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The World Will End Soon, in 2011, or was that 2012 or is it 2018 or...........
by Rev. Dennis Hartman
Published Feb. 16, 2011
A Global Economic Melt Down Is Coming.
The United States Will Soon be Gone.
China Will Rule the World.
The Planets are Lining Up For Disaster.
Israel Will be Nuked.
And What Did Christ Say For Sure About the End Times???????
Acts 1:6-11 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Over the years IMARC has touched on several key theological issues of our time. But there is another area in which IMARC has also been interested and have touched on both mockingly and seriously. That is, Bible Prophecy. IMARC does not take a particular position on this subject, except to defend Christ's bodily and physical second cominn and the resurrection from the grave. At that point the world will be judged and so too all of our works. The point of contention is that we have a current crop of "Bible prophets" or teachers of prophecy, who do not know it all nor has God inspired them to prophesy as in the days of the Bible. IMARC believes that what is written is written and that all inspired prophecy is by God Almighty himself. These men wrote faithfully what God inspired them to write even though prophecy is found within the Bible there is no doubt, but there are those things that human interpretation can totally miss and thereby mislead people.
One objection is the date of the Book of Revelation in spite of the volumes of debate on its date it still is largely unproven no matter what the modern teachers teach. And that there is far too much sensationalism involved in the contemporary view of Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism, no matter who teaches it. But before we move on, we need to digress here.
This view of Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism is generally rephrased as, "teaching just what the Bible says." In other words, it is no longer a theory or a model used to understand difficult prophetic passages, as much as it is now a so called fact. If it is a fact, then therefore they are teaching the facts. So they would deny that they hold to a Pre-Millennial Dispensational view, but instead they are just teaching what the Bible says. This is no different then those who teach that the Bible only teaches immersion baptism, Calvinism, and the list goes on. Yet honest students of the Bible have long recognized that the above named concepts are only theories or tools in trying to understand the difficult passages of the Bible and are far from factual. Such honest students of scripture are generally more benevolent toward each others views because they see the real lack of lucidity in these positions. This is the real reason why Wesley spoke of the Catholic Spirit. Not to allow for the denial of scriptures and doctrine, but to allow for differences of opinions among Christians. There is a growing tendency today for people who are sold on Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism to insist on using prophecy as the basis of reteaching many of the great doctrines of scripture. This is a fundamental error and it ought to be clearly denounced by the Church as much as any other heresy.
Therefore, this position (Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism) seems to be the worst offender when it comes to predictions. In recent times it has spread its ideas as if they are fundamentals of faith across the world spectrum of Christian theological thought. Of course if one holds to such a view, and watches world events, he would be sure to find enough tidbits that would seem to fit the above model. Alas the same is true for those who hold to a post-millenial view of prophecy too.
When Jesus cited the above, he personally took time to serve notice on this nonsense almost two thousand years ago. Note that his response came as an answer to the disciples question concerning when the end will come. He says, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." Take note to the word "NOT." This is a clear admonition against the position of those who hold so dogmatically to any of the ideas that stem from Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism or any other theory of prophecy. Not only does Jesus serve us warning in Acts, but also in the Gospels. However today this is largely ignored or parsed away in spite or our Lord's clear statements. Prophecy has become a major money making tool and a real litmus test for many in Fundamentalist and Evangelical circles. Not to believe in Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism is to be called less then a real believer. Indeed, even an apostate. The same is true of immersion, eternal security and the Calvinist doctrines.
Some years ago, while taking a course on the history of Islam, there was a major research paper required for those of us taking it as post grad work. In this research there was discovered a transcript of a debate published by the "Ethics and Public Policy Center." A man by the name of Dr. Lamin Sanneh made the following remark as he compared the growth of Christianity to that of Islam. He says, "Christianity, by contrast, expands in a series of attrition and fresh growth - here today, there tomorrow." So what is he saying? Compared to Islam who takes strong holds by human force and logic, not so with the Spirit of God. That is, the Church grows by fits and spurts. This compares to John 3:8 where our Lord teaches, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." This then seems to be the style of growth in the universal Church victorious. The power of God moves silently but radically as it convicts mankind of their sins. It can work individually or in large groups. But most importantly is that it works at his own tempo. His timing and not ours. And at times when the hour is the darkest, his light of love and grace come streaming in. And of course, some times he choses not to do anything and remains in utter silence.
Look at history. The patterns of God's moving are all of their own. Many times in human history God intervened by one man who withstood reproach of the mighty, or an army that seemed to have every reason to win and made a move that cost them the battle. Why is it that people pray all their lives for a revival but it never comes to their community or country? Yet revivals come so easily in other places? There are two points to be made here. First is that God will do as he pleases. While praying for revival is very acceptable and that from time to time those requests are honored, he does as he will. This is part of the character of our Heavenly Father. The point is, that we have no right to think that we can order God to do anything or that we know exactly what God is doing in world events. Like when Jesus walked with us, we can only present ourselves and our needs to Christ. Second is that God loves the world that he created. And his love is aimed particularly at the human race. He loved us so much that he sent his son to be offered on the cross on our behalf. We do not have to offer our sons or daughters in order to gain favor with him. He freely gave all of himself for us.
Into this world then he gave the gift of the Holy Spirit. This gift lives in the hearts of every one who is born again. It is clearly received at the new birth or conversion to Christ. It is the Spirit that allows the church, no matter how diverse it is, to speak with one voice but in many different languages. It speaks only of the love of Christ and our desire to serve him in holy living. The Spirit never speaks of himself.
With such power in the hearts of changed men, the world itself was bound to be changed too. It started on the day of Pentecost and continues until today. It is a restless Spirit that is in our soul. It is ever searching the hearts of men, those who are saved and those who are lost. It speaks every language of the world, and thrives in every culture. It is an unbending testimony and enemy against sin, and the arrogance of the highly educated elite political culture of our time. This is the same Holy Spirit that speaks to all levels of society around the world. It is he that gives power to those who will obey and to be the salt of the earth. It is he that convicts all of sin, and gives strength to those who seek to do his good will.
Since Pentecost the world has changed and is changing still. One does need to go far in history until this change becomes apparent. In his book, "What's So Great about Christianity," Mr. Dinesh D'Souza gives us about as good of an overview of the impact of Christianity on history as any. He clearly shows the impact and good that has occurred since Christ has baptized all who believe by pouring out his Spirit. He gave the Church the power it needs to overcome not only the world but to also, in many respects, transform the world. Since Pentecost the world has become more compassionate to the poor, sick, and the needy. It has made a difference where ever it went. It also liberated people from wicked and evil governments as well as evil itself. Ruthless dictators, socialist elites and atheist misfit leaders have in all too many cases painted a target on the Christian believer. Interestingly, because of the Spirit, he has given us the power to still love such people.
The Spirit speaks expressly freedom in Christ. Not freedom to sin, but from sin, or not to have to sin. It frees the human spirit that was in bondage to sin, and from the greatest slave driver of all, Satan, who is the father of all liars and murderers. It is this Christianity, even in its weakest form, that is the major threat to the worlds supposed new order. While the political elites have pitted Islam against Judaism, and Christianity, with their elitist styled multiculturalism, most, except for our nations elites, have now backed down and said that it was a bad idea. Yet after this honest admission, many of the political elites will not lift a finger to stop what they did. Why? Seemingly to them, Islam is more preferred than Christian faith which not only sets the heart free, but also demands real justice, and not the jaded "equality" on which they base their moral justification for their actions.
In all this, until our Lord returns, we have a command. That command is to move forward. Preach the word in season and out of season. To be faithful in that task. Never to back down. Pray for them that wrongly abuse us and for our leaders too. Our goal, whether Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism agrees or not, is to convert the whole world. We may become disheartened. But we are to take courage. We are to be doing until he returns. Instant in season and out of season, remembering that our real enemy is not those in the flesh, but the devil himself. The idea that when the "last elect person gets saved then the Lord will return," is found nowhere in scripture nor is there any warrant for that except if you are a Calvinist who sees nothing but that philosophy in the scriptures. We do not know what time God will direct his Son to return. Jesus said, that is none of our concern. What is important is that we move forward..
The bottom line is simple. The Church is not to be viewed as some strange creature or organization until God gathers Israel back to its land. This is a heresy based on the odd teaching of Dispensationalism. It is a shameful thing too. The Church has always been.
We sing there is "power in the blood." We preach that the gates of hell can not withstand the Church. Yet, with our modern understanding of prophecy, we cave in and say, alas, these are the last days and we wait to be raptured out of this place of misery. Even the greatest teachers of Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism argue over when the rapture will occur. That is odd being that they have every thing else so correctly figured out.
I am not so certain that the "fat lady" has sung or is about to sing. While it could be that this popular position of prophecy is correct, and what we are seeing is the real prelude to the end of the world, I am not so sure of it based on scripture itself. I would ask, if you are so sure, would you give me all your earthly wealth while you wait?
In conclusion let me cite once again Dr. Lamin Sanneh statement. "Christianity, by contrast, expands in a series of attrition and fresh growth - here today, there tomorrow." I summarized it by saying that the Church grows in fits and spurts. I also compared this to John 3:8 where our Lord teaches, " The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Then I said, "this then is the order of the Church universal."
My dear reader, who is to say that this is the final hour, and not just merely a low point of history? A point at which the church many times has found itself. The Bible simply says that we are to "Occupy till I (he) come(s)." Nowhere in the Bible are we commanded to figure out how he will return or even when. Therefore, all these predictions that we read on the internet, in books at the local book stores, and hear on the radio and television, should be taken with a big grain of salt. Again while we do grant the possibility that Pre-Millennial Dispensationalism which has become the orthodox view of many in modern Christianity may be right, it also may be wrong. The view that IMARC is giving also has major support from the scripture, plus it does not have to be reinterpreted or to be carefully parsed to understand. In this area I would strongly suggest that we become as wise as serpents, and as harmless as doves. Let us be more careful in the areas of Bible Prophecy. Our goal is naturally in direct competition with the world. A world which Christ came to save, and a world that can not have victory over His Church. Are you taking the Gospel into the world and through the Gospel saving the souls of man? Are you planting enough seed so that the Spirit can reap a harvest?
Pastor Hartman has been in the ministry for thirty seven years. He graduated from the Institute of Christian Service of Bob Jones University. He also holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Columbus State University and did post grad work at the same school. He has taught in the public school system for fifteen years, and is currently working with a small private academy. He has traveled once to Russia, three times to the Ukraine, twice to England in a humble effort to help the missionaries spread the Gospel of Christ. After resigning form his pastorate in 2005, he does supply work for other pastors in the community. While he is Independent Methodist, he is currently attending and working with a neat conservative United Methodist Church. If you wish to contact Pastor Hartman, about this article, please feel free to do so.


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The Best of Larry Niven
by Larry Niven
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Edward Miller
Review by Steve Sawicki
Subterranean Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9781596063310
Date: 30 November 2010 List Price $40.00 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
It seems kind of amazing that there has never, until now, been a 'best of' collection of Larry Niven short fiction. While many readers know Niven more as a novelist--Ringworld, Footfall, The Integral Trees, etc--he got his start as a short fiction writer. Niven also used short fiction as a practice area, toying with themes and settings and characters that he would later incorporate into his novels. Niven's first short story, "The Coldest Place", published in 1964, set the stage for much fiction to come. It was hard SF, something that the sixties seemed intent on stamping out. Niven prevailed and went on to write hundreds of short stories and no few novels.
This collection gathers 27 of Niven's short stories, each with a brief, sometimes too brief, introduction by Niven about the story. The stories were written over a 35 year period and include entries from Known Space as well as Draco's Tavern. There are also non-series stories such as "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex", "Flash Crowd", and "A Tear Drop Falls". In between is some of the most interesting short, hard science fiction you will ever find anywhere. You get "Neutron Star", "The Magic Goes Away", "Flatlander", "The Flight of the Horse", "All the Myriad Ways", and many, many others.
If you are a Niven fan then it will be great to have all of these stories in one place. If you are familiar only with Niven as the novelist then you are in for a real treat. If you have, by some fashion, never read Niven, then you are now able to fill in some huge gaps in your SF reading. Niven has written at least 3 if not 4 of the novels that annually make it to the top 100 SF novels you have to read lists. Now is your chance to find out what all the fuss is about.
Simply put, if you like hard SF then you need to get this book. Highly recommended.
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In the book "Of Mice and Men," why does George tell Lennie to remember the spot where they are camping?
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In the novel 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck, the author depicts Lennie as a character who has learning difficulties. He and his friend/protector George are able to get work because of Lennie's strength, but this blessing has also been a curse. It has gotten them into trouble when Lennie, not knowing his own strength, goes over social boundaries and scares people (girls) becuase he doe not know his own strength, In case he needs to run away from such trouble again, George has to drive home again and again the directions to a 'safe place; - what it looks like, how to get there, what to do next etc. Learning challenged Lennie needs lots of repetition and reinforcement so he will remember. Bad short term memory is part of his condition.
George tells Lennie to do this so that if, for any reason, Lennie gets in trouble, he can remember how to get back to this place and hide.
I believe that this passage is here to act as a bit of foreshadowing. Later in the book, Lennie will get in very serious trouble when he accidentally kills Curley's wife. When that happens, he will come back here to where the two of them are camped. He will hide in the brush until George comes, just like George is telling him to at this point early in the book.
George wants Lennie to remember where they're camping because Lennie's behavior in the past has forced George and Lennie to have to leave suddenly. Such was the case when Lennie was accused of attempted rape when he felt the skirt of a woman. He and George had to hide from the men looking for them until they could escape. George wants Lennie to know where he should go if he gets into trouble again.
In the short book "Of Mice and Men" George and Lennie are arriving at a place just off of the road near a river bank. George and Lennie had to leave the last place of their employment because George had seen a girl wearing a pretty dress that he had liked. He had grabbed at the dress which startled the girl. The people had come after them to beat Lennie up and they had o escape from the situation. Lennie is pretty innocent but does not understand social boundaries which gets him into trouble at each job site. George is trying to set up a safety net in-case it happens again.
This part of the story also sets the reader up to see what will come in the suture and to give a clue that there is a need for them to have a safe place. George later tells Slim the story about the girl and how they had to hide a whole day in the water so they would not get caught.
Because if lennie ever does anything bad george will be able to find lennie before anyone else does and does something without george knowing


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95 Blazer, 4.3 liter, Automatic Won't shift down. It feel like it is always in second. Prior to this problem there was a plastic connector that split off from a single vacuum hose to two other hoses but the connector broke. One end of the larger hose was connected to the connector and the other end was fed down behind engine and it pulled up freely and wasn't connected to anything. The second hose I can not locate. My guess is one hose goes to revamp canister and another goes to an actuator on the transmission. If you have an answer to my problem and any vacuum schematics that would help I would appreciate it. Thanks, Kyle
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Last year, the night after Christmas, or more specifically, the very early morning of the day after the night after Christmas, I left the house where still nothing was stirring — save for ripped ribbons and scraps of tissue paper skittering across the wood floors from gusts of central heat. I found myself drinking beers and small glasses of Jim Beam on ice with a friend on the damp, cold patio of my favorite bar in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The Back Door hugs the side-alley edge of a depressing strip mall in an otherwise lovely neighborhood. Despite a few relatively recent attempts at renovation, Mid-City Mall remains a wan collection of establishments: a husk of a supermarket, a huge basement thrift store, a small gym, a wizened bakery, and a movie theater — all save the latter permeated through and through by the distinct, inescapable odor of old cigarettes mingling with doughnut glaze. I sat in my uncomfortable plastic chair, letting crushed ice suffused with liquor melt in the back of my throat, compulsively checking the time on my cell phone again and again. I was listening to a friend of my friend I'd just met — an aging, chain-smoking rocker lady who claimed to have once managed The Jesus Lizard. Curly-haired, shifty, and fast-talking, like a nervous auctioneer, she chattered on through the chill — upbraiding her absent housemates, flirting, guffawing weirdly, talking about drugs, touching repeatedly on a failed attempt to bed Chris Cornell in the early 90s. The party is over, I thought. My flight was in seven hours. I hopped up to order another whiskey, my last.
When I returned, a man wearing blue overalls was hunched over our table. His hair was gray, but he could have been any age. It was hard to tell. An amazing Witness-style beard jutted out from his chin like a grass-tipped rock formation. He may have been wearing a hat. I'm not sure. I was intoxicated, and staring at what he was holding in his gnarled hands: a broad wicker basket filled with plastic baggies marked with indecipherable paper stickers containing what looked, in the dark, like shards of dried seaweed or the worst weed in the world. My friend had already bought a bag. He was stuffing bits of the stuff into his mouth and chewing deliberately, somehow grinning at the same time. "Jerky," he said. "Get some." I don't actually remember if that's what he said — I was in my cups, after all — but he informed me in some verbal form of expression what he was so intent on devouring. I got some — two bags worth — and started tearing away, balancing the sharp jolts of bourbon with salty strips. This jerky was the first beef I'd eaten since elementary school. I'd get a full-blown inauguration in Kyoto several months later, but this was an ideal re-introduction: consorting drunkenly with a rich, ancient-seeming flavor, as if my vaguest recollection of steak had been realized, condensed, and boiled down, and then — in some dazzling Wonka-esque process — rendered slim, portable, and hard as sheet-rock.
I don't actually remember that the vendor's hands were gnarled, but the adjective suits the smoke-cured paws of a bearded Kentucky jerky-man. He didn't give a name; he just left — trudging down the steps, disappearing into the shadowy reaches of the bar's tree-covered parking lot with what I'd like to imagine was an affected hill-country whoop. My friend's friend seemed to know him, but unlike us, she didn't want to talk about jerky, much less the man who made it. "It's low in calories!" she'd bellowed, sort of throwing up her hands in exasperation at our lack of interest in her preferred topics of conversation. "It's a great source of protein!"
I brought most of one bag back to San Francisco. I ate it all the following morning, while sitting at the kitchen table in my Mission District apartment, surfing the Internet. When it was empty, I stared at the bag, a little forlorn. "I've got to get some more of this shit," I said to myself. The jerky salesman was the real deal, I thought, a Kentucky classic, an intrepid street food hustler in a lean and largely cart-less land. I wanted to meet him again, to interview him perhaps, to most importantly get my hands on some more of his delicious wares.
I told my friend back in Louisville that I wanted to re-up. He had his own agenda. In exchange for sniffing out the traveling jerky-man, he wanted me to send him a large quantity of marijuana — some good medicinal stuff with a fantastic name. From my perspective, no amount of jerky joy was worth the potential consequences of stinking up Fed-Ex with a sativa-spiked Folgers can. Imagining how hard a judge would laugh at me, I declined, putting down the phone and casting aside my longing — temporarily.
Today is Friday, October 2nd. I arrived in Louisville yesterday afternoon. I came here to see my mother and my brother, to get some work done, to read a little, and to watch football on a big television. I also came to look for jerky.
While San Francisco, my city of residence for the past seven years, remains in the grips of a giddy street food obsession, Louisville, an over-achieving restaurant town boasting the likes of 610 Magnolia and Proof on Main, has little in the way of pavement cuisine — although my Saturday morning trip to the neighborhood farmer's market revealed a lively scene. In a June 2009 article published in Velocity, one of Louisville's local weeklies, Marty Rosen assailed the perceived deficiency as one of several standing in the city's path to gastronomic greatness:
"We live in a temperate zone…We have sidewalks. We have sidewalk dining. We have folks who walk on sidewalks. What we don't have — except for a few downtown exceptions and a few taco trucks — is an entrepreneurial crew of sidewalk vendors hawking falafel, chaat, shawarama and sausages…"
I haven't really lived in Louisville since I was in high school. My sense of the changes time has wrought on its physical and cultural landscape arrives in swells and swoops, when I'm back for pockets of time, around holidays mostly. On every ride from the airport to the house where I grew up, my mom rattles off a reel of news — which shops have closed, major construction projects of note, the revitalized waterfront, the new basketball arena, the growing art scene — as if I'd been gone for a decade. Then I realize, when you're used to looking closely at a smaller place, such shifts are more palpable, and they can seem so major. Me, I don't even remember how to get around town anymore. Most of my friends have left. Hunting for jerky, I had no leads beyond knowing where I'd first had it.
I started my search on the computer. Googling is an unromanticizable form of sleuthing — no stake-outs, no disguises — but it often works. First, I uncovered a 2006 night-on-the-town chronicled in LEO, Louisville's other, more venerable alt-weekly. A drinking party wound up at The Back Door, where a bag of beef jerky made the rounds as closing time approached. Next, I came across a 2004 piece in The Courier-Journal running down the 50 coolest things about Louisville with, at #39, a likely reference to the man I had encountered: "Rusty Sturgeon's homemade varieties [of beef jerky]…are a well-kept secret among meat-o-philes."
After that, a Courier-Journal article from two weeks ago popped up, a short list of favorite local foodstuffs offering more details to corroborate my fleeting experience with what I'd already read:
"Rusty Sturgeon is a Louisville food artist. The overall-wearing gentleman wanders the Highlands selling homemade beef jerky to Louisvillians after a night at the city's myriad clubs and drinking holes. Sturgeon is a friendly guy, but some folks might be (understandably) concerned about buying food off a guy on the street. Don't be. Sturgeon's jerky is way better than anything you'll get at the convenience store. May we suggest the flaming ass, a particularly spicy jerky strong enough to shake you out of a bourbon stupor."
I knew the trail was flaming ass-hot when I tracked down Sturgeon on Facebook, or at least a page someone had created in his honor. A benevolent face sprouting tendrils from the chin grinned out at me, frozen in a streetlight's unflattering glow. I immediately became his "fan."
Of course, I still wanted to find the dude in the flesh. His Facebook page didn't link to Twitter — or otherwise suggest he ever announced his intended schedule prior to hitting the streets, basket in hand. Later in the afternoon, I called The Back Door to ask when he usually came through. "Speak slower, please," a deflated female voice yawned on the other end. I repeated the question. "Oh yes," she said, perking up just the slightest bit. "Sometimes he's here during the day, sometimes at night, sometimes during the day and at night as well. He's everywhere."
That didn't help. At 10:00 p.m., I walked out the front door of my mom's house and hoofed it over to the bar. I had a drink. I waited for an hour. I saw a guy who'd taught me history in middle school, but no one selling jerky. When you're hunting for something, I wondered, as I drained my whiskey — are you more likely to find it if you keep moving, or stay in one place? The problem with Sturgeon being everywhere, of course, is that, while he may cover a lot of ground, he's nowhere until you actually see him. Street food vendors tend to show up when you don't expect them, or when you need them most — when you're, say, one tamale away from fainting. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that pizza for dinner, I thought — then I'd have needed him more. I got up, and left. I'd be back in December for another try.


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New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Lakers 3/25/14: Video Highlights and RecapMarch 26, 2014
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If the New York Knicks were going to make a push for the postseason, it had to start with Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
New York entered Tuesday 2.5 games behind the Atlanta Hawks for the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Carmelo Anthony and Co. crawled into the position by winning eight of their last 10 games, setting things up for a thrilling finish to the season.
The Lakers, on the other hand, came into the contest as losers of seven of their last 10 games as their disappointing season winds down.
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Stockton Unified sent out Requests for Proposals to community groups seeking to operate its Step Up After School Programs.
This is the after school program currently run by the YMCA at 12 school sites, and formerly the Stockton Boys & Girls Club prior to that organization losing its national charter.
Here's the full RFP.


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Starting October 1st, Hodnicki and Giangrande move over to the blog "Law Librarians" with the subtitle "Thinking Out Loud in the Blogosphere."
I'm sure the post entitled "Test" is simply just a test… if fact, I'm pretty sure that we'll see some of the same ole' Joe firing off posts on a daily basis starting tomorrow.
Welcome back Joe!!


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When someone asks me what I believe, I generally expect them to take my word for it. After all, they're my beliefs. So who would know them better than me?
Every now and then, though, people find themselves in the odd position of disagreeing with someone about their own beliefs. They've told you that they believe X, but for some reason, you're just not sure that it's true. They may say that they don't believe in Santa, but the cookies are still on the table. So you wonder.
That's the position we find ourselves in with Karl Barth and universalism. If you want to know whether Barth was a universalist, just ask him:
"I am not a universalist."[1]
That was easy.
But some still wonder. He says he doesn't believe in universalism, but looking closely at his theology, it sure looks like he's left a lot of cookies on the table.
We're in the process of exploring what Karl Barth had to say about universalism and how we should understand that as evangelicals. In the last post, we looked at why universalism is a problem for evangelicals. Now we need to ask whether Barth himself was a universalist. Here's why people think he is.
1. I Pick Jesus
As Barth famously declared, the doctrine of election is "the whole of the Gospel" (CD II/2, 3). This is because it is in the doctrine of election that we find God deciding from all eternity to be God-for-us in the person of Jesus Christ. In other words, from the beginning of time, God determined to be the kind of God who would act graciously toward humanity (i.e. his eternal self-determination). And this also included his free and gracious decision to enact this in Jesus Christ, so that "the goal and meaning of all His dealings with the as-yet non-existent universe should be the fact that in His Son He would be gracious towards man, uniting Himself with them" (CD II/2, 101). Good news indeed.
Of course, people have talked about election for a long time. But Barth thinks earlier theologians, especially in the Reformed tradition, made a fatal mistake when they understood election as God's decision to elect only some humans to salvation and to view Jesus as simply the means by which salvation is accomplished for the elect. In doing so, Barth argued, the Reformed tradition turned election into bad news because you can never truly know if you are among the elect.
The proper way to understand election, for Barth, is as "the election of Jesus Christ" (CD II/2, 103). And he intended the "of" here to be understood in two ways. Jesus is both the subject of election, one with the Father and the Spirit in eternally willing election, and the object of election, the one who has been elected to become ontologically one with humanity, uniting himself with us eternally (CD II/2, 105). As the truly Elect one, election is no longer hidden in the dim recesses of eternity, but is fully revealed in Jesus Christ.
If this is all that Barth said about election, few would raise any real concerns. Many modern theologians appreciate Barth's arguments for centering election on Jesus christ, though many argue that the biblical basis for seeing Jesus as the only Elect one is a little weak. But even they probably not complain too loudly if all he just meant to say that humans are only saved insofar as they are part of the elect-in-Christ. That Barth intended more than this, however, is clear.
2. Everyone Gets to Ride Along
For Barth, God's eternal decree to be God-for-us and the corresponding decision to elect Christ to become one with humanity means that all human persons are elect-in-Christ. Jesus remains the only true Elect of God since "all who are elected are elected in Him" (CD II/2, 421). But "all who are elected" includes all human persons. Thus, we cannot regard non-Christians "as if they were not elect" (CD II/2, 416). But should approach every person with the assurance that "he, too, is an elect man" (CD II/2, 318). There is no limit to God's gracious decision to be God-for-us.
Barth does have a doctrine of reprobation (i.e. the idea that God has in some sense "elected" people for damnation as well as salvation), but for him even this eternal decree finds its true object in Jesus Christ. Jesus took our reprobation upon himself so that he is both the truly Elect and the truly Rejected one (CD II/2, 353).
All humans without exception, then, are included in the sphere of the elect. We are all elect-in-Christ.
3. Drinks for Free
And this is precisely where the difficulty begins since it's beginning to sound like everyone will necessarily get saved in the end. Party time!
Barth even suggests as much when he says that our participation in Christ's election means that "from all eternity God has determined upon man's acquittal" (CD II/2, 167). So, despite our sin and faithlessness, God has decided from all eternity to secure our acquittal in Jesus Christ. He's already declared us "not guilty" in Christ. The only thing that remains is for us to truly understand this amazing truth and to fully participate in the reality he has created for us. We need to experience the salvation that he has already made ours.
Even those who try to reject this divine election are helpless to remove themselves from the sphere of salvation: "this is the very goal which the godless cannot reach, because it has already been taken away by the eternally decreed offering of the Son of God" (CD II/2, 318).
4. The Old Rugged Cross
As if his doctrine of election didn't create enough problems, Barth also makes some very strong statements regarding the universal effectiveness of the atonement. For Barth, this is a simple extension of his doctrine of election. If we are all included in God's eternal decree to be God-for-us-in-Jesus, then it stands to reason that we would also be included in the ultimate expression of this eternal decision: Christ's atoning sacrifice. And that is precisely what we find.
The rejection which all men incurred, the wrath under which all men lie, the death which all men must die, God in his love for men transfers from all eternity to him in whom he loves and elects them, and whom he elects at their head and in their place." (CD II/2, 123)
On the cross, Jesus "made Himself the object of the wrath and judgment to which man had brought himself" and "tasted Himself the damnation, death and hell which ought to have been the portion of fallen man" (CD II/2, 164).
That covers just about everything. More importantly for our purposes, Barth sees this as covering just about everyone as well.
There is no-one who does not participate in Him in His turning to God. There is no-one who is not…engaged in this turning. There is no-one who is not raised and exalted with Him to true humanity." (CD II/2, 172)
Seems pretty inclusive.
Barth's view of the cross, then, means that atonement is unlimited both in sufficiency (it is sufficient to cover the sins of all people) and efficiency (it actually covers the sins of all people).
A Universalist or a Duck?
When you combine Barth's doctrine of election–God eternally decided to be God-for-us in Jesus Christ and to unite all humans to himself through him–and his doctrine of the atonement–God atoned for the sins of all people through Jesus's sacrifice on the cross, it becomes pretty easy to see why people think that Barth was a universalist. How could it possibly be otherwise? How can any human person fail to be saved given God's eternal decree and the power of the cross?
So people conclude that if he looks like a universalist, talks like a universalist, and quacks like a universalist, he's probably a universalist. Even if he claims to be a duck.
But we do have to keep in mind that Barth clearly rejected universalism. How could he possibly do that in light of everything that we've seen here? That's the question we'll address in the next post.
(I recently presented a conference paper dealing with the question of how to introduce Karl Barth to evangelicals despite the apparently universalistic implications of his theology. This blog series is a lightly revised version of that paper. So, if you're interested in Karl Barth, universalism, and/or evangelicalism in general, stick around. It should be fun. You can read part 1 here.)
[1] Quoted in Lewis Smedes, My God and I: A Spiritual Memoir (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003), 99.


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going back to the "cheap & light"... is DIY out of the question?
I am looking at a diy IX underquilt. I don't really care if it is lightweight I just want it to be extremely compact. I want to have an Adventure Racing type backpack and everything needs to fit inside. Gunner thanks for the Matrix I just wish they had pack sizes listed.
"If animals could speak the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much."
- Mark Twain
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Does Leigh have a website and if so does anyone have a link.
"He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Please check out the link below to show your love for hammocks!www.zazzle.com/hammocklife
I've tried climashield and down quilts, the most compactable are the down ones. They are also the most expensive ones. If compactability is your highest requirement, you'd probably be happier and better off to get down. (this, of course, is just my opinion and worth just about 2 cents)


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NYT: Efforts to Repel Gulf Oil Spill Are Described as Chaotic
For readers of Homeland Security Watch there is an important report in the New York Times. Don't miss: "Efforts to Repel Gulf Oil Spill Are Described as Chaotic". It is a helpful overview of the readiness and response issues HLSwatch has been addressing since April. Implications for NIMS abound.
Here's an excerpt, just to give you a sense of the issues being addressed:
The contingency plan for southeast Louisiana, which was drawn up by a committee led by the Coast Guard and a state representative, specifically mentions the possibility of a blowout and includes a worst case of a million-barrel spill, which is significantly short of even conservative estimates of the current spill.
But like other federal plans, it does not anticipate the possibility that the leak could continue for weeks. It concludes, for example, that such a spill would require the use of 38,400 gallons of dispersant, or roughly 3 percent of what has been applied in the last two months.
The BP plans do consider an uncontrolled blowout, one that releases 240,000 barrels a day into the gulf for at least 100 days — far worse than the current spill.
In the event of such an enormous spill, according to these plans, "no significant adverse impacts are expected" to beaches, wetlands or coast-dwelling birds.
In the New York Times piece the key "operational" issues are set out. From a preparedness-and-response perspective you might even call these strategic issues. But from the perspective of national policy-making I would argue the continuum is something like this:
Tactical – How is the immediate threat of the oil spill being managed? How is the damage being contained? How are we assisting those communities and individuals being harmed? How are we progressing — what more do we need to do — to stop the spill?
Operational – What are the implications of this experience for current standards and practice in terms of risk assessment, risk readiness, regulation, public-private partnerships, preparedness and response capacity, and homeland security doctrine?
Strategic – What does the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and its aftermath tell us regarding national energy policy, environmental policy, and what we mean when we bandy about the word "resilience"? What are our goals and when these goals conflict, how do we resolve the conflict… and why is this our choice?
In any case, this is the framework I will be using when I listen to the President on Tuesday night.
Updated for further consideration:
Documents from the June 15 hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (intermittently not available, probably due to high demand)
US oil firms 'unprepared' for major offshore disaster (BBC)
Oil spill makes unlikely partners of BP and federal government (Washington Post)
Obama to outline oil plans in first Oval Office speech (CNN)
Obama's personal decision to focus on the spill (MSNBC)
Obama to detail Gulf Coast recovery (Wall Street Journal)
June 15 Remarks by President at Pensacola (White House)
Obama on oil spill: "This is an assault on our shores." (USA Today)


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"Weeks three through 10, guys start getting nicked up and miss time," Kubiak said. "But we're fortunate we're 100 percent except for one player. And I like our intensity. I like the way we're practicing. We're a mature group. They understand what they're facing. That's where we've grown up a lot. Our guys understand the key to winning is preparation. They're really in tune to that and it doesn't matter who we're playing."
Bryan Braman, who also has had a hamstring issue, is expected to return against the Broncos. Jesse Nading has been filling in for him on special teams and will replace Dobbins if necessary.
"They're kind of interchangeable," Kubiak said of the three backup linebackers. "Jesse's been a good catch-all guy for us. He can play all the linebacker spots and he does a good job for Joe (Marciano, the special teams coach)."
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These will be our final words on this blog. Before we leave you I just want to thank you all for your wonderful kindnesses and support in words and deeds and also for the wonderful tributes given at the Celebration. It was a joyous occasion as Mr Kidlung wished and he would have been amazed and possibly even humbled by them all.
I cannot hope to write to everyone but please know how very much all your wonderful words are appreciated.
As requested by many people, below is a link to the Celebration tributes – my sincere apologies if I have omitted anyone. Celebration Tributes Jan 2016
So, from us all, a final thank-you and I hope many of you will keep in touch.


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Lisset - posted on 02/13/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )
This is completely Horrible!!!
A radio talk show host refers to Children with Autistim as "Idiots" and "Morons." He rants for a few more minutes on it then goes on to say that Minority Children with Asthma are "Frauds" and it's because they're on Too Much Welfare!! I think this is disgusting and vile. I can't believe someone with such authority on the air would make horrific comments like these.
I have attached the issue below of the remarks that were made, plus the link to the audio of him making the comments on the radio! Read or listen, I just wanted to get an idea of what everyone thinks.
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http://mediamatters.org/items/2008071700... - Just push Play on the streaming audio on this page.
Washington, DC - Media Matters for America today condemned nationally syndicated conservative radio host Michael Savage for incendiary comments directed at those who live with autism and their families. During the same broadcast, Savage, the No. 3 talk radio host in America, also attacked those in "the minority community" who suffer from asthma.
"What Michael Savage said was foolish, mean-spirited, and hurtful," said J. Jioni Palmer, spokesman for Media Matters. "It's unfortunate he would use his radio program to make fun of and belittle these kids. Instead of ridicule and cheap shots, the children suffering from autism and asthma and their families need support and compassion."
During the July 16 edition of his show, Savage claimed that autism is "[a] fraud, a racket. ... I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.' "
Savage also stated: "[W]hy was there an asthma epidemic amongst minority children? Because I'll tell you why: The children got extra welfare if they were disabled, and they got extra help in school. It was a money racket. Everyone went in and was told [fake cough], "When the nurse looks at you, you go [fake cough], "I don't know, the dust got me." "See, everyone had asthma from the minority community."
Talk Radio Network, which syndicates The Savage Nation, claims that Savage is heard on more than 350 radio stations. The Savage Nation reaches at least 8.25 million listeners each week, according to Talkers Magazine, making it one of the most listened-to talk radio shows in the nation, behind only The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Sean Hannity Show.
If you would like to discuss the topic further or have any questions, you are welcome to join my group "Multi-Cultural Mama's"
I believe situations like this exist because racism and prejudice are still very prevalent in our society. Hopefully raising our children to be aware of others, whether it be color, language, handicap, or culture, will help them not only embrace their own ethnicity, but be respectful towards others!


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Ungar, Eric E.
Oral history interview with Eric Ungar, 2001 December 6.
Biographical oral history interview. Topics include: Ungar's family leaving Vienna for St. Louis, fleeing the Nazis; college years at Washington University interrupted by Army service in postwar Europe; takes up mechanical engineering on return to Washington University; Master's degree at University of New Mexico night school while employed at Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque; PhD at New York University in late 1950s; recruitment to Bolt, Beranak and Newmann; joins the Acoustical Society of America, rising to the presidency; family and leisure activities.
Engineer (Structural Dynamics, Vibration and Noise Control). Chief Engineering Scientist, Acentech Inc. from 1992.
Ungar, Eric E.
Acoustical Society of America.
Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
New York University.
Sandia Laboratories.
United States. Army.
University of New Mexico
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
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Interviews. aat
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Peppin, Richard J., interviewer.
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA


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Gil-Martin can be most simply described as Robert Wringhim's doppelgänger. Once he appears, he seems to show up wherever Wringhim is, or elsewhere in the form of Wringhim. Wringhim is well aware that his friend can change appearances to resemble those he is in company with, and he does so often. Wringhim himself has a very amusing idea of who Gil-Martin really is: King Peter the Great of Russia, incognito on his European tour. He conceives this idea based on the man's apparent power and abilities and the impression that Gil-Martin rules over a realm of some kind, a realm full of Christians. Wringhim chooses to respect the King's disguise and not mention his true identity, but several references to it make for comical errors.
Because by then we have two ideas about the real true identity of Gil-Martin: he is either Satan, or he is all in Wringhim's head (or, of course, both).
He certainly acts just like we would expect Satan to act. One of the pair's main activities together—other than serial killing—is arguing religious principles (also the favorite pastime of Robert's mother and the elder Wringhim). According to the healthy Christian peasantry, this is just like Satan, who "had been often driven to the shift o' preaching [Christanity] himsel, for the purpose o' getting some wrang tenets introduced into it, and thereby turning it into blasphemy and ridicule." The first time they meet, Wringhim pretends to dispute a point he really believes, "and said, that 'indubitably there were degrees of sinning which would induce the Almighty to throw off the very elect.' But behold my hitherto humble and modest companion took up the argument with such warmth, that he put me not only to silence, but to absolute shame."
Anytime the two disagree or Wringhim tries to loosen his grasp, Gil-Martin will always have a quick and snappy comeback, will always be able to convince Wringhim of his rightness and assuage his doubts. When Wringhim has a crisis of conscience before an attempt on the life of his brother, he has a vision of an angel telling him not to do it. When he tries to explain to Gil-Martin, the latter "answered that I had been in a state of sinful doubting at the time, and it was to these doubtings she had adverted." Typically, Wringhim does not actually remember the details, only that Gil-Martin has seemingly supernatural powers of reasoning and persuasion:
I was obliged to admit the force of his reasoning; for though I cannot from memory repeat his words, his eloquence was of that overpowering nature, that the subtility of other men sunk before it; and there is also little doubt that the assurance I had that these words were spoken by a great potentate, who could raise me to the highest eminence, (provided that I entered into his extensive and decisive measure,) assisted mightily in dispelling my youthful scruples and qualms of conscience….
Of course, wouldn't a successful delusion act just the same way—be always one step ahead of the conscious Wringhim, and be able to persuade him of things that would seem natural and logical though they might appear insane or wrong to an outsider? The question of whether Gil-Martin is corporeal seems to be answered in the affirmative, but the evidence is hardly decisive. There are plenty of instances within the memoir where Gil-Martin appears to interact with others and others appear to see and hear him, but again, we would expect a successful delusion to instigate just those sorts of false memories. There is also evidence from within the first editor's narrative that Mrs. Logan and a witness to the killing of George Colwan later saw Gil-Martin in company with Wringhim, and in the form of George no less. But that story recounts events a hundred years previous based on tradition and folktales, which the editor later admits could have been influenced by printers who knew about the memoir.
There is also more ambiguous evidence from the memoir that Gil-Martin is not so tangible. He mysteriously doesn't like to accompany Wringhim indoors, and he doesn't meet Wringhim's parents. When Gil-Martin is in combat with George, Wringhim sees him "flitt[ing] about like a shadow, or rather like a spirit." Wringhim can't vouch so well for the existence of his friend—or, sometimes, of himself:
I generally conceived myself to be two people. When I lay in bed, I deemed there were two of us in it; when I sat up, I always beheld another person, and always in the same position from the place where I sat or stood, which was about three paces off me towards my left side. …The most perverse part of it was, that I rarely conceived myself to be any of the two persons. I thought for the most part that my companion was one of them, and my brother the other….
Gil-Martin likewise seems to see the two of them as connected. He tells Wringhim that he could "sooner cause the shadow to relinquish the substance, than separate me from your side. Our beings are amalgamated, as it were, and consociated in one, and never shall I depart from this country until I can carry you in triumph with me." Later, Gil-Martin similarly tells a despairing Wringhim, desperate to be left alone, that "I am wedded to you so closely, that I feel as if I were the same person. Our essences are one, our bodies and spirits being united, so, that I am drawn towards you as by magnetism, and wherever you are, there must my presence be with you."
I said yesterday that I wouldn't be able to answer the question of who Gil-Martin really is, and I can't, but there may be a way around all these false starts, and which explains them. The final portion of the editor's narrative suggests that the memoir is not in fact a memoir, but "a religious parable…to illustrate something scarcely tangible." The narrator considers it a failure in this regard, because no one in his day would believe a story about "a man…daily tempted by the devil, in the semblance of a fellow-creature"—something plenty of peasants in Wringhim's time (according to Wringhim) were prepared to believe. We probably shouldn't pay too much heed to the editor, who admits that he doesn't know what to make of the document he's found (or the grisly scene where he believes he's found Wringhim's corpse). But this does explain a few things.
One problem with Wringhim's dealings with Gil-Martin is that he records conversations and incidents that would be odd or confusing to someone who didn't have any idea that Gil-Martin was, or might be, the devil. Wringhim's assumption that his friend is Peter the Great furnishes many of these points. For example, when Wringhim asks whether his friend's "subjects" are Christians, "'All my European subjects are, or deem themselves so,' returned he; 'and they are the most faithful and true subjects I have.'" Nothing explicit there, to be sure, but it's spooky for the suspecting reader. Why did Wringhim remember this specific conversation, and write it down word-for-word in such spooky form?
Later, an even better speech made, according to Wringhim, by Gil-Martin:
'Believe me, my dear friend, for such a prize I account no effort too high. For a man who is not only dedicated to the King of Heaven, in the most solemn manner, soul, body, and spirit, but also chosen of him from the beginning, justified, sanctified, and received into a communion that never shall be broken, and from which no act of his shall ever remove him,—the possession of such a man, I tell you, is worth kingdoms; because every deed that he performs, he does it with perfect safety to himself and honour to me.'
Here he is talking about "the possession of such a man"—how could such a phrase not be suspicious to Wringhim? His friend is talking about him as "a prize" that "is worth kingdoms." In scenes like this (and above, where Gil-Martin is notably on Wringhim's "left side"), the reader often wonders how Wringhim could have been so blind and failed to realize he was being seduced by Satan. But on second thought a better question might be how Wringhim managed to record such scenes months and years after the fact in the writing of his memoir, in such specific, suspicion-rousing phrasing.
He also manages to use imagery, at least when he's starting to feel suffocated and persecuted by Gil-Martin's presence, that would be immediately recognizable to any Christian: "I felt as one round whose body a deadly snake is twisted, which continues to hold him in its fangs, without injuring him, farther than in moving its scaly infernal folds with exulting delight, to let its victim feel to whose power he has subjected himself…."
Of course, these details could be added after the fact, as Wringhim does seem to believe there is something infernal about his friend by the end of their adventures. And surely the devil works in mysterious ways, and could compel the creation of just such a well-constructed parable. Not to mention the layer upon layer of madness that might need to be deciphered with such an unreliable narrator. So still, no answer—that's a good thing, of course.


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Water technology company A. O. Smith Corp. reported third-quarter earnings from continuing operations of $37.0 million, up 38% from $26.9 million in the prior-year third quarter.
Sales for the three-month period ended Sept. 30 were $462.2 million, up 12% from third-quarter 2011 sales of $412.0 million, driven by incremental Lochinvar sales and strong organic growth in China.
The company's third-quarter performance included a full quarter of Lochinvar's results, which was acquired in late August last year, as well as a non-cash, pre-tax gain of $6.4 million from a change to the company's estimate of the Lochinvar earn-out, which is based on revenue targets.
"The factors that have been influencing our business throughout 2012 continued during the third quarter," said chairman and CEO Paul Jones. "Our A. O. Smith-branded sales in China grew over 20% in the quarter, driven by new distribution, market share gains and new products, despite the slowdown in that country's economy.
"The Lochinvar acquisition continues to meet the high end of our profit expectations," he added. "Lochinvar's new line of CREST ® high-efficiency, higher BTU input condensing boilers, which was introduced last year, has received excellent market acceptance; and we plan to launch new, larger input models of this product later this year."
Third-quarter sales of the North America segment, which includes U. S. and Canadian water heaters and boilers, increased to $335.7 million compared with third-quarter 2011 sales of $310.2 million.
Operating earnings from the segment of $50.7 million included a gain of $6.4 million related to the adjustment to the company's estimate of the Lochinvar earn-out, compared with $30.9 million earned during the third quarter of 2011.
Third-quarter sales from the rest of the world, which includes China, India and Europe, increased more than $23 million to $133.8 million compared with sales of $110.5 million in the third quarter of 2011.


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Ever wonder what $60,000 jeans feel like? You'll never know. Because you didn't buy that $60,000 pair of Levis 501s from 1890 -- the most paid for a pair of jeans, ever.
Here are the most expensive items ever sold -- the record-setting car, baseball card, toy, and even tooth.
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Antilla, Mumbai, India; $1-$2 billion
The world's only billion dollar home is a 27-floor, 600 foot "modern Taj Mahal" built in South Mumbai for the family of businessman Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries.
Birds of America; $11.4 million
This 3-foot tall book includes 1,000 life-size illustrations of 435 birds drawn by West Indian-born American artist John James Audubon in the 1830s. [Guinness]
*What about Bill Gates' $30 million purchase of Leonardo Da Vinci's notebook "Codex?" According to Guinness, Codex does not technically qualify as a book as it's filled with mostly sketches and notes. Sorry, Bill.
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1963 G.I. Joe prototype; $200,000
The most valuable toy soldier in the world is the first handcrafted 1963 G.I. Joe prototype, sold in 2003 to Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi at a Heritage Comics auction in Dallas. [Guinness]
Comic Book
Action Comics #1; $1.5 million
Called the "Holy Grail" of its genre, this rare comic featured the debut of Superman.
Baseball Card
1909 Honus Wagner; $2.35 million
In 2007, the Great One sold the great one. Wayne Gretzky, the most famous hockey player alive, sold the most famous baseball card in the world to an anonymous California collector for enough money to buy about 700,000 packs of baseball cards.
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No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock; $140 million
This famous Pollock sold for only $2.5 million more than the second most expensive painting ever -- "Woman III" by Willem de Kooning. A fact to know and share: both pieces were sold by David Geffen in 2006. (Way to time that wealth bubble, David!)
1890 Levi 501 jeans; $60,000
The Levi Strauss & Co. 501 jeans, aged over 115 years, were sold by Randy Knight to an anonymous collector for $60,000 in 2005. Fitting with the middlebrow nature of the purchase, the sale happened over eBay. (Not actual jeans pictured.) [Guinness]
French Doll circa 1914; $263,000
"The doll, dressed in its period clothing to honor the Ballets Russes of Paris and first introduced to international acclaim in 1909, was won by a prominent Boston, USA, collector." (Not actual doll pictured.) [Guinness]
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Giacometti Walking Man; $104,300,000
Alberto Giacometti's six-foot-high bronze sculpture "L'Homme qui marche I" (1960) sold to an anonymous bidder at Sotheby's London in February 2010. [Guinness]
Napoleon's upper right canine; $19,140
An upper right canine tooth extracted from the mouth of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1817 sold for $19,140 in November 2005. Guinness goes on: "The tooth is believed to have been extracted due to scurvy (recorded in 1816) by the physician Barry O'Meara, during Napoleon's exile on the South Atlantic British island of St Helena following his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815."
The Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse; $3.8 million
For the price of the Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse, from Victoria's Secret, you could buy 32,000 Kate Spade hand bags at retail price, enough for every woman at Boston Univerity. And every man.
Virtual Property
Planet Calypso; $6 million
SEE Virtual Worlds acquired Planet Calypso, a virtual planet within the online game Entropia Universe in December 2010. More than 1s and 0s, the virtual planet has reportedly generated $4 million in player transaction revenue.
Leg of Ham
15-pound Jamon Iberico; $2,682
The most expensive leg of ham commercially available is a 15-lb Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota retailing at $2,682 at the Food Hall in Sefridges, London. (Slices in image not from actual record-setting Jamon Iberico) [Guinness]
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Bugatti Veyron
The most expensive production car is generally thought to be the Bugatti Veyron. But its 15-pound model car is, somehow, even more expensive. This model made of 24k gold and 7.2 carats of diamonds, can be yours for $2.9 million.
Teddy Bear
Louis Vuitton Teddy; $182,000
A foot-and-a-half tall Steiff 'Louis Vuitton' teddy bear made in 2000 sold for $182,550 in 200 at Christie's, Monaco. [Guinness]
Dr. Alexander Macklin; $153,573
Dr. Macklin was a surgeon on the famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition between 1914-1917. After the Endurance ship (pictured) got trapped in ice, Macklin tended to the suffering crew -- one had a heart condition, another was suffering a nervous breakdown, another had gangrene in his toes, which required amputation. He was awarded the Silver Polar Medal for his efforts. Eighty years later, his diary sold for $150,000.
One caveat to keep in mind is that you don't know the true price of something until it is sold. That's why most of these items, via information collected and verified by Guinness World Records, were sold at auctions. To be sure, the most "valuable items" are unsellable. For example, the Mona Lisa might sell for more than $140 million, the record-setting price of the Pollock painting. But as long as it hangs behind bullet proof glass in the Louvre, there is no way to determine its market value.
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3rd November
November 4, 2014 will be remembered as the day that the GOP swept all statewide offices.
Here are the final predictions for the Arizona races:
Governor – Ducey 54.5%
SOS – Reagan 52.4%
AG – Brnovich 56.3%
CD 1 – Tobin 53.5%
CD 2 – McSally 54%
Corp Comm – Little and Forese 52%
The wild card is CD 9, where Krysten Sinema is in a dogfight with Wendy Rogers. If the tide turns, look for Rogers to squeak out a narrow win over Sinema.
Post Script: In the race for Superintendent of public instruction, Diane Douglas will win.
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In Memory of
Dr. Larry A Dornburg
February 12, 1925 - May 3, 2013
Dr. Larry A. Dornburg, 88 of Victoria passed away on Friday, May 03, 2013 in Victoria. Larry was born to the late Adolph and Minnie Boldt Dornburg on February 12, 1925 in Weesatche, TX. He was a member of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church and was a practicing dentist in Victoria, TX for over 60 years, beginning his practice in Victoria in 1950 until he retiring in December 2010. Dr. Dornburg practiced dentistry in Yorktown from 1947-1950. Dr. Dornburg graduated from the University Of Texas School Of Dentistry in Houston in 1947.
Dr. Dornburg served in the United States Army Dental Corp from 1956-1958 and attained the rank of Major. Throughout his lifetime he proudly participated as a lifetime member of the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association, and the Guadalupe Valley Dental Association. Dr. Dornburg was also a member of the Victoria Lion's Club.
Dr. Dornburg leaves a host of professional support staff, clients and friends to remember him. He will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Nancy McHalffey Dornburg.
Visitation will be held on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 12-2 pm at Rosewood Funeral Chapels, with a graveside service to follow at 3:30 PM at St. Andrew's Lutheran Cemetery in Weesatche, with Rev. C.B. Suggs officiating.
Honorary pallbearers are Blake L. Dornburg, Brent A. Dornburg, Marty Raz, Trey Wimberly, Stuart Dornburg, March Dornburg and John Creech.
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Have you ever noticed when you look at an actor or an actress on the big screen that they seem to be truly flawless? Perfect hair, perfect skin and perfect teeth depending on the role or character they are playing as? Why do you think that is? Thanks to a team of specialist, actors are made to look however they need. A talented makeup artist can turn a normal face into something truly grotesque and a specialist such as Karl Jobst DDS takes care of their teeth.
When you take the time to look at all the different identities a single actor can have through multiples movies, it is amazing that it is the same person and all that was needed was makeup and dental care. The process can take anywhere from 5 hours to a day to complete and the price of this transformation isn't what you'd expect—it's much higher! Without these transformations, movies wouldn't be as fun to watch or to star in and each movie would be nearly the same with the same faces.


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Yes, it's that time again. The time when the sun comes out, the weather warms up, and you inevitably begin to get that itch to change something- that "out with the old, in with the new" mentality. You may know it better as Spring Cleaning Time. It can be refreshing, satisfying, and also frustrating if you don't know where to start. I happen to be in the Spring Cleaning Mode right now myself, so I wanted to share a few tips on how you can get the most impact while using the least amount of time and money. These little ideas are great ways to spruce up your space that will make it feel new to you, and also help you to usher in the Spring in your home.
First things first, we're going to start with organizing. Cleaning out your closets and donating any unused items is a great place to begin, but what about all that clutter that built up since last year that's right in the line of sight? Don't cram it into the closet to donate next year. Instead, organize it, and incorporate it into your space.
For hiding clutter:
Baskets and trunks are a fantastic way to hide things in plain sight, especially things that you are going to use often. They're great for pillows, blankets, board games, yarn, uneaten fruit cakes, you name it. You can place them on shelves, next to the sofa, by the door, or even use a trunk to create a coffee table with storage space. Try using a set of three differently sized baskets stacked on top of each other- bam, you now have a fashionable vignette as well as a place to keep your winter boots.
For organizing the clutter you can't hide:
Instead of hiding your pretty things away, you can also display them proudly.
Try using an old ladder to hold extra blankets- it looks really good. Or, use stacked wooden crates to store DVDs to add a more rustic look while achieving storage goals.
Another great way to make a big impression with only a little bit of effort is on your bookshelves. Bookshelves tend to become catchalls in the home, and even if you don't have a ton of stuff stacked on your bookshelf, chances are you don't actually have your bookshelf styled. Use your books as design pieces- stack some standing up, some laying down. Then, add some of those clutter pieces back in! This is a great place to use them. Picture frames, small statues, trinkets, candles, whatever you have, just get creative with it! It will instantly add class to your space, creating a more put together look.
Once you get the "cleaning" part out of the way and are ready to buy yourself some new things:
Remember what time of year it is- let's celebrate the fact that winter's over and decorate for spring! Any range of colors from pastel to bold are welcome this time of year. For a subtle, put together look, try using different shades of the same or similar colors. For a more eclectic look, choose a couple of different colors to sprinkle throughout your space.
Here are a few different things you can use to create a whole new look for your space without having to completely remodel:
Pastel candles are beautiful, and they smell great! Golds, light blues, warm oranges, or spring greens are perfect for this time of year.
Bowl fillers-
I don't know what else to call them, but hopefully you know what I'm talking about. Things that we use to fill centerpieces, glass jars, or hurricanes. This time of year, try to stick with light colors. Seasonal greenery or flowers are great options, so are river stones, light feathers, sea glass, or grasses. Mix and match and see what becomes your favorite!
There are so many ideas when it comes to Spring Cleaning, these are only a few to get you started. Home on the Range has all sorts of things to help you towards your goal, including baskets, ladders, trunks, storage, shelves, candles, bookends, picture frames, and "bowl fillers". Stop in today to see what we can do to get your spring dreams rolling!
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Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 22669 – 22670) amending a pesticide cancellation order from May 20th, 2011 (76 FR 29238 – 29240) allowing for the use of existing stocks of two methyl bromide products on golf courses. The products were produced by Cardinal Professional Products and Trical, Inc; both of Hollister, CA.
Golf Course Soil Fumigant
The original order allowed for the use of existing stocks through December 31st, 2013. In January these two manufacturers notified the EPA that they still had stocks of the material and requested an extension of the allowed sale and allowed use dates. Neither of the two letters is currently posted to the docket at www.Regulations.gov (Docket # EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0123) so it is not clear how much of the two products is actually still available for use.
In today's modification of that order the EPA allows:
• The sale and distribution of existing stocks of the affected products until November 30, 2014;
• The use of existing stocks of the products purchased prior to April 30, 2014 according to the directions on the label for the product until those stocks are exhausted; and
• The use of existing stocks that were purchased after April 30, 2014 only on golf courses according to the directions for that use on the label for the product until those stocks are exhausted.
Methyl Bromide and CFATS
Insert standard diatribe about methyl bromide being removed from list of DHS chemicals of interest (COI) because methyl bromide was 'being phased out by EPA'.
It is not clear if this order revision would have any practical effect on chemical security rules under the CFATS program. Since we don't currently know how much of the products the two organizations have on hand we don't know if they would have enough (10,000 lb minimum if the standard toxic release chemical standard was used) to be required to submit a Top Screen to DHS. Certainly if they are currently covered under the CFATS program because of the possession of other, actually listed COI, this order will not affect their status.
Golf courses that use these two products will almost certainly not have anywhere near 10,000 lbs of this material on hand, so they would not have (if methyl bromide were a listed COI) to be concerned with CFATS reporting requirements.


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"It feels like somethin's heating up, can I leave with you?"
"I don't know what I'm thinking 'bout, really leavin' with you…"
Truthfully, I spent most of my youth singing the second line of this song, which is designed for the girls. Once my voice broke – and Christ, did that take a long time – I kept on doing it anyway. Despite it not charting nearly as his urban-inspired pastiches ('Rock Your Body', 'Like I Love You'), I am of the firm belief that 'Señorita' is the best song the film actor formerly known as the pop singer Justin Timberlake has ever recorded. It can turn the whitest of white boys into smooth operators. It straddles at least three different genres in one amazing chord progression. And ultimately, it's the sound of sex and summer and careless abandon rolled into something that will probably age at half to a quarter of the rate 'SexyBack' will. Latin American in its idealism, African-American in its musicality and Middle American in its execution, 'Señorita' is aural uranium. You may think you've gotten over it, but for as long as you live, it will never really go away.
In my line of work, it was never considered cool to like Justin Timberlake. Even when he crossed over from good-looking teen heart throb to better looking male lead, the implication was that Timberlake was a manufactured piece of Disney who would crash and burn like his fellow Mouseketeers. What everybody seemed to be forgetting in amongst all of this (and credit to him, because he launched his solo career right when guitar bands were back in vogue) is that JT can sing. Really, really well. The kid's got moves, but they didn't call him the 'white Michael Jackson' for nothing; he's got a falsetto that is unrivalled by anyone outside of the late King Of Pop and a few of The Bee Gees. The most joyous thing about Justin falling out of *sync was that we got to hear the real performer underneath. The one who dropped ad-libs like they were the only thing keeping him alive. It's a very exciting thing to listen to.
'Señorita' was apparently inspired by Stevie Wonder, which makes sense if you think about it because the latin-infused Fender Rhodes progression shares a certain quality with 'Dont You Worry Bout A Thing'. It's got the same summery, careless abandon matched with a superior vocalist who has the confidence and swagger to turn it into an anthem. Call and response sections die hard in contemporary pop music, but through sheer force of will and the minimalist styling of The Neptunes (a far better fit for him than Timbaland ever was), Timberlake made it happen. Nothing about this hit, save for the chorus, sounds like a hit. The beat is refined and exotic, the bass counters the chords rather than just hitting the root notes and Timberlake deliberately starts in an octave that is not his strongest suit. It's the exact moment when one of the world's most coveted performers crosses the line and joins everybody else in steamy revelry. None of that processed disco, sexiest-man-alive, synthesised bullshit. Here is a pop star who isn't singing at you, but in the outro of his own song, consciously stepping back and asking you to sing with him. And you're damn right I still do it every single time. And if the girls don't get involved, I'll happily to do their parts, too.
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Bride to Tie Knot in Toilet Paper Dress
Here comes the bride, all dressed in white ... two-ply, extra soft toilet paper.
Lovebirds Jennifer Cannon and Doy Nichols of Lexington, Ky., plan to get hitched Wednesday in a public restroom. She'll be wearing a gown fashioned from glue, tape and Charmin Ultra Soft and Ultra Strong toilet tissue.
The intricately detailed dress was designed by Hanah Kim, winner of the 2007 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest.
The wedding ceremony, to be attended by family and friends, will take place in Times Square at the Charmin Restrooms — temporary, free public restrooms, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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This is truly heartbreaking and I'm just hoping and hoping that she skates cleanly.
Oh, sorry, Tonichelle, I didn't realize. Not sure why the creator would do that. People from all over the world are being so wonderfully sympathetic about this.
This is truly heartbreaking and I'm just hoping and hoping that she skates cleanly.
I hope Joannie finds solace and peace on the ice. Her situation leaves you breathless.
The death of a 57 year old parent of an elite Canadian athlete who was under tremendous pressure to perform well at these Olympics by members of her own country and OC should be investigated for a possible link between the HUGE pressure Canada put on ALL its athletes, particularly the figure skaters, and the death.
Maybe Joannie's Mom couldn't handle the pressure for her daughter anymore and succumbed in the wee hours to sudden cardiac death. If this is true, the forces exerting the pressure are, IMHO, guilty of manslaughter. What a horrible thing to happen.
All of our hearts should be with her, particularly if it was the pressure of her own countrymen that caused the death and won't allow her to take the time off to mourn and bury her mother in peace.
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Thoughts and prayers with Joannie and her family. Her mom was way too young.


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Robert Kubica said his DTM test with Mercedes has made him think about the possibility of one day driving an F1 car again.
The test in Valencia marked the first time the Pole drove a car with downforce since his February 2011 rallying accident. The test was also the latest step in his recovery from the injuries suffered nearly two years ago. Kubica said the AMG C-Coupe test went without problems and said the time spent behind the wheel reminded him of driving an F1 car.
"It is good to be here in the DTM car two years after I was here with F1. Of course I would prefer to be here in an F1 car but you have to do small steps, step by step, and maybe one day I will get the chance to drive an F1 car again here in Valencia or in general," Kubica was quoted as saying by Crash.net.
He said he felt comfortable in the DTM car and admitted the German series was an option for the year ahead. "DTM could be an option but it depends from different factors and different things. But the most important one is the pace and I think the performance of myself is good. That's the most important and then we'll see," Kubica said.