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Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain and God's Sovereignty
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In this eloquent account of her current struggle with physical pain, Eareckson Tada offers her perspective on divine healing, God's purposes, and what it means to live with joy.
A Place Of Healing by Joni Eareckson Tada was published by Cook Communication in September 2010 and is our 14446th best seller. The ISBN for A Place Of Healing is 9781434702067.
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A Place of HealingMary Bartholomew, via The Good Book Stall
Joni has written this book at a time of suffering continual and excruciating pain, not to evoke sympathy from us, but to teach us that through suffering we can serve Christ by our very existence. By telling stories about herself and her friends, those who help her day by day, and those she knows from contacts worldwide as well as in her home country, she works through a series of chapters asking questions such as What benefit is there to my pain?: How can I go on like this? How can I bring him glory? And, How do I regain my perspective? These show the agonies of mind that she has been forced to address, yet she can also write chapters entitled Suffering - and the harvest: and, Thank you God for this wheelchair.
Such a positive book. Joni has found out the hard way, that praising God at all times – whether she feels like it or not – is the key to winning through the worst of times. Through her severe disability, with over forty years in a wheelchair, unable to do what most of us take for granted, she has been blessed with a ministry which reaches out to many many people, and her faith shines through to benefit all of us. A very worthwhile and surprisingly happy book to read.
If you look at the Joni and Friends website, you can access their Wheels for the World charity.
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!!!WARNING!!! The information contained below is from my own personal experience in trying this. If you shoose to follow it you try it at your own risk, although may other people have also done this modification with success as well. I also sugest reading all this section and understand it before you start.
How VVT Works : VVT (Variable Valve Timing) is simple really ... For every day road usage the car runs like any other, but planting your right foot when the car is within given perameters will cause the ECU to earth pin 16 on Plug M (for the auto box model). Once this happens the VVT solenoid is switched on and oil flows down a galley to the intake cam which fills up and retards itself up to 15 degrees. Simple aye.
Modifying VVT : The easiest way I have found since searching the net is to install a manual switch to earth so you can control when the VVT is on or off. To do this just cut the wire that comes off the VVT pin on the ECU (leave yourself at least 6 to 10" if pos) and join it to one pole of a 2-way switch. Connect the other half of the wire to the common pole (normally middle one). Finally join a wire to a good earth and connect it to the third and final pole. I have taken this one step further and installed a switched light as well so I can see when it is on or off. CLICK ME for a wiring diagram
How The Switch Works : In a two-position switch one position is now factory in that it is still controlled by the ECU. Simply flick the switch to the other position and VVT is on wether the ECU wants it or not. The ECU will still turn itself on and off as it meets requirements but nothing will happen as the signal is going no where :D
Conclusion : Apart from an awesomely rough idle when manually switched on and a little more gas consumption the only thing I can fore warn you about is as follows. Make sure you use a good oil and change it regularly. The VVT oil galleries are small and can block easily. When this happens your inlet VVT wheel will become noisey and sound like a diesel when it turns on. This is a common fault (just ring any wrecker) as people always want inlet wheels.
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The information below was pulled directly from a 4age-20v workshop repair manual and are usefull when setting up an engine for the first time and trying to diagnose any problems.
THA (Pin 7) to E2 (Pin 3 or 5) Restistance
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@ 20 Degrees C = 2K Ohm
@ 60 Degrees C = 500 Ohm
@ 100 Degrees C = 100 Ohm
@ Shut : VTA (Pin 2) to E2 (Pin 4) = 0.3 to 6.3K Ohm
@ 0.8ml Open : IDL (Pin 3) to E2 (Pin 2) = Continuity
@ 1.0ml Open : IDL (Pin 3) to E2 (Pin 2) = No Continuity
@ Full Open : VTA (Pin 2) to E2 (Pin 4) = 8K Ohm to 11.5K Ohm
@ Full Open : VC (Pin 1) to E2 (Pin 4) = 3.5K Ohm to 6.5K Ohm
ECU Error Codes
Reading Error Codes : Quite simply put when "E1" (earth) & "TE1" are shorted at the ECU the dash warning light "W" will flash on and off at a given rate. Even though I dont remember the exact time delays it will be somethign like ... flash, pause, flash, pause, pause. This example would be error code 1,1 or 11. Any other flashes after the double pause is done will mean you have multiple error codes.


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LATEST | FEATURES | INTERVIEWS | NEWS | FRIGHTFEST | REVIEWS Top 5 horror movie remakes
By James Whittington, Sunday 25th February 2018
Hollywood: a place of constant invention and where everything should be shiny and new. Well, sometimes for at the moment it seems to be looking to the past for inspiration. This is not always a bad thing as sometimes a remake (or re-imagining as they like to call it!) hits the spot so perfectly that it can be considered an equal to the original so here's our Top 5 remakes! Do you agree and which movies would make your own top 5?
5: Evil Dead (2013) Fans of the original movie, The Evil Dead had been waiting years for a cinematic sequel. Rumour after rumour followed but no one expected a remake of the story especially when rookie director Fede Alvarez was given the job to bring it back to life. It was backed by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert and given a decent budget, but few fans expected it to be so good. Bloody, ultra-violent and incredibly fast paced, it's a movie begging for its own follow up. Groovy!
4: The Fly (1986) A straight horror film, based on a 1950s B-Movie and backed by Mel Brooks, surly this was going to be an awful movie? Well how wrong can people be? In the hands of David Cronenberg, The Fly remake is one of those "must see" gruefests that the 1980s VHS boom was made for. The story of a scientist whose body fuses with that of a housefly is deliciously brought up to date. The casting of then couple Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis adds much to the movie, as do the celebrated effects from Chris Walas whose "Brundlefly" creation is a thing of horror movie beauty and helped bag the movie an Oscar. A sequel was released three years later and is also worth checking out. "Be afraid. Be very afraid".
3: Dawn of the Dead (2004) Anyone attempting to reimagine the work of George Romero would be nervous, to be doing it as a newcomer director even more so but Zack Snyder did a magnificent job on Romero's classic story of zombies in a mall. Still packing in the social commentary, the film keeps to its roots but builds nicely on the claustrophobic elements whist also giving the audience some cool, gut-munching moments. "When there is no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the Earth".
2: Maniac (2012) The most recent release on our list is also one of the most inventive. Based on the movie from 1980, this has Elijah Wood in the title role but it's all shot from his perspective. So, cue some incredibly inventive camera shots on POV treats. With only his face being seen in reflections adds a lot to the eerie experience and makes the slaughter even more disturbing. Wood is superb, bringing life to this killer using his vocal skills to the max with director Franck Khalfoun helping Wood to leave his usual image and good-guy image behind. William Lustig's original movie was raw but this one takes the scalp hunting to another level. This is one for the hardcore amongst you. "I warned you not to go out tonight."
1: John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) Famously derided when originally released, John Carpenter's The Thing is one of this movies that just gets better every time you see it. A remake of the 1951 classic The Thing from Another World, this was more serious version, which itself was based on John W. Campbell, Jr's novella Who Goes There? which was published in 1938. Carpenter along with Rob Bottin created some of the most eye-popping, jaw-dropping pieces of SFX ever. "Man is the warmest place to hide".
MORE FEATURES Unmissable movies on Horror this March
Posted on Sunday 25th February 2018
The nights may be getting lighter but we're turning to the dark side this March on Horror with a slate of premieres that will have you praying for the dawn. So, beware all you virgins, actors, wayward teens and heroic crusaders, Horror has something to get under your skin!
We start with the network premiere of Cherry Falls on the 2nd where a serial killer seems to be going after virgins, rather than promiscuous types! So, sex parties are the order of the day to try and survive! Sounds like a good idea to us. Then the next night we've a true classic which stars Christopher Walken, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, and Eli Wallach, The Sentinel where a young actress (Cristina Raines) ...SHARE: READ MORE Top 5 werewolf movie transformations
Posted on Saturday 10th February 2018
Come on, admit it! The biggest reason you watch a werewolf movie is to see the much talked-about transformation. You know, the bit of the movie that usually gets all the film budget (no matter how big or small) and the sequence where the rest of the movie will be measured.
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The Wolf Man (1941) Though not Universal's first werewolf movie, that was Werewolf of London in 1936, this was the biggie. Unleashed in 1941 it was a major success and made Lon Chaney Jr. a real star. His laconic take of a weary man cursed is truly engrossing but what probably makes the movie famous is the transformation scene, well the lack of it as unlike the sequels the main transformation is of his feet! There is a dissolve at the end, but this is backwards, wolf to man but its ...SHARE: READ MORE There's something in the trees... it's coming! Top 5 Werewolf Songs!
Posted on Friday 2nd February 2018
Of all the horror genres out there, probably the Werewolf genre has made the largest footprint on the charts. From Shakira's She Wolf in 2009 to Killer Wolf from Danzig in 1990, the hairy-side of horror has inspired many musical artists, obviously with varying levels of success.
In celebration of Horror's Season of the Wolf, here's our top 5 favourites from the last few decades.
No list worth its fur would start without Werewolves of London from Warren Zevon. Recorded in 1978 and taken from the album Excitable Boy, it's a mainstay of BBC Radio 2, whose listeners incidentally voted that it had the best opening line to a song. Its inclusion on the soundtrack to An American Werewolf in London gave it a cult status but hearing it in the Paul Newman/Tom Cruise 1996 flick The Color of Money gave it a new lease of life. The B-side, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner was...SHARE: READ MORE The Howling - A franchise with bite
Posted on Sunday 28th January 2018
Based on Gary Bradner's novel of the same name, The Howling is one of those werewolf movies that dared to be more vicious than its predecessors and yet still retained a more traditional tone. Horror is proud to be showing this classic on Saturday 3rd February as part of our Season of the Wolf, so here's a quick timeline of The Howling franchise and personal opinions of the movies. Let us know if you agree via email and our social feeds.
Directed by Joe Dante in 1981, The Howling took the young director to new heights after cult hits Piranha in 1978 and Rock N' Roll High School the following year. Though the movie only took some of the ideas from the original story, it was strong enough to earn itself a lastin...SHARE: READ MORE Bark at the moon this February on Horror
Posted on Friday 26th January 2018
Horror is taking you deep into the woods during February with a selection of movies that celebrate the finest of fearsome flicks all about Lycanthropy, Season of the Wolf. Each Saturday at 10.55pm we're bringing you tales of terror that are dripping with blood and will have you barking at the moon with delight.
The season starts on the 3rd as Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee and John Carradine battle a brutal beast in Joe Dante's superb feature, The Howling. A female reporter is attacked by a notorious serial killer and to get over her trauma she is sent to 'The Colony', a remote mountain resort. But there her problems really begin, as the residents are werewolves. We bring you contemporary h...SHARE: READ MORE Wes Craven - The Nightmare Man
Posted on Thursday 4th January 2018
"Horror films don't create fear. They release it."
Wesley Earl Craven, Wes to his friends, was born in Cleveland, Ohio August 2nd 1939 and became one of the most respected and acclaimed creatives of his generation. When he died on August 30th 2015 it came as a huge shock to all, especially those of us who heard the news whilst attending FrightFest. Gone was the man who gave the world Krug Stillo, Pluto and Horace Pinker as well as the career defining creation of Freddy Krueger. He made stars of Michael Berryman, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund and rejuvenated the horror genre not once but twice.
Horror will be celebrating the work of Wes Craven throughout January so here's a quick look at...SHARE: READ MORE Horror's Top 10 Films of 2017
Posted on Thursday 21st December 2017
It's been quite the year for horror. From home invasions to adult nappies and right through to cannibalism and dancing clowns, the genre has seen a slew of critical and commercial success over the calendar year. But which were our favourites?
Below, take a look at Horror's favourite films of 2017. We couldn't bare to rank the excellencies, so we settled for alphabetical order. So kicking off with A, we have:
Attack of the Adult Babies
If you're after a movie that's almost beyond description, then Dominic Brunt's Attack of the Adult Babies is for you. At first this satirical shocker seems like Benny Hill on acid with plenty of leggy nurses dressed in seductive uniforms, but the movie...SHARE: READ MORE Wes Craven Season welcomes in 2018 on Horror
Posted on Friday 15th December 2017
Throughout January, Saturday nights at 9pm will be devoted to a Wes Craven Season as Horror Channel presents a retrospective of the late great genre director's career. Four of his supernatural shockers and scream-filled slashers will be broadcast, including the network premieres of serial killer chiller My Soul To Take, his macabre masterpiece The Serpent And The Rainbow, his diabolically electrifying Shocker and the goofy, gory satire The People Under The Stairs.
There are also network premieres for Franck Khalfoun's superior psychological horror Maniac, starring Elijah Wood as a scalp-loving serial killer, David S. Goyer's pulsating possession thriller The Unborn, starring Gary Oldman and Ham...SHARE: READ MORE The Evil In Us and P2 receive their UK TV premieres on Horror Channel in December
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Christmas nightmares come early on Horror Channel, as the UK's primary TV destination for genre fans serves up the UK TV premieres of Jason William Lee's slick and stylish modern take on the zombie virus, The Evil In Us and Frank Khalfoun's boundary-pushing crime slasher P2, starring Wes Bentley.
There are also network premieres for Adam Egypt Mortimer's deeply-cutting supernatural revenge chiller Some Kind Of Hate, Ruth Platt's astonishingly bravura art-house horror The Lesson, Travis Oates' powerfully disturbing thriller Don't Blink, starring Mena Suvari and Glen Morgan's gruesome Black Christmas, a remake of the classic 1974 seasonal slasher, starring popular scream queen Mary Elizabeth Winstead....SHARE: READ MORE Horror Channel devotes November to Bloody Brits and rampaging sharks!
Posted on Thursday 19th October 2017
November on Horror Channel has a distinctive cutting-edge with a Saturday night prime-time Bloody British Season, celebrating the new wave of British horror movies that reinvigorated the UK horror industry in the early 2000s. There are 9pm network premieres for Neil Marshall's sensational werewolf debut feature Dog Soldiers (2002) (Saturday 11th), his monstrous all-female star cast follow-up The Descent (2005) (Saturday 25th), Christopher Smith's underground ghost train journey through hell, Creep (2004) (Saturday 18th), and Nick Hamm's psychologically gripping The Hole (2001) (Saturday 4th), with Keira Knightley in her first significant film role.
And the cuts get deeper with a Sharkmania Marathon...SHARE: READ MORE Horror Channel celebrates Stephen King's 70th year and goes Southbound this October.
Posted on Tuesday 3rd October 2017 Works by Stephen King feature heavily this month on Horror Channel, which celebrates the icon's 70th year of one of horror's most prolific and popular authors. There are network premieres for his fearsome feline anthology Cat's Eye, starring James Woods and Drew Barrymore; his darkly weighty cautionary tale Stephen King's Thinner, directed by Tom Holland in his directorial debut; the science-fiction action horror Maximum Overdrive, starring Emilio Estevez; and the 2009 adaptation of his short story Children Of The Corn.
Horror Channel has eleven film premieres in October, including the UK premieres of Southbound, a chiller compendium from the creators of the V/H/S franchise; Mitch Wilson's gruesome...SHARE: READ MORE Horror Channel FrightFest announces line-up for Halloween 2017 event
Posted on Thursday 28th September 2017
Horror Channel FrightFest Halloween 2017 unleashes seven choice shockers for the 7th annual West End Halloween chillorama - a wits-end wallow in all things gruesome, gory and glorious.
This year, the all-day shocktoberfest is at the Empire Haymarket on Sat Oct 28, 2017 and embraces one world, one European and five UK premieres, spanning three continents.
From the emotional making of a low-budget slasher to zombie nightmares, Gothic horrors, an outrageously strange mind cult, a sci-fi alien action extravaganza, a comic strip creature feature and the last word in Killer Clowns, this year-s line-up is an eclectic mix of the quirky, unusual and extreme.
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BONNEY LAKE -- Two men were seriously injured Friday evening when they crashed their WaveRunner into a dock on Lake Tapps.
The men, thought to be in their 20s, were riding a WaveRunner just after 5 p.m. when they rammed into a dock along 179th Avenue East, according to officials from East Pierce Fire & Rescue.
Rescue workers said the watercraft hit so hard it destroyed part of the dock and threw the men roughly 30 feet onto the shore.
Both men were taken to local hospitals with life-threatening injuries.
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Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:
Gazette.Net: Bechtel nabs $6B nuclear deal
'Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp. has snared a $6 billion contract from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to operate Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory near Pittsburgh and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in New York.'
The Daily Telegraph: No Plan B for British Energy
'At a meeting in Paris, EdF is expected to approve formally an increase in its £12bn bid for British Energy. And, given the debacle over the French company's previous offer, which collapsed in July at the eleventh hour after unexpected shareholder opposition, it's a fair bet that EdF will have smoothed over likely opposition.'
Gurufocus: Wind Power: Why This Renewable Energy Could Solve The U.S. Oil Addiction
'From 2000 to 2007, the size of the wind power industry increased fivefold. Last year, records were shattered with $36 billion in total global wind investments with the United States leading the way with $9 billion. In the next 10 years, the wind industry is expected to quadruple in size. Hands down, wind is the fastest growing source of power. But can such growth continue?'
LoHud.com: Nuclear plant moves waste to tackle leaks
'BUCHANAN - Workers have removed spent nuclear fuel rods from Indian Point 1 and expect to drain 500,000 gallons of radioactive water from the dead reactor's storage pool by the end of the year. The move should end strontium 90 contamination at the plant, company and regulatory officials say.'
AFP: North Korea wants seals removed at nuclear plant: IAEA
'The request came three days after North Korea confirmed it was working to restart the Yongbyon reactor and no longer wanted US concessions promised under the landmark agreement in return for its denuclearisation.'
Trading Markets: Callaway application for new reactor available on NRC website
'The applicant, Ameren, submitted the application and associated information July 28. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/callaway.html.'
DNA: Singh off to US to raise a toast to nuclear deal
'Prime minister Manmohan Singh left for the US on Monday with hopes of raising a toast with "good friend" President George Bush to celebrate endorsement of the India-US nuclear agreement by the US Congress. Nobody knows whether the 123 bilateral agreement will be signed while Singh is in Washington on September 25, but the Bush administration is doing its best to ensure that it does. The 123 agreement though negotiated has not been signed because India needed to finalise a safety agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and get a waiver from the Nuclear Supplier Group.'
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Topic: The Reader (04/15/10)
TITLE: The Sojourner
By AnneRene' Capp
Frantically, I began searching the barren landscape for clues about where I was.
"My friend, how is it you have come to such a deserted place as this?"
Jerking around quickly to see who was speaking from behind me, I saw a statuesque man, dressed in a sandy colored tunic swathed with a deep blue cloak and was speechless.
"Do not be afraid little sojourner, for I believe I know who you are and where you have come from."
"Sir, although I know who I am, I have no idea how I got here or even where I am."
I was aware that although he was speaking Greek and I English, we both understood one another.
Commandingly but warmly, he stepped toward me and offered me his hand. "Come; let us proceed to a place of comfort where we can share in fellowship with one another."
As we walked in silence, I reflected over the name he had called me, it was somehow familiar.
As we reached the opening of a cave, he motioned for me to enter. Once inside, he pointed to several shallow and elongated holes within the earthen floor that were lined and padded with leaves. "Please sit and make yourself comfortable."
He then handed me some type of bread that was dry and coarse along with a mug made of bronze in which he filled with water from a barrel.
Bowing his head and waiting for me to follow, he humbly gave thanks to the Lord for what we were about to share. Ashamedly, I took this opportunity to hide half the portion of bread he had served me inside my shirt pocket. It felt and looked like sand paper, which after tasting it, was glad, I did.
"You must have many questions little sojourner, as do I. I have often wondered how God's mighty word would be spread and received in a time such as yours and believe you are the instrument God has chosen to quiet the inquisitiveness that stirs within me.
"My fellow bondservant in Christ, Paul, spoke of a brief encounter with a young foreigner who claimed to have lived in the 21st Century. However, he was undecided if you had been real or only a dream."
"I remember now! I had been reading the book of Acts about how Saul became blind after a light from heaven shined around him. It was in Damascus during the three days afterward, that I was suddenly with him.
"I told him how all that he would write about, would be read throughout the world, bringing many into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior.
"Before Ananias arrived, and he bid me farewell he expressed his great humbleness to have received such kindness and mercy from a Christian he once lived to destroy.
"Tonight, I was reading the last book of the completed Bible called Revelation where you wrote about the end times, so assume that you are John and this is the island of Patmos."
"It is true and I hunger for all that you have to share with me."
"This Island is still very much a part of my world and has become a Christian pilgrimage for many.
The Bible is now translated into over 2,400 different languages and disciples of God's word continue to travel to those parts of the world that have yet to hear His word. Sadly, though, there are still those who continue to loose their lives for sharing the Gospel of Christ.
As we concluded our many hours of questions and answers, the early light of day was now proclaiming the morning sunrise, which would soon follow; when a man, whose presence I had not been aware of, appeared from the darkened recesses of the cave and spoke to John.
"Shall I write all that has been shared here this night?"
"Ah, my dear brother Prochorus, we are only to write that which has been ordained by God. My time spent here with this little sojourner, has been a time of refreshment, and must stay amongst ourselves."
The night had been long and we were soon fast asleep.
When I awoke to my familiar surroundings, I vividly remembered all that I had dreamt, when something crackled beneath me. Sitting up, I could only stare in awe as I saw what appeared to be the bread I had hidden from John in my dream.
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Based on the book 3:16, best-selling author Max Lucado reveals the concept of God's love as shown in John 3:16. Full text.
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A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions. If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. If you know everything in the Bible, return here. We all need the reminder. The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human. And God's treatment is prescribed in John 3:16.
He loves. He gave. We believe. We live. He loves.
God loves you because he chooses to do so. "God wasn't attracted to you and didn't choose you because you were big and important... He did it out of sheer love..." (Deut. 7:7-8, MSG). God's love for you depends on his goodness, not yours. And since he is totally good, you are absolutely loved. You don't need to win his love, you already have it. And since you can't win it, you can't lose it. He will love you forever. You may step outside of his will, but never his love. Mark it down. He loves you. So much, in fact, that... He gave.
He gave his one and only Son. Jesus is God's "one and only." He is unlike any other person in history. Every quality we attribute to God, we can give to Jesus. Jesus has an eternal life span, unending wisdom, and tireless energy. Most of all, Jesus is sinless. When he lived on the earth, he never sinned. "He never did one thing wrong. Not once said anything amiss" (1 Peter 2:22, MSG).
We, on the other hand, do wrong things daily. We stretch the truth. We hurt people. We take advantage of the weak and disrespect our family. What should God do? He has made his position clear. "Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14, NCV). Where does that leave us?
It leaves us depending on the 3:16 promise. "God... gave his one and only son..." Though sinless, Jesus took our sin. God placed our sin on his Son and punished it. When Jesus died on the cross, he died for us in our place. Our response to this great gift is simple... We believe.
We trust Jesus to do what we can't. We don't trust our own efforts to save us. We can't save ourselves. We don't place our trust in other people to save us. We believe in him.
We take similar steps of trust daily, even hourly. Believing the chair will support us, we set our weight on it. Believing water will hydrate, we drink it. Trusting the work of the light switch, we flip it. We have faith in the doorknob, so we turn it. We trust power we cannot see to do work we can't accomplish. Jesus invites us to do the same with him. And when we do, when we believe... We live.
God gives us brand-new life. He gives us joy in this life and the promise of eternal life with him. We have joy because we have his Spirit living within us. Little by little his Spirit changes us to be more like Jesus. No guilt in life, no fear of death, he gives life, now.
And life for eternity. In Heaven you will be you at your best. No anger or sadness, tears or trouble. Never weary, selfish, or defeated. Clear mind, tireless muscles, unhindered joy. And, most of all, God "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and the knowledge of God" (Romans 11:33, ESV). Heaven is a perfect place of perfected people with our perfect Lord.
He loves. He gave. We believe. We live.
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Author Notes: I have no idea where this recipe came from, got it from my daughter, early 90's. The marinade makes enough for two or three sliced flank steaks. I've tried marinating a whole flank steak, but much prefer the grilled over high heat slices.
I have a friend that tasted the steak and said"I just want to suck the juice out of it". —ibbeachnana
Makes enough marinade for three steaks
- 2-3 Flank Steaks, sliced thick
- 1/1/2 cups oil at least half olive oil mixed with canola or whatever you prefer
- 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons Coleman's dry mustard
- 1/2 cup Wine vinegar, white or red, and I have used 1/2 balsamic to the white wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice and a splash of Key lime juice
- 3 fat cloves of garlic, ninced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dry parsley, a little fresh is nice also
- 3/4 tablespoon tablespoon white pepper
- 3/4 tablespoon black pepper
- a sprinkle of red pepper flakes
- Blend all of the marinade ingredients and pour over steak strips in a large sealed container, marinate for at least 8 hours, turning often. Grill strips over hot coals or high heat gas grill. I sometimes use a saved food sealer bag, resealed and easily turned to distribute the marinade.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Flank Steak
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Milton Keynes Council has advised residents that supplies of pink sacks for recycling are in short supply.
A statement from the council reads: "We have more on order and will ensure all our stockists are resupplied the first week after Easter. We are sorry for any invonvenience this may cause.
"Our annual sack deliveries for this year are now complete - each household was delivered a roll of 80 pink and 26 black sacks. We are no longer able to accept reports of non-delivery."
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9:15am to 4:30pm
The Self-Discovery Day is an entry-level workshop to support compassionate and inclusive leadership for all. It will offer an opportunity to 'self' explore and plan your career journey.
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The Top 10 Reasons to Send a Press Release
Much of the discussion about press releases lately has centered on the role they (may or may not) play in influencing search results, and Google's new guidelines for links within press releases. Over the weekend, PR Newswire made an important change to our feed, implementing no-follow links in all press releases distributed to third-party web sites. Put more simply, the links in the content we syndicate across thousands of web sites are in compliance with Google's guidelines.
As we've discussed previously, this change doesn't affect how press releases will be found, read and shared online. They will still be indexed by search engines, and readers will still be able to click on the links you embed in your messages.
With all the focus on links lately, it's important to not lose sight of all the other reasons to send out a press release. Here are our top 10!
Top 10 Reasons to Send Out a News Release
10. Archive. News releases get saved, stored, archived and become a kind of official record on where you've been, what you've done and what happened when. The archive may vary in length – on Yahoo Finance, press releases are archived for six months, while Lexis/Nexis has PR Newswire releases dating back to 1980. If you have a MediaRoom or some other type of online newsroom, your archive updates every time you send out an announcement. It's like a Facebook timeline for companies and organizations, but it's been around so much longer.
9. Expertise. The news release can help you establish yourself and your organization as a and expert source or authority about topics that are central to your business. Many of our clients use press releases to offer their official responses or reactions to marketplace developments, commenting on legislative developments and other news events. Other clients use press releases to promote thought leadership content, such as surveys, infographics and white papers. With the proper news release distribution, including search, social and syndication, your content becomes co-mingled with other content on the topic and your organization becomes a participant in the conversation.
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The mission of the Clean Cities program is to advance the economic, environmental and energy security of the U.S. by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to reduced petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.
The Vermont Clean Cities Coalition (VCCC) was initiated in 2001. Past and present stakeholders are numerous and diverse consisting of both individuals and organizations. VCCC activities have included maintaining information and databases, writing grant proposals, creating public awareness and interacting within the national network of Clean Cities programs.
In late fall 2006 the UVM Transportation Research Center was selected as the new permanent host for the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition to start July 1, 2007. Between January 2007 and June 2007 the Snelling Center for Government and the UVM Transportation Center will work cooperatively to coordinate the VCCC activities and program.
Current VCCC activities include the following:
VCCC program staff disseminate an e-newsletter to approximately 600 email addresses on a monthly basis. E-newsletter content is derived from a number of sources, such as the national clean cities list serve, Vermont daily newspapers and Coalition partners. News and policy discussions related to the Clean Cities mission in Vermont are highlighted. To be added to the e-newsletter list or suggest content contact Tom McGrath
The UVM Transportation Research Center has developed this website to provide news and information about the VCCC program and activities. Content will continue to be added to the web. All e-newsletters will be archived on the site as well as reports and publications.
The DOE makes routine calls for proposals for VCCC programs. The UVM Transportation Research Center will work with Vermont partners to prepare proposals in response to these calls. Depending on the composition of any given proposal team, the Center may also be able to provide technical writing and editing assistance. The VCCC will facilitate the partners meeting to define work plans and proposed tasks. As reasonable, the VCCC will also track funding opportunities with other agencies and will communicate this information to the Clean Cities partners.
In the Spring of each year, the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition hosts a stakeholders meeting to review the past year and to help plan for the future years. View minutes and PPT presentation from the previous meetings: 2009, 2008 and 2007.
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Sir Arthur is ready to take his place on the round table of canine competitions.
Arthur, a 3-year-old standard smooth dachshund, is a competitive show dog owned by Hall County veterinary technician Sherri Bell.
Bell and Arthur, whose full name is GCH Sagi's Sir Arthur of Blackwolf SS, are in Orlando, Fla., today to take part at the prestigious AKC/Eukanuba National Championship.
The event, which will be televised Feb. 2 on ABC, brings together the nation's fittest, fastest and most obedient dogs from around the globe. The national contest also offers the most prize money in the world for a dog show.
Bell, before entering the dachshund competitions, once took part in the American Kennel Club obedience contests with German shepherds.
"I've had Arthur since he was about 10 weeks old," Bell said. "I've only been doing confirmation with the dachshunds since I got Arthur. They have to be 6 months old to start showing."
While prior shows were invitation-only, beginning this year, it is an open show for all dogs awarded championship and grand championship points.
According to Bell, Sir Arthur is a special qualifier since he won a grand champion title.
While a lot of show dogs win money, Sir Arthur has not won much thus far.
"It's more about of the points and ribbons and recognition right now," Bell said. "This is more of what the dog looks like, how pretty he is and how they are put together. They are what you call confirmation dogs."
Other dachshund owners have been very receptive to newcomer Arthur, Bell said.
"Actually, my mentor, Robin Lytle, who I actually bought Arthur from, she's been great and she's retired," Bell said. "She gave Arthur's sire and dame to me, (who I bred)."
Besides Sir Arthur, Bell intends to take his full-blooded brother and sister, Lady Morgana and Deuce, to the competition.
According to Bell, Deuce is doing very well in competitions and has won a lot.
"(Lady Morgana and Deuce) are going to follow in their brother's footsteps," Bell said.
In addition to the confirmation competition, the show will also feature the AKC Agility Invitation and National Obedience Invitation, the Bred-By Exhibitor competition, the Eukanuba World Champion and Celebrate Dogs.
For more information and to view results from Saturday's event, visit http://akc.org/aenc.
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Server Hardening
Server hardening. The very words conjure up images of tempering soft steel into an unbreakable blade, or taking soft clay and firing it in a kiln, producing a hardened vessel that will last many years. Indeed, server hardening is very much like that. Putting an unprotected server out on the Internet is like putting chum in the ocean water you are swimming in—it won't be long and you'll have a lot of excited sharks circling you, and the outcome is unlikely to be good. Everyone knows it, but sometimes under the pressure of deadlines, not to mention the inevitable push from the business interests to prioritize those things with more immediate visibility and that add to the bottom line, it can be difficult to keep up with even what threats you need to mitigate, much less the best techniques to use to do so. This is how corners get cut—corners that increase our risk of catastrophe.
This isn't entirely inexcusable. A sysadmin must necessarily be a jack of all trades, and security is only one responsibility that must be considered, and not the one most likely to cause immediate pain. Even in organizations that have dedicated security staff, those parts of the organization dedicated to it often spend their time keeping up with the nitty gritty of the latest exploits and can't know the stack they are protecting as well as those who are knee deep in maintaining it. The more specialized and diversified the separate organizations, the more isolated each group becomes from the big picture. Without the big picture, sensible trade-offs between security and functionality are harder to make. Since a deep and thorough knowledge of the technology stack along with the business it serves is necessary to do a thorough job with security, it sometimes seems nearly hopeless.
A truly comprehensive work on server hardening would be beyond the scope not only of a single article, but a single (very large) book, yet all is not lost. It is true that there can be no "one true hardening procedure" due to the many and varied environments, technologies and purposes to which those technologies are put, but it is also true that you can develop a methodology for governing those technologies and the processes that put the technology to use that can guide you toward a sane setup. You can boil down the essentials to a few principles that you then can apply across the board. In this article, I explore some examples of application.
I also should say that server hardening, in itself, is almost a useless endeavor if you are going to undercut yourself with lazy choices like passwords of "abc123" or lack a holistic approach to security in the environment. Insecure coding practices can mean that the one hole you open is gaping, and users e-mailing passwords can negate all your hard work. The human element is key, and that means fostering security consciousness at all steps of the process. Security that is bolted on instead of baked in will never be as complete or as easy to maintain, but when you don't have executive support for organizational standards, bolting it on may be the best you can do. You can sleep well though knowing that at least the Linux server for which you are responsible is in fact properly if not exhaustively secured.
The single most important principle of server hardening is this: minimize your attack surface. The reason is simple and intuitive: a smaller target is harder to hit. Applying this principle across all facets of the server is essential. This begins with installing only the specific packages and software that are exactly necessary for the business purpose of the server and the minimal set of management and maintenance packages. Everything present must be vetted and trusted and maintained. Every line of code that can be run is another potential exploit on your system, and what is not installed can not be used against you. Every distribution and service of which I am aware has an option for a minimal install, and this is always where you should begin.
The second most important principle is like it: secure that which must be exposed. This likewise spans the environment from physical access to the hardware, to encrypting everything that you can everywhere—at rest on the disk, on the network and everywhere in between. For the physical location of the server, locks, biometrics, access logs—all the tools you can bring to bear to controlling and recording who gains physical access to your server are good things, because physical access, an accessible BIOS and a bootable USB drive are just one combination that can mean that your server might as well have grown legs and walked away with all your data on it. Rogue, hidden wireless SSIDs broadcast from a USB device can exist for some time before being stumbled upon.
For the purposes of this article though, I'm going to make a few assumptions that will shrink the topics to cover a bit. Let's assume you are putting a new Linux-based server on a cloud service like AWS or Rackspace. What do you need to do first? Since this is in someone else's data center, and you already have vetted the physical security practices of the provider (right?), you begin with your distribution of choice and a minimal install—just enough to boot and start SSH so you can access your shiny new server.
Within the parameters of this example scenario, there are levels of concern that differ depending on the purpose of the server, ranging from "this is a toy I'm playing with, and I don't care what happens to it" all the way to "governments will topple and masses of people die if this information is leaked", and although a different level of paranoia and effort needs to be applied in each case, the principles remain the same. Even if you don't care what ultimately happens to the server, you still don't want it joining a botnet and contributing to Internet Mayhem. If you don't care, you are bad and you should feel bad. If you are setting up a server for the latter purpose, you are probably more expert than myself and have no reason to be reading this article, so let's split the difference and assume that should your server be cracked, embarrassment, brand damage and loss of revenue (along with your job) will ensue.
In any of these cases, the very first thing to do is tighten your network access. If the hosting provider provides a mechanism for this, like Amazon's "Zones", use it, but don't stop there. Underneath securing what must be exposed is another principle: layers within layers containing hurdle after hurdle. Increase the effort required to reach the final destination, and you reduce the number that are willing and able to reach it. Zones, or network firewalls, can fail due to bugs, mistakes and who knows what factors that could come into play. Maximizing redundancy and backup systems in the case of failure is a good in itself. All of the most celebrated data thefts have happened when not just some but all of the advice contained in this article was ignored, and if only one hurdle had required some effort to surmount, it is likely that those responsible would have moved on to someone else with lower hanging fruit. Don't be the lower hanging fruit. You don't always have to outrun the bear.
The first principle, that which is not present (installed or running) can not be used against you, requires that you ensure you've both closed down and turned off all unnecessary services and ports in all runlevels and made them inaccessible via your server's firewall, in addition to whatever other firewalling you are doing on the network. This can be done via your distribution's tools or simply by editing filenames in /etc/rcX.d directories. If you aren't sure if you need something, turn it off, reboot, and see what breaks.
But, before doing the above, make sure you have an emergency console back door first! This won't be the last time you need it. When just beginning to tinker with securing a server, it is likely you will lock yourself out more than once. If your provider doesn't provide a console that works when the network is inaccessible, the next best thing is to take an image and roll back if the server goes dark.
I suggest first doing two things: running
ps -ef and making sure
you understand what all running processes are doing, and
lsof -ni |
grep LISTEN to make sure you understand why all the listening ports
are open, and that the process you expect has opened them.
For instance, on one of my servers running WordPress, the results are these:
# ps -ef | grep -v \] | wc -l
I won't list out all of my process names, but after pulling out all the kernel processes, I have 39 other processes running, and I know exactly what all of them are and why they are running. Next I examine:
# lsof -ni | grep LISTEN
mysqld 1638 mysql 10u IPv4 10579 0t0 TCP
127.0.0.1:mysql (LISTEN)
sshd 1952 root 3u IPv4 11571 0t0 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
sshd 1952 root 4u IPv6 11573 0t0 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
nginx 2319 root 7u IPv4 12400 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
nginx 2319 root 8u IPv4 12401 0t0 TCP *:https (LISTEN)
nginx 2319 root 9u IPv6 12402 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
nginx 2320 www-data 7u IPv4 12400 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
nginx 2320 www-data 8u IPv4 12401 0t0 TCP *:https (LISTEN)
nginx 2320 www-data 9u IPv6 12402 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
This is exactly as I expect, and it's the minimal set of ports necessary for the purpose of the server (to run WordPress).
Now, to make sure only the necessary ports are open, you need to tune your firewall. Most hosting providers, if you use one of their templates, will by default have all rules set to "accept". This is bad. This defies the second principle: whatever must be exposed must be secured. If, by some accident of nature, some software opened a port you did not expect, you need to make sure it will be inaccessible.
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While most of us complete a traditional trip to North Bengal and Sikkim by visiting places such as Gangtok and Darjeeling, here is a glimpse of some pristine places that nature lovers may like to try out .......
It has been a while since we ( our family includes my wife and our 6 yr old son) were planning to visit the hills of North Bengal, but seriously wanted to avoid the hustle-bustle of the busy hill stations, gain some fresh clean air to fill up our lungs, and also save some precious money by avoiding these costly places....
So after some deliberations, we finally zeroed in on 3 places - Loleygaon, Reshyap and Kurseong, and decided to make this trip during the Christmas holidays in 2006.
We arrived at New Jalpaiguri Rly Stn early in the morning on Dec 22nd and hired a vehicle to drop us at Loleygaon - a distance of 136 kms. There is a prepaid taxi booth at the railway station which offers all sorts of vehicles as per your team size and budget ( Tata Sumos, Indica, Maruti van, Bolero, Toyota Qualis etc) at reasonable rates. We decided to take the more picturesque route thru Damdim and Gorubathan that runs thru several tea estates. Luckily, we had confirmed booking at the cottages run by the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation - which is by far the best place to stay at Loleygaon ( room rates ranging from Rs 770/- to Rs 990/- per dbl bedroom).
Loleygaon ( in local dialect, this means a happy village) is a small little village, housing quite a few hotels and a few tiny shops and hamlets. One can cover this place on foot in barely 10 minutes !!! As we enterered Loleygaon, we were greeted by the giant statue of Lord Buddha in the Eco Tourism Park. It was chilly cold and we could see tufts of clouds and fog fleeting by -- it was an experience to savor !!! As the clouds approached us, it suddenly became pitch dark and visibility was reduced to a bare 10 ft -- the clouds had our dress all wet -- we spread out in the park and shouted each other names and tried to locate one another in the park -- and lo !!! The fog had disappeared and out came the bright sunshine !!!
Early next morning, we hired a vehicle to take us to the sunrise point at Jhandidara. This was about 4 kms from out hotel and the road was atrocious. However, we were high in spirits and reached the desired spot well ahead of the scheduled sunrise time of 6.17am. There was a healthy crowd of visitors all waiting eagerly for the sunrise -- almost everyone had their own versions of stories about the sunrise -- and someone even suggested that Everest would be visible from this point !!!! However all the chirping soon died away as we were greeted with the majestic view of the sunrise -- from a tiny little diamond into a majestic red ball of fire all in a matter of minutes !!! And we soon turned our heads 180 degrees to witness the first sunrays on Mt. Kanchendzonga. At first the tip of the mountain turned golden -- and soon the hue spread out and engulfed the entire mountain range covering peaks such as Kabru North, Kabru South, Kabru Dome, Mt. Pandim, Mt. Narsingh, Nathula etc.
On our way back, we visited the canopy walk -- it a a dense forest with a walking trail and part of the trees have been joined together to form a 750 mtr long canopy. It was a lovely walk through the forests - the chirping birds, buzzing insects and fleeting butterflies, the shades of dark and light as the sun barely made its way thru the dense forests and above all the smell of the jungle -- all added an aroma to the situation.
The next day, i.e. Dec 24th, we left Loleygaon for Reshyap. The road leads us thru Lava ( at a distance of 24 kms from Loleygaon) , where we spent a couple of hours and visited the lovely Lava Monastery and the Neora Valley Nature Interpretation Centre. Lava also has beautiful cottages run by the Forest Development Corporation, but the small town was too clumsy and densely populated - so we decided to travel to Reshyap, a further 11kms ahead. One more point to note is that the last 4 kms of the road to Reshyap is still unmetalled and full of boulders -- so you definitely need a strong 4 wheel drive vehicle to enter Rishyap.
Reshyap is a pristine little village of about 100 to 150 huts and about 15 hotels ( most of which are little huts modified into hotels). All the hotels are pretty basic and the best place to stay is undoubtedly Hotel Sonar Bangla, which has 8 well furnished rooms priced at Rs 1000/- and Rs 1200/-. Electricity has made its way into this village less than 2 years ago, and this place still owns her virgin charm. There is nothing much to do, but play with the clouds all the time, and watch the majestic Kanchendzonga ranges on a clear day. Don't expect to find grocery and medicine shops and restaurants -- however expect yourself to be kissed by the clouds and inhale tons of fresh unadulterated air !!!
Christmas Day saw us getting some magnificent views of the sunrise on the mighty Kanchendzonga mountain ranges -- and no !!! this time we didn't have to travel to any sunrise point -- it was from the comfort of our hotel rooms. After a quick breakfast, we decided to undertake a small trek upto TiffinDara mountain top, which is approx 3 kms from our hotel. Our guide was a small kid studying in class 5, who was back home on Christmas leave. On further interrogation, we were informed that the kid's father was a local hotel owner and his mother a doctor in Singapore. And he was carrying a giant kukri ( the local name for a dagger) presumably as a security - should we ever encounter a wild bear !!!
This was a fascinating trek through the dense forests, as we trudged our way up towards the mountain top, deftly negotiating the bushes and boulders and fallen trees enroute. We stopped at times gasping for breath, only to be mesmerized by the enchanting beauty of the woods. We could feel the silence and taste the freshness, as we heard the wind blow. It took us about an hour and 15 mins to reach Tiffindara, from where we could get a 360 degrees view all around. However, just as we approached Tiffindara, there were thousands of trees that were felled ( not sure if this was done legally or illegally) - however since no aforestation was in sight, it appeared to be the job of the land sharks, who, with their unholy nexus with the local headmen have done even more damage to the ecology in such small places, than what they have done in the larger cities !!! After a brief halt at Tiffindara, we retraced our steps back to the hotel - all that we carried back was the sight of the giant pine trees against the backdrop of the magnificent snow capped mountain ranges - sights that were firmly etched in our memories.
We spent a couple of days in Reshyap, lazing around the villages, meeting the villagers and getting a feel of their lifestyle. On Dec 27th, we hired a vehicle to drop us to Lava bus stand , and from there we boarded another vehicle to travel upto Kurseong.
Kurseong, once again is a slightly offbeat place, which is enroute to Darjeeling, and most tourists stop by for a cup of tea before proceeding to Darjeeling. It is also a place that houses some of the most famous Christian Missionary schools of Eastern India. Being on the lookout for some unconventional place to stay in, we luckily came across Makaibari Tea Estate, one of the most respected names worldwide for Darjeeling tea. ( infact Makaibari tea holds the world record for the costliest tea @ Rs 22,000/- per kg in 2005). Makaibari is one of the three tea estates to introduce tea tourism and they have at present, three cottages with 6 double rooms that are being offered on rent. Normally the cottages are occupied mostly by foreigners who stay here on a longterm basis with some research work etc. Luckily all of them had gone home on Christmas and hence I could get the necessary bookings done in advance, after interacting with Mrs Srirupa Banerjee, the owners wife.
Dec 28th was a memorable day for us as the manager of the tea estate, Mr. Ghosh took us around the tea garden plantations in his own vehicle, stopping by at various places to share the vast wealth of his experience. We also visited the Makaibari factory, and were explained about the tea manufacturing process. Makaibari is one of the first bio organic tea gardens of the country - which means that no chemical fertilizers are used. Out of the total area of approx 1000 acres, approx 650 acres are kept as forests. Wildlife is encouraged, and the tea estate even employs 12 forest rangers to monitor the progress of its wildlife !!! Incidentally the plucking season is set to begin in April, and during this time all visitors are welcome to visit the Makaibari factory. This visit is free of charge and you do not need to stay in their guest house to avail of this once in a lifetime opportunity. We also had the rare honour of attending a tea tasting session which was specially organised for us. And on our way back, we did buy plenty of boxes of Makaibari tea from the factory outlet, just outside the main gate.
As we are all aware, the Darjeeling Himalayan railway is now a UN Heritage property - but almost all the trains ( from Siliguri to Darjeeling ) are hauled by diesel engines -- and therefore they have lost some of the charm. The only train that is still hugged by a steam loco is that toy train that departs from Kurseong at 6am to arrive at darjeeling at 8.45 am. At my son's insistence, we took this joyride for a paltry ticket of Rs 10/- ( can you believe it). It was a tiny little 3 bogied train that huffed and puffed its way by the side of the Hill Cart Road, gaining maximum speeds of 15 km per hour. As the train whistled away, school going kids came right out of their houses and hopped onto the running train, took a joyride and hopped down once their school approached !!! As the train reached Ghoom railway station we alighted and reached the famous Batasia loop, just in time to catch this train make two picturesque 360 degree turns and chug on towards Darjeeling.
For travellers wishing to make this trip from Darjeeling, there is a diesel engine hauled toy train that runs upto Ghoom station and returns to Darjeeling, covering a total distance of 18 kms in two and a half hours. Tickets are priced at Rs 260/- each.
We proceeded to Darjeeling and spent the entire day at the Mall, chatting with friends whom we met for the first time there and thronging the numerous curio shops all around. We returned to Makaibari by road in the evening ( distance of 36 kms) and the next day we were back in the pile of concrete named Kolkata.
All that we have with us now is fond memories of those 10 days !!!!!


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Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll requested 150 acres of undeveloped land near Shiloh and close to the northern boundary of Kennedy Space Center be transferred to the state.
OAK HILL — The head of Florida's aerospace development agency said plans for a new commercial launch complex at Kennedy Space Center do not include closing State Road 3, Volusia County's only access to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Playalinda Beach.
"There is no plan on our part to close down any part of (the former State Road 3)," Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida said during a telephone interview Monday.
In a letter dated Sept. 20, sent to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll requested that 150 acres of undeveloped land near the former citrus community of Shiloh, close to the northern boundary of Kennedy Space Center, be transferred to the state.
The land would be developed for a commercial spaceport.
In the same letter, Carroll, who is chairwoman of the Space Florida board, said the state wanted to reacquire "existing highway right-of-way and improvements of the former State Road 3, from its intersection in Volusia County to a point appropriate for the access requirements of the proposed launch complex."
Despite that statement, DiBello said that there is "nothing in any plan or document that we have that even considered closing State Road 3."
"If it turns out years from now, that at a particular launch time, it was necessary to make adjustments to traffic flow or to shut it down for 10 minutes a time, that might be a future consideration," he said. "But that's not even something that's been studied or in our drawing board right now."
DiBello said officials still haven't decided what specific site they want to acquire for the launch complex.
"We want to do engineering and environmental support studies to determine the best way to achieve the development of a commercial spaceport capability at (Cape Canaveral), and in doing that, we will lock in on a particular shape and site for the spaceport property," he said.
Birdwatchers, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts in Volusia County have already lost the most direct access to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge when the decision was made earlier this year not to reopen Shiloh Marsh Road.
State officials in 1989 proposed building a commercial launch complex near the former Shiloh community, a plan that was adamantly opposed by environmentalists. In 2008, NASA's announcement that it was exploring the possibility of leasing 200-acre tract at the refuge or Canaveral National Seashore for a private, commercial launch complex was also met with strong opposition.
DiBello said he realized that concerns about the potential closing of State Road 3 has been a "hot button issue up there for a long time," while stressing again Space Florida has no plans to shut off access to the wildlife refuge.
Clay Henderson, an attorney specializing in environmental issues who lives in New Smyrna Beach, said, however, the letter from Carroll seems "deja vu all over again," quoting New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra.
"They've done this twice before in 1989 and 2008 and they quickly determined that the environmental issues were insurmountable," Henderson said. "So I'm surprised they've come back again."
Henderson said he planned to meet with Space Florida officials Wednesday about their plans.
Volusia County Councilwoman Pat Northey said she wasn't aware of any conversations state officials have had with representatives from the county about plans for the commercial launch complex as it relates to State Road 3. She said the wildlife refuge is a "big economic engine for nature based tourism" and that state officials need to recognize the large number of visitors who frequent the refuge annually.
"Certainly, there is value to the nature based economy that we need to recognize at that refuge," she said.


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Arts/Worship at Abba's House
Zadok Choir
The Zadok Choir sings most weeks in the Sunday morning worship service. It is comprised of worshippers from high school through seasoned adults. The choir is made up of non-auditioned members; however, faithful attendance and the ability to blend with others are both mandatory. They rehearse on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm in the choir room on the 3rd floor of Abba's House.
Zadok Orchestra
The instrumental group at Abba's House is made up of all sorts of musicians from brass to strings to guitar and drums. If you have played or currently play an instrument, we are interested in talking to you about being a part of Zadok Ministries! They rehearse on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm in the orchestra room on the 1st floor of Abba's House.
High school ChoiR
Abba's House High School Choir is made up of 9th to 12th graders and meets on Sunday afternoons from 3:45-4:45pm in H-222. The Student Choir leads worship several times a year in the main Sunday service and does events outside of the church.
A2Z is the name of our Middle School Choir, and as the name says, it covers everything, A-Z, related to the arts -- worship, drama, art, you name it. This group leads worship in our services occasionally and presents an annual Broadway-style dinner theater. They meet on Sunday afternoons from 2:00-3:00PM in W-131.
Student Praise Band
The Student Praise Band is made up of student worship leaders and musicians who are passionately anointed and who desire to see our nation radically transformed for Jesus Christ. They rehearse from 2:30-3:30 on Sundays in the Student Worship Center.
Company D
Company D is the training ground for children grades K-5. They not only learn the basics of music, but have a weekly worship experience along with performance opportunities throughout the year. They rehearse on Wednesdays at 6pm.
Wee Cruits
Our littlest worshippers are the Wee Cruits. These budding songbirds begin at age 3 until they enter kindergarten. They rehearse on Wednesdays at 6pm.
The adult Ekklesia Dance Ministry dancers for our worship services go through extensive training and Bible study to prepare to dance before the Lord in worship.
Occasionally we have artists who paint and draw what they feel the Lord is doing during our worship services. We also have artists, designers, and sculptors who make works of art for the glory of God that are displayed throughout the year at Abba's House.
Actors and actresses participate in dramas in our services and various events at Abba's House from luncheons to large scale, full-length dramas and musicals.