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God always keeps His word.
I remind you of what the Lord said after David had committed adultery and murder -
II Samuel 12:11-12 - (11) Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. (12) For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
I also remind you of -
Joshua 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Had David obeyed Joshua 1:8 , he would not have committed adultery and murder.
Had David, who was a Jew, obeyed Joshua 1:8 , he would not have married a Gentile woman.
II Samuel 3:3 - And his second [i.e. And David's second son was], Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur.
Absalom's mother was a Gentile.
Had David obeyed Joshua 1:8 , he would have disciplined his children.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - (4) Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: (5) And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (6) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: (7) And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (8) And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (9) And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Had David obeyed Joshua 1:8 , he would have punished Absalom after Absalom murdered Amnon.
Genesis 9:6 - Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Numbers 35:33 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Deuteronomy 17:18-20 - (18) And it shall be, when he [i.e. the king] sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: (19) And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (20) That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Had Absalom obeyed Joshua 1:8 , he would not have been disobedient, proud, a murderer, and rebellious against his father.
In II Samuel 16:15-17:23 we see that God always keeps His word.
As background for our text for today, I remind you of II Samuel 15:10-37 -
II Samuel 15:10-37 - 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. 13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. 15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath [i.e. someone who is from the city of Gath is known as a Gittite], passed on before the king. 19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over [the brook Kidron which was on the east side of Jerusalem], and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. 24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me [i.e. to inform me]. 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. 30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet [which was just east of Jerusalem], and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount [i.e. the top of the Mount of Olives], where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite [i.e. What's an Archite? Its like a Chicagoan, a New Yorker, or a Floridian. Hushai was from the town of Archi] came to meet him with his coat rent [i.e. with his outer garment torn], and earth upon his head: 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto [i.e. previously, in the past], so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel [i.e. advice] of Ahithophel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
II Samuel 16:15-19 - (15) And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. (16) And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king [i.e. God save King Absalom]. (17) And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend [by which he means, Is this your kindness to David]? why wentest thou not with thy friend? [i.e. Why did you not go with David? He was understandably suspicious of Hushai because of Hushai's previous connection with David. He should have stuck with his suspicion.] (18) And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. (19) And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son [i.e. David's son, Absalom]? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
Absalom apparently wanted to believe that both of his father's counsellors (or advisors), Ahithophel and Hushai, would serve him as they had served his father. This was not so. Hushai was there for the purpose of counteracting Athithophel's advice. The Lord would lead Absalom to trust the advice from the wrong advisor.
II Samuel 16:20 - Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. [note that you is plural - I find it curious but am not sure why you is plural. Might it be that Ahithophel was the leader of a group of advisors and was being called upon to give Absalom the consensus of these advisors rather than just giving his own opinion? This is the best idea I have at this time regarding why you is plural].
Who was Ahithophel?
Ahithophel had formerly been David's counsellor
II Samuel 15:12 - And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller [i.e. advisor], from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
Ahithophel's advice was regarded as the voice of God.
II Samuel 16:23 - And the counsel [i.e. the advice] of Ahithophel, which he counselled [i.e. which he gave] in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God [i.e. as if he had inquired of the word of God]: so was all the counsel [or advice] of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
He was the father of Eliam. Now, you probably don't remember who Eliam was, do you? He's not mentioned very often in the Scripture.. A couple of verses in II Samuel will clarify this for us.
We see in II Samuel 23:34 that Eliam was the son of Ahithophel.
II Samuel 23:34 - Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite.
What's more, in II Samuel 11:3 we see that Uriah the Hittite married Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam.
II Samuel 11:3 - And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
This means that Ahithophel was the grandfather of Bathsheba.
As a result of David's sin with Bathsheba, it appears that Ahithophel hated David. This made him unreliable as an advisor to David because he had a hidden agenda.
II Samuel 16:21 - And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father [i.e. hated by your father]: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
His advice - Go in unto your father's concubines.
His purpose was to make Absalom hated by his father in order to make the rebellion strong.
II Samuel 16:22 - So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
This would be an evidence to the people that Absalom had succeeded his father David as king of Israel.
David brought this on himself as a result of his committing adultery with Bathsheba and of his having Uriah her husband murdered.
Remember II Samuel 12:7-12 -
II Samuel 12:7-12 - 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Galatians 6:7 - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
I Corinthians 11:30-32 - (30) For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. (31) For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. (32) But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Absalom, following Ahithophel's ungodly advice, has just committed a despicable act intended to drive a wedge between him and his father David forever; and Ahithophel gives additional advice to Absalom.
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II Samuel 17:1-4 - (1) Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: (2) And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: (3) And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. (4) And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Actually, it appears that this counsel was good. It boils down to this: we had better go after David while he is fleeing before he gets organized. If we can get to him before he can get organized, we have a chance at winning. Once he gets organized, however, it will be all over for us.
Remember that Hushai is in Jerusalem for the purpose of counteracting the advice of Ahithophel who was also advising Absalom.
II Samuel 17:5-13 - (5) Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. (6) And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. (7) And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. (8) For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed [i.e. angry, enraged] in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps [i.e. of her cubs] in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. (9) Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them [i.e. some of the twelve thousand men whom Ahithophel volunteered to lead] be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. (10) And he also that is valiant [i.e. a brave soldier who is supportive of Absalom], whose heart is as the heart of a lion [i.e. no matter how brave he is], shall utterly melt [suggesting will melt with fear]: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. (11) Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. (12) So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. (13) Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
God gave Hushai the Archite the opportunity to give his counsel.
Ahithophel had already advised Absalom to go after David immediately.
Hushai also believed, like Ahithophel, that David's best hope for surviving this attempted takeover of his kingdom was to buy enough time to enable David to get away safely and to get organized.
Hushai, therefore, to counteract Ahithophel's advice, recommended that Absalom delay his pursuit of David until Absalom could get everyone from the entire nation of Israel organized to pursue David. In the process, several assumptions were made. One big assumption was that the entire nation would join him in rebelling against David. Another big assumption was that God would enable him to be successful in his efforts.
II Samuel 17:14 - And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel [i.e. advice] of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel [i.e. advice] of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel [i.e. the good advice] of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
Isn't it interesting that God would use Absalom to punish David and would then bring evil upon Absalom for the things Absalom did. This is not an uncommon pattern. God often used someone as an instrument of chastisement upon His people and then punishes the one who afflicted the chastisement because of what he did. It goes to show that the instrument was permitted to do what he did and was not forced against his will to do it. In other words, Absalom chose to do what he did; and God used it to accomplish something which would be good in the life of David. At the same time, Absalom of his own determination and deliberate choice was guilty of doing wrong to God's servant David, and God would punish him for it. Absalom was not an innocent victim in this thing. He was not some pawn in God's hand who had no other choice in this matter. Absalom could have done what was right. He was not forced against his will to murder Amnon. He was not forced against his will to steal the hearts of the people, and he was not forced against his will to rebel against his father.
II Samuel 17:15-22 - (15) Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel [i.e. advise] Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled [i.e. advised]. (16) Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him [i.e. be swallowed up by Absalom's forces]. (17) Now Jonathan [the son of Abiathar, the priest] and Ahimaaz [the son of Zadok, the priest] stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench [i.e. Do you know what a wench is? She is a female servant] went and told them; and they went and told king David. (18) Nevertheless a lad [i.e. a young man] saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down [i.e. they went down into the well]. (19) And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon [i.e. spread ground grain on it]; and the thing was not known. (20) And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. (21) And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. (22) Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
Evasive action became necessary for Ahimaaz and Jonathan. They might have been killed. God does not expect us to be foolish in the way we do things. This was war. If you were to have to go to war some day, you would be well advised to keep your head down when the enemy is shooting at you.
II Samuel 17:23 - And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass [i.e. his donkey], and arose, and gat him home [i.e. went home] to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
It would seem that he understood that the takeover attempt was already doomed to failure because of failure to go after David immediately before he could get organized. He also undoubtedly understood that, when David would emerge victorious from this attempted coup, he would be executed for his role in the rebellion. If you were David, what would you do when you eventually returned triumphantly to Jerusalem? If I were David, I would make certain Ahithophel never had another opportunity to do this again. If I were David, I would also make certain that no one else would want to think about rebelling in the near future.
The situation was never out of God's control. It might have looked very difficult for David, but God would deliver him. God was going to bring this thing to a closure and fairly soon, no matter how bleak it looked.
We need to be living for the Lord in accordance with the Word of God. We need to be trusting Him in the midst of whatever circumstances we encounter along the way. Let's not run ahead, and let's not lag behind.
Let's learn from David's bad example with Bathsheba and Uriah and stay out of sin so that we do not bring problems upon our selves as David did.
This sermon is the 20th part of the series, Study of II Samuel. Other sermons in this series are:


text: Police say a 3-year-old girl died when her mother accidentally ran her over in their driveway Monday night. Traffic was blocked as police escorted the ambulance to Memorial Hospital just after 7 p.m. Monday in "very serious" condition. She died a short time later at the hospital. The accident occurred in the 51800 block of Indiana 933, just south of Auten Road. Police say the mother was backing out of the driveway and didn't see the girl.

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Light and darkness become one. The breath, in ceasing, becomes one with stillness. A body finally joins the emptiness, the space between lives. Every form of stopping, of dying, is a form of joining. Of returning.
The light always goes out. The breath hesitates, quiets. Nothing is clear, nothing is known -- except in its opposite. As wind is defined by the lull between susurrant bursts, whatever lives is made from the stillness and the dark.


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Lindsay Lohan was told by a judge on Wednesday that she could still be found in violation of her probation - even if a jury finds her not guilty.
The actress was in court for a hearing relating to a lying to police and reckless driving over a car crash in June last year on Pacific Coast Highway.
Judge Stephanie Sautner set a trial date for next month, and dryly commented to Lindsay: 'I'm glad to see you're feeling better,' in reference to the actress almost not showing up on health grounds.
Lindsay confirmed that Mark Heller, her new lawyer, will represent her in the case, after cutting ties with long-time attorney Shawn Holley.
Lohan hesitated when asked if she was comfortable with the change in legal representation - but agreed - amid reports she was desperate to get Holley back after reportedly firing her.
The 26-year-old actress is facing jail over claims she lied to police over a car crash in June last year on Pacific Coast Highway.
At the time she told police her assistant Gavin Doyle was driving her Porsche - but he later told police it was Lohan behind the wheel. Lindsay, whose probation stemming from her 2011 jewellery theft case was formally revoked in December, has been told that even if jurors find her not guilty in the trial, she could still be found in violation of her probation, because the standard of proof is lower.
Essentially that means a jail term could still be on the cards.
New York lawyer Heller attempted to court favour with the judge, asking her about her NYC link as a former detective in the Big Apple.
'That was in another life,' Sautner fired back. 'Flattery does not get your anywhere in this court.'
Sautner also revealed that she is retiring later this month - so will not be the judge in Lindsay's trial.
'I'm retiring before the 1st March, she said referring to Lindsay's next hearing: 'Not that I planned it this way.'
The next hearing will be March 1 where motions will be filed, while the trial has been set for March 18.
Lohan, joined by her mother Dina, arrived seven minutes late for the hearing, turning up at 8.37am local time for her 8.30am hearing wearing a sleeveless black dress with keyhole detailing at the back and her hair up in a ponytail.
She was also displaying what appeared to be a new tattoo on her right inner arm - a red triangle with script underneath.
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Vassilios Avlonitis sits in a cramped basement workplace in St Thomas' hospital in London. He could also be a distinguished cardiac surgeon, however within the cash-strapped NHS, he nonetheless has to share a tiny workspace. He is immaculately turned out, with a sort face and the type of palms I think about taking part in the piano. And it's his palms that I can't cease . The similar palms that picked up a radial noticed and lower via my breastbone. The similar palms – the one palms – which have actually touched my coronary heart. The palms that stripped veins from my leg and used them to replumb my damaged coronary heart. I've this man to thank for saving my life. And the cash-strapped NHS, after all.
It is 50 years since Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant operation. At the time, it was akin to placing a person on the moon. My operation was only a easy quadruple coronary heart bypass, not a transplant. The day after the terrorist attack at Borough market, I had a coronary heart assault. The group at St Thomas' found that my coronary heart was nearly fully blocked up with gunk. And they fastened me. So now I'm overly conscious of all issues heart-shaped – each the sharp pink coronary heart form that will get tattooed on arms and printed on Valentine's playing cards and the fist-sized muscly pump that propels blood round our our bodies.
That there are 2 very totally different hearts is attention-grabbing. One is the guts of medical science. The different is the guts of numerous poems and spiritual writings, the guts that may be a image of our emotional life, certainly, for some, an emblem of our very existence. Barnard's pioneering operation was an necessary stage of their lengthy and complex divorce as a result of previous to this primary coronary heart transplant operation, it was the beating of our hearts that was extensively considered signifying our being alive. Death was the cessation of the heartbeat as a result of the guts was seen because the fountain of life. That is why the Japanese transplant surgeon Juro Wada, who carried out a coronary heart transplant in 1968, was charged with the intentional murder of the donor. The logic was clear: if the guts was nonetheless OK, then the donor should nonetheless have been alive when the guts was eliminated.
In this nation, the Daily Express led a marketing campaign in opposition to coronary heart transplants, stoking up worry that organs have been being harvested from those that may have been saved. The questions stored on coming. If the guts was certainly the supply of life, what did that imply for the identification of the recipient? And in apartheid South Africa, this anxiousness was given a racial dimension – significantly after Barnard's 2nd operation, wherein a mixed-race man's coronary heart was used to avoid wasting a white man. The Guardian commented, with bitter sarcasm: "There is no provision under the Group Areas Act for black hearts to beat in white areas."
It was partly in response to a few of these points that we now we consider demise because the shutting down of part of our mind, with mind demise turning into the accepted medical definition of demise from the 70s onwards. Nevertheless, it was nonetheless extraordinarily disconcerting to listen to Mr Avlonitis inform me that, as part of the operation, he had stopped my coronary heart beating for the most effective a part of an hour. Medical science might have shifted our existential centre of gravity from the guts to the mind, however for an outdated sentimentalist corresponding to myself, the guts will all the time really feel just like the centre of my being.
It was a dialog with Rowan Williams, the previous archbishop of Canterbury, that helped me perceive why I nonetheless assume that. Imagine how peculiar it will be if scientific advance created a man-made alternative pump for the guts that pushes blood across the physique in a single steady circulate, with out a beat. This thought acquired us speaking about Shakespeare and his use of iambic pentameter. "But, soft! What light through yon-der win-dow breaks?" The rhythm – ber-bum, ber-bum, ber-bum, ber-bum, ber-bum – is the rhythm of our heartbeat. That is what makes Shakespeare's poetry so ingressive, so affecting. It picks up on the earliest noise we hear, within the womb. And this rhythm accompanies us all through our lives. Rowan in contrast it to the tide coming out and in. It is a type of anchor, a hard and fast and steady reference on which we come to connect a way of self. This is the beat that monks and mystics have listened out for of their intervals of silent prayer, as if listening to that is to spend time intentionally aware of the constituent situations of being human. There could be one thing profoundly disorientating in having a man-made coronary heart that didn't must beat out this fixed and uninterrupted tempo.
We have strayed a good distance from the calm and picked up Mr Avlonitis, who smiled weakly at my tendency in the direction of unique metaphysical speculations. He is a scientist. And his topic is a pump. "Doesn't that make him just a glorified plumber?" I attempted to impress him, for dialog's sake. "Hasn't the brain taken centre-stage now?" And with that my thoughts was off, excited about how attention-grabbing it was that we've got turn out to be a much more rationally oriented tradition at across the similar time that the mind has turn out to be the preeminent organ within the human physique. But he was not provokable. No doubt it's the high quality of imperturbability that makes him such an efficient surgeon. If he was a plumber, he was a plumber that has saved my life. Not simply that, however I really feel higher at the moment than I've for a terrific a few years. I'd say that I'm born once more. And I thank him, and all of the workers at St Thomas', from the underside of my coronary heart.
Radio 4 will probably be marking 50 years because the first coronary heart transplant with a spread of programmes this week with Giles Fraser's collection This Old Heart of Mine, Monday to Friday at 1.45pm. Visit bbc.co.uk/radio4


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Memphis is known for its legendary music and historic, but there are tons of new spots to explore and experiences to be had. So even if you've been to Memphis before, you've never experienced it as part of the JCC Movement!
Free walking tour, Monday, May 7th:
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Biennial Closing Program, Tuesday, May 8th:
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The 180/3.4APO-Telyt from my experience with two samples does not live up to its mythical stature. It only focuses to 2.5m and the performance under about 10m is mush less than the performance at longer distances. If you need the extra speed, go for the 180/2.8. Otherwise, the 80-200/4 can't be beat. They seem to be selling for just under $1000 in mint condition, and from experience I can say that it is a spectacular lens, just as good as the 70-180/2.8APO but half the size and a fraction of the cost. To me there's no contest between it and the 180/3.4.
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War Is An Oil Racket
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Don't take it from me. Take it from someone who would know - Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC - only one of two double Medal of Honor awardees in American military history.
WAR is a racket. It always has been. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few -- the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
We know that the war in Iraq was intended to capture the Iraqi oil reserve at minimal cost in lives, money, and international relations. It didn't work, and now we are stuck there, unable to go forward or back out due to the ineptitude of those who 'lead' us.
They were intending to shoulder the great burden of massive profits from the sale of plundered petroleum to the vast numbers of Americans owning Hummers and pretending that they are capturing Baghdad just like Owwer Leedur's BFEE/PNAC Petroleum Pirate Posse Mercenary Mercantilist Military did. But that didn't work out, and now the bill is coming due. They are not about to have to shoulder that great burden.
That's what the little people are for.
Ted Rall can see this. He has a few things to say about it:
They Fight and Die, But Not For Their Country
Have any of the Iraq war dead really "died for their country"? With 1,500 U.S. soldiers dead in Afghanistan and Iraq, and influential Bushists calling for invading Iran, the question bears asking:
What does it mean to fight (or die) for the United States?
When we hear that soldiers fight for our country, we immediately think of their role guarding our borders, protecting us from invaders. Yet the U.S. has only been invaded twice, when Great Britain attempted to bring us back into the colonial fold during the War of 1812 and in 1846, when Mexico launched a brief incursion across the disputed Rio Grande. During the ensuing 158 years, no member of the U.S. military has fought or died while repelling an invader.
9/11 demonstrated that the Pentagon doesn't consider a foreign incursion a major threat; that's why they assigned 12 "ground-based" Air National Guard jets to guard the the entire country.
The truth is, U.S. troops are hardly ever called upon to defend the territory of the U.S. or its outposts--military bases, embassies and consulates. Of the approximately 250 deployments of U.S. armed forces since 1798, the majority have been preemptive actions against possible future threats, or wars of aggression waged to advance American geopolitical interests.
For an empire, military action is its own reward. Our willingness to wage war intimidates adversaries and their neighbors into giving us what we want: cheaper oil, military bases, favorable trading terms.
When American sailors invaded the Falkland Islands in 1832, it was "to defend American interests." Ditto for 1855, when U.S. forces stormed Fiji. Ditto for the 1903 Dominican Republic action (where defending U.S. interests meant suppressing a popular revolution), Honduras in 1911, the Soviet Union in 1918, Lebanon in 1953...you get the idea. The soldiers who fought in those invasions were told they were fighting for their country. Those who lost their lives were called heroes.
Repeating a lie doesn't make it true.
Now we're at it again, this time in Iraq, a nation that would never have invaded us. Everyone, even the Bushists who manufactured the war from whole cloth, admits that Iraq never had weapons that could hurt us or means to hit us with them if they had. And we know that they didn't attack us--not on 9/11, not ever. Our soldiers may be doing their duty, fighting fiercely, and giving their lives in the bargain. But since Iraq neither threatens our freedom nor our borders, they're neither protecting our freedoms or fighting for America. The best anyone can say is that they're fighting for our country's geopolitical interests--and what those are is subject to interpretation.
"Private ______ died for his country's geopolitical interests." Huh. Doesn't quite have the same ring.
We started with General Butler, so we'll let him have the last word:
Beautiful ideals were painted for our boys who were sent out to die. This was the "war to end all wars." This was the "war to make the world safe for democracy." No one mentioned to them, as they marched away, that their going and their dying would mean huge war profits. No one told these American soldiers that they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that the ships on which they were going to cross might be torpedoed by submarines built with United States patents. They were just told it was to be a "glorious adventure."
All they had to do for this munificent sum was to leave their dear ones behind, give up their jobs, lie in swampy trenches, eat canned willy (when they could get it) and kill and kill and kill . . . and be killed.
Yes, the soldier pays the greater part of the bill. His family pays too. They pay it in the same heart-break that he does. As he suffers, they suffer. At nights, as he lay in the trenches and watched shrapnel burst about him, they lay home in their beds and tossed sleeplessly -- his father, his mother, his wife, his sisters, his brothers, his sons, and his daughters.
When he returned home minus an eye, or minus a leg or with his mind broken, they suffered too -- as much as and even sometimes more than he. And even now the families of the wounded men and of the mentally broken and those who never were able to readjust themselves are still suffering and still paying.
So...I say, TO HELL WITH WAR!
Amen to that, General.
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BINGLEY Congs have won the delayed Mewies Solicitors Craven League's Manorlands Plate final at Oakworth Cricket Club.
Holders Ingrow St John's battled their way to 104, with Sulman Zakria (26) top-scoring and Ahtasham Raza (18) and Mohammad Rehman (19) also making useful contributions as Jonny Teale took 5-20 off 3.1 overs.
He was well backed up by Josh Zenner (2-19), Steve Broughton (2-20) and Ben Hemsley (1-27).
Aussie Sam Porter (44no) anchored the Beckfoot Lane side's innings, finishing with a flourish to see his side to the trophy by five wickets in the 17th over.
Skipper Graeme Love made 16, Broughton ten not out and Dave Tarren ten as Sarum Qureshi took 2-27 off four overs and Ali Khalid 2-17 off three.
Oakworth were thanked for their facilities, and umpires Les Gudgeon and Mike Burton were also thanked.
The trophy was presented by league secretary Ann Coe to Love, who said: "It was a good all-round team effort. I felt we were on top throughout, and it was a big relief to get Ronnie Chokununga out first ball as we all know what he is capable of when he gets going.
"All our bowlers kept it controlled and didn't offer any freebies, and Jonny seemed to keep bowling it on the spot.
"The outfield was still quite damp. Hence the reason I opted to field first. I knew if we could restrict them to below 140 we would have a real chance.
"As it turns out we had them back in the hutch for 104. Andy Blackburn played some nice shots early doors, but when he and Ben Hemsley both got out, we were a tad behind the rate, so I decided to go in and try and up the scoring, which thankfully I did.
"From then on, Sam held the innings together and was well supported by those who came in and batted around him.
"A big thanks to Oakworth for hosting, and to all those Congs players and members who participated and spectated.
"It was nice to get some silverware in the cabinet for the 2017 season, and hopefully this win will give all three of our teams a big boost going into the final couple of weeks."
* The Mewies Solicitors Craven League will again be sending a team to the Nidderdale Show to face a Show XI in a 40 overs per side contest on Monday, September 25.


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In the Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, there is a wide open space where a house had been. Only the front steps are left. On the top step, there is a Bible--an open Bible. I don't know how or why the Bible survived. You can see it had been submerged in water. As the water dried it out, you can see the Bible is open to Psalm 42:
As the deer hungers for streams of water, So my soul hungers for you, my God.
Rev. Ramos-Gallardo uses this image of a water-soaked Bible to express the longing for God that a steady stream of rebuilders have felt as they've come to the city of New Orleans.
Rev. Ramos-Gallardo estimates that 90,000 United Methodists have come to New Orleans to rebuild since the hurricane of 2005. "The love is practical. People feel something and they want to do something. They put their love into practice.... Without the UMC, we would not have the city of New Orleans," he said confidently.
"It takes incredible commitment to build a house. I feel proud to be United Methodist. Even people from other countries, like Mexico, have come here to volunteer," Rev. Ramos-Gallardo said, noting that such global volunteerism is "the fruit of the Volunteers in Mission. The tree planted is now giving fruits."
"Without the churches and the Latinos, there would be no moving forward. Latinos came to work in the reconstruction of the city when 30 percent of the population never returned. The demographics changed radically. The profile of the city changed completely," explained Rev. Ramos-Gallardo. "The Latino workers did the hard work--when they didn't have electricity or water or normal systems for a city to survive. The city should be thankful to the Latino workers. And especially thankful to the Church."
Rev. Ramos-Gallardo came with his family to New Orleans as a missionary in 2007 from pastoring a church in Indiana. He ministers to and with newly-arrived workers from North and Central America to provide education and spiritual support to sojourners. Rev. Ramos-Gallardo is a missionary with the National Plan for Hispanic-Latino ministries. He is one of 23 such US-based United Methodist missionaries who work in the US in connection with the United Methodist annual conferences or regional offices. "We have been trying to respond to the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the city." As the demographics of the city have changed, so, too have the new ministries to the people.
One ministry is La Semilla, which means, the Seed. Subtitled the "Hispanic/Latino Center for Educational Development" it aims to help Hispanic/Latino families achieve and continue education and support a culture of education. One such avenue through ESL (English as a Second Language) classes draws more than 100 people every Tuesday and Thursday nights. Rev. Ramos-Gallardo hopes that some of the students will go on to college. The majority of Hispanic students would like to attend higher education; a minority actually do.
"We are working with college fairs and more possibilities in colleges. Many colleges will now accept a person if they can pay but don't have the proper documents," said Rev. Ramos-Gallardo. He calls on "Church people to get involved in state laws so that the doors of college will be open." He celebrates the kind of partnership La Semilla has forged with Southern University at New Orleans that has given students from La Semilla the opportunity to attend college.
The newly released statistics from Pew Research this week unveiled findings that Hispanic children are the largest group of children living in poverty in the US, displacing other races or ethnicities. This does not surprise Rev. Ramos-Gallardo, who sees advocacy for education and work as a way out of poverty.
He would like non-Latinos to be aware of the struggles of immigrant laborers. He shares a story to explain a common situation. "With a wife who was nine months pregnant, a man worked with a contractor on a verbal contract for six weeks. He was owed four thousand dollars. He was never paid. We (the church) gave the family a crib and some other stuff. The worker needed the money, planned for it. This is one of the hundreds and thousands of cases that we see." When he asked one of the ESL classes, "Who here has been struggling with getting paid from contractors?" sixty percent raised their hands.
The stories that Rev. Ramos-Gallardo tells--of a worker denied compensation or of a water-logged Bible after a hurricane--do not appear on the front page, yet the stories inspire volunteers, workers, and students to continue to seek New Orleans' revival through educating and advocating for local people.
"No other church has brought so many to revive a city. The UMC has given a testimony of love and compassion. It is a practical love," Rev. Ramos-Gallardo.


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AirAsia is set to be the official partner of Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) with the sponsorship of its official 'away' and 'third' shirt, as announced by the airline at the football club's Loftus Road Stadium in London today.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club returned to top flight football in the English Premier League for the first time in 15 years after clinching the 2010 / 2011 npower Championship. The partnership with AirAsia is set to give the club the added support to continue their fight in the top tier competition.
QPR CEO Philip Beard expressed his delight at the new deal. He said, "This is a unique and exciting venture for the Football Club. Attracting two major Asian companies to come on board shows the global appeal QPR has as a brand. We are extremely positive about building a thriving relationship with both businesses in a bid to broaden our exposure in Southeast Asia and further afield. This is a remarkable deal for the Club and brings further positive news following a highly successful few weeks since the takeover was finalised."
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Perth Arena is an 'NBA' place to playTweet
ADELAIDE 36ers coach Joey Wright and his Boomers guard Nathan Sobey agree - Perth Arena, a.k.a. "The Jungle" - is THE place to play NBL basketball in Australia.
Speaking in the aftermath of last night's tumultuous 109-74 rout of the Sixers' arch rivals, Wright reiterated his respect for the Perth program but also for the reception his team expects at The Jungle for Friday's Game 2 in their semi final series.
"We thrive on it, we actually thrive on it. If you ask this group, or me, or any coaching staff, where they'd rather play in this entire country it's Perth and Perth Stadium," Wright said without a moment's hesitation.
"I mean, you walk in there, you feel like you've arrived and done something.
"It's a straight out NBA stadium.
"It's a great place to be a part of and the holistic thought of that is: 'I must've done something right. I get to coach in this stadium', so I think it's great."
In routing the Wildcats yesterday, the 36ers sent a message and so did their raucous fans, one the Red Army faithful at The Jungle are sure to have heard.
"You don't get to play in front of that many people every single night so when you get the opportunity, you definitely try and make the most of it," Sobey said.
"We'll be ready to go come Friday.
"We just can't get ahead of ourselves. In the finals, it doesn't matter if you win by one point or 50 points. You go into the next game, you've got to play the same way that you want to play and stick to the game-plan.
"We'll be ready to go over there. We definitely know it won't be exactly like it was tonight. We've got to be ready to fight."
While the 36ers won by 35 points - Perth's biggest loss in a 40-minute finals match and second biggest in a finals game - it still amounts only to a 1-0 Adelaide lead.
Perth Arena has set records this season for its many 13,000-plus attendances.
"We're just disappointed in our effort tonight. In the playoff basketball, you've got to do things well, exceptionally well and I don't think we did that tonight," Perth coach Trevor Gleeson said.
"That's why it's best-of-three. You can have a bad game and you can regroup. Hopefully this is a wake-up call. They were desperate and hungrier and we show that desperation on Friday night.
"We've got a lot of work to do between now and the next game and hopefully we show that desire on the court."
Mitch Creek and Josh Childress got the ball rolling for Adelaide, which twice lost at Perth Arena during the regular season.
Creek again showed his value and belied his 14th place in the league's 2017-18 MVP voting.
"On this team, the way this team is structured, they're not going to get a lot of (MVP) votes," Wright said.
"I think Fan MVP tells a lot. (Creek won that popular vote). It's (the MVP voting) one structure and that structure is a 3-2-1 vote. That, to me, doesn't always pick the best player, because if you're a great player on a team of two or three other great players, the votes are already spread out.
"And that's what we've got. We've got four or five guys on any given night who can be the best player on the court so it's going to be really hard for Mitch to poll any votes.
"But Mitch didn't think about it and I didn't think about it, to be honest."
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They do say that you can get sucked into the whole Apple thing and that once you're in, it can be hard to get out. As if every facet of your smartphone existence is all tied up in Apple and you're totally dependant on them. Not sure I agree with that, sure, you can let that be the case by buying all your music, films, books and media from iTunes, download all your podcasts from iTunes and so on and no doubt that there can be advantages to that…..convenience being one obvious one.
Personally, I don't see iTunes as some big chain around my neck, nope, it's just a handy place to back up my iPad and my previous iPhones and have all my apps under the one roof for easy reinstalling if needed.
It sure beats on a number of fronts the syncing apps I've used in the last few years for my Android phones, I'm talking here about the generally buggy Sony and Samsung Kies mac syncing software….downloader beware is my advice on that front I'm afraid. It's certainly easier to sync music and photos from iPhoto and iTunes to an iPhone but I rarely listen to music these days so that's not a factor for me plus you can get Double Twist for the mac which is useful for syncing music to an Android phone.
Most of the stuff that I tend to use on a regular basis is really non-Apple specific, such as Gmail for email obviously, Dropbox for storing files which is cross platform, ebooks I get from Amazon and the Kindle app can be used on any device, I can upload pictures from the camera to Dropbox and access them anywhere, my todo application is linked to Google and and there is an app for iOS and Android so I can chop and change between those platforms and have access instantly to the same todo lists….I could go on…the point I'm trying to make is I'm not tied in to Apple at all and thus I'm able to change between Android and iOS very simply which is a position you might not appreciate if you were to believe all this "Eco-system" stuff.
When I moved to Android over a year ago I was concerned about losing some functionality via iTunes but to be honest, it's rarely been a problem in actuality and the eco-system thing is now no longer an important issue for me when picking devices.


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Family Wellness FirstThe E-newsletter for Parents to make Informed Health Care ChoicesStay Informed with Pathways MagazineOur current Pathways full color, quarterly magazine is now available. Here are some excerpts from this edition's articles:
Not a Battle but a Housecleaning
by Philip Inaco, M.D.Our feature article gives a healthy perspective to the role of infection. The following excerpts reveal some of Dr. Philip's important message about letting "illness" run its course and refraining from treating symptoms for the overall benefit of the person:"Children who are able to have their normal childhood healing crises consisting of fevers and discharges, thereby exercise and build their immune systems to be strong and resilient, which is of great benefit for their overall health.""If we make our housekeeper stop her hectic cleaning in order to have some peace, we will have to put up with an untidy house. An untidy house and an inactive housekeeper are conditions which in the short run lead to a return of flies and ants, and in the long run lead to chronic disease and cancer. This is why I've been saying for fourteen years that an important way to prevent cancer is to appreciate the great wisdom and benefit of our occasional inflammatory house cleanings and to refrain from obstructing them unnecessarily with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs."The Outside In Child
Claudia Anrig, D.C.Our Wellness- Lifestyle Article continues with this same theme:"However, lost is the wisdom that our body has an inborn intelligence to heal and self- regulate. Our culture has evolved to a chemical consciousness, assuming that all our ills should be treated. Could it be possible that we could trust our body's inborn intelligence to know what to do?Our evolved society leaves little room for time; time for balance, for rest and quietness, or to be sick and heal ourselves."Engineered Foods: A Threat to ChildrenOur Nutritional Section reveals startling data about our foods: There are about 40 varieties of genetically engineered crop approved for marketing in the U.S. As a result, 60-70% of the foods on your grocery shelves contain genetically engineered (GE) components.Genetically engineered foods contain substances that have never been a part of the human food supply. They are not subjected to rigorous pre-market safety testing. And THEY ARE NOT LABELED.A Time for PlayThis issues mind-body section explores play as a benefit of physical, intellectual, social and emotional learning.It begins with, "There was a time when children played from morning till night.They ran, jumped, played dress-up, and created endless stories out of their active imaginations.Now, may scarcely play this way at all. What happened?" The article in its entirety addresses solutions we as parents can initiate.Read this issue's references and most importantly subscribe to Pathways today and receive our current issue free!References available here: http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/references6.htmSubscribe here on-line: https://secure.icpa4kids.com/pathways_subscription.htm orPrint out this form to fax or mail: http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/public_pathways_subscription.pdf
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City Hall and 311 closed for Presidents Day; Holiday trash schedule in effect
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 15, 2018
In observance of Presidents Day, City offices and 311 will be closed on Feb. 19. As a result, trash and recycling collection schedules will move to the holiday schedule. For example, trash normally picked up on Monday will be collected on Tuesday. The remaining trash collection schedule will be adjusted by one day (Friday collection will be on Saturday, Feb. 24).
City Hall will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20.
For more information, contact City Communications Director Chris Hernandez by email or 816-513-3474.


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By Vincent Ujumadu
AWKA—THE Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) in Anambra State has called on members of the state House of Assembly to avoid any action that would undermine peace in the state.
It advised the lawmakers to ignore the recent directive to them by the South East zonal chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh.
Metuh, had during his visit to the House, told the legislators to realize that they were elected on the platform of PDP while dealing with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) controlled state government. Matuh had advised them to insist on sharing relevant government appointments on 50-50 basis.
In a letter to the Speaker of the House, CLO chairman, Mr Aloysius Attah, advised the lawmakers to place the interest of the state above that of the political party on whose platform they were elected, in the interest of their constituencies.
"Metu's visit to the House can be likened to former president Olusegun Obasanjo's visit to Anambra state in 2006, which days later led to the unlawful impeachment of the Governor.
Today, the arch proponents of the impeachment are on their road to political perdition. We remind the members of parliament once more to close ranks and move the state forward.
The oath of office and oath of allegiance to the constitution of Nigeria sworn to by all of you in June 2007, was not predicated on party affiliation, but rather your allegiance lies on the interest of the Anambra people, who you all represent," he said.
"We reiterate that any legislative business anchored on party interest is selfish, retrogressive, obsolete and undemocratic.
The time has come in Anambra state when political aspirants shall be given the people's mandate purely on merit, track record of integrity and service delivery instead of thuggery, electoral selection or vainglorious promises.


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Stockpiling pasture forage is a tried and true method to provide forage deep into the late fall or early winter. In the most recent edition of the Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter, Chris Penrose, Ohio State Extension educator in Morgan County, reminds livestock producers that a nitrogen application following the last grazing or cutting before fall stockpiling begins will improve forage yield and quality.
Though urea is the most common form of nitrogen used for stockpiling in many areas, Penrose notes that there is risk for nitrogen volatilization if soils are dry and/or rainfall doesn't occur soon after application. For this reason, use of a urease inhibitor such as Agrotain to delay the loss of nitrogen as ammonia gas into the atmosphere is advisable.
In southeast Ohio, studies and demonstrations have been conducted to evaluate quality and quantity of stockpiling cool season grasses such as tall fescue with no nitrogen; 100 pounds of applied urea (46 percent nitrogen); and 100 pounds of urea with Agrotain, applied at 4 quarts per ton of urea. At this rate, the nitrogen would be protected from volatilization for up to 14 days.
Stockpiling was initiated on August 8, 2014, for the replicated plots; tall fescue was clipped to 6 inches and the treatments applied. On August 11, the site received over a half inch of rainfall (0.59 inches), with more on August 12 (0.56 inches). Penrose notes that previous research had shown that a half inch of rainfall within 48 hours of application would help prevent the urea from volatilizing back into the atmosphere.
Plots were harvested on December 3, 2014, with yields averaging 2,369 pounds of dry matter (DM) per acre for the plots with no nitrogen; 3,147 pounds DM per acre for plots with 100 pounds of urea; and 3,210 pounds of DM per acre for the plots with 100 pounds of urea with Agrotain. Penrose explains that while there was no significant difference in the treatment yields, there was a clear trend for higher yields with the treatments.
There was a significant difference in crude protein (CP) for forage receiving urea with or without Agrotain. Crude protein averaged 6.77 percent for the plots with no urea; 8.53 percent for the plots with 100 pounds of urea; and 8.32 percent for the plots with urea and Agrotain.
In a similar study by Penrose in 2013, there was a wider disparity between the urea alone and urea with Agrotain treatments because no significant rain was received for over two weeks.
Penrose says his research confirms what other university studies have found. That being:
- Stockpiling is an effective management tool to extend the grazing season.
- Tall fescue excels as a stockpiled cool-season grass.
- A nitrogen application following the final grazing or cutting before stockpiling will increase both the yield and quality of the forage.