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Trailer for Roland Emmerich's "Hell" Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
Posted: June 28th, 2012 by
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Paramount Pictures and director Roland Emmerich (2012, Independence Day) have teamed up to produce a German post-apocalyptic thriller called "Hell." And today we have a domestic trailer for the film. Check it out below.
In "Hell," a blazing sun has made the earth an uninhabitable wasteland. A group of friends take to the mountains in an attempt to find water and food only to find themselves locked in a struggle for survival.
The movie is written and directed by newcomer Tim Fehlbaum. It already hit German theaters on September 22nd, and will now be released in the US on VOD on July 10th and DVD on August 21st. The word "Hell" is a German word for "Bright," but in the US, the new movie will still be called "Hell."
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on June 28th, 2012 at 7:28:38 AM
The executive producer of 2012? Executive Producer? What the rich guy who usually just puts a bit of money in to the film and has absolutely no impact on the creative outcome? Saying that it's probably a good thing considering 2012 was one of the worst films I've ever seen. These name drops do the film nothing but bad most of the time. Or did he "executively" produce this film too and demanded recognition in the trailer?
I also think they forgot to credit JJ Abrahams camera man on this one, solar flare the movie. [I have no idea what went on in this trailer]
on June 28th, 2012 at 7:36:21 AM
Werent they already locked in a struggle for survival?
on June 28th, 2012 at 8:09:14 AM
When I first heard about this. Back when it had its german translated title of Hell (meaning bright) I thought it sounded good. Seeing this trailer made me think that Americans f*ck up everything.
on June 28th, 2012 at 8:51:19 AM
"...earth an uninhabitable wasteland"
You mean its a doc*mentary based on the world as it is now?
on June 28th, 2012 at 9:28:00 AM
It's Mad Maxine ...
on June 28th, 2012 at 11:39:03 AM
Saw this movie at the Stockholm Film Festival last year and the director was an unbelivable douche. Film is okay at best-
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on June 28th, 2012 at 3:39:49 PM
Wait... you mean this isn't outtakes of 2012 ?
on June 28th, 2012 at 3:40:23 PM
Hell? Thought it was a movie about being up Whitejackoff's mum's bum.
on June 28th, 2012 at 4:15:03 PM
"Hell" was watching 2012.
on June 28th, 2012 at 4:46:41 PM
if 'hell' meant bright in any language,it would be German
Their kitchen line of 'hell' ovens do cook faster though
on June 28th, 2012 at 5:50:20 PM
So instead of digging down into the ground where water is far more likely sequestered (hint: Mars, artesian wells), they travel to the top of a mountain where not only is it far more likely a place to have already lost all its water (hint: global warming melting of mountain ice sheets) but to possess thinner air, thus increasing respiratory problems in conjunction with dehydration.
Roland is still a better scientist than he is a director, though...
on June 29th, 2012 at 6:22:51 AM
Agreed with Mink.
Ridiculous concept. Go underground, or shoot yourself. Or both - saves us having to bury your post-apocalyptic, heavily burnt asses.
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What about you? How many of your sins has the Lord washed away over the years? Do you love Jesus much, or little? Perhaps you have never experienced love for Jesus after first having your sins forgiven through faith in the Messiah. Spiritual conversion involves turning away from sin and turning toward Christ in sincerity and truth.
The apostle Paul described repentance and "godly sorrow" this way: "See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done." (2 Cor. 7:11)
Godly sorrow is what the woman was experiencing as she wept at the feet of Jesus. Meanwhile, Simon had no such sorrow for his pompous attitude and his judgmental spirit. Rather than weeping over his own sins, he smugly looked down on this woman and even questioned the legitimacy of the Savior's ministry. It's a perfect example of what pride does to the human heart. It makes Pharisees out of all of us.
Whenever you or I, like Simon the Pharisee, are self-righteous, we tend to see the sin in others but not in ourself. On the other hand, when we are like the woman in the story, we bring our sin to Jesus in a spirit of repentance, humility, and gratitude. And if that describes your heart today, you are probably spending little if any time focusing on the sins of others. After all, you have more than enough on your plate confronting and confessing your own sins.
Jesus said to the woman that day, "Your sins are forgiven." (Luke 7:48) And then the Lord told her: "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." (Luke 7:50)
If we will learn from this woman's humble heart, we too can know that our sins are forgiven and that the Lord has saved us through faith. But once forgiven, we must continue to be on guard against our pharisaical tendencies. These self-righteous attitudes can come out at a moment's notice and when we least expect it.
Good thing for us that Jesus is a friend of sinners.


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We are now entering week two of Skipper's chemotherapy treatment, and we had our first CBC blood test since we started the chemo treatments. The results were overall positive in that the white blood cell counts are holding steady, and Skipper's hematocrit level has actually gone up. Hematocrit is, according to wikipedia's definition, "the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells". While the vet was diagnosing Skipper, one his key concerns was the hematocrit level. The hematocrit level, along with his red blood cell count was reaching dangerous low levels for Skipper, and it was indicating that he was becoming anemic. We were very happy to hear that this has started to turn around.
This week's chemotherapy drug was Cyclophosphamide, given to us in pill form. We actually had to go to our local pharmacy to get the drug, and we are giving Skipper a pill each day, for four days. It was a bit unusual to fill out patient information for dog at a pharmacy for humans; we have always received our pet medications from the vet. But so far, Skipper is doing well. He does have quite a bit of a ravenous appetite when it comes to food, but otherwise, you could not tell that he has cancer. He has returned to his normal activities. Just today, he barked at some kids who were running in our lawn, probably telling them, "Get off my lawn you darned kids." I hope the medications continue to work for Skipper. They are providing a great quality of life for him so far, and we could not have scripted the first two weeks of treatment any better. However, I continue to approach this situation with guarded optimism. We still have 23 weeks left of chemotherapy treatments, and a cancer that is considered by veterinary science as incurable. But, so far, so good. :)
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Good Word of the Day is Hematocrit
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It's here! Buoy readings of 6' @ 22s today. Expected to peak and linger for a couple of days with residual energy into Monday. Mini-Mavericks out here in Bolinas today with lumpy, bumpy swell. Lots of water moving around. Stiff offshore winds as well. It may be in the 30s where you live but out here it is currently 55F due to the NE air flow. Surf heights are anywhere from waist to chest to shoulder to head or better. Some waves are not rideable and close out the beach. Some let you in then clamp down. Some have nice open faces and room for turns and a few TUBES were seen and ridden as well. Choose wisely as there are some golden ticket rides to be had.
Be careful when driving the West Marin environs this time of year. Black ice is prevalent and there are still small patches of ice on the road as the sun is low in the sky and it takes a while to thaw out. Drive slowly and with caution.
CHANNEL: Offshore winds are stiff and holding up the faces. Takes a bit of paddling to get into the waves and down the face. You're off to the races once you are in. Plenty of surf all over the place with the corners working best and cleanest. Rights into the Channel and lefts at the Groin with sizes from waist to head high +. Tides are favorable throughout the day. Giddy up!
PATCH: Big rolling waves breaking in the Patch today. Some are way, way outside and some are mid way and inside as well. Rideable to a certain degree if you choose carefully. Some close out but there are good rides as well to be had. Size runs anywhere from waist up to shoulder or better. Bring your longboard and score today. A nice change from the flat conditions earlier in the week.
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Public health services in crisis require urgent fix
Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Public health services in crisis require urgent fix from Government
"The Government must fix the crisis with patient care at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital urgently to ensure the struggling services there do not break down further as we head into what could be a disastrous winter," says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).
He was commenting on reports that Middlemore Hospital is so stretched cancers are being discovered too late, poorer patients are being overlooked and there are fears it won't cope with an expected spike in winter flu cases. The hospital's heads of departments drew these matters to the Health Minister's attention in a letter in March (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12058630&ref=twitter).
"It's utterly unacceptable that a number of health services at Middlemore are in such a parlous state, and it must be causing a great deal of worry and additional stress for senior doctors and others working at the hospital, and of course the patients they're treating," says Mr Powell.
"What's worse is that we know Middlemore is not the only hospital stretched beyond its ability to cope. All of our public hospitals are dealing with the consequences of years of neglect and under-resourcing, and the clamour for action is deafening as they prepare for the winter influx of illnesses.
"While the Health Minister is not responsible for the mess his government has inherited, he is responsible now for repairing this suffering health system. He needs to act swiftly to provide an assurance that people can get the health care they need before the situation deteriorates further."
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LVCVA – Las Vegas Food Truck
Over the past ten years, Las Vegas has redefined the culinary and wine experience by offering the most comprehensive collection of celebrity chefs, world-class restaurants and Master Sommeliers than any other destination in the world.
To highlight the culinary offerings, expand destination awareness and increase brand affinity in the Australian market , a campaign was created to showcase the farm to table food philosophy of Harvest by Roy Ellamar within the iconic Bellagio Hotel and Casino and bring this food philosophy onto the plates of Australian consumers. A well-known Australian food influencer and My Kitchen Rules semi-finalist, Jordan Bruno, travelled to Las Vegas to meet Roy Ellamar and create a dish that would resonate well with Aussie foodies. Video content of the collaboration was pushed out through social media and the campaign was brought to life through a Las Vegas food truck activation hosted by Roy and Jordan at Circular Quay in Sydney.
- 17 Instagram posts, 1 YouTube Video and 40 Snapchat stories from influencer
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- 3,713,612 impressions and 1,254 engagements on video via LVCVA's social channels
- 77 UGC Instagram posts with 25,863 engagements and 730,093 impressions from the food truck activation
- 10,500 consumers reached during food truck activation
- 1,600 dishes served over two days
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- Interactive cooking and lunch event for 26 media and trade at The Sydney Seafood School
- TV broadcast with cooking segment on The Morning Show, reaching over 247,000 people and with an estimated PR value of AUD$154,560
- Proactive pitching around Las Vegas foodie experiences
- Media call out to experience the food truck activation firsthand
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There is no person who is not at times somewhat concerned as to how matters will be with them in a dying hour. What scenes will meet them when they leave a world they do know, for a world which they do not know. How solemn then is the question as to where we are now, seeing the uncertainty of life, and the certainty of death, and seeing the solemn words that hang over each. "He that is unjust let him be unjust still. He that is filthy let him be filthy still." (Rev. 22:11) If we therefore die apart from Jesus Christ unjustified, unwashed in his blood, just as we die the soul must sink under the weight of its own sins, and the curses of a violated law. But on the other hand, if brought to know the Lord, if made one with Jesus, then the sweet sentence will fall upon the soul in a dying hour, "He that is righteous let him be righteous still." (Rev. 22:11) Grace has made him righteous; death cannot make him unrighteous. "He that is holy, let him be holy still," washed in a Saviour's blood prepared for the inheritance of the saints in light; being thus made holy, death cannot make you unholy; death cannot make the righteous unrighteous; death cannot make the holy unholy; and we find that when the soul leaves the body it returns to God who gave it, to meet him on law or else on gospel grounds. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." But how can that man be faithful that is not brought into the faith? Can that man be faithful that is not in possession of that faith which is of the operation of God? Can a man be faithful in the way indicated all the time he is dead in trespasses and sins? He may be faithful as a man, and faithful to all he knows, but the word of God runneth thus, that "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thess. 1:7,8) It shall be to take vengeance. The words of our text were spoken to the church at Smyrna, spoken to persons who were converted by the Holy Spirit; and therefore while they had to be faithful, they had many afflictions, many troubles. The Lord therefore spake these words unto them to encourage them. "Be thou faithful unto death, and 1 will give thee a crown of life." I will try this evening to describe to you first, what we have to be faithful to: for if we be saved we must be faithful. Secondly, I will show the way in which this faith must be tried: and then lastly we will notice what is indicated in the promise here given the crown of eternal life; and then I shall at the close of my discourse come back again to the first part of my text.
I. First, WHAT WE HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL TO. This is presented to the church of Smyrna in a four-fold form. First, the beginning and the last end,-"He was dead and is alive." (Rev. 2:8) The Lord Jesus Christ is in the first place the first. What will this mean, Jesus Christ being first? It will mean two things; it will mean that he will stand first in the salvation of your soul, and secondly, that he must stand first in your affections. These are the two ideas that are united by his being called the first. Now he must be first in the salvation of your soul. What a solemn fact it is, until the Lord is pleased to teach us, we know not the salvation that we stand in need of. Let us see then, how the need of him is learnt. In the first place take sin; when a sinner is convinced of what he is as a sinner, then comes the great question, how am I to get away from sin? And then in addition to that, what is to be done with these heart sins that I carry with me? for out of the heart proceedeth evil thoughts. Now when this matter in connection with eternity is laid home to a sinner's conscience the question is how is he to get away from sin? Then the answer will be this before you can get away from your sins, before you can get away from your condemnation, there must be an atonement, and when that atonement is brought in then it is that sin looses its damning power, so that his atonement goes before you. He has by that atonement finished transgression. Only look at it, before you can be free before God as a transgressor, and free from transgression, that atonement must come in, and before you can arrive at the end of sin, and before you can have peace with God there must be a substitute to go before you. Hence Christ is the forerunner, and has gone before us, and put an end to sin. Dost thou feel thy need of this wonderful person, who has put an end to sin, and hath made reconciliation for iniquity and brought in everlasting righteousness? (Dan. 9:24) This in one of the senses in which Jesus Christ is the beginning; and then again we by nature are under the sentence of God's eternal law, we are under that law, we are in oneness with it. But then, that law is spoken of in a relative form, and while a person liveth a woman is bound to the husband, it is a law from which we have apostatized. It is a law that holds the sinner in everlasting shame, in everlasting contempt; it throws the sinner in eternal contempt upon the dunghill of eternal infamy, and before you can come from under that law, the demands of justice must be settled. The Lord Jesus Christ, then, is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom. 10:4) Oh, how gladly then, does a poor sinner come in the words that you have been singing,
But precious faith, precious hope in Jesus, precious hope in his righteousness; precious faith can answer his demands by pleading what my Lord has done, that will cover all that I have done, that will hide all that I have done, so that all my wrongs are blotted out, and his righteousness comes in, that I may come after it. The Lord says, "Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness; ye that seek the Lord, look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged." (Isa. 51:1) "Blessed is he" (or they) "that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." This righteousness goes before you at the throne of God. By his righteousness, then we came out from under the law; the law being dead to us, and we being dead to that, we are brought into fellowship with God, we are brought by the work of Christ into fellowship with God, and he becomes the God of peace, the God of love, the God of kindness, the God of mercy, and we are brought to love him with all our hearts, and with all our souls, and with all our minds, and with all our strength, and to love the brethren as ourselves; for where there is this oneness with the Lord, there will be a love to the brethren. "Be thou faithful unto death." Now, then, poor sinner, if Jesus be thy beginning, I pray that you may never do as the Galatians did, still hold fast the great fact that Christ was the beginning of your prospect for a vast eternity; there is no right beginning without him. Now, then, my hearer, if thou hast not known enough of thy own sinnership for the Lord Jesus Christ to become the only way by which you can begin to hope, you have no right to conclude that you are a Christian; a Christian is to be made one with Christ. I am, no doubt, speaking to some who know this part of the truth that I am now speaking on, and feel that they cannot part with it. He is, therefore, the Alpha and the Omega; he is their beginning, and he will be their end. But there is another place in which he must stand first, and that is in your affections. He is the Lilly of the valley. In the same chapter we read "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house and his banner over me was love." (Songs 2:3,4) Let me just name a few things here, and then ask the question whether Jesus stands foremost above them all. We prize our natural life, but we love the Lord Jesus Christ more than our mortal life. The apostle was right upon this when he said, "Yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and Do count them but dung and dross, that I may win Christ and be found in him, not having on mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by faith." (Phil. 3:8,9)Again, for unless "he hate his own life he cannot be my disciple." Then if you look at your relatives around, you love them, it is right you should; there cannot be too much affection between relatives; and if there are different kinds of affection, the one does not at all interfere with the other which belongs to eternity; you will see that however much you love them, there is an object that stands nearer than them all. Nothing can stand so near as the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, again, if we look at silver and gold; for it is no use to deny it friends, we all have a love for these things. But when we compare them with the Lord Jesus Christ, then we can join with the truth declared, "I make a man more precious than gold." (Isa. 13:12) We can join with the poet, and say.
He will therefore stand before life; stand before all its subjects; let them be whatever they may, nothing can equal the Lord Jesus Christ. Must it not be a very pleasant thing, friends, a very pleasant thought, that while friends and kindred near and dear must die, and every thing under the sun must depart, but here is a friend that will never depart, and whether you believe it or not, you can never be more happy than when you have no other object to enjoy, but Christ in God, and God in Christ. "Be thou faithful unto death," stand by the Saviour as the beginning of thy hope, and pray to the Lord that Jesus may be enthroned in thy best affections, and reign there, and when thou examinest thyself thou mayest be able to come to the conclusion, "Lord, thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee."
But, again, Jesus Christ is the last as well as the first. It is a good beginning as I have shown; but "all is well that ends well;" he is the last as well as the first. There is a twofold sense in which he is the last: the first is, that by him you are eternally perfected, "He hath by his one offering perfected for ever them that are sanctified." (Heb. 10:14) We need not go forward, we need not fear the losing of time, or rather of time passing away. We need not fear to go forward, Jesus Christ is there to meet us, and to present us perfect to the Father. Every thing is waiting for us. Look at the prodigal, the ring was waiting for him; the shoes were waiting for him; the music and dancing were waiting for him; and shall I say the house was waiting for him? So that Jesus Christ is the ultimate perfection of his people. Ye are complete in him. (Col. 2:10) As in Solomon's song. "Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee." (Songs 4:7) And if I could discover one day towards the judgment day wherein Christ was not my perfection, though I had begun well, I should tremble to go forward, because I should not end well. But I can never come to a day, I can never come to a circumstance in life nor in death, wherein Jesus is not our justification; just hear the words, He shall present the church not only without wrinkle, but without spot, blemish, or any such thing." (Eph. 5:27) You know, friends, it is a common saying among men, I will forgive you, I will pass by it; but still I shall always blame you, that man is pardoned to a great extent, but he still says I shall always blame. Now God our Father will not blame us; Christ will not blame us; the Holy Ghost will not blame us; and to all eternity there is not a single soul who will be able to blame you. No. The glorious song shall rise to all eternity, "Unto him that hath loved us and washed us from our sins in his blood, and hath made us kings and priests to God, and his Father, be glory and dominion for ever and ever, amen." (Rev. 1:5,6) "Be thou faithful unto death," in holding fast this blessed testimony, not only of Christ as the beginning, but also as the ending. But there is another sense, also in which the Lord Jesus Christ is the last; and that is in your eternal glorification; and if he be the last, there can be no successor; you will have no successor; no one will ever take you from your place. Now, among the Israelites in the land of Canaan, there was a succession of Israelites, a succession of kings; but not so here, those who are born of God have no successor; no, they are as the angels of God; neither can they die any more, being made the children of the resurrection. "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and for ever." (Heb. 13:8) That is, "He is a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedec." (Heb. 5:6) He hath obtained an eternal inheritance for us: (Heb. 9:15) He hath obtained eternal redemption, (Heb. 9:12) and therefore, "the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion and everlasting joy shall be upon their head; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow, and mourning shall flee away." (Isa. 51:11)
Ah, then, let Jesus be my beginning, let Jesus be my ending, let him be the ultimate object you have in view. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Now, then, here are two more representations: the first is that of his death-the Lord Jesus Christ died. Remember that his death was a voluntary death, it was an atoning death; it was the act of an Incarnate God. The death of Christ was the work of his mysterious person; there was an omnipotence in his death; I wish to dwell for a few moments upon this. He did not die merely as an example; he died as a substitute in their room and stead; he died as a Surety of the covenant; and the Scriptures are clear upon this, "His own arm brought salvation." (Isa. 59:16) This Wonderful Person, in his death compassed your hell, and that which would have been hell to you to all eternity, he, by his omnipotence, compassed and accomplished, and agonized out in six hours. Consequently, his death, in its atoning power was deeper than hell, it was high as heaven, it is broader than the sea, and longer than the earth. It has, therefore, an eternal omnipotence in it. That man that thinks that some are in hell for whom Christ died, does not know what the death of Christ is; he does not know what the person of Christ is, he does not know what the Saviour endured. No. "Feed the Church of God which He purchased with his own blood." (Acts 20:28) Once give up Christ in the omnipotency of his death, and you reduce his death to something of a mere example of integrity of soul or faithfulness. But it was something infinitely beyond this; there was that bitter cup that we cannot understand; there were deep waters that we cannot understand, there was something to pierce his soul which made him exclaim, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46) God so loved us that he sent his coequal Son, to swallow up our everlasting hell, to swallow up the curse, to swallow up, as it were, thy guilt according to his own prediction, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death." (Hos. 13:14) Oh ! death, I will be thy plague; Oh! grave, I will be thy "destruction."
Now, I ask you, my hearers, what know you of the greatness of Christ in his death? I had almost said, there is no part in which the power of the Saviour appears more conspicuous than in the wondrous death he died. He has by his death placed underneath thee his everlasting arms; he has by his death made the Eternal God thy refuge; he has by his death thrust out the enemy from before thee, to come in no more for ever. "Therefore, saith the Lord, awake, awake, put on thy strength, 0 Zion, for the enemy shall no more come unto thee, for the Lord hath cast out thine enemy; the wicked shall not pass through thee any more." Oh, what a wondrous theme, what depths, what wonders dwell in the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, then, friends, do we understand it in some humble measure? let us understand that in the death of Christ there is omnipotence, there is eternal power; and being omnipotence in his death, we ask the question, How can any man be lost for whom Christ died? And if there are any here who say so, do not say so again until you find a Scripture to prove it. Well, say you, some are lost, it is an evident fact. You say, Christ has died for the whole human race, and some are lost for whom be died. But friends, that is looking at it logically. The Bible shows that he died for the sheep, and their eternal safety is united with the wondrous death he died. I am persuaded that amidst all the profession in the day in which we live, this wondrous death of Christ is little understood. Let me tell you then, friends, that that fire which to fallen angels is unquenched Christ did quench, and that pit which is bottomless, Christ has forded; Christ has the keys of hell and of death. Hell is there compared to a conquered city; the city is conquered and the governor of the city comes and gives up the keys, and the devil was obliged to give up his own territories; and the devil, the king of the bottomless pit, was obliged to give up the keys; Christ has so conquered death, that death itself has been obliged to yield to his power. "I am he that was alive and was dead: I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death." (Rev. 1:18) Ah, my hearer, if thou art favored to roll thy soul at the Saviour's feet; if thou art favored to lay hold of his wondrous death, then wilt thou not be surprised at the confidence of the woman when she said, "If I may but touch the hem of his garment, I shall he healed." Thou wilt not be surprised at any of those confidences expressed in the Bible, "Be thou, then, faithful unto death." Make light of the death of Christ, trifle with it, look at it as a mere common death, look at it as something merely human, and thou art not building on the rock. The Lord help thee to dig deep into this matter, the eternal glories and wonders of his death. I make no hesitation in saying that it is the death of Christ that will light up eternity to eternity with glory. Wherever the blood of Christ does not reach, there the sinner cannot come. Be thou faithful unto the death of Christ; hold the testimony thereof fast by which thou art eternally, infallibly saved; these are the things of being faithful. You talk of being faithful, are you in the faith? Is Jesus Christ thy beginning? Is he thy end? And is his death something wonderful to you? Canst thou see that there is something in sin that burneth to the lowest hell, and that nothing but his wondrous person can swallow up death in victory, and give thee an abundant entrance into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? But there is another thing to be faithful to, and that is, that he is alive, and alive for evermore. The apostle gives us a beautiful idea upon this in the 5th of the Romans-"if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life." Do you understand, my hearers, that the Saviour's life is to carry out all the characters of his death? If you look at the different characters or relations in which he died, you will see that the life he now lives is the carrying out of all these characters. Did he die as a Shepherd? His life as a Shepherd is to search out the sheep in the cloudy and dark day, wherever they have been scattered, to carry them on the shoulders of his power and bring them to himself: (Ezek. 34:12-15) "Other sheep have I, which are not of this fold, them also must I bring." (John 10:16) He does not ask men to bring them; he does not ask them to come themselves. No, no, no; and he does not ask men to exhort them to come, but he says "I must bring them." He finds them out, and lays them on the shoulders of his power, and takes care of them! They shall find release nowhere else than by what the Good Shepherd has done. Again, did he die as a sacrifice? He lives to plead the cause of all for whom he died; he lives to bless those for whom he died, he lives to represent those for whom he died; and he represents his people under a three-fold form:-as the priest under the law was to be perfect, so was the Saviour. Christ represents his people in heaven, first by what he himself is-he is the pattern and they are ordained to be conformed to his image. Secondly, he represents them in heaven by his blood, in order that they may have whatever that atonement can bring them to. Thirdly, there were twelve names on the priest's breastplate, but none of these were alike. So it is now; you will never meet with two children of God alike in their experience: some are favored with more communion than others; some with more light, and some with more of the enjoyment of gospel liberty than others. Be thou faithful, then, holding fast the great truth that Christ as the beginning, Christ as the ending, Christ in his death, Christ in his exaltation.
II. But then this faithfulness, I now go on to show, is TO BE TRIED. Hence, the Lord says to the church at Smyrna, "Fear none of these things which thou shalt suffer; the devil shall cast some of you into prison and you shall have tribulation ten days. But be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life." Now this is to try the faith; first, fear none of these things which thou shalt suffer, and the devil shall cast some of you into prison. In our happy land we are not, at least, I hope not, in any fear of being cast into prison for the truth's sake; but if he cannot cast our bodies into prison there are other ways in which he does it. If we be one with Jesus Christ he will cast us into prison. The Pharisee is never in bondage. The free-willer is always free. The duty-faith man is always free. Hence they laugh at us poor things, these high Calvinists, when they get into bondage, and say they fear they cannot belong to the Lord, and so they laugh at us, and despise us, and I should like it uncommonly well if they could laugh me out of my troubles, but they cannot. But where is the secret? The enemy fights against none but those he has lost, and he will throw your soul into prison, 0 Christian; he will fetter you, he will come in like a flood on you in a variety of ways; he will go with you to the house of God. When the real sons of God meet together, Satan always appears among them and it was Satan's design with poor Job to have him as his own, and that made the devil so enraged. So the devil said, "If I could get him to give up the truth, and if I could get him to deny that truth which he loves, I should gain my end; and the Lord suffered Satan to go on so far as to cast his soul into prison, that he cursed the day of his birth. His soul was in bondage, circumstantial bondage, and affliction; Job was still faithful; he abode by the truth, "He is of one mind and none can turn him." Now then, my hearer, if thou art of the world thou art a stranger to this. If thou art a free-willer thou art a stranger to all this. If thou art a duty-faith man, thou art a stranger to all this: And if you are without this chastisement, the word of God declares "Then are ye bastards and not sons." Now then, "Be thou faithful unto death;" what sayest thou to these things, do thy troubles make thee rebel? and while they cast thee down and while they discover to thee thy many wants, they will end in endearing the truth to thy soul more than ever. Job shall have twice as much as he had before, and so far from Job not living any longer, he shall live an hundred and forty years. The devil shall cast some of you into prison. I know he casts me into prison very often. I come to the house of God sometimes; he says, " Ah ! it is no use for you to preach any more, there will be no good done." And so it is with you in providence, he will try and make you believe that the Lord will not appear for you. "But blessed is the man that abideth in the truth, for he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." But I must hasten over the other parts. He shall cast your soul into prison,-not into hell; no! no! no! he can't do that. The devil may cast you into many troubles by his temptations, and by the evils of your nature. But he can't cast you into hell, not if you are a lover of Christ in the way that I have stated; you shall have tribulation but not condemnation. The Lord's people are apt to take tribulation for condemnation." All these things are given me, but it is only trouble. Mark the language, it is limited Thou shalt have tribulation ten days; but, my friends, the Lord is not limited; thy sorrows and griefs are limited but thy joy and glories are not limited. The one must end; the other must endure for ever." "Be thou faithful." Now the question arises, how shall I be faithful? I will just name before I close, two or three evidences whether you possess that faith that will suffer. If that be the case now, it will more and more be the case as you go on, and you will arrive at the end safely. Secondly, do those troubles of which you are all the subject-are they the means now-do they discover to you your vileness? do they show you the adaptation of the mercy of God by Christ Jesus? Thirdly, do these troubles make you prize more and more the immutability of the blessed God? Then thou mayest hold fast that no man take thy crown. Thou shalt never fall, but an abundant entrance shall be administered unto thee into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; and then what shall we understand by this crown of life? Not only in contrast to death, but the crown of life is to denote the dignity of the life? Adam before the fall had a holy life; but that life was but a creature life; but the life of the saints of God is the life of God himself. Christ, he is their life, and Christ is God, and when Christ who is their life shall appear, then shall they also appear in glory with him." (Col. 3:4) "In the beginning the word was with God, and the word was God:" (John 1:1) In him was life, and he is the life of the saint, who is born of an incorruptible seed that liveth and abideth for ever-a life which can no more terminate than the life of the blessed God. "He is the strength of their heart and their portion for ever." Then it will imply as to the characteristics of this life, everything under this figure. The priest under the law was crowned with a holy mitre. "With holiness unto the Lord." Again, "He crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;" and therefore it is a life of love. And again, it is a crown of life that fadeth not away. And again it is a crown of righteousness, and therefore, it is a crown that fadeth not away; a glory that fadeth not away; I told you in the beginning that I should refer back again in conclusion to the first part of my discourse, namely what we are to be faithful to. What did the Saviour do when he was on earth? Why, he went about doing good. For God was with him. When he saw us hungry he gave us food, seeing us thirsty he hath given us drink; seeing our souls naked, he hath clothed us; seeing us strangers he hath received us; and seeing us sick be hath visited us; seeing us in prison he brings us out. I speak now of those who are brought to know their need of the Saviour, and to receive his blessed truth. Well, then, if we are to be faithful unto death. The Lord give us grace to follow his example, that he may say to us, "I was hungry and ye gave me meat; thirsty and ye gave me drink; naked and ye clothed me; I was a stranger and ye have received me, I was sick and in prison and ye visited me." But the Lord forbid that we should set up these doings in the place of the Saviour. If we are rightly taught, we shall do these things; but when done we shall say, "Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be all the glory," (Ps. 115:1) and the language of the righteous shall be "Lord, when saw we thee a hungered and gave thee meat, thirsty and gave thee drink, naked and clothed thee; or sick and in prison and visited thee." Ah ! "Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me. Come, then, (you have proved the reality of your religion by these acts of Christian and brotherly love,) Come then, "Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World. 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The joy of Diwali and New Year is here. Embracing the spirit of the two festivals, members of the business community of the city has set aside economic woes and GST troubles on Thursday.
Sweet shops saw people making the last-minute purchase even as fire-cracker sellers did brisk business. Although, across the city retailers complained that overall the business has been down. Diwali and New Year, which falls in the middle of the week, also combined with the weekend has given Amdavadis a long spell of holidays.
The fire department and doctors are also bracing for a surge in emergencies. The Ahmedabad Medical Association and the 108 Emergency Services have made special arrangements to deal with the rise in emergencies. A central helpline number has also been created to quickly reach out to the emergency team. It should be noted that Ahmedabad is expected to see a surge of 21% in emergencies during the holiday season.
Meanwhile, the police department has put a ban on the sale of Chinese lanterns. The lanterns had been a major cause of fire during the past many years until their ban leads to a drop in a number of such incidents. This year, the fire-related emergencies on account of Chinese lantern will be low.
Meanwhile, some in the city are heading to their villages to celebrate Diwali the traditional way. "I go to my village every year for Diwali. We have garba and community lunch and dinner over all four days. People donate to the cause and it is fun to celebrate it with the entire village," said Vijay Patel a professional, who is heading to his village in Gandhinagar.


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Our online publication review gives us a chance to share some of the knowledge we have on some important publications that constantly inform us about all the disruptive trends that are affecting the industries we work with.
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Information Age
Innovation. Leadership. Technology. Business. Women In Tech. These are all the titles you see when you enter Information Age.
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Digital Diary Review: 10/10
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After four days of intense inter-governmental negotiations, how do relevant stakeholders and participants evaluate the outcome of the UN Review Conference on Financing for Development which took place from 29 November to 2 December in Doha? WDEV documents statements and reports of the Doha NGO Group, the UN General Assembly President and the speaker of the European Union Presidency.
The following statement was delivered at a press conference in Doha on the last day of the conference on behalf of the Doha NGO Group (DNG) by Gemma Adaba, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Sylvia Borren, Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) and John W. Foster, North-South Institute and Social Watch.1. The world urgently needs effective decisions and follow-up which are inclusive and decisive. Civil society asked for a new UN Summit on Economic and Financial matters. The Conference has agreed that "the UN will hold a conference at the highest level on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. The conference will be organized by the President of the General Assembly and the modalities will be defined by March 2009 at latest." Civil society desires to be a full partner in achieving a successful result.We remind delegates and officials that those most seriously affected in every country are expecting material action which reverses the slide into poverty; increases resources for development and mobilization against climate change; stimulates employment; and supports life and access to health for those marginalized and threatened by disease and disaster.To lead in developing inclusive governance and effective responses to current and long-term crises, the United Nations requires an effective and well-resourced follow-up facility.As Civil Society, we complement the UN on practices developed in Financing for Development which ensured regular consultation with civil society networks and formal participation in key events. While experiences in some aspects of the Review Conference which marginalized civil society voices have led to frustration and protest, we are committed to enhancing avenues of participation and impact.2. The Review Conference re-affirmed Monterrey goals, took hesitant note of the current crises and their impacts, failed to move adequately forward in a number of urgent subjects, but moved beyond Monterrey in several important areas. In many respects this Conference was a missed opportunity.The Heads of State and Government and High Representatives "once again commit ourselves to eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development as we advance to a fully inclusive and equitable global economic system". There was no slipping backwards from the Monterrey commitments on paper: the millennium goals, right to development and overall commitment to just and democratic societies, quantity and quality of aid and debt are all there.With regard to Gender equality the outcome document in Doha goes far beyond the 2002 Monterrey Consensus. It is especially laudable that it commits to the promotion of gender equality and women's economic empowerment as essential to achieving equitable and effective development. However, the commitments to gender equality in the document will only be truly meaningful if the systemic issues that underpin poverty are decisively addressed. So cuts in public service provision, including education and health, increase the burden of unpaid and invisible work done mainly by women.With regard to Decent Work we welcome the clear recognition of its centrality to development strategies and eradicating poverty. But now we need the decent jobs for women and men more urgently than ever.Civil society asked for the upgrading of the UN Committee on Tax to an inter-governmental body. This was not agreed. But consideration continues and civil society organizations are prepared to contribute to strengthened action on tax through the United Nations.A number of innovative financing mechanisms can be advanced, as long as they are on top of the regular (0.7) development commitments.3. Civil society has contributed in several ways to the result of the Conference.In an open letter to the President of the General Assembly and in our address to the Plenary, we conveyed the comprehensive messages of our Civil Society Forum, and we see evidence, although not as much as we would hope, that some of that advice has been taken on board. We faced obstacles to effective participation in most Roundtables and had less than optimum access to delegations on the floor. In future we need more serious and interactive dialogue, and we would appreciate steps to be taken to enhance not only our own but a wider and more divers participation from civil society.In conclusion: A missed opportunityAlthough the final declaration mentions the need to convene next march in a "UN conference at the highest level", we as Civil Society are most concerned about the lack of urgency and of any further commitment concerning the implementation of a great number of recommendations - including core issues challenging financing for development such as trade, Foreign Direct Investment, mobilizing local resources, innovative funding - all these were inadequately dealt with or postponed to forthcoming meetings, at a time that people around the world are suffering directly from the persisting and combined crises.
(UN summary) Stressing that the world was insisting on democratization of the United Nations and international decision-making processes, General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said at the concluding press briefing that the successful conclusion of a development financing summit in Doha would pave the way for "people-centred development to replace profit-centred development". As he summed up the conference d'Escoto said that the Doha Outcome Document stressed the need to maintain aid commitments despite global economic uncertainty, and called for the convening, "at the highest level", of a summit under United Nations auspices to examine the impact of the crisis on development and review the international financial and monetary architecture.He said he planned to make preparations for that summit a priority and to define its organizational structure by no later than March 2009. Further, he had convened a Commission of Experts on Reform of the Monetary and Financial System, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in response to the current crises that were affecting all countries, large and small, rich and poor.He said delegations recognized the need for the General Assembly to continue its efforts to bolster the role of the Economic and Social Council in monitoring multilateral financial institutions, their governance, decisions and the consequences of such decisions in order to assess their broader social and economic impacts on growth, employment and, in particular, poverty reduction. Those expanded responsibilities would require reforms in the relationship between the Assembly and the Bretton Woods institutions.Responding to questions, the Assembly President said that, well ahead of the proposed summit, he planned to present political leaders with a proposal for a new financial architecture, adding that he expected participation at the highest political level, from all regions of the world, for a meeting that would be tantamount to the launching of a new Bretton Woods system.He said the Doha Conference had not set out to establish alternatives to the Bretton Woods institutions. Stakeholders had come to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the state of the international development financing agenda. The Declaration recognized that the international context had changed profoundly over the past six years, and discussions during the Conference had evinced a "universal rejection" of the prevailing model that a few countries could make decisions for the entire world.Saying that the world had repudiated the notion of a Group of Seven (G7), a Group of Eight (G8) or even a G-20, he declared: "We believe the only relevant forum is the G-192 – that is the entire membership of the United Nations General Assembly." The conference marked the only time since Monterrey that systemic issues and reform of the global financial system had been discussed in a United Nations forum. Since Monterrey, the great powers had been trying hard to move such issues outside the United Nations system, so the Conference had been a great advance.There was also commitment to reactivate the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. "We did not come to ask the rich to give charity but to stand by past commitments and the moral obligation to help countries that had consistently suffered because of marginalization and exclusion," he declared, adding that it was time to move from the logic of "I and me" to the logic of "we and ours", which was the way to ensure brotherhood, peace and justice.Many people thought the Conference would not be a success, he noted. Sadly, right until the last minute, some had even been trying to sabotage negotiations, but the "spoilers" had, in the end, come round and decided not to be isolated. The international community had delivered its mandate in the Doha Declaration that the world was moving away from the dominant culture of greed towards democracy, cooperation and peace.Asked if the Declaration was "mere pious rhetoric" and a restatement of the commitments made at Monterrey that had languished ever since, he said that after Doha, and the strongly stated position of the European Union, there would be greater pressure on those who had sat outside the development financing process. Indeed, French President Nicolas Sarkozy had presented the European Union's firm decision to ensure that the bloc's Member States would reach the 0.7% gross domestic product target for official development assistance (ODA) in 2015, he recalled. "Some had not wanted us even to mention the official development target here, but we will keep talking about it because it is a debt and a moral obligation," he said, adding that if some countries could find trillions of dollars to prop up their flagging, outmoded institutions, they must stand by their long-promised obligations.Responding to another question, he said developing and middle-income countries should expand South-South cooperation, even as those countries pressed the richest nations to comply with their commitments. He highlighted the development efforts of Saudi Arabia and Cuba, as well as those of Qatar, but stressed that poverty and hunger were "ticking time bombs" that required the cooperation and political will of all nations. Such democracy was also required of the Bretton Woods institutions, which, since their creation, had slowly been twisted into possessions of the rich; hijacked by the so-called "Washington Consensus".Expressing optimism that the United Nations was moving in the right direction, he said the world body had been "dragging its feet" in many areas of its mandate, but he had been heartened by the support he had received as he had presented his proposals on democratizing the organization.
(UN summary) The Doha Follow-up Conference on Development Financing had gone beyond mere follow-up to the Monterrey Consensus of 2002, to marking a historic new beginning, Alain Joyandet, Minister for Development of France and chief negotiator for the European Union said at a concluding press conference in Qatar. Welcoming the general consensus reached in the Outcome Document of the meeting Joyandet said it was a consensus of responsibility that showed good will on the part of the international community.He said the European Union had arrived in Doha with a spirit of consensus and a will to renew its commitments. It had accepted the document submitted by the co-facilitators without reserve. Some modifications were inevitable and some countries disagreed on various points, but in the end those obstacles had been overcome. In the process, a new and more solid world partnership had been created.To a question about the response to the financial crisis, he replied that it was important that it take into account the decisions of the G20, but also create a better balance between the countries of the industrialized North and developing South. Asked whether he would now request his own Government to meet its aid commitments, the Minister said there would be "no problem" with that because that aid was budgeted to increase through 2011, as would the contributions of the French development agency.Asked whether a completely new world financial structure was needed rather than reform, he said the reforms needed were so extensive that it might as well be called reconstruction.
(Posted: 4 December 2008)Recommended citation: WDEV documentation (2008) 'The Outcome of the FfD Conference in Doha, Qatar', World Economy & Development In Brief, Luxembourg, 4. December 2008 (www.wdev.eu) * SUBSCRIBE to World Economy & Development in brief >>> here.
Issue 1-2/Jan-Jun 2017
The end of US hegemony + Financing for development? Mostly not! + Turkey at the crossroads
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Left losses in Latin America + World Bank's gender strategy + Markel's victory in Greece
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Enthronisation of an ultra-presidential regime?
At first glance, everyday life seems not to have changed in Istanbul. The streets are congested; people hurry to the ferry or the bus. For weeks, there has been no terror attack. Nevertheless, there are some visible changes. There are much more policemen in the streets. In some days, the Istiklal Caddesi, the main shopping street on the European side, seems to be under a state of siege. At every street corner, there is police van with the blue light switched on.
Financing for development? Mostly not!
Recent disturbing trends in international finance have particularly problematic implications, especially for developing countries. The new United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 (WESP 2017), is the only recent report of a multilateral inter-governmental organization to recognize these problems, especially as they are relevant to the financing requirements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The end of US hegemony
The Trump government signals unequivocally the end of international US hegemony. An international hegemon is able to define rules that find relatively broad acceptance internationally and plays a role in safeguarding international economic stability. The Trump government announced measures that go against the present economic rules while not proposing new ones.
Global employment crisis: 2030 Agenda under threat
The global deficit in quality jobs and deteriorating economic conditions in a number of regions threatens to undo decades of progress in poverty reduction, warns a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) 2016.
The closing of democratic space for trade unions
Weakening of workers' rights in most regions is being aggravated by severe crackdowns on freedom of speech and assembly, according to the 2016 Global Rights Index. Restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, including severe crackdowns in some countries, increased by 22%, with 50 out of 141 countries surveyed recording restrictions.


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Special Lecture by our Chairman Mr Vaghul
On "Crisis in the Banking Sector-Reasons and Remedies"
Mr N Vaghul (Chairman- IFMR and Former Chairman- ICICI Bank ) shall deliver a special lecture on "Crisis in the Banking Sector-Reasons and Remedies" during the 62nd anniversary event organized by The Triplicane Cultural academy and The Kasturi Srinivasan Library on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 6.15PM.
TAG- Dhakshinamurthy Auditorium,
P.S. Higher Secondary School ,
No. 215, R.K. Mutt Road,
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There seems to be no stopping South Shields FC at the moment.
Not only are the Mariners doing well in the league, they're also taking the FA Cup by storm, earning their place in the fourth qualifying round of the competition for the first time since 1974 after defeating York City in a thrilling last-gasp victory last weekend and previously Darlington in an earlier round.
Now they face National League side Hartlepool United at Mariners Park in what promises to be a plum tie.
To celebrate the Mariners' success, I've dug out some old photos of South Shields playing at home against (most appropriately, York City) and Chesterfield in the first round the FA Cup.


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Goat Footed Balloon Woman
You, goat footed balloon woman
Without Cummings' mud luscious wonderful
Glee of interminable wit.
Pick axing along,
Pen chopping words into scolds.
Scribbling, bribbling,
Propped in a stuffed Moliere chair.
Wearing a smoke colored gossamer gown,
You bang out your own discontent.
Spidering around in a balloon sized life,
Your pen spins a web 'round the world.
Passersby see the pages.
They then move along.
In shoe footed cadence, they call—
"Goat author, pen scratcher, you, friend of no friend….
Close covers on dollars! Don't dwell to offend!"
–from Enjoying The Air All Around You
Andrea J. Spencer
Andrea J. Spencer has been a prolific contributor to the national media for 35 years, serving as writer, producer and imagineer. She has produced materials for PBS and other television affiliates and has written for a myriad of publications. She is currently CEO of the National Cancer Society for Animals and Media Director for We Are the World Productions. Spencer holds degrees and certificates in education, journalism and the fine arts and has been a many time honored Wheaton College staff professional as well as alumni. She is currently writing a book, 'Professor in the Sky with Diamonds', the story of a throw away dog, turned national icon the day cancer became her life.