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Newsletter #71
Jesus Courts a Bride
The secular society in which
we live seems to use the single word "love" to cover all sorts of
things. "I love you with all my heart," can easily be followed in the
same sentence by "I love chocolate ice cream" --or "I (heart) my
dog Rover more than anything."
Because of this gross
oversimplification of the word love, our Wednesday nights men's group (1,2)
decided recently to study together C.S. Lewis's classic book The Four Loves. It's available in audio with Lewis speaking, and
also in book form (3,4).
For the past six weeks we
have been listening to Lewis, taking notes and commenting for an hour on what
we heard that was fresh and new to us. During the week we have all been reading
the book slowly and carefully. So deep and profound is Lewis in this study we
decided to continue our weekly discussions for a few more sessions.
In his lectures Lewis examines
the classical use of four Greek words for love: storge, philia, éros, and
agape. Lewis describes God's love as pure Gift-Love--which should rule over our
natural loves. He talks about the natural loves, how they function and how they
are all a legitimate part of who we are. He also reminds us that that the natural
loves will go bad unless God rules over all of them--they need not be repressed
or discarded. Finally, God must transform each one of our natural loves in
order for us to enjoy each of the loves in the next life.
Lewis mentions that God has
selected only a few different metaphors to describe our relationship with Him.
God is our Father (that is, if we have a relationship with Jesus)--and we are
His beloved children.
Abraham was called "the
friend of God," but otherwise this expression is not found in the Old
Testament. At the Last Supper Jesus elevated his eleven disciples from
"servants" to "friends." (John 15:13)
Thirdly, the relationship
between God the Father and God the Son is frequently referenced throughout the
New Testament.
But the most common metaphor
for our relationship with God is that of husband and wife--Bridegroom and
Bride. (5)
Throughout the Old Testament
the nation of Israel is described as the wife of Jehovah. The marriage contract
between God and Israel was drawn up at Mt. Sinai, but after hundreds years of
spiritual adultery God was forced to divorce his wife under the terms of the
Old Covenant. Heartbroken, God found a way to take His wife back, remarry her,
and restore her fully under the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31ff). Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum discusses this:
is a totally different picture in the Scriptures regarding the Church. What God
has to say about the Church and her relationship as the Bride of the Messiah is
radically different from what has been said regarding Israel as the Wife of
Jehovah. Again, this shows the necessity of maintaining these distinctions.
might be good at this time to define exactly what we mean by the word
"church" when we say the Church is the Bride of the Messiah. The
"universal church" is composed of all true believers everywhere, and
this universal body of believers is the Bride of the Messiah. By "local
church," we mean that portion of the universal Church living in a specific
geographical area. But the Bride of the Messiah is not limited to some local
church somewhere nor is it limited to any specific denomination. It is composed
of all believers regardless of their geographical location and denominational
thrust of all the New Testament passages regarding this relationship of the
Church as the Bride of the Messiah is that the Church is a betrothed Bride who
is not yet joined to her husband. There are four key passages of the New
Testament that speak concerning this relationship of the Church as the Bride of
the Messiah. But again, it must always be kept in mind that the Church is
pictured today as an engaged Bride who is not yet joined by marriage to her
husband. (5)
The relevant New Testament
passages about Bridegroom and Bride cited by Dr. Fruchtenbaum include: 2
Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:6-9 and 1 Thessalonians
4:13-18, Revelation 21:9-22:5.
The passage in Ephesians 5 is
well-known to most of us since a parallel is drawn between the relationship of
a man and wife in marriage and the betrothal Jesus Christ has entered into with
His church.
In discussing marriage, C.S.
Lewis compares the sexual side aspect of marriage (which he calls Venus)
distinguishing it from romantic love (éros),
will think it strange I should find an element of ritual or masquerade in that
action (the sexual relationship aspect of marriage) which is often regarded as
the most real, the most unmasked and sheerly genuine, we ever do. Are we not
our true selves when naked? In a sense, no. The word naked was originally a
past participle; the naked man was the man who had undergone a process of naking, that is, of stripping or peeling (you used the verb
of nuts and fruit). Time out of mind the naked man has seemed to our ancestors
not the natural but the abnormal man; not the man who has abstained from
dressing but the man who has been for some reason undressed. And it is a simple
fact--anyone can observe it at a men's bathing place-that nudity emphasises
common humanity and soft-pedals what is individual. In that way we are
"more ourselves" when clothed. By nudity the lovers cease to be
solely John and Mary; the universal He and She are emphasised. You could almost
say they put on nakedness as a ceremonial robe--or as the costume for a charade.
For we must still be aware--and never more than when we thus partake of the
Pagan sacrament in our love-passages of being serious in the wrong way. The
Sky-Father himself is only a Pagan dream of One far greater than Zeus and far
more masculine than the male. And a mortal man is not even the Sky-Father, and
cannot really wear his crown. Only a copy of it, done in tinseled paper. I do
not call it this in contempt. I like ritual; I like private theatricals; I even
like charades. Paper crowns have their legitimate, and (in the proper context)
their serious, uses. They are not in the last resort much flimsier ("if
imagination mend them") then all earthly dignities.
I dare not mention this Pagan sacrament without turning aside to guard against
any danger of confusing it with an incomparably higher mystery. As nature
crowns man in that brief action, so the Christian law has crowned him in the
permanent relationship of marriage, bestowing--or should I say, inflicting?--a
certain "headship" on him. This is a very different coronation. And
as we could easily take the natural mystery too seriously, so we might take the
Christian mystery not seriously enough. Christian writers (notably Milton) have
sometimes spoken of the husband's headship with a complacency to make the blood
run cold. We must go back to our Bibles. The husband is the head of the wife
just in so far as he is to her what Christ is to the Church. He is to love her
as Christ loved the Church--read on--and give his life for her (Eph. 5:25). This
headship, then, is most fully embodied not in the husband we should all wish to
be but in him whose marriage is most like a crucifixion; whose wife receives
most and gives least, is most unworthy of him, is--in her own mere
nature--least lovable. For the Church has no beauty but what the Bride-groom
gives her; he does not find, but makes her, lovely. The chrism of this terrible
coronation is to be seen not in the joys of any man's marriage but in its
sorrows, in the sickness and sufferings of a good wife or the faults of a bad
one, in his unwearying (never paraded) care or his inexhaustible forgiveness:
forgiveness, not acquiescence. As Christ sees in the flawed, proud, fanatical
or lukewarm Church on earth that Bride who will one day be without spot or wrinkle,
and labours to produce the latter, so the husband whose headship is Christ-like
(and he is allowed no other sort) never despairs. He is a King Cophetua who
after twenty years still hopes that the beggar-girl will one day learn to speak
the truth and wash behind her ears.
say this is not to say that there is any virtue or wisdom in making a marriage
that involves such misery. There is no wisdom or virtue in seeking unnecessary
martyrdom or deliberately courting persecution; yet it is, none the less, the
persecuted or martyred Christian in whom the pattern of the Master is most
unambiguously realised. So, in these terrible marriages, once they have come
about, the "headship" of the husband, if only he can sustain it, is
most Christ-like.
sternest feminist need not grudge my sex the crown offered to it either in the
Pagan or in the Christian mystery. For the one is of paper and the other of
thorns. The real danger is not that husbands may grasp the latter too eagerly;
but that they will allow or compel their wives to usurp it…" (The Four
C.S. Lewis reveals his
delightful sense of humor when he suggests that a man should perhaps marry the
most needy woman he can find in order to come closer to the model of Christ and
his Bride as portrayed in Ephesians.
A charter member of the
Wednesday Brothers, Mike McKenna, called our attention to the fact that men are
just as needy as women--more so in fact, because of the headship role men are asked
to assume.
After God created the first
man, Adam/Eve he separated that one man into Adam and Eve and then presented
them to one another. Adam exclaimed, "Here at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man." Marriage is therefore the oldest of human institutions,
valid in every generation and acknowledged by every branch of the human race.
In 1 Corinthians 15 we are
presented the picture of Jesus Christ as the "Second Man," the head
of a new race, and as the "Last Adam."
"…There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And
so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the
natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of
dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are
those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who
are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit
incorruption." (1 Corinthians 15:44-48)
Physical marriage and
childbearing are features of life in the old creation which are not perpetuated
into the new creation. The Bride Jesus is now courting is all of us--a good many million men, women, and children! It is not a literal marriage as we
know marriage now in this life which
awaits us in a heaven, but a full spiritual union with our Lord.
"…Jesus answered and said to them, 'The sons of this age
marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to attain
that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in
marriage; "nor can they die
anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of
the resurrection.'" (Luke 20:34-36)
Heaven is not to be thought
of as a place of restricted love or limited intimacies. C.S. Lewis concludes
his book on the natural loves by showing how they must first each be
subservient to the agape love with is God. And secondly, our natural loves must
be transformed or they will be
irrelevant in heaven.
"And yet, I believe, the necessity for the
conversion is inexorable; at least, if our natural loves are to enter the
heavenly life. That they can enter it most of us in fact believe. We may hope
that the resurrection of the body means also the resurrection of what may be
called our "greater body"; the general fabric of our earthly life
with its affections and relationships. But only on a condition; not a condition
arbitrarily laid down by God, but one necessarily inherent in the character of
Heaven: nothing can enter there which cannot become heavenly. "Flesh and
blood," mere nature, cannot inherit that Kingdom. Man can ascend to Heaven
only because the Christ, who died and ascended to Heaven, is "formed in
him." Must we not suppose that the same is true of a man's loves? Only
those into which Love Himself has entered will ascend to Love Himself. And
these can be raised with Him only if they have, in some degree and fashion,
shared His death; if the natural element in them has submitted--year after
year, or in some sudden agony to transmutation. The fashion of this world
passes away. The very name of nature implies the transitory. Natural loves can
hope for eternity only in so far as they have allowed themselves to be taken
into the eternity of Charity; have at least allowed the process to begin here
on earth, before the night comes when no man can work. And the process will
always involve a kind of death. There is no escape. In my love for wife or
friend the only eternal element is the transforming presence of Love Himself.
By that presence, if at all, the other elements may hope, as our physical
bodies hope, to be raised from the dead. For this only is holy in them, this
only is the Lord.
Theologians have sometimes asked whether we shall
"know one another" in Heaven, and whether the particular
love-relations worked out on earth would then continue to have any
significance. It seems reasonable to reply: "It may depend what kind of
love it had become, or was becoming, on earth." For, surely, to meet in
the eternal world someone for whom your love in this, however strong, had been
merely natural, would not be (on that ground) even interesting. Would it not be
like meeting in adult life someone who had seemed to be a great friend at your
preparatory school solely because of common interests and occupations? If there
was nothing more, if he was not a kindred soul, he will now be a total
stranger. Neither of you now plays conkers. You no longer want to swop your
help with his French exercise for his help with your arithmetic. In Heaven I
suspect, a love that had never embodied Love Himself would be equally
irrelevant. For Nature has passed away. All that is not eternal is eternally
out of date.
But I must not end on this note, I dare not--and all
the less because longings and terrors of my own prompt me to do so--leave any
bereaved and desolate reader confirmed in the widespread illusion that reunion
with the loved dead is the goal of the Christian life. The denial of this may
sound harsh and unreal in the ears of the broken hearted, but it must be
"Thou hast made us for thyself," said St.
Augustine, "and our heart has no rest till it comes to Thee." This,
so easy to believe for a brief moment before the altar or, perhaps,
half-praying, half-meditating in an April wood, sounds like mockery beside a
deathbed. But we shall he far more truly mocked if, casting this way, we pin
our comfort on the hope--perhaps even with the aid of seance and necromancy--of
some day, this time forever, enjoying the earthly Beloved again, and no more.
It is hard not to imagine that such an endless prolongation of earthly
happiness would be completely satisfying.
But, if I may trust my own experience, we get at once
a sharp warning that there is something wrong. The moment we attempt to use our
faith in the other world for this purpose, that faith weakens. The moments in
my life when it was really strong have all been moments when God Himself was
central in my thoughts. Believing in Him, I could then believe in Heaven as a
corollary. But the reverse process-believing first in reunion with the Beloved,
and then, for the sake of that reunion, believing in Heaven, and finally, for
the sake of Heaven, believing in God-this will not work. One can of course
imagine things. But a self-critical person will soon be increasingly aware that
the imagination at work is his own; he knows he is only weaving a fantasy. And
simpler souls will find the phantoms they try to feed on void of all comfort
and nourishment, only to be stimulated into some semblance of reality by
pitiful efforts of self hypnotism, and perhaps by the aid of ignoble pictures
and hymns and (what is worse) witches.
We find thus by experience that there is no good
applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no
other kind. And earth cannot give earthly comfort either. There is no earthly
comfort in the long run.
For the dream of finding our end, the thing we were
made for, in a Heaven of purely human love could not be true unless our whole
Faith were wrong. We were made for God. Only by being in some respect like Him,
only by being a manifestation of His beauty, lovingkindness, wisdom or
goodness, has any earthly Beloved excited our love. It is not that we have
loved them too much, but that we did not quite understand what we were loving.
It is not that we shall be asked to turn from them, so dearly familiar, to a
Stranger. When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known
it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained and moved moment by moment
within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love. All that was true love in
them was, even on earth, far more His than ours, and ours only because His. In
Heaven there will be no anguish and no duty of turning away from our earthly
Beloveds. First, because we shall have turned already; from the portraits to
the Original, from the rivulets to the Fountain, from the creatures He made
lovable to Love Himself. But secondly, because we shall find them all in Him.
By loving Him more than them we shall love them more than we now do.
Jesus did not marry during
His first visit to our planet. That is very clear from the New Testament. The
important task of redeeming mankind and breaking the power of evil in the
universe was always foremost in mind. On His return trip to earth, Jesus will be taking a Bride.
In weddings today the bride
walks slowly down the aisle dressed in a magnificent wedding dress, accompanied
by her father and bridesmaids. The groom, on the other hand, stands unnoticed to
one side dressed like a penguin.
At the "marriage supper
of the Lamb" it would be a poor match if the Bride showed up in shabby
clothes showing little interest in Jesus the Bridegroom. Between now and our
participation in the marriage supper of the Lamb the Spirit of God must provide
us with a wedding dowry worthy of Christ the Groom. This seems like a tall
order, but the wedding of Jesus will lack nothing. (7)
"Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." And to her
it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine
linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed
are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'" And he said to
me, "These are the true sayings of God." (Revelation 19:1-9)
3. C.S. Lewis
reading The Four Loves,
4. The Four
Loves by C.S. Lewis,
book, Harcourt, 1960
5. Arnold G.
Fruchtenbaum, The Wife of Jehovah and the Bride of Messiah, MS#15, http://www.ariel.org
6. Made in the
Image of God,
7. Lewis says
that God does not love us because we are lovable, but because He is love. The love that comes from God seeks
the best interest of the beloved regardless of the cost to the Giver. We do not
easily receive God's gift love the first time we feel it extended towards us,
nor do we readily learn how to love others the same way God loves us--which is
what He is seeking.
Other News:
A couple of months ago I met
two Mormon missionaries at the post office. Instead of turning them away I
invited them over to my house for conversation. They have been coming back
every week since for an hour or two hours of open discussion on all sorts of
topics. I have now met a total of ten local Mormon missionaries; four usually
show up on Fridays. In addition to being polite and well-mannered my new
friends mostly want to talk about the Bible. The Mormon belief system is familiar
to me so I know when and where we are likely to agree to disagree. In recent
years the LDS religion has been attempting to look more like they are mainstream
Christians, but I accept these young men as individuals and thoroughly enjoy our
times together.
News: I appreciate the privilege and opportunity given me to
teach through Luke's gospel in the Forum Class at my home church, Peninsula
Bible Church of Palo Alto. We are continuing into the summer months and currently
we're about two-thirds through Luke. Weekly MP3 audio files are on my web site,
and they are Podcast as well. [http://ldolphin.org/luke/]. Cassette tapes are available.
Contributions: Friends who want to help out with my expenses may
send contributions directly to me by means of the PayPal or Amazon.com links on
my web site. For those who'd like to contribute for tax purposes, checks may be
sent to Peninsula Bible Church, 3505 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306.
Please include a note designating your gift to my support account. I am not an
organization nor employed by any organization so I depend very much on the
support I receive from friends. I do not receive a list of those who send in
contributions to my church so I can't send thank you notes in most cases. But
thank you!
Contacts: I answer my own email every day, and am glad to be
able to do so. Working with me on email questions is a splendid team of men and
women in the Paraclete Forum, http://paracleteforum.org. Feel free to write us at inquiry @ paracl eteforum
.org (remove spaces). The Paraclete Forum also addresses questions sent to us
via the Ray Stedman and PBC web sites, http://pbc.org and http://raystedman.org/. For excellent help in studying the Bible I always
recommend Blue Letter Bible, http://blueletterbible.org/.
Lambert Dolphin


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Natasha Leggero: If you say you are against this in 10 years time you're going to look like the people who didn't want black people to use their drinking fountains. You're going to look so stupid.
The wrong side of history
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How much contact did Anne Tolley have with students when she was the Minister of Education?
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When noise levels are very high, you need to be sure that the hearing protectors that are being used are adequate. The NoiseTools software takes the octave band measurements and calculates the level at the ear when using different hearing protectors.
The Optimus Red was designed specifically for occupational noise measurements in line with the regulations. It provides all the noise measurement parameters that you need in a meter of the correct grade.
For simple measurements it isn't necessary to download to a computer, you can read the summary information from the display. The main parameters for occupational noise are LAeq or Lavg and Lpeak, so you can just note these down. However, for a more detailed survey and for long-term records, it is better to download to the NoiseTools software. The downloaded measurements include the octave band data too, which is useful for assessing high-noise environments.
The overall process for making occupational noise measurements consists of:
Most regulations and guidelines state that the meter's calibration should be checked before making measurements, and that you should keep records of these calibration checks.
Fit the Calibrator over the microphone as shown, switch it on and press the Calibrate button. The meter will automatically make any adjustments.
Calibration details are stored in the meter so that you can either make note or download them to a computer if you have the data logging option.
To start a measurement, simply press the Start key, shown on the right. This process is the same for any model of this meter, whether you have data logging or not.
The meter will start measuring the Leq, Lavg and Peak (the main parameters needed for occupational noise), along with a few other useful parameters.
When you are happy that you have measured for long enough (the average has settled for example), simply press the Stop key.
The meter will automatically store the LAeq, Lavg, LCeq, LPeak and a few others parameters. It will also store these every second, or whatever rate the meter is set to. You don't have to decide what to save as it stores it all.
Once you have finished making measurements, they can be downloaded to a computer using the NoiseTools software provided.
the meter stores the octave band spectrum automatically every 1/2 second. The measurement process is exactly the same as described above, no need to choose what you need.
Octave band results can be displayed on the meter's screen or downloaded using the Noise Tools software for inclusion in reports or for analysing the performance of your hearing protectors.
Many occupational noise regulations recommend a second calibration check, at the end of the measurement process. This ensures the meter's performance hasn't drifted since the start.
This meter and the noise measurement kits include the NoiseTools software - there is no extra charge for this. You can download the software to evaluate it before making a purchase.
The NoiseTools software runs on a Windows PC. It is compatible with all recent versions of Windows, from Windows 7 onwards.
There are not too many options for this version of the Optimus Red sound level meter as most are included. It includes all the parameters that you need for occupational noise measurements in line with the regulations and directives. It also has real-time octave band filters fitted and comes with data logging and the NoiseTools software.
The main options are:
The most important of the accessories is the Calibrator. The regulations state that you should use one to check the function of the meter before and after making any measurements.
A Class 1 sound level meter is a little more accurate than a Class 2 model. It is also more expensive. If you are using the meter exclusively for occupational noise measurements then the regulations are quite clear: Class 2 is adequate. For this reason we recommend the Class 2 model.
However, if you need to make other noise measurements, such as noise emitting from your factory into the local environment, then it might be wise to go for a Class 1 meter. In these instances the local authority (Environmental Health Officer for example) will usually expect measurements made with a Class 1 meter.
The Noise Measurement Kits, order codes CK162C and CK161C, include a sound level meter (with octave bands), calibrator of the correct class, software, carrying case and download cable.
Standards | IEC 61672-1:2013 Class 1 or Class 2 |
IEC 61672-1:2002 Class 1 or Class 2 Group X | |
IEC 60651:2001 Type 1 I or Type 2 I | |
IEC 60804:2000 Type 1 or Type 2 | |
IEC 61252:1993 personal sound exposure meters | |
Measurement Range | 20dB to 140dB RMS single range |
Noise floor | <18dB(A) Class 1, <21dB(A) Class 2 |
Frequency weightings | RMS & peak : A, C, & Z measured simultaneously |
Frequency bands | 10 octave bands, 31.5Hz to 16kHz |
Time weightings | Fast, Slow & Impulse measured simultaneously |
Memory | 8GB, 32GB factory fit option |
Time history data rates | 10ms, 62.5ms, 125ms, 250ms, 1/2 sec, 1 sec or 2 sec |
VoiceTag | Up to 30 seconds of audio notes with each measurement |
Integrators | Three simultaneous "virtual" noise meters. Integrator 1 is preset to Q3 for Leq functions. Integrators 2 & 3 can be configured with the following |
Exchange rate | 3, 4 or 5 dB |
Threshold | 70dB to 120dB (1 dB steps) |
Time weighting | None or Slow |
Criterion level | 70dB to 120dB (1 dB steps) |
Criterion time | 1 to 12 hours in 1 hour steps |
Integrator quick settings | EU, OSHA HC & OSHA NC, OSHA HC & ACGIH, MSHA HC & MSHA EC, Custom |
Size | 283mm x 65mm x 30mm |
Weight | 300gms/10oz |
Power | 4 x AA alkaline |
Typically 12 hours with alkaline AA | |
Typically 20 hours with lithium AA non-rechargeable | |
External power: 5v-15v via MultiIO socket via ZL:171 cable (2.1mm socket) | |
Outputs | USB Type B to PC |
AC & DC output via ZL:174 (2 x Phono, 1m) | |
Multi-pin IO for external power via ZL:171 cable (2.1mm socket) | |
Bluetooth BLE compatible with Anrdoid and iOS devices | |
Case | Material: high impact ABS-PC with soft touch back and keypad |
Tripod mount | 1/4" Whitworth socket |
Environmental | Temperature: Operating -10°C to +50°C, storage -20°C to +60°C |
Humidity: Up to 95% RH non-condensing | |
Electromagnetic performance | IEC 61672-1:2002, IEC 61672-2:2003, IEC 61672-1:2013 & IEC 61672-2:2013 |
Except where modified by EN 61000-6-1:2007 & EN 61000-6-1:2007 | |
Language Options | English, French, German, Spanish, Italian |
Display functions | LXY, LXYMax, LXYMin, LXeq, LCPeak, LZPeak, LCeq-LAeq, LXE |
Graph of short LAeq, LCPeak, TWA, dose%, est dose% | |
Measurement run time | |
Real-time octave band filters | |
Stored functions | LXYMax & time history of LXYMax |
LAeq, LCeq, LZeq, LCPeak, LZPeak, LAPeak, Lavg, TWA. %dose | |
Time history of LAeq, LCeq, LZeq, LCPeak, LZPeak, LAPeak, LAIeq, Lavg | |
Octave bands models: overall Leq & Leq time history for each band | |
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Tour Bus Companies Warn Against Sierra Blanca Checkpoint in Light of Nelly Drug Bust
We're not sure how this will go down in court, but innocent until proven guilty, right?
The passenger on Nelly's tour bus who admitted that the contraband found (including over 10 pounds of marijuana, small amounts of heroin and a hand gun) were his has plead not guilty to drug possession charges.
At a border control checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, police found tiny bags of heroin, over 10 pounds of marijuana and a loaded gun after canines alerted them to the substances. Bryan Keith Jones admitted that drugs and gun were his. He was taken into custody and Nelly and the rest of the crew were let go. Jones was released on bail yesterday morning (Oct. 13).
Despite admitting that the items were his (dude, 10 pounds of weed?!), TMZ reports that Jones will likely fight the felony charges against him. For his part, Nelly insisted he had no clue any of those goods were on his tour bus. It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning," Nelly said Friday night (Oct. 12). "Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials did not press charges against anyone other than that individual."
Tour bus companies have begun taking extra precautions for the now-infamous checkpoint, where Fiona Apple, Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg also faced issues. Several companies told TMZ that they're warning their celebs "to abandon all illicit items if they do happen to sneak some aboard." Meanwhile, one line told the site, "It's just idiotic. Just plain idiotic to risk having something like that on board. You'd have to be stupid to allow that kind of stuff on the bus. That's why we make sure that doesn't happen on our line." Amen to that!
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Transcendental Meditation is as old as time. It was introduced to the world in 1955 by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, from the Vedic Tradition of India, the most ancient tradition of Total Knowledge on earth. Transcendental Meditation is a simple, natural, effortless mental procedure which takes the mind to deeper levels of the thinking process until the conscious mind arrives at the source of thought, the field of pure consciousness—Transcendental Consciousness, Bliss Consciousness. This process can be likened to a river which naturally and effortlessly flows into the ocean and gains the status of the ocean. Transcendental Meditation is practised for fifteen to twenty minutes in the morning and evening, while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It dissolves deep stress in body and mind, and opens to our awareness a new experience of a relaxed life that is more alert, more creative, and more fulfilling. Transcendental Meditation is a programme to unfold the full potential of life. It is the most direct way for the fulfilment of the supreme philosophy of life, where the individual lives life in full enlightenment, and where the individual breathes life in Cosmic Reality. It is universally applicable for the well-being of the individual and society as a whole. It has been learnt by over six million people of all cultures and religions, and every walk of life. Over 600 scientific studies on the Transcendental Meditation Programme have been conducted during the past four decades by researchers at more than 250 independent research institutions in 33 countries. These include Harvard Medical School; Princeton University; Stanford Medical School; University of Chicago; University of Michigan Medical School; University of California at Berkeley; University of California at Los Angeles; York University, Canada; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; University of Lund, Sweden; University of Groningen, The Netherlands; University of New South Wales, Australia; Institut de la Rochefoucauld, France; National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan; and Moscow Brain Research Institute of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia. Studies have been published in many major scientific journals, including Science, Lancet, Scientific American, American Journal of Physiology, International Journal of Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, American Psychologist, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Crime and Justice, Proceedings of the Endocrine Society, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Social Indicators Research. Many studies have been presented at professional scientific conferences, and others have been part of doctoral dissertations prepared under the guidance of thesis committees at leading universities. Much of the research has been gathered together in six volumes (over 5,000 pages). Refer to the Maharishi Vedic University Press publication Scientific Research on Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programme—Collected Papers. These studies have validated the profound benefits of the Transcendental Meditation Programme for the individual and for every area of society, including health, education, business, industry, rehabilitation, defence, agriculture, and government. |
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text: A misfit snail with a need for speed strives to earn a slot in the Indy 500 in this adrenaline-charged adventure for the entire family. Turbo (voice of Ryan Reynolds) may live life at a snail's pace, but his dreams charge along at light speed. Whenever Turbo closes his eyes, he sees himself zooming past the checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500, and leaving all of his competitors in the dust. Unfortunately for Turbo, all of his fellow snails -- including his brother Chet (Paul Giamatti) -- seem to savor the slow life. Then, one day, it happens: Turbo is methodically making his way across a freeway overpass when he is suddenly sucked into the intake valve of a speeding muscle car. His molecular structure altered by the volatile nitrous oxide that fuels the car, Turbo gains the ability to travel at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. Turbo is in the midst of mastering his newfound ability when he and Chet are unexpectedly captured by Tito (Michael Peña) -- a California taco-stand proprietor who organizes snail races on the side. Tito quickly takes his two newest racers to Starlight Plaza, where all of the speed-freak snails await their next run on the track. It's there that Turbo makes some colorful new friends, and learns to have some fun while trash-talking the competition. But his adventure is still far from over, and by the time Turbo realizes that his dreams are finally within reach, his newfound family will be right there to cheer him past the finish line. Samuel L. Jackson, Luis Guzman, Bill Hader, and Snoop Dogg also lend their voices to this colorful adventure from the folks who brought you The Croods and Kung Fu Panda.


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This is CYBBC's 2014 Challenge Workout Recap Video. It is a compilation of workouts performed in class over the year.
CYBBC offers group personal training for health, body transformation and performance. We are not a class you can just show up to, but rather a program built around phases with start dates and end dates. A phase is 4 weeks long, consisting of 3 weeks of face to face coaching, spent learning a program, followed by a 4th week in which you do the program on your own. We track your measurements at the beginning and end of every phase and your physical performance quarterly.
Our members are busy people, of all different shapes, sizes and ages, who want a coach who cares, an effective program to follow and a motivating group of people to train with. They want to be held accountable, have fun, lose weight, tone up, get in shape, learn new things, make friends, not get injured, perform better and become their best self.
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Kids Take Lie Detector Test With Santa in Ultimate Naughty or Nice Struggle
Deciding whether a kid has been naughty or nice is one of the most Christmas-y things you can do during the holidays.
It's up there with how long before you slam the door on carolers' faces because it's so cold outside and exactly what kind of kiss do you give that woman from accounting you like when you wind up under the mistletoe with her at the office holiday party.
Well, in this video little kids have to answer questions from Saint Nick himself about whether they were naughty or nice while strapped to a lie detector. It's all in good fun, but, even as they sit on the hot seat with Father Christmas himself answering some outlandish queries ("Would you rather your parents stay married or get divorced and have two Christmases?" comes to mind), you can clearly see how much these children want the perfect gift.
Now, if only we can get them back on the lie detector to gauge their reactions when grandma gives them a sweater for Christmas instead of, well, anything else.


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There's something about the sustainable food movement in all its various incarnations that brings out the fanatic in people, both pro and con. I admit that I am just as bad as anyone.
Yet, there is an underlying problem with that fanaticism that undermines the whole attempt to improve the way we feed ourselves, and it finds its voice in purity tests voiced by some that demand things that are unrealistic or downright impossible.
Among the worst of these tests are calls for laws that threaten the livelihoods of the very kinds of people trying to make change happen. For example, there are those who want to pass laws that would require sustainable farmers and vegetable producers to get licensed before they could produce.
I understand the motives that drive such calls because I experience them first hand. I also know they only serve to threaten the very undertaking we're all supposed to be working together to achieve by making it harder to do what we are doing.
Perhaps, instead of calling for laws, boycotts, and bans, if we see a problem, we should be working extra hard to solve it and let the chips fall where they may. All that effort spent trashing others could be used in a far more productive way, and in the end, that properly applied effort might just produce something better than what we already have.
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A new international business degree has been added to the University of the Ozarks' curriculum.
The University's Board of Trustees approved the new major during its annual Spring meeting in April. The bachelor of arts in international business degree will be added to the course catalog for the 2013-2014 academic year.
According to the University's academic catalog, "The international business major combines studying cultural, political, and economic environments with experiencing an international component. The program's aims are (1) to prepare students for a career in international business whether or not they eventually work for an organization within or outside the United States, and (2) to prepare students for graduate study."
Provost Dr. Daniel Taddie said the new major is a good fit for Ozarks, which has a strong business program and a large number of international students. Most of the more than 70 current international students at Ozarks come from Central America through the Walton International Scholarship Program.
"Today, business and commerce are more global than ever," Taddie said. "So I am excited about Ozarks' new major in international business, which builds upon our traditional strengths in the various business majors and our network of international contacts and alumni. Add to these assets Dr. Rickey Casey's current research in the international business arena, and the result is a powerful program that will meet the needs and interests of current and prospective students."
Casey, professor of management and business, has led the University's Walton Scholar's program since 1986. He has also conducted several scholarly research projects throughout Central America, primarily in the areas of management and job motivation.
"I think this program will help students develop an understanding of culture, country differences, cross-border trade and investment, the global money system and how you compete in a global marketplace," Casey said. "Students will develop an understanding of the importance of uncompromised ethical values and leadership skills as a key foundation to be successful in global business today."
Casey said he is excited about the new major and how it can help connect alumni throughout Central America with current students. With close to 400 Walton Scholar alumni scattered throughout Central America, Casey said he envisions students in the international business program having numerous options for doing internships with Ozarks alumni.
"We have alumni in all types of business-related fields and professions throughout Central America and Mexico and this program will provide students with unique opportunities to participate in international internships that will allow them to interact with leaders in the field of business through our extensive alumni network," Casey said. "Students in the new program can also learn from our current international students. Our international students can share with our international business majors a 'first hand' understanding of culture and unique characteristics of these cultures that are not found in textbooks."
Dr. Robert Hilton, chair of the Division of Business, Communications and Government, said he will be meeting with business faculty over the summer to develop the strategic plan rubric that will help students in the major identify fields of interest in international business as well as specific upper-level courses to help customize their degree. Two new courses --- international accounting and global advertising --- have already been added to the division's curriculum.
"These courses will be added to our business core as well as a study abroad or internship component and other courses to prepare our student for success in the global environment," Hilton said.
The new program will also utilize other courses throughout the University.
"In additional to the business core and internships, students will also be taking courses in history or literature, the international political economy of development, human geography, a foreign language, and other international courses to develop a skill set necessary to be successful in the very competitive global business market," Casey said.
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Knowing and understanding the proper terminology within the forex market is essential in becoming a successful trader. In this article we discuss and define what pips, lots, margin and leverage are. We also provide examples of each for easier comprehension.
Pips and Lots
Currency traders quote the value of a currency pair, and trade sizes, in pips and lots. A pip is usually the smallest amount by which the value of a currency pair can change, although these days some brokers offer fractional pip quotes too. In example, when the value of the EUR/USD pair goes up by one tick (i.e. pip) the quote will move from 1.2345, to 1.2346, and the size of the movement is just one pip. An important guideline for the beginning trader is to measure success or loss in an account by pips instead of the actual dollar value. A one pip gain in a $10 account, is equal, in terms of the trader's skill, to a 1 pip gain in a $1,000 account, although the actual dollar amount is very different.
The smallest size in currency trading for professional traders is called a lot. For USD-based pairs, the lot size is 100,000. In other words, when you enter a trade with your margin account, the smallest amount that you can buy or sell is 100K, regardless of the size of your margin.
Margin and Leverage
Another important concept in currency trading is the twin phenomenon of margin and leverage. This is a concept that carries a high degree of risk, but since forex prices move very slowly (in terms of the actual change in value), the vast majority of traders leverage their accounts when engaging in short-term trading.
When you open a forex account, the broker will request that you deposit a small sum, known as margin, as insurance against the losses that your account may suffer. With this small sum, you're able to control a much larger amount, enabling greater gains, but also greater losses than you would be able to achieve with your deposit. It's easier to understand margin and leverage in the context of a borrowing process. The lots that you can trade are borrowed from your broker, who requires a margin deposit as an insurance against losses. The ratio between the funds borrowed by you, and the margin that you deposit as insurance is called leverage. Thus, if you set a leverage ratio of 100:1, enabling the trade of 1,000,000 USD with just 10,000 USD in deposit, but eventually trade just 100,000, the actual leverage that you would be using is 10:1. Note that leverage over 50:1 for majors and 20:1 for minors is not available to traders in the U.S.
In order to understand how to manage your account you must gain a good understanding of leverage. Failure to pay proper attention to leverage and margin may result in a margin call and the broker may liquidate your position in order to ensure that your losses do not reach a level where your margin deposit is insufficient to cover them. Increasing leverage = increases risk.


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This spectacular structure, designed and engineered in collaboration with Arup, was the first built project in England by legendary architect Frank Gehry.
Anchored by four massive steel columns, the 2008 Pavilion was composed of large timber planks and a complex network of overlapping glass planes that created a dramatic, multi-dimensional space.
Gehry and his team took inspiration for the Pavilion from a variety of sources, including the elaborate wooden catapults designed by Leonardo da Vinci, as well as the striped walls of summer beach huts. Part-amphitheatre, part-promenade, these seemingly random elements make a transformative place for reflection and relaxation by day, and discussion and performance by night.
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion series, which entered its ninth year with Gehry's structure, is the world's first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind, and is one of the most anticipated events in the international design calendar.
Gehry said: "The Pavilion is designed as a wooden timber structure that acts as an urban street running from the park to the existing gallery. Inside the Pavilion, glass canopies are hung from the wooden structure to protect the interior from wind and rain and provide for shade during sunny days. The Pavilion is much like an amphitheatre, designed to serve as a place for live events, music, performance, discussion and debate. As the visitor walks through the Pavilion, they have access to terraced seating on both sides of the urban street. In addition to the terraced seating, there are two elevated seating pods, which are accessed around the perimeter of the Pavilion. These pods serve as visual markers enclosing the street and can be used as stages, private viewing platforms and dining areas."
Gehry collaborated for the first time with his son Samuel Gehry. Since 2001, Peter Rogers, Director of Stanhope, has donated his expertise to all aspects of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions and he continues to play a major role. The Pavilion is a fully accessible public space in the Royal Park of Kensington Gardens, attracting up to 250,000 visitors every summer and is accompanied by an ambitious programme of public talks and events including Park Nights and the Manifesto Marathon.


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A decade-long collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission will be strengthened to accelerate universal health coverage. As part of the Universal Health Coverage Partnership (UHC Partnership), the European Union (EU) plans to contribute €125 million for the continuation of WHO's assistance to its Member States over the next five years. Health systems will be strengthened to become more resilient and responsive to natural, climate, or human-made disasters.
For the realization of the right to health, universal health coverage is a critical component. As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, universal health coverage is the cornerstone of resilience and sustainable development for all. In the face of epidemics and pandemics, it's true for individuals and families facing life-threatening illnesses, as well as for countries and the entire world. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked the European Union for its strong leadership and commitment to Universal Health Coverage.
As part of the EU Global Health Strategy adopted yesterday by the European Commission, partnership with WHO is a key deliverable. One of the three key priorities of the Strategy is strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage. I am delighted to sign today with Dr Tedros a substantial EU contribution of €125 million for our Universal Health Coverage Partnership with WHO. "COVID-19 emphasized the importance of resilient health systems and equitable access to health care to ensure individual well-being and to identify and handle public health threats efficiently," said Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen.


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Title: Unspoken
Author: Sarah Rees Brennan
Series: Lynburn Legacies (1)
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Adults
Release Date: 11 September 2012
Date Read: May 2013
Rating: ★★★☆
Kami Glass loves someone she's never met . . . a boy she's talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn't silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn't suffered too much from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she's determined to find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
Kami has had an imaginary friend her whole life- Jared. He exists in her mind- having conversations with her, the one she turns to when she's had a bad day, her best friend. Imagine her surprise when Jared arrives to her tiny little town of Sorry-in-the-Vale and he's real. Their close proximity means that their emotions, thoughts, secrets are more open to each other more than ever before. Their friendship, so carefree and innocent before, has now turned into their worst nightmare. They know every detail in their lives, every event, every secret, every fear.
"The idea of it's kind of romantic," Holly said. "But it wouldn't be, would it?"
But how do they know whether or not they're going to turn against each other and spill their secrets. I love that Brennan took a different direction with her characters and their 'special bond' than most YA novels. Jared believes their connection is a gift. Kami, on the other hand, can't stop thinking about the fact that she's never alone. Jared will always be with her, in the corner of her mind. She can't even be sure whether the thoughts and emotions in her mind are her own, or just a projection of Jared's. The lines of their own individuality is slowly, but surely blurring together and they don't know how to stop it.
That being said, I love Kami and Jared's relationship. I love it when they're together but I love them as individuals, too. Kami is cheeky, smart, independent, strong, determined and she can flip a guy twice her size over her head. There is no line she won't cross to find the truth, and for justice to be served- a true journalist. She once held a petition to get one of the teachers in her school fired, which then resulted in said teacher to chase her around the school with a hockey stick. Girl has balls. Jared is the resident bad boy, and even though I have soft spots for bad boys, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't like Jared. He's witty, caring, fiercely loyal but at times, he was quite dependent on Kami. He's never had other friends so he never wanted to lose her. He worked so hard to try and satisfy and make Kami happy. But again, kudos to Brennan for acknowledging the fact that you can't find happiness in making other people happy. Seriously, Kami and Jared's relationship development was one of the funnest rides ever.
One thing that usually happens in YA novels is when the heroine finds herself a man, her friends literally doesn't come back for chapters and if they do, it's usually just for a minor appearance and off they go again, doing author-knows-what. But Angela and Holly are Kami's best friends and they were all kinds of awesome. They're the two most beautiful girls in school, one dubbed as a slut, Holly, and the other more of a prude since she turns down every guy, Angela. Angela hates everyone and everything, unless it's a couch or a bed and she can sleep on it. Holly is new to their group of friends but she is welcomed all the same. She doesn't feel sorry for herself, being called a slut just because she grew boobs at 11. I was surprised that she was so upfront about using her assets and not feeling guilty about having them at all. As she should. It was refreshingly different from all the pity parties these character tropes have in other YA novels.
Brennan's writing style is so different. I don't think I've read something quite like it, to be honest, in a while, at least. There's a fairytale-like quality to her storytelling, which of course, fits the novel perfectly. I would like more world-building in terms of the magical aspects and legends of the story. But apart from that, I loved it. It was witty, clever, whimsical and vivid, all the things it needed to be.
Unspoken is hugely character-driven. Looking back, it could've all gone horribly wrong so easily. But it didn't. I'm massively late for reading this just now but at the same time, I'm grateful because it means not having to wait quite so long for the sequel. And trust me, I need that sequel because the ending is just not ok.


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