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Yoko Ono : In Facing
Ono, Yoko; Kent, Sarah; O'Pray, Michael. Yoko Ono : In Facing. London, England: Riverside Studios, 1990.
Abstract (English)
Ono compares her works dating from the 1960s and 1980s. Kent documents Ono's activities as an artist, including her involvement with the Fluxus movement; O'Pray focuses on the artist's films. Features texts from Ono's works. Biographical notes. Circa 45 bibl. ref.
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The Gateway to the Blues Museum is the place to begin your group's journey through the Mississippi Delta. Music lovers will delight in this must-see attraction, while learning the remarkable story of how The Blues was born and the role Tunica and the Delta played in building the genre's legacy. The Gateway offers a glimpse of what you'll find at other museums throughout the Delta.
Experience interactive exhibits, artwork and more — including a recording studio where you'll learn the basics of blues music with a chance to record your very own blues song.
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The Gateway to the Blues Museum can accommodate up to two tour buses at a given time. Groups of 20 or more will receive a discounted museum admission of $9 per person with free admission for the motorcoach driver. To receive the group rate, one form of payment must be provided. Free parking is provided.
For more information on how this exciting NEW attraction can fit into your tour itinerary, contact Bill Canter or Mary Catherine Webb at the Tunica Convention and Visitor's Bureau at 888.488.6422.

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Pregnancy and birth are physically taxing events but can also be empowering experiences. Exercising during pregnancy can help the birth process go more smoothly and offer other incredible benefits, lowered stress, better posture, less back pain, and less complicated postpartum recovery. Best of all, you'll feel more powerful and in control of how your body is changing and growing. While most exercise is great even for pregnant women, there are some exercises you really should do before giving birth.
Why is exercise so important during pregnancy?
Before we get down to the nitty-gritty, let me explain why exercising during pregnancy is so beneficial. Exercising during pregnancy has been shown to provide:1,2,3
- Shorter labor
- 49% lower incidences of gestational diabetes
- 79% lower incidences of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
- 18% lower frequency of cesarean delivery
- 38% lower rate of spontaneous preterm birth
- May stimulate the healthy growth of the baby throughout childhood
- May increase the intelligence of the baby
- Decreases the risk of chronic disease for both mother and child
How your body changes during pregnancy
There are so many side effects and symptoms during pregnancy. It's impossible to list them all. Each woman experiences different changes during the three trimesters, but some physical adaptations occur during every pregnancy. Changes occur with:
- Hormonal and metabolic systems
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Abdominal wall and pelvic floor
These changes play significant roles in how and why you should exercise during each trimester of pregnancy. Some of these physical adaptations can cause pain and discomfort. Doing these and other exercises during pregnancy can help lower the risks and symptoms.
Common issues that arise during pregnancy
During pregnancy, your abdominal wall and ribcage expand to make room for your growing baby. Changes occur to the muscles' line of pull and the ability to twist and turn and create force with your abdominals. Your abdominal wall also separates — something called diastasis recti. This process is normal; most women experience a diastasis of more than 16 millimeters during the third trimester.4
The lengthening and weakening of the abdominal muscles can cause discomfort like low back pain or pelvic girdle pain. These pains occur in the lower back, base of the spine, or front of the pelvis. Discomfort can arise in the buttocks, inner thighs, and lower abdomen.
Other common issues during pregnancy and after birth are pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence affects between 17 and 25 percent of women in the early stages of pregnancy and 35 to 67 percent in the later stages.5 Studies show that properly exercising during pregnancy can help improve and treat these issues.6
Exercises for a Stronger Core and Pelvic Floor
Thankfully, exercising during pregnancy can help relieve these symptoms and help prevent your diastasis recti from worsening.7 Exercise can also help make healing your diastasis easier post-pregnancy if you start while pregnant.
A stronger core and pelvic floor assist in making the birthing process easier, faster, and safer. The American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends women without pregnancy complications should participate in moderate-intensity aerobic activity for at least 150 minutes per week.8
The following are exercises you should do before giving birth. They will strengthen and protect your core and pelvic floor, helping to prevent diastasis recti, pelvic organ prolapse, and urinary incontinence.
1. Connection Breath
Breathing seems like an unconscious process that requires no thought, but being able to breathe correctly helps keep equal tension through your core muscles to prevent diastasis recti and issues with your pelvic floor. Being able to connect your breath through your core and pelvic floor is a beneficial skill.
How to do it:
Step One: Get your body in alignment
- Stand tall, keep your rib cage over your pelvis, and don't round your shoulders
- Don't push your bottom out or tuck it under; allow a natural lower back curve
- Become aware of your core, starting at the diaphragm and traveling down to the pelvic floor muscles
Step Two: Breathe
- Sit on a firm chair, keeping the proper alignment of step one
- Place one hand on your tummy and one on your chest
- Inhale, breathing into your hands, envisioning your pelvic floor like a balloon you are filing with your breath
- Exhale, paying attention to your hands sinking and lowering as the air deflates
- Think of your pelvic floor deflating upwards
Step Three: Take it further
- Inhale, envision your vagina and anus filing with air, pushing your sit bones away from each other
- Exhale, and focus on your breath flowing out of your rib cage, tummy, and pelvis
- You should focus on the muscles of the vagina and perineum tightening and pulling upwards slightly
- Keep breathing, fully relaxing your vagina and anus when you inhale and tightening and pulling upwards when you exhale
- When you get the hang of this, try practicing it when you are lifting things in your daily life or during exercise
- Try 1 to 2 sets of 10 per day
2. Proper Kegels
Kegels are one of the most important exercises you should do before giving birth. Traditional cues for Kegels come up short. There's more to Kegels than just being able to stop your urine flow while on the toilet. This process does help you to find your pelvic floor muscles but does not do much to improve your pelvic floor muscles. It may even be detrimental.
Here's how to do them properly:
- Using your connection breath, inhale, filling your diaphragm, and feeling it lower, relaxing and expanding your pelvic floor muscles
- Exhale, feeling your diaphragm lift back up and pull in your pelvic floor muscles
- Tighten your abdominals at the end of the exhale, feeling the pelvic floor muscles continue to tighten in connection with your core
- Envision your pelvic floor and abdominal muscles working as one unit
- Perform two sets of 10 per day, focusing on quality and taking your time
3. Squatting
Squatting is known for creating firm, round glutes, but it is also a very functional and important exercise for your core and pelvic floor strength. Doing squats with proper form helps to establish an appropriate alignment in your posture while you move around during the day — stooping to pick something up, lift a child or some groceries, or get up and down from a chair.
Squatting is also a fantastic posture for birthing. Throughout history, women squatted to give birth, which is still common practice. Using gravity and proper body alignment during squatting is a fantastic way to give birth.
Studies show that avoiding laying on your back and instead birthing in a squatting position can help the baby descend through the birth canal more efficiently and may result in:9
- shorter second-stage labor
- less forceps or vacuum births
- fewer episiotomies
- fewer abnormal fetal heart rate patterns
- less pain during pushing
There are many varieties of squats you can do, even while pregnant, as long as you are medically cleared to do so.
- Bodyweight squat
- Goblet squat holding a dumbbell or kettlebell close to your body
- Barbell back squat or front squat
- Dumbbell or kettlebell front squat
Most exercise is safe for pregnant women
Aside from these exercises you should do before giving birth, the activities you were doing before pregnancy are acceptable during pregnancy if you are medically cleared and have no complications. Movement patterns like pulling, hip hinges, pushing, and core work are still great to do.
Some safety guidelines are:
- Watch your intensity — exercise will feel more intense during pregnancy. If you were working out at a moderate to high intensity before pregnancy, stick to a 7 to 8 out of 10 effort while pregnant. If you weren't working out at all or only at a low intensity, stick to 2 to 6 out of ten intensity.
- Call a medical professional if you experience vaginal bleeding, painful contractions, dizziness or loss of balance, headache, chest pain, calf pain, weakness, shortness of breath before exercise, fluid leakage, or even if you just feel off. Remember to listen to your body above all else.
- Avoid contact sports: sports that could result in falls, such as skiing or horseback riding, scuba diving, high-temperature sports like hot yoga, or outdoors in hot weather. Avoid anything that feels painful or uncomfortable, any exercise that causes you to leak urine, and any activities that cause your abdominals to bulge, like planks and crunches.
- Avoid laying on your back for any exercise or prenatal yoga in later pregnancy.
Exercising during pregnancy has many benefits — better health for you and your baby and decreased risks of complications before, during, and after labor and delivery. So, find your connection breath, and do your squats. Your body and baby will thank you!


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Alyssa Scallon has an emptiness in her heart that nothing seems to be able to fill. Not even focusing on her career and helping those in need.
As she struggles with fears from her past and distrust in men, especially soldiers, fate steps in and draws her closer to brothers Donny, Connor, Logan and Keever Flay. All soldiers, all with their eyes set on her. When she saves two of their lives during a tragic accident, it reminds her of things from her past, and ultimately draws her closer to them.
The brothers can't seem to resist the attraction they feel and as they learn about her fears and the abuse and loss she experienced, they become even more protective.
So when her ex returns fresh out of jail and ready to rekindle where they left off, it causes more pain for her and danger that no one even suspects. Especially not Alyssa.
When she is shoved into a dangerous situation, her men use their connections to find her and rescue her, but they may be too late. Alyssa doesn't think anyone is coming and must take matters into her own hands to survive or die trying.
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"What are you doing? Who are you looking for?" Connor asked Keever. His brother had been acting funny since the funeral. He knew that he was close to his old commander, and Miles would come in here a time or two, but something went down at the funeral that had him looking for someone in particular.
"I'll be right back."
As soon as Keever said that, Connor followed his line of sight and then his back as he headed over towards Fay Scallon and some blonde-haired woman who had her back turned away from him. Connor watched with curiosity, and as the blonde turned around, he felt his chest tighten and his heart begin to race. Holy God, she was gorgeous. Connor actually stood up straighter and stared, wondering who she was. Where did she come from, and how his brother knew her? He wanted to head over too, but he didn't have to as Keever motioned with his hand to head Connor's way. As she moved closer, he took in the sight of her body. Sexy, thin narrow waist, abundant breasts, toned arms, long, tanned legs, and sweet Jesus, her eyes were incredible and a turquoise color.
Keever nodded toward Connor. "Alyssa, meet one of my brothers, Connor."
Connor reached his hand out for her to shake. She was incredible and he was shocked when he felt a spark of interest and then desire. It was fast, instant, and he must have looked as confused and caught off guard as he felt because Fay laughed and then gave her a nudge. But then Connor got his shit together and greeted Fay with a kiss to her cheek hello.
"My cousin knows Violet who sang here for a bit."
"Really? We like Violet. She was always so sweet and what and incredible voice, too," Connor said.
"Yes, I agree she sure can sing. They're going to be expanding Mulligan's and putting in a side bar, you know where people just sit around the bar and start singing." Just as she said that, the music began to play. They all looked toward the band and Jimmy Hayes, who started to sing an Irish tune. She chuckled and smiled, looking so beautiful and sweet, and that affected Connor big time.
"Have a seat here. We can grab some beers or whatever you would like to drink." Keever said, placing his hand on her hip as he pressed next to her. The sight aroused Connor and he locked gazes with Keever, who looked at him as if not expecting Connor to be so in tune.
She glanced at Keever, but then removed his hand from her hip and moved toward the bar where Fay and a few other women were ordering drinks. Keever looked shocked at her doing that, but he stepped closer and the two of them remained nearby hoping to get to know Alyssa better.
"So how are things at the hospital, or are you doing more private care still?" Fay asked her.
"It's been good. I am still doing both. I recently just finished helping a family in Cherry Hill," she said and took a sip from her glass of white wine.
"You work in a hospital?" one of the other guys next to Fay asked Alyssa.
"She works at General in the E.R., and she also does private home care too when needed," Fay added.
"That's great. I bet you see a lot of crazy things in the E.R," he added.
"She sure does. Alyssa was there after the motorcycle accident on Fremont avenue, and the highway when those kids were racing a few months back," Fay told them.
"I heard that was a pretty bad scene, and that kid, Ryan something, I don't remember the last name, but he was sixteen and nearly died," Connor spoke up.
She looked at him. "It was pretty grim and wasn't looking good by the head trauma injury, the broken legs, and several other major injuries, never mind the blood he lost, but he did. He fought through. He's stable, working through his injuries and physical therapy, and recovered fully from the head injury so far. He's a great kid, just did something stupid."
"That's usually how it happens. Someone doing something stupid," the other guy at the bar chimed in. Then they started talking about some upcoming outdoor concert in Warriorville and a gathering at Mulligan's in a couple of weeks.
"Excuse me a moment," Alyssa said.
Connor watched her walk away, and so did Keever.
"Your cousin is absolutely gorgeous. How come she never came here before?" the guy talking to Fay asked.
"She keeps pretty busy, and her friends hang out at Mulligan's, so if she does take the time to hang out that is more than likely where she will be," Fay told him.
"My friends Corey and Jake were checking her out. Is she seeing anyone?" he asked Fay.
Connor felt annoyed and a bit jealous, yet he had no reason to feel that way. Alyssa had even pushed his brother's hand off her hip as he tried guiding her to the stool.
"She doesn't date," Fay said, and then took a sip from her glass of wine.
"Why not?" the guy pushed.
"She just doesn't, Derek. It isn't her thing. She works hard and is in a very demanding profession and her focus is that. It took the last two years to study hard, to pass her exams and get her certification. She's very independent and she prefers being alone." Fay stood up.
"Where are you going?" Derek asked.
"To talk to other friends. Do me a favor and tell your buddies to stay clear of my cousin. She isn't interested, and if you bother her then she'll leave," Fay said, and then walked away.
Keever dropped the tube of lube onto the bed as Connor carried Alyssa into the bedroom. He placed her feet onto the floor and Connor cupped her cheeks then kissed her. She was running her hands all over his body, around his waist, and right to his bare ass. His cock hit his belly and he pressed her to the bed and gripped her hip and lifted her just a little bit higher, but still had her ass and cunt hanging off the edge.
"We're all going to make love to you. Keever and I will take you together, then Donny and Logan again," Connor said.
She pulled him down by his hair and kissed him right back. She was feeling what they were.
"I got the lube right here," Keever said and tapped the tube in his hand.
"I need to feel her hot, wet pussy first, bro, then you get her prepped," Connor told him as he gripped his cock and held her gaze.
Alyssa kept her hand against his neck and widened her thighs in acceptance.
"No turning back now, you're mine," he said and nudged his cock into her pussy. She held his gaze, full, lush lips parted, chest blotchy, and nipple hard. "Fuck." He rammed into her and they both moaned. That was it for him. He needed to claim her to, mark her and then let Keever join in, too. As he lowered down to feast on her tit, she held his head there as he rocked his hips. "God damn, bro, how the fuck am I going to last?" he complained as Keever gave his shoulder a tap.
"My cock is so fucking hard. I need her."
Connor held her gaze as he lifted up and slid his cock slightly out.
"Together, Alyssa. We need to make this official. We aren't taking any chances on losing you."
"I want to. I want it all, Connor. I won't ever be the same after tonight. I haven't been the same woman since meeting all of you."
He smiled and stroked her jaw. "Forever starts now." He pulled out and then lifted her up. "Let me get a little preview of that talented mouth."
She knew what he wanted as he sat on the bed, legs wide, cock in hand. She bent forward as Keever moved in behind her, grabbing her ass.
"Oh man, have I dreamt about fucking this pussy and ass and hearing you beg for more from us. It's happening. For fuck's sake, it's happening," Keever stated, and she lowered down and began to suck on Connor's cock, and then moaned as Keever thrust into her cunt from behind.
'Holy Christ! Oh my God, Alyssa. Oh my God!" He exclaimed and thrust and thrust over and over again.
Connor caressed her gorgeous blonde hair. She was so feminine and sexy, and they were so much larger than her. He was able to caress down to her ass as she sucked his cock and Keever fucked her pussy from behind.
"Get her ready," Donny said and squeezed lube onto his fingers and placed it over her asshole. Keever grunted, but then eased the lube into her asshole slowly.
She pulled her mouth from Connor's cock. "It burns. Oh my, what do I do?"
Connor cupped her cheeks. "Look at me."
She locked onto his eyes and he could see with every finger stroke that she was getting accustomed to the feel of it. "Let your body relax and accept our control and possession of you. We do this, baby, and we're bound together forever," he said and pressed his lips to hers.
"Fuck yeah, I'm already bound to her," Keever said as he thrust into her cunt and fingered her asshole.
She cried out her release and came.
"She's ready," Logan chimed in.
"Here we go," Keever said, and he eased out of her and pulled out his fingers.
As she protested, Connor lifted her up so she straddled his waist. "Ride me, woman. Now," he commanded, and she sunk down over his cock and grabbed onto his shoulders and rocked her hips up and down, back and forth. She gasped and tilted her head upward, crying out and moaning.
"So nice and wet. I'm just adding some more lube, honey. I don't want you feeling any pain, only pleasure," Keever said.
Donny climbed up onto the bed. He cupped her hair and tilted her head so she looked him in the eyes. "Only pleasure. We aim to please." He nodded to his cock. She knew what he wanted, and as Connor pumped his hips upward, she opened her mouth and accepted Donny's cock next.
"Here I come," Keever said, and the moment Keever slid his cock into her asshole, Connor felt her pussy muscles grip his cock.
"Oh fuck. Fuck."
"Let me in, woman. Relax those muscles and—"
They all moaned as Keever thrust all the way into her ass, and then it got crazy. Connor could barely move, but he and Keever were stroking into her pussy and ass together. As Keever grunted and cursed, he roared and came, then stumbled to the side, only for Logan to growl out deeply, making Alyssa tighten up, but then she was pushing her ass back.
"What a perfect ass. Here I come," he said, and Logan thrust into her asshole, and they all kept moving and stroking.
"I want to come in that ass, woman, ease up," Donny said as he pulled from her mouth and got off the bed.


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Sermon 25. The Hope of Future Bliss
(No. 25)
Delivered on Sabbath Evening, May 20, 1855, by the
At Exeter Hall, Strand.
"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness."-Psalm 17:15.
IT WOULD be difficult to say to which the gospel owes most, to its friends or to its enemies. It is true, that by the helpof God, its friends have done much for it; they have preached it in foreign lands, they have dared death, they have laughedto scorn the terrors of the grave, they have ventured all things for Christ, and so have glorified the doctrine they believed;but the enemies of Christ, unwittingly, have done no little, for when they have persecuted Christ'sservants, they have scattered them abroad, so that they have gone everywhere preaching the Word; yea, when they have trampledupon the gospel, like a certain herb we read of in medicine, it hath grown all the faster: and if we refer to the pages ofsacred writ how very many precious portions of it do we owe, under God, to the enemies of the cross of Christ! Jesus Christwould never have preached many of his discourses had not his foes compelled him to answer them; had they not broughtobjections, we should not have heard the sweet sentences in which he replied. So with the book of Psalms: had not Davidbeen sorely tried by enemies, had not the foemen shot their arrows at him, had they not attempted to malign and blast hischaracter, had they not deeply distressed him, and made him cry out in misery, we should have missed many of those preciousexperimental utterances we here find, much of that holy song which he penned after his deliverance, and very much of thatgloriousstatement of his trust in the infallible God. We should have lost all this, had it not been wrung from him by the ironhand of anguish. Had it not been for David's enemies, he would not have penned his Psalms; but when hunted like a partridgeon the mountains, when driven like the timid roe before the hunter's dogs, he waited for awhile, bathed his sides in the brooksof Siloa, and panting on the hill-top a little, he breathed the air of heaven and stood and rested his weary limbs. Then wasitthat he gave honour to God, then he shouted aloud to that mighty Jehovah, who for him had gotten the victory. This sentencefollows a description of the great troubles which the wicked bring upon the righteous, wherein he consoles himself with thehope of future bliss.; As for me," says the patriarch, casting his eyes aloft; As for me," said the hunted chieftain of thecaves of Engedi-"As for me," says the once shepherd boy, who was soon to wear a royal diadem-"As for me, I will behold thyface in righteousness, I shall be satisfied, when I awake with thy likeness."
In looking at this passage to-night, we shall notice first of all, the spirit of it; secondly, the matter of it; and then, thirdly, we shall close by speaking of the contrast which is implied in it.
I. First, then, the SPIRIT OF THIS UTTERANCE, for I always love to look at the spirit in which a man writes, or the spiritin which he preaches; in fact, there is vastly more in that than in the words he uses.
Now, what should you think is the spirit of these words? "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied,when I awake, with thy likeness."
First, they breathe the spirit of a man entirely free from envy. Notice, that the Psalmist has been speaking of the wicked. "They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speakproudly." "They are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes." But David envies them not. "Go,"says he, "rich man, in all thy riches-go, proud man, in all thy pride-go, thou happy man, with thine abundance of children;I envy thee not; as for me,my lot is different: I can look on you without desiring to have your possessions. I can well keep that commandment, 'Thoushalt not covet,' for in your possessions there is nothing worth my love; I set no value upon your earthly treasures; I envyyou not your heaps of glittering dust; for my Redeemer is mine." The man is above envy, because he thinks that the joy wouldbe no joy to him-that the portion would not suit his disposition. Therefore, he turns his eye heavenward, and says, "As forme I shall behold thy face in righteousness." Oh! beloved, it is a happy thing to be free from envy. Envy is a curse whichblighteth creation; and even Eden's garden itself would have become defaced, and no longer fair, if the wind of envy couldhave blown on it, envy tarnisheth the gold; envy dimmeth the silver; should envy breathe on the hot sun, it would quench it;should she cast her evil eye on the moon, it would be turned into blood, and the stars would fly astonished at her. Envy isaccursed of heaven; yea, it is Satan's first-born-the vilest of vices. Give a man riches, but let him have envy, and thereis the worm at the root of the fair tree; give him happiness, and if he envies another's lot, what would have been happinessbecomes his misery, because it is not so great as that of some one else. But give me freedom from envy; let me be contentwith what God has given me, let me say, "Ye may have yours, I will not envy you-I am satisfied with mine," yea, give me sucha love to my fellow creatures that I can rejoice in their joy, and the more they have the more glad I am of it. My candlewill burn no less brightly because theirs outshines it. I can rejoice in their prosperity. Then am I happy, for all aroundtends to make me blissful, when I can rejoice in the joys of others, and make their gladness my own. Envy! oh! may God deliverus from it! But how, in truth, can we get rid of it so well as by believing that ye have something that is not on earth, butinheaven? If we can look upon all the things in the world and say, "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness;I shall be satisfied by-and-bye!" then we cannot envy other men, because their lot would not be adapted to our peculiar taste.Doth the ox envy the lion! Nay, for it cannot feed upon the carcase. Doth the dove grieve because the raven can gloat itselfon carrion? Nay, for it lives on other food. Will the eagle envy the wren his tiny nest? Oh, no! So the Christian will mountaloft as the eagle, spreading his broad wings, he will fly up to his eyrie amongst the stars, where God hath made himhis nest, saying, "As for me, I will dwell here; I look upon the low places of this earth with contempt. I envy not your greatness,ye mighty emperors; I desire not your fame, ye mighty warriors; I ask not for wealth, O Croesus; I beg not for thy power,O Caesar; as for me, I have something else, my portion is the Lord." The text breathes the spirit of a man free from envy.MayGod give that to us!
Then, secondly, you can see that there is about it the air of a man who is looking into the future. Read the passage thoroughly, and you will see that it all has relation to the future, because it says, "As for me, I shall." It has nothing to do with the present: it does not say, "As for me I do, or I am, so-and-so," but "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake." The Psalmist looks beyond the graveinto another world; he overlooks the narrow death-bed where he has to sleep, and he says, "When I awake." How happy isthat man who has an eye to the future; even in worldly things we esteem that man who looks beyond the present day, he whospends all his money as it comes in will soon bring himself to rags. He who lives on the present is a fool; but wise men arecontent to look after future things. When Milton penned his book he might know, perhaps, that he should have little fame inhislifetime; but he said, "I shall be honoured when my head shall sleep in the grave." Thus have other worthies been contentto tarry until time has broken the earthen pitcher, and suffered the lamp to blaze; as for honour, they said, "We will leavethat to the future, for that fame which comes late is often most enduring," and they lived upon the "shall "and fed upon thefuture. "I shall be satisfied" by-and-bye. So says the Christian. I ask no royal pomp or fame now; I am prepared to wait,Ihave an interest in reversion; I want not a pitiful estate here-I will tarry till I get my domains in heaven, those broadand beautiful domains that God has provided for them that love him. Well content will I be to fold my arms and sit me downin the cottage, for I shall have a mansion of God, "a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." Do any of you knowwhat it is to live on the future-to live on expectation-to live on what you are to have in the next world-to feastyourselves with some of the droppings of the tree of life that fall from heaven-to live upon the manna of expectationwhich falls in the wilderness, and to drink that stream of nectar which gushes from the throne of God? Have you ever goneto the great Niagara of hope, and drank the spray with ravishing delight; for the very spray of heaven is glory to one's soul!Have you ever lived on the future, and said, "As for me I shall have somewhat, by-and-bye?" Why, this is the highest motivethat can actuate a man. I suppose this was what made Luther so bold, when he stood before his great audience of kingsand lords, and said, "I stand by the truth that I have written, and will so stand by it till I die; so help me God!" Me thinkshe must have said, "I shall be satisfied by-and-bye. I am not satisfied now, but I shall be soon." For this the missionary ventures the stormy sea; for this he treads the barbarous shore; for this he goes intoinhospitable climes, and riskshis life, because he knows there is a payment to come by-and-bye. I sometimes laughingly tell my friends when I receivea favor from them, that I cannot return it, but set it up to my Master in heaven, for they shall be satisfied when they awakein his likeness. There are many things that we may never hope to be rewarded for here, but that shall be remembered beforethe throne hereafter, not of debt, but of grace. Like a poor minister I heard of, who, walking to a rustic chapel to preach,wasmet by a clergyman who had a far richer berth. He asked the poor man what he expected to have for his preaching. "Well,"he said, "I expect to have a crown." "Ah!" said the clergyman, "I have not been in the habit of preaching for less than aguinea, anyhow." "Oh!" said the other, "I am obliged to be content with a crown, and what is more, I do not have my crownnow, but I have to wait for that in the future." The clergyman little thought that he meant the "crown of life that fadethnot away!"Christian! live on the future; seek nothing here, but expect that thou shalt shine when thou shalt come in the likenessof Jesus, with him to be admired, and to kneel before his face adoringly. The Psalmist had an eye to the future.
And again, upon this point, you can see that David, at the time he wrote this, was full of faith. The text is fragrant with confidence. "As for me," says David, no perhaps about it. "I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake up in thy likeness." If some men should say so now, they would be called fanatics, and it wouldbe considered presumption for any man to say, "I will behold thy face, I shall besatisfied;" and I think there are many now in this world who think it is quite impossible for a man to say to a certainty,"I know, I am sure, I am certain." But, beloved, there are not one or two, but there are thousands and thousands of God'speople alive in this world who can say with an assured confidence, no more doubting of it than of their very existence, "Iwill behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake in thy likeness." It is possible, though perhapsnot very easy, to attain to that high and eminent position wherein we can say no longer do I hope, but I know; no longer do I trust, but I am persuaded; I have a happy confidence; I am sure of it; I an certain; for God has so manifestedhimself to me that now it is no longer "if" and "perhaps" but it is positive, eternal, "shall." "I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness." How many are there here of that sort? Oh! if ye are talking like that, ye mustexpect tohave trouble, for God never gives strong faith without fiery trial; he will never give a man the power to say that "shall"without trying him; he will not build a strong ship without subjecting it to very mighty storms; he will not make you a mightywarrior, if he does not intend to try your skill in battle. God's swords must be used; the old Toledo blades of heaven mustbe smitten against the armor of the evil one, and yet they shall not break, for they are of true Jerusalem metal, which shallnever snap. Oh! what a happy thing to have that faith to say "I shall." Some of you think it quite impossible, I know;but it "is the gift of God," and whosoever asks it shall obtain it: and the very chief of sinners now present in this placemay yet be able to say long before he comes to die, "I shall behold thy face in righteousness." Methinks I see the aged Christian.He has been very poor. He is in a garret where the stars look between the tiles. There is his bed. His clothes ragged andtorn. There are a few sticks on the hearth: they are the last he has. He is sitting up in his chair; his paralytic handquivers and shakes, and he is evidently near his end. His last meal was eaten yester-noon; and as you stand and look at him,poor, weak, and feeble, who would desire his lot? But ask him, "Old man, wouldst thou change thy garret for Caesar's palace?Aged Christian, wouldst thou give up these rags for wealth, and cease to love thy God?" See how indignation burns in his eyesatonce! He replies, "'As for me, I shall,' within a few more days, 'behold his face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied soon; here I never shall be. Trouble has been my lot, and trial has been my portion, but I have 'a house notmade with hands, eternal in the heavens.'" Bid high; bid him fair; offer him your hands full of gold; lay all down for himto give up his Christ. "Give up Christ?" he will say, "no, never!"
"While my faith can keep her hold,
I envy not the miser's gold."
Oh! what a glorious thing to be full of faith, and to have the confidence of assurance, so as to say, "I will behold thy face; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness."
Thus much concerning the spirit of David. It is one very much to be copied and eminently to be desired.
II. But now, secondly, THE MATTER OF THIS PASSAGE. And here we will dive into the very depths of it, God helping us; for withoutthe Spirit of God I feel I am utterly unable to speak to you. I have not those gifts and talents which qualify men to speak;I need an afflatus from no high, otherwise I stand like other men and have nought to say. May that be given me; for withoutit I am dumb. As for the matter of this verse, methinks it contains a double blessing. The first isa beholding-"I will behold thy face in righteousness," and the next is a satisfaction-"I shall be satisfied when I awakewith thy likeness."
Let us begin with the first, then. David expected that he should behold God's face. What a vision will that be, my brethren! Have you ever seen God's hand? I have seen it, when sometimes he places it acrossthe sky, and darkens it with clouds. I have seen God's hand sometimes, when the ears of night drag along the shades of darkness.I have seen his hand when, launching the thunder-bolt, his lightning splits the clouds and rends the heavens. Perhaps ye haveseen itin a gentler fashion, when it pours out the water and sends it rippling along in rills, and then rolls into rivers. Yehave seen it in the stormy ocean-in the sky decked with stars, in the earth gemmed with flowers; and there is not a man livingwho can know all the wonders of God's hand. His creation is so wondrous that it would take more than a life-time to understandit. Go into the depths of it, let its minute parts engage your attention; next take the telescope, and try to see remoteworlds, and can I see all God's handiwork-behold all his hand? No, not so much as one millionth part of the fabric. Thatmighty hand wherein the callow comets are brooded by the sun, in which the planets roll in majestic orbits; that mighty handwhich holds all space, and grasps all beings-that mighty hand, who can behold it? but if such be his hand, what must his facebe? Ye have heard God's voice sometimes, and ye have trembled; I, myself, have listened awe-struck, and yet with amarvellous joy, when I have heard God's voice, like the noise of many waters, in the great thunderings. Have you neverstood and listened, while the earth shook and trembled, and the very spheres stopped their music, while God spoke with hiswondrous deep bass voice? Yes, ye have heard that voice, and there is a joy marvellously instinct with love which enters intomy soul, whenever I hear the thunder. It is my Father speaking, and my heart leaps to hear him. But you never heard God'sloudestvoice. It was but the whisper when the thunder rolled. But if such be the voice, what must it be to behold his face? Davidsaid, "I will behold thy face." It is said of the temple of Diana, that it was so splendidly decorated with gold, and so brightand shining, that a porter at the door always said to every one that entered, "Take heed to your eyes, take heed to your eyes;you will be struck with blindness unless you take heed to your eyes." But oh! that view of glory! That great appearance.The vision of God! to see him face to face, to enter into heaven, and to see the righteous shining bright as stars inthe firmament; but best of all, to catch a glimpse of the eternal throne! Ah! there he sits! 'Twere almost blasphemy for meto attempt to describe him. How infinitely far my poor words fall below the mighty subject! But to behold God's face. I willnot speak of the lustre of those eyes, or the majesty of those lips, that shall speak words of love and affection; but tobehold hisface' Ye who have dived into the Godhead's deepest sea, and have been lost in its immensity, ye can tell a little of it!Ye naughty "ones, who have lived in heaven these thousand years perhaps ye know, but ye cannot tell, What it is to see hisface. We must each of us go there we must be clad with immortality. We must go above the blue sky, and bathe in the riverof life: we must outsoar the lightning, and rise above the stars to know what it is to see God's face. Words cannot set itforth. Sothere I leave it. The hope the Psalmist had was, that he might see God's face.
But there was a peculiar sweetness mixed with this joy, because he knew that he should behold God's face in righteousness. "I shall behold thy face in righteousness." Have I not seen my Father's face here below? Yes, I have, "through a glass darkly,"But has not the Christian sometimes beheld him, when in his heavenly moments earth is gone, and the mind is stripped of matter?There are some seasons when the gross materialism dies away, and when the etherealfire within blazes up so high that it almost touches the fire of heaven. There are seasons, when in some retired spot,calm and free from all earthly thought, we have put our shoes from off our feet because the place whereon we stood was holyground; and we have talked with God! even as Enoch talked with him so has the Christian held intimate communion with his Father.He has heard his love whispers, he has told out his heart, poured out his sorrows and his groans before him. But after allhehas felt that he has not beheld his face in righteousness. There was so much sin to darken the eyes, so much folly, somuch frailty, that we could not get a clear prospect of our Jesus. But here the Psalmist says, "I will behold thy face inrighteousness." When that illustrious day shall arise, and I shall see my Saviour face to face, I shall see him "in righteousness."The Christian in heaven will not have so much as a speck upon his garment; he will be pure and white; yea, on the earth heis
"Pure through Jesus' blood, and white as angels are."
But in heaven that whiteness shall be more apparent. Now, it is sometimes smoked by earth, and covered with the dust of thispoor carnal world; but in heaven he will have brushed himself, and washed his wings and made them clean; and then will hesee God's face in righteousness. My God; I believe I shall stand before thy face as pure as thou art thyself, for I shallhave the righteousness of Jesus Christ there shall be upon me the righteousness of a God. "I shall beholdthy face in righteousness." O Christian, canst thou enjoy this? Though I cannot speak about it, dost thy heart meditateupon it? To behold his face for ever; to bask in that vision! True, thou canst not understand it; but thou mayest guess themeaning. To behold his face in righteousness!
The second blessing, upon which I will be brief, is satisfaction. He will be satisfied, the Psalmist says, when he wakes up in God's likeness. Satisfaction! this is another joy for the Christianwhen he shall enter heaven. Here we are never thoroughly satisfied. True, the Christian is satisfied from himself; he hasthat within which is a wet-spring of comfort, and he can enjoy solid satisfaction. But heaven is the home of true and realsatisfaction. When thebeliever enters heaven I believe his imagination will be thoroughly satisfied. All he has ever thought of he will there see; every holy idea will be solidified; every mightyconception will become a reality, every glorious imagination will become a tangible thing that he can see. His imaginationwill not be able to think of anything better than heaven; and should he sit down through eternity, he would not be able toconceive of anything that should outshine the lustre of that gloriouscity. His imagination will be satisfied. Then his intellect will be satisfied.
"Then shall I see, and hear, and know,
All I desired, or wished, below."
Who is satisfied with his knowledge here? Are there not secrets we want to know, depths in the arcana of nature that we havenot entered? But in that glorious state we shall know as much as we want to know. The memory will be satisfied. We shall look back upon the vista of past years, and we shall be content with whatever we endured, ordid, or suffered on earth.
"There, on a green and flowery mound,
My wearied soul shall sit,
And with transporting joys recount
The labors of my feet."
Hope will be satisfied, if there be such a thing in heaven. We shall hope for a future eternity, and believe in it. But we shallbe satisfied as to our hopes continually: and the whole man will be so content that there will not remain a single thing inall God's dealings, that he would wish to have altered; yea, perhaps I say a thing at which some of you will demur-but therighteous in heaven will be quite satisfied with the damnation of the lost. I used to thinkthat if I could see the lost in hell, surely I must weep for them. Could I hear their horrid wailings, and see the dreadfulcontortions of their anguish, surely I must pity them. But there is no such sentiment as that known in heaven. The believershall be there so satisfied with all God's will, that he will quite forget the lost in the idea that God has done it for thebest, that even their loss has been their own fault, and that he is infinitely just in it. If my parents could see me in hellthey would not have a tear to shed for me, though they were in heaven, for they would say, "It is justice, thou greatGod; and thy justice must be magnified, as well as thy mercy;" and moreover, they would feel that God was so much above hiscreatures that they would be satisfied to see those creatures crushed if it might increase God's glory. Oh! in heaven I believewe shall think rightly of men. Here men seem great things to us; but in heaven they will seem no more than a few creepinginsectsthat are swept away in ploughing a field for harvest; they will appear no more than a tiny handful of dust, or like somenest of wasps that ought to be exterminated for the injury they have done. They will appear such little things when we siton high with God, and look down on the nations of the earth as grasshoppers, and "count the isles as very little things."We shall be satisfied with everything; there will not be a single thing to complain of. "I shall be satisfied."
But when? "I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness." But not till then. No, not till then. Now here a difficultyoccurs. You know there are some in heaven who have not yet waked up in God's likeness. In fact, none of those in heaven havedone so. They never did sleep as respects their souls; the waking refers to their bodies, and they are not awake yet-but arestill slumbering. O earth! thou art the bedchamber of the mighty dead! What a vast sleeping-housethis world is! It is one vast cemetery. The righteous still sleep; and they are to be satisfied on the resurrection morn,when they awake. "But," say you, "are they not satisfied now? They are in heaven: is it possible that they can be distressed?"No, they are not; there is only one dissatisfaction that can enter heaven-the dissatisfaction of the blest that their bodiesare not there. Allow me to use a simile which will somewhat explain what I mean. When a Roman conqueror had been at war,and won great victories, he would very likely come back with his soldiers enter into his house, and enjoy himself tillthe next day, when he would go out of the city and then come in again in triumph. Now, the saints, as it were, if I mightuse such a phrase, steal into heaven without their bodies; but on the last day, when their bodies wake up, they will enterin their triumphal chariots. And methinks I see that grand procession, when Jesus Christ, first of all, with man; crowns onhis head,with his bright, glorious body, shall lead the way. I see my Saviour entering first. Behind him come the saints, all ofthem clapping their hands all of them touching their golden harps, and entering in triumph. And when they come to heaven'sgates, and the doors are opened wide to let the king of glory in, now will the angels crowd at the windows, and on the house-tops,like the inhabitants in the Roman triumphs, to watch them as they pass through the streets, and scatter heaven's roses andcities upon them, crying, crying, "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!" "I shall besatisfied" in that glorious day, when all his angels shall come to see the triumph, and when his people shall be victoriouswith him.
One thought here ought not to be forgotten; and that is, the Psalmist says we are to wake up in the likeness of God. This may refer to the soul; for the spirit of the righteous will be in the likeness of God as to its happiness holiness,purity, infallability, eternity, and freedom from pain; but specially, I think, it relates to the body because it speaks ofthe awaking. The body is to be in the likeness of Christ. What a thought! It is-and alas! I have had toomany such to-night-a thought too heavy for words. I am to awake up in Christ's likeness. I do not know what Christ islike, and can scarcely imagine. I love sometimes to sit and look at him in his crucifixion. I care not what men say-I knowthat sometimes I have derived benefit from a picture of my dying crucified Saviour; and I look at him with his crown of thorns,his pierced side, his bleeding hands and feet, and all those drops of gore hanging from him; but I cannot picture him inheaven, he is so bright, so glorious; the God so shines through the man; his eyes are like lamps of fire; his tongue likea two-edged sword; his head covered with hair as white as snow, for he is the Ancient of days, he binds the clouds round abouthim for a girdle; and when he speaks, it is like the sound of many waters! I read the accounts given in the book of Revelation,but I cannot tell what he is; they are Scripture phrases, and I cannot understand their meaning; but whatever they mean, Iknow that I shall wake up in Christ's likeness. Oh; what a change it will be, when some of us get to heaven! There isa man who fell in battle with the word of salvation on his lips, his legs had been shot away, and his body had been scarredby sabre thrusts; he wakes in heaven, and finds that he has not a broken body, maimed and cut about, and hacked and injured,but that he is in Christ's likeness. There is an old matron, who has tottered on her staff for years along her weary way;time hasploughed furrows on her brow; haggard and lame, her body is laid in the grave. But oh! aged woman, thou shalt arise inyouth and beauty. Another has been deformed in his life-time, but when he wakes, he wakes in the likeness of Christ. Whatevermay have been the form of our countenance, whatever the contour, the beautiful shall be no more beautiful in heaven than thosewho were deformed. Those who shone on earth, peerless, among the fairest, who ravished men with looks from their eyes, theyshall be no brighter in heaven than those who are now passed by and neglected: for they shall all be like Christ.
III. But now to close up, HERE IS A VERY SAD CONTRAST IMPLIED. We shall all slumber A few more years and where will this companybe? Xerxes wept, because in a little while his whole army would be gone; how might I stand here and weep, because within afew more years others shall stand in this place, and shall say, "The fathers, where are they?" Good God! and is it true? Isit not a reality? Is it all to be swept away? Is it one great dissolving view? Ah! it is. This sightshall vanish soon, and you and I shall vanish with it. We are but a show. This life is but "a stage whereon men act;"and then we pass behind the curtain, and we there unmask ourselves, and talk with God. The moment we begin to live we beginto die. The tree has long been growing that shall be sawn to make you a coffin. The sod is ready for you all. But this sceneis to appear again soon. One short dream, one hurried nap, and all this sight shall come o'er again. We shall all awake, andas westand here now, we shall stand together, perhaps, even more thickly pressed. But we shall stand on the level then-therich and poor, the preacher and hearer. There will be but one distinction-righteous and wicked. At first we shall stand together.Methinks I see the scene. The sea is boiling; the heavens are rent in twain, the clouds are fashioned into a chariot, andJesus riding on it, with wings of fire, comes riding through the sky. His throne is set. He seats himself upon it. With anodhe hushes all the world. He lifts his fingers, opens the great books of destiny, and the book of our probation, whereinare written the acts of time. With his fingers he beckons to the hosts above. "Divide," said he, "divide the universe." Swifterthan thought all the earth shall part in sunder. Where shall I be found when the dividing comes? Methinks I see them all divided,and the righteous are on the right. Turning to them, with a voice sweeter than music, he says, "Come! Ye have beencoming-keep on your progress! Come! it has been the work of your life to come, so continue. Come and take the last step.'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from before the foundation of the world.'" And now thewicked are left alone; and turning to them, he says, "Depart! Ye have been departing all your life long; it was your businessto depart from me; ye said, 'Depart from me, I love not thy ways.' You have been departing, keep on, take the last step!'"They dare not move. They stand still. The Saviour becomes the avenger. The hands that once held out mercy, now grasp thesword of justice; the lips that spoke lovingkindness, now utter thunder; and with a deadly aim; he lifts up the sword, andsweeps amongst them. They fly like deer before the lion, and enter the jaws of the bottomless pit.
But never, I hope, shall I cease preaching, without telling you what to do to be saved. This morning I preached to the ungodly,to the worst of sinners, and many wept-I hope many hearts melted-while I spoke of the great mercy of God. I have not spokenof that to-night. We must take a different line sometimes; led, I trust, by God's Spirit. But oh! ye that are thirsty, andheavy laden, and lost and ruined, mercy speaks yet once again to you! Here is the way ofsalvation. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." "And what is it to believe?" says one; "is it to say Iknow Christ died for me?" No, that is not to believe, it is part of it, but it is not all. Every Arminian believes that; andevery man in the world believes it who holds that doctrine, since he conceives that Christ died for every man. Consequentlythat is not faith. But faith is this: to cast yourself on Christ. As the negro said, most curiously, when asked what he didto besaved; "Massa," said he, "I fling myself down on Jesus, and dere I lay; I fling myself flat on de promise, and dere Ilay." And to every penitent sinner Jesus says, "I am able to save to the uttermost;" throw thyself flat on the promise, and say, "Then, Lord, thou art ableto save me." God says, "Come now, let us reason together, though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow, and though theybe red like crimson they shall be as wool." Cast thyself on him, and thoushalt be saved. "Ah!" says one, "I am afraid I am not one of God's people; I cannot read my name in the book of life."A very good thing you can't, for if the Bible had every body's name in it, it would be a pretty large book; and if your nameis John Smith and you saw that name in the Bible, if you do not believe God's promise now, you would be sure to believe thatit was some other John Smith. Suppose the Emperor of Russia should issue a decree to all the Polish refugees to return totheirown country; you see a Polish refugee looking at the great placards hanging on the wall he looks with pleasure, and says,"Well, I shall go back to my country." But some one says to him, "It does not say Walewski." "Yes, "he would reply, "but itsays Polish refugees: Polish is my Christian name, and refugee my surname, and that is me." And so, though it does not sayyour name in the Scriptures, it says lost sinner. Sinner is your Christian name, and lost is your surname; therefore, whynotcome? It says, "lost sinner;"-is not that enough? "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JesusChrist came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief." "Yes, but," another one says, "I am afraid I am not elect."Oh! dear souls, do not trouble yourselves about that. If you believe in Christ you are elect. Whoever puts himself on the mercy of Jesus is elect; for he would never do it if he had not been elect. Whoever comesto Christ, and looks for mercythrough his blood, is elect, and he shall see that he is elect afterwards; but do not expect to read election till youhave read repentance. Election is a college to which you little ones will not go till you have been to the school of repentance.Do not begin to read your book backwards, and say Amen before you have said your paternoster. Begin with "Our Father," andthen you will go on to "thine is the kingdom the power and the glory;" but begin with "the kingdom," and you will have hardworkto go back to "Our Father." We must begin with faith. We must begin with-
"Nothing in my hands I bring."
As God made the world out of nothing, he always makes his Christians out of nothing; and he who has nothing at all to-night,shall find grace and mercy, if he will come for it.
Let me close up by telling you what I have heard of some poor woman, who was converted and brought to life, just by passingdown a street, and hearing a child, sitting at a door, singing-
"I am nothing at all
But Jesus Christ is all in all."
That is a blessed song; go home and sing it; and he who can rightly apprehend those little words, who can feel himself vanitywithout Jesus, but that he has all things in Christ, is not only far from the kingdom of heaven, but he is there in faith,and shall be there in fruition, when be shall wake up in God's likeness.


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Ghana is rising, but so are its dump-yards of cast-off appliances
As Ghana's economy booms, its consumers no longer want used appliances shipped in from the West. Now that 'e-waste' is filling dumps and causing environmental woes.
| Accra, Ghana
What was once a park in Ghana's capital of Accra is now a blackened expanse, issuing acrid smoke from burning piles of plastic and metal. Industrial junk –heaps of old car doors and appliances – is scattered everywhere. A man walks past, carrying the carcass of a full-sized refrigerator on his head.
This is Agbogbloshie, an illegal dump where junked, cast-off appliances from around the world get turned into scrap metal.
Hundreds of shipping containers packed with used refrigerators, old computers, washing machines, and other appliances arrive in Ghana every month. Until recently, many of those appliances sold at a premium. But changing habits of consumers at a time when West Africa is experiencing growth means that more and more secondhand imports are being discarded from the retail market.
Instead, they are finding their way directly to the dump, exacerbating a waste problem that Ghana can't afford to fix right now.
Ghana once welcomed secondhand imports of everything from TVs to clothing because even locally-produced products were too expensive for average buyers. But that's rapidly changing: Ghana's economy grew by 8 percent in 2012, and manufacturers have taken notice of the country's growing base of consumers. Many are stepping up production on the continent.
Yet shipments of used appliances keep arriving because old appliances are considered hazardous waste, and are expensive to dispose of. Overseas firms seeking to rid themselves of old computers or car parts often donate or sell them, tossing them into a shadowy international supply chain that's hard to follow. In 2010, environmental activists at Agbogbloshie discovered in old computers several hard drives that appeared to belong to US defense contractors and school districts.
"There have been a lot of quotes [in the world press] about the West dumping its e-waste into Africa," says Tatiana Terekhova, an electronics waste expert at the United Nations. She suggests that shipments can be both legal and illegal. While some of the arriving goods are simply junk, she says, most have been working appliances that have fed a demand for consumer electronics from Ghana's rising middle class.
Now, soaring scrap metal prices have turned Agbogbloshie into an ad-hoc outdoor factory. A workforce of children and teenagers root, smash, and burn through the world's electronic junk to rip out valuable components. Often, a cocktail of toxic chemicals is released in the process.
Children like 11-year-old Al-Hassan who – wearing pink flip-flops and a look of tired determination – drags an old stereo speaker along the ground through charred plastic and metal. The magnet inside the speaker attracts a small price, and the boy earns about a dollar a day selling to scrap dealers.
In turn, these dealers illegally export scrap metal, disguised as legal goods like timber or cashew nuts, and in 2010, Ghana's port authority estimated those exports at around $40 million in value.
Ghanaian legislators recently passed a ban on imports of used refrigerators. But the government is a long way from ending the destructive trade, says Accra city council spokesman Numo Blafo III, who claims that toxic waste from the dump is harming a lagoon that abuts the park-turned-dump.
"The scrap dealers pouring their e-waste into the lagoon have actually polluted it – all marine life is dead," he says. "But even the government is finding it difficult to remove them. It seems nobody can stop them."


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The San Diego City Council approved Mayor Kevin Faulconer's "Complete Communities" plan Monday, which incentivizes housing near transit and is intended to connect San Diegans with safe and convenient mobility options.
"For far too long our underserved and minority neighborhoods have been neglected when it comes to new infrastructure," Faulconer said.
"We will now prioritize and reinvigorate those neighborhoods through this initiative because we cannot truly prosper as a city until every community is complete. Our Complete Communities plan incorporates much of what our residents say they want — more housing near transit, more mobility options, and more public amenities like parks that strengthen a neighborhood. Now we have the ability to put those ideas into action and build a better future for all San Diegans," he said.
Thank you to the City Council for overwhelmingly supporting Complete Communities. Here's what it will do:
✅Bolster neighborhood investments
✅Lift underserved communities
✅Incentivize housing near transit and job centers
✅Connect San Diegans w/more mobility choices
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The plan is a package of initiatives intended to strengthen communities and neighborhoods for the future. The focus includes complementary planning strategies that would incentivize development near transit and help bring neighborhood benefits to accommodate a growing population.
"I'm happy to have worked closely with community members and the mayor on an initiative that helps shape a better way to uplift older communities that have been left behind," said City Council President Georgette Gomez. "Complete Communities is a milestone program that recognizes inequities in San Diego; addresses our climate crisis by promoting smart, transit-oriented development; and creates more affordable housing. Today is a great day for San Diego's future."
The plan is divided into two facets: Mobility Choices and Housing Solutions.
Mobility Choices focuses on delivering infrastructure improvements in underserved, city-designated "Communities of Concern" and achieving San Diego's Climate Action Plan goals. Its top goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased mobility options within communities.
The Housing Solutions program includes the an affordable housing program for mixed-income projects and the protective anti-displacement and tenant protection policies.
It is an optional affordable housing incentive program that is intended to provide new affordable and market rate housing near transit, preserve existing affordable rents and establish a new way to fund neighborhood amenities. It will set aside resources for preserving affordable housing and investing in active transportation and park amenities within Communities of Concern. The incentives will include investments in neighborhood amenities, such as parks and plazas. The goal of the program is to add approximately 8,000 more homes per year.
The housing program also implements California's Sustainable and Affordable Housing Act, which allows cities and counties to offer floor-area ratio-based affordable housing incentives within one-half mile of a major public transit stop.
"This bold, comprehensive ordinance will streamline incentives and result in an increase of desperately needed housing and parks in our communities," said Councilman Scott Sherman. "Future councilmembers may need to tweak some aspects of this measure, but it takes us in the right direction."
— City News Service


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The 6th African Film Week opens its doors
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The South African Embassy, joined by Aspen pharmacare and friends of South Africa, on July 18 will contribute 67 minutes of volunteer service to "Melissa Network".Read more
The African Embassies and Honorary Consulates accredited to the Hellenic Republic and Athens communities are organizing the "15th African Food, Music and Handicrafts Festival" on May 21-22.Read more
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The Ambassador of South Africa, H.E. Marthinus Christoffel Johannes Van Schalkwyk, spoke to EmbassyNews.net about the strong economic and cultural ties between the two countries and commented on Greece's stance towards the refugee crisis: "We are looking at the situation with sympathy. So far the Greek government has not gone to the extreme and that is a good sign".Read more
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
2½ cups snap peas
1¼ cups boneless skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons Sriracha (optional)
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, plus more for finishing
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for finishing
1. In a large sauté pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the scallions and garlic, and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the bell pepper and snap peas, and sauté until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Add the chicken and cook until it is golden and fully cooked and the vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
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Social Company Principles
Values give a perspective…
It is not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are- Roy Disney
Company values have moved up the business agenda. And rightly so. Values will get you somewhere. After all, values are "the points of departures for behaviour"; create frameworks; And steer strategy, policy and action in interaction with the environment. All of which requires worthy behaviour from us. This is often done instinctually, usually a sign of authenticity. If they are made explicit, then that is usually at the level of the obligatory mission-statement. There, high-flown moral notions like reliability and responsibility are sported. That is great, but it does have a high state-the-obvious content and a wide general validity.
In order to be able to react adequately to the rapidly changing environment and its expectations with regard to our behaviour and attitude, we (also) have a (greater) need for a practical vision. This vision contains insights that can be interpreted in concrete behavioural points of departure and in attitudes that help us to be adequately enterprising. Mind you, this is not only about customers, markets and money, but also about you and me, about ourselves. It is about the comanu as an ecosystem not only strinving for "lean and mean" but also for "lean and meaningful" for all stakeholders. It is about a deep understanding of what you are good at and of what you are not ("pretence = competence"). This goes for the company as a whole but also for the individual employee. This requires lasting attention. As it is, values are about the core of the company, giving them no attention means investing in what was good in the past. Usually that will not have a happy ending for that company.
Companies that only strive for ( short term) financial profit usually lose their social value and do not face a long future. On the other hand, companies who do not offer value for money also have a challenge in attracting customers. So, where is the optimum?
So, concretely: what do we put on the business balance score card in this era of acceleration in business dynamics and the digitalization of the business management? We make a first move with a number of statements and interpret these into keywords. These statements mainly deal with the interaction with the customer and one by one have concrete implications for Set-up and Operations, for ICT solutions and for HRM profiles.
They may serve as a basis for prioritisation, for instance with project selection, investment
decisions, individual assessments or with the selection of new colleagues.
Statements 1-3 deal with customer- and market-focus. Statements 4-7 deal with the issue
of how we internally aim at that market.
1. To the customer, the company feels like a small company.
2. We are assessed by our supply in the market.
3. We operate on a buyers' market: help the customer to buy.
4. The customer goes before the boss.
5. Dare to be both the teacher and pupil.
6. Pay for performance, promote for ability.
7. Also the supporting, humble, role of the hairdresser is on the credit titles (I don't understand this point Frans….)
Ad 1. Of course we already did do relation management in the company. But we should not only embed that in the structure of the company, but also in the little figures: B2B = P2P (Business-to-Business is People-to-People). However, there are more and more indications that MZM (Mid-Business Market) customers find this important and are prepared to pay for that. Just like your regular car mechanic or financial advisor forms an interpretation of "preferred banking" for you. ICT makes it possible to make this a selling point for every company and in this way, at the same time give more customer focus to the company.
Keyword: brand value
Ad 2. The market is/becomes even more the standardized. That decides the added value of a company and with that its continuity. This means that, with regard to our ideas on added value, earning power and customer desire, we have to listen to the market and not to ourselves. Customer focus and really listening are essential issues here. In this statement, it is obviously not only about what but also about how. A clumsy putting away of a good offer does not work either. So that also means that the organization should closely "chafe" the market with an open eye for what the market wants to pay for the supply with a high "do as you promise" content.
Keyword: customer focus
Ad 3. The more transparent the market, the more 'the customer is king'. In a business where a long-lasting relation with the customer is desirable, the approach of the bags-seller on Gran Canaria, who has to score now and here, is no use. Companies who put a long-lasting customer relation as their focus, often do not need sales anymore but consultative selling. This requires a certain humility, great listening skills, empathy, patience and the ability to win the customer's trust. It is the attitude of the butcher at the corner, who combines the desires of yesterday, of today and of tomorrow of his individual customer in the supply that he, as a company, provides. Driven by customer value, consequently.
Keyword: consultative selling
Ad 4. The customer pays my wages. This goes directly and very palpably in a one-man business. This also goes, though less palpably, for large companies. More and more, a conflict may arise between the boss, who assesses me and the customer who pays my added value. This means that the loyalty will more and more shift from the employer towards the customer. According to this guideline, you will therefore opt for the customer. This movement becomes very visible in the chain reversal, where the customer will control the company, with spectacular effects for turnover and costs.
Keyword: customer at the centre
Ad 5. If you experience yourself solely as a teacher and not as a pupil, then that will result in your not learning anything anymore. This is a dangerous situation for the business, the more so because usually you do not notice that as a teacher. Even though it will be difficult, the only remedy is to call each other to account for that. 360 degrees assessments help to prevent this.
Keyword: living organization
Ad 6. We pay for performance, but someone's possibilities for the business determine his earning power. Therefore, avoid promotion for performance. We discover the possibilities through the development of competence passports and real interest for the colleagues. The talent to spot talent is one of the determining factors for continuity of the company.
Keyword: talent spotting
Ad 7: Out of sight, out of mind is a powerful mechanism but does not promote real cooperation. To put down real performances in the market we will have to "build giants" by daring to stand on each other's shoulders. Trust each other, honour each other, pats on the back for every visible or less visible, humble, contribution form the basic attitude and condition to create real cooperation. Just as in sports: also he who gives the assistance, deserves the applause. Not only the big boss should get attention.
Keyword: respect
Finally: "understand = re-stand"
One of the core assignments of every company is to learn to really understand. Understand the market, the customer, the colleague. Without understanding there is no connection. And without connection there is no cooperation. To really understand this, you have to be able, and dare, to understand: stand in a different way, sometimes literally. To be able to see and listen from a different position. From the pupil's role instead of the teacher's role for instance. Observe a problem or situation through someone else's glasses, the customer, the colleague, the stakeholder. Re-position and take another viewpoint should also be possible within the structures of the company. When in a company everything is organized according to fixed procedures and is locked up through fixed routine structures, people included who then work on the conveyor belt, then such a company cannot re-position and therefore not understand. Such a company will then have a problem. If everything is a must there is no chance to meet, no colleagues, no customer and no one else. For companies it will be one of the major assignments or challenges to regain this ability to (under)stand. If you can, you may stay. If you can't you will pass. To understand and to keep creating a lasting meeting with the market and the customer you need the meeting with yourself. And for the meeting with yourself, it is necessary to have an insight in your own value(s). That makes it possible to keep going amidst the "changes caused by the Internet in life and work", the study assignment of our Research Group. Stir or flood, do you let yourself be flooded or will you happily go surfing on the Internet?
It is totally up to you!
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Kotick, a flight attendant, and $1.4m
Acti CEO loses legal battle with ex-lawyer.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has lost a long-running legal battle with his former lawyer over fees incurred while battling a lawsuit from a former flight attendant who worked on his private jet, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Kotick is "reviewing his options" following an arbitrator's ruling that he pays a whopping $1.4 million to his old law firm.
The dispute stemmed from a January 2007 lawsuit brought by flight attendant Cynthia Madvig against Kotick, Andrew Gordon of Goldman Sachs, Cove Management, the company the pair created to manage their co-owned Gulfstream III private jet, and pilot Phil Berg.
Madvig alleged sexual harassment and wrongful termination. She allegedly refused to be Berg's "arm candy" at dinners and other events. The lawsuit said that Berg compelled her to clean the plane's toilets repeatedly while "leering" at her.
She claimed that after complaining, she was fired by Kotick, who allegedly told her: "The guys are unhappy with the hostile environment."
Kotick's then lawyer Patricia Glaser advised him to settle for $200,000 to $400,000 – much less than it would cost to argue the toss in court. Kotick disagreed.
According to the arbitrator, "Mr. Kotick wanted to destroy the other side and not to pay Ms. Madvig anything.... Mr. Kotick realised this was not a good business proposition, but said 'that he was worth one-half billion dollars and he didn't mind spending some of it on attorneys' fees.' "
According to court records: "Mr. Kotick believed no sexual harassment or retaliation had taken place and it was important to vindicate the principle even if it would be very expensive in terms of legal fees."
Kotick's bullish stance eventually waned. In September 2007 he sent Glaser a check for $200,000 with a letter saying it was payment in full for services rendered.
Glaser, however, claimed the firm was owed just over $1 million. The dispute went to arbitration and in March 2009 Kotick lost.
"Cove Management believes that the billings from Christensen Glaser were excessive and inappropriate given the nature of the case," said Anthony Glassman, the attorney who represents Kotick and Gordon's firm Cove.
Glassman also disputed the arbitrator's description of conversations Kotick had regarding the case: "Both the final award and appellate opinion contain numerous second-hand accounts of three-year-old private conversations and statements made during attorney-client meetings that Mr. Kotick did not make and therefore are inaccurate, highly inflammatory and taken out of context."
And yes, Kotick eventually settled with Madvig. He spent over $200,000 in April 2008, plus another $475,000 in legal fees. Now if only he'd listened to his lawyer in the first place…
Despite the eye-watering expense, Kotick is sure to be pleased this morning. Activision's just announced it's sold more than 20 million Call of Duty map packs.


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Giese earns Employee of Quarter honor
Any parent of a teenager can appreciate the daily challenges that face Ralph Giese, director, Resident Life and Housing at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
But imagine being responsible for the 900 young adults who call UCCS home, and appreciation quickly becomes respect. On any given day, Giese and staff respond to complaints about rooms that are "too hot" or "too cold," challenges with roommates, or updates on a waitlist that stretched to more than 100 last year.
Those qualities and many more led to Giese being named UCCS Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter 2012.
"There is no such thing as an 8-to-5 day for Ralph," wrote Stephanie Hanenberg, director, Student Health Center, and Giese's nominator. "Ralph works tirelessly to keep his staff upbeat and his encouragement for them to feel like an integral part of this community is admired."
In her nomination, Hanenberg cited Giese's ability to collaborate with other departments to create programs for resident students, his ability to draft university leaders to play celebrity waiter roles, and his willingness to volunteer for jobs ranging from search committee chair to the Professional Exempt Staff Association. He also worked on plans to expand university housing and the two new towers that are under way.
This summer's Waldo Canyon Fire was a challenge for campus housing as evacuees, firefighters and members of the National Guard called UCCS housing home for several days. Giese worked 14- and 16-hour days during the emergency to ensure that rooms were ready and that UCCS presented a safe haven.
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R&B singer Angie Stone arrested on assault charge in Georgia
LITHONA, Ga. - Police say Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone is accused of knocking out several of her daughter's teeth with a metal stand and has been charged with aggravated assault.
DeKalb County police say the 53-year-old singer was in an argument Monday with her 30-year-old daughter in Lithonia, Georgia.
Police say the singer told officers her daughter, Diamond, punched her in the face and that she used a metal stand to defend herself. Police say the blow knocked out several of Diamond Stone's front teeth. A family friend broke up the fight.
Diamond Stone told police an argument began after the singer told her to clean up and get her children under control.
A phone call and emails to Angie Stone's agents weren't immediately returned. It's unclear if she has an attorney.
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