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Chantilly Criterium
After a few years hiatus the Chantilly Criterium returned in 2017 with some fast, flat racing. The VeloWorks-Spokes Etc team took full squads into the Men's 4s, 3/4, Women's 4 and 123 races. The men worked hard. The women dominated with Kim taking her first career win (and earning her category upgrade) and Kaitlyn lapping the field to take 2nd place. See their excellent race reports below.
Category 1-2-3 Women
Kaitlyn's report:
Robin, Chelsea, and I lined up for a small but mighty women's 1/2/3 race at Chantilly. Our plan was pretty straightforward–we had numbers, so make the field work. I was especially motivated to race hard because my coach was in town to see me race for the first time 3 years!
All the kudos go to Robin and Chelsea for masterfully managing the field throughout the entire race in a clean and positive way. I hope that everyone who shared kudos for you to me also shared them with you! You gals were AWESOME!!
At the whistle, we all clipped in and I launched the first attack. I pedaled hard through the first corner and looked back to see a sizable gap back to the field, so I just kept it going. After 2.5 solo laps off the front (for Sean: approx 6 min at VO2), an Artemis rider pulled the field back up to me right before the last corner, so I shut it down and grabbed a wheel.
Then, during the next lap and a half, Robin and Chelsea traded off attacks and counter attacks. Coming through the final corner I was about 4th wheel and was asked to pull through to close a small gap that the rider in front of me couldn't close. No big deal. Coming through start/finish, I noticed that Robin was still on the front and that I was pretty well recovered from the first effort. As we rounded turn one, I got up and launched again from about 3rd-4th wheel.
After 4 solo laps out front and many people shouting time gaps at me (all I ever heard was ……SECONDS!), I looked back to see that a rider in black and red had cleanly bridged up to me. Once she was on my wheel, I glanced back to see her shaking her head. I immediately said, "don't shake your head, we have to pedal!" 🙂 And that we did! We traded half-lap pulls for the next 11 laps.
With about 13 to go, the moto rolled up to us and said we were 1:30 in front of the field. I immediately looked down to get a time check on how long each lap was. The next time around, I looked down again to realize that we were doing approximately 2 minute laps. That meant we were only a quarter lap behind the field! Lapping the field was definitely possible. A few laps later when I was on the front, the motor rolled up and said, "look around this corner (final corner) and you'll see the field!" I think my breakaway companion and I both breathed a sigh of relief and then kicked it up a notch! As we rounded the corner, I flicked my elbow and said, "bring it home, momma!" She pulled us up to within a wheel of the field and we both rolled up and sat up. The lap counter read 7 laps to go–plenty of time to recover.
At this point, I relaxed for a sip or two and realized that I was plenty uncomfortable sitting at the back of the pack on some highly questionable wheels. As we rounded the first corner, I glanced back to my breakaway companion, tapped my left hip to signal for her to get on my wheel and I pulled us both to the front. Once we got up there, I let her know that it is safer for us to ride up in the front.
Robin was comfortably controlling pace at the front, but with me back in the field I thought it made sense for us to not be on the front and let someone else sit in the wind. So I rolled up next to her and said, 'get off the front,' which proved to be a difficult task—no one (literally NO ONE) would pull through. And in reality, the front was really the safest place to be.
There was a prime lap at some point, for which a single racer sprinted. My breakaway companion expressed confusion about what was going on (a bell ringing with 4 to go?), so I explained to her the situation and let her know not to chase the single rider going for the prime for she wasn't going to go anywhere. The prime was complete and the rider rolled back to the pack.
With 2 to go, Chelsea got up front and picked up the pace. Still no one else wanted to work. As we came around for bell lap, Chelsea was still on the front until about half-way around the back side (someone actually asked me, 'is this your lead out train, Kaitlyn?' I said, 'ha! no." because Chelsea was working for Robin at that point!) Then a bit of a swarm happened and I lost my placement at 3rd wheel. My breakaway companion was right next to me, so I attempted to get on her wheel. Unfortunately she was on a less than steady wheel through the last corner, so I opted to go wide to feel a bit more comfortable. This caused me to get gapped just enough that I caught a bit of wind and couldn't straighten it out in time to out-sprint her. I completely lost sight of where Robin and Chelsea were. 🙁
Like I said at the top, all of this was possible because of the incredible race management by Chelsea and Robin!
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Inspired by nature, this beaded ring made only by seed beads, wood and fishing line. The shank part will be beaded according to your ring size. OR, alternatively, this creation can be turned into a necklace or a pendant upon your request or can be shipped as it is without any modification for you to use your current or future project.
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South Africa beats France 2-1, but eliminated
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) -- Bongani Khumalo and Katlego Mphela scored first-half goals to lead South Africa to a 2-1 World Cup win over a France team in turmoil. Despite the win Tuesday, Bafana Bafana became the first host nation to be eliminated in the group stage.
Khumalo scored in the 20th minute when he outjumped France midfielder Abou Diaby to knock a cross from Siphiwe Tshabalala into the net with his shoulder. Mphela doubled the lead 17 minutes later, outmuscling defender Gael Clichy to reach a low cross from Tsepo Masilela and knock the ball across the line.
Substitute Florent Malouda scored for France in the 70th.
Plagued by internal strife, the 2006 runner-up was forced to play with 10 men after Yoann Gourcuff was ejected for elbowing Macbeth Sibaya in the 25th minute.
The French also were eliminated from the tournament, while Uruguay and Mexico advanced from Group A.
After playing with a lone striker in its first two matches, South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira opted to put two men up front against France -- Bernard Parker and Mphela -- and it paid off.
"I'm so proud for the boys. The way our boys played from the very beginning," Parreira said. "They made this country proud. They proved that they made a good progression."
French soccer has been a mess ever since sports daily L'Equipe printed details of striker Nicolas Anelka's expletive-filled rant at coach Raymond Domenech during halftime of last Thursday's 2-0 loss to Mexico.
The French soccer federation sent Anelka home Saturday and the French players protested by refusing to practice the following day. Footage of the players refusing to come out of the team bus was beamed back to a shocked nation.
Not even a dressing down by French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot on the eve of the match could inspire Les Bleus. Bachelot called an emergency meeting Monday to tell the players they had let the country down and had one last chance to redeem themselves.
"It's your kids, our children, for whom perhaps you will no longer be heroes," said Bachelot, who told reporters she left the players in tears. "It is the dreams of your partners, your friends, your fans that you have perhaps broken. You have tarnished the image of France."
In the stands, one fan flew a French flag with the word "shame" emblazoned on it.
Mphela gave the France defense fits, with strong runs and dangerous drives from distance. He nearly scored his second goal in the 43rd with a right-footed drive from 25 yards that forced a diving save from Hugo Lloris. Then his right-footed shot hit the crossbar five minutes later.
South Africa's attacking style brought the crowd at Free State Stadium to life, and the home fans roared with each Bafana Bafana foray into the French half.
"I really thought we could pull through," Khumalo said.
Facing a 2-0 halftime deficit, France coach Raymond Domenech brought on Florent Malouda at the half and striker Thierry Henry 10 minutes later to try to boost his team's flagging attack.
The changes had little impact, until Ribbery collected a through ball deep on the right flank and crossed to Malouda in the middle to finish.
South Africa is the first host nation not to advance to the second round in 80 years of World Cup play.
While fans were bound to be disappointed, Bafana Bafana entered the tournament ranked 31st among the 32 teams and acquitted itself well. An emotional tie with Mexico to open the tournament gave way to a deflating 3-0 loss to Uruguay, followed by Tuesday's victory over a team ranked ninth in the world.
"My main feeling is pride," Parreira said. "We knew this group was going to be a very difficult group."


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One Christmas Eve in 1932, Robert McGimsey attended a midnight church service in New York City and then headed back to his one-room apartment. As he returned that night to his home, he passed the open doors of taverns where people were shouting, swearing and loudly singing. Many people were so drunk they had passed out on the sidewalk in the front of the lively establishments.
"What a strange way to celebrate the birth of the most perfect Person who ever lived on this earth," McGimsey thought. "We seem to have missed the whole significance of His life."
That night McGimsey wrote his thoughts on the back of an envelope. History tells us his words were used to write the beginnings of the popular spirituals. These words should ring out in our hearts this very Christmas season.
Sweet little Jesus Boy,
They made You be born in a manger.
Sweet little Holy Child, didn't know who You was.
Didn't know You'd come to save us, Lord,
To take our sins away.
Our eyes was blind, we couldn't see,
We didn't know who You was.-Robert McGimsey
Wow~ what a great apology written to the Saviour of the world who came as sweet baby Jesus but left this world as the King of Kings. This Christmas season is upon us and it seems to have rolled around all too quickly. Once again we have the opportunity to look at the birth of the Saviour and stand in amazement of the great love and sacrifice of our Lord. May we not get so caught up in the celebration that we forget the One we celebrate.


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Best coast – California nights
In 2010, Best Coast brought out their debut album, Crazy For You. A collection of personal, angst fuelled love songs, lyrically organised into simple childlike structures, backed by warm distorted guitar and chord progressions straight from 1960's surfer rock. Its hazy summer ambience was reinforced by the band name, a pun on "west coast" where they, and their influences, originated. Sweet, wistful and well executed, it paved the way for future success and truly defined them as a band. California Nights, their third album really does document the maturity of Best Coast, but hints at a case of too much, too soon.
A band quintessential to the ultimate relaxed holiday vibe is not easily associated with the harsh ambition of progression to become an act with the main goal of high record sales at the forefront of creating music. And whilst this is a good thing, it is possibly the reason why California Nights is not as iconic as it could have been. It hangs somewhere between selling out, being a game-changing masterpiece, and being a collection of songs that didn't make it onto the first two albums. Best Coast don't quite hit the nail on the head in any of those ways and there is definitely no evidence of a big step, or even establishing themselves as the band they deserve to be. It's the safe option.
As harsh a critic that I may be, I believe that credit is due where it is deserved. There are some exceptional tracks on this album. 'California Nights' is slow, dreamlike and psychedelic, whilst 'Heaven Sent' is the ultimate girl band anthem. The song 'Run through my head' isn't the strongest musically, but it exposes singer Bethany Cosentino's talent as a songwriter, emphasising that songs don't have to be complex when the lyrics are real and pure. Musically, better production values have given the band a cleaner sound. Their trademark romantic melodies have been dismantled, and the overall "je ne sais quoi" of Best Coast has been erased, but these things have been replaced with clearer guitar in a more fast paced style. From this, an overall feel is that the album has been influenced by grunge and 90's punk in some aspects, which fits with their trademark stoner rock essence. The experimentation is interesting, and there is definitely a feel that Best Coast have headed towards a style that is liked by the majority of alternative music listeners. California Nights sounds more pop punk, which will definitely appeal to a wider audience. It's crisp, fresh whilst still recognisable as Best Coast.


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Upcycled racquet covers converted into stylish mirrors.
Tricky to cut and fit but worth the effort, we think.
Racquet covers possibly 1930's era with lovely lived in wood patina.Some fixtures were missing so we have matched up the closest nuts & bolts we could find.All ready to hang on the wall / shelf.
These mirrors can fit in a corner of a room,hall walls, office space, funky kids room... just have fun choosing!.
Great unique wedding gift, for someone who has everything.Gift box and tissue on request.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story, the second Anthology film in the Star Wars saga, finally dropped a teaser during Super Bowl LII tonight, ahead of its full trailer release tomorrow morning on Good Morning America. The 45-second ad is the very first footage we've seen of the film so far and the first time Star Wars has been promoted at the Super Bowl.
A breakdown of the ad:
What did you think of our first look at Solo? Tell me in the comments or tweet to @SithObserver, and check back tomorrow for an updated breakdown of the full trailer. May the Force be with you all.
A breakdown of the ad:
- "So you wanna make a difference?" an Imperial officer asks Han. "Yeah," he replies. "Trust me, you're gonna love it," the officer assures him. It's interesting to see a young hero in Star Wars seeking to make a difference by joining the Empire, not the Rebellion. It means that we'll get to see the Empire as something more than just an evil, unstoppable force in the galaxy.
- A Star Destroyer looms in an outer-space vortex. TIE fighters emerge from its belly. This is probably the teaser's most stunning shot, the kind of extraterrestrial weather that we haven't really seen before in a Star Wars movie before. The leading fighter here looks like it might be an early version of the TIE bomber.
- "And which branch are you interested in joining?" the officer asks. "I'm gonna be a pilot. Best in the galaxy," Han says. We see him recklessly flying a speeder. This might be on Corellia, Han's homeworld, where he must have first discovered his love of flying. Like Luke, he's willing to join the Empire in order to get a nice piloting job.
- A shot of the interior of the Millennium Falcon. It's a lot cleaner than we've seen it before, which is telling of how Lando maintains the ship before losing it to Han.
- Han looks at the cockpit of the Falcon in a foggy terrain. This might be Kessel, the spice planet that is heavily rumored to be a plot point in the film. It's a safe bet to say that the Kessel Run will finally be seen on-screen, maybe in the film's climax.
- Qi'Ra stands in a shadowy room. LEGO sets confirmed the name of Emilia Clarke's character. This shot tells us very, very little about her, but we know she'll be joining Han and Chewie on their adventures and will probably have some ill-fated romantic subplot with the titular scoundrel.
- A droid next to a sparking console. This could very well be Phoebe Waller-Bridge's character, who has long been rumored to be motion-captured. She would be the franchise's first major female droid.
- A train rolls through a snowy terrain. Aside from one episode of The Clone Wars, we haven't really seen trains in the Star Wars universe. Maybe one of their missions will be robbing its cargo?
- Tobias Beckett salutes. Woody Harrelson's character is most likely Han's mentor. Now we know where he got his classic two-fingered salute.
- An exotic club with a gold-suited singer. This is definitely a step up from Mos Eisley Cantina or Maz Kanata's castle. The pattern on the windows looks like this is the same room Qi'Ra was in earlier.
- Beckett faces off with an armored assailant on top of the train. Nothing like a good ol' train-top fight.
- Lando Calrissian is bathed in strobe lights. Donald Glover's performance is probably the most anticipated part of the movie at the moment. The fur coat he's wearing definitely matches his extra fashion sense, first demonstrated in The Empire Strikes Back.
- The Falcon soars through the space storm. Those TIEs must have been sent to fend our heroes off. We know that this movie will include various "daring escapades," so maybe one of them involves sneaking onto a Star Destroyer with precious cargo; the Destroyer stays in the vortex to dissuade unwanted intruders.
- "Your name?" someone asks Han. Oh, we already know. Of course, this is back when "Han Solo" means nothing; he's a nobody, not a famous smuggler or a legendary war hero.
- Chewie growls happily as he pats Han on the back. Yep, one of the greatest Star Wars duos is back. It's Solo's version of "Chewie, we're home," a nostalgic final note for this teaser.
What did you think of our first look at Solo? Tell me in the comments or tweet to @SithObserver, and check back tomorrow for an updated breakdown of the full trailer. May the Force be with you all.


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The CAL Controls 3200 Series temperature controller was the world's first 1/32 DIN (24mm x 48mm) controller launched in 1992. A key feature of the CAL Controls 3200 Series temperature controller is the standard autotune functionality. Autotune 'teaches' the controller the main characteristics of the process. For best results with the CAL Controls 3200 Series temperature controller, run the Autotune with the usual setpoint temperature under normal load conditions. Autotune 'learns' by cycling the output on and off. The results are measured and used to calculate optimum PID values, which are automatically entered in the controller's memory.
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Be Safe
A watchful eye
No matter what your little one is doing at the playground, keep your eye on her. Children under the age of 5 years should always be fully supervised at the park. By supervised we mean by you, the parent. An older sibling should not substitute for a parent.
Baby it's hot
Right now is perfect outside weather time, but be careful about heat and sun. Safe sunscreen should be applied to the entire family about 30 minutes before you head to the park. Watch for signs of heat exhaustion and always carry water in a reusable water bottle. Learn more about summer-specific safety.
Sliding safety
Consumer Reports recommends that children of preschool age and under "should only use slides that are straight, or they may use spiral slides if they have only one turn of 360 degrees or less, since a child in this age group has limited ability to maintain balance or postural control." No sliding headfirst or on her belly, either. Lastly, watch for older kids who don't always wait to slide. Only one child at a time should be sliding.
Your lil' mountain climber
Little ones love to climb. My son would climb legs, bookshelves and old porches as a toddler if you let him. When your child sees something that can be climbed, she'll likely run for it, but make sure she's safe while climbing. Teach your little one to use both hands on ladders and to go slow. Always stay behind your child as she climbs.
Safe falls
All kids fall once in a while. To help avoid major injury choose a park that has a ground surface made of hardwood fiber or mulch, sand, pea gravel or suitable synthetic material such as rubber mats. This is much safer if your little one falls than concrete, dirt or grass.
Your little one may enjoy a baby swing but always push slowly and stand right there as she swings. Avoid parks with rope toys if you have a very young child as ropes can cause accidental entanglement and even strangulation.
Equipment safety
Playground equipment should be in great shape and secured to the ground. Look for well-maintained sandboxes and check for splinters and rust on older playground equipment. If you see bolts and cracks, look for a safer park.
More on health
Your baby's first year in checkups, explained
Outdoor play helps encourage healthy eyesight
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text: Hey ya'll! Do you remember me mentioning something in a previous post about getting your entire blended brood together for a family dinner? That was just a suggestion at the time. We have done many things together, birthday parties, school functions, etc. Never a family dinner, just the 7 of us. I took my own advice and the Birth Giver and I decided that we would make it "a thing" maybe every month! So, TONIGHT is the night. First of many family dinners. I can't wait to report back to all of you on how it went. We may even play a game called "Who is gonna knock BabyDaddy out first?" Not gonna lie, I may win! 😉 Stay tuned, folks!


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ALEPPO, SYRIA (8:00 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels struck back in Aleppo on Friday night, recapturing several points that were seized by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies around the city.
Led by Jaysh Al-Fateh (Army of Conquest) in the south, the jihadist rebels managed to recapture a number of points inside of Sheikh Sa'eed, pushing the Syrian Armed Forces all the way back towards the district's northwestern axis.
According to an Al-Masdar field correspondent, the jihadist rebels were able to reclaim large parts of Sheikh Sa'eed after the Syrian Armed Forces and their Iraqi allies failed to eastern capture the neighborhoods of the district.
Meanwhile, in east Aleppo, Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki was able to restore several points around the Water Pumping Station in the Suleiman Al-Halabi District after an intense battle on Friday.
A military source to Al-Masdar news on Friday night that the jihadist rebels now control 20 percent of the Suleiman Al-Halabi District.
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Hmmm! This writing stuff doesn't look that hard. Maybe I'll change the pasword to something like "catsrule."
Or maybe I'll take a nap instead.
Susan decided to make orange muffins using tang for the orange flavoring and color.
Yep! ... They're pretty good! (The dog will just have to take my word for it.)
The waves after two days of high winds.
The dog didn't even like being outside.
Susan having a bad hair day!
You had to be careful coming in or out or the wind would blow you right off the ramp. It took two hands to close the door to the camper and sometimes it took two people to get it closed.
On cold days Susan like to do some baking. First because the food is good and second because it helps warm up the camper. She doesn't have much counter space so puts the cutting board on the floor to roll out the dough. It's my job to keep the cat and dog at bay.
She's taking biscuits out of the top rack so she can put the pie in their place.
It's as good as it looks!
The wind finally calmed down so Odie and I could go for our normal morning bike ride. (Okay, she runs, I ride the bike!)
Susie the sun lizard! We still had a little wind so she used the hood of the U-Haul to lay on. The truck's box shielded her from the wind and the sun was far enough west to provide a little solar heat.
We had rose hip tea for supper. We picked and dried these at home.
My request for supper was beans and dumplings with bacon added in. The bacon is some Susan canned at home.
It just needed browned.
She fried the biscuits in the bacon grease, then ...
put them aside and cooked the beans and bacon strips together. The beans are some she'd cooked and dehydrated at home. Since they were already cooked she only needed to re-hydrate them and heat them to make them ready to eat.
Mix it all together and we had three of the four basic food groups in Kentucky (Beans, bacon, lard and whiskey ... she forgot to bring any whiskey!)
The moon just before sunrise this morning (Monday the 28th).
Vec. This is Echo Bay viewed from our "front porch" with the telephoto feature in use.


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August 27th, 2016
8-28-16, Henry Morris III -- The biblical record is full of testable historical and archaeological data, unlike the sacred texts of other religions. Wherever such historical information is cited, the data have proven to be precise and trustworthy. It has been subjected to the minutest scientific textual analysis possible to humanity and has been proven to be authentic in every way.
The Bible has been a significant source book for secular archaeology, helping to identify such ancient figures as Sargon (Isaiah 20:1), Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:37), Horam of Gezer (Joshua 10:33), Hazar (Joshua 15:27), and the nation of the Hittites (Genesis 15:20). The biblical record, unlike other "scriptures," is historically set, opening itself up for testing and verification. Nineteenth-century critics used to deny the historicity of the Hittites, the Horites, the Edomites, and various other peoples, nations, and cities mentioned in the Bible. Few critics question the geographical and ethnological reliability of the Bible today.
The names of over 40 kings of various countries mentioned in the Bible
have all been found in contemporary documents and inscriptions outside
of the Old Testament, and are consistent with the times and places
associated with them in the Bible. Nothing exists in ancient literature that has
been even remotely as well confirmed in historical accuracy as has the Bible.
"Every word of God is pure. . . . Add thou not unto His words, lest
He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar" (Proverbs 30:5-6).
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THE month's Wingham Farmers Market feature producers are Dale Bradshaw and Sooze Bosire of Old Inn Road Wine.
Dale and Sooze's property is located near Bulahdelah. There they have a one hectare vineyard with 2500 vines, growing a mix of Verdelho, Chambousin and Dolcetto.
The venture started five years ago, and they are now in their second year of commercial production and have produced some beautiful wines courtesy of award-winning wine makers Nick Paterson and Matt Burton.
Dale says lots of people are surprised that grapes could be grown in Bulahdelah, and "the secret is to pick the variety (of grapes) that suit your area." They have tried a different type of Verdelho grape, so people can expect a slightly different taste to other wines, and they assure us that thanks to the dry weather before Christmas the 2013 vintage will be great.
Old Inn Road Wines are truly boutique. Dale and Sooze proudly state their grapes are all handpicked, and the vines handpruned for the best results.
The grapes are whole bunch pressed to avoid bitter tasting phenolics, leaving a wine which lasts well but is best drunk fresh. They also boast environmental responsibility, and are looking at being fully biodynamic within the next three years.
They will have special light weight bottles for 2013 so they use less raw materials and less fuel for transport, the cartons are all recycled, and tasting cups are made of corn starch not plastic. Dale says he just loves the chorus of the frogs on their place!
The newly bottled 2013 vintage will be available at the next Wingham Farmers' Market on May 4, and makes an excellent lunch wine.
Also at the market at Wingham Showground this Saturday yummy hot soup will be back at the community stall, and there will be a talk at 10am by Beren Williams.
Beren sells biochar generated from his property at Lansdowne.
Biochar is a relatively new and very interesting product, so come along to hear just how it benefits the soil, the environment and your veggie patch!
If you want to have a stall at the Wingham Farmers Market call Annette on 6550 7213.
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American Airlines has announced a massive devAAluation of its award chart for awards booked on or after March 22, 2016. (It also announced negative changes to status and revenue-based award mile-earning on paid flights.)
The only two things I like about the announcement are that a few prices go down slightly and that we were given solid notice. You have just over four months to book awards on the current American Airlines award chart. On March 21, 2016, you will be able to book awards at the current prices for travel through February 16, 2017.
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This is, however, a massive devaluAAtion, especially in the premium cabins, in line with United's bloodbath that was announced Halloween 2013 and took effect in February 2014. American has also, for the first time, started to charge different prices for awards on its own planes versus awards that fly partners like United does. So far there are only a few such differences and for not many miles, but I do not like that precedent one bit because partner flights are often much nicer.
Let's look at the changes.
American Airlines Economy Chart
This left half of this chart shows the current one way prices in thousands of miles for flying American Airlines flights in economy compared to the prices for booking the same awards on March 22, 2016. Good differences are in green, and bad differences are in red. The right side shows the price for off peak awards now and next year.
The best change is that direct American Airlines flights that are 500 miles or less will be bookable for 7,500 American Airlines miles next year. Of course you can book those same awards for 4,500 British Airways Avios now (going up to 7,500 Avios in February), so that isn't even that great of a deal.
I do like that Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico are getting cheaper, and that American's flight to Hong Kong will have an off peak price next year.
Price increases are mostly minor except that off peak awards to Japan and Korea are getting 30% more expensive and that off peak awards to Southern South America are going away completely.
You will notice that flights to Canada and Alaska, which used to be the same price as flights within the continental United States now have their own more expensive price. United made this change for Alaska in 2014.
Partner Economy Chart
This chart is set up just like the last one except that it shows the prices now and in March 2016 to book partner flights with American Airlines miles.
The Middle East and Indian Subcontinent were too expensive, and they are getting cheaper. That's good, but it hardly makes up for the elimination of most off peak awards on partner metal (only Europe remains, and it gets more expensive.)
You can also note that the drop in price we see to Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico on the American Airlines metal chart does not apply to partner awards.
Business Class Chart
Since there is no off peak Business Class award, this chart has American Airlines metal awards on the left and partner metal awards on the right. The prices are identical except that booking partners doesn't get the discount for sub-500-mile domestic flights, and you pay extra to fly partners to Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.
The higher price on the slashes within the continental United States and to Canada are only if you fly a three-cabin plane. Three-cabin planes operate between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver (Cathay Pacific), and occasionally on other routes like Los Angles to Miami. Three-cabin Business Class features a flat bed. Two-cabin flights operate all other routes and price at the lower price.Business Class awards go way up in price, mostly in the 15-30% range. Australia and New Zealand awards are the worst hit, going up 28%.
First Class Chart
I saved the worst for last. This chart is like the previous one with AA-metal awards on the left and partner-metal awards on the right. You may have picked up that my color coding has red numbers when a change is negative and a red box when it is really negative. This chart has 100% red boxes.
- American Airlines First Class from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco is going up 54% to 50,000 miles one way.
- Cathay Pacific First Class from New York to Vancouver is going up 69% to 55,000 miles one way.
- American Airlines First Class on its 777-300ER to Brazil or Europe is going up 36% to 85,000 miles one way.
- Japan Airlines First Class from the United States to Japan is going up 28% to 80,000 miles one way. Relatively that's a better deal than awards to Europe or Southern South America.
- Cathay Pacific First Class from the United States to Hong Kong or Southeast Asia is going up 63% to 110,000 miles one way.
- Qantas First Class from the United States to Australia is going up 52% to 110,000 miles one way.
- Etihad First Class was already expensive to the Middle East or India and now it goes up another 28% to 115,000 miles one way.
Aspirational products just got put out of reach by American Airlines. What a bummer!
Other Sweet Spot Awards
I wrote about five sweetspots on the American Airlines awards chart that don't touch the USA. How did those fare?
1. Europe to Middle East/Indian Subcontinent/Maldives in First Class
- Is 40,000 miles one way
- Will be 62,500 miles one way, +56%
Bye bye, cheap awards in Etihad A380, Qatar A380, and Qantas A380.
2. Middle East/Indian Subcontinent/Maldives to East Asia (Asia 1 or 2) in Business Class
- Is 30,000 miles one way
- Will be 40,000 miles one way, +33%
3. Korea/Japan to Australia/New Zealand in First Class
- Is 60,000 miles one way, no change on March 22, 2016
Still a cost-effective way to fly Japan Airlines First Class
4. Southeast Asia to Australia/New Zealand in First Class
- Is 45,000 miles one way
- WIll be 50,000 miles one way, +11%
5. Africa to Europe in First Class
- Is 50,000 miles one way
- WIll be 80,000 miles one way, +60%
Bye bye, cheap British Airways A380 First Class awards.
Two bonus devAAluations:
- Australia to Middle East (Qantas or Etihad A380) in First Class goes from 60,000 to 100,000 miles
- Australia to Europe (Qantas or Etihad A380) in First Class goes from 80,000 to 115,000 miles
Bottom Line
American Airlines has massively increased the number of miles you will need to book Business and First Class awards starting March 22, 2016. Its chart will go from far better than Delta's and United's to just being in the same ballpark.
There is still time to earn and burn at current priced.
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Lyn and I have recently enjoyed sharing the quarry at Morgan with members of the Nissan 4WD Club as part of Vehicle Familiarisation training – many thanks to Colin Price and his team of Trainers. It's marvelous to watch the reaction of members as they are often astounded at the capabilities of their vehicles.
We welcome new member Pedro Branco (953) and look forward to his participation in Club events.
The 22nd November Social meeting will include a demonstration of the updated Club Web site and how to logon to the Members Only area.
Special thanks to Naomi Jolly and her team who have worked tirelessly in organising our 30th anniversary celebrations at the Nuriootpa Valley Tourist Park (Fri 25th to Sun 27th November 2016). It is now almost upon us and with around 100 past and current members attending – promises to be a memorable event.
Our Mechanical Interest Group is looking for assistance. Please contact Kevin Jolly 0419 419 255 if you could you spare some time to help with ideas and organising speakers.
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Nissan Renault has purchased a 34% and controlling interest in Mitsubishi Motors – here is an article discussing potential opportunities.
It seems highly likely that the Patrol and Pajero will be combined – hopefully the best of both vehicles will be engineered into their replacement.
We've just returned from Stansbury on York Peninsula during which we received a battering from the rough weather as it headed toward Adelaide – thankfully no damage.
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Come and join fellow Members in the beautiful Clare Valley for a great Family Friendly Social and / or Driving weekend (Or BOTH !) . . . you can make it as Relaxed or Busy as you like, with plenty of options in the area . . . and maybe even a Bush Dance ?
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Wagasa 「和傘」, the traditional Japanese umbrella made from bamboo and washi (Japanese paper), is renowned not only for its delicate beauty but also for the precision open/close mechanism.
The first folding umbrellas appeared in Japan around the year 1550 (before that, the only defense against rain were straw hats and capes) and they were initially luxury items. Later during the Edo period wagasa became more accessible and people started using it not only for protection against rain or sun but also as a fashion accessory. Many ukiyo-e and vintage photos from Japan show women dressed in kimono assorted with matching wagasa.
Actually, wagasa is so popular in the Japanese tradition that it has its own… spirit. This is Tsukumogami, a kind of Japanese spirit said to appear from an object after 100 years, when… it becomes alive. The spirit of wagasa is called Karakasa Obake, umbrella ghost, a monster looking like a folded wagasa, with a single eye and a single foot wearing a geta.
The western type of umbrella was brought to Japan during the Meiji period and, over time, completely replaced the wagasa, because of the higher resistance and much lower costs.
However, there are still several workshops producing wagasa in Gifu, Kyoto, Ishikawa, Tottori and Tokushima and wagasa is still used in traditional activities like tea ceremony, kabuki theater, Japanese dances or festivals.
It is also a a great collector's item and an excellent souvenir from Japan:
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The commercially viable solar ferry, having the size of four buses arranged in a matrix of 2x2, would cost more than conventional diesel powered ferries of the same capacity, but, Sandith Thandasherry, chief executive officer at NavAlt Solar & Electric Boats that builds the vessels, claimed that the additional cost can be recovered in about two-three years.
"The solar ferries, would cost around Rs 2.5 crore, while conventional ones of same capacity costs around Rs 1.5 crore," he said. "Nevertheless, diesel ferries would require around Rs 26 lakh every year on fuel, plus it incurs engine maintenance costs, making the total at least Rs 30 lakh every year." Solar ferries would need to spend Rs 30 lakh on battery replacement every five years and a daily grid charging cost of Rs 1.4 lakh per year. This averages out to Rs 6.4 lakh per year against Rs 30 lakh annually for diesel ferries, Thandasherry said.


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Something is amiss with Luis Suarez
Barcelona keep winning and Luis Suarez is still missing. Saturday night's 2-0 win for Ernesto Valverde's side over Malaga was another welcome result for the Catalan club, but again their centre-forward was a disappointment.
Malaga were the only side Barca failed to beat in either fixture in La Liga last season, losing away to Michel's men and only managing a draw at home to the Andalusians. Five points dropped that could have earned the title for Luis Enrique's team.
Barcelona 13/2 to win Champions League
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Michel, a Real Madrid legend from his playing days, had been happy to help Los Blancos win La Liga with their victory over Barca at La Rosaleda and defeat to Zinedine Zidane's side at home in the last game of the season saw the title head back to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time since 2012.
Barca had also lost at home to Malaga in February 2015, but there appeared little chance of a repeat this time as the Andalusians arrived at Camp Nou with just one point from their eight matches so far in the Primera Division.
A lovely passing move saw Barca take the lead within two minutes as Gerard Deulofeu netted with a back-heeled effort to vindicante his selection after bright showings against Atletico Madrid and Olympiacos over the last week.
However, the goal should have been disallowed because the ball was out of play when Lucas Digne crossed. Time for technology in La Liga - especially after another controversial incident last season when Barca were denied a perfectly good goal when the ball had clearly crossed the line away to Betis.
The rest of the match was fairly predictable, with Barca dominant virtually throughout, and the Catalans ultimately added a second as Andres Iniesta netted, with the aid of a deflection, his first league goal since scoring in the 4-0 win at Real Madrid in November 2015.
Suarez should have added at least one more. The Uruguayan inexplicably fired wide from close range when it looked easier to score late in the game and he was taken off to give Paco Alcacer a rare run-out in the final minutes.
Earlier, Suarez had missed another good chance and despite his important leveller at Atletico last weekend, the truth is that the South American striker is still some way short of his brilliant best right now.
Alcacer should start as Barca begin the defence of their Copa del Rey crown against Murcia in midweek and if the Spain striker impresses, Valverde may be tempted to give Suarez a break from first-team action.
The Uruguayan's recent injury, plus the departure of Neymar, the absence of summer signing Ousmane Dembele and Valverde's decision to move Lionel Messi into a more central role have all contributed to the former Liverpool forward's poor patch of form.
However, it is more than that and three goals in his 11 appearances this season tell a tale. Something is amiss with Luis Suarez at the moment. In fact, almost everything is a miss.


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Our nutritious spread features a traditional egg dish, sweet crepes and hearty hash browns — you won't even miss the bacon.
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President Zuma has responded to the Fees Must Fall campaign with a major announcement on student fees for varsity and college students.
President Zuma has made a surprise announcement that poor and middle class students will be fully funded for university and college education.
In a statement on Saturday the President has announced changes to the funding of post-school education but gave no details on how the policy would be funded. The changes are expected to cost R12,4 Billion in 2018.
With changes to the definition of 'poor and middle class', over 90% of SA households will now have access to free higher education.
The new programme will begin next year and be phased in over 5 years. NSFAS loans will be converted to grants that don't have to be paid back. The grants will cover tuition, study material, food, transport and accommodation.
The Director General of the Department of Higher Education and Training was confident that the institutions would be ready to roll our these plans at the start of 2018. He praised the announcement as it was putting more investment into the system and would ensure that education would be accessable for more poor families.
This decision is a culmination of many engagements with the inter-ministerial committee and other departments and roleplayers. The DG was confident that universities and colleges had already been in discussion with his department ahead of the announcement so would be able to implement the policy for next year's intake.
There will be no fee increased next year for students from households earning up to R600 000 per year.
The statement from the President was released just ahead of the ANC's elective conference where the party's next leader will be chosen.
Some of the major elements of the announcement include:
The matter in relation to the management of NSFAS debt due to its complexity will be dealt with by the Minister of Higher Education and Training after due diligence has been undertaken by the Department of Higher Education and Training; Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and the National Treasury to determine the quantum of funding required.
• Grants for poor and working class South African students at universities and TVET colleges will continue to be managed and administered by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme through their recently completed student centred-model.
• The building of new student accommodation and refurbishment of old student housing at both universities and TVET colleges will be given urgent attention, with priority given to Historically Disadvantaged Institutions.
• Government will further investigate the viability of "online and blended learning" as an additional mechanism to deal with capacity challenges across the PSET sector.


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August Holidays
It's August and for the French that means just one thing: les vacances. Urbanites are leaving Paris and other cities for the coast or countryside, and hordes are descending on the Côte d'Azur, the Atlantic Coast or their residence secondaire (holiday home).
The French enjoy eleven holidays or jours feriés annually. And by law, every full time French worker is also entitled to five weeks holiday per year. Most French people take their summer vacations in July or August and the majority holiday within France rather than travelling to other countries.
The normally busy Parisian streets become deserted and many businesses are closed. But the emptying of the cities is not entirely voluntary. Many French people are obliged to take the bulk of their holidays in August, because their workplaces are closed. School children also have a long break in August, so it's often the best opportunity for a family to holiday together.
Shops and businesses in Paris and other cities are often deserted for the month, sometimes longer. Whole apartment buildings are shuttered up when Parisians flee the city. So, if you're planning on visiting France in August, just be aware that in Paris, while you may avoid the crowds, many businesses will be shut. And the tourist areas of the Côte d'Azur and the Atlantic Coast will be very busy.
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Can We Fix the Broken Authorizations Process? Humana and athenahealth are Leading the Way
by Kimberly Hui, athenahealth Payer Transactions Associate, and Kim Peters, Humana Process Owner for Integrated Provider Solutions
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The Learning Curve of Culture
by Jonathan Bush, President & CEO
Culture is a reminder of the spirit that produced a company, and it sustains—and evolves—to support the company it has produced.
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On the Cutting Edge of Accountability in Cleveland
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How the interconnectivity of one hospital system in northeast Ohio addressed Cleveland's vast health care needs.
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Go Ahead: MACRA My Day
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October 27, 2016|Categories: Healthcare Policy and Reform, Medical Billing and Payers, Practice Management
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October 12, 2016|Categories: All Things EMR, Corporate Citizenship
The Clipboard Routine
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A simple legal fix--reforming the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Laws--could solve healthcare's maddening "clipboard routine."
October 11, 2016|Categories: Cloud Services, All Things EMR, More Disruption Please, Healthcare Policy and Reform, Interoperability
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Minute to medium sized (1.5-8 mm), slender flies. Body dull to lustrous, yellow to dark brown or black, often with markings; near the eye often silvery white. Head small, arista pubescent or with longer rays; ocelli present; Ocellar bristles present to absent; Postvertical bristles diverging or absent; 2-5 pairs of frontal bristles curving backward, the lowermost pair in some cases curving inward; interfrontal bristles present to absent; vibrissae present. Wing clear to somewhat infuscated, often the apical portion darker or crossveins with dark bands; costa with a subcostal break, vein Sc complete; crossvein BM-Cu present, cell cup closed. Legs all yellow or partially darker; tibiae with or without dorsal preapical bristle.
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Life is a Gift from God
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08/07/2005Scripture: Exodus 20:13
Track 6 of 10 in the Ten Commandments series
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Speaker: Chuck Sackett
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Sermon for Sunday, August 7, 2005
6th sermon in a 10-part series.
"Life is a Gift from God"
"Ten Words to Guide our Lives"
(Exodus 20:13)
Copyright 2005 G. Charles Sackett
1968 Dick Holler brought out a song that you may recognize. It's been sung by a variety of people. The lyrics go, "Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he's gone? He's freed a lot of people. But it seems the good, they die young." Three verses, one about Abraham, one about John and one about Martin. Three assassinated leaders in our culture. And this particular song writer was trying to help us get a handle on what happens when we kill people.
MURDER. . . . .it's the stuff of movies and music and mysteries. We're not surprised at all when we read in the paper about them. (There should be a slide coming up here with lots of them on there.) You can take and pick your choice which one is the worst or the least or the most surprising. They've been around for a long time. You'll find Cain up there, at least some artist's conception of him and a couple other Biblical characters. Maybe you'll be surprised by the presence, for example, of David. That should shock you just a little. A man after God's own heart, guilty of murder.
There are some others up there whose heinous crimes will mark them down as among the worst ever in history. There are some folks that are not up there. Probably just as well. Murderers!
It won't surprise you, I suppose, to discover that God is against it.
Exodus 20:13 Command Number 6, at least if you follow the list the way that we're following it. It's Number 6. Let me read that for you. It's pretty simple. "You shall not murder." Let's set it in it's context. You know where we've been. We've been walking through the Ten Commandments. Command No. 1 - I will not have any rivals. I am God and there isn't anybody else. Command No. 2 - Don't make graven images. Don't try to boil God down into someone you can control. Command No. 3 - Don't take the Lord's name in vain. Take Me seriously. Treat Me with dignity and respect. Command No. 4 - About the Sabbath. Trust Me, I will take care of you. Command No. 5 - The one we worked with last week. Honor your father and your mother. Learn how to submit to those over you, particularly to God.
There was a Sunday school teacher who had done her best that particular morning to teach Command number 5. Honor your parents. Obey your mom and your dad. Then she asked this question, "Is there a Commandment about how to treat your brother and sister?" And immediately one little child said, "Thou shall not murder." There is some connection here I suspect between Commandment No. 5 and Commandment No. 6. Don't MURDER!
Now, I want you to hear that clearly. Out of the thirteen English translations that I looked at, ten of them translated murder, not kill. Three of the older translations, maybe the one that you grew up on, translated. . .Thou shalt not kill. Unfortunately there are a number of words for kill in the Old Testament. This is not one of them. This is the word that is specifically relegated to one specific kind of killing and that is murder. It fits in to one rather large category. Don't kill people. But it excludes a variety of things.
This particular word is never used to talk about war. As important a topic as that might happen to be, particularly in light of yesterday. Some of you probably didn't pay any attention to that. It just passed by you. Others of you may have enough memory of this event that you were struck by it once again. For some of you it probably was a news item that arrested you. Yesterday was the anniversary, sixty years ago, that we dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was commemorated yesterday all over the world by those who thought it was the right thing to do and by those who thought it was the wrong.
There is a gentleman here in Quincy who has close connections to that particular event. He was interviewed on the evening news at least once during this last week.
But this word is not about that. That's an important topic, probably one we should entertain at some point. That's just not this word. Nor, is this word about capital punishment. That's not what's in here. There is a word for that in the Old Testament. It is used in a variety of places. It's not used here.
In fact, one of the Scholar's who writes about this particular word says in definition: Murder is the willful, premeditated taking of life. The law did, however, sanction killing as a defensive or punitive act and prescribed the death penalty for a variety of sins.
There are some things that this does include. When you say murder, the Old Testament was very clear that you not only had a responsibility not to take life intentionally, but, there were provisions made in case of things, that we have come to call in our legal system, manslaughter, accidental death. There was provision in the Old Testament for your personal responsibility for your property or your animals. For example, when you build a house, the instructions were very clear because they were all flat roofed structures, you were to build a parapet (a wall around the top of your roof) so that nothing could fall off and thereby injure someone on the ground.
If you owned a bowl for example, that's the illustration used in the text, and that bowl is responsible for killing someone, you, personally bear the responsibility for that death. And there were consequences to be entertained.
So when Moses presented this law to the people, Thou shalt not murder, there was a fairly wide range of things here. Manslaughter, taking responsibility for your property. There was provision in the Old Testament for a variety of what were called cities of refuge so that, if per chance, you were involved in a death, so that somebody just didn't come along and immediately seek revenge, you could flee to the city of refuge and in that city of refuge you could be guaranteed a trial. That way nobody could just avenge an "eye for an eye" or a "tooth for a tooth", a "life for a life" without there being some legal recourse.
Don't kill people. That's basically what this text says, intentionally or otherwise. I suppose we could move on with the rest of the service now because it's pretty simple. Don't go around murdering folks. That's what this text says.
The question is, why not? And it seems to me that in the answering of the question, why God so strongly prohibits murder is wrapped up in the things we've already said. We've sung it. We've read it and we've listened to it.
So let's go back to it. Genesis 1 You need to understand if you're going to understand this command and its implications for your life. You need to have some sense of how significant, how important life was. In fact, if you read your Bible, Genesis 1, 2 & 3 you'll become very quickly aware, life was intended to never end. Death was not part of the picture; any kind of death. There was a tree from which they could eat that was supposed to give them life forever. Unfortunately, as you know, that didn't work out very well.
But in Genesis 1:26 after having created all of humanity, or all of the animal and plant kingdom, He says in Genesis 1:26 "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. . . . .and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply". . . . . . Do you notice that the very first command given to man was to create life. God created us in His image and the very first thing He told us to do was reproduce who you are. Life had value! Had immeasurable importance and significance. Go over to Genesis 2:8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground - trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Right there in the very essence of creation is this statement "I want you to live". Life is important. Life has value.
Come over to Genesis 9 You don't have to wait until Genesis 9 before you discover that man has fouled things up but we'll go ahead and go to Genesis 9 because there's such a strong statement here about life. This is after the flood. All of humanity except for Noah and his family has been destroyed. He starts over with Noah.
Genesis 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. Sounds a lot like that early command in Genesis doesn't it? The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything."
"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for life of his fellow man."
"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; (WHY?) for in the image of God has God made man.
Why does God value life so significantly? Because we were created in God's image. We have value just because we're human. Just because we are what God has made. Look at Psalm 139. We read just a piece of it earlier. Let's come back to the 139th Psalm and just read a bit more of that.
Psalm 139, you'll recognize it, I'm quite confident.
Psalm 139 O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You notice how closely He pays attention to you.
You hem me in - behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
You can't ever be out of God's presence. That's His message. He cares so much about you that you can never go someplace and discover, "oh wait a minute, God's not here" 'cause He's everywhere you are and He's there before you get there.
He goes on to say, If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for the darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. God knew you before you were you.
I don't know if you've been around the back of our building lately. But there are babies everywhere. It's a wonderful thing. It's marvelous! And God knows them all, every one of them. And He knew them before you knew that you had them. Because He knit them together. He values life.
I have mentioned this particular person to you before. His name is L. C. Sutton. He came out of the projects in Joliet. He was a young African-American that came to Lincoln to school whom I traveled with into the inner city of Hartford on a number of different occasions. I always wanted to take L. C. with me because the world that I grew up in was middle-class or sub-middle-class but white. I didn't understand.
And I have to confess to you that while I grew up on the poor side of the tracks, I am fully, completely immersed in middle-class culture. I know how to fix things. Do it my way and everything will turn out the way it's supposed to. Go get a job. Clean up the place. Do what your supposed to do. Quit misbehaving and life will be like it's supposed to be. You all know those rules.
Then I would get into the north end of Hartford; and, I would walk down Albany Avenue; and, I would walk past anywhere from 50 to 500 unemployed African-American men standing on the street. And I would go to the community center at either Charter Oaks or one of the other places and I would play with little black children. Demetrius was one of my favorites. A five year old who could walk us through the subdivision, literally walked us through the subdivision, and point out which houses you don't go in, which cars you do not pay attention to, which people you avoid. Five years old! I will never forget the statement that Beau made to me when one of our college students asked him what he wanted when he grew up. His answer was, "I just want to live to be seventeen." That's not an answer that I would have ever given.
I remember going to the maximum security prison, north of Hartford in Connecticut and I remember as L. C. and I were carrying on these conversations and I'm asking him to help me understand culture. I would ask this question, "How do we get people out of here?"
One particular day we were commenting on an event that happened in Cabrini Green in Chicago. Maybe you will remember the day that a ten year old boy threw an eight year old boy off the eighth floor of an apartment building because he wanted his coat. And I remember asking L. C., "How do we address this issue?" And his response has stayed with me forever. "Teach people that they are made in the image of God and have value."
I don't know how to say more significantly the importance of this 6th Commandment than to say, "Treat people as if they were made in the image of God because they have inherent value."
Gail and I just re-watched for probably the second or third time the movie Amestad about those slaves from West Africa who became a part of a supreme court decision in the early part of our country; and, here was the argument, were they or were they not property? Of course they weren't property! They were people!
Thou shalt not murder.
Well, that ought to be simple enough. Don't do it. Of course, none of you are thinking you will.
There was an attorney meeting with a widow. The fella had not left a will and so he was saying, " You know it's really important that we know the last thing that your husband said to you because that's the only way we're going to be able to process this case." And the wife said, "I really don't want to tell you." He said, "Well, we really have to know the last thing that he said." And she said, "It was between he and me and I really don't want to share it with you." And he said, "There is no way we can dispose of this case if you don't tell me." And she said, "Oh alright. The last thing he said to me was, 'You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with that gun.'"
It's fairly obvious that we shouldn't shoot one another, right? Thou shalt not murder.
But is that the end of the issue? Well, ya know. . . Maybe one of the implications is that we take responsibility for things, like the way we drive.
If an Old Testament person had to put a parapet around his house to keep things from falling off maybe we ought to be responsible for the way that we handle those things that could injure other people.
Quite honestly, ah, I'm not taking a political stand here. I just happened to grow up during the days when atomic energy was hitting the scenes. I remember as an early teenager going to Arco, Idaho where the nuclear plant was and they were telling us about how this whole thing worked and how they were taking all of this nuclear waste and they were burying it out in the desert someplace because they were just really pretty sure that if you put it down in a salt pit that it would not cause any damage. And I remember thinking. . . . "pretty sure!" I think I'd like more assurance than "pretty sure". I mean it's not like it's going to last for a day or two and then, you know, it'll be gone. This stuff goes on for like, ever!
Could it be that maybe this text about valuing life says something about "Valuing life". Could it be that this is an issue that comes on the heels of the 5th Commandment for a very clear reason? Honor your father and your mother. Thou shalt not murder. And maybe we need to rethink the whole Oregon law about mercy killing. You know the word, it's euthanasia. Do you know the word? It's actually two words; "eu" and "thanatas". Eu means good. Sorry! It's a Greek word. Thanatas means death. The word euthanasia means good death. That's easy for you to say. If you're doing it to me. But you might want to ask me how I feel about it. Whether I think it's good. Maybe this command has something to say about that on some occasion.
Maybe this has something to say about the American perspective on (and you knew it was coming), abortion. In 1989, sixteen years ago, (I'm sure these statistics have changed. . . . .not drastically) your chances of being killed by a terrorist overseas somewhere were 1 in 650,000. Maybe it's worse than that now; maybe it's 1 in 100,000. I don't know. Your chances of being killed by a murderer in Baltimore were about 1 in 4,000. They tell me that's gotten better. It's not quite as violent there. But your chances of being killed in the womb were 1 in 3.
In American culture, we murder 1.3 to 5 million children a year. We haven't, in all the wars we've been in, lost that many of our soldiers. And we do it to ourselves every year.
'Course. . . . .okay . . . . .take a breath. That was heavy. We're not murderers, right? That first slide, that was murderers! Those mean, nasty people, like John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dalmer. I have another slide of another murderer I would like you to meet. He should be up there by now. And I have another one. It should be a mirror and I'm asking you to look in it.
Because the issue is not just have we physically taken someone's life. If that were all the issues that we had to face, that would be really rather simple, don't you think? Not a difficult thing at all.
But here's where the New Testament begins to come into play. Look over at Matthew 5 in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 5:21 "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment."
It's probably a good thing that I was an only child. I don't have to worry about being angry with my brother. My fear is that God is going to include cousins in that.
Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, or [an Aramaic term of contempt]. . .is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Now Jesus is getting just a little too close to home, if you ask me.
Look at Romans 13. Paul recounts this particular command. Romans 13:8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Look particularly at Verse 10. Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Love does no harm. . . . . .
Look at the little book of 1John clear at the other end of your New Testament. 1John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
For the New Testament the issue is the valuing of people. It's not the external act alone. The majority of us, probably 100% of us, having never been guilty of that, and will never be guilty of that, but the heart.
Some years ago, 1985, there were 96 Vietnamese boat people floating in the bay, not far from Korea, hoping to make land before a typhoon. They had been passed by 50 different ships who had just ignored them in the sea. The 51st ship was a Korean fishing vessel with a load of tuna and crew headed back to North Korea. It first went by the boat people ignoring their cries for help and then, the Captain, who's name I can't begin to pronounce, decided with his crew members, that they would take the risk of picking up those 96 boat people. So they turned their ship around and they did, they rescued them. A year ago tomorrow, August 8, 2004, 500 Vietnamese and North Korean relatives of those boat people gathered to say thank you to this particular Captain. Here was his comment. The man is now 62 years old. He, by the way, was fired for what he did. "I am human. And in that moment, the only thing I cared about was 96 lives."
Do you hear it? The man understood something about the basic value of humanity.
Why does God say, Thou shalt not kill? Because we matter. Because we're made in God's image and so we begin to value people.
As long ago as the middle-1600's, the church put together a catechism in the city of Heidelberg. That catechism in part reads like this.
Q: What does God require in the sixth commandment?
Answer: That neither in thoughts, nor words, nor gestures, much less in deeds, I dishonor, hate, wound, or kill my neighbor, myself or another: (a) but that I lay aside all desire of revenge: (b) also, that I hurt not myself nor willfully expose myself to any danger. (c) Wherefore also the magistrate is armed with the sword, to prevent murder.
Q: But this commandment seems only to speak of murder?
Answer: In forbidding murder, God teaches us, that he abhors the causes thereof, such as envy, (a) hatred, (b) anger, (c) and desire of revenge; and that he accounts all these as murder.
Q: But is it enough that we do not kill any man in the manner mentioned above?
Answer: No; for when God forbids envy, hatred, and anger, he commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves; (a) to show patience, peace, meekness, mercy, and all kindness, towards him, (b) and prevent his hurt as much as in us lies; (c) and that we do good, even to our enemies.
Because we value people, we treat each other with respect. See, even those that we have learned to love even though we don't like, He says you treat them with dignity and you treat them with respect. You value them for who they are and you respond to them appropriately.
So the next time you're in the grocery store and somebody cuts in front of you with their cart, or the next time you get in the line that says "twelve items or less" and they have 37 different things in their cart, quote to yourself the sixth commandment, Thou shalt not murder.
It often determines how we make decisions. Whether we are going to choose death or life. And I have, with the most absolute regard, sat with children who tried to figure out what to do with aging parents, appreciated the dilemma, but valued them for their choice of life.
And I've talked to the young couples, who, when a doctor says, "this child will not be normal", still chooses to give life. It helps us to establish our priorities.
See, when you value life and value people everything else falls into place. How you treat your children over a cup of spilled milk. And one of the things we will wrestle with over the next several weeks as we prepare for our September 11th celebration is that this piece of stuff that we built out here out of steel and brick and "stuff" is just that........."stuff" and we will never value it more than we value people who might use it.
The bottom line. . . . . How we think determines how we act!
Back in 1948 Richard Weaver wrote a book called Ideas Have Consequences. The way you think determines how you act. If you don't believe that, read a history book about Adolph Hitler; or read some old news clippings about Jack Kevorkian; if you don't believe that read the literature of Planned parenthood; or better yet, take a look at Mother Teresa. Because how you think, determines how you act. And when you believe that people have value; when you believe that people are made in the image of God and therefore have inherent worth, it will govern every choice you make in the treatment of people.
So, we come again, like we always do, to this question. How in the world did Jesus fulfill this command? Well, just read the Gospels and watch Him touch lepers. You knew the rule for leper, right? Complete ostracizing by everyone. If anybody came within a certain distance, you had to holler "Unclean" "Unclean" And Jesus walked up and touched them.
You know how Jesus handled this. When a woman caught in adultery was thrust at His feet and the cries of the self-righteous were, "The law says stone her." And Jesus said, "If you're without sin, you cast the first stone."
You know how Jesus handled this. In a culture where widows and children were absolutely powerless. He said, "Treat them with kindness. Bring them to me. I'll love them when no one else will."
How did Jesus handle this? This issue of life. He went to the grave side of His friend Lazarus and the shortest text in Scripture says, "He wept." He cried because He understood the value of people and how it hurt these people to lose a friend. Jesus understood the value of life.
So if that isn't a contradiction for you then let me try to help make it clear.
I'm standing in front of a table that represents death. So you walk all the way back to Genesis and "God made man in His image, male and female He created them. And He put a tree in the garden, a tree they called life." And man chose to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil instead. And so what did God do? He clothed them with the (do you know what it was?) It was the hide of an animal. And before we get out of the creation account, God has already started giving up life in order to create life of a different kind.
And when I come to this table, I come to a table that reminds me that God himself valued my life so highly, that He gave up the life of His own Son, so that I could be here. And when you come to this table and you hold in your hands, a cup and a wafer, understand God loves you so much that He violates His own command. He takes a life so that you can have life.
Father, we could not be more grateful than we are for what you have done. We don't know how to say thanks in any other way than to try to faithfully be your children and to value life. And so we come to a table that reminds us of a death that produced life and we celebrate here, the resurrection of Jesus and the promise of the resurrection of our own lives. We commit ourselves to treat life with dignity because it belongs to you. May we always remember that, as we gather at this place and think about your Son. In whose name we pray, and in whose name we celebrate this meal.
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