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- Overview
Frustrated by their inability to find a functional, yet stylish storage basket, Bekka Palmer and the team at Closed Mondays decided to create it themselves! A modern take on the traditional coil basket, the Woven Bucket Basket is the perfect place to stash kids' toys, throws, magazines, linens + more.
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- Large: 10"diam. x 8"h.
- Extra large: 12"diam. x 10"h.
- Cotton rope and latex paint.
- Hand painted.
- Sold individually.
- Designed and weaved in Brooklyn, NY.
- Meet The Maker
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Closed Mondays is a textiles brand that crafts baskets and bags out of rope and thread. Founder Bekka Palmer believes that the traditional Monday-through-Friday, nine-to-five isn't necessary in the modern world and her work at Closed Mondays reflects the balance that can be found when you take the time for life outside of work.
Maker: Closed Mondays
We create: Woven baskets
We use: Cotton rope, thread and paint
Based in: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite local hangout: Caracas Arepa Bar
Design should be: Bright
See more of what we make: www.weareclosedonmondays.com @weareclosedmondays
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Is your peanut butter, peanut butter?
Look at the jar of peanut butter on your shelf, does the label read peanut butter or peanut butter spread?
According to the FDA:
Sec. 164.150 Peanut butter.
(a) peanut butter is the food prepared by grinding one of the shelled and roasted peanut ingredients provided for by paragraph (b) of this section, to which may be added safe and suitable seasoning and stabilizing ingredients provided for by paragraph (c) of this section, but such seasoning and stabilizing ingredients do not in the aggregate exceed 10 percent of the weight of the finished food. To the ground peanuts, cut or chopped, shelled, and roasted peanuts may be added.
i.e. Peanut butter must be at least 90% peanuts. In addition, if any of the ingredients listed in paragraph C (eg. palm oil, non-hydrogenated vegetable oils, splenda etc) are added to the final product, it can not be considered as peanut butter.
Seasoning and stabilizing ingredients that perform a useful function are regarded as suitable, except that artificial flavorings, artificial sweeteners, chemical preservatives, and color additives are not suitable ingredients in peanut butter . Oil products used as optional stabilizing ingredients shall be hydrogenated vegetable oils. For the purposes of this section, hydrogenated vegetable oil shall be considered to include partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.
Further reading:
Why Isn't Jif's Natural Peanut Butter Spread Labeled Just 'Peanut Butter?'
Ice cream and dairy desserts
Source: http://jillcataldo.com/breyers_frozen_dairy_dessert/
According to the FDA:
Ice cream contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon. Ice cream contains not less than 10 percent milkfat, nor less than 10 percent nonfat milk solids, except that when it contains milkfat at 1 percent increments above the 10 percent minimum
This means that for a product to be considered ice cream:
- It must contain at least 10% milkfat and 10% nonfat milk solids
- One gallon of the finished product must have be at minimum 4.5lbs.
The first condition is to regulate the taste and mouth feel of ice cream. The milkfat content is what dictates the creamy decadent texture of the ice cream. The second condition is to regulate the amount of overrun in ice cream to prevent shady manufacturing practices and ensuring that you do not get a product that is mainly air instead of cream.
Overrun refers to the amount of aeration the ice cream undergoes during its manufacture that keeps the mixture from becoming an inedible frozen mass. Overrun is governed by federal standards in that the finished product must not weigh less than 4.5 pounds per gallon.
Cockedeye did a comparison between Dreyer's slow-churned and a regular pint that provides a very good example of this. The slow-churned version contained at least 8% more air than the regular one.
1.5 quart container of neopolitan Rich & Creamy ice cream: 845 grams.
1.5 quart container of neopolitan Slow Churned ice cream: 720 grams.
The slow churned, despite being made with heavier materials, weighed only 85% as much as regular ice cream. What could make up this difference in weight?
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Athens Choral Society Summer Show
Athens Choral Society would like to invite you to our summer show "Rain or Shine: 100% Chance of Fun" at Seney Stovall Chapel on Milledge Avenue. Shows are Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees on Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18 at 2:30 p.m.
The show features songs about all kinds of weather, including Singin' in the Rain, Stormy Weather, Rainbow Connection, Good Day Sunshine.
Tickets are $12 and are available beginning July 9 at www.athenschoralsociety.com and from members of the Choral Society.
Additionally, tickets can be purchased at the Athens Community Council on Aging on Hull St. on July 23 and 30 from 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. and at Seney Stovall Chapel on Monday and Tuesday (August 12 and 13) from 6:00-6:30 p.m., and prior to each performance until all tickets are sold. Don't wait, some shows sell out.
Our charity recipient this year is the Cedar Shoals High School Orchestra Program. We will collect donations at intermission for this organization.
For additional information, please visit our website: www.athenschoralsociety.com and check out our Athens Choral Society Facebook page.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
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2nd Lieutenant William A Polock
Company C, 1st Nebraska Infantry/Cavalry
Polock was born in Philadelphia on August 12, 1817. He was living in Brownville (Nemaha County), Nebraska when he enlisted on June 13, 1861. Polock was 44 years old and enlisted as a 1st sergeant. He was mustered as on June 15, 1861 and served over 4 years. Polock was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on September 2, 1862 and was mustered out on October 3, 1865.
The 1st Nebraska Infantry was organized at Omaha between June 11 and July 21, 1861. The unit was involved in several major battles in the early part of the Civil War. The list includes:
Capture of Fort Donelson (TN) (February 13-16, 1862).
Battle of Shiloh (TN) (April 6-7, 1862).
Siege of Corinth (MS) (April 29-May 30, 1862).
Action at Cape Girardeau (MO) (April 26, 1863).
The unit was converted to a cavalry out on November 6, 1863. During the summer of 1864 the regiment was assigned to duties in Nebraska and Colorado. It was involved in operations against Indians until it was mustered out on July 1, 1866.
Polock died on March 30, 1882. He is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Brownville (Nemaha County), Nebraska. The Polock Post (#103) of the Grand Army of the Republic in Brownville was named for him.
Doc – Polock(1NEB).doc
Note: Veteran bios were compiled and written by Dean Podoll.


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Advance Coaching & Consulting PTY LTD (ACC) and TCELab Announce Exclusive Partnership in Asia Pacific
April 10, 2013 | Advance Coaching & Consulting,Blog,Team | admin | 0 Comment
Advance Coaching and Consulting Pty Ltd (ACC) has partnered with TCELab as their exclusive partner for Asia Pacific. Read the press release here ACC and TCELab, as report shows 94% of Asia Pacific companies making changes to strategy and innovation by looking to customers to define competitive advantage. The partnership will allow ACC to provide customer research and big data predictive analytic tools tailored for regional firms. ...
Advance Coaching and Consulting Workshop
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ACC is holding a workshop on 15th December. Please contact Sam if you're interested.


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2019 CAMPS Theme Camps ARE FULL
Theme camps allow students to focus on a particular area of interest. As part of a theme camp ,you will spend a week immersed in the study, practice and exploration of your chosen topic. During this time you will work with a highly trained instructor and have access to cutting edge technology. Camp offerings change each year and have limited space. Theme camps are open to current 7th – 9th grade students.
For our arts and tech camp https://staffordonline.org/summer-arts-and-technology-camp/
$80 per student
Stafford Technical Center has received some grant money that is enabling us to offer all of our summer camps for FREE (this summer, 2019).
Registration and Payment Deadline: June 9, 2019
For More Information:
(802) 770-1068
July 8th – 12th
9:00am – 2:30pm daily (includes lunch)
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist onlyThe Art of Cosmetology: The twenty-first century holds promise and unlimited opportunities for future cosmetologists. In this week, we will talk about the many subjects that are involved in cosmetology; from salon business to hair cutting to the study of nails. You will learn how you can achieve your goals of being a stylist here at Stafford. We will have some basic hands-on fun and play some fun cosmetology games.
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist onlyDigital Photography: Learn how to create amazing photographs! In this hands-on workshop, you will shoot, edit, manipulate and print your own photographs. Using digital cameras and Adobe Photoshop you'll learn how to create photographs that look professional. At the end of the week, we will have an opening where you can share your work.
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist onlyAuto Technology: Are you eager to learn automotive skills? Do you enjoy troubleshooting problems and successfully repairing things? Come to auto tech camp and learn the basics of car care. From checking and changing the oil, to changing a tire. Learn about tools, technology and trip safety with this week long exploratory camp.
This camp is cancelled due to low enrollment. Please look at Natural Resources camp Tree to Project Camp: So many things in our lives are made of wood, and Vermont has healthy forests, and a history of logging. In this camp we will learn what kind of trees are logged and why. We will learn about milling logs, then make some things like rustic benches, bat houses, duck boxes, etc… and place them in the wilds behind our building. From tree to project in just a week.
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist onlySTEM Inside Out: Come for a full week of engaging experiences for all STEM-interested students! We will design within the Stafford STEM lab utilizing laser cutting technology, 3-D printing applications, and SparkFun inventor kits. Scientific exploration will continue outdoors with streamside research, botany adventures, and animal inquiry. STEM field trips will be taken in the Rutland area to see engineering in action. Bring your energy, enthusiasm, and desire to have fun while learning!
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist only Party Foods: Spend a week preparing for a catered event with Stafford Chef Instructor Greg Lynch. You will learn to prepare a variety of seasonal and fun dishes including yeast breads, dips, pastry, pizza, and a wide variety of hors d'ouvres, all of which will be served to friends and family during the end of camp celebration on Friday. Campers will work in our professional kitchen and learn a wide range of techniques to make tasty treats. Campers will be expected to be active participants in food prep as well as clean up; closed toe shoes are a must.
July 15th – 19th
9:00am – 2:30pm daily (includes lunch)
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist only Computer Game Design: In this one week workshop you will make your own video games. Learn the basics of coding, modeling, texturing and design using industry standard software in the Digital Arts computer lab.
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist only Natural Resource Camp: Take a hike, enjoy the natural resources of Vermont with this one week camp. This camp will be off campus exploring the outdoors. Campers will go for hikes up around the City forest, use a GPS, map and compass for navigation, set trail cameras as 'traps' to help ID the animals in the area. By exploring the natural area campers will learn what kinds of flora and fauna are supported in our local area. Transportation will be provided from our home base in the STC Natural Resources building. This week of outdoor travels will remain close to the road.
This camp is full. Registration will be on a waitlist onlyAuto Body Repair If you have an interest in cars, fixing things, and working with your hands this is the place for you. We will look at various types of auto body repair, and even spend time in the paint booth.


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As your dentist in Melbourne, we care deeply about the health of our community. We want to do our part to ensure that everyone has the tools they need to succeed — and that means more than doing what we can to create happy, healthy smiles. This time of year, food banks across the country are facing critical food shortages as donations slow down as need continues to rise. Support from our community could not be more important for our very own Second Harvest Food Bank, as they must continue to provide nutritious groceries and meals for those in need! That's why we are excited to host a food drive for Second Harvest — keep reading to learn how you can contribute until the deadline of November 16.
Help Families Put Food on the Table
During the food drive, we are accepting non-perishable items that will then be dropped off at the Food Bank after the drive is complete in the middle of November. Some of the most helpful items to consider donating include:
- Dried and canned beans, lentils, peas
- Nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew, etc.)
- Canned tuna and salmon
- Rice, quinoa, couscous
- Cereal and rolled oats
- Canned vegetables
- Low-sodium canned soups and broth (chicken, vegetable, beef)
- Whole grain pasta
- Honey
- Apple sauce
- Shelf-stable milk
You can also consider making a financial gift to Second Harvest Food Bank alongside your donation to the food drive. Every $1 donated to the Food Bank can provide nearly $3 of food at a local grocery store — and 50% of the food distributed is fresh produce.
You Could Win!
When you participate in our food drive this fall, you are making yourself eligible to win something else! Everyone who makes a contribution is automatically entered to win a FREE in-office Zoom! Whitening procedure. That's an exciting offer that can help you save hundreds of dollars on a teeth whitening in Melbourne.
We are so excited to support the Second Harvest Food Bank as they work to help our community put nutritious meals on the table all year long. To help families and individuals have access to the food they need to thrive this fall, please join us in participating in this food drive. Make your donation by November 16 to be entered to win a FREE Zoom! Whitening treatment!


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One of the biggest health care decisions Senate Republicans will have to make, if they take the House idea of per-capita caps for Medicaid, is what spending growth rate to use. Here's a look at how many states would be hit under four different growth rates, using data from the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
Their analysis is here, but we'll just show you the numbers and let you figure it out. The point is, if you see orange or red, the state is losing federal money. And red = really bad.


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- Press the tablet home button through the small pin hole in plastic frame in the middle of the right hand side of the tablet screen, as shown in the image below. A blue circle will appear.
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- Scroll down the Settings menu on the left side of the screen and look for Date and time
- The location of Date and time can vary depending on the Samsung tablet model and Android OS version that you have
- It can be just Date and time or under General Management and then Date and time
- Tap Date and time
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- Choose the appropriate time zone by tapping on Select time zone
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Engineer Gummy Bears Candy Party Favors (5 oz)
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Keep your train birthday party on track for big fun by adding these Engineer Gummy Bear candies. In delicious cherry, grape, lemon and orange flavors, kids will love to choo choo chew these snack! Tasty, old-time treat with an engineer twist! Each package contains 5 Oz of gummy candies. Proudly made in the USA. Please refer to the above nutritional ingredients image for details.
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These train shaped gummy candies were just perfect for goody bag on my son's choo-choo party!


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DVD Les Bleus 2018 Au Coeur De L'épopée Russe
The Blues 2018: At the heart of the Russian epic
2 extraordinary hours in the intimate life of the Team of France World Champion 2018. An extraordinary human and sporting adventure. A total immersion and almost without comment in the secret world of the preparation of the blues. The film follows the team of France in all the great moments of its epic course: the first friendly matches, preparation for Clairefontaine, the stammering beginnings of the competition with victories sometimes on the wire to the world title against Croatia .
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At the heart of the Blues, we share the lives of players, how they handle the pressure, the matches and give themselves every means to transcend. We are witnessing the birth of a group with exemplary attitude, discipline, hard work led by an uncompromising Didier Deschamps. A group that will turn into a team of ultra solidarity warriors led by an incredible rage to defeat. A team whose charismatic leaders will finally explode to lead this team at the end of the dream.


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31 Facts: Landmark Pinnacle Development in Canary Wharf, London E14
Landmark Pinnacle development in Canary Wharf is launching today! Let's take a quick look at the facts:
- At 75 floors and 239m, Landmark Pinnacle will be one of London's tallest residential towers;
- 822 apartments will be for sale;
- Prices start from £425,000 at the day of the launch;
- The main selling point of Landmark Pinnacle is the view. No other residence has as many uninterrupted views of the capital. You can even see where London ends and the countryside begins!
- 24-hour concierge, video door phone and CCTV for residents security;
- Amenities are on levels 75, 56, 27, 1 and ground;
- Pinnacle Park garden on the ground level;
- The cinema room is on level 1;
- Play area for children on level 27 spans the width of the building and has separate zones for different age groups;
- London Square Garden garden lounge 27 has secluded seating areas, set among planters and specimen trees such as olive, mimosa, and eucalyptus;
- Gym, a separate exercise studio, a Pilates room and relaxation area are on level 56;
- The social lounge on level 56 is where the residents can relax on sofas, play some pool or table tennis, practice their swing on a golf simulator;
- Two elegant private dining rooms on level 56 feature silver travertine floors, timber joinery walls, and Belgian black marble bars;
- The roof terrace on top of the building at level 75 has glazed walls and is divided into East Terrace and West Terrace;
- All corridors in the building are carpeted;
- Squire & Partners, the architect of the building, has also designed the interiors;
- 162 Serviced Apartments;
- Penthouses are on level 74;
- Shared Ownership apartments are on levels 11-21;
- The Pinnacle Residences on levels 57-73 are more luxurious than all the apartments below – they feature herringbone floors, black marble in the bathroom, stone kitchen worktops, and walnut veneer kitchen cupboards;
- There are separate lifts for Pinnacle Residences and Serviced Apartments;
- All apartments have open plan kitchens;
- Many apartments have a winter garden, which can be accessed from the living area and bedroom;
- The building is served by the wider development's district heating and chilled water network, providing metered supplies for heating, hot water and cooling to all apartments;
- Premier Guarantee 10-year warranty from date of legal completion;
- Service charges are approximately £5.68 per sq.ft. per annum;
- There is an underground car parking area with electric-car charging points and secure bicycle storage;
- Tube stations Heron Quays DLR is just 5 mins and Canary Wharf 7 minutes walk away;
- The City Pride pub was built on this site in 1936-37. It was demolished in 2012;
- Developer Chalegrove Properties has been creating homes in the capital for over 27 years with 1,348 homes delivered up to date;
- Selling agents at the time of the launch are JLL and Knight Frank.
Visit the Landmark Pinnacle development profile on Buildington for website link and more details.
Sources: Landmark Pinnacle brochures at landmarkpinnacle.co.uk. Image: Advert in Fabric Magazine May 2017
NB! Please note that the information above is for guidance only and remains subject to change.


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The Biggest Announcements of E3 2017
E3 2017 has all but finished. There were some good announcements, some bad announcements. There were surprises and there was more from games we were already aware of. In among it all a few announcements ready stood out.
Aside from the games and hardware, there was awkward presenting with Ubisoft trying to hype up Need for Speed Payback, Ubisoft again with more awkwardness for a Just Dance 18 on stage dance and sing-song, then there was Miyamoto coming on stage holding a plastic gun, announcing Mario + Rabbids, and let's not forget Terry Crews taking up a ridiculous amount of time on the Crackdown 3 segment.
Here's our top twelve announcements from E3 2017
1 – Rocket League is coming to Nintendo Switch – HURRAH!
We called this one back in February on our YouTube channel. Rocket League is THE perfect game for the Nintendo Switch. A wonderful game coming to a platform which very much needs wonderful games. The perfect match!
2 – EA's Anthem looks to be a beauty
Probably in terms of a game reveal one of the bigger surprises. This Bioware title looks huge, stunning and full of action. Could this knock Destiny down a few pegs?
3 – The Xbox One X is a silly name
This huge announcement was very much expected. We basically knew all about it other than its name. And that name is a bit poor. It was followed by lot's of game footage.. but how much of it was a true exclusive? Next to nothing. And that price tag? £450. You have to consider that Microsoft will be releasing most of their AAA titles for Windows too, which then begs the question who is going to buy this? It seems that publishers are not quite yet ready to put all of their eggs into the Xbox One X basket.
4 – Beyond Good and Evil 2 – Crazy swearing Cockney chimp!
Almost 15 years after the original and we get this promo video featuring a sweary monkey, lot's of Fifth Element style environments and a whopping great big shoot out. This looks gorgeous. Roll on release date!
5 – A Way Out provides us much needed couch co-op fun
From the left field came A Way Out. A couch co-op prison break styled game which looks in parts Hitman (with less killing). A game most people had no idea about pre-E3, but a game we have not stopped talking about since!
6 – Metroid Prime 4 – A logo.
It's a game all Nintendo fans have speculated about for some time. Nintendo copped out by just giving us the logo, but it's got a lot of people very excited.
7 – Spider-Man, Spider-Man, epic-looking Spider-Man!
Extended gameplay of Spider-Man shows a very polished looking game. Great seamless blending of cutscenes, QTE and full on action. This Spidey title is sure to swing off the shelves on release.
8 – Shadow of the Colossus remaster!
Sony once again treating fanboys to some remastering of classics. Shadow of the Colossus is a game still loved to this day by so many. Great move Sony!
9 – Wolfenstein 2 – Glorious Nazi bashing follow-up!
Wolfenstein was one of the best FPS titles of recent years and to get a follow up is very exciting. A great pre-game Lassie styled trailer also pulled on our nostalgia strings!
10 – Super Mario Odyssey has hat possession!
If for nothing else, the Nintendo E3 event showed us that Mario can use his hat to possess other characters, baddies, goodies etc along with all kinds of game assets. Will it be as monumental as 3D World or Galaxy? We hope so.. and so much more.
11 – Sea of Thieves – Pirating its way to our heart!
One of two pirate games announced at E3 this year but by far the one that looks the most fun. The key elements that stood out were the downright requirement of having your friends playing alongside you and the risk of being eaten by sharks. Sea of Thieves looks like loads of fun especially for those blessed with lots of friends.
12 – Star Wars Battlefront 2 – More Pew Pew Pew please!
Battlefront 1 was rather a let down because of the total lack of any kind of offline campaign mode. Dice and EA clearly felt the heat from the fans including Mr John Boyega who sent out a viral inducing tweet with the simple words "Will fans get a full on offline story mode?" This has well and truly been taken care of in Battlefront 2, which looks to have been built to appease every Star Wars fan out there! (And you get to play as Yoda!)
Let us know your top E3 announcements by leaving a comment!


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I was appalled to see yet more evidence of police officers who think that people exercising their legitimate right to protest is an opportunity for them to go around beating people up and using unncessary violence. Here is the video:
I agree with Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, that it is very difficult to understand what justified "a gargantuan police officer assaulting a smaller woman for having the audacity to complain."
And if, as seems likely, no explanation is forthcoming, then this officer must face a criminal charge of assault. In addition, action must be taken against the officers, at least two who seem to be of a more senoir rank, who stood idly by and watched a crime being committed.


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~Welcome to my personal story as a first time wife and stepmom. I use this space to share real life happenings in a blended family, funny stories, my personal frustrations, failures, and occasional victories as I journey through this life with two beautiful and challenging stepdaughters. Thanks for reading, and I hope you find something to help you have a better day!~
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Kids and Grief
Well, I see I haven't written in quite a while. There are a couple reasons for that. One--I don't like focusing on the negative just to have a good story for my blog. Two--the age old excuse of "busy-ness". Anyway, here are the thoughts and issues that I've been dealing with over the past few months. The girls lost their grandfather in October. He is the first family member either of them have ever lost. He had battled cancer for 10 months, so it was expected. The day we told them he passed away, Jane immediately was crying and kept saying "Why, why, why?" She continued to cry the whole night long. I guess she got it all at once, because for the whole next week at her Grandma's house, the funeral, the graveside, looking at old pictures, she was so strong, and never really lost it again. Kate on the other hand has handled this completely the opposite extreme. The first night when she heard the news, she was kind of like, Okay. Now can I go play? She wanted to carry on like normal as if nothing had changed. She was in a state of denial. We packed the car and drove to Missouri, and she was still talking, laughing, making jokes the whole way. Then we get there and she actually sees Grandma without her Papa, and she was inconsolable from there on out. She was sobbing so loud at night, I had to go lay down with her. She would see a picture of him and scream and run the other way. She buried her head in my lap for the entire 2 hour visitation and funeral. We had to step out and get some water and have her catch her breath, she was making such a commotion. It just broke my heart. Once we got back home and back into school routine, Kate started changing--a lot. Her teachers noticed and started making comments. Her mother noticed. Her dad and I were very concerned. She was acting out so much. She started talking out of place all day at school, she stopped writing down any assignments, she wasn't listening or paying attention to anything she read or what people around her were saying. It's like she was in this little bubble. After a bit of research, I found this behavior is normal for kids processing grief, so her dad recommended we just let it go for a few weeks and see if she snaps out of it. Well a few weeks turned into over a month, and she was getting more and more defiant. We would have to tell her something 3 times before she would listen. Her grades were slipping at school. She started obsessing over food and sneaking food, snacks, cookies, candy and lying about it--at both her mom's house and ours. The only time she would talk is to ask what the next meal was going to be. At this point, a couple weeks ago, I was really concerned. Sure, it may have started as a response to grief, but her behavior was just getting worse, and I didn't think we could excuse it any longer. We had a talk with her teacher, and with her mother several times to see if she was behaving the same for all of us. It seemed she was. We told her what reports her teachers had given, and it seemed almost like something immediately went off in her brain. She was embarrassed by her behavior. She was immediately sorry and went to school and apologized to everyone, on her own accord. She started working really hard on her school work, and would read books for points instead of play on electronics. I'm not really sure what triggered this turn around--but I really hope it's permanent. I love having my sweet Kate back to normal. Here's what she did when cleaning her room that night--how could I be upset by this mess? =)
Friday, September 18, 2015
Things I Wish I Could Say to You
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Monday, July 27, 2015
From Zero to Drama in under 60
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
Not feelin' the love...
This week I feel like a live-in maid/nanny. It hurts because I try so hard to be more. But I'm not. I need to be a wife and that's all.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Too much negativity
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Can't I just be daddy's fun, cool wife?
We've been pushing our girls SUPER hard the last 2 months to get along better; not fight; not bully; not insult each other; be kind. We have definitely seen some effort, and probably some improvement as well. I even framed little quotations in the hallway between their bedrooms as constant reminders: However, I've been asking myself, "Why am I the one doing this? Why do I care so much how they treat each other?" Their own mother said she doesn't think the girls will ever get along at this point, so don't even bother trying! I don't know when or why or how I have become this super-involved "parent." I lose my patience almost once a week. I always regret it and feel guilty for yelling instead of relaxing. I feel like I have come to the place of doing almost EVERYTHING a normal parent does. I have taken them to every dental, doctor, you-name-it appointment for the past 2 years (even when it's not my husband's custody day). I have to plan summer camps and register and take care of every little thing the school needs all the time. I have to get medications and refills and prescriptions. The organization stuff I can do. I'm good at it. But I'm not a good people person. I catch myself griping about a mess left over here, dirty clothes on the floor there, someone's bad attitude, or loud and wild craziness. I feel like my over-involvement is making me much less fun to be around. I don't want the girls to dread being with me because it's just a matter of time until one gets "yelled at." Jane has started giving me this huffy-puffy, so-annoyed, teenager-y attitude lately and it gets me SO flustered SO fast, I don't even have a second to check myself, and before you know it, I made her cry again. Isn't my job as "bonus mom" just supposed to be the fun-loving, no-stress, friendly "aunt" type of position? How have I become this over-bearing, everything has to be perfect, teach them to behave person? Maybe I see the need and feel like no one else is doing anything about it, so I feel obligated. But I fear they will grow to resent me very soon. How do I get back to being their daddy's fun, cool wife instead of the evil stepmother that I feel like?
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Unhealthy Hostility
When I accepted my husband's proposal for marriage, I knew I was also accepting his two girls into my life--forever. What I was also accepting, however--as far from the forefront as my thoughts as it was--was his ex being part of my life--forever. Despite my early, naïve thinking that she would be a very insignificant factor in my new life--maybe to only be seen or heard from around birthdays or the holidays--the cold, hard truth is that she is very much a big part of our family life and she is here to stay. She'll never stop being their mom. Any hostility, resentment, insecurities, or jealousy on my part will only lead to my own unhappiness and miserable marriage. I had to realize that my negative comments or "Poor me--I don't have a say in anything. I'm just overlooked, neglected stepmom" attitudes are the exact opposite of what my family needs from me. My husband just escaped a hostile environment. Divorce wasn't pleasant. There's always arguments and accusations, hurt feelings, court dates, dividing property, financial distress. He didn't endure that just to get back into a relationship with a negative, hostile person. And it seems like the more involved I get, the easier it is to fall into that negativity trap. I'm here to be his second wind, his breath of fresh air, a reminder that love CAN last, and trust IS attainable. So anytime I roll my eyes at the mention of her name, or mutter under my breath while he's talking to her on the phone, or act hurt when the oldest girl talks incessantly about memories of their family "before", I am doing a disservice. I am hurting, not helping. I am inviting unhealthy hostility into my life and the lives of my family. I had to make a choice very early on in my blended family experience to GET OVER IT! I now am so involved in the girls' daily life and school happenings, that I communicate with her at least two or three times a week. At first it was just places and times to meet to drop off or pick up this or that. Gradually it has evolved to also include discussions of behavior, health, puberty, and what we need to work on. It's not always easy, but if I don't let my mind wander and dwell on the past, we work together pretty well. On the flip side, I have to walk a tight line and not get too involved or friendly with her to the point that I'm sharing and parenting more with her than with my husband. He doesn't want us to be "friends" because he knows I'm a very trusting person and could easily be hurt by her stabbing me in the back again. So I must be friendly, but not friends. I must be open, but not vulnerable. I must be flexible, but not a push-over. I must be non-judgmental, but not naïve. I must be honest, but not mean. I must communicate, but not overshare. I must be very balanced! It's easy to see now why so many stepmoms easily fall to one side or the other over time and have such huge frustrations because it's such a delicate balance. I feel like the old adage to "keep them at arm's length" is a good one to apply in this situation. Don't let her control your life, but be open enough to allow the kids to see a united blended family instead of all the unhealthy hostility.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Family Tree
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Friday, January 23, 2015
A response to my critics
Let me just address (now that I've had a week to cool off) some hate I've received over my blog lately. 1. If you don't like what I write here, go away. No one is forcing anyone to read, agree with, or comment on anything I write. This blog is therapeutic for me and allows me a place to vent and feel heard without upsetting anyone in my family. I have never claimed that all of my feelings are good, right, or justifiable. They're just feelings. I don't have to defend them to anyone. This blog will NEVER be seen by Kate or Jane, and they will not ever be hurt by anything I have written. 2. I have never been, nor ever intend to be, rude, mean, or disrespectful towards bio mom. Yes, I'm a stepmom--read the title genius! There IS going to be conflict and hurt feelings. But, I have never once taken them out on her or the kids. Again, this is my place to vent. I talk about conflicts and messy situations. All the good, easy-going times don't get mentioned, because they are drama-free. My relationship with bio mom is better than probably 90% of other stepmom/ biomom situations. We do a very good job of putting the kids first, the past behind us, and acting like adults. So take your judgmental attitude somewhere else, thank you very much. 3. Comments that my husband moved on "pretty fast" after his divorce are just outright lies and unfounded. If you want to attack me, fine, but don't drag my innocent husband into your sad, twisted, hateful world. He was single dad for nearly two years while his ex went through the affair boyfriend, met and got engaged with new boyfriend, was pregnant, and married for over a year before we ever even got engaged. No girl grows up dreaming of becoming stepmom someday. No girl imagines becoming a parent the same day she says "I do." No girl anticipates her honeymoon and romantic dates being interrupted by texts and calls from his ex. No girl has goals to mother kids one day that already have a mother. No girl plans to put her parents in an awkward "step-grandparent" situation. You get the point. It's not ideal. But some of us fall in love with a great man, and we do whatever it takes to make it work, messy or not, perfect or not, ideal or not. So pardon me as I continue on my personal journey through good and bad as a stepmom and wife.
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The trend of tinting your windows shouldn't only belong to the rich and famous! Yes, tinted windows have quite the reputation for being too-cool-for-school, but there are also some genuine benefits. Just make sure you know the legal requirements. Like most things, if you get too shady, it can be illegal.
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This is Australia. You might have noticed we are a country full of hot summers with heaps of sunshine. Tinting your windows is an easy way to keep your car cool all year round.
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Legato Rock Guitar Lick
A basic rock guitar lick using legato - especially slides played solely on the B string. In the video examples I use a lot of slides and hammer on and pull offs to decrease the amount I pick in this lick. This does two main things. One, the legato technique allows you to play musical passages smoother and create more flowing melodic lines. Two, it allows you to more easily play guitar licks faster than you may be able to pick them - especially at a beginner or intermediate level.
I love the tone that long flowing legato lines can produce and this is just a brief basic example. For real masters of this technique I would recommend listening and learning as much as you can from the music of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
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Since 2008, this silent yellow menace has been creeping up on unsuspecting drivers and taking some serious cash out of their pockets. If you're in Toronto, you better keep an eye out for a particularly costly…fire hydrant.
Located at 393 University Ave., the cheery-looking hydrant has raked in $289,620 in fines over the past six years, according to the Canadian Press.
Here's why it's such a golden egg for the city:
- The hydrant is super far away from the curb and is situated in the middle of a sidewalk. Seriously, who looks there for a hydrant?
- There's no clear marking on the street that says that spot is a no-go.
- It's located near a busy downtown courthouse and several hospitals.
Need we say more?
So, how many tickets had to have been issued to people parking in that unfaithful spot? 2,962 to be exact.
Oh, and let's not forget that back in 2008, the city of Toronto raised the fine for parking within three metres of a fire hydrant from $30 to $100. All we have to say is ka-ching!


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Watergate Street (formerly King Street) was an ancient Deptford thoroughfare and the main access to the river.
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Modern Directional Statistics collects important advances in methodology and theory for directional statistics over the last two decades. It provides a detailed overview and analysis of recent results that can help both researchers and practitioners. Knowledge of multivariate statistics eases the reading but is not mandatory.
The field of directional statistics has received a lot of attention over the past two decades, due to new demands from domains such as life sciences or machine learning, to the availability of massive data sets requiring adapted statistical techniques, and to technological advances. This book covers important progresses in distribution theory,high-dimensional statistics, kernel density estimation, efficient inference on directional supports, and computational and graphical methods.
Christophe Ley is professor of mathematical statistics at Ghent University. His research interests include semi-parametrically efficient inference, flexible modeling, directional statistics and the study of asymptotic approximations via Stein's Method. His achievements include the Marie-Jeanne Laurent-Duhamel prize of the Société Française de Statistique and an elected membership at the International Statistical Institute. He is associate editor for the journals Computational Statistics & Data Analysis and Econometrics and Statistics.
Thomas Verdebout is professor of mathematical statistics at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His main research interests are semi-parametric statistics, high- dimensional statistics, directional statistics and rank-based procedures. He has won an annual prize of the Belgian Academy of Sciences and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. He is associate editor for the journals Statistics and Probability Letters and Journal of Multivariate Analysis.
A brief introduction to directional statistics
A brief outline of the theoretical advances presented in this book
Directional datasets
Political sciences
Text mining
Wildfire orientation
Life sciences and bioinformatics
Basics and notations
Plan of the book
Advances in flexible parametric distribution theory
Flexible parametric modeling: an active research area on RP
Organization of the remainder of the chapter
Flexible circular distributions
Four ways to construct circular densities
The classics: von Mises, cardioid and wrapped Cauchy distributions
Beyond the classics modern flexible circular modeling
Flexible modeling of symmetric data: the Jones-Pewsey distribution
Sine-skewing: a simple tool to skew any symmetric distribution
Skewness combined with unimodality: the scale-transforming approach
A general device for building symmetric bipolar distributions
A brief description of three other flexible models
Flexible spherical distributions
Classical spherical distributions
Rotationally symmetric distributions
A general method to skew-rotationally symmetric distributions
Flexible toroidal and cylindrical distributions
Some history, motivations and goals
The bivariate von Mises distribution and its variants
Mardia-Sutton type cylindrical distributions
Johnson-Wehrly type cylindrical distributions
The copula approach
Further reading
Advances in kernel density estimation on directional supports
Kernel density estimation on the real line
Organization of the remainder of the chapter
Definitions and main properties
Spherical kernel density estimation
Cylindrical kernel density estimation
A delicate yet crucial issue: bandwidth choice
Spherical AMISB and bandwidth selection
Rule of thumb based on the FvML distribution
A gain in generality: AMISE via mixtures of FvML densities
Three further proposals
Bandwidth selection in the cylindrical setting
Inferential procedures
Non-parametric goodness-of-fit test for directional data
Non-parametric independence test for cylindrical data
An overview of non-parametric regression
Further reading
Computational and graphical methods
Ordering data on the sphere: quantiles and depth functions
Ordering on R and RP, and organization of the remainder of the section
Classical depth functions on the sphere
Projected quantiles and related asymptotic results
The angular Mahalanobis depth
Statistical procedures based on projected quantities and the angular Mahalanobis depth
Statistical inference under order restrictions on the circle
Isotomic regression estimation and organization of the remainder of the section
Order restrictions on the circle
Circular isotonic regression
Exploring data features with the CircSiZer
The SiZer, scale space theory and organization of the remainder of the section
The CircSiZer
Kernel choice based on causality: the special role of the wrapped normal
Computationally fast estimation for high-dimensional FvML distributions
Maximum likelihood expressions for the parameters of FvML distributions and organization of the section
Approximations for the concentration parameter from Mardia & Jupp (200) and their limitations in high dimensions
New (high-dimensional) approximations for the concentration parameter
Further reading
Local asymptotic normality for directional data
The LAN property on R and its deep impact on asymptotic statistics
Organization of the remainder of the chapter
Local asymptotic normality and optimal testing
Local asymptotic normality
Optimal testing in LAN experiments
LAN, semiparametric efficiency and invariance
LAN for directional data
The Le Cam methodology for curved experiments and associated efficient tests
LAN property for rotationally symmetric distributions
Application 1: Optimal inference based on signed-ranks
Application 2: ANOVA on spheres
Application 3: Asymptotic power of tests of concentration
Further reading
Recent results for tests of uniformity and symmetry
Organization of the remainder of the chapter
Recent advances concerning the Rayleigh test of uniformity
Sobolev tests of uniformity
Uniformity tests based on random projections
Testing for uniformity with noisy data
Tests of reflective symmetry on the circle
Tests of rotational symmetry on hyperspheres
Testing for spherical location in the vicinity of the uniform distribution
Further reading
High-dimensional directional statistics
High-dimensional techniques in RP
Organization of the remainder of the chapter
Distributions on high-dimensional spheres
Testing uniformity in the high-dimensional case
Location tests in the high-dimensional case
Concentration tests in the high-dimensional case
Principal nested spheres
Further reading
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John 10:10-15 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
My aunt Kristen was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer on her 30th birthday. She and her husband, Deric, had 3 kids, who at the time were 4 years old, 2 years old, and less than a year old. Their life, their whole world, suddenly was turned upside down. You could say that a thief had come to steal, kill, and destroy.


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Systemic Action: Advancing Equity Through College, Career, and Civic Readiness
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University
Registration for this event has closed.
The CCMA Presidents' Institute serves as a platform for the collaboration between higher education, K12, and community partners to address issues critical to Maryland, DC, and Delaware. In 2016 a variety of our network representatives gathers to grapple with these issues from national and local perspectives, and the challenges of implementation. It was an opportunity to explore the intersection of college, career, and civic readiness to strengthen communities.
One of the main initiatives that have emerged from past Presidents' Institutes is P20 CONNECTS, which capitalizes on the Mid-Atlantic region's unique capacity to create a P20 leadership development model of civic and community engagement. By providing opportunities for younger youth to become reflective change agents who improve community life, higher education is shifting the paradigm to working with, instead of providing services to, the community.
The 2018 Presidents' Institute will celebrate Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic's 10th Anniversary, at which participants will review what we can collectively accomplish to elevate our communities over the next ten years. It will convene the region's presidents, superintendents, and other leaders in a conversation about the structural and systemic issues impacting education in our region, and how civic and community engagement could enhance college, career, and civic readiness for K-12 and higher education students. This important work can only be done through the collective contributions of our members, partners, and supporters.
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Is there a real hell?
Hell is a place of fire, torment and suffering:
Hell is without
doubt not a pleasant place to be. We find in the scriptures listed
below that Hell is a place of everlasting fire. There is no escape
from the torment of the flames. It is referred to as a furnace of
Luke 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Here the rich man mentions that he is in the flames. Try to imagine that you are standing in flames but unable to die. This would be extremely painful. Now try to imagine standing there for ever.
Matthew 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Here hell is referred to as a furnace of fire. A furnace is an enclosed area which is very hot. Once you are there, there is no escape.
Matthew 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Matthew 25:41, Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: According to Matthew 18:18 and Matthew 25:41 Hell is the everlasting or never-ending fire. Hell has no end and lasts forever. It's hard to imagine forever. If there were a bridge connecting the moon and the Earth and a single ant were to carry the entire earth to the moon one small piece at a time. This would only be a very very small amount of time compared to forever.
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. This makes it quite clear that there is no break from the torments of hell. There is no vacation of any kind. Even for a second to have relief will not be granted. Here the chaff are referred to as the ones who did not follow after God and his plan for salvation.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Committing fornication and running after strange men and women they will suffer the vengeance of eternal fires of hell.
Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Here again everlasting punishment for those who ignore God's commandments and life eternal to those who follow after him.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. This is referring to the fallen angles. These angels that turned from God to follow Satan will be cast into the lake of fire along with those who will be in hell, as we read in Revelation 20:14 (see below).
Mark 3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: There can come a time in a persons life when their heart is so darken and full of Satan that God will give them up to strong delusions. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
The lake of fire:
What is the lake of fire and what is it purpose.
The lake of fire is the final "resting" place of the condemned. We are told that death and Hell are cast into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is forever and ever. There will be no escaping the flames of torment. Anything we face here on earth will seem to be small in comparison to the torment of the eternal flames. You will not be able look forward to peace for even one second of time. Only Jesus can save us from going to this place.
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Here we find that the beast (Satan) and the false prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire. Brimstone is always associated with fire and burning.
- Genesis 19:24 "...brimstone and fire..."
- Deuteronomy 29:23 "...brimstone, and salt, and burning,..."
- Psalms 11:6 "...fire and brimstone,..."
- Isaiah 34:9 "...brimstone, burning pitch. ..."
- Ezekiel 38:22 "...fire, and brimstone. ..."
- Luke 17:29 "...fire and brimstone ..."
- Revelation 9:17 "...fire and smoke and brimstone. ..."
- Revelation 9:18 "...fire, smoke, brimstone..."
- Revelation 14:10 "...fire and brimstone..."
- Revelation 19:20 "...lake of fire burning with brimstone. ..."
- Revelation 20:10 "...lake of fire and brimstone,..."
- Revelation 21:8 "...fire and brimstone..."
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. Hell is forever
Revelation 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (15) And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the final location where Hell and death will be cast into at the end of time. If your name is not found in the book of life you will be cast into Hell and the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Here is a partial list of sins that God has ordained, which we will be judged by when we are before the judgment seat of God. We cannot use the argument that we were not told of these things or claim that that is not what we have been taught. Every person has the opportunity to look into God's holy word.
Where is Hell located?
The Bible is clear — Hell is inside the earth! The inside of the earth is known to be very hot
Birmingham News, April 10, 1987 had an article entitled "Earth's
Center Hotter Than Sun's Surface, Scientists Say". The article
stated that scientists have recently discovered, "The Earth's inner
core has a temperature of over 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit!"
Here are many scriptures stating that to go to hell you must go down or into the depth of. It is also referred to beneath and descending into hell.
Psalms 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Isaiah 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
Ezekiel 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Ezekiel 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Ezekiel 26:20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
Ezekiel 32:18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
In Numbers 16, the Bible gives the account of people falling into hell alive!
Numbers 16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end
of speaking all these words, that the ground cleaved asunder that
was under them: (32) And the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. (33)
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the
pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among
the congregation.
What does Jesus say about hell?
Jesus Christ spoke more on hell than any other subject. Just look at how Jesus described hell. Here in the book of Matthew and Mark, Jesus clearly reveals the seriousness of hell. He plainly tells us that we should remove our eyes, cut off our hand or foot if it would prevent us from going to Heaven.
This means that if we have a problem of looking at things which are not edifying to God we are to remove that from before our eyes. If we were a thief, then we are to make sure that we do not put ourself in a position where we would be temped to do those things. The world is full of the lusts of the heart; the media is constantly bombarding us with the sins of this world which we should not be a part of. Jesus is very serious about hell.
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (30) And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Mark 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Mark 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Would you give your life for the kingdom of heaven? The Bible clearly tells us that we should. Don't fear those who can kill your physical body but fear those who have power over your soul.
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
What Jesus Christ says about hell.
|Matthew 7:19, 13:40, 25:41
|"everlasting fire"
|Matthew 18:8, 25:41
|"eternal damnation"
|Mark 3:29
|"hell fire"
|Matthew 5:22, 18:9, Mark 9:47
|Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47
|"damnation of hell"
|Matthew 23:33
|"resurrection of damnation"
|John 5:29
|"furnace of fire"
|Matthew 13:42, 50
|"the fire that never shall be quenched"
|Mark 9:43, 45
|"the fire is not quenched"
|Mark 9:44, 46, 48
|"Where their worm dieth not"
|Mark 9:44, 46, 48
|"wailing and gnashing of teeth"
|Matthew 13:42, 50
|"weeping and gnashing of teeth"
|Matthew 8:12, 22:13, 25:30
|Luke 16:23
|"tormented in this flame"
|Luke 16:24
|"place of torment"
|Luke 16:28
|"outer darkness"
|Matthew 8:12, 22:13
|"everlasting punishment"
|Matthew 25:46
How long will Hell last?
All who enter hell — abandon all hope!
Hell is
without end, once you are there you are there forever. Forever is a
very, very long time!
Jesus says in Matthew 25:41: ". . . Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING fire, . . ."
Revelation. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Who will go to hell?
Those who are unfortunate to end up in hell will be there by their own choice. God gives us the choice to either serve him or to serve Satan. I have heard people claim that if God is a God of love, then why would he put anyone in hell. God does not want anyone to perish as stated in John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. It your choice Joshua 24:15 ..."choose you this day whom ye will serve". Make your choice now before it to late.
Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Just because you think you are doing Gods will does not mean that you are. We are unable to determine our own state of righteousness as stated in Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. We need to ask God to show us our hearts and our true state of mind. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
What is the Pit?
The pit and hell are the same place. These two locations, hell and the pit are referring to the identical place. These are many places where the pit is referred to as a place to go down into.
Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. When the people already in hell see others in the same state of meanness and contempt; as it is some kind of solace for persons in distress to have partners with them: this is a poetic expression, representing the dead as rejoicing to see others in the same condition with themselves.
Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Numbers 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Job 33:24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job 33:28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalms9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 28:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Psalms 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Psalms 94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalms 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Ezekiel 26:20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
What about the bottomless pit?
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. The pit is located on the earth. The door is shut or sealed that has a key which will unlock the door. When the door was opened smoke like the smoke of a great fire filled the air. The smoke was so thick that you could not see the sun through the thick smoke.
Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. The pit is guarded by Apollyon, the destroyer; which is either the devil or one of his angels.
Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. Here again the pit is described as a place of wickedness. The beast (often referred to as Satan himself) will come out of the pit to make war with the saints. This will take place during the second half of the tribulation which is sometimes called the great tribulation. During this time GOD will allow Satan to have power over the saints.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Again this mentions that the beast (Satan) will rise up out of the pit.
Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Revelation 20:1 and 20:3 tell us that Satan will be chained in the pit for one thousand years. After the one thousand years he will be released, the final battle will take place then Satan and his angels along with his followers will be cast into the lake of fire forever.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
** Note all references are taken from the King James Version.


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