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Madame Verte's Easter Basket Picks — For Grown Ups
With the Easter holiday still a few weeks away, I have been thinking pastels, bunnies, eggs, lambs, and candies lately. Which also brings me to the subject of Easter baskets.
Usually mon mari and I decorate baskets for each other filled with candies, gum, notes, and trinkets, but if I were to have a bigger budget (and a bigger basket!) here are some things I would hope for:
1) Round Serving Tray — Last year Crate&Barrel carried a similar tray in lime green, orange, and purple. I secretly wanted to buy the purple one, but I restrained myself. Although the trays (or a similar version) are back this year, the vibrant purple hue is nowhere to be found. Maybe they will bring it back later in the season??
The current trays come in blue and lime green.
Uses: I would use this tray on a coffee table or console table to display magazines, candles, remotes, and my reading glasses. This would also be a great tea tray for a garden party or the base for a fun centerpiece.
2) His and Hers Pillows — these pillows from Ballard Designs are just for fun, but I love how cute and casual they look.
Uses: This pillow duo would be a fluffy addition for a seating area to designate your favorite reading spot from your partner's, or these could be extra pillows for the master bedroom.
In fact, these pillows wouldn't be that hard to make…. hmm….
3) Elephant Watering Can — I'm in need of a new watering can, and this little elephant can from Ace Hardware is so cute and affordable, who could resist? Apparently, he only holds two quarts, but what a fun way to water my herb pots!
Uses: This small watering can is a space-saving option for watering house plants and patio pots.
4) Hanging Label Holders — these metal label holders from Ballard Designs would be perfect for organizing just about anything, especially for someone like me who dreams of owning a label maker.
Uses: When I saw these charming label holders, I immediately thought of using them for place cards, of course! Are you really surprised? These metal tags would be a good accent piece to tie around a napkin or the stem of a wine glass so each guest feels extra special. I love that you can make your own labels and swap out the ribbon to suit the occasion.
5) Mosaic House Numbers — I came across these beautiful mosaic house numbers while browsing on Etsy, and I thought they were so eye-catching. I could sit and stare at them for a while and get lost in all the colors. I also like these house numbers (in all my favorite colors) by the same shop, WiseCrackinMosaics.
Uses: Obviously, these serve a practical purpose as house numbers, but I would argue that they're also a work of art. I definitely want to learn stained glass and mosaics now!
6) Unique Porcelain Bayou Rain Measuring Spoons — as a home cook and baker, I feel as though I really need these porcelain measuring spoons. Surely, no one else will have a set like this one from Mudaliscious Clay Art Studio and Supply on Etsy.
Uses: Cooking, baking, and spontaneous meals would be more fun with colorful tools like these! I love the other designs too, especially the Chinese Appetizer Spoons and Pistachio Green Salt and Pepper Shakers!
Might have to persuade the Easter Bunny to buy those for me!


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Date of Award
Spring 1994
Document Type
Political Science & International Relations
International competition has eroded the once commanding U.S. advantage in technology. It has caused a shift in government and business relationships in the United States and raised fundamental questions about the conduct of American foreign policy. Both the public and the private sectors are increasingly concerned with a new set of technological issues related to industrial competitiveness. This concern has forced a reassessment of national priorities and caused both industry and government to rethink their traditional roles in the development and application of technology. The implications for foreign policy stem from one overriding fact: when it comes to advanced technology, national security can no longer be viewed in purely military terms (Inman and Burton 116).
Recommended Citation
Vanisko, Chad, "The FSX Controversy: Is America Selling Out to Japan?" (1994). Political Science and International Relations Undergraduate Theses. 41.

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A major earthquake has struck in Turkey.
According to Reuters, it's a 7.6 magnitude quake just north of Van Turkey, which is a city of over 500,000 people (Wikipedia).
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Sorry, a tiny bit late with this post! I'm cooking up some southwestern chicken soup as I type this… Smells delicious. I hope you are staying warm!
Featured Recipe: Southwestern Chicken Soup
1 12-ounce jar salsa verde
3 cups cooked chicken pieces (1 small deli-counter rotisserie chicken or leftovers)
1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained
3 cups chicken broth
1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
2 green onions, chopped
- Empty the salsa into a large saucepan. Cook for 2 minutes over medium-high heat, then add the chicken, beans, broth, and cumin (if desired). Bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Top each bowl with a sprinkling of onions. For a soupier dish, use 4 cups of broth.
From Whole Living
This soup was a hit at our house. It's very filling — lots of protein. I prefer chunkier soups, so I loved it. It's like a green chili. You can easily add more veggies; I added a couple stalks of chopped celery, but almost anything would work. I also did a blend of black beans and cannellini beans. Just for fun.
Mixed Mushroom Soup
1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 leeks, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced and rinsed
Coarse salt and ground black pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
1 pound assorted fresh mushrooms, such as white button, cremini, oyster, and shiitake (stemmed), rinsed and chopped
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup marsala wine (optional)
4 cups vegetable broth
- Soak porcini in 1 cup warm water until softened, about 20 minutes. Lift porcini from liquid and coarsely chop; strain liquid through a cheesecloth-lined sieve and reserve.
- In a large pot, heat oil over medium. Add leeks; season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
- Add garlic, porcini, and chopped mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 7 minutes or until mushrooms just begin to brown. Add fennel seeds, bay leaves, tomato paste, and tomatoes, and cook for 3 minutes. Add marsala (if using), porcini liquid, and broth. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Discard bay leaves before serving.
From Whole Living
3 pounds beef chuck, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
1 large onion, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 to 3 tablespoons chopped canned chipotles in adobo sauce
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 bay leaves
kosher salt
4 cups thinly sliced cabbage (about 1⁄3 medium cabbage)
4 radishes, halved and thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, plus lime wedges for serving
12 6-inch corn tortillas
sour cream or greek yogurt, pickled jalapeño peppers, and hot sauce, for serving
- In a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, toss together the beef, onion, garlic, chipotles, oregano, bay leaves, and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Cover and cook until the beef is very tender, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 3 ½ to 4 hours (this will shorten total cooking time).
- Twenty minutes before serving, heat oven to 350° F. In a large bowl, toss together the cabbage, radishes, cilantro, lime juice, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Wrap the tortillas in foil and bake until warm, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Transfer the beef to a medium bowl (reserve the cooking liquid) and shred, using 2 forks. Strain the cooking liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into the bowl with the beef and toss to combine.
- Fill the tortillas with the beef and slaw. Serve with the sour cream, jalapeños, hot sauce, and lime wedges.
1 pound dried white beans (such as cannellini or great Northern)
1/2 pound andouille sausage links, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 sprigs fresh thyme
8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 bunch collard greens, stems discarded and leaves cut into bite-size pieces (about 8 cups)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
kosher salt and black pepper
olive oil and bread sticks, for serving
- In a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, combine the beans, sausage, onion, celery, and thyme. Add the broth and stir to combine.
- Cover and cook until the beans are tender, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours (this will shorten total cooking time).
- Twenty minutes before serving, discard the thyme stems, add the collard greens, cover, and cook until the greens are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Add the vinegar and ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper.
- Drizzle with the olive oil and serve with the bread sticks.
1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
1⁄4 to 1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 1/2 pounds pork shoulder, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
12 ounces soba noodles
2 red bell peppers, thinly sliced
1/2 pound snow peas, trimmed
chopped roasted peanuts, for serving
- In a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, stir together the soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, oil, ginger, and crushed red pepper. Add the pork and toss to combine. Cover and cook until the pork is tender, on low for 7 to 8 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours (this will shorten total cooking time).
- Fifteen minutes before serving, cook the soba noodles according to the package directions, adding the bell peppers and snow peas to the water during the last minute of cooking.
- Meanwhile, transfer the pork to a medium bowl; set aside. Pour the cooking liquid into a large skillet and boil until slightly thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the pork and toss to combine. Serve the pork over the noodles and vegetables; sprinkle with the peanuts.
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Shostakovich Violin Concerto 1 with Daniel Hope
Last week was a difficult one for me. On Monday I fell off my bicycle, cut my knees, grazed my left hand, my left elbow, both of my feet (no idea how that happened) and worst of all, put a little hole in the knee of my favourite black jeans.
On Wednesday, as a result of an overly enthusiastic up bow crescendo that got a little out of control, I managed to move my A string several millimetres to the left along the bridge and took a chunk out of the string binding. Then on Sunday, while on the Cardiff Bay barrage revising for my upcoming OU History exam (argh!), I got woefully sunburnt, proving once again that Irish skin should never be exposed to temperatures in excess of 10 degrees.
However, in the middle of all this woe there was Daniel Hope playing Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. I was rota'd off, so had the opportunity to listen. It dramatically improved my week.
Many people find this concerto disconcertingly bleak. To be fair, the first movement is not exactly sunbeams and fairies, but as it was composed during the period of Zhdanov's persecution of many Russian artistic figures, I don't think these sentiments were high up Shostakovich's emotional spectrum at the time of its composition.
The second movement can be described in no way other than demonic, and frankly, I think I would need a little lie down after playing it - it demands such stamina from soloist and orchestra! The Passacaglia is heart rending and the extended solo cadenza bridging the third and fourth movements (surely large enough in scope to almost be considered a separate movement in its own right) doesn't so much give way to the finale as it crashes headlong into it. The full throttle finale feels as much like a race to the death as it does a race to the end.
Having recorded this work in 2006 with our colleagues at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hope is obviously exceedingly familiar with both of Shostakovich's violin concertos. However, at no point did this feel like a mundane repetition of a work trawled out for the umpteenth time.
Daniel has amazing technical facility, but that's not what made his playing of this concerto so satisfying for me. He took risks. Instead of a concerto performance that simply begged to be admired for its technical prowess, what we got was an interpretation that genuinely took the audience on a journey. I know that's a cliché, but sometimes clichés become clichés because they're true.
Mr Hope's playing reminded me that I want to take risks with my own playing. It's not enough to play the notes on a page, these are only the composer's blue print. Rather, we have to strive and strive to find the soul behind the music, no matter whether the work be a Bach suite, a brand spanking new contemporary work, a mammoth of the symphonic canon, or a heart wrenching concerto such as Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto.


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The rush of spring work is what a lot of farmers really like about the business. The work is hard, but the focus on that fall reward is what drives many. And while it may sound counterintuitive, it's also a good time to do a tech checkup on your operation. We're not talking about a replacement checkup where you're adding new gear — this is more of a health checkup to determine if the tools you're using are right for the future. Here are a few top tech areas to evaluate this spring season as you plan for the future:
1. Planting speed and efficiency.
Are you maximizing your planting operation? The general rule of thumb is that you can plant your entire crop in two weeks — provided you have perfect, uninterrupted weather. If you're geared to that level, then you can get the crop in at the optimum times nature provides. That could mean a bigger planter, or it could mean a faster planter. How many acres are you covering an hour? How is your crop spacing and appearance from planting at that speed?
2. Is in-furrow the way to go?
New crop protection and crop enhancement tools are being launched into the market that allow you to get that plant off to a healthy start. As those tools come to market, do you have the application equipment to take advantage of those tools? And, of course, rising concern over fall fertilizer may require you to look at preseason and early-season fertilizer application technologies, too.
3. Do you tend well?
A large challenge for any business is logistics — just ask the folks at Amazon. Providing support for equipment that's in the field is a critical tool for maximizing your return on investment. What kind of downtime does your big planter have in any given day? What is your planting, or spraying, efficiency?
Running a $300,000 tractor and a $200,000 planter in the field is a significant investment in iron, not counting labor. Having that machine on the move, actively planting for the most hours in any scheduled workday is key; yet, support systems are critical. Bulk seed handling has been a boon to big-planter productivity. Where else can you improve?
4. Are you maximizing spraying efficiency?
This is a tough one in a year with $3.50 corn; however, you may want to look at application windows for optimum postemergence weed control and determine your spraying strategy. Did you apply key products at the best time for top control? Did your custom service hit that target regularly in-season? Optimum weed control, and even foliar fertilizer, application can add bushels per acre, but that often means having your own sprayer.
5. How do you evaluate these systems?
What tools are you using to evaluate machine efficiency and performance? With the data collection tools now available on most new equipment — and easily added to older machines — data collection will become easier in the future. You can maximize different operations and labor on your farm without these systems in place, though. Evaluate how you're capturing information in your operation.
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Let's assume you're willing to get out and meet some people. (Even if you're not, technically, in a sales job you should be getting out some, networking and meeting people!) When you meet someone, try to see the world from her perspective.
Let's say you are an accountant meeting the president of a medium-sized, family-owned manufacturing company as an example. What's likely to be the company president's concern/Pain?
She probably wants her company to run smoothly. Very likely, she wants to keep her employees—and, perhaps, her father—happy. She probably doesn't want to be burdened with a lot of change and readjustment. She may or may not know the benefits of a strong relationship with an accounting firm such as yours, and she may not want to take the time to find out.
Quite often, though, we find that this sort of person can benefit greatly from a relationship with an outside advisor who has specialized skills, someone who keeps her aware of the pitfalls and handles some of the burden of running the business so she can concentrate on other aspects of her job.
If I met such a person at a networking event, it would be my style to introduce myself, and to conduct the conversation as follows. My comments regarding each part are in (parentheses).
I'd say, Hello, Mary Ann (or Mary Ann Smith, or Mrs. Smith, or whatever is on her name tag), I'm Lenann Gardner. Did you enjoy the speaker / dinner / whatever? (It's good to ask a neutral question.)
She might say, "Yes. Quite good."
And I'd say, "Glad you enjoyed it. I see you're with Smith Manufacturing. Are you folks located downtown?" (This ties to what she just said, then asks an easy-to answer question.)
She might say, "For now."
I'd say, "For now? Are you moving?" (Uses her words. And, it's good to ask!)
She might say, "Yes."
I'd say, "Well, best wishes for the success of that move! How soon is it?" (This shows enthusiasm for something other than what you are selling, and, again, it's good to ask.)
She might say, "Two weeks."
I'd say, "Wonderful! Moving into larger space?" (More enthusiasm. More asking.)
If she said "Yes"—or even if she said "No," I'd say, "I see! I'm with LMG Accounting and Consulting. Have you heard of LMG?"
Of course everything depends on what she says, but presuming she said, "No, I can't say I recognize the name." I'd say, "We work with many manufacturing businesses to help them to be more profitable, by helping them run more smoothly, handle their funds more efficiently, and legally avoid paying too much in taxes." (That's a message tied to her world.)
She might say, "I see." I'd say, "Do you have good people working with you to help you to address those issues?" (Ask!)
She might say, "We plug away as we can, and we have an accountant on staff who isn't very good." (That's Pain!)
I'd say, "I see. You have a so-so accountant, and the rest of you plug away as you can.
Has he been working with you since the organization was formed?" (Good to restate her pain, and to do more asking.)
She might say, "Yes. My father hired the guy when he organized the firm in 1973—he was a friend of Dad's." (More Pain!)
I'd say, "I see. 1973. That's quite a while ago!" (Good, reflective listening.)
She might say, "My father likes him. I can't say I have much to do with him."
(If I got that much Pain from her – her father chose the staff accountant, but she's now president of the company and she doesn't have much to do with him) I'd say," Mary Ann, I'd like to come out and have a word with you at a time that would be convenient for you. Perhaps I could give you some ideas that would be helpful to you as you move into your new, expanded space. When would you have time next week for us to chat for an hour? Would first thing on Thursday work for you?" (That's a close.)
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Overwatch Wins Game of the Year at GDC 2017
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Overwatch has been named Game of the Year at the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, while Quadrilateral Cowboy won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 19th annual Independent Games Festival.
Both award ceremonies were held tonight as part of GDC 2017, with Overwatch also winning Best Design and Playdead's Inside also picking up two awards. Overwatch was also awarded Game of the Year at the DICE Awards 2017 last week, while IGN also gave the Blizzard multiplayer shooter our Game of the Year honor for 2016.


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Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health Reporting
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Since 2011, the fellowship program has focused on the ways that different States are implementing The Affordable Care Act, and the implications of policy decisions for health care providers and patients. The fellowship program provides a week-long site visit and in-depth State-specific briefings for invited health and health policy journalists, with invitations tailored to the topics and issues addressed. Visit this page for information on the most recent site visits.


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At WAG, we are pure of heart, intention and treat. We are dedicated to giving you and your doggo the best. So if you have any questions that aren't answered below, we want to make sure you bark up as it's important to us to follow up any issues with our treats.
Where is this 'treat' made?
We're Aussie owned, run and packaged.
Goat Horns, Jerky and Bones are some of our favourite treats, they're sourced right here in Victoria and Queensland. Our Antlers come from our neighbours in New Zealand.
We use the best meat sourced locally from the best butchers, only if we sniff out a better product elsewhere do we travel overseas, because being 100% natural, grain free and additive free is important to us and for our doggos.
To be sure your treat of choice is Aussie made, check out each treat's product description. You'll find all the details in plain and simple sight.
How is the treat made/prepared?
We care as much as you do about your doggos health. All of our natural Jerkies and Bones are air dehydrated with no preservatives or additives.
Antler and Goat Horn are heated up to 72C to sterilise them and then wrapped with a label.
Take a look at Our Processes on our WAG website for more details and a peek at our warehouse.
How do I treat my dog with this treat?
Bones/Goat Horns/Antlers:
We suggest giving doggos our Bones/Goat Horns/Antlers for up to 30 minutes a day and supervised.
A dog's saliva can break down treats into smaller pieces so just be sure to remove them if they get too small.
Bully Sticks/Moo Tubes:
We suggest giving doggos our Bully Sticks/Moo Tubes for up to 30 minutes a day and supervised.
They're 100% meat and packed with natural goodness so it's safe (and tasty) for your doggo to enjoy every last bite.
What size is appropriate for my dog?
We care as much as you do about your doggos health, so here are our recommendations:
Small Chews – For small dog breeds or light chewers (regardless of size)
Medium Chews – For medium sized doggos or moderate chewers (regardless of size)
Large Chews – For large dog breeds and strong chewers (regardless of size)
If your doggo meets these guidelines great! If they're a little out of the dogbox we suggest a medium size chew to start with. Long-lasting medium chews are great for smaller dogs who are strong chewers, or larger breeds who are light chewers. Any treat that is wider than the width of your doggo's face is also a safe bet size-wise for your dog to get chewy with.
If my dog's favourite treat is out of stock, when will it be back in?
Sometimes some of our treats are out of stock, it's as natural as it gets with WAG treats and naturally supply ebbs and flows. Generally, stock is back within 1 week. Anything further than that, please get in touch with us here.
I have a new puppy! What do you recommend?
We're excited to welcome your puppy to the pack!
We recommend soft chews like Moo Tubes, Kangaroo Cubes, and Jerkies. They're 100% meat, nice and easy on puppy teeth and easily digestible.
We know your newest family member will love our natural treats, so make sure to tag us in some pics with #getwag!
What are your recommendations for...
Skin and Coat
For healthy skin and a shiny coat, Seafood treats high in Omega fatty acids and hypoallergenic properties are the way to go.
Try our Blue Whiting and Forage Fish, they're single ingredient and 100% tasty!
Sensitive Stomach
For sensitive tummies, lean Kangaroo is a great alternative to common proteins like Beef and Chicken.
Try our Kangaroo Liver and Kangaroo Cubes, they're natural, hypoallergenic and 100% tasty!
For diabetic dogs, Kangaroo, Venison and Fish are great lean choices with hypoallergenic properties.
Try our Kangaroo Liver, Venison Jerky and Blue Whiting, they're natural, hypoallergenic and 100% tasty!
Fussy Dogs
Doggos love to smell what they eat! For fussy dogs, our strong-smelling Fish treats are the way to go; common proteins like Beef and Chicken are also winners.
Try our single-ingredient Beef Jerky, Chicken Breast and Forage Fish, 100% natural so nothing fishy but the smell and taste.
Where are your products sold?
We're sure your doggo can't wait to try the natural WAG taste! You can find our treats online right here on our website. WAG is also stocked across many Australian pet stores. Find your closest store using our Store Locator on our website (be sure to click 'find stores' when you're ready to search).
Where is my order?
We're sure your doggo can't wait to get their WAG! You can check the status of your order by logging into your account.
Once dispatched, you can also find your tracking number in your emails and track your order via AusPost here.
Why does my payment method not work?
On our website we offer MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, AfterPay and ZipPay as payment methods.
- Ensure that you are selecting a payment method by clicking one of the circular icons
- Agree to terms and conditions
- Continue to payment
- Fill in payment details
- Once you fill in payment details you will be rerouted back to the payment page
- Please click 'Confirm and process'
How do I use the reward points?
Dogs are fun, easy-going animals, and so is our rewards system! Refer to our website guide on our WAG Rewards page to enjoy discounts on your next WAG purchase.
Special Order and Packing Requests
As our products are single ingredient and 100% natural, like every Goat, Deer and Roo, every Goat, Deer and Roo has its own unique shape.
Some are big,
some are small.
Some are pointy,
some are tall.
But all are grain-free, pure
and a whole lot of yummo for your doggo.
Our warehouse is open 8:30am – 4:30pm (EST) Monday-Friday so if you contact us here with your order number and request as soon as possible,. we'll do our very best to make your treat wish come true. Note that our turn around is generally 1 business day with orders.
For any issues regarding shipping or delivery, please read through our shipping and delivery policy.
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Hoosier Appaloosa Association
2018 Stallion Service Auction/Sale
Below please find a listing of stallions whose services have been donated to the HAA Futurity Program. These services are being offered at half the advertised fee or a minimum of $400.00 to benefit the Closed Breeders' Futurity to be held in 2018. Contact Jerry Jablonski for information and bidding.
2018 Futurity date – September 15-16 – Cloverdale, IN
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Jesus is for Losers – Luke 18:9-14
Luke 18:9-14
[Jesus] also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
Several years ago, some of you may remember, that I changed the sign out front, by the road, to read, "Jesus is For Losers." I got the idea from my favorite seminary professor, Mark Allen Powell, who told a story about having seen that at the mall one day, printed on a high school kids' t-shirt. "Jesus is For Losers." Shortly after the sign went up, I got a phone call, from someone who lives nearby, complaining about how inappropriate and offensive the sign was for them. And they asked me to take it down.
At first, my professor was offended that day at the mall, too. Not surprised really, but somewhat offended, I think. It seemed like this kid was going out of his way to be cynical and to put down the faith so many of us hold dear by declaring, on a t-shirt: "Jesus is For Losers." But then Dr. Powell noticed what our not-so-happy neighbor didn't see on our sign – a Bible book, chapter and verse, just beneath its bold statement – and Dr. Powell realized the shirt was actually a Christian proclamation, witnessing to the Gospel somehow. "Jesus is for losers."
Of course! "Jesus is FOR losers." "Jesus IS for losers." "Jesus is for LOSERS!" No matter how you say it, it is – plain and simple – the message of God's grace for the sake of the world.
Jesus IS for losers, not against them. Jesus came into the world to dine with outcasts and misfits and sinners; to proclaim the good news to the oppressed, the disadvantaged and the abused; to love the unloveable, the unwanted, the unlucky and the lost. "Jesus is FOR losers." It is the Gospel in four simple words.
Still, no matter how many times we hear it… no matter how much we preach and teach and worship and learn… this notion of grace is as hard to comprehend as it is to accept and live into as followers of Jesus Christ. And apparently, we're not much further along enough of the time than the people who listened to Jesus that day so long ago.
See, the prelude to this morning's parable, as the Bible tells us, is that Jesus was speaking to "some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt." It means he was speaking to people who were pretty confident that they were on the straight and narrow and who took it upon themselves to judge others who they believed were not. So he tells them this story about the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
What we're supposed to know is that Pharisees and Tax Collectors existed on opposite sides of the social spectrum in Jesus' day, which is precisely why Jesus casts them as players in this particular parable. Pharisees were religious, righteous and "right" about most things when it came to issues of faith and theology – at least as far as most people, and they themselves, were concerned. They followed all the rules. They made all the right sacrifices. They read scripture, gave their offering, showed up for worship – and everyone knew it.
Tax Collectors, on the other hand, weren't the most popular, well-liked people in town. A Jewish tax collector was seen as a puppet of the occupying Roman authority who often took advantage of the power he had to swindle his fellow Jews out of money – some of which he paid to the Romans, and some of which he kept to line his own pockets.
So it would have captured anyone's imagination to see these two strolling toward the temple together to pray. The Pharisee, right and righteous as he was, toots his own horn and thanks God for just how good it is to be a Pharisee. "God, I thank you that I am not like other people:" he says, "thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector." And the Tax Collector, standing somewhere off in the distance, prays the opposite. Unable even to raise his eyes toward heaven, beating his breast with shame, guilt and remorse, he begs simply for forgiveness, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
And I don't think how or what these two prayed would have been much of a surprise to Jesus' listeners. Everyone knew Pharisees did what they were supposed to do – that they followed the rules and towed the line. And everyone knew, too, that Tax Collectors were sinners and they were probably thrilled to hear of a tax collector who felt the weight and shame and guilt of his sins. But what would have surprised any of Jesus' listeners – and what I hope surprises us still – is what Jesus has to say about it all:
Jesus promises that the Tax Collector went home justified, forgiven, redeemed, in spite of his sins, and that "all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted." "All who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
Or, to say it another way, "Jesus is for losers."
What the grace of God does in this parable, as ever, is it levels the playing field on which the Pharisee and the Tax Collector stand. Not only does it bring down the high and mighty, but it raises up the down and out. It exposes the sinfulness of both men and lets the love of God do the rest. And, since you and I don't come across Pharisees and Tax Collectors in the same way that we might have back in Jesus' day, we're invited to fill their places in this parable with names and faces that might be a little more familiar and meaningful for where we live.
Like, maybe we need to see the Democrat and the Republican; or the Christian and the Muslim; or the Lutheran and the Catholic. Maybe we need to imagine the jock and the geek; the starting quarterback and the bench warmer; the kid who aced the test and the one who failed or never even made it to class in the first place. I don't have to tell you in which shoes to place these "opposites" in, in Jesus' story – that might be different for each of us. And the point of it is that it doesn't matter one bit. Jesus is for losers because we're all losers in more ways than we'd like to admit or can even see too much of the time.
The Bible verse on that t-shirt my professor saw – and on the sign when I posted it – was 1st Timothy, chapter 1, verse 15. Could you all pull out a Bible from one of the chairs in front of you and look up 1st Timothy 1:15 (it's on p. 963, near the back)? So-and-So would you mind standing and reading the verse out loud for us? And So-and-So, would you stand and read it, too? How about you? And, could you give it a go, too?
"The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the foremost."
Grace does not mean God chooses us even though we are sinners. Grace means God chooses us precisely because we are sinners – even the very best and brightest among us. Jesus is for you. Jesus is for me. Jesus is for us. Jesus is for "them." Jesus is for losers. And because of that, we know none of us is lost for good.


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It's crazy what sportscasters are willing to talk about to fill in the air. I wonder how many scripts prewritten, clips preshot for these situations. This shit is boring enough when they're prepared. Can you imagine how awful it would be if they had to pull shit out of their ass?
"I agree, Smokey Yunick was a cheat among cheats, rules lawyer among rules lawyers. Could you imagine being a GM and playing D&D with that guy? He'd min-max his character to hell and back with gear out of non-core books and play with weighted dice."
"Hey, we haven't talked Dodge in forever. Why is that? Oh yeah. They don't have a NASCAR program. You hear that often repeated rumor on the internet that Mercedes is thinking about running a few cars next season? Ever since them, Nissan, and Volvo started racing V8s in Australia, they've really been taking American motorsports more seriously. Except . . . you know . . . they haven't."
"You hear how the NFL is trying to keep a tight leash on all of their players to make their sport more sponsor friendly? You'd figure they'd learn from us and our dying viewership that that's a bad idea."
God, I know it's not a real Camry, I just wish Toyota had a cooler nameplate they could run under . . .
They've also tinkered too much with the playoff system. I started watching back in '02, where it was just a season long accumulation of points. Then they switched to the chase format in '06, which wasn't so bad. Then a few years ago they switched it to a round elimination format? I'm not sure, it was around that switch that I stopped caring. Of course any point system is arbitrary, but switching it up every year does not help legitimize the champions in your sport.


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For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and a discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
The human race is advancing in knowledge and technology. Today, in medical sciences, there are various diagnostic equipments which can detect ailments hidden in the body.
However, these medical advancements and equipments have limits. You can't use an MRI or CT scan for example to detect the disease of the soul— sin. Only God's word can.
The human race is plagued with sin. We are spiritually dead. We are sick with sin from head to toe and the word of God diagnoses this with precision. The word is a mirror, showing to us our true self. It lays bare the evil dispositions of our hearts. Just as medical diagnosis aids in finding treatment for our ailment, God through His word provides us with the treatment for our ailing souls.
The word is living; it has life. It points us to Christ through faith for the salvation of our souls unto eternal life. The word convicts, it reproofs, corrects, and trains us in righteousness. God through His word renews and transform us. He washes and sanctifies us by His word.
God is gracious. He has not left us in our desperate state without a remedy. He has given us His word to bring us into communion with Himself. The word is living. It has life.
The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life (John 6:63).
Further Studies: Psalm 23:3, 139:1-16, Jeremiah 17:9, 23:29, John 17:17 Romans 3:23, 12:1-2, 2Timothy 3:16


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First there was the fall of the dot-coms. Then there was the fall of Enron. Yesterday, there was the sentencing of Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison. But now, it's time for the fall of Core Communications: the fictionalized big-business scam at the heart of Memphian Eric Barnes' debut novel, Shimmer (Unbridled Books).
Barnes is discussing and signing copies of Shimmer at Davis-Kidd Booksellers today, June 30th, starting at 6 p.m. Just don't expect the author to be quitting his day job anytime soon. (He's publisher of the Memphis Daily News and the Memphis News.) And don't think of Shimmer as another corporate thriller. Barnes doesn't see it that way. Here's why. And here's more.
"I thought I knew you better than anyone, but after reading your book, I realize I didn't know you at all. Now I love you even more."
That's Dolly Parton speaking to her agent, Sam Haskell, and she's referring to Haskell's book (written with the help of David Rensin), Promises I Made My Mother (Ballantine Books). But Parton was far from being Haskell's only and biggest client at the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles, where he worked — from the mailroom fresh out of Ole Miss to heading the company's worldwide television division — for 26 years.
Count, among Haskell's clients and in no particular order: George Clooney, Bill Cosby, Kathie Lee Gifford, Ray Romano (the Gomer Pyle reference above appears in Romano's foreword to the book), Whoopi Goldberg, Nell Carter, Debbie Allen, Delta Burke, Martin Short, Kirstie Alley, Tony Danza, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Swoosie Kurtz, Lucie Arnaz, and His Royal Highness the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (youngest son of Queen Elizabeth).
And count, among the TV shows Haskell is most proud to have been behind and in no particular order: The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, Lost, Murphy Brown, Sisters, Suddenly Susan, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, King of Queens, and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?.
What's a guy from Amory, Mississippi (pop. 7,000, not far from Tupelo) doing in such company and behind such shows? He's doing his best to honor the lessons taught by his mother, as promised in the title of his book. Haskell will be signing at Davis-Kidd Booksellers on Monday, June 22nd, at 6 p.m.
And note: All proceeds from the sale of the book go directly to the author's favorite charities, among them the Rotary Foundation of America. Why the Rotary? Because, as Haskell said with a laugh in a recent phone conversation, "I was Rotary Boy of the Year in 1973!"
Here, in his own words: Sam Haskell.
L.R. Clothier on Union is known for its cut. But Saturday it'll be all about the "cutthroat world of publishing" when author Joy "Deja" King heads a meet-and-greet writers' workshop on how to publish, how to market, and basically how to make it in today's challenging book business.
June 16th: It's Bloomsday, the day that admirers of James Joyce meet to celebrate Joyce's novel Ulysses, which takes place in Dublin on that date. And starting around 5 p.m., it takes place in Memphis when Celtic Crossing, the Irish bar/restaurant in Cooper-Young, celebrates too with music, food, and costumes inspired by the novel and readings drawn directly from the book.
Thanks to local actors Eddy Thornton, Michael Vale, and Rick Crowe, Memphians can watch a scene out of Ulysses set, appropriately enough, in a Dublin pub. Thanks to Rhodes College student Alicia Queen, Memphians can hear as Molly Bloom rhapsodizes stream of consciously in the novel's famous (and infamous) closing chapter.
Reginald Moore "channels" Molly's husband, Leopold Bloom, in another reading from the book. And thanks to husband-and-wife Ron Evans and Mary Lowe-Evans, we'll hear from husband-and-wife Molly and Leopold in a reading drawn from the novel's "Calypso" episode.
"Bloomsday" in Memphis is thanks to Celtic's owner, DJ Naylor, and Mary Lowe-Evans, who have worked to organize this first citywide celebration of Joyce. What's this got to do, though, with the "bride" of Frankenstein?
Lowe-Evans, a Joyce scholar, has also written on Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, which was based on a "waking dream" Shelley had on the shores of Lake Geneva. She was in the company of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, and they spent their vacation time telling ghost stories and talking late into the night — talking, among other things, about the possibility of animating dead matter. But as Mary Shelley later recalled: "It proved a wet, ungenial summer and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house." (You want rain, thunder, lightning, and Byron at his looniest? See here.)
Sounds like the ungenial summer Memphis is having, what with last Friday's winds, rain, and power outages. But there's good reason to remember Mary Shelley's "waking dream." The year was 1816. The day was June 16th.
Who he?
He's Memphian Rob McGowan, circa '69, in a pic taken at Oakland Army Base on his return from Vietnam, and he wore the "PEACE NOW" button under the lapel of his uniform. The Savage Kick, a British journal specializing in murder and mayhem, is running that photo, along with one of McGowan's more gruesome stories, "Worse Feeling There Is" — uncharacteristically gruesome, he'd like it known — a story from McGowan's yet to be published NAM: Things That Weren't True and Other Stories. (For the title story from that collection, see the summer 2007 issue of South Dakota Review.)
Less gruesome: McGowan's art-world short story "A Clutter of Old Papers" (from his yet to be published UNTITLED: Artist Stories), a story that will appear this fall in the Connecticut Review.
What else is there from McGowan, who's been writing like mad and getting published like crazy the past few years?
A personal essay in Etchings, an Australian journal, is already out, and there's another personal essay in Wild Apples (out of Massachusetts).
The author is Daniel Wolff. He wrote You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke, and he's collaborated with Memphian Ernest Withers in Withers' collections of photographs, Negro League Baseball and The Memphis Blues Again. And he's currently producing a documentary on New Orleans, called Right To Return, with director Jonathan Demme.
But today we're talking to Wolff about How Lincoln Learned To Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them (Bloomsbury USA). The last of those 12 is Elvis Presley, and Wolff's chapter is an insightful and, yes, moving look at the boy who became the man who would be King.
Q: There's a whole library of books written about Elvis Presley. How does your 20-page portrait compare to his education covered in book-length biographies?
A: I've read (and kept) too many books about Elvis. (Just ask my wife.) And in order to write this profile in How Lincoln Learned To Read, I dug up even more information.
A couple of obvious comparisons to previous books: I look at Elvis only till he's 18. So, it's before he's a star and even a professional musician. It's about his coming up and ends as much more a portrait of a kid out of Mississippi who moves Memphis than it is the future King.
Second and in answer to your question: How Lincoln Learned To Read is a book about a dozen Americans, most of them supposedly well-known: Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Sojourner Truth, Henry Ford, etc. But the way these people are "known" depends on what we ask about them. I'm asking how they learned the things they needed — whether it's machinery in Ford's case or public speaking in Lincoln's — and then I'm looking to the subjects themselves to answer the question through what they've written or said. That gives you a different kind of portrait than we may have seen before.


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What does Elvy mean?
Elvy as a name for girls has the meaning "white". Elvy is a version of Ailbhe (Irish, Gaelic): from albho. Elvy is also a derivative of Elva (Irish, Gaelic).
STARTS WITH El-
ASSOCIATED WITH white
VARIANTS Elvie, Elvia, Alvy, Alva▼
OTHER FORMS VIA AILBHE, ELVA Alby, Elfie, ElliCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Elvy?
Elvy is a rare first name for females but a somewhat popular surname for all people (#137816 out of 150436, Top 92%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Ailbhe, Alva, Elfie, Elli, Elva, Elvia and Elvie are the prominent variation forms of Elvy (UNLISTED). Usage of these forms of Elvy was common among parents in the 1900s (USAGE OF 0.11%). (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2016)
Similar Names
Elvy is pronounced similarly to Alvah, Alvie, Elvah, Elvi, Olva and Ulva. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Davy, Eddy, Edy, Eeva, Effy, Eiley, Eily, Eiry, El, Ela, Elah, Elan, Elba, Elbe, Elda▼, Elen, Elga, Eli, Elia, Elin, Elis, Eliz, Elka, Elke, Ella▲, Elle▲, Elly, Ellyn, Elma▼, Elna▼, Elody, Elon, Els, Elsa▼, Else, Elsy, Elvis, Elvyra, Elyn, Elza, Emmy▲, Essy, Etty, Eva, Eve▲, Evey, Evvy, Evy, Ivy▲, Livy, Rivy, Silvy and Tavy. These names tend to be more commonly used than Elvy.See names in meaning and etymology.


text: On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 12:18:50PM -0700, Philippe Caquant wrote: > But now I would like to find Anglo-Saxon accents! There are plenty of native-English-speakers to choose from on that same website, but none of them have e.g. their "her"s transcribed as [r\=]. The closest it gets is [@`] or [3`] (e.g. the woman from Texas - http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/english9.html). Personally, I can't tell the difference among [@`], [3`], and [r\=], so if you give that a listen and imagine that "cure" is pronounced to rhyme with that speaker's "her" and "brother", you'll be pretty close -Mark


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It is fully proved in all the revelations that God has ever given to mankind that they naturally
love and admire
righteousness, justice and truth more than they do evil. It is, however, universally received by
professors of religion as a Scriptural doctrine that man is naturally opposed to God. This is not
so. Paul says, in his Epistle to the Corinthians, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of
God," but I say it is the unnatural "man that receiveth not the things of God." Paul, in another
place, says, "if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ,
who is the image of God, should shine unto them." That which was, is, and will
continue to endure is more natural than that which will pass away and be no more. The natural man is of God. We are the natural parents, and spiritually we are the natural children of the Father of
light and natural heirs to his kingdom; and when we do an evil, we do it in opposition to the
promptings of the Spirit of Truth that is within us. Man, the noblest work of God, was in his
creation designed for an endless duration, for which the love of all good was incorporated in his
nature. It was never designed that he should naturally do and love
JD 9:305, Brigham Young, June 15, 1862
it is not natural for men to be evil. All men
admire that which is good; all men admire virtue and truth, whether they possess them themselves or not, they
still admire that which is good in others. You may go to the most wicked man that exists and talk to him upon
this subject, and he will say at once, "I am not an example, but such a man is and there are certain principles
that I admire, and if I could see them carried out I should be glad." Who does not admire the truth? And if
men carry out good principles in their lives, all others admire both them and the principles. Who is there that
does not admire virtue, no matter how lascivious they may be themselves? However dishonest the man may
be himself, there is a feeling of admiration of honesty in others. This feeling prevails among the children of
men. The only thing with them, and that which puzzles is, how shall the world be redeemed? How shall
mankind be purified and correct principles be introduced among the human family? Men know that their
hearts are evil, and they are ever ready to charge this upon others. The question now is, how shall good and
John Taylor
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 10
"Since there is no such thing as original sin, as that expression is used in modern Christendom, it follows that children are not conceived in sin. They do not come into the world with any taint of impurity whatever." – Bruce R. McConkie (April 1977 Ensign)
1 Cor 2: 14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Ephesians 4:
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Romans 3: 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Romans 7:24King James Version (KJV)
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Even the Book of Mormon disagrees with Mormons. But when does it ever agree with them ?
Mosiah 3:19
For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
Scripture is God-breathed
2 Tim. 3:16-17 says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." The word "inspired" is literally "God-breathed." This is an interesting phrase, since it implies that the Scriptures are from the mouth of God.
Likewise, Peter says in 2 Pet. 1:21, "for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God." Notice that Peter is stating that prophecy is not the product of human will. Instead, prophecy occurs by those moved by the Holy Spirit.
God spoke through the mouth of the prophets. We see in Acts 3:18, "But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He has thus fulfilled." Clearly, Luke, the writer of Acts, understood the Old Testament Scriptures to be spoken by God through the prophets. In fact, we find other references to the Old Testament referring to God speaking through the prophets.
•Words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah are referenced in Matt. 2:17, 27:9.
•Words spoken through the prophet Isaiah are referenced in Matt. 1:22, 8:17; John 12:37-40.
•Words spoken through the prophets Moses and Hosea are referenced in Matt. 2:15.
•Words spoken through the prophet David are referenced in Matt. 13:34-35.
•Words spoken through the prophet Zechariah are referenced in Matt. 21:4.
•Words spoken through the prophets generically are referenced in Matt. 26:56.
Because the prophets speak for God, write Scripture, and make prophecies, the Scriptures must be fulfilled. It is the written Scriptures that are referenced here. It is not some vague and ambiguous reference to some areas of the Bible that "contain" the word of God.
below is an example of God breathed versus man breathed and wrong
Written hundreds of years before Jesus's birth, The Book of Micah is a prophetic book in the Tanakh/Old Testament, and the sixth of the twelve minor prophets. It records the sayings of Micah, Mikayahu, meaning "Who is like Yahweh?", an 8th-century B.C. Micah 5
New King James Version (NKJV)
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting."
1800 years after his birth by a man and not God breathed
Alma 7: 10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
Would the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing this song and mean it since Adore means Worship ? Do Mormons lift there hands to the LORD
1 Timothy 2:8
I want men everywhere to lift holy hands in prayer without anger or disputing
Lamentations 2: 19
Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.
Lamentation 3:41
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
Psalm 28:2
Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place
Psalm 63:4
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.Psalm 134 :2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.
130 And when he cometh into the house of God, for he should be first in the house—behold, this is beautiful, that he may be an example—
131 Let him offer himself in prayer upon his knees before God, in token or remembrance of the everlasting covenant.
132 And when any shall come in after him, let the teacher arise, and, with uplifted hands to heaven, yea, even directly, salute his brother or brethren with these words:
I Have a Question--Ensign
In the Book of Mormon, the word Lord generally refers to Christ, but there are other times when it seems to refer to God the Father. How can one distinguish the meaning in a particular case?
Jesus is also a God. The Father is Supreme, but Jesus is also a member of the Godhead, and is by his calling a God. (See Heb. 1:8–12.) The Prophet Joseph stated: "I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods." (Teachings, p. 370.)
In fact, very few sacred titles are used exclusively for one or the other. We can ask, for example, "Who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?" We may think first of Jesus since the Father delegated responsibility for this earth to him. (See 1 Ne. 19:10 and 1 Cor. 10:4.) We must keep in mind, however, that some other prophets have understood this and yet they have designated God the Father as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (See Acts 3:15; Acts 5:30; and Acts 22:14.)
So I didn't wonder that my student reached the conclusion he did. He discovered that with "divine investiture" positive identification is sometimes difficult, if not impossible. As he put it, "Sometimes it seems as if God the Father is speaking and then it seems to be Christ. Even angels speak as if they were Christ." (See Rev. 22:8–9, 12–16.)
The prophets themselves probably knew to whom they spoke, but the identity of the messengers may have become confused in translation or transcription.
It seems to me, however, that as long as we are persuaded by the Spirit that the message is divine, we should not be overly concerned about the identification of the messenger.
Very interesting how confused these Mormons are about the God they worship, they just can't make up there mind who the messenger is they seem very whimsical about who there etching ears are listening too
Selections from Answers to Gospel Questions
Taken from the writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Tenth President of Mormonism
A course Study for the Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums
Lesson 6 page 39
It was Jesus who gave commandments to Adam after he was driven out of the Garden of Eden and who directed Enoch and Noah before the flood. It was Christ who named Abraham and made him that through his posterity all nations would be blessed. He, it was who called Moses to lead Isreal out of Egypt and who wrote with his fingers on the tables of stone. He had no body until he was born in Bethlehem. If Christ could do these things as a spirit, the Holy Ghost can carry out the mind and will of the Father and the Son as a spirit. We are taught plainly that the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, are One God, that is one Godhead.
Joseph Fielding Smith said, "All revelation since the fall has come through Jesus Christ, who is the Jehovah of the Old Testament. In all of the scriptures, where God is mentioned and where he has appeared, it was Jehovah who talked with Abraham, with Noah, Enoch, Moses and all the prophets. He is the God of Israel, the Holy One of Israel; the one who led that nation out of Egyptian bondage, and who gave and fulfilled the Law of Moses. The Father has never dealt with man directly and personally since the fall, and he has never appeared except to introduce and bear record of the Son ." (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 1:27.)
Hinckley and the Utahite Mormons had handed over the "blessing" for Joseph Smith III given to him by his father and obtained from the Thomas Bullock collection:
Representatives of the Reorganized Church were in the audience - the document was one of Mark Hoffman's forgeries.
"The gift of discernment enables a bishop or branch president to know truth, to understand the differences between good and evil, and even to know what is in a person's heart. Because he has this gift, we can seek his counsel and he can tell us what the Lord would have us do to grow spiritually."
- Official LDS Church Manual "Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood", Part A, History and Organization of the Priesthood, 8: Duties of the Bishop and the Branch President, 57."
"It is abundantly clear that presiding priesthood leaders are given the gift of discernment."
- Elder Gene R. Cook, "Seek Out Your Spiritual Leader," Ensign, May 1978, 64
"I give my testimony that the prophets of this day have the qualities of the prophets of old and the other prophets of this dispensation. Each of these prophets has humbly and prayerfully sought to know and follow God's will in his personal ministry. We declare with soberness, and yet with the authority of God in us vested, we have a prophet today. The President of the Church, as a prophet, is God's representative on earth and is appointed to lead His church. Christ is the head of his Church today, just as he was in ancient times. The Lord has said that this is 'the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased' (D&C 1:30)."
- Apostle Robert D. Hales, "Hear the Prophet's Voice and Obey," Ensign, May 1995, Page 15
In the end, folks, it was Jerald Tanner who had the gift of discernment, and fingered the forgeries of Mark Hoffman. Jerald Tanner was a devout Christian who had left the Mormon cult.
"The Gods who dwell in the Heaven...have been redeemed from the grave in a world which existed before the foundations of this earth were laid. They and the Heavenly body which they now inhabit were once in a fallen state....they were exalted also, from fallen men to Celestial Gods to inhabit their Heaven forever and ever." (Apostle Orson Pratt in The Seer, page 23)
Would you think fallen means sinner Which gods and does that include Jehovah and God the Father
In the 1844 LDS publication, Times and Seasons, volume 5, pages 613-614, Joseph Smith reiterated that God was an exalted man and that Mormon men could also become Gods. This teaching is well documented, as is their claim that God is not a spirit being, but that he has a body of flesh and bone.
"God is a perfected, saved soul enjoying eternal life." (Second Counselor in the First Presidency, Marion G. Romney, as per Salt Lake Tribune, April 3, 1977.)
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We are true and full believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His revealed word through the Holy Bible.
My brothers and sisters, the Holy Bible is a miracle! It is a miracle that the Bible's 4,000 years of sacred and secular history were recorded and preserved by the prophets, apostles, and inspired churchmen.
It is a miracle that we have the Bible's powerful doctrine, principles, poetry, and stories. But most of all, it is a wonderful miracle that we have the account of the life, ministry, and words of Jesus, which was protected through the Dark Ages and through the conflicts of countless generations so that we may have it today.
It is a miracle that the Bible literally contains within its pages the converting, healing Spirit of Christ, which has turned men's hearts for centuries, leading them to pray, to choose right paths, and to search to find their Savior.
The Holy Bible is well named. It is holy because it teaches truth, holy because it warms us with its spirit, holy because it teaches us to know God and understand His dealings with men, and holy because it testifies throughout its pages of the Lord Jesus Christ.


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Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) voted for Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) failed gun control bill in April 2013 and is endorsed by gun control proponent Michael Bloomberg, but she is claiming pro-gun status in her bid for a fourth term in the Senate.
According to the Shreveport Times, Landrieu's campaign is trying to put distance between the Senator and her gun control vote by pointing to other votes she "cast favoring gun ownership."
And after the NRA released an ad questioning Landrieu's commitment to gun rights, Landrieu released the following statement:
I have consistently voted to allow individuals to carry a concealed weapon for self-defense, prevent the federal government from creating a national gun registry and voted not to allow the government to seize firearms during and after a disaster.
The problem with this statement is that, to be enforceable, Manchin's gun control bill–the bill that Landrieu voted for–would have required the creation of a national gun registry. Breitbart News reported this just days before Manchin's bill failed to pass. Since that time, states with universal background checks, such as California, have begun to require registration of both long guns and hand guns so that the state government knows where every gun is located.
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We Keep God's Command to Love
1 John 4:16c-5:4a
Exegetical Notes:
The Experience of Love (4:16c-19)
The experience of love is the mutual indwelling of God with his people, and this is an experience of love because God is love. "God is love" repeats what John said in 4:8 of this section than thus provides a structural parallel.
This love has been perfected "with us" (4:17) as distinguished from "in us" (4:12). The latter reflects the internalization of the love of God in the believer's life, while the former reflects the communal dimension of the love of God among believers. If we love one another, not only is the love of God perfected in us subjectively, but it is also concretely present communally or objectively. I agree with Brown that "with us" means that God's love is perfected in the expression of love that believers have for each other and for God; it is the cooperative dimension of perfected love (Brown, pp. 527-8). The love of God perfected in us is triangular: God, others and self. Love is perfected when it expresses the communal fellowship and is experienced in community with God and others.
The witness of this experience of love is the loss of fear and the presence of boldness. When the love of God is internalized and concretized in practice, then we lose the fear of God's final judgment because we no longer fear the punishment. We are assured, not arrogant. We do not fear the punishment because we share God's life of love. Consequently, when we truly love one another, we no longer fear because God's love has been perfected in us. Yet, we cannot be arrogant about this love because God took the initiative by loving us first! Again we see how eschatology invades John's perspective.
The Command for Believers to Love (4:20-5:4a)
This section identifies "the command" (4:21) which takes us back to 2:9-10. Believers in Jesus Christ must love each other just as they claim to love God. Indeed, whether we love each other is a test of whether we truly love God as we claim we do. When we fail to love each other, we fail to perfect the love of God among us and thus deny that God is truly love. We thereby demonstrate that we do not love God as we claimed.
While many separate 5:1-4a from 4:20-21, 5:1-4a actually extends the discussion by introducing the two tests of community: (1) faith in Jesus Christ; and (2) love for God which entails that we love each other. This is signaled by another en touto ("by this") in 5:2. All believers in Jesus Christ are born of God (thus, children of God), and we share this community by loving each other. Thus, the means of assurance is loving God and loving each other ("keeping his commands").
The idea of "command" here takes us back to 4:21--it is the command to love each other. This is not burdensome because it is the heart of God himself, that is, God is love. If we love God, then we will love others and so God's love is perfected in us. But the non-burdensomeness of the command is rooted not only in the character of the command (to love as God's love has been given to us), but also in the assured moral victory (we have overcome the world). Thus, the command is not a burden because we are able to keep it by the work of Jesus Christ in the world to overcome the Evil One. When the love of God fills our hearts, the command to love each other is not burdensome, but natural. When we love with the love of God, loving each other is easy.
Theological Perspectives:
When the love of God is perfected "in" us, it will be experience and perfected "with" us (or, NIV has "among us"). Ultimately, the love of God—as experience with the divine community of Father, Son and Spirit—is experienced in community as believers love God and each other. Christianity is a fellowship with the divine community and the human believing community. It is not a "lone ranger" adventure, but an adventure in community sharing life with the divine community. The perfection of the love of God is experiential—both subjectively (within our own hearts) and objectively (within the community).
The subjective and objective dimensions of this love—as experienced in community—is perfected love, that is, it is a genuine experience of the love of God. This perfected love casts out fear. Fear is dispelled because love is the genuine experience of God himself, and there is no fear in God.
This communal experience is evidenced in our relationship with each other. There the love of God becomes concrete. It is no longer the private experience of the believer ("I love you in my heart"), nor merely a vertical relation to God ("I love God"). Rather, it is the pragmatic and practical relation of loving each other in action rather than merely in word.
How do we know we know God? When we love God and keep his commands (e.g., when we love each other). The command we are to keep arises out of our faith in Jesus and is located in the act of loving each other. When we love God and the brothers, we keep the commands of God. Loving God involves obedience, and this obedience is supremely expressed in loving each other.
When this command seems burdensome, then it may be the result of several factors. We may think of the "commands" as a list of rules, a kind of yoke to bear. But it is not a list of rules, but the rule—love each other. Yet, even loving each other can seem burdensome, but only when we lose sight of God's love and how our experience of that love enables us to love each other. To love each other is not burdensome when it arises out our own experience of God's love. When we try to love without our own resources, it is difficult to love the community of believers, but when we love with God's love (that is, when we love with "the stuff" we have experienced in our own relationship with God), then it is not burdensome. We must learn to love each other out our own experience of God's love in our lives.
Teaching Particulars
The Love of God Experienced (4:16b-5:4a)
Function of Text:
Because God is love, God expects his people to experience that love in a community of believers.
Through faith God has fathered a community of children who now are called to live in familial love toward each other as obedient children. The love between the Father and Son (the divine community) is perfected when that love is experienced in community among his children.
You only truly experience the love of God when you love the family of God. You cannot love God and live in disobedience to the command to love each other.
Teaching Outline:
An Easy Command
1. Some people fail to see the love of God because they have been spiritually raped by others who claim to act in the love of God or act as a representative of God. Often the church has failed to testify to the love of God in its community.
2. The love of God must be perfected in community if there is to be a real testimony to the love of God in the darkness of the world. The love of God must not only be perfected "in" us but also "among" us.
3. When this love is experienced in community, then fear, doubt and suspicion dissipate. When this love is experienced in community, then eschatological hope can live.
4. Because God is love, this command to love each other is not burdensome--it becomes the easiest load in the world when the love of God is perfected in our hearts and within community. It is because we love with God's love.
5. Yet, at the same time, we think of loving each other as the most difficult of tasks. But John will have none of this moral defeatism--we have the victory already. Faith means that we bear witness to the love of God in Jesus, the work of Jesus to destroy the devil and his work, and the power of the Spirit who lives within us. Faith is the victory. We can love each other because the God who is love lives within us and has overcome the world. We have overcome the world through him. We love because he is love.
Questions for Discussion:
1. What kind of fear is John describing? How has this fear been part of your life in the past or present? What is the resolution of that fear? How have you experienced that resolution?
2. How does fear relate to loving the community? If we fear, we are not perfected in love, and if we are perfected in love, we do not love the brothers. Does fear keep us from authentically and fully loving our community? How does fear hinder love in community?
3. Have you ever felt the commands of God were burdensome? Why did you feel that way? What did that feel like? If you have not, why have you not?
4. Is Christianity best defined as faith in Christ, loving God and loving each other? Why do so many resist such a "simple" definition of the Christian faith?
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Fountain celebrates 75th birthday
For many those gathered for the Lewis Memorial Fountain's 75th birthday celebration, fountain memories were to be found in abundance.
For Donald Sherwood, a graduate of Sigourney High School, the fountain was a central gathering place.
"We [never had] any place else to go," said Sherwood.
Visiting the fountain after sunset stands out in particular for Sherwood.
"Daylight doesn't do it any justice," said Sherwood. "You need to see it at night."
Read the full article in the Sept. 9 issue of the News-Review.


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Today I almost had an emotional breakdown and almost didn't eat one of my bagel snacks…and ED had nothing to do with it. I know, makes no sense, but let me explain.
I went to the dining hall and they had no more wheat bagels. This is the last day the dining halls near me are open this semester, or for me, ever. So it was my last time in them. And these were my favorite bagels. Yes…I could go to other dining hall tomorrow to get more wheat bagels, but what if they didn't have them? I began to panic. Even though I have 13 in my freezer..I panicked. I told myself I couldn't do this flavor tonight because didn't replenish it. Why is this such an issue. Well…it has nothing to do with the bagel…or my hoarding….it has to do with sadness.
You see, these bagels….to me they represent my time at my university. They represent my time with my N. They were our first big challenge and have been a required part of my meal plan for over a year. But these brand bagels are only from my university. So I have begun stocking up on them…because I don't want to run out. No, not now….while school in session. But after this Friday. When I am home. Because not having any more bagels….it means I really am letting go. Letting go of my time at my university. Letting go of my relationship as it is with my N. It will be another sign I have to move on.
So now, with my several loads of bagels back to my house over the past few weeks, I have a stockpile of bagels. But I didn't figure my stockpile would stop today. Figured I had two more days. And then I realized I didn't….and I was going to have to start eating my stockpile. Slowly but surely having to face reality that this is goodbye. It seems silly. I'm not saying goodbye to the bagels. But to my N, to UGA, to the life I have always known. And that terrifies me.
It's like somehow having these bagels, I would have a security blanket. A connection to the life I have known. And could still tell myself I was coming back. That N wasn't gone. But that isn't reality. The time has come…and I have to say goodbye. And for me goodbyes are hard.
But I knew I had to. Had to take the first bite into my stockpile. Had to start to accept I am saying goodbye. Had to let the tears fall.
Everyone makes graduation seem like such a happy time…and it is. But it is also terrifying to leave the life you have known for so many years. It's sad to say goodbye to the friends, professors, and familiar places you have known for so long. Yes…it's even hard to say goodbye to the bagels you have known for so long. That first big ED victory you had.
So I let it sink in. I let the tears fall. And I ate the bagel. I knew by doing my plan tonight, I would be honoring these memories, especially the bond with my N which these bagels represent to me. Even in my relapse I have tried to keep the bagel…because I felt like by letting it go, I was breaking my promises to my N. And now….after 74 days of no relapse…I really don't want these bagels to go. My N to go. I don't want to be left on my own.
But whether I eat the bagel or not, that time is coming. Yes…running out of the bagels will symbolize the final goodbye to UGA and my N as it will happen long after graduation. But even if I kept the stash forever…I would still have to say goodbye. So I am letting myself feel. Letting myself grieve. I don't want to let go. I don't want to leave. I am terrified. But…the time has come….classes have ended…and its time for my next chapter in life. And it's time I move past the comfort of UGA….learn to live outside the university walls…and finding my own way…even without my bagels ;)
P.S: This has also reminded me that when I am having strong emotions around food it has nothing to do with the food. Here, not finding my bagels terrified me. But the fear had nothing to do with the bagels. It had to do with the fear of letting go and of having to change my meal plan on my own when the bagels do run out. On having to learn to trust myself. And on moving on from undergrad and the college I held so dear. In accepting I won't be returning in the Fall. No more dining hall bagels, no more N, no more UGA. That was the fear..but ED masked it in bagels. And had I just focused on bagels and not eaten them…I would have never realized what was beneath.


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Her debut single, "Another Dumb Blonde," from the motion picture Snow Day was certified GOLD, and she continued to find mainstream success with such hits as "The Burrito Song," and the Legally Blonde Movie Soundtrack anthem, "Perfect Day." Hoku was a mainstay on MTV & the Disney Channel, the face of national advertisements with Bongo Jeans & Twix, a performer at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, and a runway model for Tommy Hilfiger.
When the demands of pop stardom began to chafe against her Christian faith, she walked away from her mainstream pop career and settled into quiet life outside of the limelight. She continued songwriting and began leading worship, ultimately discovering a deep passion for both. After dabbling in careers in songwriting and studio session recording, she finally set her focus on what would become her strongest and deepest calling: motherhood.
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Docker Security Scanning, from the guys who created Docker Content Trust.
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Down the road, this could mean a lot for container uptime.
The "micro-SDN" of containers gets a formal link to Kubernetes.