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The day is come. The clarion call beckons. Angels in heaven await intently the sounds that only mortals can utter. While heavenly choirs are resounding, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" (Rev. 4:8), a mighty echo is heard in the earth. A new song, reverberates throughout the remnant, among those who have ears to hear. Only this remnant can learn this song. Can we identify a new song for our time? Christian, can you learn to sing a new song? What message will be on your lips at the long expected hour when Babylon falls and when Jesus comes again?
by Jerry Gentry
"And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints" (Rev. 15:3).
The Psalmist exhorts, "Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise" (Ps. 33:3). Such is the command to God's people, even to all the earth: "O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth" (Ps. 96:1). The command goes forth; yet, where can that song be heard today?
When we look around us, amidst a world full of all kinds of musical sounds and lyrics, rhythms and harmonies, orchestras and choirs, how can we identify what the Bible calls a new song, which is commanded upon "all the earth?" Once identified, who can learn that song? Must it be only the great voices of our time who sing such a new song? Will such a song be found in country or soul, gospel or opera, pop or rock, or among sounds and lyrics altogether new?
We know from the Bible that such a new song has a certain timeless quality, with roots going back to times of old. The Psalmist declares: "O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory" (Ps. 98:1). Can such a new song for us today have its roots in such an old idea? What is this victory extolled in a new song?
Further, of a great time ahead, the prophet Isaiah declares: "Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains" (Isa. 42:11). This is a song of separation, between those who inhabit the rock, Jesus Christ and his redeemed of Israel, and "the villages that Kedar doth inhabit." Where might we find such villages today? These are the dusky races of Ishmael, "the tents of Kedar," (Ps. 120:5), the ancestor of Mohammed, founder of Islam, with Moab, Ammon and other families associated. These arch enemies of Israel today sing to the destruction of the West, whom they call the "great Satan." Americans heard their voices rise to Allah during a recent early morning bombing of Baghdad. In background sounds during news reports, these peoples were called to the mosque for early morning prayer of solidarity with Allah, against the God of Israel.
Still further, the Bible says, "Sing, O ye heavens; [these are the heavenly choirs] for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth [mortals echo in refrain to such a message]: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein" (Isa. 44:23). What is the message of such a song? And who is found singing it? Herein a great Bible truth is unveiled:
"For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel" (v. 23). Truly salvation for Israel is the singular great theme of the entire Bible. Could that theme be the opening verse of a new song for our time? And if so, who can learn such a song? The great majority of the Christian world is buried in the falsehood of "transformation" theology. Such a view teaches that all the world and her mixed multitudes&emdash;even "the tents of Kedar"&emdash; become the new Israel. Every good Moslem is repulsed by such an idea. Every true Israelite should be just as repulsed. How ironic, and how sad, the deception that holds so many in utter darkness.
Such a Christian church world can never learn that "the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel!" Only a remnant can learn that song. Such a message is strange indeed in our day. Only a remnant can learn that song. "And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth" (Rev. 14:3). This same remnant group is earlier identified.
"And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" (Rev 7:13).
"And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (v. 14).
"Therefore are they [present tense] before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them" (v. 15).
The Bible says, "Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool" (Acts 7:49). The earthly footstool comprising God's elect is always "before the throne" and close at hand, from God's perspective. Therefore, from God's viewpoint, the 144,000 members of the end time remnant in the earth, who alone will sing a new song, are "before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them." "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God" (1Cor. 3:16). It is that remnant, elsewhere called five wise virgins, who must "awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed" (Rom. 13:11).
It is time for the remnant church of Israel, at least that portion called the five wise virgins, who are asleep at the time of the midnight cry, to awake and "Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day" (Ps. 96:20).
There is no Biblical evidence whatsoever to establish a second 144,000, already dwelling in heaven, who are commanded to sing a new song. The Bible is written, not to heaven's population, but to the earth's redeemed. It is earth's redeemed, who come out of great tribulation, and wash their robes, "For our conversation is [present tense, for all of earth's redeemed] in heaven" (Phil. 3:20).
Of course, the Western church world has blessed wholesale the very enemies of the God of Israel, the Canaanites, and all so called Jews. The message of salvation to Biblical Israel is denounced and rejected wholesale by prophets and preachers, pulpits and kings across our lands and around our world. No, the Western church world cannot learn such a new song of victory and redemption for Israel. The church world sings in ignorance this very message found in the great Magnificat:
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people" (Luk 1:68). Of such worship in ignorance, God says: "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me" (Matt. 15:8). The church world knows not who they are.
Sing a new song, O Israel. Sing a new song, O remnant of Israel.
Sing for the victory, won from the foundation of the world. "Sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb" (Rev. 15:3). The song of Moses celebrates the Old Covenant, and deliverance of Israel from Egypt. After such a song was sung, this nation of stiffnecked Israelites faced trials and testing for another forty years, before entering the Promised Land, and then only their children entered.
The song of the Lamb is a new song, which celebrates the "new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah" (Hebr. 8:8), made possible by Jesus Christ, Son of God, the "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). The song of the Lamb is the new song for the remnant. "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him" (Hebr. 2:3).
Can you sing a new song? Are you willing? Is your heart open today to the greatest of all messages of the Bible? What will you do with the words of Jesus: "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matt. 15:24)? What will you do with the words of the apostle Paul' commission: "to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel" (Acts 9:15). The song of Moses called: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [Israel's God] is one LORD" (Deut. 6:4). What a contrast with the Egyptians, whose gods were many, found in flies and lice and frogs, and wind and rain and in the very creation itself. And no, "the villages of Kedar," and all the families of Islam, though they chant faithfully to their god Allah, and curse the God of Israel, will ultimately be ground into powder. The victory belongs to Israel, praise God!
The battle cry of Ancient Israel against all her foes is typified in Johoshaphat's instruction: "Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper" (2Ch 20:20).
"And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever" (v. 21).
"And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten" (v. 22).
Yes, the battle cry of ancient Israel was high praise to the LORD God, who "inhabitest the praises of Israel" (Ps. 22:3), none other. Nowhere in the Bible is such language found concerning other nations and peoples. Israel alone, and salvation through her God, is the single theme from Genesis to Revelation.
Without high praise in a new song for our time, the LORD God has no praises to inhabit, no victory to demonstrate, no people yielded to His command. Can we grasp the significance of such instruction? Can we be the vessels for such a new song of high praise and deliverance? Are we willing? How else will the remnant find deliverance. For "the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands" (1Sam. 17:47). How does he give us the victory? How must we receive that sure deliverance? Simply put, we receive victory by singing a new song. "And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD" (Ps. 40:3). "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee" (Isa. 60:1).
Sing a new song, O Israel. While all the world of Babylon the Great falls and crumbles into oblivion, sing a new song and find victory, redemption and deliverance from all your enemies. The apostle John records: "Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest" (Rev. 15:4).
Israel, sing a new song. Praise God for so great a salvation wrought upon His chosen elect, a remnant of Israel.


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By PHILIP GOLINGAI
My 65-year-old mother made the sign of the cross in rapid succession as we walked by Bangkok's Duangthawe Plaza (Boy Plaza), which is also known as Soi Kathoey or Patpong 3.
"Why did you do that?" I asked.
"Because I was afraid. They were dragging you (into a nightspot)," she replied.
The "they" she referred to were touts – some in drag – who were aggressively promoting nightspots such as Dream Boy, Future Boys and The Boy Bangkok.
As the names suggest, the nightspots were gay go-go bars.
Later, a few metres away at Patpong 1, I had to drag Marilyn, my 22-year-old sister, out of the NaRaYa store.
Patpong is one of my sister's favourite Bangkok attractions for two reasons: NaRaYa, sought for its silk handbags, and the night market, renowned for fake Red Bull t-shirts and pirated Casino Royale DVDs.
Welcome to the two faces of Patpong: It is an internationally renowned red light district and also a shopping heaven.
And to most Malaysians, it is not at all like Bukit Bintang. Or to be precise, Bukit Bintang is not Patpong.
Recently, Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said it was unfair to view Bukit Bintang as another Patpong. The Bangkok tourist spot was dragged into controversy when Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof likened Kuala Lumpur's golden triangle to sex areas such as Patpong.
From the point of view of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Mohd Said has got his comparison wrong, as Patpong is "no longer the Patpong of the past".
"That was a long, long time ago," explained Vunsadej Thavarasukha, TAT advertising and public relations department executive director.
"Thirty years ago, yes, Patpong was famous as a red light area where tourists can do 'monkey business'."
But now, Vunsadej insisted, most of the go-go bars have shifted elsewhere (i.e. to Nana Plaza at Shukumvit) and Patpong is a place where family-orientated tourists come for food, shopping and music.
A Malaysian who regularly visits Bangkok agreed with Vunsadej's observation.
"Patpong is slowly catering to families too. There are obvious signs – live music bars and good restaurants – that some parts of Patpong are turning away from the sex industry," observed the 20-something yoga instructor, who declined to be named. She did not want to be associated with Patpong as it has yet to shed its sleazy reputation.
"I've lost count of how many go-go bars and massage parlours exist in Patpong. Outside most of the go-go bars, you can see skimpily dressed females sipping beer and trying to attract customers," she explained.
Tell that to Vunsadej.
Without batting an eye, he replied, "Yes, we still have go-go bars in Patpong but it is very rare."
The executive director was more forthcoming on the history of Patpong. He instructed his staff to e-mail a Wikipedia entry.
The online encyclopaedia stated that Patpong got its name from the Patpongpanich family who owned most of the property in the area.
In 1946, the family purchased an undeveloped plot of land on the outskirts of the city.
They constructed a road – Patpong 1 – and several shophouses, and another road – Patpong 2 – was added later. Today, both roads remain privately owned.
By 1968, a number of nightclubs had set up in the area. And during the Vietnam War, it became a R&R (Rest and Recuperation) spot for US troops.
In the 1970s and 1980s, it was Bangkok's premier nightlife spot and was famous for its sexually explicit shows.
In the late 1980s, the Patpongpanich family rented out small lots in the middle of Patpong 1 for a night market.
It is this night market that the TAT wants Patpong to be known for.
"What Bukit Bintang does not have is the night market. Tourists are attracted to Patpong as there is a place where they can bargain and buy things," said Vunsadej.
For the yoga instructor, the night market is a Bangkok must-see that she would bring her mother to, but not the go-go bars.
"It will be too embarrassing if my mother asked me what a Ping Pong show is," she said.
"And she'll get a culture shock seeing Thai men trying to hustle customers into bars."
Go-go bars or not, swinging by Patpong is never a drag.
(Published in The Star on Dec 10, 2006)
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MPs from across the political divide took on an all-star team of Prostate Cancer UK supporters in a closely-fought football match at Millwall FC on Wednesday as part of our Men United v Prostate Cancer campaign.
In an entertaining affair, a team of high-profile MPs turned a 4-0 deficit into a 6-5 victory, overcoming Men United Allstars which included former Watford, AC Milan and England striker Luther Blissett. Read a full report here and see video of the match.
Millwall manager Ian Holloway was honorary manager of the home side and delivered a rousing pre-match talk to both teams on the pitch.
The match, organised by Prostate Cancer UK to raise awareness of the disease, raised £1,100 for the charity as the Parliamentary team pledged to donate £100 for each goal scored by either team.
The team of Parliamentarians included Shadow Sports Minister Clive Efford and Manchester MP John Leech, who bagged four of the team's goals while Millwall's record goalscorer Neil Harris featured for both teams.


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Neat & Tangled / Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop Week - Day 2
All week the team will be sharing projects created using the October kit: Mix Tape and the Scrapbook Circle team will be featuring projects using the exclusive stamp set as well. Please be sure to visit each blog each day. At the end of the week, one lucky commenter on the Neat & Tangled blog will win a $30 credit to the Scrapbook Circle store, and one lucky commenter on the Scrapbook Circle blog will win a $30 Neat & Tangled credit!
May is up today:
Hi, it's May here with a fun card that I made using patterned papers from Scrapbook Circle October Kit. I started by die cutting some shapes with Scored Shapes Dies. Then I added a couple layers of vellum and black stripes patterned paper on the yellow card base after putting together the die-cuts using foam tape.
For the sentiment banner, I stamped the sentiment from Woof and the banner from Creepy Cute Shadows. Then I heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I adhered the banner on the card front using foam tape after die cutting it with Creepy Cute Shadows dies.
I made a quick video tutorial to show you how I created the card. You can watch the tutorial here or in HD on the Neat and Tangled YouTube channel.
As a finishing touch, I added a small heart to the card front using the puffy sticker from Scrapbook Circle October Kit. That's all I have today. Hope you love my card and get some inspiration. Thank you!
Don't forget to stop by the Scrapbook Circle blog and come back tomorrow for more great inspiration!
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oh it's a fantastic card, thanks for sharing this tutorial!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much, Amante! MayDelete
Beautiful Card and tutorial!!!! : )ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Arianna!Delete
Great card! I would be challenged to come up with something like this myself.ReplyDeleteReplies
Please share your version of Shapes and Layers after you make. :)Delete
What a sweet little card!ReplyDelete
Great card! And I love the video from May! It's amazing as always)ReplyDeleteReplies
Glad to hear you loved my video, Anna!Delete
this is simple but so pretty.ReplyDelete
Love the vellum toning down the black and white stripes.
thanks for sharing a wonderful card.Replies
I'm not good at using layers, so your comment means a lot. Thank you, Mary!Delete
So pretty and I loveReplyDelete
the embossing and
the layers.
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Very cute card!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Sabrina!Delete
Soooo pretty!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, sweetie! Hope you are having a great day!Delete
Very cute. I like the shapes and layers.ReplyDelete
Super FUN May!! I LOVE the layers!! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much, Larissa!Delete
I LOVE all these fun little details! Great card and tutorial!ReplyDelete
Take care!
Thank you, Michele! :)Delete
Super cute card! Love the stamp and the mix of patterned papers togetherReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Karen. I was intimidated by using patterned papers at the beginning, but I really love how it turned out. :)Delete
I love your layered card!ReplyDelete
Fantastic use of the kit!
Very cute and graphic card.ReplyDelete
Fabulous card. Thanks for the video, so inspirational.ReplyDeleteReplies
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PRETTY card and FUN tutorial May :)ReplyDelete
LOVE your layers and dimension!!!
... I confess, I enjoyed watching you cut the shapes, when I get a new die I quite often go a bit crazy cutting out a bundle, think I will be using vellum & patterned papers more now :)Replies
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Tracy. Happy to hear that you enjoyed watching my video. :)Delete
Love the use of the vellum and the circle elements!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Janet! :)Delete
I'm not sure how I feel about the vellum on the card but I love, love, love how the white embossing powder pops on the card! That's one of the first things you notice. I'm not sure I have any white embossing powder but if I don't, I'll have to get some. I noticed that when I stamped my name on the back of cards and I did it in white, it really showed up but like yellow, it didn't always show up all the time. I guess I just have to play with it. I so wish I had a die cutting machine!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Gail. Die cutting machine is kind of pricy compared to other supplies, but once you get it you feel it is worthy.Delete
I love this card and video!ReplyDelete
It is beautiful!!!Replies
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Thanks, Leigh! :)Delete
This is really prettyReplyDelete
It's a great card...I love the stripes and vellum combo, it's very striking.ReplyDeleteReplies
Your comment made me happy! Thanks!Delete
Grat card, May. Love the kit she used.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, sweetie! Hope you are having a wonderful (and crafty) day!Delete
Such a pretty and adorable creation!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Vinita!Delete
Fabulous card! Love how all the patterns combine so well!ReplyDelete
I'm loving this color palette: yellow, teal, gray, black, white with a PPP of red! So good!ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually I'm not good at colors, but this kit made my work so easy. :)Delete
Fun layers! What is it about hearts in hearts that makes me go all weak kneed?! : )ReplyDelete
love the project--great layering and love the sentiment in white on black.ReplyDelete
May your card is so pretty. I love the layers, the vellum, and that you flipped the edges of the banner.ReplyDelete


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Time's my own !Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Well to-day is registration day at Valley Ridge, just to let everyone know. Take a look see at the great line up of teachers, really exciting. The host is the wonderful Katherine Egan who really makes your stay wonderful and the studio is set in the most breath taking surroundings. wwww.valleyridgeartstudios.com
Added a few photo from the book we'll be making.
Always wanted to have a go at Arashi Shibori pole dyeing and after searching the internet found an artist from the UK who has a DVD on the subject. Her name is Anne Selby and she does the most amazing scarves using this technique. I had a play and was really pleased with the results,take a look.


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Happy Halloween!
Today's {A Little Something} is inspired by the fact that today is Halloween. I love this Fall centerpiece with flowers & pumpkins. It's a great way to incorporate the Fall / Halloween theme without getting cheesy.
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HAGERSTOWN - Director Ron Maxwell has made a first payment on the $300,000 he owes Washington County after being unable to begin production of the Civil War movie "The Last Full Measure," Commissioners President Gregory I. Snook said Tuesday.
Snook said Maxwell's first payment was made two or three weeks ago and was just less than $20,000, part of a series of payments he is to make over the next five years.
Commissioners Vice President William J. Wivell prompted the discussion at Tuesday's County Commissioners meeting by questioning whether Maxwell had begun paying back the money.
The previous board of commissioners agreed by a 4-1 vote in October 2002 to lend the money to Maxwell to shoot much of "The Last Full Measure" in the county. The money was to be used for screenwriting and other preproduction costs. The commissioners used money generated by the hotel/motel tax for the loan.


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by Jenni78 on 07 February 2018 - 03:02
Hips are fine but I don't think those elbows are going to pass....might squeak by w/A3 SV...no-go for OFA. Are those the best pics you have of them? They might not be as bad as I think but it's really hard to say. I'm sitting here turning my laptop all around trying to get a better look. The way the film is shot, it could be the angle I'm seeing but again, hard to say from this pic alone. What did the vet say who took them?
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The vet said both hips and elbows look good. I have to say it could've been the way I took the picture with my camera.It wasn't a straight on shot. The vet is from Presque Isle Maine his name is Nicholas Pesut. I have used him before and got the rating he said I would so crossing my fingers.
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The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge brought by Insurers Avira, AXA Insurance, Zurich and Royal Sun Alliance against the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 which was passed by the Scottish Parliament to reinstate compensation for Pleural Plaques, an asbestos related condition, after the House of Lords ruling in 2007 found Pleural Plaques to be unrelated to asbestos exposure. More on the story HERE & HERE
The full ruling from the Supreme Court : Supreme Court Judgement in AXA General Insurance Limited and others (Appellants) v The Lord Advocate and others (Respondents) (Scotland) (pdf)
The Scottish Government issued the following statement welcoming the Supreme Court's decision :
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today welcomed a Supreme Court decision to dismiss a legal challenge to a historic Act of the Scottish Parliament. The Minister said the failure of the legal case, brought by a group of insurers, was a "triumph for progressive politics" that would bring great comfort to workers that have developed pleural plaques, brought on by exposure to asbestos. The Supreme Court judges decided unanimously that the Scottish Parliament had acted within the scope of its powers when it passed the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act in 2009, legislation that offered those that have pleural plaques the opportunity to claim compensation. The Act has been subject to lengthy legal challenge by a group of insurers.
Mr MacAskill said: "I warmly welcome this significant decision, not least for the sake of people with pleural plaques and all those who campaigned so vigorously to help them. It has always been our belief that the legislation is right in principle and right in law and I am pleased that it has been unequivocally upheld. "The Scottish Government's Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act was passed with overwhelming support in the Scottish Parliament, and today's decision is a triumph for the progressive politics that saw parties unite to do the right thing and help those that have developed pleural plaques as a result of negligent exposure to asbestos. We firmly believe that people with this condition should be able to raise a claim for damages, and we are delighted that this decision has gone in their favour - a result that will surely bring them some comfort. It is our sincere hope that the insurers will now reflect carefully on the decisions reached by the Scottish Parliament, by both the Outer and Inner Houses of Scotland's Court of Session, and now by the UK's Supreme Court and settle those claims that have been stalled for so long."
Exposure to asbestos can result in the development of a number of conditions, including pleural plaques (i.e. scarring of the membranes around the lungs). This condition is generally asymptomatic, though it does indicate that asbestos fibres have lodged in the body and caused a physiological reaction. Medical evidence is that "people with pleural plaques are at risk of developing diffuse pleural thickening causing breathlessness, asbestosis of the lungs causing breathlessness, lung cancer which is usually fatal and mesothelioma, a cancer which can occur in the lining of the chest cavity or in the lining of the abdominal cavity which is almost invariably fatal, usually within 12 to 18 months of the first symptoms. People with pleural plaques who have been heavily exposed to asbestos at work have a risk of mesothelioma more than one thousand times greater than the general population.
From the 1980s onwards, where pleural plaques arose from negligent exposure to asbestos, Courts throughout the UK made compensation awards; those awards were paid by the negligent party or their insurer. On October 17, 2007, however, the House of Lords ruled in respect of a number of cases in England that asymptomatic pleural plaques do not give rise to a cause of action under the law of damages. The House of Lords ruling is not binding in Scotland, but would be considered highly persuasive by Scottish Courts.
In November 2007 the Scottish Government announced its intention to bring forward legislation to ensure that the House of Lords ruling would not have effect in Scotland. In June, 2008, the Scottish Government introduced the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Bill. The Bill was passed in March 2009, got Royal Assent the following month, and came fully into force in June 2009.
The Outer House decision on judicial review was announced on January 8, 2010, with the Inner House decision announced on April 12, 2011.
While Scottish Ministers welcomed the decision to dismiss the insurers challenge, the Justice Secretary and the First Minister Alex Salmond have not taken any side swipes at parts of the judgement which declare Holyrood not to be a "Sovereign Parliament" (Expect that, and another fight, for another day – Ed)
In Paragraph 46 of the Supreme Court's judgement on the issue, it is stated : "The Scottish Parliament takes its place under our constitutional arrangements as a self-standing democratically elected legislature. Its democratic mandate to make laws for the people of Scotland is beyond question. Acts that the Scottish Parliament enacts which are within its legislative competence enjoy, in that respect, the highest legal authority. The United Kingdom Parliament has vested in the Scottish Parliament the authority to make laws that are within its devolved competence. It is nevertheless a body to which decision making powers have been delegated. And it does not enjoy the sovereignty of the Crown in Parliament that, as Lord Bingham said in Jackson, para 9, is the bedrock of the British constitution. Sovereignty remains with the United Kingdom Parliament. The Scottish Parliament's power to legislate is not unconstrained. It cannot make or unmake any law it wishes. Section 29(1) declares that an Act of the Scottish Parliament is not law so far as any provision of the Act is outside the legislative competence of the Parliament. Then there is the role which has been conferred upon this court by the statute, if called upon to do so, to judge whether or not Acts of the Parliament are within its legislative competence: see section 33(1) and paragraphs 32 and 33 of Schedule 6, as amended by section 40 and paragraphs 96 and 106 of Schedule 9 to the constitutional Reform Act 2005. The question whether an Act of the Scottish Parliament is within the competence of the Scottish Parliament is also a devolution issue within the meaning of paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act in respect of which proceedings such as this may be brought in the Scottish courts."
Holyrood and the Scottish Government has been well & truly warned it would seem.


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This is based on the following pattern and tutorial.
Cut out 4 pieces of bread pattern (on the top slice I cut more into the sides to give it more definition - the first one I made, the one on the bottom, is more square.
Cut a pieces of brown felt 14 inches x 1/2 inch for each slice of bread (the original tutorial advised to cut diagonally a 12"x12" piece, but I just pieced mine together instead).
In the original tutorial the pieces are stuffed with fiberfill, I just used 1 layer of quilt batting for each slice of bread.


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About the time Wayne Rogers and I had our discussion on how to properly interpret those proof text used by Trinitarians on the nature of God, I got a phone call from some Lutheran friends of mine who lived in Nebraska. At the time I was a professor at Concordia University in Seward, NE and there was a small Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall there.
Evidently, some JWs were visiting some Lutheran friends of mine who attended the local Lutheran parish in Seward and these JWs had given them a copy of the brochure "Should You Believe in the Trinity?" I had heard that the JW author of this booklet, which is still published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, had included many quotes in this booklet from history and theology experts to support the JWs' views on the nature of God. When my Lutheran friends had read the booklet they were confused by these quotes and troubled because there were no references in the booklet other than at most an author's name and perhaps a title to a book or article.
Since, the local Lutheran college had a rather extensive theological collection, I told my Lutheran friends to meet me at the college library and that we would try to find as many of the references cited in the JWs' booklet as we could to see if they had been taken out of context in some way. The results of this exercise were shocking not only to my Lutheran friends but to me as well.
Here is an example of one of the many misquotes we found in the JWs' booklet "Should You Believe in the Trinity?" The JW author of the booklet is constantly making the argument that a faithful Christian would reject the Trinity doctrine because the Christian Greek Scriptures (that is JW speak for the New Testament), does not clearly present the Trinity doctrine. In support of this view, they quote a ton of scholars who appear to support the JW author's point of view. Here is an example of one of the quotes that they use:
"Bernhard Lohse says in A Short History of Christian Doctrine: "As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity."" http://www.watchtower.org/e/ti/article_03.htm
For the trusting reader, this quote seems to be quite convincing. However there is no page number cited in the booklet where one can go and read the original quotation in its entirety. If one does, then one would get a whole different perspective on what Bernhard Lohse was trying to say. Here is the quote in its entirety on page 38 of the book A Short History of Christian Doctrine:
"As far as the New Testament is concerned, one does not find in it an actual doctrine of the Trinity. This does not mean very much, however, for generally speaking the New Testament is less intent upon setting forth certain doctrines than it is upon proclaiming the kingdom of God, a kingdom that dawns in and with the person of Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, there are in the New Testament the rudiments of a concept of God that was susceptible of further development and clarification, along doctrinal lines."
As one can see from the entire quote (as well as by reading the entire book), Lohse does not reject the Trinity and neither does he say that the Trinity is not found in the New Testament at all as the JW author claims he does. What Lohse does say is that the fully formulated Trinity doctrine is not found in the New Testament but the "rudiments" of such a concept of God are found in the New Testament and the Church, over time, developed those ideas into the Trinity Doctrine. In fact on page 41 of the book A Short History of Christian Doctrine, Lohse says:
"From the beginning, of course, certain fundamentals were firmly held by the church, namely, that God is one, i.e., that it did not believe in two, let alone three gods; that this one God has revealed himself in a threefold way as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;"
The worse of the misquotes and misrepresentations that the JW author uses is when he quotes from Father Edward Fortman's book entitled The Triune God. To the trusting reader the JW author makes it appear as though Father Fortman, a Catholic priest no less, rejects the central doctrine of the religion that he is supposed to be advocating. However, any reasonably intelligent individual can tell by reading just the first few pages of his book that Father Fortman is a very strong believer and defender of the Trinity doctrine and that his book is dealing with how the Church formulated this belief from Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
The JW author's reputation for misrepresenting and misquoting scholars in this booklet alone is the subject of TONS of websites. If you want more examples, I will refer you to the following links:
In any case, after discovering these misquotes and misrepresentations, my Lutheran friends were very upset that someone would write and publish such a dishonest brochure. They made photocopies of the full quotes and also checked out those books from the college library that they could to show their JW visitors how the author of the "Should You Believe in The Trinity?" booklet was misrepresenting things.
About two months later, I got another call from my Lutheran friends and they told me that they had shared their information with their JW visitors. They told me that the JW visitors were visibly shaken at what had been shared with them and that they took the photocopies with the promise that they would come back with an explanation. However, my Lutheran friends said that their JW visitors never returned on the day they said they would. In fact, when my Lutheran friends saw their JW visitors at a local restaurant and went over to say hello to them, the JWs quickly left the restaurant and refused to speak to my Lutheran friends.
I told my Lutheran friends that they should now pray for their JW visitors because obviously some seeds of doubt had been planted in them about whether or not the Watchtower Society leaders could be trusted when it comes to dealing with subjects about the nature of God. It is one thing to believe differently than others but it is a whole other thing to grossly misrepresent the beliefs of others in such an academically dishonest, at worse, or academically incompetent, at best, way.
About a week or so after I had coached my Lutheran friends and after they had been shunned by their JW friends at the local restaurant, two JW elders knocked on my door. The little town where I lived in Nebraska was quite small so it did not take the local elders long to discover who it was who had been coaching the local Lutherans in their discussions with the local JWs.
Evidently, one of the elders who visited me was the Presiding Elder of the local congregation and his daughter was one of the JWs who had visited my Lutheran friends. I imagine that the presentation that my Lutheran friends had given her must have really shaken her up to make her father go on a search and visit mission to meet with me. The two elders tried to discover who I was and where I was from and when I did not give them the information they wanted and when I told them my intention was to continue to share this information with whomever would visit my home and the homes of my Lutheran friends, the two JW elders got quite angry. (In fact, one of them got in my face and began to close his fist as if getting ready to hit me when the other elder pulled him back and convinced him to leave.)
Another thing that happened during this time was that in addition to misquoting Biblical Scholars of the 19th and 20th centuries in this booklet, the JWs also misrepresented a group of individuals known as The Early Church Fathers. These individuals wrote about the beliefs of the Christians during the end of the 1st Century and beyond. I will discuss what I discovered in these writings next.