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|English Channel naval campaign, 1338-1339
|Part of The Hundred Years' War
Kingdom of England
County of Flanders
Kingdom of France
Genoese mercenaries
Castilian mercenaries
|Commanders and leaders
Robert Morley,
Robert Truffel,
Richard FitzAlan
Hugues Quiéret,
Nicolas Béhuchet
The English Channel naval campaign of the years 1338 and 1339 saw a protracted series of raids conducted by the nascent French navy and numerous private raiders and pirates against English towns, shipping and islands in the English Channel, which caused widespread panic, damage and financial loss to the region and prompted a serious readjustment of English finances during the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. This period was then followed by a French disaster caused by over-confidence and a reversing of roles which had a major effect in the English successes of the next two decades; this result was by no means assured until late 1339 and had the French fought a little longer they could have potentially ended the war before it had really begun.
Coastal raids were not uncommon in fourteenth century England, with privately owned shipping and occasionally royal ships from France, Castile, Genoa, Scotland and Scandinavia all conducting nuisance attacks against coastal shipping and fishing villages throughout the era, even during periods of peace. What made the naval campaigns of 1338 and 1339 so important was that these were focused and sustained raids with a deliberate strategic intent, targeting major English towns rather than isolated hamlets and doing so at a critical point in the developing war.
In 1338, in the first year of a conflict subsequently called the Hundred Years' War, the French government faced a severe threat on two sides. On the south were the English territories of Gascony and Aquitaine, from which lancing raids and chevauchées could be launched into the French heartlands, and where the boundary was both poorly defined and relied far more on the allegiance of the local fief than upon national designations. To the north-east, the situation was more grim, with the English-financed armies of Hainaut, Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire either preparing for or threatening invasion of France's northern provinces.
King Edward III, the leader of a loose coalition, suffered from financial difficulties; in spite of England's revenues from control of the wool industry, the king's exchequer was bankrupt. Without English funding, his coalition would collapse, but unable to meet the financial requirements necessary to maintain the army in Flanders, in 1338 after just one campaign, he was unable to continue fighting without borrowing enormous sums from Italian bankers at high rates of interest (which he would later default on, prompting a financial crash in Italy). Edward's concerns were common knowledge to other heads of state in Europe and it was recognized by the French that by destroying English ports and shipping, potentially reduced revenue from the wool trade and the inability to move reinforcements across the channel could force Edward to abandon his invasion plans.
At the beginning of February, King Philip VI appointed a new Admiral of France, one Nicholas Béhuchet, who had previously served as a treasury official and now was instructed to wage economic warfare against England.[] On 24 March he began his campaign, leading a large fleet of small coastal ships across the Channel from Calais and into the Solent where they landed and burnt the vitally important port-town of Portsmouth. The town was unwalled and undefended and the French were not suspected as they sailed towards the town with English flags flying. The result was a disaster for Edward, as the town's shipping and supplies were looted, the houses, stores and docks burnt down and those of the population unable to flee were killed or taken off as slaves. No English ships were available to contest their passage from Portsmouth and none of the militias intended to form in such an instance made an appearance.
The fleet then sailed to the Channel Islands, which had already suffered minor attacks the previous year but now faced a major threat, Jersey being invaded by the French crews and the entire eastern half of the island reduced to ruins, only Mont Orgueil holding out. The raid had been predicted by intelligence officers in the royal household, but defensive measures were woefully inefficient and efforts to intercept the attack had utterly failed.
This raid caused panic in numerous communities of southern England, and prompted a flurry of expensive defence precautions along the coastline further reducing Edward's ability to make war on France from the continent. The furthest reaches of the English coast, at Devon and Cornwall refused to supply any materials or money for the war for the remainder of the year, insisting they needed their resources to defend themselves. Such precautions were not misplaced; hearing of the weakness of the English coast, dozens of merchants and landlords in Normandy, Picardy and Brittany bought coastal traders and equipped them for war resulting in pinprick raids and piracy right along the English coastline. Evidence is unclear whether the French understood exactly how effective this tactic was; Béhuchet clearly grasped that by raiding English shipping and cutting off trade he could cripple the English economy but it is not known if he understood the financial drain his coastal raids had on Edward's exchequer (modern historians tend to think that perhaps he did not but that he considered them to be good for the war effort in any case[1]).
This piracy also affected the other theatre of war, as French and Castilian ships attacked grain, trade and payroll ships between England and Bordeaux, reducing that city and the region it governed to near mutiny, especially after a large food convoy was badly damaged in an action off Talmont on the 23 August.
The campaign at sea began again in September, when a large French and Italian fleet descended on the Channel Islands once again under Robert VIII Bertrand de Bricquebec, Marshal of France. The island of Sark, which had suffered a serious raid the year before, fell without a fight and Guernsey was captured after a brief campaign. The island was largely undefended, as most of the Channel Islands garrison was in Jersey to prevent another raid there, and the few that were sent to Guernsey and Sark were captured at sea. Messengers from the islands were also captured, preventing the English government from discovering what had happened for over a week. On Guernsey, the forts of Castle Cornet and Vale Castle were the only points to hold out. Neither fort lasted very long as both were undermanned and unprovisioned. The garrisons were put to death. A brief naval battle was fought between Channel Islanders in coastal and fishing vessels and Italian galleys, but despite two of the Italian ships being sunk the Islanders were defeated with heavy casualties. Guernsey remained French for sometime, only being relinquished when defending the island became untenable in the aftermath of the battle of Sluys.
The next aim for Béhuchet and his lieutenant Hugh Quiéret were the supply lines between England and Flanders and thus they gathered over 40 large ships at Harfleur and Dieppe and used them to attack a small English fleet off Cadsand. The five large vessels were loading trade goods off the island and were surprised and rapidly overwhelmed, resulting in the loss of five large and powerful English ships including Edward III's flagships the Cog Edward and the Christopher. The crews and a party of reinforcements who were captured were all executed and the ships added to the French fleet. A few days later on 5 October, this force conducted its most damaging raid of all landing several thousand French, Norman, Italian and Castilian sailors close to the major port of Southampton and assaulting it from both land and sea. The town's walls were old and crumbling and direct orders to repair it had been ignored. Most of the town's militia and citizens fled in panic into the countryside, only the castle's garrison holding out for a brief while until a force of Italians breached the defences and the town fell. The scenes of Portsmouth were repeated as the entire town was razed to the ground, thousands of pounds worth of stores and shipping taken back to France and captives massacred or taken as slaves. The following day militia bands began to harass the French force on the outskirts of the town and the French departed, leaving behind the burning town, which was further damaged by brigands who came to loot before the local authorities could return.
An early winter forced a pause in the Channel warfare, and 1339 saw a vastly different situation, as English towns had taken the initiative over the winter and prepared organised militias to drive off raiders more interested in plunder than set-piece battles. Responsibility over these militias was placed in the hands of several leading Earls, who were warned that if they failed to defend their stretch of coastline there would be penalties. Although piracy at sea was still a serious problem, with ships burnt and crews massacred as far north as the Bristol Channel, the large scale raids of 1338 were over. An attack on Jersey failed as the island was now too strongly defended and attacks on Harwich, Southampton again and Plymouth were driven off with heavy losses, the mercenary elements of the French force unwilling to risk a large scale battle. Hastings was burnt to the ground, but it was little more than a fishing village at the time and did not represent a major success. The combined fleet was reduced to attacking fishing boats and parading the bodies through the streets of Calais.
An English fleet had also been constituted over the winter and this was used in an effort to gain revenge on the French by attacking coastal shipping. The result was an embarrassing disaster as the mercenary captains of the fleet realised that more money could be made by attacking and looting the Flemish convoys of Edward's allies rather than the French, forcing Edward to pay a huge amount of compensation and endure severe diplomatic embarrassment. This force did prove vital though in July, when 67 French and mercenary vessels attempted to attack the Cinque Ports. The expedition was met by organised militia at Sandwich and turned towards Rye, burning several small villages on the way but failing to land at the town. There the English fleet under Robert Morley caught up with them, forcing the French force to flee back across the Channel. This scare had been too much for the Genoese mercenaries who made up the most experienced part of the French fleet, and they demanded more pay. King Philip VI responded by imprisoning fifteen of them, whereupon the others simply returned to Italy, at a stroke costing the French their best sailors and ships as well as two thirds of their navy.
The English soon heard of this development, Morley taking his fleet to the French coast, burning the towns of Ault and Le Tréport and foraging inland, ravaging several villages and provoking a panic to mirror that at Southampton the year before. He also surprised and destroyed a French fleet in Boulogne harbour. English and Flemish merchants rapidly fitted out raiding ships and soon coastal villages and shipping along the North and even the west coasts of France were under attack. The Flemish navy too was active, sending their fleet against the important port of Dieppe in September and burning it to the ground. These successes did much to rebuild morale in England and the Low Countries as well as repair England's battered trade. It did not however have anything like the financial impact of the earlier French raids as France's continental economy could survive depredations from the sea much better than the maritime English. The following year however, a naval operation would have a significant effect on the war and provide the first major clash or arms when the English and French fleets met at the battle of Sluys. The victory of the English there, helped substantially by the Italian desertion the year before would provide naval superiority in the Channel for decades to come resulting in the English ability to invade France at several points at once, an advantage that would prove vital in the longer war.


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Northern Ireland's arts and artists have made a huge impact on the world stage.
The impact that Northern Ireland's arts and artists have made on the world stage far exceeds what might be expected from a small country with a small population.
We boast some of the finest writers, actors, artists and musicians in the world today – movie stars Liam Neeson and Kenneth Branagh, rock legend Van Morrison, celebrated flautist James Galway, Ireland's 'first family of Folk', the Sands Family, Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, twice-Turner prize-nominated artist Willie Doherty, playwrights Brian Friel and Marie Jones... to name but a handful of the world-renowned artists whose work continues to put Northern Ireland on the international cultural map.
In addition to the well-established names, Northern Ireland continues to produce gifted artists and arts organisations who are making a strong international impression.
Recent International Projects
Irish language theatre company, Aisling Ghear, showcases new work in New York
Tuesday 17th May 2016 at 2pm
Fresh from success at Belfast's Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, local theatre company, Aisling Ghéar present their new show, 'Alice Milligan – a Girl Of Genius', at the prestigious Cuala Festival in New York this May.Read More
The artist's diary - Keith Donald in Brussels
Monday 11th April 2016 at 12pm
Renowned saxophonist and clarinet player, Keith Donald travelled to Brussels earlier this year to perform his one-man play, New Bliss at Bozar as part of the Brussels Platform, an initiative developed by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels.Read More
Blog: A culture night trip to bring dangerous harping to Brussels
Tuesday 22nd September 2015 at 3pm
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Fermanagh Area Plan 2007
Proposals: Pettigoe/Tullyhommon
Related Maps
A limit of development, an Area of Village Character and the following Local Landscape Policy Areas:-
(a) The riverside setting of the Termon River.
(b) The historic tree feature in the High Street, which is a listed building.
(c) The old Enniskillen to Bundoran railway line.
(d) The level amenity area to the front of a group of orlits.


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Kakaós Csiga (Cocoa Rolls)
(Pronunciation: "Kah-kah-osh Chee-gaw")
Although the translation for this is actually "cocoa snails", I figured since some people aren't a fan of escargot I'd put "cocoa rolls" in the title instead.
Jokes aside, these baked sweets are common in Hungary, similar to cinnamon rolls, but with cocoa powder instead of cinnamon. Cocoa rolls are generally larger than cinnamon rolls since the dough is rolled out much more thinly which makes space for more filling. These also don't include that deliciously rich cream cheese glaze that cinnamon rolls usually come drizzled in… But then again, this is my website, and today we're doing cocoa rolls! \(^O^)/
While the dough for this can be a flaky yeast dough made in the manner of puff pastry, it could also be a more simple yeast dough with melted butter and an egg yolk simply kneaded in. But in this recipe, we're going to be making a puff-style pastry and you absolutely cannot use store-bought puff pastry. Not only because they usually contain vegetable shortening and canola oil, but also because… well, we're not exactly doing a standard puff pastry. The preparation method is the same, but the ingredients and measurements are completely different. Standard puff pastry is usually one part flour to one part fat and doesn't include yeast or sugar. Guess what our pastry includes. If you want to do an easier dough with melted butter and an egg yolk, that'd be fine too, but you won't get that flaky texture as you would with this recipe, so I highly recommend you do it this way.
I recommend referring to this post for a detailed explanation and tutorial on making puff pastry. It even gives pictures for the tri-folding method which I really suck at explaining. You're still going to want to use the ingredients on this post for this recipe though!
Ingredients (makes 10-12 large rolls)
For the pastry:
420g (about 3 cups, but please use a scale to be sure) all-purpose flour
210g (about 2 sticks) unsalted butter*
4 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 package dry active yeast (2&1/4 tsp)
For the filling:
60g cocoa powder
180g granulated sugar
1. Start by proofing your yeast; stir the yeast into a bowl of your milk (which has to be very warm but not hot) with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. In a mixing bowl of a stand mixer** add your flour, salt, and the rest of the sugar (3 tablespoons) and whisk it all together. Whisking won't just mix everything together, but it will also sift your flour minimizing the lumps in your dough.
3. Once your yeast is active (it should be foaming quite a bit) add that to your dough and using the dough hook attachment of the stand mixer knead the dough on the lowest setting while very slowly increasing the speed as needed and occasionally giving the sides a scrape with a spatula until the dough is very evenly mixed and there are no bits of it sticking to the side of your bowl or the hook. This should take 5-10 minutes.
4. Remove the dough from the stand mixer, roll in into a nice ball, cover it in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes to keep it cold while you move on to the next step.
We will now make the beurrage, or the butter block/layer.
5. Take 2 sticks of cold butter and chop them into thin squares.
6. On a sheet of plastic wrap, place your butter squares to form an even bigger butter square, place a sheep of plastic wrap over it, then roll it with your rolling pin, rotating as necessary, so all the butter sticks together and keep rolling until it's about a centimetre or two thick, but not too flat. Get it as close to a square shape as possible. Place the block back into the fridge with the plastic wrap to keep it cold.
7. Take your thoroughly chilled dough out of the fridge and roll it out (I only had to dust it with flour on step 11 so only dust it if absolutely necessary, as adding more flour at this stage isn't a good idea, but if you keep the dough well chilled you probably won't need to add flour), until it's twice as large as your butter block and so you can easily place the block into the dough and fold it in with all 4 corners of the dough tucked in and overlapping so the butter sheet is fully encased in the dough. Stretch the corners of the dough out with your hands if you need to. If the butter block seems too wide and poking out the sides of the dough, cut off some pieces of the butter block from the side, add them to the middle and flatten the butter out again.*** Brush off any excess flour as that will be an obstacle for the flakiness of the pastry. If you happen to have some butter sticking to the plastic wrap, scrape it off and save it in a bowl for later in the recipe.
8. Roll the dough out into a large rectangle as thin as you can make it, fold it using the tri-fold method which involves folding in the thirds of the outside of the dough into the center third one over the other, wrap it in plastic wrap, then place it in the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes to keep the butter cold so it doesn't melt and ruin the layers you're trying to make.
9. Take the dough out of the fridge once it's nice and chilled, turn the dough 90 degrees from the direction you folded it and roll it out into another rectangle and do another tri-fold. Place back into the fridge for another 30 minutes.
10. Repeat step 9. At this point, you can mix together the cocoa powder with the sugar.
11. Take the dough out of the fridge. After 3 tri-folds, it should have a really cushiony feel. On a lightly-floured surface, roll it out into a very large rectangle**** as thin as you can make it, taking extra care to make the edges as thin as possible, because thick edges make the rolls look really bad. Keep adding more flour if you find the dough too springy, or if it's sticking to your surface too much. Brush on any reserved butter on top of the dough (if you have none, you can also use water, as this is just to make the filling stick a little better), then pour on all***** the filling, brushing it with the pastry brush to help it get everywhere evenly.
12. Roll it up from a shorter side of the rectangle (for large rolls), taking care to firmly tuck in the middle of the roll so it doesn't fall apart, then at the outside end, brush on a little more butter (or water) to help it stick, and this will help to prevent the rolls from unwinding as they rest. You should try to roll them as densely as possible so there aren't any gaps between the dough and the filling.
13. Cut the roll up into pieces about an inch or two thick (use a very sharp chef's knife for best results), and place them onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper, then leave them to rise at room temperature (not in a warm place because the butter will melt too quickly and leak out) covered for an hour to an hour and a half. They should double in size, and the center of the roll should pop out a little.
14. Preheat your oven to 400F and place the rolls into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes on 400F they should be browned and crusty on the outside while soft and fluffy on the inside. You can bake them at a lower temperature (375F) for longer (15-20 minutes) if you don't want them too crispy, just keep an eye on them and make sure they don't overcook.
15. Remove from the oven and let them cool for a minimum of 10 minutes before digging in. They'll fall apart too easily if you try to remove them from the parchment paper immediately. Plus, they'll be really hot so you may even burn yourself. Just be patient, I know it's tempting. These taste best fresh and warm (but not scolding hot), so reheat them if they've been out for awhile.
16. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar! Or if you're like me, eat them topped with a heaping spoonful of peanut butter and a generous drizzle of chocolate syrup or jam; the perfect breakfast!
*I always use up 2 sticks of butter, first measuring out 210g for the butter layer and saving any excess for coating.
**I actually tried to knead the dough by hand at first, but there were all these little bits of dry flour everywhere no matter how hard I kneaded it, so in the end I gave in and plopped the dough into the stand mixer which I got for Christmas.
***Okay this may sound a little confusing, but basically if the butter is too wide and too close to the edges of the dough, it will stick out of the dough, and you really don't want any butter on the outside of your finished rolls because when you bake it it will melt onto your pastry and burn.
****Remember, depending on the dimensions of the rectangle, you'll either get bigger but fewer rolls, or smaller but more rolls. Overall though, it's more important to roll out the dough as thinly as possible.
*****It may seem like too much filling and a lot of it will fall out when you roll it and cut it, but believe me: these won't be sweet enough unless you at least try to cram in all the filling. So dump it all on there, and give it a good brushing. If any of it falls out, which it will, just sweep it up and add it to some hot milk for some instant hot chocolate!
I say 30 minutes minimum to let the dough rest between foldings, but this doesn't mean you have to be exact on the timing. We're only doing this to keep the butter cold and so the dough stays chilled and easy to work up, you can certainly let it rest longer if you want. What I really like about making puff pastry is that I can start in the morning and just every so often come back to the dough and give it another roll while I go about my day.
Although anybody can roll up a dough filled with cocoa powder and sugar, the difficult part of pastry making is making them look, well, good. I actually attempted these 3 times very I got them looking all professional. Here's the gallery:
If you follow all my instructions to the dot, you should be able to get them looking like the 3rd picture.
(kakaos, cacaos, chiga)
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Pot Pie filling:
1/2-1 cup broccoli florets Cheese Sauce:
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nondairy milk
1 cup water
3 tablespoons veggie oil (mild tasting) 2 frozen deep dish pie shells, thawed
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cook potatoes, carrots, and broccoli in microwave or stove, so that they're partially done, but not completely. I usually just toss them in the microwave while I make the cheese sauce.
2. The cheese sauce I use is from the Flashback Mac and Cheese recipe on this site. To make cheese sauce, add flour, nutritional yeast, and spices to saucepan and turn heat on medium.
3. In a separate bowl, combine milk, water and veggie oil. Slowly add the wet to the dry, whisking continually over medium heat. Once the ingredients are combined, turn heat up and keep whisking until mixture is bubbly and thickens some.
4. Turn heat back down to medium and keep whisking until you get a nice thick cheese sauce. When your cheese sauce is done and veggies are slightly tender, combine the 2, and then fill 1 pie crust with mixture.
5. Remove 2nd pie crust from the tin and place it on top of filled pot pie. Use a fork to press the crusts together around the edges and seal it, then to punch a few holes on the top of the crust. Bake in oven for around 35-45 minutes, until crust is nice and brown, and cheese will probably be oozing out. Enjoy!


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Kim Pomares needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 82 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Mendability is an online self-serve tool to do Multisensory Therapy at home. Multisensory Therapy is a method of enriching the environment that prompts growth in the brain. We use this method to treat all sorts of mental disorders, from Autism to Alzheimer's.
Multisensory Therapy emphasizes a stress-free environment. Multisensory Therapy consists in short, gentle sensory exercises done throughout the day.
The site will be accessed by mothers of children with mental disorders and also by family members trying to help a senior parent with a mental disorder.
The page we are posting here for a design contest, is our most problematic page.
The page is what we call the progress panel. It is the landing page of the member's area.
Instead of a long-winded, fuzzy brief, I made a screen case of our wireframe. Watch it here:
Password: 99designs
I also uploaded a wireframes we did for this page and the complete 30-page document that describes the complete application. It may be useful to read through to get an idea of how this page fits into the whole application.
It must be so beautiful and serene that our users would want to come just to get some relief from their day. It must be simple.
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Sia's upcoming LP, This Is Acting, collects a handful of shelved songs from the Australian songwriter's undoubtedly massive archive. Although the 12 tracks (14 tracks if you snatch up the Target Exclusive Version) were returned by the likes of Adele, Beyonce, and Shakira, Sia nevertheless feels the compilation consists entirely of unrecognized hits.
The fun, yet ominous "Reaper," proves to be one of the most promising of five singles released on iTunes so far . Cowritten and produced with Kanye West for Rihanna's elusive Anti project, the promotional single is a bass-driven slice of charming pop radio. The upbeat, rhythmic production, however, juxtaposes with Sia's despondent lyrics, with proclamations such as "So come back when I'm good to go/I got drinks to drink, and men to hold/I got good things to do with my life" meant to ward off an early Death.
While the track will undoubtedly appeal to fans of Sia's 2014 release, 1,000 Forms Of Fear, the award-winning songwriter revealed her own indifference to the song in a recent Rolling Stone interview. Sia herself preferred "One Million Bullets" and the Beyonce-outtake,"Footprints,"to the sinister "Reaper," which was only included on the final tracklist of Acting after her manager's insistence.
Sure, "Reaper" is no "Chandelier" or "Alive." However, as pickings from the cutting room floor of one of contemporary pop's most pervasive songsmiths, the track showcases the flexibility that allowed Sia to transition from indie songstress to pop's most in-demand writers.
Sia's This Is Acting hits shelves on January 29th.


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Cool C, who was given the death penalty for killing a police officer in 1996, has been given a date for his execution.
Cool C has spent the last 18 years in prison following a 1996 murder conviction. The Philadelphia rap legend was given the death penalty when he was found guilty for the murder of police officer Lauretha Vaird in a robbery attempt assisted by Steady B, a fellow member of his rap group, C.E.B.
The rapper was initially scheduled to be given a lethal injection on March 9, 2006, but the governor of Pensylvania granted a delay on the execution. Cool C has now been issued a new date. His execution will now take place on January 8th 2015.
Cool C was best known for his Juice Crew diss track, and "The Glamorous Life" as a solo artist. You can watch the video for the latter below.
[Update: Execution Put On Hold]
Contrary to prior reports that rapper Cool C would be executed today, January 8th, for the murder of a police officer, NBC Philadelphia reports that he was granted an "emergency stay of execution" back in December. This "stay," which basically amounts to a delay, is the second that Cool C has garnered, with his first coming back in 2006. Stay tuned for more updates.


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Norfolk Island is an Australian self governing "External Territory". It lies in the Pacific 1700 Km east of Sydney and is one of the most beautiful island paradises on this planet - home of the majestic Norfolk Island Pine.
First settled by Polynesians 500 years ago, they then disappeared, and Norfolk Islands was rediscovered
by Captain James Cook in 1774, and resettled in 1788 when convicts from Sydney arrived. Norfolk Island ceased
to be a penal colony in 1855.
Permanent settlement occurred in 1856 when descendants of the "Bounty" crew arrived from Pitcairn Island.
The island contains a World Heritage convict precinct - fascinating for its completeness, history, beauty,
and unaltered Georgian architecture. To complete the picture of history frozen in time Norfolk Island has its
own unique language, spoken by many of the wonderfully welcoming and hospitable residents.
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Monaco Video: SXSW Report
Month: March 2010
Las Vegas Gun Range
Mish and I went to Vegas to shoot guns.
Read her full post on The Jamjar.
USA Snapshots
In SF, I met up with Peggy, who I've been internet-pen-pals with for years & years. We toured her neighbourhood and talked and talked and talked. Then we met up with Michelle and went shopping the next day, first visiting the Benefit brow bar and then experiencing the joys of H&M and Sephora, which we don't have in Australia. If we did, they'd be successful. I bought red lip gloss from Sephora, and a cornflower-blue bag and jacket. The bag and jacket were from different stores and I didn't realise at first that I'd chosen the same colour both times. Cornflower-blue must be my colour for 2010. I'll find another Sephora in another state and buy cornflower-blue lip gloss.
I digress. We dined with Peggy and her beau Hai in North Beach and gave a cat some cream. The next day, Michelle disappeared while Peggy and I found a telephone number for me to buy. 415 359 5556. Nice number. Peggy led me to Samovar, the tea house near the Yerba Buena, where we had fabulous tea and savouries and sweets. We raced to SFMOMA, half an hour to closing time. I was delighted by the almost monochromatic interpretations of Luc Tuymans, particularly his cornflower-blue rhinoceros with foliage on a similarly coloured canvas. Peggy and I bought matching black & cornflower-blue resin rings from the MOMA shop. In the evening, we attended an Oscar party in the Noe Valley. I like San Francisco. I like Peggy.
Yesterday, Michelle and I began our road trip to Las Vegas.


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Who knew I'd be a cat person? Francis, you got me!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
All Hallow's Eve
Twas the night of Halloween, and an apathetic one at that.
A large wrapped package, and man with a bear hat.
Did you dress up?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Workin' for the Weekend...
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Scribbles and Bits
1. a post card of party Animals
2. a potential ice-cream tattoo (just one, but which cone?)
3. a gift for a special baby, can you tell what the animals are spelling?
Labels: crafts
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Delicate Doilies Fall Look Book
Better late then never right? This over due post would have the library calling me left and right, and giving me late fees (if it were a checked out book that is). You might recall the very last post I posted before nothingness a month ago, The Delicate Doilies Fall Music Video , these photos were taken by the talented Aljon Reyes (the same day). Aljon sure has an eye for colors, a vision for composing, and a knack for clicking the button at the right moment (am I right or am I right?). Aljon if you are out there, we owe you a hand shake, a thank you, and I don' know... a steak dinner! Seriously, thanks for capturing Delicate Doilies in our kooky, finest, fall wear.
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Oh hello! My blog is back from hiatus. Let's just say due to a busy month, and (cough) some technically difficulties with blogger, I have cracked the code and am back with vengeance (though unlike vengeance I bring stories of happiness, kittens, kooky Halloween costumes etc). So I guess you could say I'm just back, and boy am I glad to see you.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Delicate Doilies World Premiere
Delicate Doilies from Delicate Doilies on Vimeo.
In honor of our 2013 Fall look book shoot (that we shot today with our talented and admired friend, Aljon), Delicate Doilies is pleased as punch to release our third "feature film!" Enjoy!
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Workin' For the Weekend...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Delicate Doilies
Have you checked out the latest gems in the shop?
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
This and That
It truly has been a doozy of a month. All I know is, I'd like to be more consistent on this here blog, as oppose to slopping the masses of months in one lump sum (yeesh people, yeesh). For now, here are some life tidbits.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Francis Dale DMH
(photos 1 & 2 via our friend Katrina, thank you.
We did it, we took the cat plunge (and I'm not talking about stealing a toilet plunger that looks like a cat). Meet Francis Dale Dart-Mclean Harris, aka baby Francis, and most recently Mr Tambourine man. Side note, Mr Tambourine man came about because Francis wears a bell on his collar, and in the "jingle jangle morning he'll come following you" (get it? Bob Dylan). Francis's story is 10 months long, so I will spare you with the shortened version. Ahem, Francis the cat lived under some stairs in Bend, Oregon, he was a stray kitten, and a starved one at that. Somebody called the lost cat service and said "take this cat away, he meows all day long, and it drives me nuts (in more words or less, I imagine a really nasal voice on the line, the type you get by pinching your noise while you talk)." Can you guess why Francis meowed all day, and drove that woman nuts? That's right everyone, Francis was hungry (like the type of hungry that makes you meow and meow all damn day). The organization took Francis to Portland, cleaned him up, plumped him up, and gave him all the fixings to pass on to a family (as in he literally got fixed). Shortly after, I stumbled upon Francis when he was spending the weekend at a cat event at Petco (they do these things, with cats, it's like an art opening sans cheese, and wine, with cats and people just... mingling around). Long story shorter, we swooped Francis up (because who couldn't resist that little face), and he lives here (at our house) happily every after (try to read this whole story to a child before bed...might cause some boredom/confusion/ sleep). So far we know Francis likes to wear his tie (on special occasions only), he enjoys Stevie Wonder and The Chiffons, he likes to sit with Alex while he works in the evening, and he is willing to drink out of a wine glass if it means he doesn't have to go downstairs to his water bowl.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
In the Tune of At Last
(The summer Alex and I met, he wrote me a letter saying "if we ever have a song, it will be that one you gave me on a mix, with the woman singing "Atlast" the whole time.")
Since Alex and I have been together for over eight years, and today, marks marriage for two years, and the yearly dates, and the marriage date fall on different dates, I suppose the best thing to do is to celebrate them all (the wedding anniversaries, the yearly anniversaries, and the every day ho hum of life together). Every day counts you know?! Two years ago today, we made a pact in front of dear family and friends, an announcement to the world from the top of our lungs (but not really that loud), stating we were in love, and serious about it forever. Dear Alex, still so in love, still oh so serious about it (you, it, us, to the moon and back)!Lucky to know you today and everyday.
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Saturday, September 7, 2013
DJ BBJ For Hire...
But seriously folks. Here are some the latest vinyl gems that have recently become my own (dance party soon?)...
What song is your favorite (I know, is it possible to even choose)?
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
August Snippets
Monday, September 2, 2013
Happy Birthday Doily Lawson
Shola had a birthday, and it was just grand. Wine with a view, a golden dazzled birthday dress, a banjo performance, party hats, and babes. Happy Birthday Doily!
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I'm going to begin the sermon today by quoting the statement by John C. Ryle by which he defined sin, all the way back in the 19th Century, as he began to see "modernism" and "Laodiceanism" (Those were his words.) creeping into the Church of England.
"I say furthermore that a sin, to speak more particularly, consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God. Sin, in short, as the scripture says, is the transgression of the law. The slightest outward or inward departure from absolute mathematical parallelism with God's revealed will and character constitutes a sin, and at once makes us guilty in God's sight."
Now, to me, this definition makes clear why sin is such a formidable enemy to holiness, and why it is so amazing that Jesus didn't sin in 33½ years. It's especially amazing when considering that it's in our nature to sin, and He was in all things made like we are. Yet, He was an offering for sin—without blemish, either internally or externally. What He did was to show that man need not sin in order to be human.
We also saw that David traced his sinfulness all the way back to his conception. And we were reminded that Mr. Armstrong stated that, though he felt that human nature was essentially neutral at birth, it did have a stronger pull toward the self. A major factor of life's experiences is that very much of our conduct tends to strengthen the pull toward the self, while little is working to keep that nature even more or less neutral. Thus, by the time God calls us, the Bible shows that we are thoroughly enslaved to this self-centered nature. It's a slavery that is so strong that it can only be broken by the power of God. But it's a slavery with which we have a love/hate relationship. Like the Israelites who rejoiced to leave their bondage in Egypt; but, once they were out and experiencing the hardships of the pilgrimage to the Promised Land, their heart yearned to go back to their former bondage. Love/Hate.
Now, in fact, so over-powering is sin's deceitful urge that God shows (in reading through Hebrews the 3rd and the 4th chapters) that it overcame their faith—that is, the Israelites' faith. And, on the trail, they left a pile of dead bodies. In fact, it says their carcasses were strewn from one end of the pilgrimage to the other (from Egypt to Canaan) as a witness to human nature's strength.
We also saw that, though "sin is the transgression of the law", the word "law" should be understood as "teaching" or "instruction". Sin is the transgression of the instruction of God. That broadens sin's definition out a great deal. In fact, it broadens it out to include example—as in the example of Christ's life, and the principles that are shown in His example. And, even where there is no specific act of law stated, governing conduct in a given area, if we don't do what He did, we are sinning. So, therefore, sin includes the breaking of the spirit, or the intention, of a law, a principle, or an example.
It's right here that the Bible writers' use of terms (such as "miss the mark," or "to turn aside") makes sense. Righteousness indicates a standard. When a person sins, he's not necessarily breaking an enacted law—but "missing the mark" set by a standard, or "turning aside" from a standard set by an example or included within the "spirit" of an enacted law.
Now, we also saw that ignorance does not absolve sin. We saw this in Leviticus 4 and Leviticus 5: where the Old Testament sacrificial laws clearly show that, though a person sins in ignorance, he must make a sacrifice for atonement whenever knowledge of the sin is revealed. It shows that he was "unclean" the whole while, even though he was 'ignorant'. Then Jesus added (in Luke the 12th chapter) that a person's punishment might be lessened because of 'sinning in ignorance'; but they are still guilty, and may be worthy of death—since "the wages of sin is death".
Turn with me, in the book of Acts, to a verse that we looked at last week—Acts 10, and in verse 38, which to me is kind of the "signature" of Jesus' ministry. Acts 10, and in verse 38 where Peter (describing Jesus) says:
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Now, unlike the Pharisees—who were shown achieving a measure of 'righteousness' through a combination of ritual and ignoring (and avoiding) sinners—Jesus focused His life on doing positive acts of justice and righteousness in peoples' behalf.
It was at this point in the sermon last week that I had you turn to Amos the 5th chapter, where God shows that we are to let justice "roll down" as waters and righteousness "like a mighty river." Now recall that "justice" is the external act; and "righteousness" is the internal standard that is in alignment with God, which guides our conscience and motivates the outward acts. There in Amos the 5th chapter, Amos (or, therefore, God) is calling for the Israelites to make positive steps to do good, proceeding continuously—like the waves of the ocean and a mighty river moving a turbine in order to produce even more power. Okay. Do you get the picture? Connect this all to Jesus. He went around doing good. He followed the advice that was given in Amos the 5th chapter. His acts were continuously coming forth from Him; [that is,] positive acts of what the Old Testament called "justice"—external acts of goodness that were being motivated by, aligned with, and guiding Him; that is, the Standard of righteousness.
If you do that (if we do this), brethren, it is getting very difficult to sin. It's hard to sin when you're doing the right thing. Do you get what I mean? That's God's approach. His approach is a positive one (not negative), even though 'negative' is a part of it—which is, we have to avoid doing sin. But the way to 'avoid doing sin' is to do good. (That was the major difference between Jesus and the Pharisees.)
Now in James the 4th chapter... Turn to this verse as well. It's another one that we used last week; and we're going to spend a little bit more time this week on it than we did last week. In James 4:17, it's a conclusion to a paragraph that involves the setting of one's will—making plans to do 'this and that'.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Basically, what it is saying is that 'omitting to do good' (when it is in our power to do so) is sin. In doing some further study on this, one commentator remarked, on this verse, that that statement (there in verse 17) can be shortened into a very brief English sentence. It is the equivalent of saying, "You have been warned." It's also like saying, "Now that I have pointed out the matter to you, you have no excuse." Put yourself in James' place, writing this to those people to whom he was writing. It would be the same in English as saying, "Now that I have pointed out the matter to you, you have no excuse but to do this." See? Knowing what we should do obligates us to do it. If we don't do it, it's sin.
Now, the Interpreter's Commentary had this to say on this verse:
When one becomes a Christian, one voluntarily takes upon himself responsibilities and obligations which ordinary persons do not acknowledge. The ordinary person recognizes responsibilities within the circle of certain limited responsibilities, but what lies beyond that circle is not his concern.
How many times have you heard somebody say (or, have you said yourself), "Well, that's no matter of mine. He should take care of it"? Okay. That's kind of what is being talked about here. Now, continuing the quote...
No one can be forced to become a Christian. The duties which [are] in here, in the Christian vocation, can only be assumed willingly. No one needs to be in the dark about what is involved. Certainly, Christ wants no blind-followers. But when anyone, of his own free will, makes the choice of adherence to Christ, he cannot refuse to carry out the obligations of that relationship without sinning against the Lord.
Let's put this into a practical situation. Suppose you were hired by an employer to carry out a certain responsibility for which you were going to be paid at a certain rate (maybe per hour, per day, or per week—whatever it was). What if you did not carry out all that you were obligated by your employer to do, since you had chosen to go to work for this person. And you justified yourself by saying, "It's only a little thing. It doesn't matter. Nobody will ever notice." Put that into a Christian's obligation. If we take that same approach toward Christ, we have sinned!
Now, what do you think the employer will do if he finds out that you are not doing all that you were hired to do? He's going to fire you and get somebody else who will fulfill the responsibility. Do you see the principle that is involved here? If we fail to do what Christ has hired us to do — and we took upon ourselves the responsibility of being a Christian; and then we ignore our obligations—we have sinned.
Let me give you an example of something that happened this week to Richard. He was out doing some shopping. He drove his automobile into his garage at home, stopped the car, turned off the key, locked the car, went into the house and did a few things. Then he went out and got into his automobile, turned on the ignition, and the car would not run. It would start, but he couldn't keep it running. When I say it would 'start', it'd just barely keep running; but every time he stepped on the gas—pffft! It would just cut right out.
Well, he asked my advice and I said, "It sounds like a gasoline problem, a fuel problem." He asked Ronnie Graham. Ronnie came up with about the same thing, but added something else that it might have been. But we were no closer to the solution than we were before. Finally, Richard had to get the car towed to a garage. In order for them to find out what the problem was, they had to put it on one of these electronic diagnostic machines—which took a great deal of time and a couple of days for them to find out what the problem was. They finally located it. It took them five dollars to fix it.
Do you know what it was? I don't know whether I have this exactly right; but when he made the trip up to [the] Baltimore and Harrisburg area, his transmission went out on him. He had it repaired up there. Well, when they put the transmission (and everything) back together again, there is a little piece of computer equipment that has a magnet as a part of it. That magnet has to be within the width of a piece of paper. I think it's three thousandths, or three ten-thousandths of an inch. But that magnet has to be within that three thousandths (or three ten-thousandths) of an inch of the flywheel in order for the magnet to work. I guess if the magnet doesn't work, then this little computer dealy doesn't work either. The man who put the transmission back together did not do that one little job, and it cost Richard a couple hundred dollars. See? He neglected to do what he should have done, and the "sin" cost Richard.
Let me give you another example: This is a very poignant story that I read in Reader's Digest, probably about ten or fifteen years ago now. It involved a pilot in the Air Force. He was ferrying a jet airplane from one part of the world to another part of the world, and he needed fuel. He landed, and he had the airplane refueled. Then, he took off. Actually, he never took off—because the airplane could not gain enough altitude, and it crashed. When the investigators looked to find out what went wrong, the first thing you think of is that something went wrong with the engines. But, in their checking out what went wrong, they found out that the pilot had made three or four very tiny, critical errors—things that he failed to do. He failed to consider the ground temperature. He failed to consider the weight of the fuel that was put into the airplane's tanks. He failed to consider the length of the runway. I think that there was a fourth thing that he failed to consider, but he failed—he didn't carry through with what he should have done; and the "sin" cost him his life. Any pilot would have been obligated to do those things. But he didn't do it — and he's dead.
That's the kind of thing that we are talking about here. Failing to do what we know that we should do is sin, and "the wages of sin is death".
Now turn with me to Proverbs 24:9, because I want to show you another area that teaches us how easy it is to fall into sin—let's say, the sin of negligence, of not carrying through, or of being ignorant of something. This one kind of has more of a leaning toward 'ignorance of sin'. This is a hair-raising statement.
Proverbs 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin.
Let that sink in. "The thought of foolishness is sin." Now, "foolishness" is a term used broadly in the Bible to cover everything from being silly, to violent crimes against men, and sins against God. Being silly is sin—even as murder, lying, and idolatry. (The only difference is that the 'violence' may not be there.) We're going to chase this out a little bit, because it's very interesting. This verse says that even the thinking (My Bible has a marginal reference, "or, the planning") of foolishness is sin. Now this puts this into the same category as the teaching that Jesus gave there in Matthew the 5th chapter, where the lust, you see, the thinking about adultery (or about murder) is sin. Well, 'the planning [of]' or 'the thinking about' foolishness is also sin.
Let's carry this out a little bit further. To me it gets more and more interesting. We're going to go to Ecclesiastes the 2nd chapter. (Kind of hold your finger here in Ecclesiastes because we're going to turn away from it, and then we're going to come back to it again.)
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove you with mirth [Ah, Ha! Laughing. Having a good time. Pleasure. Partying. So he says...], therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, [he says] this also is vanity.
It's "useless". Is vanity sin? Yes, it is. (We'll see why in a little bit.) So he reached a conclusion in verse 2.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What [good] does it do?
If it doesn't do any good, why do it? Now remember, all of these things are written with the Kingdom of God in mind; and they are advice to God's children about how to conduct their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom.
In other words, he didn't quite let himself get drunk, but he let himself get to "feeling good". See? So the spirit, as it were, was elevated, and he had a bit of a "high" on. So he says:
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Now, we won't read the whole thing there; but he eventually does get down to something here...
Ecclesiastes 2:12-13 And I turned myself to behold wisdom and madness, [Remember verses 1 and 2] and folly [foolishness]: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done. Then I saw [notice this comparison] that wisdom excels folly [foolishness], as far as light [What's light a symbol of in the Bible? Truth.] excels darkness [And darkness is a symbol of wickedness—evil].
Well, there is, in Proverbs 15, an interesting connection made to this. (You might want to keep your finger there in Ecclesiastes, because we're going to go to another verse and then come back again.)
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
Are you aware of the way that the Proverbs are written? Two of the ways that they are written are as "synonymous" (as it is called) and "antithetic." Synonymous means that two phrases will be linked together because they compare with one another as being the same. So, usually, the second phrase clarifies the first one—so that there's a great deal more understanding gotten out of it. Okay now. This [verse] is antithetical. What it means here is that the truth is revealed by showing opposites. What are the opposites here? The opposites are "folly" and "uprightly".
"Uprightly" means—[that is,] this Hebrew word means—"make his paths straight". So, the person of understanding 'makes his paths straight'. That, in turn, shows then that folly is the equivalent of "missing the mark" or "turning aside." Turning aside would be better, because it is closer to walking a path. You see? "Missing the mark" involves shooting, as in shooting an arrow; whereas "turning aside" involves walking away from a path. So, the person of wisdom walks a straight path. The person of folly walks off the path. The path is God's Word. "Walking off the path" means that the person has departed from God's word. Folly is sin. Foolishness—being silly—is sin. (We haven't seen yet, in a way, why it is sin. We'll get to that in just a moment.)
Isn't it interesting that Jesus is shown, in the Bible, to be "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief". Do you know of any place, in the New Testament, where Jesus is shown either smiling or laughing? I don't. This does not mean that He did not smile. This does not mean that He didn't enjoy a hearty laugh. What it does, I think, is—by the curious fact that He is never recorded smiling or laughing—it indicates that smiling (or laughing) is not high on God's priority list. In fact, He says in His Word (right in Ecclesiastes) that "sorrow is better than laughter". Do you know why? Because it makes you wiser. That's why. Wisdom is the chief thing. Hardly anything is learned by laughing. Almost all good comes out of trial and sorrow and difficulty. So, laughing is not very high on God's scale of importance.
Let's go back to the book of Ephesians, chapter 5 and verses 1 through 5.
Ephesians 5:1-5 Be you therefore followers of God as dear children: And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, [We're getting close here.] which are not convenient [margin, "proper"]: but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Okay now. "Foolish talking" and "coarse jesting", Paul says, are not fitting. What makes this even more serious is that those two are linked in the same context as fornication, whoremongering, and idolatry—all of which we surely know as "sin". The relationship, within the context, ought to be clear. Now back to Ecclesiastes. (There are some people who try so hard to be funny.) Ecclesiastes 7 and verse 25. Solomon is still 'testing things out'.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied my heart to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness.
Notice that—"Wickedness of folly." Okay now. Foolishness is sin, even if (what we would consider to be) a very low level. Why? Why would it be sin, in 'foolish talking' or 'coarse jesting'? Because much humor is at the expense of another person and is really nothing more than the revelation of one's pride — taking advantage of and putting down the foibles and characteristics of another person; [that is,] somebody else who is also "in the image of God". But, even over and above that is the fact that foolishness (remember what I told you before, the Bible uses "foolishness" in the sense for everything from 'being silly' all the way up to 'sins that are directly against God Himself') encompasses every one of them. So, to murder is foolish; or, to worship idols is foolish. To involve oneself in 'foolish talking' or 'coarse jesting' is also foolish. It is folly. It is sin. And the reason "why" is because God Himself—who is THE STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS—would never do such a thing. If THE STANDARD would not do such a thing (and counsels us not to get involved in those things), then it is foolish for any person wanting to be in the image of God to do such things. So "foolishness" means it doesn't make sense for such a person (a son of God) to do such things. "Foolishness" denotes a low moral and ethical standard. And we want to shoot for the best there is.
See how easy it is to 'sin in ignorance', to fall short, to turn off the path? All of us have fallen under the condemnation of those things that I have just read—including myself, because I've cut people down: seen a weakness, seen a foible, seen a characteristic, and (using my quick, mercurial mind) just cut the props right out from under that person. I sinned.
Now let's look at another area. A little bit different area, but it also tends to show why sin is such a formidable enemy to us. Turn to Proverbs 3:27-29.
Proverbs 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Please remember James 4:17. When we become a Christian, it obligates us to follow Christ. It obligates us to obey the law of God. This problem (verse 27) is a law of God. God says "withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it".
Proverbs 3:28-29 Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you. Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
We're not always in the position to render help to someone in need. But there are times when we are in the position to help, and we may not do so for a variety of reasons. But (just to remind us of the importance of the principle contained here in these verses) remember Matthew 25, in the parable where Jesus explained to these people that they were going into the kingdom, because when He was thirsty, they gave Him a drink. When He was hungry, they gave Him food. In other words, when it was in their power to give help, they did it. They didn't do it to Christ directly, but they did it to him indirectly in that they did it "to the least of these"—Christ's brethren. Those who were not going into the Kingdom of God were those who had it in their power, but didn't help. They were sinning. See, there's the reason that they weren't going into the kingdom (in the illustration). I mean, they were practicing not helping people who needed help, when they had the power to give it.
Jesus addressed this directly in the parable of the Good Samaritan. In that parable (there in Luke the 11th chapter), the priest and the Levite refused to help the man who was injured. The implication within the parable is that it was within their power to help; but they didn't give any help. And so, therefore, the Samaritan did.
We should receive our instruction of this by coordinating it with Galatians 6:10—where Paul says that we are to give help, especially to the brethren, as we have the opportunity. That coordinates perfectly with Proverbs 3 and in verse 27—"as we have the opportunity".
There's a tendency for us to think of this in terms of giving physical help—money, clothing, food, lending your hand to lighten one's load (maybe when somebody is moving, or doing a project around the house). Certainly that is the verse's main thrust. But there is also the possibility that, from time to time, we have the opportunity to give somebody some spiritual help, especially in terms of giving encouragement while somebody is going through a trial. Sherly Togans wrote an article that appears in this month's Forerunner about communication across the miles—that is, writing letters (keeping in touch). That is a wonderful service that everybody can do, to some extent anyway. It's a spiritual help.
Sometimes though, we have the opportunity to give somebody some correction—maybe correction that they very badly need. But here we have to be careful, because this person that you are talking to might be somebody who wears his feelings on his sleeve and becomes very easily offended. Or maybe we don't handle it just quite right, and we create offense.
There are a number of reasons why we may not give somebody the help that we can. Usually, doing this requires the giving of time, or maybe some energy, maybe some money, sometimes risking a friendship. We'd rather draw back, rather than make the sacrifice. Well, that's understandable, but should it be overcome? Especially (maybe) when we don't want to threaten a friendship? Well, the answer to that is: it's up to you. See, I can't make that decision. I can counsel it. But God shows that it is our responsibility. When it is within our power (and, as we have the opportunity), to fail to do so is sin. We have fallen short. Isn't that easy to do? (I mean commit that sin?) It certainly is. Of that, there is no doubt.
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Takei Yoshiki KO1 Kubo Kenji (K-1 WGP Super Bantamweight Title Match)
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Roel Mannaart UD3 Antonio Plazibat (K-1 WGP Heavyweight Title Match)
Yuta Kubo UD3 Melsik Baghdasaryan (K-1 WGP Welterweight Title Match)
Goshu Masanobu MD3 Dennis Wosik (Super Featherweight Tournament, Fight 4)
Takeru UD3 Stauros Exakoustidis (Super Featherweight Tournament, Fight 3)
Komiyama Kusoke KO1 Suarek Rukkukamui (Super Featherweight Tournament, Fight 2)
Sumeragichi Koji WD4 Urabe Hirotaka (Super Featherweight Tournament, Fight 1)
Oiwa Tatsuya MD3 Yokoyama Takumi (Super Featherweight Tournament Reserve fight)
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A proposal to make irrigators foot the bill for pricey dam safety upgrades has been met with fierce opposition among affected industry groups.
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Cotton Australia, in a submission to the review, said the costs associated with dam safety upgrades was a "huge issue" for irrigators.
These costs should be completely excluded from irrigation pricing because the benefits of dam safety were enjoyed by the whole community, not just irrigators, Cotton Australia said.
"The costs associated could be so large, that if irrigators had been required to contribute to dam safety costs a dam was being considered, the investment in the dam may never have been made."
The Burdekin River Irrigation Area made a similar argument in its submission to the pricing review.
"… these costs should be met by government as dams were built to benefit the region, the state and the nation, and that irrigators are not the sole beneficiaries or impactors."
Theodore Water criticised the lack of information concerning the reasoning behind the dam safety upgrades and the way costs would be calculated.
"Theodore Water have not had opportunity to fully understand the detail behind the proposed solutions and/or the necessity of dam safety projects and their costings," the group wrote.
"We understand the need for, and support measures to improve community safety, however we are not yet convinced proposed upgrades will mitigate future risks to any great extent beyond those currently at play."
LNP natural resources spokesman Dale Last said the state government should rule out passing on dam safety costs to irrigators.
"It is clear that water is already too expensive with many farmers choosing not to turn the pumps and taps on," he said.
"Price increases will be the final nail in the coffin for a number of once productive irrigation schemes.
"The high cost of electricity with the addition of ever rising dam safety costs means water will continue to be unused and wasted in our dams."
SunWater recently kicked off stakeholder consultations for the Paradise Dam improvement program, a rolling series of capital works prioritised across Queensland's dams according to risk.
Water services provided by Burnett Water in relation to the Paradise Dam in Bundaberg have been specifically ruled out of the review.
Queensland Farmers' Federation spokesman Ian Johnson has described the review as a mixed bag, with some schemes feeling a small impact and others set to be significantly affected.
The Queensland Competition Authority will be holding a series of workshops throughout January and early February.
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The most comfortable boxers you will ever own
Even as an employee of Infinity Motorcycles I can whole heartedly say that these are the most comfortable boxers you will ever wear. I was fortunate enough to be given a pair a couple of years ago after a surfing trip. a year later I have thrown all my old shreddies out and replaced them with 12 pairs of these. They might look expensive for boxers but trust me, they are worth every penny.