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Pressure Washer Reviews & Buying Guide
Choose your pressure washer by cleaning power
Pressure washers are really useful at home and they're also practical for commercial spaces. When you choose the right pressure washer (which some people call a power washer), you'll be able to aim high-pressure water spray at a host of dirt and debris. The best pressure washers are extremely effective. They blast away all manner of grime, loose paint, dust, mold, wadded-up chewing gum and dirt.
People use them to clean an array of structures and items, from home exteriors to office facades to sidewalks to cars to picnic tables and beyond. Basically, there's a lot you can do with a pressure washer and there are models which are ideal for home or business usage.
Since different styles are available, you'll find that it's simple to access a pressure washer that is a perfect match. Once you have your new pressure washer, you'll be ready to move forward and get your home and possessions (or business and possessions) sparkling-clean and fresh, with minimal effort. The pressure washer will do all of the hard work for you!
Now, let's talk in more depth about these handy appliances and what they have to offer…our goal is to educate you about the value of pressure washers…and make your comparison-shopping a total breeze!
Should You Choose a Gas or Electric Power Model?
A gas pressure washer will offer the highest standard of cleaning power. It will give you access to cleaning power which is truly "heavy duty". However, it will be more expensive to run and it will require more maintenance. Because of these drawbacks, sixty percent of consumers choose electric pressure washers instead.
When it comes to what's best for you, you should focus on how much cleaning power you need, how much you're willing to spend for a model (and for running a model over the long term) and then choose accordingly. Everyone is different.
Today's pressure washers provide pro cleaning at DIY rates. When trying to make a decision between gas and electric pressure washers, you should weigh the pros and cons.
Electric machines will typically cost less. If you're on a budget, this fact may be important. The average cost of an electric pressure washer is about ninety bucks. A gas-powered design will typically cost three hundred dollars. The bigger investment in a gas-powered model will make sense if you need superb cleaning power.
To put it into perspective, you'll probably need to pay between fifty and ninety bucks a day in order to rent a gas-powered pressure washer. As you can see, owning your own gas pressure washer will save you money over the long run, versus the cost of renting.
According to Consumer Reports, which is an authority resource for product ratings, the gas-powered models definitely outperform the electric ones. However, extra power means more danger. The risk of getting injured while using a pressure washer will go up when you choose a gas-powered design, rather than going for an electric model with lower power.
Another fact that you should be aware of is that some items may be damaged by the force and velocity of water pressure from a high-powered gas model. This is something that you should keep in mind. Think about what you'll be cleaning. Is it going to be damaged by extremely high pressure?
When shopping around, you may determine the force of water pressure based on the psi rating for a pressure washer. Psi stands for pounds per square inch. The gas design will usually offer two thousand to twenty-eight hundred psi of pressure. The electric models will offer thirteen hundred to seventeen hundred psi. If you want to get concrete clean, you'll find that a gas-powered model gets the job done in a third of the time. Also, a gas-powered model will get paint off of PVC siding ten times quicker.
When using a gas model, you'll need to understand how to operate it safely. The gas-powered designs must be used with caution. Otherwise, things may get damaged or the user may be hurt. So, your skill level with machines should factor into your decision about what to buy.
Lastly, expect more noise from a pressure washer which runs on gas. This may or may not be a problem for you.
What Are Some Trusted Brands
There are great manufacturers of pressure washer/power washer designs. We've looked at the most popular manufacturers of these products, checked pressure washer reviews and come up with a list of some wonderful companies which are well worth a second look.
Generac – This manufacturer is renowned for its high-quality gas-powered pressure washers. It offers designs which are intended for residential usage.
Karcher – This manufacturer made the first pressure washer designs in Europe. Today, the company offers a host of reliable and affordable pressure washers. This company focuses on providing electric styles to consumers.
AR Blue Clean – This company sells a lot of electric-style power washers. It's actually the most popular pressure washer brand out there!
Sun Joe – Electric power washers from Sun Joe were first produced during 2004. This company is based in New Jersey, USA and it currently features four pressure washer designs (all electric).
Greenworks – This firm provides electric pressure washers. Greenworks has a great reputation in terms of offering superb value for every dollar that customers spend on their power washer products.
Buying Guide – What to Look For
You want the best pressure washer. Now that we've talked about what pressure washers do and gone over the differences between gas-powered and electric power washers, and also talked about five brands which really deliver for consumers, you're a lot closer to finding a pressure washer which is perfect for your requirements, tastes and budget.
When you're shopping around, you should focus on brand, style, power washer reviews which are posted online and prices. These four elements are really important. If you are pretty sure that electric pressure washers are right for you, you'll benefit from restricting the hunt for power washers to the electric styles. Get the ball rolling by doing a Google search for "electric pressure washers". Then, consider the other elements, including brand reputation, features, customer ratings and price.
Once you find a style that you like, which does come from a trusted brand and which gets plenty of great reviews online, don't buy it at the first online retailer you see it at. Instead, plug the make and model information into Google and then check prices at several retailers where it's sold. This is the key to saving money and you may follow the same process if you want a gas-powered pressure washer. Just use the keyword, "gas", rather than "electric".
We can't really over-stress the value of checking customer reviews. It's vital to do so, because the marketing materials at online suppliers are definitely not impartial. Amazon.com is a great place to find a lot of reviews of gas and electric pressure washers. Also, it's a good place to price these designs. So, you may want to hit Amazon, even if you're not planning on buying there. It's a solid resource for comparison-shopping.
Which Features Are Right for You?
We told you earlier to consider features while you're comparison-shopping.
The main features of power washers include washer hoses, triggers/handles and wheels. The body size of a pressure washer is also something to pay attention to.
In terms of hose length, the more inexpensive styles tend to offer hoses of three meters. Hoses may go up to ten meters. However, you'll generally need to pay more for styles with longer hoses. A long hose is a good thing, so keep this in mind when you're looking around online. When you choose a style with a long hose, you'll be able to maneuver easily and clean more things without having to move your machine.
Also, look at the storage system for the hose. It is practical? Will it make it easy to store the hose when you aren't using it? A high-quality hose is important. It's worth paying a bit more for something strong and long.
Now, think about triggers and handles. When you turn a motor on, water will move through the nozzle when you squeeze the trigger. Usually, the power washer will stop dispersing water when you release the trigger. So, these designs are intuitive to use! To get the most from a trigger/handle, look for a style which is ergonomic. It will be more comfortable to hold. Also, a style with a built-in safety lock will be useful.
If you want the ultimate in portability, considering investing in an electric or gas-powered pressure washer with wheels. The wheels should be rugged and suitable for a host of terrain.


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Palos Verdes Luxury Homes Sales – Feb 2013
– Norma Toering (310) 493-8333
I'm sure you've heard by now many Palos Verdes homes are selling within days with multiple offers. About the only price point with ample inventory in Palos Verdes is the luxury market. Although those homes are selling at a faster clip in recent weeks too. February 2013 saw six Palos Verdes luxury homes close escrow with the highest price $3,850,000 for a home on Via Rincon in Palos Verdes Estates.
If you wish to sell or buy a home on the Palos Verdes Peninsula contact Norma Toering & Team at 310.493.8333.
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Grapefruit and Honey Almond Cake and Chocolate Log Blog is Six
Malted Chocolate Bundt Cake
Vegan Speculaas Chocolate Cake
Our family, my mother's side at least, used to be nicely contained within the boundaries of England and Scotland. As a child growing up, my holidays were usually spent visiting one or other of them and we were close. These days, the family has become international and live in Australia, Spain, California and Colombia. Needless to say, I don't get to see them very often anymore. So I was delighted when a bunch of relies came down to visit us in Cornwall earlier this month. I was particularly pleased to see my vegan cousin from California who I haven't met since his wedding five years ago. Of course I had to make him a cake.
I'd recently been sent a special spice mix from the Speculaas Spice Company and was keen to try it out. It's based on the vanDotsch family's secret recipe and only some of the spices are revealed in the ingredients. Speculaas is a Dutch spice mix dating from the 17th Century when Holland was sailing the Seven Seas in search of exotic spices. Today the spice mix has been mostly standardised and is best known for its use in Speculaas biscuits. This mix consists of nine spices including Sri Lankan cinnamon, cloves and ginger. The overwhelming aroma emanating from the opened packet was of cloves and cinnamon – a heady mix indeed. But other less obvious scents were there too. On trying the spice, we all had a go at guessing what the secret ingredients might be. My aunt was convinced it contained black pepper, CT was pretty sure nutmeg was in it and I thought I could taste allspice. It certainly has a hint of a kick to it and is full of flavour. The company tries to source its spices at as high a grade as possible and to ensure that they are pure with no additives of any kind. They are also mostly organic, fairtrade or both.
Over the past few weeks, I've been trying out some pure chocolate powders from the chocolate company Mortimer. These are not cocoa powder, but ground up chocolate. Well, what a very good idea I thought; no need to faff around melting chocolate and creating extra washing up for baking purposes now – the chocolate can be added directly into the mix. And this has proved to be the case. You wouldn't know from eating the cakes I've made that the traditional method had not been used. Finer than grated chocolate and similar to cocoa powder, it gets completely incorporated into the baking mix. I did try melting the white couverture powder in these burnt butter cupcakes and it melted almost instantaneously.
In addition to the white couverture powder (40%), which smells deliciously vanillary, I also had two different 70% dark chocolate powders to try. All of the powders come in 220g packs and are suitable for drinking as hot chocolate as well as in baking recipes. Each packet has a recipe printed on the back; I want to make all of them, although the white chocolate coconut ice-cream sounds the most intriguing. To see what differences we could spot between the two dark chocolates, CT and I tried both, in powder form and as a hot chocolate. The powder melted into the hot milk really quickly, leaving no bits behind, as can sometimes be the case. They were different in colour with the Ecuador being slightly darker and redder. Both were quite delicious. For convenience, I reckon these are excellent products. They retail at £3.80 and are now available at Sainsburys. South America and Ghana versions are also available to buy online.
|Two continents, two colours, two tastes
Pure Dark Chocolate Powder (70%): Ecuador
Described as flavour 4 intense, this tastes less sweet than the West African, but surprisingly less bitter too. In hot chocolate form it was also less sweet as well as being more refreshing and robust. I have heard that Ecuador is the home of the best quality cacao and this is reflected, we think, in our perceptions here. The recipe suggestion was for sumptuous chocolate sauce.
Pure Dark Chocolate Powder (70%): West African
Described as flavour 2 mellow, we found this had a fruiter and sweeter smell and tasted slightly of cardamom. In hot chocolate form it also came across as fruity with notes of coconut and was slightly sweeter than the Ecuador. The recipe suggestion was for gorgeous chocolate brownies.
Everyone enjoyed the cake and my cousin was delighted with his welcome back vegan bake. We all thought it was strong on flavour and not too sweet – the way things should be.
- 200g (7oz) flour (half wholemeal spelt, half white)
- 1 rounded tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 heaped tsp speculaas spice (or mixed spice)
- 60g 70% Ecuador dark chocolate powder (not cocoa)
- 130g dark brown sugar
- 1 large banana
- 50ml sunflower oil
- 1 tbsp vinegar (I used cider vinegar)
- 150ml water
- 20g coconut oil
- 25g 70% dark chocolate powder (or finely grated chocolate)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 8-10 servings
Leftover Easter Egg Chocolate Ice Cream
The concept of a leftover Easter egg is something I find hard to get to grips with. In our house, uneaten Easter eggs must have something seriously wrong with them, or have fallen down the back of the sofa. The whole point of self-denial during Lent is to celebrate your resolve with a massive blow-out at the end, which is where the Easter eggs fit in. Fit into your stomach, I mean.
Lavender Chocolate Goose Egg Cake for Mother's Day
It was time to make a cake for my wonderful mother for Mothering Sunday. The question was, what cake to make? Simnel cake is traditional for this Christian festival which falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent. It was a day's reprieve from the Lenten fast and domestic servants were given the day off to visit their mother church. This meant being able to spend time with their families and specifically their mothers. These days Simnel cake is more closely associated with Easter, but the old tradition of baking a cake and picking flowers for our mothers lives on.
With spring in the air, a cake with a floral theme seemed appropriate. I happened to have some lavender chocolate in the house and although lavender isn't exactly spring like, it is floral. So a chocolate lavender cake it was going to be. Excitingly, it is the season for goose eggs and I had bought one especially to make my Mother's Day cake. Goose eggs have a very short season, so I pounce upon them with glee whenever I see them in the spring. They are very large and have a whopping yolk, so are excellent for baking – they roughly equate to three large hens eggs. I scattered the cake with edible red dust, pink hearts and lavender flowers. Sadly most of the flowers all blew off in the wind when I took the cake outside to photograph it, but I reckon the hearts say it all anyway.
I made the cake yesterday and am off to deliver it later this afternoon along with a bunch of primroses and a card.
Update 31 March
The cake was sensational. I was really pleased with it and more to the point so was my mother. The lavender flavour was good without being overpowering and the cake was beautifully light.
I am sending this over to Emily's #recipeoftheweek over at A Mummy Too.
- 1 tbsp lavender flowers
- 125ml hot water
- 150g unsalted butter
- 175g sugar (half caster, half dark muscovado)
- a pinch sea or rock salt
- 40g cocoa powder
- 175g flour (half wholemeal, half white)
- 1 scant teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 85g ground almonds
- 1 heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
- 80g dark lavender chocolate (70%)
- 70g unsalted butter
- 1 heaped tsp Cornish honey
- 3 tbsp double cream
- 1 goose egg (or 3 large eggs)
Yield: 1 8″ cake
Amaretto Pots au Chocolat
Creme Egg Buns and a Review
Creme Egg doughnuts are one of those phenomena that seem to be doing the rounds at the moment. The sugar hit that comes from eating one of these must be something else; I have it on good authority that running around in circles for sometime after having consumed one is not unusual. As someone whose childhood sweet tooth has mellowed, I still have a ridiculous fondness for Cadbury creme eggs. But I wasn't sure I could cope with ladling on even more sugar.
When I was asked if I'd like to review some creme eggs, I had doughnuts very much in mind and knew that the time had come to try baking with these chocolate eggs. To temper some of the sweetness, I thought I would try baking them into an unsweetened bread roll – well pain au chocolate works!
As soon as I figured that out, I thought I could make pizza dough and use a little of it for two small bread rolls, leaving enough for a pizza supper. Instead of using olive oil in the dough, I tried using hazelnut oil instead, thinking that would give a welcome nuttiness to the pizza and make the bread part of my creme egg bun a little more interesting.
Creme eggs, just in case anyone is unaware, are a classic Easter treat from Cadbury: a milk chocolate shell filled with sugar fondant, white with a yellow centre, mimicking an actual egg. They are very sweet. As a child, I used to be sent a pack of them every Easter from my grandmother and I'd try and eek them out for as long as I could.
Along with the creme eggs, I was sent two packs of a new to me cadbury product which came out last Easter: Egg 'n' Spoon – one of each kind. Ingeniously packed into an egg box, the four eggs come complete with two spoons, which I thought rather cute. A milk chocolate shell contains either a white chocolate or milk chocolate mousse depending on which variety you have.
I decided to try mine in an egg cup and eat it with the spoon. The top comes off easily, leaving a nicely jagged shell and the contents were easily spooned out of it. Personally, I didn't find the eating experience that good, the chocolate was soft, so I'm guessing the cocoa content was very low and the mousse was OK, but no more than that. However, these are great for sharing and are a really fun Easter idea; I suspect kids would love them, I know I would have done.
To keep the kids, or even yourself, amused after the eggs have disappeared, you can get crafty and create a Batty Aunt Polly's Earring Drum out of the two empty boxes.
This is how I made:
Creme Egg Buns
- Threw 250g flour (half wholemeal, half strong white) into a bowl together with 1 tsp instant yeast, 1/4 tsp salt and ½ tsp maca powder (one of those super foods that are meant to be so good for us).
- Made a well in the centre and added 1 tbsp hazelnut oil and 150ml warm water.
- Stirred until just combined, then turned out onto an oiled worktop and kneaded for about 10 minutes.
- Cut off an ⅛ of the dough and returned the rest to a covered bowl and left to rise in the cool for a few more hours.
- Cut the small bit of dough into two and rolled each piece into a rectangle just big enough to wrap around an egg.
- Encased two eggs in the dough ensuring they were properly sealed.
- Placed on a lined baking tray and left to rise in a warm place for an hour.
- Brushed with milk and baked at 200°C for 12 minutes when the tops were golden and the bottoms sounded hollow when tapped.
- Placed on a wire rack to cool.
I thought CT wouldn't be able to handle anything quite as sweet as these, so I only left him half of one to try. I had one warm and a half cold. I have never had a warm cream egg before, but I can attest it is an experience worth having. In fact it was rather delicious, the contents having completely melted and soaked lusciously into the bread. However, it was the second one where the egg had time to set which I enjoyed the best and surprisingly CT enjoyed it too. As I'd hoped, the plain bread acted as a good foil for the sweet egg and worked very well indeed with the hazelnut notes giving a little added interest.
These would be a fun and interesting way of using up leftover Easter chocs – assuming you ever have such a thing! Of course if you really wanted to party, you could forget the pizza and use this amount of dough to make 16 creme egg buns
Plum, Amaretti and White Chocolate Ripple Ice Cream
Last month on Valentine's Day, I received a surprise tray of stone fruit from Beautiful Country Beautiful Fruit – I felt the love. These colourful, juicy ripe and ready to eat plums and nectarines were most welcome after the months of excessive grey, rain and cold we've been experiencing this winter. They tasted of warmth and sunshine. With summer very much in mind and wanting to show off the fabulous purple of the plums, ice-cream was the first thing that sprang to mind. Just like cherries, I find that almonds go particularly well with plums, so I decided to use some amaretto liqueur in the mix along with a few amaretti biscuits for a touch of additional luxury.
The ice cream turned out just as I'd hoped. The fruit gave a welcome splash of tartness, cutting through the sweet cream and the flavour of both fruit and almond was well to the fore; the additional crunch from the biscuits gave added interest.
I am submitting this to #RecipeOfTheWeek over at A Mummy Too
I'm entering this into Dead Easy Desserts over at Maison Cupcake where any preparation has to be achieved within 30 mins. Despite cooking plums and melting chocolate, this is a simple dessert that can easily be achieved in this time if the chocolate is melting whilst the plums are cooking. You could even melt the chocolate over the cooking plums.
- 500g purple plums (6 large ones) – washed and stoned
- 2 tbsp Amaretto
- 200ml Condensed milk
- 600ml Double cream
- 80g White chocolate
- 7 amaretti biscuits
- Chop the plums and place in a pan with the 2 tbsp water. Simmer until soft (about 10 mins). Leave to cool. Add Amaretto & blend to a puree.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over hot water (make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water). Stir in 100g of the condensed milk.
- Whip the double cream until soft peaks form, taking care not to over whip. Add the rest of the condensed milk and whip again to ensure peaks remain.
- Add the white chocolate and stir in.
- Crush 5 amaretti biscuits and stir in.
- Fold in the fruit mixture to create a ripple effect. Spoon into a 2 x 1 litre freezer containers. Crush an amaretti biscuit over each batch. Cover and freeze.
Yield: 2 litres
Welsh Pancakes for St David's Day
Occasionally, CT likes to explore his Welsh heritage. When we woke up this morning, he announced, "it's the 1st of March, St David's Day. Why don't we have leeks?". Well why not indeed. With Shrove Tuesday fast approaching, pancakes were on my mind and I'd been planning to make some for breakfast, so why not make them savoury. In fact, why not go one step further and make Welsh pancakes.


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A Modern Renaissance
No Lives Matter
All Lives Matter
And Why Both Are True
We live in an exciting time! Right now, before our very eyes, the true significance of our very existence, the nature and purpose of our values and how our past and future influence our collective consciousness are all under question. The beautiful thing about all of this is that we are each actively involved in this dialogue, even myself. I decided a long time ago to stop watching the news, to quit paying attention to politics, fashion, etc. None of these things directly influence my life in any way. My interest is in the level of consciousness we experience as a species and I participate in that best through daily experiences. I enjoy focusing on active experiences with individuals. This is why I truly love my job. The cafe is a proscenium of human life. Everything happens around cafes. But I digress.
I started this post because I want to talk about duality. Duality and the illusion of separateness has been on my mind a lot lately, and I see it reflected in the greater community. Do our lives matter? Do our values matter? Are values a reason to kill, a reason to die, a reason to fail at your job or to sabotage another's chosen experience of life?
In the grand scheme of things, absolutely nothing we do or say actually matters. When you zoom way out and see the biggest of pictures, our individual life experiences mean absolutely nothing. But the widest picture isn't necessarily the truest picture. The truth is that there is actually no dichotomy. There is no big without the small, no outer experience without an inner experience. There is no community without the individual, and there is no life without death. These are all natural truths which we are being asked to face RIGHT NOW in this time and in this place.
We have an EXTRAORDINARY opportunity RIGHT NOW to examine ourselves as both individuals and as a greater community and ask ourselves, what are the most important values which we all share? We say we value life, but we allow our institutions to treat life as a cheap commodity. We say we value freedom, yet still we ridicule and punish those who choose values that differ from our own *which do not in any way affect our lives*.
The question is simple and we all must decide. That is what the singularity is about, viewing it from a spiritual modality. Nothing is going to collapse down into a singular point of existence if we dissolve the illusion of separateness. This spinning ball of mass we all call our home has already been set into motion and it will keep spinning until it runs out of juice or smashes into some other mass or gets scorched by the sun. Who knows?! The question is, can we all agree that this experience which we are all sharing matters enough to protect and nurture it, not for the sake of some value set, but for the love of existence itself. It will take organization on a global scale to develop a post-Earth strategy which maximizes lives spared. It will take love and acceptance on a global scale to put an end to hunger, unnecessary suffering and death, war and disease.
Until we can put the ego-centric mindset which raised us aside, we will continue to struggle with the questions of whose lives matter and why. This is the pivotal moment. We are asked to examine our own ugliness, our own shadow, our ungodliness. We are being offered a chance to awaken. It is a spiritual renaissance. Our descendants will look back on this time and say, "that was when it all changed." Will it be for better, or for worse?
Now is the time to join together and create something better, despite ourselves and our history of pettiness. That was the purpose of the labor movement, civil rights movement, communism, etc. That work isn't done, but look at all the was accomplished! Our past brought us the where we are now, gave us the opportunity to examine ourselves honestly and to finally put to rest this seeing the other as separate because of sex, race, religion, lifestyle choice, all the reasons we join and identify with our "camp".
Each one of us is called to action. Be the change. Happy Tuesday!
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By Rich "Beaker" Wyckoff
I've been designing games professionally for three years and thinking about designing them for most of my life (when not playing them). I tend to present strong opinions, but I want to make it clear that these are only opinions, and I don't want to come off like some of the famous names in the industry who seem to think that selling a lot of copies of a game and getting attention from the press makes them an expert on everything about making games. My tenet is that if you claim to know everything, you're missing out on the fact that there's always something new to learn, some other opinion which is worth considering, some experience you are still lacking...
t would be hard to go to E3 and not write about it, but in the usual Beaker's Bent style this isn't going to be a typical E3 column. So if you're looking for a summary of all the products that were showing, which company threw the best party, or other typical stuff like that, go over to one of the traditional news sites.
This is only the second E3 I've actually been to – my first show was 1996, the last one in LA, when I was showing off the recently-shipped Terra Nova for Looking Glass. By 1997 I had moved out to LA while E3 had moved to Georgia.
In typical industry fashion, the only people who can count on attending a trade show like E3 when it is in a different city are either clueless marketing and management types from the rarified executive wings or a development team's highest muckety-mucks. A few "lucky" junior team members get sent off to be the true slaves of E3 and do all the actual product demoing while the afore-mentioned executives and managers run around networking, gladhanding, and usually failing to note or even comprehend the important design and technical features of competing games.
I got to sleep off the pre-E3 crunch at home during the Georgia shows, but now that E3 has returned to LA, things are different. For those of us who live here, attending the show is fairly easy no matter what position you hold since there are no airline tickets or hotels to worry about. Because my current project is still unannounced and wasn't showing, I was in the enviable position of being able to wander the floor with no responsibilities at all.
E3 feels enormously different when you attend as a free agent in your own car in a city you know. The loud noises and shiny lights which seemed so impressive to a newbie developer from Boston booth-slaving for Looking Glass were far less overwhelming this time around, freeing me to concentrate on the more important aspects of the show – the products, and the people who are making them.
After a day of walking around the floor, capped by some hanging out at GOD's daily parking-lot after party across the street, one thing became clear: developers have really gotten full of themselves in the last few years. Now don't get me wrong, I worked on Trespasser and one of the things that distinguished our team (and led to our eventual downfall) was our own arrogance.
But the Trespasser arrogance was mainly focused on technical subjects – and despite the fact that our game was weak in the gameplay department, which is of course the most important aspect, individual parts of its technology have yet to be surpassed, most especially in the realm of detailed outdoor environments. Taking a look at 3D games at this E3, it seems like the order of the day for human-scaled games is still indoor engines. Outdoor engines like Tribes and supposed "indoor/outdoor" engines like LithTech 2.0 still only seem able to handle very low outdoor object densities, meaning that their "realistic environments" still look like injection-molded plastic with a couple model trees here and there. (Whoops, there's that arrogance again!)
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A message from Chancellor Dennis J. Shields
Sept. 21, 2017
Today is a consequential day for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Southwest Wisconsin, the region and the state. Governor Scott Walker signed the state's biennium budget, which includes two capital projects for our campus. They include the construction of a $55 million engineering building – Sesquicentennial Hall, and the $23.7 million renovation of Boebel Hall, our STEM facility.
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I also am thankful to our alumni, community and business friends throughout the state who have generously supported this effort. They all have my sincere thank you and the gratefulness of this campus.
I look forward to seeing the impact these projects will have on the state, our campus, the nation, and the globe, for years to come. The UW-Platteville legacy began more than 150 years ago. Today's capital projects will position us to fulfill this legacy for generations to come.
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There are those who say that they are acting as an "Ezekiel watchman", doing an "Ezekiel work" and sending out an "Ezekiel warning". Some might wonder, was the prophet Ezekiel a failure, so that others must do his job, more than 2500 years later? – This study considers the prophet Ezekiel and his mission, and compares the "Ezekiel message" dogma with what the Bible says. It will also be explained how that dogma came to be formed, what its origin is.
(This article belongs to a series on what biblical prophecy says about the fate of the ten lost tribes of Israel.)
Before taking a closer look at the "Ezekiel message" dogma which was created around 1930, let us first consider certain things regarding the book of Ezekiel.
A number of the prophecies which are recorded in that book, were fulfilled a long time ago, in Old Testament times. Some of those things will be discussed here. But, that book contains even still unfulfilled prophecies. Many of them refer to good things that are in store for the tribes of Israel. Indeed, a large part of the book of Ezekiel contains a message of hope, good tidings for the ten lost tribes and the whole house of Israel.
This article proceeds to show from the Scriptures, that the warnings (regarding a captivity, and more) which the prophet Ezekiel was given to deliver, were directed to Israelites of his own day. It will also be shown that the things which those Israelites were warned about, then also happened, back in those days. And also, that many of the prophecies that have not yet been fulfilled, talk about good things that are in store, for the tribes of Israel.
A note: The article roa171.htm considers the final, "mysterious" chapters 40–48 in the book of Ezekiel.
Apparently, it was created by the American preacher Herbert Armstrong (1892–1986). In the late 1920s, he wrote a paper titled "What Is the Third Angel's Message?" where he combined Anglo-Israelism with the originally Adventist "third angel's message" dogma. Over time, that combination evolved into the "Ezekiel message" dogma.
The dogma regarding "the third angel's message" came into existence in the aftermath of the Millerite "great disappointment" which took place in 1843/1844 when people realised that the "prophecies" of the Baptist preacher William Miller were nonsense.
(Miller had caused people to believe that Jesus was to return in 1843. That was then changed to 1844. When this did not happen, some came with explanations as to what supposedly had happened, "invisibly" or in other ways. A part of this was that some adventist Millerites claimed that the third angel of Revelation 14:9 "had proclaimed his message", prior to 1843/1844. Some others claimed that such a message was still to be proclaimed – not by an angel, but by some church or preacher.)
Post-1844 Millerism split into numerous different fractions. One of them was seventh day adventism, including some groupings which around 1860 split further and began to use of themselves the name "Church of God".
Apparently, some seventh day adventists had interpreted Revelation 14:9 (which mentions the third angel) in a special way, and combined that verse with the words "come out of her" in Revelation 18:4, and created out of this a dogma which later came to be popularly called "the third angel's message". That dogma was retained even by some groups which arose from splits of "main-stream" adventism, including a certain "Church of God" with a base in Stanberry, Missouri. In 1925, that church published its own version of the "third angel's message", as a part of a series of papers on "doctrinal matters". In the years that followed, that tract came to be widely spread. Also the earlier mentioned preacher Herbert Armstrong who in those days was affiliated with that church, wrote that he felt that "the third angel's message" was to go forth "with a loud shout". This was not his idea; he was merely echoing what that Stanberry church was saying and doing. It is said that at least in 1929, that church even broadcast its "third angel's message" on radio, with the preacher A. N. Dugger as the speaker.
Already in 1928, Armstrong produced his own, modified version of that dogma, and wrote it down as an article, under the title "What is the Third Angel's Message?" He tried to make that Stanberry-based church accept that article (apparently, for publication), but they never published it. However, in their paper "Bible Advocate", they published some other articles by Armstrong. One of them (in 1928) bore the title "Have We Tarried for the Power to Carry the Third Angel's Message?"
In the early 1930s, that Stanberry-based church was split in two, and Armstrong went over to the new split (which came to be based in Salem, Oregon). He became one of its "seventy elders". In 1939, that church fired Armstrong and revoked his "credentials", because he taught things which were not accepted by that church. This led to that Armstrong started a church of his own.
Over time, he modified his own variant of the "third angel's message" dogma. It came to include such concepts as "being an Ezekiel watchman", "doing an Ezekiel work" and "proclaiming an Ezekiel warning" ("a final warning").
That is the process through which the originally Seventh Day Adventist "third angel's message" dogma evolved into the "Ezekiel message" doctrine, which then came to form a part of Armstrong's variant of Anglo-Israelism.
Putting that in another way: Armstrong combined his never published article 'What is the Third Angel's Message?', with things from other sources such as a book titled 'Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright' by the "holiness" preacher J. H. Allen. In that way, Armstrong produced a booklet with the title 'United States and Britain in Prophecy'. As years went by, that booklet and its later editions were spread it great numbers. That was then combined with booklets regarding the "Ezekiel message" dogma.
A part of the mission of the prophet Ezekiel (who lived and prophesied more than 2500 years ago) was that he was told to warn "the house of Israel", regarding certain things. Ezekiel 33:7, "So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me" (AKJV). The preceding verse mentions the sounding of an alarm trumpet. – In short: The Lord sent Ezekiel to warn those few Israelites (mostly Jews, people of the southern tribes) who in those days still lived in the Promised Land. They were told that if they did not repent and turn to the Lord, even they would be taken into captivity, just as most Israelites already had been.
Some writers and preachers have copied the earlier mentioned dogma by Herbert Armstrong. They have caused people to believe that the warning which the prophet Ezekiel was told to give to certain ancient Israelites, applies instead to our day and age, and that God has sent them (those preachers) to proclaim such a warning. They have called themselves "Ezekiel watchmen", and said that they are doing an "Ezekiel work" by publishing an "Ezekiel message" and proclaiming an "Ezekiel warning to the house of Israel".
In that way, they have caused people to believe that the warning prophecies which Ezekiel was told to proclaim, have not been fulfilled yet, even though both the Bible and the records of history make it clear that they were fulfilled. (Those who study the Scriptures with care, will find that the various warnings which Ezekiel was given to deliver, applied to people and events of his own day and age. The book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament contains even some prophecies which have not been fulfilled yet, but they are mostly regarding good and positive things. This matter is discussed later in this article.)
There is more to the matter regarding "Ezekiel warning". Certain writers and churches have caused people to believe that the Anglo-Saxons in Britain and the USA belong to the ten lost tribes of Israel, and that the warnings which in the Scriptures refer to people and events of Ezekiel's own day and age, refer instead to the Anglo-Saxons.
(Later in this article, it is in a detailed manner shown what and whom the word "Israel" actually refers to, in the book of Ezekiel.)
Some preachers have, in connection with their "Ezekiel warning", threatened their followers that if they do not support the preacher, there will be "blood on their heads", for their failure to help the preacher to do his "Ezekiel work" and "watchman duty". They have produced that dogma by claiming that Ezekiel 33:1–7 refers to those preachers, and not to the prophet Ezekiel as the Bible says. See the next point, below.
Let us take a closer look at the verses which some have connected to their "watchman" dogma. That passage records how the prophet Ezekiel was told to warn certain people, just as a watchman on a town-wall would sound an alarm with a trumpet if he saw some danger or an enemy approaching.
Ezekiel 33:1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword on a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be on him. But he that takes warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. (AKJV)
Please note that it was the prophet Ezekiel the Lord sent to warn the Israelites, and not someone else. This was more than 2500 years ago, regarding things that were about to happen back in those days.
Please also note that the things which Ezekiel was sent to warn about, then also happened. That is recorded in the Old Testament. But again, certain writers and preachers have caused people to believe that the warning which Ezekiel was to give, applies instead to our day and age, and that God has sent them (those preachers) to proclaim such a warning.
Again, some preachers have threatened their followers that if they do not support the preacher, there will be "blood on their heads", for their failure to help the preacher to do his "watchman duty". Some of them have caused people to think that the book of Ezekiel says that Britain and USA will be subjected to attacks, perhaps nuclear ones, and that through that, those countries and their cities will become "desolate" and "waste".
Does the book of Ezekiel say that? Let us read an example passage and consider what it really refers to.
Ezekiel 12:20 And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall know that I am the Lord. (DR1899)
Again, the prophet Ezekiel was told to warn the Israelites who had not yet been taken into captivity but still lived in the Promised Land. Through the prophet, the Lord let them know that if they did not turn back to Him, even they would be taken into captivity. Through that, the land of Israel and its towns were to become "desolate" and "waste" – that is, empty and without inhabitants.
Please note that that referred to the land of Israel (Canaan), and not some other land or lands. Also: Those things were to happen in the prophet's own day and age, and not 2500 years later.
That was regarding the few Israelites (mostly Jews, people of Israel's southern tribes) who in those days still lived in the Promised Land. And, as things went, those people did not heed the warnings, and consequently, even they were taken into captivity. Because of this, the land of Israel and its towns became "desolate" (without inhabitants) and "waste" (empty), for a long time.
Later, in the days of Ezra, some Jews returned to that land. But, the ten northern tribes (who had been exiled much earlier) never returned.
Here, one must keep in mind that Ezekiel's warning regarding an exile was not directed to Israel's ten lost tribes. They had been driven into exile already at an earlier time.
Those ten lost tribes still remain dispersed among other nations, without having a country of their own. Their promised restoration has not taken place yet.
(The article rya052.htm sorts out the "2520 years" dogma which claims that the promised restoration took place in the early 1800s. The article rya012.htm has some notes on what biblical prophecy actually says, in regard to the fate of the tribes of Israel.)
Again, the prophet Ezekiel was sent to warn the few Israelites, mostly people of Israel's southern tribes (Jews), who in those days still lived in the Promised Land. We can be certain that the Lord saw to it that that warning did reach them. But, they did not take heed, and so, the things they had been warned about, also came to happen. The fulfilment of those warning prophecies is recorded in the Old Testament.
When one reads the book of Ezekiel, one must discern between prophecies which have already been fulfilled, and such that have not. The things that Ezekiel prophesied regarding Judah and Jerusalem and the land of Israel (the book of Ezekiel, chapters 4–24), did happen, back in those days. They are events of the past, fulfilled prophecies, facts of history.
Please read all of this scripture-quote, with care and with thought:
Ezekiel 12:26 And the word of the Lord came to me: 27 "Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.' 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God." (ESV01)
Please note the words "none of my words will be delayed any longer", verse 28. That was said more than 2500 years ago. It was in those days that there was no more delay.
Now, exactly what does the above-quoted Ezekiel 12:26–28 refer to? And, whom were those words directed to? The answer to those questions is found in the context.
Ezekiel 12:10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.' 11 Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.' 12 And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. They shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. 13 And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. (ESV01, highlighting added)
Verse 10: The phrase "all the house of Israel who are in it" refers to those Israelites, mostly Jews, who in those days still lived in Jerusalem. The "prince" which that verse mentions, was Zedekiah whom king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had made a ruler in Judea, see 2 Kings 24:17 with its context.
Verse 13: The last part refers to what is recorded in Jeremiah 52:11.
The ancient Jewish-Roman writer Josephus said that the warnings were delivered to Zedekiah. Quoting his 'Antiquities of the Jews':
"[…] Ezekiel also foretold in Babylon what calamities were coming upon the people, which when he heard, he sent accounts of them to Jerusalem; but Zedekiah did not believe their prophecies […]" ('Antiquities of the Jews', 10.7.106, translation by William Whiston.)
("Their prophecies", plural – even Jeremiah is mentioned in the context, in that book.)
A side-note: Some have created dogmas regarding Zedekiah's daughters. Concerning that matter, see the articles rya112.htm, rya121.htm and rya101.htm.
A note: The reason why this matter is discussed in a detailed and somewhat lengthy manner both here and in an appendix, is that some writers have caused people to believe that the word "Israel" in the book of Ezekiel supposedly refers the Anglo-Saxon people, and that the passages where that book mentions the land of Israel and its towns and so on, supposedly refer to Britain and the USA and towns in those countries.
The book of Ezekiel mentions the word "Judah" around 15 times. The word "Israel" is mentioned some 169 times. Many of those 169 occurrences refer to the Jews, the house of Judah (people of the southern part of ancient Israel). There are some notes on this below, and more in an appendix at the end of this article.
In the Scriptures, "Israel" and "house of Israel" are flexible terms. Sometimes, they refer to the whole nation, but sometimes only to a part of it, for instance the Jews.
The word "Israel" was also used as a name for the land of Israel. That is, the one and only earthly Promised Land, the one which lies by the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea.
The book of Ezekiel contains around 10 passages where the word "Israel" is used alone, without any qualifying words. That word has no "standard meaning" in Ezekiel's book. Sometimes it refers to the whole nation (all tribes), but sometimes only to some part of that land or nation, such as the Jews. An example:
Ezekiel 9:8 […] Ah Lord God! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your fury on Jerusalem? (AKJV)
That was regarding the Jews who in those days still remained in Jerusalem.
The appendix at the end of this article shows in more detail how the words "Israel", "Judah" and "Jerusalem" are used, in certain phrases and combinations, in the book of Ezekiel.
A side-note: In the New Testament, things are slightly different when it comes to the word "Israel". There, it nearly always refers to the Jews (consisting mostly of people of the southern tribes). It is also used to refer to a physical land-area (in practice, Judea and Galilee). The article rya082.htm has some notes on this.
Again, some have claimed that they are doing what the prophet Ezekiel had been sent to do, more than 2500 years ago. This of course leads to the question, did not the prophet Ezekiel do his job? Was he a failure?
Here, one must keep in mind that the warnings which the Lord told Ezekiel to deliver to the people in the land of Israel, were concerning things which then also happened, a few years after those warnings were given.
Ezekiel 8:1, 14:1 and 20:1 mention occasions when the elders of Judah and Israel had come to hear Ezekiel. The first of them talks about "the sixth year", and the last of them about "the seventh year". That refers to years after Jehoiachin's captivity, see Ezekiel 1:2. So, Ezekiel 8:1 and 20:1 refer to circa 598–597 BCE. This was only a few years before Jerusalem was destroyed – 586 BCE, which is when the warning prophecies the Lord had sent through Ezekiel, were fulfilled. At that time, even the few Israelites who still remained in the land of Israel, were taken as captives, to Babylon.
So, how is it, did the Lord warn those people, or not? Did he allow Ezekiel to fail? Did the Lord, perhaps through an oversight, send that warning "a bit too late", such as more than 2500 years after the event when the things to be warned about took place?
Again: Keep in mind that the warnings which Ezekiel was to deliver, were regarding things which then happened, only a few years later, around year 586 BCE.
The Lord took the Israelites out from Egypt and took them to the Promised Land, the land of Canaan. Later, when they were not faithful to the Lord, he drove them out from that land, into captivity and dispersion. (In the case of the ten northern tribes of Israel, that happened in two "waves", circa 734 and 722 BCE. In the case of the southern tribes, the Jews, that happened in three "waves", circa 605, 597 and 586 BCE.)
Anglo-Israelist writers have, in effect, caused people to believe that at a later time, the ten northern tribes of Israel were to receive some other "promised land", or even several such lands, elsewhere in the world, and that after some time they would be taken away from those supposed other lands, to a new captivity.
But, anyone who carefully studies the Bible, can see that it does not say anything of that kind. It does not mention any new exile, from some other "promised land".
By the way, what is the origin of those people who since the 1800s have moved to the land of Israel and call themselves Jews? The article rya012.htm has some notes on that matter.
It is true that a part of the book of Ezekiel contains a number of prophecies that refer to what is going to happen to the tribes of Israel, in still future times. But, those prophecies talk about good things, about how those tribes will finally be gathered and restored, after Jesus has come, and about those Israelites' still future return to the one and only earthly Promised Land, and, after this, renewed blessings there. (This is regarding the contents of Ezekiel 33 to 39.)
A note: There are no mystical "2520 years" connected to the promised restoration and renewed blessing, as some have claimed. That is an invented dogma which is based on a word that occurs in some English bible-translations but is not found in the Hebrew text of the passages in question. (The earlier mentioned Baptist preacher William Miller had a dogma regarding "2520 years". Anglo-Israelist writers have produced their own variant of that dogma, and have then used it for their own purposes, in connection with Leviticus 26:18 and 21 and so on. The article rya052.htm sorts out that matter.)
Here is a comparison between the message of hope which is found in the book of Ezekiel, and the Good Tidings which the apostle Peter proclaimed. Read the following scripture-quotes slowly and with thought, point for point, comparing them with each other.
|Ezekiel 36:22 "Therefore, say to the house of Israel […] 24 "For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land. 25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. 28 "And you will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. (NASB77)
|Acts 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified." […] 38 And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself." 40 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!" (NASB77)
If one carefully reads those texts, and compares them with each other, one will notice some striking similarities. Ezekiel wrote about the tribes of Israel being saved and gathered together, about washing with water, about receiving the Holy Spirit, and about being taken to the (earthly) Promised Land. Also the apostle Peter spoke about washing with water, about receiving the Holy Spirit, about being saved, and about the Promise.
Thus, on that day of the first-fruits (Pentecost, Acts 2), Simon Peter spoke about things of the same kind as we find in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 36. In other words: Ezekiel and Peter both proclaimed Good Tidings, a message of hope.
Links to the other 14 parts in this series on the tribes of Israel are found in the "recommended reading" section, after the appendix below.
Clarification: "The children of Israel" simply means "the descendants of Jacob". Patriarch Jacob's other name was Israel, see Genesis 32:28 with its context.
That phrase occurs 11 times in the book of Ezekiel, as the 1769 KJ version has it. It had no "standard meaning"; it was used in a relative way, just as words and phrases normally are, in human language. Sometimes it referred to all of Jacob's descendants, including the Jews, but sometimes it was used of only certain parts of that nation.
In that context, some writers have been careless with the facts. For instance, some have claimed that Ezekiel 2:3 which records that the prophet was sent to "the children of Israel", supposedly refers to the ten northern tribes (who already were in exile). But again, those who study the book of Ezekiel with care and with open eyes, will notice that the exile-related prophecies which are recorded in it, were directed to the few Israelites who in those days still remained in the land of Israel and had not yet been taken into exile.
That word occurs 26 times in the book of Ezekiel, and refers to the town Jerusalem, the capital of Judah. (Before the division which occurred in the days of king Solomon's son Rehoboam, Jerusalem had been the capital of the whole nation.)
Well, sometimes the word "Jerusalem" referred even to people: The few Israelites, mostly Jews, who in Ezekiel's day still lived in that town. – This clear fact is mentioned here only because some writers have claimed or insinuated that for instance the symbolic siege against Jerusalem, recorded in Ezekiel 4:1–8, supposedly referred to some other place, some other country and some other time.
The in Ezekiel 4 mentioned symbolic siege which the prophet had to perform, pictured the literal siege which then occurred when Nebuchadnezzar's troops came and surrounded and then took that town, around year 586 BCE.
It is worth noting that the book of Ezekiel mentions Samaria [the capital of the ten northern tribes, before their exile] only 6 times, while Jerusalem [originally the capital of the whole nation but in those days the capital of Judah] is mentioned 26 times.
The word "Judah" occurs 15 times in Ezekiel's book. It refers to the southern tribes of Israel (the "Jews"), but one must keep in mind that in Ezekiel's day, most Jews were already in exile, including Ezekiel himself. (He was of the tribe of Levi who were also counted as Jews.) However, a small part of the house of Judah still remained in the land of Israel; it was those people the prophet was told to warn and tell them that a captivity was about to come, even for them. (That is, if they did not repent and turn to the Lord and follow His instructions.)
An example of the use of the word "Judah" in the book of Ezekiel: "I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me", Ezekiel 8:1.
This phrase occurs 15 times in the book of Ezekiel. There, it refers to literal mountains in the land of Canaan, and by extension also the few Israelites who in those days still lived in that country. An example:
Ezekiel 6:3 You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. (HCSB)
Please note that those mountains were in the land of Israel (Canaan), and not in some other land. The same goes for the phrase "the mountain of the height of Israel" which occurs 2 times in that book; even that phrase refers to the one and only earthly Promised Land. Please also note that for instance the warning prophecy which is recorded in the above-quoted Ezekiel 6:3, was then fulfilled, and is now a thing of the distant past.
The phrase "all the house of Israel" occurs 7 times in Ezekiel's book (as the KJV1769 has it). That phrase indeed referred to all of Israel, including Judah.
There is also the phrase "my people Israel" which occurs 4 times in the book of Ezekiel. Even that phrase referred to all of Israel, including Judah.
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Leviticus 26:19, "and I will break the pride of your power". How and when was the ancient Israelites' pride broken? → rya022.htm
On the meaning of Genesis 22:17, the words "and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies". → rya032.htm
On what the concept "birthright" meant and referred to, in regard to inheritance, in ancient times. Also, some notes on the patriarch Jacob's birthright, and that of his son Joseph. → rya042.htm
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Jeremiah 30:7, "the time of Jacob's trouble". On what chapter 30 in the book of Jeremiah means and refers to. → rya062.htm
Matthew 10:5–6, "do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not enter a city of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel". Who and where were those "sheep"? Where did the apostles go? → rya082.htm
Did the ten lost tribes of Israel move to Europe? Are the white north-west Europeans Israelites, as some say? → rya091.htm
Is the line of David the king of Israel still ruling somewhere on Earth? → rya101.htm
The meaning of the words "branch" and "twig" in Ezekiel 17:22. Some notes on Anglo-Israelist dogmas regarding king Zedekiah's daughters. → rya112.htm
The prophet Jeremiah – where did he die? Did he go to Ireland, as some have claimed? Also, what about the "stone of destiny" which some writers talk about? → rya121.htm
Did people of the ten lost tribes of Israel travel to Greece, Denmark and Ireland? Some notes on certain Anglo-Israelist dogmas. → rya132.htm
Regarding Anglo-Israelism: What if Russia with her Slavic sister nations are the ten lost tribes of Israel? → rya141.htm
Ethnic groups which could eventually belong to the lost tribes of Israel. → rya152.htm
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Looking forward to Groovecluster. He is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Little Rock, AR. Groovecluster, also known as Jackson Diner performs with Hot Cognition on guitar, bass & vocals. Excited for him to come to Texas on June 19-21, 2015 for Wisdom of the Ageis.
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"Just Like You" helps us all sing with one voice a beautiful melody of love for all God's children. My 1st granddaughter will get this book on her first birthday. I pray she learns to embrace the world.
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any picture comes to my mind, i try to give it a body of words, love to sit on other blooms, for honey, color, fragrance........
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hahahaha i am totally reading this to my boys...they love that video...and have it on their phones...and replay it all the time...the brother bitten is so cute...his voice...lolReplyDelete
Ha..yes that little video is really viral.. Love the end.. I'm sure Charlie's teeth are the sharpest things.ReplyDelete
Now this was a novel approach to the prompt; if Brian & Billy Collins can have so much fun with a faux French form, why not take it to the next level of levity? Still smiling, I like the line /my moral finger glued joy to pain/.ReplyDelete
Of course, it hurts, it hurts ~ Very fun approach, I like it Sumana ~ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 July 2014 at 14:16
Brilliant! You obviously had a lot of fun with this, and you made the "mixed up" lines have meaning of their own!ReplyDelete
I like the light feeling of your paradelle, Sumana. Great last stanza! You have made me want to look at that video.ReplyDelete
Ha, well the older child doesn't seem to be in all that much pain. Smiles. He seems to have enjoyed the experience in a way. And yes, you wonder about the parent as you write your poem. I do too. What kind of parent would take a video of one child biting another. You worked the paradelle form well, Sumana. Bravo.ReplyDelete
This is brilliant. I totally loved it! Elder kids endure a lot!ReplyDelete
loved how you put this in a real life situationReplyDelete
You've pulled the paradelle form off beautifully, with humor - and with a bit of a tongue-in-cheek parody of strict poetic forms, that Poet Laureate Billy Collins intended for the paradelle. Very well executied.ReplyDelete
Excellent approach to this prompt. A difficult form I think but you made it work.ReplyDelete
And then when you watch the video and see the older practically beg to have his finger bitten, the meaning changes again. I'm glad your moral finger glued joy to pain. Both these kids are going to have strange adult behaviors.ReplyDelete
If they were unaware they were being taped it might make a difference in the outcome, but it works for your purpose in the form we write in today...this was clever and fun..and not malicious biting..kids will be kids.ReplyDelete
That was really, really good...!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 August 2014 at 03:16
heh-heh - what a great response to Brian's prompt! :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 August 2014 at 11:45
So clever - the video so well known and your pain and joy take is perfect - KReplyDelete
Wow. You did such a good job with this. I love it. The last line is superb.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous1 August 2014 at 18:40
I was the author of the comment that was deleted because I forgot to put my correct online identity. I like your piece - it is one of those that elevated the form above the parody that it was originally intended to be. This is a beautiful piece of writing and meditation on the brotherly vignette that I also enjoyed watching a few years ago.ReplyDelete
A classic offering Sumana! That video brought out the full impact of a jovial nature in a painful experience. Very well done Ma'am!ReplyDelete
I've seem that video...but then again who hasn't....I really liked the line "To endure the little brother is the bite." you weaved this paradelle quite well.ReplyDelete
LOL...so many different ways of interpreting this depending on the individual. Never put your finger in someone's mouth if you have already been bitten once. If you do it voluntarily the second time and start whining it means you are an idiot. This video should be labelledReplyDelete
Idiots Training Camp.
Very well done, and I like the choice of topic.ReplyDelete
Enjoyed this a lot...you have beautifully crafted this one Sumana...ReplyDelete
This is lovely Sumana, you have worked the 5th and 6th lines so very cleverly.ReplyDelete


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Discussion in 'Mac Basics and Help' started by jamescwarren, May 13, 2006.
Norton Anti-Virus 10.0 or Intego Virus Barrior X4?
You don't need antivirus software. The only viruses it's going to pickup is Windows related ones which do not effect mac's.
If you must have one tho, I would stay away from norton.
I'll second that. I've never used it on a Mac, but on a PC it's just the pits.
Sophos do a Mac version of their scanner to the best of my knowledge... I'm not using anything on mine though, it really does seem pointless. If there ever was a serious threat then I'd imagine the press will make a big deal out of it like they do already, unlike Windows viruses which are two a penny.
I don't use anti virus... never have (unless you count a couple of weeks when I tried Virex for OS 8-ish).
If you want to scan for Windows viruses, though, the free (but donate if you like it ) ClamXav is a good alternative...
I find the best anti-virus software to be OS X.
At the point when we actually need anti-virus software, I'd choose Intego VirusBarrier or McAfee Virex, which you didn't note.
Norton/Symantec products are counterproductive on Macs and tend to cause more problems than they solve.
Thanks for that answer
It's now my pat response to all of these threads that inevitably get started on the topic.
If you really must Intego isn't bad, though it seems to have problems with turbo mode, without its fine and still pretty fast (compared to Clam XAV and Sophos which want to take all day, literally)
Stupid n00b question here but... isn't XP under Boot Camp vulnerable to viruses?
Not that I'm planning on using XP on my future Macintel, but just courious...
Oooh the agony... having a Mac... AND viruses
He best AV software in the world is OS X Tiger.
If you must run AV software to prevent you from unintentionally passing along viruses to your Windows using friends, then look no further than the free - OK donationware - ClamXav. It is all that you will need.


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