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This story has become so familiar to me that I really had come to take each element of it for granted. But as I was reading it today, it dawned on me for the first time how convoluted and indirect the manner of receiving this revelation really was. And this is all the more astonishing, given the importance of the revelation that was received.
If I had never read this story before, and someone had asked me, "How would the Lord reveal to the Church that they should change their membership policy and allow Gentiles to join?" I might say, "Well, the Lord would probably appear to the Prophet -- or maybe send an angel if he wasn't going to appear himself -- and simply tell the Prophet that it was now time to allow Gentiles to be full-status members of the Church." And that is precisely what did not happen.
Here's how it actually unfolded:
Step 1) An angel appears to a righteous Gentile named Cornelius and tells him that the Lord is pleased with him, and that he should send messengers to go fetch some guy named Simon Peter, who lived with a tanner named Simon in the city of Joppa.
The way the story is worded, it's unclear whether Cornelius knew who Simon Peter was. Nor does the angel seem to be dropping any clues as to why Cornelius ought to fetch him. Though it is conceivable that Cornelius knew very well who he was, and had some idea why he was being fetched. A lot depends on the degree of contact we assume to have existed between Cornelius and the early Church, and whether or not we may assume that Cornelius had some desire to belong to the Church.
In any event, it's also interesting that Cornelius, not the prophet, is the first to receive a divine visitation.
Step 2) Peter has a "vision" on the rooftop. Now actually, the account says he "fell into a trance" (vs. 10). What Peter witnessed in a trance was very dream-like: a big canopy lowered from heaven, full of all sorts of unclean animals, and a voice saying "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." When Peter refuses the voice, on the grounds that he had "never eaten any thing that is common or unclean," the voice reprimanded him by saying "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common." This happened three times.
Now, as revelations go, this one was pretty ambiguous. It was not clear at all to Peter what exactly the Lord was getting at here. The fact that it was not clear to Peter is attested by the fact he is still puzzling over the meaning of it when Cornelius' messengers arrive at the door.
Just before the messengers arrive, "the Spirit" tells Peter that three messengers are seeking him, and that he should go with them because they have been sent by the Lord.
So at this point, the only "revelation" that Peter has received is a highly symbolic, ambiguous and dream-like vision, and then a more direct command that Peter receives through the Spirit to go with three messengers who have come seeking him.
So far, Peter has not witnessed any divine beings. He's not received any manifestation more dramatic than what could have been a dream, followed by a spiritual prompting. Though, when they arrive, Cornelius' messengers inform Peter that the reason they were sent is because an angel appeared to their master. So Peter learns that an angel has appeared to Cornelius.
Step 3) When Peter arrives at the house of Cornelius in Caesarea, Cornelius is gathered there with his entire family -- including, presumably, more distant kin and close friends. So clearly he's expecting something momentous. This is where it gets really interesting.
After his arrival, Peter explains "how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." (Cornelius, as we know by now, is a devout and humble man, so he probably chose not to take offense at this statement that might otherwise have sounded patronizing at best.)
Now Peter is finally starting to make sense of his vision. He's finally seen the analogy between the commandment to eat the "unclean" animals, and the Spirit's prompting to travel with Gentile messengers to a Gentile household. But this understanding has come to him by a process of analogizing and reasoning, not as a result of revelation. Peter figures this part out on his own.
After Peter explains himself, Cornelius follows suit by telling Peter his story -- how the angel appeared to him and what it told him to do.
In Peter's mind, this is confirmation of what he's already started piecing together. He draws the conclusion, "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." So clearly, the fact that an angel appeared to Cornelius has made an impression on Peter, and it has provoked an insight: in God's eyes, the Gentiles are no different than he is. God accepts them -- the Gentiles -- on the same terms that he accepts anybody else, based on their love of him and their efforts to do good.
This insight was not a revelation. It was the product of human reason, a human being putting together and making sense of what -- until now -- had been seemingly mysterious divine hints and clues.
Had it ended here, of course, the encounter would not really have had any ultimate significance, however. There was one final piece of the puzzle that needed to fall into place.
Step 4) So now Peter preaches the Gospel to Cornelius and all those who are gathered. And while he's preaching, the account tells us: "the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." What occurred was similar to what is described in Acts 2, to the outpouring of the Spirit that took place on the day of Pentecost. It says that Peter and his party witnessed them "speak with tongues, and magnify God," and they were "astonished."
At that point, Peter feels constrained to declare, "Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?" And apparently, no one could forbid, because the account ends with Cornelius and everyone else present being baptized.
The form of that question has always intrigued me. Not: "Can we allow?" but "Can any man forbid?" It reminds me of the question asked by the Ethiopian eunuch two chapters earlier, in Acts 8: "See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?"
By posing the question in this negative form: "Can any man forbid?" and "what doth hinder?" it is as if to say: "We do not have the right to prevent these from being baptized."
The story of the Ethiopian eunuch is even more enlightening here, because it takes place chronologically before the conversion of Cornelius. And it helps us understand how and why it is that God reveals what he reveals to Peter in the way that he reveals it.
God had already been pouring his Spirit out on Gentiles long before Peter recognized it. The purpose of this "revelation" was not to initiate a new policy for the Church. It was to make the Church recognize what God had already initiated himself. That is why God told Peter: "What God hath (past tense) cleansed, that call not thou common."
Step 5) The events begun in chapter 10 don't actually find their resolution until Acts 15, at the Council of Jerusalem. Despite the outpouring of the Spirit on Cornelius, and despite Peter's inability to "forbid water" that Cornelius and his household should be baptized, there was continuing controversy in the Church over how to accept Gentiles into the membership.
While Acts 10 presents a series of miraculous events (an angelic visitation; a vision followed by promptings of the Spirit; and a pentecostal outpouring of the Spirit), in Acts 15 there is none of that. There is just a good old fashioned debate. The Church as a whole has not yet accepted the reality manifested to Philip in the wilderness and in Caesarea to Peter. Peter does bear witness to these events, and ultimately persuades the gathered assembly to accept this new understanding of the Law.
In fact, interpretation of the Law is what this had been about all along. It is inaccurate to claim that Gentiles were categorically not permitted to join the Church prior to these events. Gentiles had always been able to join the Church, under condition that they submitted themselves to the Mosaic Law. Cornelius, had he wanted to join the Church prior to the events of Acts 10, could have done so all along without causing the least bit of fuss, simply by allowing himself to be circumcised, and by submitting to Jewish law. The debate at the Council of Jerusalem was not about relaxing a racial restriction on who could or could not be a member of the Church. It was about the Law. It had always been about the Law.
Why didn't the Lord just give Peter a straightforward revelation, announcing to him that the Law was no longer operative in the way he thought it was? I suspect it was because Peter would not have been able to accept such a revelation; it would have conflicted too strongly with a deeply ingrained bias that Peter had about the place of the Law in the life of the Church. The Lord realized that the only way for Peter to overcome this bias was to see for himself that what he assumed about the way in which the Lord worked was wrong. So the Lord didn't tell Peter, he showed him. First, abstractly in a vision about cleanness and uncleanness (and what we humans are not authorized to call "common" or "unclean"). Then, concretely in the bodies of Gentiles receiving an outpouring of the Spirit before his own eyes.
Peter finally understood that this was not about what he or any other man could approve or disapprove. It was about acknowledging a work that God had already begun:
Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
So here's what I know. God has poured and is pouring his Spirit out on his gay and lesbian children. I have experienced it myself, and I've seen it in others. God has not abandoned us. He loves us, and he accepts the righteous offerings we make to him, and he has blessed us and will continue to bless us so long as we exercise faith.
Just as the Gentiles in Peter's time were not excluded by virtue of being Gentiles, it is not by virtue of our gayness that we are prevented from joining the Church today. Gay people are permitted to join the Church given present understandings, so long as we submit to the Law as interpreted by our heterosexual brothers and sisters. The question is not, can gay people be baptized, but can and should the Church place the onerous burden of life-long celibacy upon us as a prerequisite for baptism? Can man forbid water that we may be baptized?
Peter, at the Council of Jerusalem posed this question in relation to the Gentiles in terms that are eloquent enough for our day, for gay and lesbian Saints:
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?


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Q: From your roots as a subscription print magazine company to acquiring ad-tech company Viant, what does data acquisition mean to you?
Data is really important to our marketer clients and partners. They are trying to optimize their ROI in both content and advertising. Data is critical for them to understand 1) how good was their marketing, 2) what worked and how do I make it better, and 3) because we are a big direct-to-consumer company today we primarily use that marketing engine to sell magazines. Data is an integral part to the growth of that business as we take that marketing engine and apply it to products and services beyond print magazines. It's an underlying platform across everything that we do.
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There are "haves" and "have nots."... Our belief is that deterministic, people-based data (where your activity is tracked across device, so when you log into Time magazine on desktop, tablet, phone, etc., your activity is captured), where you know Jen Wong's email, her device graph (or a record of her activity across all the devices she is on), is more valuable [than cookie-based data].
We are a "have" for multiple reasons. We have 30 million actives, with cards on files, even more when you have our full historical subscriber list. With Viant, we have 250 million IDs. Put those together and we are one of the most data-rich media companies.
Then you have TV companies who have been wholesalers where you ride on other people's network and they have never had to have a conversation with a consumer. Never had a credit card, never had to know who their end viewer was in great detail. Certainly never had to know them at the "Jen Wong email" level. I think in a world where the internet is forcing media businesses and directing media businesses to become more direct to consumer, that data is becoming more and more valuable.
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Is Aero tied to the Visual Styles setting?
I'm aware that the old "performance improvement" trick of disabling Aero is a fallacy, in that all it achieves is to get the CPU to render the desktop rather than the GPU, and so (assuming a decent GPU) gives you nothing at best and a slowdown at worst.
However, I actually prefer the old "Windows 95" look with square buttons and flat bars; I've always hated eye candy in computing, and I prefer my GUIs to be as graphically simple as possible (I'm also more than a little nostalgic).
If I go in the performance settings I have the option to keep desktop composition on, but to disable visual styles on windows and buttons. Will this leave desktop rendering to the GPU while disabling the eye candy, or is my only choice for having the old-style visuals to disable Aero entirely?
Edit: what about the "Windows classic" theme in the personalization options? Does that keep Aero running?
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Hello Fallingwater,
In that case you might check out the free program Classic Shell. It has a lot of options to make Windows look like the old classic version.
Hope this helps. :)
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I stumbled upon the term today "Christian mystic" and it felt like coming home.
When I think back on my life, I can think of many times where I bounced around within the church. After a particularly life shattering event, I leaned heavily into the religion aspect of Christianity. I was under the impression that God cared what color socks I wore that day. I thought that if I did everything right and went to church and went to youth group and got myself a discipler things would work out for me. I did all of those things, and my life didn't get better. No one told me that this isn't how it works. And so, when things didn't magically get better after I started the radical pursuit of the "good Christian" I thought God didn't care about me.
Early on in my teen years, something in my mind shifted from that "good Christian" mindset to a more agnostic way of thinking. I went to church because I had to, not because I wanted to, or more accurately because I had an image to maintain and something to get from God. The tone in my writing turned drastically away from scribbling out prayers. I had Bibles but I didn't open them for years. I lost myself in the world of love and infatuation, of addiction, of anything I could think of to fill this hole inside me because it was made clear to my adolescent self that God wasn't showing up.
The process of coming back to faith (in anything!) was a long one. I can't pinpoint an exact moment when I started showing up again. I started going to a new youth group, one I went to mainly because I wanted friends and I think secretly because I wanted some kind of answers. I wanted someone to prove me wrong, that all Christians weren't the same, that God was still out there for a person like me.
I think back on my late teen years (from about 15 or so on) and I remember it being a really mystical time for me. Nothing was really working right in my life, one messy situation followed the next. It was one of the biggest times of pain and grief that I've gone through. And yet it seemed so sacred and spiritual. Not because I was reading my Bible or praying regularly again but because I began submerging myself in a world with people who were real about how hard life is (this is how I fell in love with slam poetry). I read blog articles and listened to podcasts from people with different perspectives. Suddenly the things I was absorbing were less about theology and sermons and rules, and more about every day life. I found myself drawn to the Christians who weren't afraid to say the word "Shit" followed by a story about how they encountered Jesus at the car wash.
So for me, it was kind of a funny place to be when I ended up at Bible college. I was submerged in theology all day long. On my first campus visit I remember commenting to the admissions manager I was with that these people were praying all the time. It was so foreign to me, and maybe that's why I was intrigued by it. I made my decision to go to PRBI based on a comment from a guy (he scared me at first, and when I told him this we bonded and became friends) who said coming to Bible College would tear me down and make me miserable. I didn't really like the idea of being miserable but I needed something to shake me up.
My first year at PRBI was great. I learned so much, my care group was beautiful, and I met some amazing people who are still in my life today.
I decided to come back for a second year, but somewhere between the end of my first year and the beginning of my second year I felt resistance. I thought it was just nerves. I thought that because my first year had been so great, how could anything go wrong?
But within a few weeks of my second year having begun, I knew this wasn't what I wanted. Not because I think there's something wrong with being taught the Bible and being in that Christian environment. But for me it wasn't where I needed to be. The theology I was taught became another thing to get through, more studies and rules, and it took all my passion for spirituality. Because of the environment I was in and some of the rules set in place (obviously a community like that needs to have some guidelines in place) I felt like I wasn't free to discover God the way I did best. And the good old Christian bubble slowly sucked the life out of me until I found it a struggle not to be bitter and resentful. I almost quit on a number of occasions, but pushed myself to finish because I thought "How can there be anything wrong with being at Bible College? This must be what God wants for me."
I did have some good moments during my second year. I made connections and was able to build into others and be built into, and I value all of that. Please hear me, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with Bible college. I'm saying at this season in my life, there's something wrong with Bible college for me. Instead of feeding my faith, it shriveled it. Instead of making me come alive I felt like I was dying on the inside.
But being at Bible College for a second year did give me a gift, which was the eyes to see that the ways of Christianity I'd always been taught weren't working for me. I could push and push and push but I don't know if I'll ever be able to encounter God in theology, in organized services, in a sheltered environment.
I want to be the kind of person who sees Jesus at the car wash. I encounter God when I'm on my yoga mat. I see Jesus in the eyes of the broken, the hurting, the every day people. I learn about God most through stories of others. And when I am open to regarding the people and things around me as teachers, I learn so much about myself and about who God is.
I was having a conversation a while ago with my boyfriend about the different ways we view spirituality. The moment I remember most clearly was when we were talking about the importance of Bible reading, and I was struggling to get my point across. Because I do believe reading the Bible is important. I don't have a set Bible reading schedule. I've tried working my way through a specific book and find it becomes just another thing to cross of my to-do list. Sometimes, though, I'll read a story and it will minister to me in a whole new way, and show me something about God and myself that I didn't know before. But when I think of Bible reading, I don't want reading the Bible to be the only way I encounter God. I don't want to read the Scriptures, but live them. I want them to become real and active in my life, and I'm finding for me that doesn't happen by reading them over and over but by going out into my daily life and letting myself be used by God.
My spiritual practice is just showing up.
Maybe everyone else thinks like this too but just isn't vocal about it. Maybe I still have this idea in my head of what Christianity is because of what I've seen and what I know and I think people fit into this boxed idea of Christianity. Or maybe it is as they say, and I am just a little bit of a mystic.
I don't know why I'm writing about this other than the fact that I think its important. Over the past little bit I feel like I've had to defend my view on things and how I do God and faith, so maybe this is part of that. Or maybe its just that I don't feel like being silent anymore about the things that matter.
Maybe this all makes me a mystic. So be it, I've always felt more comfortable out there with the mystics anyway. But if I'm being honest, I think we should all be a little bit mystic.
Jesus didn't come to create denominations and ethical systems, but rather invited them to enter into a life of love that transcends ethics, a life of liberty that dwells beyond religious laws (Rob Bell)
And I think maybe, just maybe, that's part of what Jesus meant when he said "I have come so that they may have life and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10)


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The deer didn't bound out of the drive like the first rack buck Cathy Moses saw earlier in the 2008 season. That one got by her unscathed after three rapid shots from Cathy's .44 Rugar.
Instead, this one snuck up from behind, testing the wind like a wily veteran.
Moses - who serves as Schroon Lake supervisor and chair of the Essex County Board of Supervisors when she isn't chasing Adirondack whitetails - knew this was her chance at redemption.
"I kept thinking, I've got to get this one," Moses recalled about the chilly November morning. "I had missed that beautiful buck my first time out so all I could think is I can't miss a second time or they are going to chop off my coattail."
Cathy aimed carefully at the front shoulder of the six-pointer - as her son, Todd, had instructed - and the .44 barked, finding its mark in the buck's boilermaker, and dropping it in its tracks.
Not long thereafter, Todd crested the hill in front of her, pumped his hand in the air in triumph and ran to embrace his mother.
"He charged down the hill and threw his arms around me," Cathy said. "It was an amazing moment with my son I will always remember."
Even more amazing is the fact Cathy hadn't picked up her rifle in more than 25 years - hadn't even sighted it in.
But, having been brought up in a hunting family, the sporting tradition wasn't alien to her. In fact, she began hunting deer in her teens, but hung up her Rugar shortly after.
At the urging of her son, grandson and brothers, she decided to take it back up.
"I think I hunted every weekend but one," she said. "The season started fairly slow, but we ended well. Todd got a 10-pointer the day after I got mine."
Cathy said she understands hunting isn't for everyone. She even questioned if she'd be able to pull the trigger when the opportunity presented itself, given her love of animals.
"But, I believe in women enjoying the sport of hunting. It is entirely different than just seeing them under an apple tree in the back yard," she said.
It also is a great way to appreciate the outdoors while connecting with loved ones - and can help put food on the table during tough economic times, she said.
"I'm so glad I decided to get back into it again," Cathy said. "The woods are a great outlet. So serene and peaceful. It's 100 times better than paying a therapist."
Cathy took a lot of good-natured ribbing from her fellow supervisors after missing the huge buck her first time out, but, in the end, she got the last laugh.
"I was the only supervisor to bag a buck this season," she said triumphantly. "I just really had a lot of fun with it."
Even better, it was the first buck Cathy had ever shot.
"I can't wait for next year," she said.
John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications and an avid outdoorsman. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Generals from US and NATO discuss at a news conference how they are war gaming in eastern Europe along the Russian border including Poland, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria.
So it is really a triple-edged strategy at work here. At the least the US-NATO are putting a loaded gun to Moscow's head saying get on your knees and submit to the west or else.
Secondly this is a major influx of profit for the military industrial complex.
Lastly, and most likely, the US-NATO are determined to take down Russia while they believe they still can before the growing Russia-China alliance (economic and military) makes it impossible to do so.
The arrogance of the US will ultimately lead to disaster because once these war mongers get going they are very hard to pull back. It will be more than interesting to see how Trump deals with all of this.
The Obama administration is the one that is setting all of this in motion just as Trump enters office. So while there are huge worries about Trump (and major protests planned against him) there has been very little concern and protest against Obama during his two terms in office as he over and over again escalated tensions along the Russian border.
It goes to show the utter hypocrisy of liberal Democrats. When their party is in control of the White House they don't mind this kind of provocative and aggressive escalation tactics. But as Trump comes into power those same liberals are holding meetings all over the nation to stop the 'new fascist dictator'.
Sadly they miss the clear reality that it was the old boss that created this mess - not the new boss.
I stand against both bosses - I continue to call both mainstream political parties in the US fascist. The classic definition of fascism is the wedding of corporations and government. We have that in the US no matter whether Republicans or Democrats are in power.


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Thank you Dionne. I believe Dan takes great photos. You can see more at his web site - listed on the right side of the blog under links. His pictures always make me happy. All of this photos are for sale as well.
I tried to go to your blog but it indicated it was for invited readers only.
Hope you see you here often.


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Yep...I'm back with another exciting installment of "Thursday's Things"
Thing #1: Inspirational Quotes
If you are one of those people who says that you don't like seeing inspirational quotes on social media or that they don't motivate you...you are lying ;) Granted...they don't ALL inspire me or speak to me...but I have to say that scrolling through Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook and seeing the perfect quote or inspirational saying is one of my most favorite things about social media. It's a way to help build each other up and encourage people to work hard and not give up (am I getting to cheesy for ya?) Today I want to share some of my favorites that I have come across in the last week!
Thing #2 Domestication
I am not claiming to be a reformed "domestic goddess" but, I do have to say I am rather proud of myself for making my first batch of egg salad this week. In my 29 years I have eaten many egg salad sandwiches...none of which I have made myself. My mom is an incredible cook and I can always convince her to whip me up a batch (if I bring the ingredients over) well...not this time. I decided it was high time that I learned to do this daunting task myself ;) Good news...it was a success!! AJ even said he liked it (which isn't saying much because he isn't picky...and he is smart enough to know better than to insult me and my cooking)
Thing #3 Back to School Crazies
I officially have 9 days until I have to report back to school....am I ready?? No way!! I have been going in to my classroom here and there all summer...but there are still a million things! I'm also starting to worry a little about how marathon training and back to school madness will go together. I am a walking zombie the first 6 weeks of school...and that won't be helpful when I am scheduled to run 30 miles a week!
Thing #4 My niece
My niece is my most favorite person in the whole world...and any chance I get to spend with her, I will take it! I loved getting to spend the day with her yesterday. She definitely keeps me on my toes and keeps me laughing all day! I love how much she is starting to talk and interact. She is definitely one smart cookie :)
Thing #5 Guest Blogging
If you have made it this far, head on over to Teach.Inspire.Change and check out my guest blogging post :) I follow the amazing Mrs. Mitchell on Instagram and when she asked me to write a guest post for her while she was on vacation I just couldn't say no!! So go check it out and then check out the rest of her blog...she is pretty incredible :)
That's all the things I have for today...thanks for tuning in and I hope to see you next week!
Any other teacher's out there? Any advice on how to juggle marathon training with back to school madness?
Do you have any favorite inspirational quotes?


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The Fire Service Act was passed in 1947 and as a result the wartime National Fire Service and the AFS were disbanded and control was passed to the County and County Borough Councils. In Surrey, the fire brigade was organised into three divisions, with stations listed in 1951 as follows:
| A Division
| B Division
| C Division
|A1 Wimbledon (Divisional HQ)
|B1 Reigate (Divisional HQ)
|C1 Guildford (Divisional HQ)
|A2 Mitcham
|B2 Banstead
|C2 Chilworth
|A3 Wallington
|B3 Purley
|C3 Cranleigh
|A4 Sutton
|B4 Sanderstead
|C4 Dunsfold
| A5 Epsom
|B5 Caterham
|C5 Chiddingfold
| A6 Cobham
|B6 Merstham
|C6 Haslemere
| A7 Esher
|B7 Limpsfield
|C7 Godalming
|A8 East Molesey
|B8 Redhill
|C8 Farnham
|A9 Surbiton
|B9 Lingfield
|C9 Frimley
|A10 New Malden
|B10 Horley
|C10 Bisley
|A11 Kingston
|B11 Capel
|C11 Camberley
|A12 Richmond
|B12 Dorking
|C12 Bagshot
| A13 Barnes
|B13 Leatherhead
|C13 Egham
N.B (Carshalton was included in A Division,
but never operated as a fulltime station).
|C14 Chertsey
|C15 Walton
|C16 Weybridge
|C17 Addlestone
|C18 Chobham
|C19 Byfleet
|C20 Woking
|C21 Ripley
C13 Egham Fire Station
In many peoples eyes, these were the "golden days" of the Surrey Fire Brigade, when there were only three "watches", red, white and blue and the fire engines had not been "standardised". A two-pump station might have a very up-to-date Leyland Comet Windover pump plus a WW2 escape carrier with Barton front-mounted pump (all smartly re-painted shiny red), or a Braidwood bodied Dennis PE and a WW2 Heavy Unit. What was never in doubt was the pride in the job!
Sadly many stations had closed by 1975, these were :
A8 A13 + Carshalton
A final re-organisation occurred when there were major county-boundary changes in 1965. The Greater London Council was formed and took over the Middlesex, Croydon, East & West Ham Fire Brigades, plus a number of stations from Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey Fire Brigades.
Surrey lost Wimbledon, Mitcham, Sutton, Wallington, Purley, Kingston, Surbiton, Richmond, New Malden and Sanderstead, but gained both Sunbury on Thames and Staines from the disbanded Middlesex Fire Brigade.
This has been a brief history; some of the information may be inaccurate and I would welcome comments and corrections.
Michael Bissett-Powell


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Mar 16:4 NKJV - "vs. 4 - But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away--for it was very large. vs. 5- And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. vs. 6 - But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him."
Our Lord, Jesus Christ is alive and well! This Sunday we celebrate Resurrection Sunday, commonly called Easter Sunday. Traditionally a leader in the church says, "He is risen!" The congregation responds with, "He is risen indeed!"
Not only should we celebrate Christ's resurrection this Sunday, but we should celebrate it everyday! Jesus is our salvation! We as Christians believe that He died on the cross, was buried in the tomb, and rose again on the third day! He promised this! It, without a doubt, happened just like He said it would!
Matthew 20:19 "And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again."
Mark 14:28 "But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee."
Luke 18:33 "And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again."
John 2:19-22 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
The Bible speaks the truth. Jesus' resurrection really happened. Submit your hearts to Christ. He is our only hope! Rom 10:9 NKJV - that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
This Sunday as we sing songs like, "Our Redeemer Lives", "At the Cross", and "He Lives", really listen to the words that we sing as we praise our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's remember the penalty that Christ paid on the cross for our sins. Let's celebrate that He did what he promised. Let's remember this EVERY day. He is risen! He is risen indeed!


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Lookin' good, huh? Well, what I didn't tell you is that I didn't mess with the hardware that Ikea includes with each frame. There was wire and clips and it looked all too complicated for this girl. So, I just hang the lip of the frame from the nail, easy cheesy.
Six months later it turns out that this shortcut was not such a good idea. Due to the weight of the frames they started to gap on top.
It was not easy capturing the magnitude of the problem by photo. As you can kind of see, you should not see the edge of the mat underneath the frame. Now imagine laying around watching TV and being able to see all 8 mat edges peaking through. What's worse, I caused the problem due to my laziness in the first place.
So, I did what any pregnant control freak would do...I recruited Henry to help me fix it:)
We bought some new hardware for the job...
Henry measured and I cut the wire...
The pics are all back where they belong- gap free!


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Goodman's Gam
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We arrived in New York at Penn Station last Thursday evening after taking the train down from Boston. It was slightly toward the end of rush hour and any chance of getting a taxi was going to be a wait of more than half an hour. We began walking toward the subway, and then a pedicab driver asked if we'd like to use his services. He quoted a price that wasn't much more than a cab ride. We jumped in and he sped away.
Our driver was a funny guy and had been doing this for eight years, having started in New Orleans. This is a year-round job for him. As we headed south through Manhattan there was a near collision with a pedestrian and later on an aggressive driver. Our driver took it in stride, as did I. The trip was exciting and every bit as quick as a gas-powered taxicab.
As much as I enjoyed the experience, I don't recommend pedicabs for Nantucket. Here are my reasons why: some streets in the city are narrow, but compared to island streets, they're wide open. Every street had enough room for parked cars, a pedicab and vehicular traffic. Try that on Liberty, India or many other downtown streets. One stretch of our ride was over some funky asphalt. It was rough stuff. Compared to cobbles it was a walk in the park.
Another thing that stumps me is what would happen if one uses a pedicab on island and then leaves no tip, or a few coins, as it is being proposed as a tip-based fare system. I have a feeling that the parting wouldn't be a pleasant one. I do believe that pedicab tours in and around town might be the way to go. A route would need to be set up and adhered to so as to minimize traffic problems. Also, with set fares, neither the drivers nor passengers would have anything to complain about.
For Nantucketers, who believe we live on the most expensive island in the world, think again. New York requires far deeper pockets than what we're used to. My mother needed an extra key for her apartment. I walked less than a block and went into a hardware store/locksmith. A simple key was $7. I was shocked, seeing that the last key I had made on Nantucket was less than $2.
The paving for the Cliff Road Bike Path should have been preceded by utility poles being removed and the lines buried. That would have been too simple, and instead the paving was performed with several of the poles sprouting through the asphalt, a most dangerous proposition. Supposedly this will encourage the quick removal and changing of their locations by the utilities.
At present, there are sawhorses with small signs saying not to use the bike path. So, who gets sued when the first bike rider flaunts the warning and goes head-on into a pole? As it is, the downtown poles are gone and their wires have been buried. Now it's time to continue to bury the wires heading further out of town. If tourism drives our economy, a good way to further the old-timey look of Nantucket would be to rid our streets and roads of visual pollution, as in utility poles. Removing the poles would make driving safer. There would be no more accidents from ramming into a stationary object when a driver loses control of their vehicle.
I was saddened to hear of Kay Mack's passing. She was one of the nicest people I've had the good fortune to know.
– David Goodman's "Goodman's Gam" appears regularly in this space an on page 15A of this week's Inquirer and Mirror


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I've always thought I was aware of the difference between healthy and not-healthy relationships, but when the relationship is yours, it makes it a little more difficult to decipher.
We are fine, I tell myself every day. We are better then we were when we first started dating…also words I repeat to myself and everyone around me. And those statements are nothing but truth. But when the storm comes, the storm comes stronger then ever and I immediately get scared. I remember the last time the storm hit and you walked away. And you put your hands on me. And I heard goodbye and the anger was not just in the words you screamed at me, each one belittling and cutting me deep. But the anger I saw in your eyes was a fire that hated every fiber of my being, every fiber that desires and loves you. But those words spew off of your tongue lie the waves in the ocean…easily and naturally. And it's not just that the words hurt me, because I can handle the pain, but I get scared of him. I get scared that one day his anger will far surpass words and yelling and throwing things, but the anger will turn to me.
I sit there trembling, trying to watch the words that come out of my mouth. Trying to guard me possibly hurting him. But why? Why should I worry when his words flow out so easily. "You're annoying. This is why I left you in the first place," he screams as he throws the remote across the room. "Go cry to someone who cares…" and thats the thing, shouldn't he care as I sit there sobbing because of his words. "You're my forever…" he says as I start to walk away, but this is not what I want my forever to be like.
Your words cut deep, but more than anything that anger that is painted on your eyes terrifies me. I'm sorry I can't be enough to fill the anger.


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The year is 4711 AR (Absalom Reckoning, it's been 4711 years since Aroden, the Last Azlanti, rasied the Starstone from the depths of the Inner Sea, achieved Godhood and founded Absalom) and the month is Pharast (March, early Spring). Our heroes officially begin the chronicle in the strange city of Carrion Hill, waking up from a good nights sleep at the Gray Render Inn.
The heroes had arrived in Carrion Hill searching for evidence of Vasgalt, an elven Blackguard traitor, yet found that their trail went cold at the so-called 'Black Manor' in the Crown district. After setting up a headquarters at the nearby Gray Render Inn, Eiridan, Greyfyre and Osric went on a pilgrimage to the silent Monastery of the Veil hidden deep within the mountains of Ulcazar, searching for clues to the
whereabouts of their both Greyfyre's father, Alaran, and Osric's mentor, Terragol. The few monks that could communicate with them unfortunately were of little help, telling them that it had been over three years since their quarry had left the monastery, heading south east in the direction of Redleaf.
Meanwhile, Krazak, Mathius and Drak-Thar remained in Carrion Hill and encountered what would be remembered as the Carrion Hill Horror. Five cultists of the Old Gods had discovered an ancient grotto, where a forbidden text, The Panakotic Manuscript, had allowed them to summon a creature from 'between the stars'. Escaping their naive control, it began to destroy buildings and feed on the locals so our heroes had to track down the remaining cultists in order to prevent the monster from growing in power. The last cultist, the insane Keeper Grove, confronted them in his Asylum and planned to sacrifice these meddling adventurers to the Spawn in attempt to regain some control over it. Yet our heroes managed to kill him within the final hour and banish the creature back from whence it came.
With the thanks of Mayor Heggry, and a sizable reward, our heroes reunite at the Inn to discuss the next stage of their plan and what they intend to do with the forbidden manuscript that they have in their possession.


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I love to keep my nails clean and simple. Frosty white tips with gold and silver chrome stars embedded! Added gold disco balls too! As you can see from the picture, it's super glossy too!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Chrome stars inlay!
And so... I finally couldn't bear seeing my nails naked anymore and did my own nails. :D
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- lasinukke said...
love your nails ! ♥ you're so talented (:
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» Education
Put to Work
» Pre-Professional
Registrar's Office
Admin 224
1520 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057
Please note: This is NOT the most current catalog.
Put to Work
The college is proud of its record of "education put to
work." Breadth in liberal arts study combined with depth
in an academic major remains the most adaptable and enduring
education for students anticipating productive lives in a rapidly
changing world.
A large percentage of St. Olaf graduates continue
their education in America's best graduate and professional schools. According
to the National Research Council's Survey of Earned Doctorates,
St. Olaf ranks sixth among bachelor's degree colleges in
the number of graduates who went on to earn doctoral degrees
during the period 1991-2000. St. Olaf was first among baccalaureate
colleges in mathematics, fourth in chemistry and sixth in life
sciences as an undergraduate supplier of Ph.D.s during the same
period. (It ranks 11th among all higher education institutions
as a source of Ph.D.s in mathematics.)
Many St. Olaf graduates enter university programs
in medicine, law, the fine arts, business and management and government
and public policy, as well as research programs in technologies
not dreamed of a decade ago. Other graduates embrace the life and
mission of the Church, teaching and careers in international
service, outreach and travel.
The college counsels patience, search and reflection
in the preparation for future work. Some of the most successful
academic programs and majors preparatory for careers are not decided
until the end of the sophomore year, and college majors that seem
unrelated to specific careers often prove extremely viable. It
is noteworthy that many of the country's top business leaders were philosophy
or history majors. Today it is not uncommon to see chemistry
majors enter law school and English majors (with requisite health
science electives) admitted to medical school.
A number of factors contribute to the success of
St. Olaf graduates, including an education that recognizes that
as knowledge becomes increasingly less compartmentalized it will
be those who have learned how to learn who will have the advantage.
Through their regular coursework, innovative options
like the Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum program (see Index),
and the hands-on experience provided by independent study and research
options, internships, and programs like the Finstad Office for
Entrepreneurial Studies, students explore the interconnectedness
of the world today — and prepare for life in the ever-changing
world of
Guiding students in their explorations are the informed
and caring men and women of the St. Olaf faculty and staff, who
provide continuing support to students in a regular and resourceful
program of search and guidance. A number of pre-professional studies
programs also help them shape their studies to fit the requirements
of America's top professional and graduate schools.
The Center for Experiential Learning
The Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) was established
in 2000 to fulfill the vision of providing every interested St.
Olaf student with experiential learning opportunities that relate
to and complement the St. Olaf liberal arts curriculum. Building
on the educational strategy that students need to "live
their learning" by creating bridges between classroom work
and the world by "the Hill," CEL programs focus on
internships and service learning, career development and entrepreneurial
studies. Programs are implements through the CEL's Offices
for Career Connections, Internships, Servant Leadership and Entrepreneurial
Studies with the intent of providing a coordinated, comprehensive,
classroom-based experiential learning program that is academically
sound, inclusive of all academic disciplines and connected with
all sectors of the domestic and global communities. For in-depth
information about these programs, visit http://www.stolaf.edu/services/cel/
Career Connections — The mission of
the Office for Career Connections is to assist students in
developing, implementing and evaluating career/life plans and
to educate faculty and staff regarding issues of career and
life planning. The career connections process emphasizes career
exploration, experiential learning and reflection through a
wide range of assessments, resources, services and programs
throughout the campus community.
Internships — The Office for Internships
provides services and resources that assist students in exploring
and engaging in internahips and externships (job shadowing).
These experiential learning opportunities allow students to
apply their classroom theories and knowledge in a real world
setting, develop transferable skills, build a network of employer
contacts, assess strengths and evaluate career options as they
prepare for life beyond the campus. The office works to create
meaningful learning experiences by facilitating interactions
between students, faculty, alumni and organizations.
Entrepreneurial Studies — The Finstad
Office for Entrepreneurial Studies, established in 1992 with
a major gift from Paul and Anne Finstad and other St. Olaf
alumni, promotes entrepreneurial thinking and action among
students, faculty and alumni of the college. Through a variety
of courses and activities in entrepreneurship, the Finstad
Office helps students prepare for roles as business owners
and managers, venture capitalists or consultants to smaller
businesses, providing an unparalleled learning experience in
entrepreneurial practice.
Servant Leadership — The mission of the Office for Servant
Leadership is to build upon the rich heritage of St. Olaf College
in developing servant leaders — students challenged to
be responsible citizens of the world, concerned for the common
good and bringing their gifts to the world. Through experiential
learning, the Office for Servant Leadership continues to build
a community of future servant leaders, supporting students in
their desire to first serve and through that service to become
agents for change. The office accordingly creates opportunities
for students and faculty to connect academic experiences with
practical, "hand-on" engagement in service by facilitating
service-learning initiatives, campus and community engagement,
civic dialogues and international study-service programs.


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What Does RDCC Do?
Utah Legislature created the Resource Development Coordinating Committee (RDCC) to:
(1) assist the state planning coordinator in fulfilling the responsibilities of reviewing and coordinating technical and policy actions that may affect the physical resources of the state; and
(2) facilitate the exchange of information on those actions among state agencies and other levels of government.
Federal law provides for states collaboration and participation throughout the federal project planning process. The RDCC includes representatives from the State agencies who are generally involved in public lands management. Committee members communicate through the RDCC by submitting projects for review or by commenting on federal, state, or local proposed actions.
State agency comments not only make known a project's potential for positive or adverse impacts, but also provides recommendations for mitigation. When necessary, the RDCC staff coordinates and facilitates state agency comments by publishing a unified state comment. Comments may be most important in accomplishing successful outcomes.
The RDCC coordinates the review of many proposed public land planning and development projects, including
- forest health and watershed improvement plans
- wetland reviews
- use of public range resources by livestock operators and wildlife
- oil and gas and mining development
- use of public lands by off-road vehicles and other recreational opportunities
Current status of every project can be viewed through the RDCC Project Management System.
The RDCC meets quarterly. Click on individual meetings' titles in the Past Public Meetings schedule below to find minutes and agendas. To subscribe to this public body visit Public Notice Website.
State Agencies Represented on RDCC
- Office of the Governor
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Environmental Quality
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
- Utah Department of Transportation
- Utah Department of Public Safety
- Utah Department of Heritage and Arts


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Lawyers I worked for just said be nice to everybody, because you never know when someone in your class that you were male private part to will end up being a judge or have the decision to hire you somewhere. There really is no point to making enemies.
His comments and your comments are not inconsistent. You're just perhaps destined to be one of the "truly good people" he mentioned. I think the main point is that a) most people don't know how they'll react, b) nobody says "I'm going to go to law school and be an obnoxious, competitive ubertool," c) some people inevitably do, and d) it's pretty much the same story at every school.EDIT: I'll also add that many of the people who reach stage C have no idea they've done so. Some of the biggest gunners at our school have complained to me about the other gunners.
* * * It really make absolutely no sense to be a male private part, but there were a few people that just isolated themselves and were mean to people that asked them for help. Those three people did not even end up on the Dean's list so a lot of good it did them. Obviously, the competitive edge is and should be there for anyone considering law school, but if you think being a male private part will help you out in anyway well it won't.


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Botlist is an innovative service that allows web developers and webmasters to access a database of all the bots available across Internet-based platforms including web browsers, email, mobile apps and much more.
Until now, most bot directories have been owned and controlled by platforms. What makes Botlist such a revolutionary service is the fact that bots from different platforms are gathered in one place, making it easier for web developers to find the bots they need for their web application.
Bots are becoming an increasingly important part of the Internet landscape, with the likes of Facebook, Skype and Microsoft all introducing bots into their services. The introduction of Botlist means that bots can now be accessed by a broader spectrum of web operators, allowing for better control over website pages whether it comes to photo uploading, linking or listing design.
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A while back, I was making tauntaun noises at my desk. My office-mate, Heather, asked what I was doing, and when I told her, she responded with "What is a tawn tawn?"
I have to share an office with someone who doesn't know what a tauntaun is.
So, I grabbed a piece of paper, and on it I began to draw her riding a tauntaun.
In my head, I could see the drawing perfectly.
Heather, wearing her Hoth Snowsuit, sitting atop the majestic tauntaun. Her eyes squinted, searching, the horizon for Imperial probe droids....
This, is what I got on paper:
I don't even know where to start with this.
Even if I WAS going for something cutesy and cartoony, that looks NOTHING like a tauntaun.
So for my next drawing... I will redraw this, using reference.
I should also note, that as I told Heather I was redoing this drawing, she basically responded with "YAY! POM POM!"


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The links in this category provide information on what is a whole grain, foods containing whole grains and tips for increasing them in your diet.
You can browse this category using the links below, or return to the JSI Resource Center main page.
JSI Top Picks:
Whole Grains
|Baking Food Safety 101
|Simple tips for safe baking in your school's kitchen.
|Cooking and Eating Whole Grains
|Guidelines for cooking whole grains at home from scratch.
|Culinary Techniques for Healthy School Meals: Preparing Pasta, Rice and Grains
|From NFSMI Culinary Techniques training. Important terms, techniques and ideas on how to create healthy school meals.
|Gluten Free Whole Grains
|Whole Grain Council provides information on gluten-free whole grains that can be used for people with Celiac Disease, gluten intolerance, and wheat allergies.
|What Foods Are in the Grain Group?
|The USDA explains the difference between whole and refined grains and gives examples of each.
|What is a Whole Grain? Poster
|Poster from the Whole Grain Council that shows the elements that makes up a whole grain.
|Which Bread is Better: Whole Wheat or Whole Grain?
|Helping students decipher what to look for when reading labels. Determining the difference between whole wheat and whole grain. Targeted to teens.
|Whole Grain Promotion Videos
|USDA Choose MyPlate links to five videos that promotes the key consumer message: Make at least half your grains whole.
|Whole Grain Resources for Schools
|Whole Grains Council provides educational materials to help spread the word on the benefits of using whole grains in school meals. School lesson plans, podcasts and PDF's are just a few of the materials offered.
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