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This house is on a 100 acre farm with native animals including koalas at the door step. Plenty of privacy and space available on a working farm. Well behaved pets are welcome. This property will suit animal lovers, lovers of country living and people wanting a little space.
Great house on the outskirts of Lismore CBD. Housemates friendly yet respectful, all vegetarian, no party house. Foxtel optional All rooms have ceiling fans Great rear deck, sunny aspect for winter
Living in the trees big front deck big back deck gorgeous big bay window room polished floors outdoors separate spa shower fire pit beautiful fruit full veggie garden water tank solar 14 foot high ceilings close to cbd house rules non smokers please not a party house healthy vibes
Its in Lismore CBD, so walk to everything. Easy peasy walk to town, Lismore Base Hospital, TAFE, sports grounds, shopping and CBD area. Cheap, safe and affordable accommodation. Rooms are semi furnished, and there is an on-site manager. Other residents are workers and students - there's a good mix from different backgrounds. There are a choice of rooms - some larger than others with a sunroom-style and fan. The kitchen is good - shared fridges, gas stove, microwave etc and a cupboard for your food. There is also a laundry and the games room has a table tennis and weights , and the lounge area has TV, heating and dining area. Wifi included in room rates Cleaner for the shared areas, and there is a friendly manager on-site to keep things ticking over. And a games room
The best landing pad in Lismore, if you are arriving in town for work or study, or between houses. Safe, friendly and affordable accommodation in a clean and respectable guesthouse! This is a great twin room - 2 single beds in our Estreet Guesthouse. Shared bathrooms (3), fully equipped kitchen, coin-op laundry and on-site management. Bills included and unlimited wifi. At $220/ week for the room, that's just $110/ each if you are travelling with a friend! Great value. We supply linen and include a weekly linen change in the rent. We charge a small 'key deposit' bond of $50, returned to you when you leave. 1 week minimum, and up to 8 weeks, then we negotiate. We are a short term stay, not long term. We are just 2 mins walk from 3 supermarkets and all other shops and all services in Lismore, as well as TAFE, Conservatorium of Music and 25 min walk to Southern Cross Uni. TV and lounge BBQ, games room ( table tennis etc) and large backyard with picnic tables all for your use. 40 mins Byron Bay ( and 1/3 the $$$), 30 mins Ballina and 25 mins Nimbin and World Heritage National Parks
Easy peasy walk to town, Lismore Base Hospital, TAFE, sports grounds, shopping and CBD area. Cheap, safe and affordable accommodation. Rooms are semi furnished, and there is an on-site manager. Other residents are workers and students - there's a good mix from different backgrounds. THERE ARE A RANGE OF ROOMS - FROM SINGLE ($150), SHARED/ FEMALE ONLY DORM ($130/PERSON) TO DOUBLE ($195 - $240) PER WEEK - ENQUIRE ABOUT WHAT IS FREE OR COMING UP! There are a choice of room style depending on availability - some larger than others with a sunroom-style and fan. The kitchen is good - shared fridges, gas stove, microwave etc and a cupboard for your food. There is also a laundry and the games room has a table tennis and weights , and the lounge area has TV, heating and dining area. Wifi included in room rates, and a weekly linen change is also included! We have a weekly cleaner for the shared areas, and there is a friendly manager on-site to keep things ticking over. We also have a games room with table tennis.
In town, close to everything ! Safe affordable and friendly place . This is a very popular room - single bed with good light and ventilation. Private and quiet. The house has shared bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, TV room, games room, huge backyard. Do you own thing, or team up with others. Walk to everything in town, or if you have transport, you can easily explore the whole region - Nimbin, Byron Bay, Ballina etc from here - without paying the huge coastal rents. We have on site managers. Tell me what sort of room you need, from when and for how long - its a big help in finding the best options for you!
A great room in the Lismore guesthouse! Room 8 is a tidy double bedroom, with plenty of light and air. Quiet and clean and super affordable! NB - this is one week minimum rental! And sorry - we cannot take pets! This room is part of the Estreet Guesthouse, Lismore's best short term accommodation. If you are new to town, between places or traveling then this is the place to be! Shared bathrooms (3), laundry and kitchen are all available for your use. The rate includes power, gas and wifi - as well a weekly linen change. The house is huge - it was Lismore's first maternity hospital! There is a huge shady backyard, outside deck, TV room and a games room. We also have on-site management. House rules make this a really safe, friendly and affordable place to stay. We are situated within easy walking distance to everything in Lismore - shopping, Hospital, services and entertainment. Interested? Ask now about availability !
Bedroom 1 (Double) $190/week - STILL AVAILABLE Bedroom 2 (Double) $195/week - STILL AVAILABLE Bedroom 3 (Single) $180/week - AVAILABLE AFTER 4TH JUNE* Bedroom 4 (Single) $180/week - AVAILABLE AFTER 4TH JUNE* * we have two women in their early 20s living in the single rooms until early June for their hospital placement. However, the rooms will become available again at that time. Please contact us if you would like to apply or view the property. The address is 31 Orion Street, Lismore. Location: The property is located in central Lismore; close to amenities, pubs and shops. The local Foodworks is 200m from the property (just a 3 minute walk), which is open everyday. Alternatively The Lismore Square shopping area is just a 10 minute walk away. There is a gym behind the house (about 50m walk). The house is also down the road from Mary G's pub which has various events. The house is on a one-way residential road with beautiful church views from the front and tree views from the back. For students: 7 minute drive to Southern Cross University, 30 minutes by public transport (catch the bus from the square), or 35-40 minute walk. Fully furnished house with all new appliances, furniture, decor and utensils. Bathroom features a shower, separate toilet, washing machine and two mirrored vanities to reduce traffic. Brand new 5kw air conditioner in the main living area which cools and heats the house. Brand new 55" TV wall mounted in the living room. Two hard drives; one for films, the other for TV shows - with endless choices! Safety: In addition to the front and back door locking... two internal doors can also be locked for extra security. Each bedroom is lockable with your own key. Storage: The house features an under-storage lockable area for any bulky items or boxes you do not wish to store in your room. We have 3 years experience finding tenants that work together to create a harmonious household. We aim to group people together that are like-minded and friendly with similar schedules and habits. As previous renters and students, we understand how difficult it can be to find a clean, comfortable home with landlords that maintain the property. As such we have spent considerable time, effort and money, renovating this house to provide something that we would (and have) live in ourselves. As such, we are looking for tenants that love and care for the property by: reporting any damage in a timely manner, cleaning regularly, always locking doors and respecting the goods inside of the property. Unfortunately due to having 1 bathroom we cannot accept couples, as this would place a strain on the other tenants. Maximum household occupants must be 4 persons. Strictly no smokers, drug takers, pets/animals, and no children/families. Extremely clean tenants wanted; tenants will have the option of following a cleaning schedule or to pay extra for a professional cleaning service.
Across the road from the golf course, this house is nicely situated close to nature as well as a 5 min drive from downtown, the shopping square and SCU. Nice and quiet property with lots of space in the house. We have netflix and stan, a fire place, dishwasher, large kitchen and bathroom, large lounge, PS3 and wii for use also. Large backyard with deck. Prefer someone who is not a major partier as the current roomates (2 girls) study at home.
This is a nice house in a great location. A short walk to the Square. The house is fully furnished with internet and netflix on the smart tv in the lounge room. Outdoor entertaining area. Bond is $500 (neg for short stay) plus 2 weeks rent in advance Current rooms available Small/budget room with a single bed $140/week Short stay avaiable
Central to Lismore but a quiet and leafy neighbourhood. There is so much space and light to this house which allows privacy and comfort. The room available includes a sunny large sunroom. This is an older house with a few patches of flaky paint but inside is a home which values respect and good living . I am working five days a week while building a place further south. I love sailing on the Clarence so you have plenty of time in the house to yourself .
Nice quiet house, respectful roommates who work a lot so very rarely home, massive new kitchen, new bathroom. Off Street parking, deck at the rear of house. House comes with 2 friendly dogs included so must be a dog person, they are outside only.
I am looking for one or two community-minded people to share a 3 BR house. We will share responsibility for shopping, cooking, and household tasks. Students and workers welcome. Currently residing is just me and my friendly cat. Large bedroom has QS bed and personal sunroom (could suit couple @$170pw), but happy to rearrange furniture if you have your own. Bond is only two weeks rent in advance. House fully equipped with furniture, washing machine and kitchen appliances. Plenty of storage space underneath the house. Undercover parking limited but plenty of space outside. Ideal flatmate likes to eat healthy food (largely but not exclusively vegetarian), keen to share cooking and meals, likes cats, and willing to help with gardening. PhD/international students specially welcome. Open to singles or couples. Female preferred if a single. The large backyard with some mature trees gives a feeling of living in the country with all the convenience of town. The neighbourhood is friendly and safe, and the house is walking distance to both the university (20 mins) and shops (10 mins East Lismore, 35 mins Lismore Square). Wifi included in the rent.
Our house is located just 12 minutes from Lismore, on the rolling hills at The Channon. Set back on 10 acres, we have a pool, spa, central air/heating and beautiful gardens. Plenty of room for hobbies, gardening, exercise etc. The room available has plenty of built in wardrobes. Bathroom is shared. Two living rooms in the house, but we all share the kitchen. It's a nice quiet place and would like to keep it this way, and want to keep our place drug free. A beautiful spot to live at any time of year.
The house has decks front and back with a great kitchen and lounge room. It's a nice quiet spot with good views. This is not a party house. All the beds and mattresses are near new and are of good quality. New fans and Led lights in all rooms. Some house hold consumables are included. Eg:- Cleaning chemicals Toilet Paper Garbage Bags 2 Rooms Currently Available:- 1 x King Single Room $130 Room 4
Large, studio style room for rent $220 per week includes utilities and internet Undercover parking available Own bathroom/toilet Private access
Great location for university students, campus is a couple of metres down the road. All bills included in rent, and spacious rooms. The other 2 people here (your potential flatmates are both kind and easy to get along with on of them also owns a beautiful dog called rufus who lives with us here) hoping to have someone lined up around early june so we can organise a property in Brisbane. Thanks :)
This is a nice house in a nice neighbourhood. The house has a verandah with a view on the front of the house and a covered area with table out the back. All female household. This is not a party house All the beds and mattresses are near new and are of good quality. New fans and Led lights in all rooms. Some house hold consumables are included. Eg:- Cleaning chemicals Toilet Paper Garbage Bags Currently available 1 x Small room with King Single Bed $140/Week Room 4
1 large master bedroom with built-in wardrobes, available to SCU students/staff only. All bills and WiFi included. Spacious home, 5 minutes walk to SCU Lismore campus. Large, sunny deck overlooking lush gardens. Perfect study environment. Private, spacious, peaceful and tranquil. Furnished house. Reverse-cycle Air con. New smart TV, polished floorboards, granite benchtops. STRICTLY limited to SCU students or staff.
Are you a student studying at Southern Cross University? Enjoy your own fully furnished, self-catered room at Southern Cross University Village, Coffs Harbour!! Southern Cross University, Lismore Village offers a range of stylish apartments, located right on campus at Southern Cross University. From studying to social life, we offer everything you need to make the most of your university experience! Here's a snapshot: A choice of stylish, fully furnished apartments Exclusive events and parties for village residents A range of convenient, on-site facilities A fantastic on-campus location An independent lifestyle 24 hour support and security A community of friends. Rent includes all utilities (water, electricity and gas) so there are no unexpected bills during the year! Make your application ASAP to secure your place in our vibrant and lively on-campus culture!! Swimming pool Recreation room Student Lounge BBQ area residential life program
This is not a party house, although flatmates are friendly and respectful of one another's privacy, which is why we get on well. No loud music, or random visitors calling around. Common areas are clean and outside smokers are accepted. The university is at the end of the street and it's a fifteen min. walk to the Lismore Shopping Square and a ten min. walk to the Base Hospital. The TAFE bus is only a twelve min. run.


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Ezekiel 21:1-32 . PROPHECY AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM, AND AGAINST AMMON.
2. the holy places--the three parts of the temple: the courts, the holy place, and the holiest. If "synagogues" existed before the Babylonian captivity, as Psalms 74:8 seems to imply, they and the proseuchæ, or oratories, may be included in the "holy places" here.
3. righteous . . . wicked--not contradictory of Ezekiel 18:4 Ezekiel 18:9 and Genesis 18:23 . Ezekiel here views the mere outward aspect of the indiscriminate universality of the national calamity. But really the same captivity to the "righteous" would prove a blessing as a wholesome discipline, which to the "wicked" would be an unmitigated punishment. The godly were sealed with a mark ( Ezekiel 9:4 ), not for outward exemption from the common calamity, but as marked for the secret interpositions of Providence, overruling even evil to their good. The godly were by comparison so few, that not their salvation but the universality of the judgment is brought into view here.
4. The "sword" did not, literally, slay all; but the judgments of God by the foe swept through the land "from the south to the north."
6. with the breaking of thy loins--as one afflicted with pleurisy; or as a woman, in labor-throes, clasps her loins in pain, and heaves and sighs till the girdle of the loins is broken by the violent action of the body ( Jeremiah 30:6 ).
7. The abrupt sentences and mournful repetitions imply violent emotions.
9. sword--namely, of God ( Deuteronomy 32:41 ). The Chaldeans are His instrument.
10. to make a sore slaughter--literally, "that killing it may kill."
glitter--literally, "glitter as the lightning flash": flashing terror into the foe.
should we . . . make mirth--It is no time for levity when such a calamity is impending ( Isaiah 22:12 Isaiah 22:13 ).
it contemneth the rod of my son, &c.--The sword has no more respect to the trivial "rod" or scepter of Judah ( Genesis 49:10 ) than if it were any common "tree." "Tree" is the image retained from Ezekiel 20:47 ; explained in Ezekiel 21:2 Ezekiel 21:3 . God calls Judah "My son" (compare Exodus 4:22 , Hosea 11:1 ). FAIRBAIRN arbitrarily translates, "Perchance the scepter of My son rejoiceth; it (the sword) despiseth every tree."
11. the slayer--the Babylonian king in this case; in general, all the instruments of God's wrath ( Revelation 19:15 ).
12. terrors by reason of the sword, &c.--rather, "they (the princes of Israel) are delivered up to the sword together with My people" [GLASSIUS].
smite . . . upon . . . thigh--a mark of grief ( Jeremiah 31:19 ).
13. it is a trial--rather, "There is a trial" being made: the sword of the Lord will subject all to the ordeal. "What, then, if it contemn even the rod" (scepter of Judah)? Compare as to a similar scourge of unsparing trial, Job 9:23 .
it shall be no more--the scepter, that is, the state, must necessarily then come to an end. Fulfilled in part at the overthrow of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, but fully at the time of "Shiloh's" (Messiah's) coming ( Genesis 49:10 ), when Judea became a Roman province.
14. smite . . . hands together--( Numbers 24:10 ), indicative of the indignant fury with which God will "smite" the people.
sword . . . doubled the third time--referring to the threefold calamity:--(1) The taking of Zedekiah (to whom the "rod," or scepter, may refer); (2) the taking of the city; (3) the removal of all those who remained with Gedaliah. "Doubled" means "multiplied" or "repeated." The stroke shall be doubled and even trebled.
of the slain--that is, by which many are slain. As the Hebrew is singular, FAIRBAIRN makes it refer to the king, "the sword of the great one that is slain," or "pierced through."
entereth . . . privy chambers--( Jeremiah 9:21 ). The sword shall overtake them, not merely in the open battlefield, but in the chambers whither they flee to hide themselves ( 1 Kings 20:30 , 22:25 ). MAURER translates, "which besieged them"; FAIRBAIRN, "which penetrates to them." English Version is more literal.
15. point--"the whirling glance of the sword" [FAIRBAIRN]. "The naked (bared) sword" [HENDERSON].
ruins--literally, "stumbling-blocks." Their own houses and walls shall be stumbling-blocks in their way, whether they wish to fight or flee.
made bright--made to glitter.
wrapped, &c.--namely, in the hand of him who holds the hilt, or in its scabbard, that the edge may not be blunt when it is presently drawn forth to strike. GESENIUS, translates, "sharpened," &c.
16. Apostrophe to the sword.
Go . . . one way--or, "Concentrate thyself"; "Unite thy forces on the right hand" [GROTIUS]. The sword is commanded to take the nearest route for Jerusalem, "whither their face was set," whether south or north ("right hand or left"), according to where the several parts of the Chaldean host may be.
or other, . . . on the left--rather "set thyself on the left." The verbs are well-chosen. The main "concentration" of forces was to be on "the right hand," or south, the part of Judea in which Jerusalem was, and which lay south in marching from Babylon, whereas the Chaldean forces advancing on Jerusalem from Egypt, of which Jerusalem was north, were fewer, and therefore "set thyself" is the verb used.
17. Jehovah Himself smites His hands together, doing what He had smiting Jerusalem; compare the similar symbolical action ( 2 Kings 13:18 2 Kings 13:19 ).
cause . . . fury to rest--give it full vent, and so satisfy it ( Ezekiel 5:13 ).
19. two ways--The king coming from Babylon is represented in the graphic style of Ezekiel as reaching the point where the road branched off in two ways, one leading by the south, by Tadmor or Palmyra, to Rabbath of Ammon, east of Jordan; the other by the north, by Riblah in Syria, to Jerusalem--and hesitating which way to take. Ezekiel is told to "appoint the two ways" (as in Ezekiel 4:1 ); for Nebuchadnezzar, though knowing no other control but his own will and superstition, had really this path "appointed" for him by the all-ruling God.
out of one land--namely, Babylon.
choose . . . a place--literally "a hand." So it is translated by FAIRBAIRN, "make a finger-post," namely, at the head of the two ways, the hand post pointing Nebuchadnezzar to the way to Jerusalem as the way he should select. But MAURER rightly supports English Version. Ezekiel is told to "choose the place" where Nebuchadnezzar should do as is described in Ezekiel 21:20 Ezekiel 21:21 ; so entirely does God order by the prophet every particular of place and time in the movements of the invader.
20. Rabbath of the Ammonites--distinct from Rabbah in Judah ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ). Rabbath is put first, as it was from her that Jerusalem, that doomed city, had borrowed many of her idols.
to Judah in Jerusalem--instead of simply putting "Jerusalem," to imply the sword was to come not merely to Judah, but to its people within Jerusalem, defended though it was; its defenses on which the Jews relied so much would not keep the foe out.
21. parting--literally, "mother of the way." As "head of the two ways" follows, which seems tautology after "parting of the way," HAVERNICK translates, according to Arabic idiom, "the highway," or principal road. English Version is not tautology, "head of the two ways" defining more accurately "parting of the way."
made . . . bright--rather, "shook," from an Arabic root.
arrows--Divination by arrows is here referred to: they were put into a quiver marked with the names of particular places to be attacked, and then shaken together; whichever came forth first intimated the one selected as the first to be attacked [JEROME]. The same usage existed among the Arabs, and is mentioned in the Koran. In the Nineveh sculptures the king is represented with a cup in his right hand, his left resting on a bow; also with two arrows in the right, and the bow in the left, probably practising divination.
images--Hebrew, "teraphim"; household gods, worshipped as family talismans, to obtain direction as to the future and other blessings. First mentioned in Mesopotamia, whence Rachel brought them ( Genesis 31:19 Genesis 31:34 ); put away by Jacob ( Genesis 35:4 ); set up by Micah as his household gods ( Judges 17:5 ); stigmatized as idolatry ( 1 Samuel 15:23 , Hebrew; Zechariah 10:2 , Margin).
liver--They judged of the success, or failure, of an undertaking by the healthy, or unhealthy, state of the liver and entrails of a sacrifice.
22. Rather, "In his right hand was [is] the divination," that is, he holds up in his right hand the arrow marked with "Jerusalem," to encourage his army to march for it.
captains--The Margin, "battering-rams," adopted by FAIRBAIRN, is less appropriate, for "battering-rams" follow presently after [GROTIUS].
open the mouth in . . . slaughter--that is, commanding slaughter: raising the war cry of death. Not as GESENIUS, "to open the mouth with the war shout."
23. Unto the Jews, though credulous of divinations when in their favor, Nebuchadnezzar's divination "shall be (seen) as false." This gives the reason which makes the Jews fancy themselves safe from the Chaldeans, namely, that they "have sworn" to the latter "oaths" of allegiance, forgetting that they had violated them ( Ezekiel 17:13 Ezekiel 17:15 Ezekiel 17:16 Ezekiel 17:18 ).
but he, &c.--Nebuchadnezzar will remember in consulting his idols that he swore to Zedekiah by them, but that Zedekiah broke the league [GROTIUS]. Rather, God will remember against them ( Revelation 16:19 ) their violating their oath sworn by the true God, whereas Nebuchadnezzar kept his oath sworn by a false god; Ezekiel 21:24 confirms this.
24. Their unfaithfulness to Nebuchadnezzar was a type of their general unfaithfulness to their covenant God.
with the hand--namely, of the king of Babylon.
25. profane--as having desecrated by idolatry and perjury his office as the Lord's anointed. HAVERNICK translates, as in Ezekiel 21:14 , "slain," that is, not literally, but virtually; to Ezekiel's idealizing view Zedekiah was the grand victim "pierced through" by God's sword of judgment, as his sons were slain before his eyes, which were then put out, and he was led a captive in chains to Babylon. English Version is better: so GESENIUS ( 2 Chronicles 36:13 , Jeremiah 52:2 ).
when iniquity shall have an end--( Ezekiel 21:29 ). When thine iniquity, having reached its last stage of guilt, shall be put an end to by judgment ( Ezekiel 35:5 ).
26. diadem--rather, "the miter" of the holy priest ( Exodus 28:4 , Zechariah 3:5 ). His priestly emblem as representative of the priestly people. Both this and "the crown," the emblem of the kingdom, were to be removed, until they should be restored and united in the Mediator, Messiah ( Psalms 110:2 Psalms 110:4 , Zechariah 6:13 ), [FAIRBAIRN]. As, however, King Zedekiah alone, not the high priest also, is referred to in the context, English Version is supported by GESENIUS.
this shall not be the same--The diadem shall not be as it was [ROSENMULLER]. Nothing shall remain what it was [FAIRBAIRN].
exalt . . . low, . . . abase . . . high--not the general truth expressed ( Proverbs 3:34 , Luke 1:52 , 4:6 , 1 Peter 5:5 ); but specially referring to Messiah and Zedekiah contrasted together. The "tender plant . . . out of the dry ground" ( Isaiah 53:2 ) is to be "exalted" in the end ( Ezekiel 21:27 ); the now "high" representative on David's throne, Zedekiah, is to be "abased." The outward relations of things shall be made to change places in just retaliation on the people for having so perverted the moral relations of things [HENGSTENBERG].
27. Literally, "An overturning, overturning, overturning, will I make it." The threefold repetition denotes the awful certainty of the event; not as ROSENMULLER explains, the overthrow of the three, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah; for Zedekiah alone is referred to.
it shall be no more, until he come whose fight it is--strikingly parallel to Genesis 49:10 . Nowhere shall there be rest or permanence; all things shall be in fluctuation until He comes who, as the rightful Heir, shall restore the throne of David that fell with Zedekiah. The Hebrew for "right" is "judgment"; it perhaps includes, besides the right to rule, the idea of His rule being one in righteousness ( Psalms 72:2 , Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 9:7 , 11:4 , Revelation 19:11 ). Others (Nebuchadnezzar, &c.), who held the rule of the earth delegated to them by God, abused it by unrighteousness, and so forfeited the "right." He both has the truest "right" to the rule, and exercises it in "right." It is true the tribal "scepter" continued with Judah "till Shiloh came" ( Genesis 49:10 ); but there was no kingly scepter till Messiah came, as the spiritual King then ( John 18:36 John 18:37 ); this spiritual kingdom being about to pass into the literal, personal kingdom over Israel at His second coming, when, and not before, this prophecy shall have its exhaustive fulfilment ( Luke 1:32 Luke 1:33 , Jeremiah 3:17 , 10:7 ; "To thee doth it appertain").
28. Lest Ammon should think to escape because Nebuchadnezzar had taken the route to Jerusalem, Ezekiel denounces judgment against Ammon, without the prospect of a restoration such as awaited Israel. Jeremiah 49:6 , it is true, speaks of a "bringing again of its captivity," but this probably refers to its spiritual restoration under Messiah; or, if referring to it politically, must refer to but a partial restoration at the downfall of Babylon under Cyrus.
their reproach--This constituted a leading feature in their guilt; they treated with proud contumely the covenant-people after the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar ( Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:6 , Zephaniah 2:9 Zephaniah 2:10 ), and appropriated Israel's territory ( Jeremiah 49:1 , Amos 1:13-15 ).
furbished, to consume--MAURER punctuates thus, "Drawn for the slaughter, it is furbished to devour ('consume'), to glitter." English Version, "to consume because of the glittering," means, "to consume by reason of the lightning, flash-like rapidity with which it falls." Five years after the fall of Jerusalem, Ammon was destroyed for aiding Ishmael in usurping the government of Judea against the will of the king of Babylon ( 2 Kings 25:25 , Jeremiah 41:15 ) [GROTIUS].
29. see vanity . . . divine a lie--Ammon, too, had false diviners who flattered them with assurances of safety; the only result of which will be to "bring Ammon upon the necks," &c., that is, to add the Ammonites to the headless trunks of the slain of Judah, whose bad example Ammon followed, and "whose day" of visitation for their guilt "is come."
when their iniquity shall have an
30. Shall I cause it to return into his sheath--namely, without first destroying Ammon. Certainly not ( Jeremiah 47:6 Jeremiah 47:7 ). Others, as the Margin, less suitably read it imperatively, "Cause it to return," that is, after it has done the work appointed to it.
in the land of thy nativity--Ammon was not to be carried away captive as Judah, but to perish in his own land.
31. blow against thee in, &c.--rather, "blow upon thee with the fire," &c. Image from smelting metals ( Ezekiel 22:20 Ezekiel 22:21 ).
skilful to destroy--literally, "artificers of destruction"; alluding to Isaiah 54:16 .
32. thy blood shall be--that is, shall flow.
be no more remembered--be consigned as a nation to oblivion.


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This retro-inspired RPG from publisher Atlus and developer Eden Industries has players saving the world through the power of delegation.
As Earth's vice president, you rally people to your cause when the world goes crazy. 40 citiizens are available as allies, and as a bureaucrat, one of your skills is assigning tasks. The party members have unique skills that surface in battle and in world exploration.
The trailer and screens below should give you a sense of the game's humor and style. Look for it to download this fall, just in time for midterm election season.
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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College's recreation, tourism and sport management program will offer three one-week day camps through the end of July.
The Fun Factory will be held June 22-26, July 13-17 and July 27-31 for the region's rising first- through fifth-graders. The day camp is held from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CT Monday-Friday at Lindsey Wilson's A.P. White Campus.
The Fun Factory is supervised by Lindsey Wilson Assistant Professor of Recreation, Tourism, and Sports Management Tricia M. Day. This is the second year LWC's recreation, tourism and sport management program has offered the program.
"The Fun Factory provides rising first- through fifth-grade students a structured environment in which they not only have a good time but also learn some things as well," Day said.
The Fun Factory includes crafts and games, a daily one-hour lesson in the Lindsey Wilson Katie Murrell Library and supervised swimming at the Columbia City Pool. Campers are required to bring a sack lunch each day.
On Wednesday, campers will take a field trip to an area attraction.
"We want campers to have a good time, and we also hope to teach them that there is a world of recreation beyond video games and television," Day said.
The cost of the camp is $85, plus a one-time $15 registration fee. All payments cover the cost of running the camp.
For more information about the Fun Factory, contact Day at firstname.lastname@example.com or (270) 384-8066 or co-director Rebecca Schmidt at (270) 384-8017 or email@example.com.
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TIFTON – The Fillies softball team at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will participate in the Drive 4 Ur School fundraiser on Nov. 23 at Southland Ford in Ashburn. Southland Ford will assist the team by marketing this fundraising event.
To meet their goal, the Fillies need 150 people to test drive a Ford at Southland on Nov. 23. For every test drive, the team will receive $20 toward its goal of $3,000.
For more information on this event, interested persons can contact Fillies Head Coach Donna Campbell at (229) 391-4929.


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Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910–1940
The violent opening images of this exhibition offer an eye-popping illustration of Mexican history at the beginning of the twentieth century. The 1910 revolution (which brought to an end the long rule of Porfirio Díaz) and the turbulent decade that followed (during which ten presidents took office) are chronicled in the kind of photographs you rarely see in an art exhibition, let alone in the genteel surroundings of the RA.
In pictures like 'Another Wreck of a Newspaper Office, Mexico City' (1913) and 'Another Result' (1913), showing the shattered remains of a once-grand interior, the press photographer Manuel Ramos ensured that the enduring conflict was captured on camera and shared with the world. The entrepreneur-turned-photographer Walter H Horne went one stage further, making many of his gory images into postcards – his 'Triple Execution' series was a bestseller.
The show never quite lives up to its wild beginnings. While artists like Francisco Goitia, the only official war artist of the revolution, started to challenge the academic painting championed during Porfirio Díaz's government with stark canvases like 'Zacatecan Landscape with Hanged Men II' (c1914), Mexico's real artistic revolution took place on the kind of grand scale the RA's modest Sackler Wing could never hope to accommodate.
Diego Rivera, having left Mexico in 1907 to study in Europe, had already made a name for himself when, in 1920, he was invited back by the liberal, intellectual Minister of Public Education, José Vasconcelos, to spearhead a public art programme. He and fellow artists José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, known as 'los tres grandes' for their socio-political murals, are the lynchpins of this show. But murals can't travel, so instead of being overawed by their greatest works, we have to make do with a handful of smaller paintings, like Rivera's rhythmic, glowing 'Dance in Tehuantepec' (1928) and the Siqueiros's glowering portrait of the revolutionary leader 'Zapata' (1931).
What the exhibition concentrates on is the procession of left-leaning artists – ranging from the photographers Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, two of the first to arrive after the revolution (Modotti was expelled in 1930 during an anti-communist campaign by the Mexican government), to the British painter Edward Burra who, suffering from dysentery, stayed for just a month. It's a revelation to see the influence of Mexican light, colour and architecture on Josef Albers's abstractions in paintings like 'Mantic' (1940), which predates his first 'Homage to the Square' paintings by a decade. Wonderful too to see in 'Gladiators' (1940) how, as a young man, Philip Guston developed his painterly lexicon of hoods, hands and trashcan shields during a trip to Mexico. The evolution of these major names in twentieth-century art is as much the show's subject as the revolution that kicks it off.
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India Lobbying in U.S. Goes Back a Decade, When BJP Was in Power
The firestorm in New Delhi continues over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s disclosure that it lobbied in the U.S. for, among many other things, entry to the Indian retail market.
Opposition politicians from the Bharatiya Janata Party are calling it an admission of bribery and the Congress party-led government agreed Wednesday to a judicial probe to look into the matter. The press frenzy over the issue is unrelenting.
But some politicians and journalists in India are trafficking in a dangerous combination of misinformation about how U.S. lobbying works and fundamental inaccuracies about what the giant retailer actually disclosed in recent government filings. That is distracting from what would otherwise be legitimate questions about Wal-Mart's conduct in India, given its recent disclosure that it is internally investigating potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act here.
The BJP has made the case that Wal-Mart's lobbying in the U.S. to advance its India interests was a shocking revelation, tantamount to bribery. But lobbying is a legal and routine practice in the U.S. Indeed, it's one that many Indian companies have engaged in over the years.
And it doesn't appear to have been controversial in the past, even with the BJP. In October 2002, for instance, when a BJP-led government was in power in India, state-run steel company Steel Authority of India hired lobbyists in Washington at the law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, official U.S. lobbying records show. It isn't clear what the company was lobbying for. A Steel Authority of India spokeswoman had no immediate comment.
Also consider the range of Indian companies that have spent millions of dollars in recent years to advance their interests, legitimately. Since 2003, NASSCOM, a trade group that represents Indian technology companies, has spent at least $2.95 million on U.S. lobbying. That includes lobbying this year on "international technology and immigration issues," according to an Oct. 22 lobbying disclosure filing.
Since 2009, Reliance Industries Ltd. has spent $1.88 million on U.S. lobbying, while construction and engineering major Larsen & Toubro Ltd. spent $1.2 million between 2005 and 2008. Other Indian companies that have hired registered U.S. lobbyists include outsourcing specialists Patni Computer Systems and Tata Consultancy Services, drug-makers Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, and even the country's Carpet Export Promotion Council (which was lobbying on 'international trade in hand-made carpets.')
The Government of India itself has hired lobbyists in Washington for several years to advance its case on a variety of matters in Washington, especially the civil nuclear energy pact with the U.S. That has never created a ruckus in Parliament before.
Som Mittal, NASSCOM's president, said the debate over Wal-Mart's lobbying "has become political" and said there's nothing special about companies advocating their agenda to the U.S. Congress, influential think tanks or others in Washington. "They ensure our viewpoint gets represented over there," Mr. Mittal said. He said NASSCOM's priorities include making sure immigration policies in the U.S. treat Indian technology workers fairly.
BJP spokesmen couldn't be reached for comment. But a BJP official said the party's stand against Wal-Mart's lobbying is legitimate because "lobbying itself isn't an established practice in India" and "given the context of scams and scandals having come to light in the past several years, the question of anything influencing decision-making will create a furor."
The BJP official added that Wal-Mart deserves heightened scrutiny given its disclosure about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the "strong emotions related to FDI" in India. The BJP, of course, led an unsuccessful attempt in Parliament recently to undermine the government's September decision to allow international retailers like Wal-Mart to set up supermarkets in India.
Plenty of observers in New Delhi seem to be terribly confused about what Wal-Mart was disclosing in its lobbying filings. Some apparently believe these filings are evidence of money paid to public officials. The BJP has even argued it points to bribes paid to Indian officials (it isn't clear why.) In fact, these were routine filings to comply with the U.S. Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. Companies must periodically declare what they've spent to fund their lobbying operations in Washington – their own operations. It isn't a list of money they've paid to public officials.
Wal-Mart says it is being unfairly targeted. "Under U.S. law, on a quarterly basis, all companies which meet certain time and expenses thresholds, are required to disclose issues and expenditures spent in connection with contacts with the United States Government, including staffing cost, association dues, and payments to consultants," the company said in a statement. "This is not unique to Walmart."
Another key misunderstanding is that all the money Wal-Mart spent in recent years on lobbying ($24 million) went to its India agenda. (See, for example, this Indian newspaper headline. That is false. The truth is that big companies generally lobby on a host of matters at the same time. And Wal-Mart was no exception.
Take a look, for example, at the retailer's disclosure report for the third quarter of 2012, which declared $1.65 million of lobbying expenses. The company does say that its lobbying included "discussions related to FDI in India." But that was just one of dozens of issues listed in a 19-page document that have nothing to do with India, including local food sourcing, corporate tax reform, waste disposal, minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, supply-chain security issues, women's empowerment, the American Jobs Act, the Marketplace Fairness Act and the Marketplace Equity Act.
A Washington lobbyist familiar with India issues said many of these other policy issues were a far larger part of Wal-Mart's lobbying efforts than FDI in India. "If I were to look at all the things they're interested in, this doesn't make the top 100," the lobbyist said of the company's advocacy efforts in Washington.
Besides its in-house lobbying efforts, Wal-Mart has hired at least 17 outside lobbying firms in Washington in recent years, including Bryan Cave LLP, Capitol Counsel LLC, Patton Boggs LLP, Podesta Group Inc. and Ulman Public Policy & Federal Relations, lobbying records show. But FDI in India wasn't listed as a lobbying issue in any of their most recent filings.
The sudden controversy over lobbying is partly political and partly cultural: In India, in an era of rampant corruption in government and industry, the word "lobbying" has been virtually equated with bribery in some quarters. In the U.S., there's a long tradition of interest groups from all over the political spectrum openly jockeying for influence and pushing their agendas. Even the toughest critics of Washington's power brokers don't assume every lobbyist is paying someone off, though there have been some well-documented, high-profile instances of corruption.
In general, "lobbying" in the U.S. means meeting with officials and making your case to them. Sure, there's certainly a vibrant debate in the U.S. over how much influence big companies should have because of their access to politicians and political donations their employees have made to one party or the other. The disclosure forms at least offer some transparency, so Americans can see which companies are trying to influence policy and which lobbyists are working for them.
Amol is an India Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Follow him on Twitter @AmolSharmaWsj.


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A never-before-used economic incentive program designed to lure new air service to Memphis International Airport may have its first customer.
An economic incentive program designed to lure a new carrier to Memphis International Airport could be working just in time, as Delta has drastically reduced flights in and out of the city and has moved to dehub the airport.
(Daily News File/Kyle Kurlick)
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority officials moved swiftly to approve a measure that will bolster financial incentives offered to commercial airlines offering flights at least four days a week to new cities not served today by the airlines.
The measure was approved at a special Airport Authority meeting Tuesday, July 30, about two weeks before the next regularly scheduled board of commissioners monthly meeting.
While airport officials declined to identify the potential air carrier, Jack Sammons, board chairman, on July 25, told the Memphis Business Journal the Airport Authority has what he called "a hot prospect" that wants to start service at Memphis International. He told the paper the authority would like to close the deal as soon as possible.
"We have been in conversation pretty much with all of the airlines you would expect us to be – Frontier, JetBlue, Allegiant Air, Virgin America – you name it," said Scott Brockman, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. "If they are a domestic airline flying in this country, then we have talked to them."
Brockman also declined to name any specific air carrier.
The $1 million air service development program to lure new carriers to Memphis International Airport was first approved last spring but has never been used since it began last July.
The original incentive program required new or competing routes to be flown five days a week, while the newer version of the program requires airlines to offer new flights at least four days per week for at least 12 months.
Brockman said the Airport Authority carefully studied other air service development incentive programs, and found that most programs require air carriers to fly to new cities four or five days per week – though some airports don't have any minimum requirement and tier the incentives by how many days the air carrier flies.
An airline that opts into the incentive program must offer service to a city they don't currently serve. For instance, an airline that currently serves Chicago can't add another flight to Chicago four days a week to take advantage of the program, Brockman said. "They can't bob in and out of this thing," he said. "The key is we are looking for sustainable, low-cost or low-fare competitive air service. If it's not sustainable, then it doesn't do the airline or the community any good."
Airport officials have been aggressively courting new airline carriers as Delta Air Lines Inc. has moved to slash the number of flights it operates to and from Memphis International Airport. The airline also announced it will remove Memphis International's hub status and eliminate more than 200 jobs. The cuts begin Sept. 3, at the close of the busy summer travel season.
Beginning this fall, Delta will offer 60 flights per day out of Memphis, down from a peak of 240 flights per day out of Memphis in June 2009.
Network airlines have shifted from a strategy focused on operating as many flights as possible in an attempt to gain market share, to filling airplane seats and building more efficient networks. That shift has reversed low profit margins and losses, at the expense of service options and routes at most U.S. airports, including Memphis.
While Southwest Airlines Co. announced in early May it will enter the Memphis market Nov. 3 with daily nonstop service to five cities, the new service still pales in comparison to the number of flights operated in and out of Memphis International at its peak.
The Dallas-based discount air carrier is adding two new daily flights from Memphis to Houston and Tampa. The two new flights are in addition to previously announced flights from Southwest's AirTran subsidiary to Baltimore, Chicago and Orlando that begin Aug. 11. Those flights also will operate under the Southwest brand beginning Nov. 3.
"Even Southwest, who is normally not prone to using incentive programs, has asked what we are doing," Brockman said. "Though the fact that someone asks what we are doing doesn't necessarily indicate they are going to use the program. They want to know what their competition may do."


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Aight here she is yo...
9. V-Nasty
When I hear shit like this I jus be thinkin "Wow...this bitch might actually be retarded yo". If you read the youtube comments you see ratchet ass shit like...
"v'nasty qoesx so hard for a white girl (:"
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"Omgee VNasty Be Going Hammmm I Dont Car What NOBODY Says Team V-Nasty
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Niggas tried to ignore the fact that son use to rock thongs n strip for doe.
Then the nigga got a butterfly tatted on his damn face....
6. Brandy's Brother
5. Medium Sean
4. Yung Berg
Ayo the god jus read some shit the other day bout how this nigga done squashed his beef wit Ne-Yo. Lemme repeat that shit for yall muthafuckas one time... I said this nigga jus squashed his beef wit NE-YO son. As in this nigga...
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How about: Not really a fan of any of them! Weekends are my holidays. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the extra day or two off here and there, but I can skip the "traditions".
I like Christmas and it's commercialism. It's my day for giving people the things that they *want*, rather than need since I don't really do random gift giving throughout the year. I'm not religious, so I see it more as a day for family.
My least favorite holiday is Labor Day, since the majority of the labor force isn't even allowed the day off. It's just another day for most people.
Valentine's Day. It's just silly. Love the people all the days. That's what I say.
Easter for sure! It's cold muddy - I never got an easter basket. And it's on a Sunday... there is no recovery or travel day for Monday.
KingLouie951 wrote:Arbor Day! Bah, who needs it!
This guy! Yes!
But seriously, Easter is definitely the most annoying, churches shove enough propoganda down the throats of the people as is, there is no need to beef it up on easter.
janse wrote:Until they rename Easter to it's appropriate title of "Zombie Jesus Day", I refuse to celebrate it.
Income Tax Day............
hmmmm... and I'm not off work!!
World Toilet Day
Where would we be without toilets? In the woods, presumably.
National Have A Bad Day Day
It doesn't matter that the sun is shining and you feel like you're on top of the world. You knock that spring out of your step, mister. Today you're having a bad day whether you like it or not. And while you're at it, make sure you wish others a bad day too.
Cironnu wrote:Valentines Day. Utterly made up by marketing executives. No real meaning to it, whatsoever. "We don't have a holiday to make people spend their money for a couple of months here, so we'll stick this BS holiday in there!"
spitfire6006006 wrote:
Plus one, indeed.
On another note regarding Christmas...
"Festivus, for the rest of us!"
Yeah same ideals about it as well here--too much commercialism push while the true meaning of Christmas is being thrown in the scrap pile. Each year it is getting worse.
curtisuxor wrote:Surprised to see Christmas with so many votes. How many of you actually back it up by not buying gifts and gift cards? Probably close to 1%, which means the rest of you are hypocrites.
So I'm in the 1% here too. Somebody once said, if you don't give any gifts, you won't receive any. I can tell you that's not true, unfortunately. I've been fighting this for 30 years now and haven't quite gotten there yet.
Christmas and Easter are, in concept, my favorite holidays, I just despise the implementation of Christmas.
And yes, there is the matter that Christmas comes with 2 weeks off from work, now that's a good deal.
I wonder if folk are aware they don't have to give into the commercial side in order to celebrate Christmas ... oh, wait, judging by their answers I guess they don't.
fayerae wrote:Columbus day. The dude didn't even discover America and all the Feds get a day off.
Election Day, isn't that a holiday?
Valentine's Day = Singles Awareness Day
Not a big fan. I am keenly aware all year.
You missed the 4th of July where all the illegal fireworks start going off a week before and continue through August
Valentine's day. When you are solo, it sorta sucks.
I do not stay up till midnight most nights, but I still find New Year's the most depressing night on the calendar, even worse than birthdays. Last year I didn't even make it to midnight!
I can't believe only one person mentioned Election Day. +1 for that!
Oh, and as for the commercialization of Christmas, I do believe kids should get presents, but once you're an adult (or at least adults aged) you get a card and be thankful for it.
Valentine's Day
spitfire6006006 wrote:+1
+2 for Valentines day
Exactly what I was going to say
People complain about stores stocking Christmas stuff so early, but they need to prepare early for the swarms that come in after Thanksgiving - and it certainly helps our economy at the very least. I'm not religious either so I'm not taking up for it because of that.
Valentine's Day is much worse. Its purpose is to do what people normally do and just makes people that are single feel bad, and going out isn't any fun anyways since it is super crowded everywhere. My gf and I have never bothered going out on Valentine's Day because of that.
ceciliasshop wrote:You missed the 4th of July where all the illegal fireworks start going off a week before and continue through August
That one gets my vote. Not as big a problem now that I live in a state where fireworks are really, really illegal, but I spent too much time in bad neighborhoods to have any fondness left for July 4. Real fireworks displays are cool; wishbones setting off M-80s under your window, not so much.
I 100% agree with this one!
doughjoy wrote:Any "holiday" that doesn't allow a day off work.
So agreed with Cironnu!
tooter1952 wrote:EASTER ISN'T A HOLIDAY! VALENTINE'S DAY ISN'T A HOLIDAY! NOBODY IS SHOVING ANYTHING INTO YOUR PEA SIZED BRAIN!
Someone call the men in the white jackets, Tooter's off his/her/its meds again.
nancypults wrote:As a female I feel a certain pressure from expectations.
Do what my wife does, say "No."
I think it's the pressure to buy all those presents and cards that is the real issue. In a perfect world I'd rather just buy presents for people as I see things that make me think of them. Instead there's this countdown to Dec25 pressure to get something for everyone and it's SUPER aggrivating and stressful. I would gladly sign off on never recieving ANY presents (not just for Christmas) to have that pressure removed.
Thane9 wrote:I think it's the pressure to buy all those presents and cards that is the real issue. In a perfect world I'd rather just buy presents for people as I see things that make me think of them. Instead there's this countdown to Dec25 pressure to get something for everyone and it's SUPER aggrivating and stressful. I would gladly sign off on never recieving ANY presents (not just for Christmas) to have that pressure removed.
A friend introduced me to a wonderful concept: exchange no presents, but in it's place have the family 'adopt' a less fortunate family to help through the holidays with what they need: food, clothes and of course a few gifts for children.
We have done it once and it really brought us closer as a family. We're just waiting to be assigned a new family for this year's holiday.
I have to say that St. Crispin's day is the worst - my manhood just feels so cheapened by missing out on Agincourt. Really, it's a curse.
Easter.. it get frowned upon for thinking it's all about the chocolate
jai151 wrote:Someone call the men in the white jackets, Tooter's off his/her/its meds again.
I think it's too late for meds.. perhaps the Easter Bunny or Cupid can help
Easter? More like canned vegetables-ster! I vote Easter.
Edit: foiled by woot filters! How about..Easter? More like dumb-ster!
Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ugh, nobody has the holiday spirit, it seems!
yeah. that dumb@ss thought he was in China. And the people are so nice and friendly, he captured them and sent them back home as slaves. That creep does not deserve a holiday!
Superbowl Sunday is one of the most worthless holidays I've ever seen. I see more parties & more people maneuvering to take off Superbowl Sunday than all of the other holidays put together and I've had more awkward family conversations than at all of the others put together as well thanks to the prevalence of beer.
On a side note, I would like to thank Superbowl Sunday for this commercial.
I love Christmas. I just don't like when people get so busy they forget what the day is about-Hope.
My least favorite is New Year's Eve. This is just an excuse for people to get drunk, act stupid, and then try to drive home.
Whoa,Easter is not a holiday ? When the heck did that happen? Maybe you should just hate "CERTAIN PRESIDENTS DAY"
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- 1 pound fully cooked smoked sausage links, sliced
- 1 can (28 ounces) pork and beans, undrained
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (16 ounces) chili beans, undrained
- 1 can (15 ounces) lima beans, drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) cut green beans, drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
- 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 16-20 servings.
Tip: Refrigerate up to 2 days; reheat to serve. Keep warm in a slow cooker or electric roaster. Editor's Note: 1 pound cooked and drained ground beef may be substituted for the sausage.
Originally published as Hearty Bean Side Dish in Down the Aisle Country-Style 2000, p35
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Which means no hulu.com, espn360.com or fancast.com. Somehow Mr. Jobs is touting this as a feature.
Yep, this picture (http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/apple-creation-0128-rm-eng.jpg [blogcdn.com]) pretty much spells it out.
The fact that they didn't even try to hide this during their usually precise demo of the product is surprising.
Flash is proprietary I'd like to see it fade into oblivion. Maybe the iPhone and iPad will be what it takes to get people considering HTML5 instead of Flash.
YouTube now has an HTML5 beta, and some other streaming sites as well.
If you can free TV shows and movies streaming over Flash, why buy them on iTunes?
I don't expect Flash on this or the iPhone anytime soon.
I think it likely has as much to do with the impact of Flash's unquenchable thirst for CPU cycles on battery life.
Flash is the number-one cause of application crashes on OS X, and it's outside Apple's control. No way Flash is going to be supported by Iphone or Ipad.
Isn't this just a big expensive iPod touch now?
It actually has a robust power source; it is powered almost entirely by the user's sense of self-importance.
It's more than just an iPod touch that won't fit in your pocket...it's also an underpowered netbook with no keyboard. It's the worst of both worlds!
No no no! It has a faster processor than the iTouch, better resolution that iPhone, and some nifty new features to make up for the lack of keyboard... Iit is more like a Nexus One that won't fit in your pocket!
It's more than just an iPod touch that won't fit in your pocket...it's also an underpowered netbook with no keyboard. It's the worst of both worlds!
Steve Jobs will be releasing the new iPants in the next couple of months. The iPants have iPockets that will fit an iPad. If you don't own a pair you won't be iCool anymore, so better save up those iPennies.
Apple has always released crippled products and insisted that they were superior. You had to wait till iPhone 3.0 to have MMS and buy a 3rd party app (not available at release) to record video. These are things that have been standard in phones for 5 years. Apple's genius is not the product, it's the marketing which seems to catch out every wannabe geek and fashion victim.
Hmmm. The thing about the iPod is that the killer features is the integration of iPod/iTunes/iTunes store. The devices are nice of course, but each part of this triangle has significant limitations.
The key is that they all work together to support use cases that consumers find convenient and valuable. That's why "iPod Killers" never kill. You have to get all three pieces, and that is hard especially the store end of things.
Now Amazon nailed it with the Kindle. The Kindle is not the best eBook reader, but Amazon + WhisperNet + Kindle work together better than anything anybody had ever seen before. You can make a better eBook reader, but what you really have to do is to make sure that whole source to use chain has no serious mistakes in it (like not having enough books to sell, having lousy battery life, or having DRM so restrictive it interferes with the primary use of the devices).
So you can't look at this device and say "meh", because it has never been the best device that wins. It's the affordable looking system that offers a convenient solution for something consumers value that wins.
You're going to have to see the whole thing in action to know whether this is "meh" or not. I suspect it may be, but I'm not shorting Apple stock yet.
Hmmm. The thing about the iPod is that the killer features is the integration of iPod/iTunes/iTunes store. The devices are nice of course, but each part of this triangle has significant limitations.
The key is that they all work together to support use cases that consumers find convenient and valuable. That's why "iPod Killers" never kill. You have to get all three pieces, and that is hard especially the store end of things.
I got an iPod Touch right after Christmas (to replace my Nokia N800) and the iTunes integration is the thing that drives me the most crazy about it. I bought the device under the assumption that I would be able to use it to easily download, manage, and listen to podcasts. This was my first real Apple product and after having heard how cool the iPhone was and how easy Apple makes everything, I figured I couldn't go wrong.
To listen to podcasts on the N800, all I had to do was run gPodder. It automatically checked for new episodes, downloaded them, and kept track of which ones were new, which ones were downloaded, which ones I've already listened to, and which ones have been deleted. Very slick. Too bad the N800 kinda sucked for just about anything else.
After I got my iPod Touch, and after I had fiddled with the pinch zooming, inertial interface widgets, and slick web browser, I eventually discover that there's no podcast manager at all. And further investigation revealed that Apple won't allow a third-party one because they claimed it would compete with iTunes. The problem is, iTunes on the iPhone OS really, really sucks for listening to podcasts. You can only download podcasts that happen to be in the iTunes store. There's no way to just enter an RSS feed. There are no automatic updates and no automatic downloads, you're forced to memorize which episodes you've listened to and you have to download each episode one at a time. The only way to listen to podcasts that aren't in the iTunes store is to sync the device with a desktop computer running the full-blown version of iTunes. The iPod Touch is a portable wifi-enabled computer in its own right, I shouldn't have to sync it with fucking anything just to get content onto it. I have no computers that iTunes will run on, and of course, Apple encrypts communications to and from the device so no open-source software can connect to it either.
Convenient and valuable? Feh, I say.
I understand. I happen to hate the iTunes store. I much prefer Amazon's MP3 download service. It meets my needs. I don't much care for the way iTunes wants to steer me to the latest episode of popular TV shows. I have no interest in that, and I always feel like I'm fighting the software to get it to do what I want.
But one thing I've learned after decades in this business is that you can't design products around your own preferences. I've seen that approach fail time and time again. I've even seen the same guys make the same mistake more than once.
It doesn't matter that I hate the iTunes store. Steve Jobs would be an idiot to design products that cater to people like me, because we're lousy, cranky, critical customers and cheapskates besides.
There are lots of things that a iPod Touch with a larger screen would be useful for, like web browsing, book reading and movie watching.
Isn't this just a big expensive iPod touch now?
Depends on how you spin it. I look at it as an eBook reader with an awesome web browser, GPS, WiFi, 3G, local storage, a MP3 player and access to the thousands of apps in the app store. Which, personally, is exactly what I've been waiting for to hit the market to handle my eBook and casual browsing needs. I'm sure I'm not alone here.
This entire presentation seems a little disappointing. Really, it looks, acts, and feels like a giant iPod Touch. Whereas the iPhone and iPod really created a need , I don't see that this substantially innovate to make it a must-have. It doesn't seem to improve on anything so substantially that it is an obvious choice. Maybe I need to see a few more videos, but I don't see this pulling serious market share away from Kindle's targeted market segment.
Yes, quite.
Last time I saw a
Raise your hand if you have iTunes
Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port
Raise your hand if you have both
Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device
There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.
I prefer to take the 'wait and see' approach.
There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.
And that, my friends, is why the Post Anonymously checkbox exists.
This is exactly what happened when the iPod was announced: slashdot dismissed it as derivative while Apple quietly reinvented the freakin' walkman. One thing Apple generally gets right is marketing. There may be nothing technologically revolutionary to most slashdotters in the iPad but the fact is it's already shaken up the consumer world even before it was officially acknowledged as an existing product. At the Consumer electronics show in Las Vegas this year the upcoming Apple tablet was a bigger topic of excitement than any device that actually existed at the time -- Apple didn't even go to the convention and yet they managed to have a significant presence there. They have been very successful in the hype department without even spending a dime on advertising. Technological merits aside they will sell a boatload of these.
Given that the Kindle's target market is book readers, I don't think tablets like this will have much effect. It's more of a laptop replacement than a book reader; eInk is way more readable, and requires charging far less often. Yes, multiple single-purpose devices can get bulky, but then, I was already carrying around my books anyway. If I wanted a laptop, I'd look at the iPad as an alternative (just like I'd look at a netbook), but if I want to read books and newspapers, I'll stick with paper or eInk.
I'm not saying it will fail, I'm saying it will take market share from laptops far more than eBook readers.
"Way better than a laptop, way better then a phone."
So Apple is basically saying that we should stop buying MacBooks and iPhones?
What an unfortunate name.
Just wait until Apple partners with Sprint next year and releases the WiMax iPad.
What was wrong with the oft-rumored "iSlate" moniker?
"Ip ad" doesn't mean anything in English. "Is late" meant Duke Nukem Forever for several years.
I may still get a Kindle because of this reason.
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
I was looking at the iPhone the other day and I was just thinking that it would be so much better if it didn't fit into any of my pockets.
It doesn't.
To see the whole page is phenomenal
I'm not sure "phenomenal" is the right term to describe "seeing a whole page". You would think that we've never been able to see a whole page before and that Steve Jobs is personally responsible for some entirely new experience.
I guess that's what they mean by the reality distortion field.
You can turn it any way you want.
Good god, you mean I can pick the thing up and actually turn it? I'm so excited I'm about to soil myself! Will Apple innovations never cease?
Watching the announcement live I was struck with just how absorbent the crowd was regarding iPad presentation. It's like this product has wings. I wonder how well the iPad will handle those heavy work flow days.
Slow down speedy, we have to take a shit on it first. Then we move on.
"There will be models with 3G support" according to Steve Jobs, so saying that it doesn't support 3G is just a bit, um, wrong.
No WiMAX. Same storage as an iPod. Lame.
Not seeing it on the front page, but it's all up here.
This thing kills the MacBook Air.
On the other hand, I guess we now know Apple's premium for running an unlocked operating system. (iPad: $500, MacBook Air: $1500; you do the math)
I see nothing about stylus support, guess I won't be buying one then.
It would have been a perfect device with stylus support, now it's just not for me (although I do see a lot of possibilities for others).
Most people here don't see past their own noses... Myself, I like the iPad except for the fact that Apple decides what I can install... but that's the whole point.
The iPad is a platform, not a device.
Most people just want stuff to work, and don't want to care how. Most of the time, so do I. I don't want my stove in the kitchen to require a friggin manual to do basic cooking even if I could patch it to boil eggs 15% faster I never would be bothered. It's the same for regular people with all tech, computers included. People don't want to know the details, they just want to tap on a movie/book/app/whatever, confirm their transaction, and have it all just work.
The iPad can run iPhone apps, and the SDK is available now. App developers will be falling over each other to be first with new apps taking advantage of the larger screen.
I'm very tempted, but still skeptical I'll buy this myself. The closed platform is an issue for me. But most people couldn't care less about what they can't do on a device like this, if they just can do all they want. Freedom is great, but how many of us have truly bothered to go under the hood in our games consoles for instance? I can do all I truly need with our Wii even if I can't run SCUMMVM. Hell, I don't even have time to play all the games I've bought.
The iPad will be a great example of good enough technology. "The internet", in your lap, on this amazing looking little device. With movies, books, music and apps to boot. Joe and Jane Average are gonna think it's great.
...was a bigger iPod Touch.
I stick by my earlier statement that the name makes it sound like digital Kotex. However, it mus be noted that Steve Jobs may have his first Edsel on his hands.
Seriously, the ASUS Eee PC T91MT gives you more of a computer for a bit less than the cost of this iPad (I chuckle every time I read or type that). REAL applications, REAL OS (not a "gadget" os), REAL everything! It's a tablet and a netbook at once. Approx $450 gets you 32GB SSD, 1GB RAM, and Win 7 all in a small package with a proven processor underneath it all.
$50 more get's you less drive space, an unknown amount of RAM, and a gadget OS running on what appears to be a 2010 version of the Cyrix MediaGX processor.
Steve needs to take some time off and rethink this one.
Check it out. [apple.com]
After reading the comments here and on Engadget, it just confirms that your average techie doesn't know a great new product when he sees it. So many people seem to be complaining that it doesn't have some certain deal-breaking hardware feature, yet they haven't even noticed the most important innovation: The software. The greatest part of this device simply flies over the head of so many people here because they have no understanding about what makes a computer great to use.
Actually you don't get it, the software is what makes this device nothing more than a giant iPhone. Which is absurd.
Wow, I'm a bit disappointed
There is a theme to some of the comments which I wish to rebut. Essentially the theme is that Apple products really are not that good and they sell well only because Apple does such good marketing. The implied assumption here is that if you buy Apple's products, such as the iPod, you are just a sucker fooled by Apple's marketing campaign. Since I have bought Apple products because I thought they were the best products available for my needs, I see these statements as declaring that I am also a sucker and lacking in any real tech smarts. Essentially I feel like I am being called an idiot.
I remember when this debate was between Linux and PCs, and the Linux crowd was trying to argue that nobody should need to run Microsoft software to do their jobs or get things done. This was at time when you could not get Linux to legally read a DVD or use algorithms to do reasonable font rendering. Of course, these limitations were because of licensing issues, some of the most useful software productivity features were protected by commercial licenses or patents. The Linux advocates would argue that I should not be running such software in the first place because it was not "open" software. But that is a different argument. I have far more sympathy for the argument that running Linux is a superior moral choice. But arguing that Linux was a better OS for getting my job done was nonsense.
I am going to come at my argument in a backwards way. Instead of touting features of the iPad, I am going to describe artfully chosen limitations. The biggest limitation is that a developer cannot develop an application that can run as a persistent multi-threaded process. Any application that is not being used at any current moment is torn down and a new one instantiated. This is even more limited than the old Windows 3.x OS with its event driven model for task switching (for those you who don't remember -- Windows 3.x had only one running thread and all applications shared memory). Another limitation is that applications cannot use a shared file system or use shared libraries. You cannot build an application out of other applications or write applications whose purpose is to interact with other applications in useful ways. A user cannot even freely write code for their own application, build it, and run it.
For anybody who likes to tinker with their computers (I consider myself somewhat in that breed, I do programming for a living), this seems almost mind boggling stupid. But there is a method to this madness.
So what do you get back for these choices.
1. A very stable device that does not need to worry about applications doing semi-permanent bad things to your computer requiring a reboot. It is not stable just because applications have a hard time doing bad things, but the basic logic of behavior is so simple that you can "audit" and control it in a way that you cannot control a standard modern OS. This eliminates tangled logic scenarios that come up when you have interactions between device drivers, OS interrupts, glitches in hardware, and complicated applications. Also, it is far easier to write protections against hostile software, especially if you control the distribution of all software for your device.
I think many in the Slashdot crowd underestimate the importance of stability in a portable device. I reboot computers all the time because of glitches of various sorts. It is true that the OS is rarely to blame, it might be the device driver for my mouse, or a disk glitch, a misbehaving network router, or a bad application but generally such issues are fatal. And because of the complexity of the OS, the OS really has no chance at diagnosing the true cause of the problem.
That is not something I will tolerate in a lightweight portable device used for limited but useful activities. I have heard rumors that Android phones, once you start trying to run some of the same application that make the iPhone popular, have far more problems with various issues, such as unwanted battery run down for processes that
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that, y'all, collectively, are not the target audience for this thing. That said, we should be celebrating, rather than bitching. Here's why.
Raise your hands, please: those who've installed LogMeIn on their mothers' computers.
LogMeIn is a crutch, and you know it. You know damn well why you installed it, too. It's so you can support her when shit breaks every couple months, or when she can't figure something out.
The nice thing about the iPhone OS is that it's tight. My mom had never used a cell phone in her life, and figured out how to make a call with my iPhone in seconds. The OS is like an appliance, reliability-wise. The target audience is users, not the nerd herd, and the interface reflects that. It's basically a $500 ticket to never having to support Mother again (or really any user that "just needs the basics").
If you really think it's just a big iPhone, look at the iPad interface video [apple.com] (from about 1:00 - 3:00). It was the first time I actually was like, holy shit, it looks like one of those futuristic computers out of a Hollywood movie; except it actually makes logical sense, yet retains teh bling. Unlike every other OS, multitouch is "baked in" to the iPhone OS, and you can really see the level of refinement in that video. All that shit that Microsoft wishes it could do with multitouch, this thing actually does.
No, it doesn't have multitasking or an OLED display or a webcam or a fucking JTAG header; those people can vote with their ducats and get an HP Slate. Have fun troubleshooting your wireless network in Windows 7 or GNOME using your fingertips. Ugh.
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who: Joe Montana
why: Buttfumble
Any one guy, from any era (including current), in his prime.
Who and why?
who: Joe Montana
why: Buttfumble
Lawrence Taylor
Oh my would that we fun. Draft Star, plug in LT at OLB - I could watch this team even if they went 2-14. There are no scary players on D the way there used to be like with LT. . .
Healthy/young Peyton Manning.
Chad Pennington.
Joe Namath. In this day and age, he would be ridiculous.
If I had to pick one player......
Joe Montana...we might be a contender with him.....
Why? Greatest QB to ever step on a football field.
Ya'll are going to hate me, but it's Marino.
Marino had worse receivers' than this year's Dolphins and would straight up shred teams.
So many scars from his comebacks, too.
Revis. If the greatest CB in NFL history couldn't get us to a SB nobody can.
Defense: Reggie White to smash anything that moved on the other team.
Offense: Barry Sanders because he makes up for a ton of QB mistakes and lack of talent.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Bruce Arians never is at a loss for words, but those words Friday were a little harder to enunciate than normal. It can be blamed on Indianapolis.
"It's always great to be back in Indy," said Arians. "Every time I come back, it feels like coming home.
"I love the people here. We saw a lot of friends (Thursday) night. (My) voice is a little hoarse because of it."
Arians had two tenures with the Colts, the last coming in 2012 when he directed Indianapolis for 12 games while Chuck Pagano fought leukemia (click here for memorable Pagano speech).
Arians' performance helped land the football lifer the head position at Arizona, and the Cardinals produced a 10-6 record in the rugged NFC West.
It was a division that produced the NFC's finalists (13-3 Seattle and 12-4 San Francisco), and Arians said Arizona is close to competing against the best.
"If we were in the playoffs, we would have done some damage. We just didn't win enough games," said Arians. "The division is a great division. You're battle-tested when you come out of it. We look forward to next season."
"I saw great improvement this year," Arians said of Luck. "I thought he carried the team to the playoffs. His performance in the playoffs was one of the best I've ever seen.
"He just refuses to lose. Just let him play football, and he'll win games for you. He is a flat winner. He was a true joy to coach. You have a chance to win your division every year if he's playing for you."
Luck set the NFL rookie record with 4,374 passing yards, while throwing for 23 touchdowns. He helped the Colts earn consecutive 11-5 records with 3,822 yards and 23 more scores this year.
Luck directed Indianapolis to a Wild Card win over Kansas City, 45-44, after trailing, 38-10, in the third quarter. Luck hit 29-of-45 passes for 443 yards and four scores, while scoring himself on a fumble recovery as the Colts earned the NFL's second-largest playoff comeback victory.
It was a role to which Wayne adapted in 2012 by snaring 106 passes for 1,355 yards after staying largely on the left side of the offense for years.
"Reggie accepted that role (after) sitting on that left side for all those years," said Arians. "Just for him to line up on the right side was tough at the beginning. He embraced that role and had a breakout year."
Arians views that age threshold as one where veteran receivers can maintain excellence, if they work and stay open-minded.
"Most of those guys lose a step at age 30, it's just natural," said Arians. "As hard as they train, once they hit 30 it's just a different ballgame for those guys.
"They all want to become better players, 'Help me become a better player than when I was 26.' This is how you do it."
Wayne injured a knee in October and missed the final nine games. The injury snapped a 189-game playing streak for Wayne, who is 35.
"(He's) so tough. He's an ultimate winner," said Arians. "There's no doubt in my mind he'll come back as good or better. He's going to work that hard to make sure he does."
Arians thought his career was over. It was an offer from Pagano to join the Colts that extended a career that now has taken proportions Arians always had wished for but thought never would come.
His time in Indianapolis helped a dream come true for a guy from Pennsylvania who grew up loving the John Unitas and the Colts.
"My first three years were fantastic working with Peyton (Manning)," said Arians. "Two years ago was a true Fairly Tale. No one would ever buy the rights to the movie, I don't think, but it was fun.
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The North Star is one of the most important beacons in the night sky. It serves as a compass, pointing the way due north. And it also serves as the hub of the night sky -- all the other stars appear to circle around it as Earth turns on its axis.
More than four millennia ago, the architects of ancient Egypt used the North Star to align the pyramids of Giza. And four decades ago, Apollo astronauts used it to help guide them to the Moon.
The problem is, the two groups were guided by different North Stars. The Egyptians used a star called Thuban, in the constellation Draco. And the astronauts used Polaris, at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper.
Thuban didn't explode or fade away -- it's still in plain sight. Instead, Earth's axis turned away from the star -- an effect called precession.
It's caused by the gravitational tug of the Sun and Moon, which cause our planet to wobble like a spinning top. As it wobbles, the axis points toward different stars. Four millennia ago, it aimed toward Thuban. Today, it aims at Polaris.
Over the next century, the pole will actually take slightly better aim at Polaris. Right now, the star is about two-thirds of a degree from the point in space where the axis is aiming. Around the year 2100, it'll be less than half a degree from the true pole.
After that, though, the pole will move away from Polaris. By around the year 4100, it'll take aim at a star in Cepheus. More about that tomorrow.
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On the surface, the 2012 national election results may seem to keep us at status quo for another two years. But over the next several months, changes to committee leadership and top administration positions will shift the climate for park and recreation legislation and policy. Tushar Gurjal of The Ferguson Group offers some forecasts for the potentially stormy political weather ahead. NRPA Board members also weigh in with their legislative and advocacy predictions for parks and recreation.While they're at it, NRPA Board members also discuss their own future plans and priorities for the association. With 2012 accomplishments like the continued expansion and improvement to the PRORAGIS system and introduction of Premiere memberships for all agency employees, the Board is well poised to begin strategic planning for 2014-2016—a strategic planning process that will make heavy use of the Networks to provide input.Meanwhile, out in the field, the Great American Trails program of Darden Restaurants is helping to improve park trails all across the country. Learn about three very different trail projects in Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas and how restaurant employees are lending a helping hand.In this month's Law Review column, free speech rights collide in a Minneapolis park hosting a gay pride festival. Can the city regulate the distribution of Bibles and other materials? Or will those limitations be seen as an attempt to constrain free speech?Finally, inclusive and accessible playgrounds are great additions to any community, but choosing the right surfacing that will keep them both accessible and safe can be challenging. Add to that widely varying installation and maintenance costs, and you've got a recipe for confusion. We help you sort out the options in the month's Operations article.Learn about all of this, plus see our recap of the NRPA Annual Conference, in the December issue of Parks & Recreation!Elizabeth BeardManaging Editor, Parks & Recreation
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New nominee continues Law School's ties with Hawai'i Supreme Court
The Honorable Richard Pollack taught Evidence, Criminal ProcedureUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Pollack, named by Governor Neil Abercrombie to replace retired Associate Justice James Duffy, has served since 1994 as an instructor at the Law School in the fields of Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence. Because of a restriction on paying state judges who are already paid by taxpayers, Judge Pollack has taught without pay.
Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna, appointed by Abercrombie and confirmed last year, is a 1982 graduate of the Richardson Law School who also taught there before she became a judge. She still retains close connections to the school.
Said Dean Avi Soifer, "Judge Pollack has been remarkably committed to our students and to the future of the law in Hawai'i through them. We are extremely grateful to him and applaud the Governor for this outstanding nomination."
Pollack was appointed by former Governor Benjamin Cayetano to the Circuit Court bench in 2000. From 1987 to 2000, he served as the State Public Defender.
Pollack has written extensively about the rules of evidence, including a comparison of Hawai'i state court rules and the rules in federal court. He and Professor John Barkai have developed extensive commentaries and teaching materials about the law of evidence in Hawai'i.
This would be a 10-year appointment, but Pollack, who is 61, would have to leave the bench when he turns 70, as did Justice Duffy.
The nomination is subject to confirmation by the State Senate within the next 30 days. If the Senate fails to act, the appointment becomes automatic