUs across the U.S. compared with national guidelines, with about a third of NICU infants being understaffed, and each infant had about 0.4 nurses on average.
Relative to the guidelines, hospitals understaffed 32% of their NICU infants in 2009 and 48% in 2008, and understaffing varied by acuity. Hospitals understaffed 85% of high-acuity infants in 2008 and and 92% in 2009, they reported.
In order to meet minimum staffing guidelines, hospitals would need, on average, an additional 0.11 nurses per infant overall and 0.39 nurses per high-acuity infant at 2009 levels, Rogowski and colleagues wrote.
In multivariate analyses, NICU nurse understaffing was associated with increases in infection risk among very low birth weight infants. For example, a 1-standard deviation increase in nurse understaffing per infant was associated with a higher risk of infection in 2008 (adjusted odds ratio 1.39, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.62, P<0.001) and in 2009 (aOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.18 to 1.63, P<0.001).
The study was limited because it may not represent all hospitals with a NICU; nor does it take into consideration other factors that may be important in NICU staffing decisions, such as non-nursing personnel, the researchers wrote.
Still, they concluded that the findings suggest that the "most vulnerable hospitalized patients, unstable newborns requiring complex critical care, do not receive recommended levels of nursing care."
They also pointed out that widespread understaffing was found in a hospital sample that was disproportionately recognized for its nursing excellence. The overall registered nurse staffing in sample hospitals was higher than in U.S. hospitals with a NICU in general (10.4 versus 9.4 hours/patient day, P<0.05).
"Staffing levels in all U.S. NICUs may be lower than those observed here," they said. "Sample NICUs may have better trained nurses than other hospitals, and this training composition may influence nurse staffing. However, the guidelines indicate that a specialized staff is the minimum expectation."
The study was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The researchers reported relationships with ArborMetrix and the Vermont Oxford Network.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner


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I could easily write 80 blog entries on the various exploits and pratfalls of… well, in the spirit of charitability, I'll call him the eccentric CEO of Overstock.Com, Inc., Patrick Byrne. Just as an example of said eccentricity, he curiously signs off his introduction, by titling himself "Deep Capture Reporter", rather than, you know, CEO of a fairly prominent online retailer.
But to go into all of that would distract from the task at hand. Besides, other bloggers have already done a yeoman's job of documenting his antics over the past few years.
Basically, Byrne's purpose here is to take credit for inspiring Mitchell to produce this work. Frankly, why this would be something to take pride in I could not tell you, but Byrne certainly has his own ideas about what is praiseworthy.
Byrne starts by waxing poetic about the exalted body that is the Columbia Journalism Review, noting, among other things, that the school wherein it is based also awards the Pulitzer Prize. These will be interesting comments in light of the implicit accusations soon to follow, but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.
Suffice it to say for now that the CJR, while a high quality publication, nevertheless publishes only six times a year, and carries a staff of just eight people. Bright people, I am sure, but not exactly in possession of the resources one would expect of a publication claiming to be the "watchdog of the press in all its forms".
Byrne goes on to state that, upon giving him the leads that were the foundation for the article, he warned Mitchell that "[c]hasing this story will take you down a rabbit hole with no bottom." Which is a remarkably apt description of an attempt to read it as well.
Byrne then goes for the big close by selling just how big this story would be (in terms of importance, not quantity of verbiage), invoking Enron (even though some of his supporters have claimed that Enron was just a victim of the sinister forces investigated here), and claiming that the article will help explain why "reporters react when journalists investigate them" by acting like "white-collar crooks", "refus[ing] interviews" and hid[ing] behind lawyers".
But did you notice something about that last statement? If you were wondering exactly how Byrne makes the distinction between a "reporter" and a "journalist", take half credit, because he makes no effort to explain it. But regardless of what the distinction is, note, above, that Byrne firmly labels himself as being a "reporter" as opposed to a journalist. So, in the space of just three short paragraphs and a signature, he has effectively accused himself of acting like a white-collar criminal.
Ladies and gentlemen, Patrick M. Byrne!
Ahem. So much for the warm-up act, then. Next week, the wilderness beckons.


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DETROIT — In a fiery speech promoted as his last, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan railed against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, calling on the black community to avoid military service at all costs.
To join the military "would be the worst mistake you've ever made," Farrakhan told a packed Ford Field sports arena Sunday in downtown Detroit.
He continued, "America is preparing for war, for Armageddon."
Sunday's speech was the first time Farrakhan has spoken publicly since undergoing a life-threatening surgery in January to correct damage from prostate-cancer treatment last year.
It also came as Farrakhan struggles to bolster a religious organization that helped lead the nation's civil rights movement, but whose political and cultural influence is waning.


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New Charminster Bridge to be opened by MP Oliver Letwin
A replacement bridge designed to cope with flooding in Charminster will be opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony by West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin.
The village of Charminster will celebrate the official opening of its long-awaited flood alleviation scheme. Cutting the ribbon will be government minister and local MP Oliver Letwin.
Charminster has a history of flooding, the worst occurring in 2000 and 2014. The problem was caused by Charminster Bridge that was unable to cope with high flows in the River Cerne. Water quickly rose above the bridge's 3 small arches and flooded nearby properties. In 2014 the village's historic Saxon church, a grade one listed building, was seriously damaged.
A study, led by the Environment Agency, concluded that a new bridge was needed to solve the flood problem. Special permission had to be obtained from English Heritage to demolish the bridge – a grade 2 listed structure.
Engineers used hydraulic modelling of the river, historic rainfall data and groundwater levels to come up with the best design – a raised 2 span bridge that would allow higher flows to pass through the village.
Highways drainage improvements were also identified and agreed with Dorset County Council. After careful consideration, English Heritage gave the go-ahead for a scheme on the condition an archaeological survey was carried out on the structure to obtain a historic record of the old bridge that dates from 1791.
As much of the original masonry as possible was used in the new bridge that was built by a team of Dorset County Highways masons. Re-used materials included bricks, keystones and saddleback copings – many of them in top quality Portland stone.
To minimise disruption, a temporary scaffold footbridge was constructed to allow pedestrians access to the school on one side of the river and the village shop on the other. This was necessary during construction of the new bridge when the road had to be closed.
In a nod to history, a 'transportation plaque' has been installed on the side of the new bridge. These plaques were once a common sight on some of Dorset's bridges. One was fixed to Charminster Bridge until it was removed many years ago. Under the Malicious Injuries to Property Act 1827, the plaques sternly warn anyone caught 'wilfully injuring' any part of county bridge will be guilty of felony and, upon conviction, liable to be Transported for Life.
The new flood alleviation scheme will be officially opened midday on Friday 6 May, when dignitaries from Dorset County Council and the Environment Agency will be joined by West Dorset MP, Oliver Letwin, for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Charminster Bridge.
Nick Lyness, the Environment Agency's Area Flood Risk Manager, said:
We are very pleased to mark the completion of the new bridge, which will bring a great benefit to the village.
Engineers from the Environment Agency and Dorset County Council worked closely with Historic England to build a flood scheme that blends in with the historic character of Charminster.
Councillor Peter Finney, Dorset County Council Cabinet member for environment, said:
We are proud to have been a part of this project. It will make a real difference to the community and help protect nearby historic buildings.
Every care has been taken to ensure the new bridge has as much of the original character as possible and, what's more, it looks great.
In addition to protecting Charminster's historic church and adjacent listed properties, the scheme will help safeguard 3 ancient yew trees in the local churchyard thought to be around 600 years old.
The Charminster scheme has been shortlisted for the Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) South West Engineering Project of the Year.


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Another pic plus a clip of "The Majestic" at ET!25 Jul 2001
Is this a sign that promotion for this movie is starting up? We hope so. Matt let us know that not only has ET Online a new photo of Jim Carrey in "The Majestic", they also scored the first footage of the movie released on the Web. Take a look!
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Perhaps it is the rain that has been falling since Saturday. Whether it is or not, that's what I'm going to blame it on. This week I have struggled with motivation and wanting to get things done. It's a little on the strange side to be honest – there are things I want to do…huge plans percolating in my head…but I just can't find the energy to even take the smallest of steps that direction.
All of that to say that Photo Friday almost didn't happen this week. Those times this past weekend that I was going to get out and shoot? Raining. All this week? Raining. I've toted my camera around with me this entire time, just in case – schlepping it from the house to the car to the house to the car to the school to the car to the house to the car to the school to the car – all week long, hoping beyond hope that there would be something interesting pop up that I could quickly capture between rain drops. It never happened.
I didn't do an (Almost) Wordless Wednesday post because there was nothing on my phone and nothing on the camera).
Last night, though, while sitting at the dinner table having my half-priced Sonic cheeseburger (in honor of tax day), I happened to look up and out the kitchen window.
I saw the light.
…and promptly raced down the slick hallway in my bare feet, skidding into the bedroom to yank my camera out of its bag and then gallop out into the carport, sheltered from the rain to catch a picture of it.
For some reason, I was having a huge issue getting my camera to focus. Nothing was working right. I managed to get this shot and then was stymied. By the time I had it sorta-kinda figured out, the light had changed.
It was probably 7:30 when I ran out the door so it was no surprise that the sun was moving behind the clouds, making a dramatic descent to the other side of the world.
Within just a few minutes, the rain was picking up steam, and the sun was well out-of-sight.
Was I the only one with shooting difficulties this week? Did anyone else struggle to get some good, share-worthy shots in? What's your plan when you can't get to shoot? (Y'all almost got re-edited Mardi Gras photos this week. It was a very, very close thing)
Where I'm linking up.
Give-Away Winner
A little over a week ago, to celebrate making it to 200 likes on my Facebook page, I initiated a photo give-away. The contest ran through Tuesday night at midnight, and now it's time to choose our winner! Using the random winner generator through Rafflecopter, VERONICA of Mum of Five Girls is our winner!
Congratulations Veronica! Please get in contact with me – here, FB, Twitter – and let me know which print you'd like to have sent to you!
Photo Friday Link-Up
…and now it's time for my favorite time of the week – the time that I get to see all of your wonderful photos! Did y'all happen to see how many folks joined us last week? I'm so thankful to have my Clever Cookie classmates joining us for the week!
Last week's most viewed link came from Shannon at My2Morrows! Shannon is a member of the same Clever Cookie 10-on-10 photography circle that I'm in, so if you've got some time, start making your way around the circle by clicking on the link in her post. I love the photos of her kids – especially the ones where the little guy is jumping in the puddles. I also love this photo:
Last week, our last-added link came from Buckaroomama. Definitely go have a looksie – when I first saw the photo I couldn't tell if it was of ballerinas or flamingos – either way – great shot! I do love it a lot…even if I can now clearly see what it is!
I can't wait to see everything you guys come up with this week!


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IPSWICH, MA – Notch Brewing, brewers of American Session Beer, will release their Notch Saison in six packs on March 15th and celebrate two years of brewing. Notch Saison is the third year round offering from Notch, and will complement their flagship Notch Session Pils and Notch Session Ale.
Notch will celebrate it's anniversary at Firebrand Saints in Cambridge on March 15 from 5:30 to 7:30PM.
Saison was originally brewed by farmers to slake the thirst of seasonal workers (les saisonniers) in Belgium, but this refreshing beer had a lower alcohol content that is not often seen in today's modern saison. The worker's saisons previous to WWI were often referred to as courante saison (everyday saison) due to their easy drinking nature.
Notch returns the saison to its roots not only in alcohol content, but also by using local ingredients much like the Belgian farmhouse brewers. As each farmhouse used ingredients locally available, each saison had its own character. In this locally sourced spirit, Notch Saison uses wheat malted by Valley Malt in Hadley Massachusetts.
Notch Saison Specs:
- Specific Gravity: 10┬░ P (1.040 SG)
- Alcohol (by volume): 3.8%
- Malts: Pils, Oats, Massachusetts Wheat
- Hops: Styrian Goldings, Mt. Hood
- Yeast: Belgian Saison
- Packages: 6 pack bottles, draft
- Availability: Massachusetts
Notch Brewing Background:
Notch brews American Session Beer, beers of moderate to lower alcohol content with great flavor. Every great beer brewing nation has a long history of brewing and enjoying session beer – except the United States. Notch was founded in 2010 by brewer Chris Lohring.


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Howl Is Teh Crazy
Clearly they were peeking in my window last night and did a representation of what was going on. Little how was clearly on the kitty krack. He would be laying on the carpet, suddenly purr, spring up and race down the hall. Then, he would come in, stare at the wall just above his head, attempt to catch the imaginary bug, purr, and run off. This cycle continued all night until he finally collapsed in our bed. At one point he ended up on top of his two foot tall kitty tower and freaked out for the next five minutes on how to get down. (Apparently jumping off of a two foot tower is much scarier than jumping off of the four foot tower that he does every day.) Kitties. Meh.
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All Things Harry Potter
I am almost finished rereading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in anticipation of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at midnight tonight (although I won't be getting it until tomorrow). I also recently saw the movie The Order of the Phoenix. I thought it was okay but there were things I didn't like about it. A lot was cut from the book, not necessarily a bad thing as the book was quite long with a lot of things I could have missed. But this felt like a CliffsNotes version of the book with all the important stuff touched on but not really delved into. There were some great new characters but there wasn't enough of the supporting cast for my liking (oh, how I wanted more Tonks). The movie is called the Order of the Phoenix but we saw precious little of the Order themselves.
I loved Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge. She played this wonderfully awful character so perfectly. The way she dressed, her hair, her speech, the way she sipped her tea, those mewing cats on her office walls, all were brilliant. I've been a fan of Staunton for years. You may remember her from the movie Vera Drake or maybe from the series Little Britain but I remember her most from a British series I really enjoyed called "Is It Legal?" where she played Stella Phelps. I found it a bit hard to see Staunton as Umbridge first because I kept seeing her as Stella, but that went away and I soon came to dislike her as much as one should dislike the horrid Delores Umbridge. I also thought Luna Lovegood was well cast and well played by Evanna Lynch.
There were some slow parts in the movie and I felt it depended a lot on headlines from the Daily Prophet to explain things that they didn't have room for. This is the shortest HP movie but made from the longest book. The climactic scene was very good, if a little hard to follow at times with all the swirling going on. I'm glad I saw it but I'll say this. I have rented every other HP movie to watch again after I saw them in the theatre. I don't have any intention to do that with this one, at least not right now.
So, I'm all geared up for the final installment of Harry Potter, but I feel I must hide away from the world until I read it to the end. See, there are unscruplous people out there who put things in online forums like the name of some important character that has died (in the subject line, no less, so you just can't avoid it), even wear t-shirts with the important information on it: "Insert character name here dies". And the news will be filled with reports of reactions from readers. Someone on facebook will undoubtedly have their feelings about the book in their status section so I am staying away from the news and the Internet for the next little bit. I'll come back when I've finished reading. But don't worry, I won't tell you a thing. Well maybe I'll tell you if I liked it or not, but I've liked every HP book so I'm pretty sure that's a given.


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Scenario: If you create a table with a column of type nvarchar, populate it with some content and try to modify it using the WebMatrix editor, from nvarchar to ntext, it does not display any error message or warning that this is not possible. It silently saves and reverts the change, back to nvarchar. Wasted some hours on this issue as I thought my column was ntext, but in fact was still nvarchar.
Expected behavior: It should change to ntext, or if SQL CE doesn't support that, it should notify the user that no change was applied.
I've tried setting the <pages pageBaseType="DynamicWebPage" /> value in web.config, but when I response.write out the page type, I'm still getting Microsoft.WebPages.WebPage.
I'm simply trying to sub-class WebPage and add some additional functionality such as a dynamic PageData dictionary similar to Phil Haack's dynamic ViewData dictionary.
Is it possible with SQL sorted in descending order according to the word?In Table I shrajeno Mastercard, Visa, Diners etc ...All Visa are the first in the order, another Mastercard, etc. ...Something does not work: ORDER BY PaymentType = 'Visa';I would not want to work in one field PaymentId (111,222,33, etc. ..) and then use the ORDER BY.Is this possible in such a way?
I have never tried a group by with linq, now I do and I'm stuck.
I try to convert this sql statement to its linq counterpart :
SELECT COUNT(tb_Mailer_Smses.Id) AS [cnt], tb_Mailer_mailing.Id As [Id]
,SUM( CASE WHEN tb_Mailer_smses.DLRStatus = 200 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) As [Delivered]
,SUM(CASE WHEN DLRStatus BETWEEN 300 AND 499 THEN 1 WHEN DLRStatus BETWEEN 800 AND 899 THEN 1 END) AS [Errors]
FROM tb_Mailer_mailing INNER JOIN
tb_Mailer_Smses ON tb_Mailer_mailing.Id = tb_Mailer_Smses.MailingId
WHERE tb_Mailer_mailing.ApplicationId = 1
GROUP BY tb_Mailer_mailing.Id
Is there some one who can me show me the convertion process ?
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The Federal Reserve decided on December 16 to keep interest rates at historic lows near zero percent. The Fed released a statement declaring that even though there are signs of improvement, economic conditions "are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period."
New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than analysts expected last week, while an unexpected narrowing in the trade gap in October provided some indication that the U.S. economy is steadily growing.
Many years ago, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. famously stated, "Competition is a sin." He preferred a monopoly, the very antithesis of economic freedom, in order to increase profits.
Buck Knives Bucks TrendsWritten by William F. Jasper
"The Buck knife saved my leg and maybe my life at least once when I carelessly caught a pant leg in the anchor winch." So writes "Old Fool," the retired aviator and mariner who writes a colorful blog on various and sundry things at www.oldfool.org.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Economic Club of Washington that the economy is recovering, even as it confronts "formidable headwinds."
Ron Paul's Audit the Fed Bill AdvancesWritten by Super User
On November 19, the House Financial Services Committee advanced a bill that calls for the General Accounting Office to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve by the end of 2010.
Why Stimulus Funds Create Few JobsWritten by Bruce Walker
The Obama administration has recently reduced by 60,000 the number of jobs created or preserved by stimulus funds. The acknowledged overstatement of jobs underscores the problem with all government statistics: There is an inherent bias to report success and no real incentive to report problems.
Thanks to how the Internal Revenue Service implemented President Barack Obama's tax break last spring, more than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government either $250 or $400 more for their 2009 income tax. The tax break has decreased the amount of tax withheld for 95 percent of working families, but millions will find that they need to pay back the government for not withholding enough.
General Motors has received $50 billion in taxpayer assistance, yet even as the company cuts thousands of jobs at U.S. locations, it is considering investing billions of those taxpayer dollars on overseas operations. GM maintains that only through a strong international presence can it remain competitive and profitable, but critics say that the taxpayer money was meant to preserve U.S. jobs.
The U.S. federal government possesses the largest stockpile of gold in the world, but even with record high prices, it isn't likely to be selling any. In fact, other countries and global central banks are building up their gold reserves as the dollar's value plummets.
The federal deficit for October reached a record-setting level for that month: $176 billion. The Treasury Department made the announcement on November 13, saying the shortfall occurred as income of $135 billion was exceeded by $311 billion in spending.


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I love connecting STEM Challenges to other content areas, especially unexpected ones, like social studies. After learning all about the continents, oceans, and lines of latitude and longitude, we created these Balloon Globes.
This STEM Challenge requires pretty easy to find and cheap materials. Students just need punch balloons (I got a great deal on them at Amazon) and black sharpie markers. We started by marking the equator and prime meridian, then I pretty much let the kids go to work.
They all turned out great and it was a hands-on, engaging way to check student understanding of these topics. They also look fantastic hanging up in the hallway!
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Connecting Literature and STEM ~ The One and Only Ivan
I love finding opportunities to connect STEM Challenges with the books we are reading in class. We read, "The One and Only Ivan", by Katherine Applegate. This book is simply amazing. It is the story of a silverback gorilla that spends 27 years of his life in a shopping mall as an attraction. It is based on a true story. We did a lot of discussing and a lot of persuasive writing with this book.
We also did a lot of STEM...
Of the five STEM challenges we did with this book, this was my students' favorite one. They each got five straws, a piece of cardboard, some air-dry clay and a plastic zoo animal. Their goal was to create a cage for their animal that could hold the most weight. These pictures show our animal cages AFTER we tested them.
We had quite a few different ideas. Students always get SO excited when we extend our reading into STEM challenge lessons.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Growing Indian Corn ~ A Monthly STEM Challenge
Each month I organize a STEM Challenge pack for the classrooms in my school. These challenges are more long-term in nature. (The baggies on the window are our bean seeds sprouting.) Our October Challenge, was based on the question:
How tall can your class grow corn plants on an ear of Indian corn in only a pan of water?
The kids were so excited to get started on this challenge in my classroom. We placed the ears of corn into tubs of water and then we waited. After a few days, we already had sprouts! Amazing! After two weeks, we placed soil into the containers in order to continue growing the corn.
Some are growing better than others, but they are all growing. We used one ear of Indian corn per table group. We observe them weekly and water them as needed.
For each monthly STEM challenge, we pair a book or two. For this challenge we used these books.
My students were fascinated with the information in both books. We jigsawed the second book and students created informational posters of a two page spread of the book and then shared the information with the rest of the class.
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like ron loves hermione.
i obviously have a thing for gingers.
You're marrying him still?
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha this is the best.
at least he tried. you guys are cute. a lot cute.
You two... This all reminds me of that quote, "We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love."
hahaha best text of my life. but really. ten hundred points to your man, you can even take those ten hudred from gryffindor because cory totally deserves them.
OH I just love that I got to spend Tuesday night with both of you at the Cheesecake Factory. That was one of the greatest nights of the summer so far.
oh dear, that is classic.
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Seriously love that iPhone fail.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST TEXT EVERRRR! i can't wait to meet him... i mean after all you have been hiding him from me after all these months
this basically made my week.
oh. oh my gosh. this is amazing.
That's love right there.
Good morning, i love you like I love candy.
Holy hell, I just said that. That is a lot of love.
hahaha! What if her name really was winney? actually, come to think of it, that would have made those books a lot better!


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SheFinds + Apartment Therapy = Today
HeFinds for SheFinds. Some are in the blogosphere and some are in the emailospere. We got into both today. We were approached by SheFinds to contribute to their weekly email and were featured today. We submitted to them our five top online picks for Nesting Season, and they sent it out to over 6,000 people.
SheFinds knows you don't have time to shop, but you still want to look good and stay on top of the trends. Their editors surf the web for the very best style finds and put them at your fingertips when you subscribe to the FREE newsletter.
Okay, shopping isn't our reason for being, but it is sorta nice to suggest good things into another world. And we like promoting the apartment, as opposed to the shoe collection. (Thanks, Michelle!) MGR


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Bayou Bend Inks Agreements for 3 Prospective Blocks in Kurdistan
Bayou Bend has signed agreements for and acquired working interests in three separate exploration and development blocks with the Kurdistan Regional Government ("KRG") in the southeastern area of the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Northern Iraq. Under the terms of these agreements, Bayou Bend will pursue oil and gas exploration and development operations which are governed by Production Sharing Contracts (PSC's) signed with the KRG. The blocks are nearby and on trend with recent discoveries made by Genel Energi/Addax Petroleum (Taq Taq Field) and Heritage Oil Corp. (Miran Block).
Iraqi-Kurdistan lies within the northern extension of the Zagros Folded Belt and is estimated to contain up to 45 billion of Iraq's 115 billion barrels of reserves. The Kirkuk field lies within this Fold Belt trend and is one of the world's largest, containing reserves of over 20 billion barrels of oil. The area is highly underexplored and is currently undergoing a massive exploration and development campaign by over 30 mid to large size international oil companies. Iraqi-Kurdistan is one of few regions in the prolific Middle East oil province where international operators have access to production sharing contracts which allow them to share the upside potential with host governments.
Pulkhana Block
The Pulkhana block was one of the original PSC's awarded in 2003 to Petoil (a Turkish company) and was ratified by the Iraq Federal government prior to the new Kurdistan Region hydrocarbon law being passed in 2007. It is an appraisal/development project of a field which was discovered in 1959 and flowed over 2900 barrels of oil per day from two fractured carbonate reservoirs. The role of Petoil on the Pulkhana PSC was secured in principle in August 2008, subject to Petoil reaching an agreement with KRG on their level of participation and the introduction of another acceptable party as an operator. The Company will acquire 250 km of two dimensional seismic and drill 3 appraisal wells in the first 3 year exploration sub-period in order to confirm the size and economic viability of the development of the Pulkhana field. The Company will then have the option to continue on to a further two year exploration sub-period and if development is warranted, a development period of up to 20 years. The Company will be operator of the project with a 60% working interest. Petoil retains a 20% interest and the KRG holds the remaining 20%. The Company will be obligated to pay 100% of the costs of the first exploration sub-period and 75% of the costs of the second sub-period. Fiscal terms include a 10% royalty and variable profit splits based on an "R" profitability factor to the KRG. The Company has the right to recover costs using up to 40% of the produced oil and 50% of the produced gas. Capacity building bonuses of US $42.5 million and 65 million shares of BBP are payable within 60 days of the signing of the agreement, as part of the Company's social responsibility to the Kurdistan Region. An additional 50 million shares will be issuable to the KRG upon the approval of a development plan for the Pulkhana field.
Arbat Block
The Arbat Block (formerly Block G) is located adjacent to the Miran Block of Heritage and Block 9 recently signed by Talisman Energy Corp. It is an exploration block with three identified surface anticlinal features and is on trend with the Miran East discovery of Heritage which has been quoted in the press as containing large volumes of oil in place. Under the terms of the PSC, which was also originally approved as part of the Pulkhana approval, the Company is obliged to acquire 350 kilometers of 2D seismic and drill 2 wells in the first 3 year exploration sub-period. The Company will hold a 60% working interest and operatorship with the remaining 40% held by the KRG. The Company is obliged to pay 100% of the costs associated within the exploration period. Capacity building bonuses (social responsibility) of US $20 million and 35 million shares of BBP are due within 60 days of the signing of the agreement. All other fiscal terms are similar to those described in respect of the Pulkhana Block.
Block K42
Block 42 is located adjacent to the Pulkhana field and directly on trend with the 1.1 billion barrel Jambur field. It is currently operated by Oil Search (Iraq) Ltd which holds a 60% working interest in an option agreement signed on July 16, 2009 which permits 18 months to collect 200 kilometers of seismic data. After this date, Oil Search would be allowed to convert under certain conditions to a PSC with standard terms and work commitments. BBP has signed an amendment to that agreement which allows them to purchase the KRG's third party reserved 20% interest and thus become a participant to the option agreement and any resultant PSC for Block K42. In consideration for this interest, BBP will pay a signature bonus to the KRG of US $5 million and pay 25% of the limited past costs expended on Block K42.
These projects were originally identified and evaluated by Lundin Petroleum, which will also provide support to the Company in terms of future technical services and certain corporate guarantees. Lundin Petroleum has also agreed to provide certain loans to the Company, as needed and on a short term basis until additional financing has been secured. In consideration of these efforts, the Company has signed an agreement with Lundin Petroleum to grant 50 million shares of BBP within 60 days of signing and an additional 50 million shares of BBP upon the approval of a Pulkhana development plan.
Company Name Change
In keeping with the change in the focus of the Company's business strategy, a new name will be proposed to shareholders at the upcoming Special General Meeting. The Company will recommend the change of the Company's name to ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. ShaMaran is a local Kurdish deity reflecting wisdom and secrets. A minimum of two additional Board members will also be nominated for election at this meeting.
BBP President and CEO Keith Hill stated, "We are very excited to have obtained three first class assets in what is undoubtedly one of the most attractive exploration regions on the planet. The recent discoveries by our neighbors and the high valuations of these deposits reflected in recent takeover and merger deals gives us confidence that we will be able to create significant value to our shareholders if our expectations on these blocks are confirmed by the upcoming seismic and drilling programs. We are particularly pleased to have the Kurdistan Regional Government and Lundin Petroleum become significant shareholders and partners in our upcoming venture."
Bayou Bend Petroleum is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies and had until recently been a Gulf of Mexico focused gas exploration company. In the first half of 2009 it underwent a business rationalization process which resulted in the sale of the majority of its assets. The company currently has in excess of US $50 million in cash which will be used to help finance the upcoming program in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
All of the proposed transactions are subject to all necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals. A Special Shareholder Meeting to consider the proposed transactions, name change and Board of Director elections has been tentatively scheduled for October 16, 2009.
- Kina Petroleum to Exit Papua New Guinea License (Mar 24)
- Heritage Oil Fails to Find Gas at Kwila-1 Prospect in Papua New Guinea (Jul 09)
- Kina Petroleum Updates on Kwila-1 Exploration Drilling in PPL 337 in PNG (Jul 08)
Company: Addax more info
- Chinese-Owned Oil Firm Addax Shuts Offices After Swiss Bribery Case (Aug 07)
- North Sea Decom: 'Campaign Approach' Required to Drive Down Costs (Sep 15)
- Addax Extends Yinson's FPSO Charter Contract for $129M (Oct 20)
Company: Genel Enerji A.S. more info
- Genel can 'Plan with Confidence' in 2017 after KRG Payment Promise (Jan 24)
- KRG Delivers Payments to Genel, DNO, Gulf for Tawke, Shaikan Production (Jan 23)
- AkerBP, Cairn Energy Make Jefferies Top Pick List (Jan 09)
Company: Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd. more info
- Bayou Bend Petroleum Names New COO (Oct 01)
- Bayou Bend Inks Agreements for 3 Prospective Blocks in Kurdistan (Aug 31)
- Bayou Bend's Board Bids Farewell to Director (Jul 31)


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Global storage company NetApp has confirmed the completed acquisition of LSI's external storage systems business, Engenio for $US480 million.
The buy was originally flagged in March when NetApp entered into an agreement to purchase the company with the aim to serve new applications with growing demands for storage.
The deal will result in the company acquiring an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) as well as taking on Engenio employees in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region.
NetApp vice president and general manager of its OEM business, Rick Scurfield, will oversee and manage the OEM sector of the business while Bunji Kawanishi will be director of OEM field sales for the Asia Pacific region.
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It was my mom's birthday last week but we celebrated it this weekend actually. We went out for dinner and I had the best 'Banana Split' ever!! You can never go wrong with a classic dessert and it really was a perfect ending to a fantastic meal :-)
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That's the feeling you get with the activist Sea Shepherd organization these days following their much covered claim that Paul Watson, titular hear of the organization, had been shot by Japanese whalers.
The claim was bogus. Since that time not one follow up investigation has been made into the alleged shooting. Leaving us and many others to shout "but he's got no clothes!".
If Sea Shepherd is to have any lasting credibility in the eco world, they will have to radically change course. Already they are running out of International ports to call home, nations are turning away Sea Shepherd vessels and or impounding them as soon as they arrive. How can an activist organization continue without ports to dock in?
Sea Shepherds eco madate is a fine a noble one. It's the execution of that mandate, under the guidance of Paul Watson, that has turned a once proud eco organization into a continuing farce and slide towards irrelevance.
Case in point this latest event in Watson's home country of Canada. Political theater aside, does anyone believe any claims made by Sea Shepherd crews anymore?
HALIFAX - The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vowed Tuesday to bill Canada $1,000 for every day it holds the seized anti-sealing ship, the Farley Mowat.
The ship was boarded by RCMP officers on April 12 off Cape Breton during the annual East Coast seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The ship's 17-person crew was also taken into custody. The Dutch-registered ship is being held in Sydney, N.S.
"At no time did my ship ever enter the 12-mile limit," Alex Cornelissen, the ship's skipper, said in a release. "They had no right to board us and these charges are ridiculous.All we did was take pictures of seals being slaughtered on the ice."
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it will send an invoice to the federal Fisheries Department on the 12th of each month, asking for $30,000 for the time the ship is held."This will be $365,000 every year," the society said in a statement


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
As ussually at first day, there are not lesson today, so we can go home after halal bi halal. Always fun at first day. Thanks to all of our teachers.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Hiking Indonesia Anniversary
But, after last team finish, we did not know which team gets won. May be announcement for the winner sent to their school directly.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII:Early Church Fathers Index Previous Next
Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter XXI
Chapter XXI.—"If I Be a Father, Where is My Fear?"
"But tell me, how do you love your parents? If, indeed, you do it as always regarding what is right, I congratulate you; but if you love them as it happens, then not so, for then you may on a small occasion become their enemies. But if you love them intelligently, tell me, what are parents? You will say they are the sources of our being. Why, then, do ye not love the source of the being of all things, if indeed you have with right understanding elected to do this? But you will now say again, we have not seen Him. Why, then, do ye not seek for Him, but worship senseless things? But what? If it were even difficult for you to know what God is, you cannot fail to know what is not God, so as to reason that God is not wood, nor stone, nor brass, nor anything else made of corruptible matter.
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Excellent built-in Wi-Fi features and two screens to make taking self-portraits easy
Inexpensive, Compact, Front-facing LCD for self portraits
Inexpensive asking price
Excellent Wi-Fi sharing
Offering a combination of point and shoot simplicity with a tough design
Good photo quality for its class, less highlight clipping than its peers
Extremely tough, Good image quality
Very small, Sharp lens, 8x zoom range
Nice performance versus other small cameras
Slim and pocket-friendly
Burst modes are very fast which is great for candid street scenes
Affordable, rugged build
Image stabilisation, Quick focusing
Eco mode extends battery life, Low price
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Subtle design, Speedy autofocusing, Easy to use
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Possible Kidnap Attempt in Eureka
On 10-31-2012, approximately 8:00 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a report of an eleven year old male being chased by an adult male while he was waiting at a bus stop in the 900 block of Westgate Avenue, Eureka. The juvenile told deputies he was waiting alone at the bus stop for his bus to arrive when a green Dodge Durango or similar vehicle drove up, and the male driver exited the car and began chasing him. The juvenile ran to his
grandmothers home near by and reported the incident to his grandmother mother who called the Sheriffs Office and notified his mother. The victim's mother was driving his other siblings to school when the incident occurred. The victim was unable to describe the male suspect.
Deputies interviewed a school bus driver who drove by the area when the incident occurred reported seeing a white male adult, balding, wearing glasses and a white T-Shirt, approximately 30 years old parked in a bluish older model (1990's) Ford Explorer near the bus stop speaking on a cell phone around 7:45 a.m. It is unknown if there is any connection.
Anyone with information regarding this case is requested to contact the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251.


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These airsoft optics are designed to be used with both eyes open in low light, so are perfect for CQB. However with two reticule colours and 10 brightness settings they are suitiable for any airsoft gun with a 20mm rail in almost any conditions. This model also includes a fully adjustable side mounted laser sight.


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In a new campaign, an online lotto company in the UK tries to give away free money on the streets of cities like Newcastle, Edinburgh and Sheffield.
Many people keep walking as the GeoLotto representative approaches asking if they want some cash. "No catch," he assures them. But they are either too busy or too wary.
To fulfill his mission to finally find someone who will accept the big prize in Newcastle, a woman tries to hurry past saying her mum was sick. When he heard that, the GeoLotto guy pushes extra hard to get her to take it. When Mrs. Neal finally opened the envelope, she found £1000 ($1500).clover
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"I really can't believe it. I've never won anything in my life," said the woman, who wants to share it with her married son and mother. "I'm absolutely delighted."
Others were just as thrilled to get a simple five pound note. It changes their whole day.
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It is fun to watch people breaking into grins and disbelief, but also interesting to see how many people will refuse to take money being waved in front of them by a friendly stranger.