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Evaluate Antimicrobials Beyond the Label
Advice on using study trial data to choose an antimicrobial product
Beef cattle veterinarians and their producer clients have many choices when selecting an antimicrobial to control and treat bovine respiratory disease (BRD). The first step for many is to compare labels, see what bacterial pathogens each product treats or controls, and look for duration and withdrawal times. The next step is to look beyond the label to the data behind the products, said John Pollreisz, DVM, Zoetis managing veterinarian.
"Most antimicrobials have numerous studies behind them to demonstrate duration and efficacy," Dr. Pollreisz said. "But it is important to understand what information is reliable and which information is more questionable."
When reviewing studies, watch for:
• Limited information. Did only one or two trials report the product performed well?
• Allocation irregularities. Fair allocation of product is the most important aspect of an efficacy trial. A well-structured study will randomly assign which animal receives which product, and the sample sizes will be equal or similar. If the study doesn't explain the allocation method or describe why there are unequal sample sizes, then it is a red flag.
• Inconsistent results. Statistics are used to support a predetermined conclusion, rather than objectively drawing a conclusion from the data. Look for inconsistent results in the trials.
• Cyclical nature of BRD. Some years are just worse than others because of environmental factors. Every product will do well in a year when BRD pressure is low due to ideal weather conditions and other variables that support a healthy environment.
• Anecdotal conclusions. When the report is based more on a feeling or perception of an achieved benefit, look to see whether the data supports the anecdotal conclusion.
Sometimes, producers want to see real results from their own operation in addition to data from other studies. However, there are a number of issues and inconclusive results that may result from trials that are not professionally driven. Recently, Zoetis completed a summary of trials with DRAXXIN® (tulathromycin) Injectable Solution. "Each of the trials were done by universities or professional contract research firms, and many of the results and conclusions have been published in refereed journals, so we have confidence in the results," Dr. Pollreisz said.
"The biggest mistake I see is that a feedlot operation will give all the cattle in one load one antimicrobial and then give the next load a different treatment and try to compare results," Dr. Pollreisz explained. "The problem with that scenario: The load of cattle is a larger variable than the antimicrobial given. If one load had only a 30-minute ride to the feedlot and the next load had a six-hour ride, then it's not apples to apples."
A gate cut for treatment isn't truly random either, Dr. Pollreisz said. "To truly do the best job in the field for a random test of products is to administer Product A to every other animal and then administer Product B to the ones not given Product A. You have to have two syringes going and you will need to record which animals get which antimicrobial, but you are closer to random and the results will be more reliable."
Dr. Pollreisz encourages producers to work closely with their veterinarian to establish a protocol for an on-site comparison.
"The data from study trials are important as you evaluate antimicrobials, but it is also important that the trial was fair and unbiased in how it was set up," Dr. Pollreisz concluded. "I encourage veterinarians and producers to ask questions if they don't understand how a trial was run. In the end, it helps them trust the data behind the product."
To learn more about the summary of DRAXXIN trials or to learn about more effective BRD control options, visit DRAXXIN.com.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: DRAXXIN has a pre-slaughter withdrawal time of 18 days. Do not use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older. Do not use in animals known to be hypersensitive to the product. See full Prescribing Information at draxxin.com/PI.
About Zoetis
Zoetis (zô-EH-tis) is the leading animal health company, dedicated to supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on more than 60 years of experience in animal health, Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and markets veterinary vaccines and medicines, complemented by diagnostic products and genetic tests and supported by a range of services. Zoetis serves veterinarians, livestock producers and people who raise and care for farm and companion animals with sales of its products in more than 100 countries. In 2015, the company generated annual revenue of $4.8 billion with approximately 9,000 employees. For more information, visit www.zoetisUS.com.
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Next up, in "stupid a** list" news, our O's have been named by CBS sports as the #2 most embarrassing franchise in sports. According to them, only the New York Knicks are more dismal than the Orioles. Let's forget arguing the merits of the list for now (considering it didn't even include the Bungles?!?!) and just take in the fact that it took a team with:
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Hey everyone! I hope you're all well and had an amazing Christmas! It's safe to say that I'm suffering from the Christmas blues as I'm absolutely gutted that it's all over again for another year, but it was so nice to take some time away from blogging and spend some quality time with my family, friends and boyfriend - which mainly consisted of spending 90% of my time in snuggly pyjamas, eating pigs and blankets for breakfast, chocolate all day (everyday) and way too many glasses of prosecco.... Living the high life.
It seems to be a little tradition in the blogging world for us all to share a 'What I Got For Christmas' post and this is something that I absolutely love reading purely for the fact that I'm a bit of a nosey bugger. With that being said, although it's majorly delayed (due to a faulty memory card that my laptop was unable to read) I thought I'd share with you all what I got for Christmas from my amazing family and boyfriend... Yet again, I was ridiculously spoiled by everyone and YET again, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
BATH PRODUCTS & PAMPER GIFTS: It's safe to say that I now have enough pamper products to last me a very long time. My mum recently had a trip to America so stocked up on some of my favourite products from brands such as Decléor and Origins (the Ginzing moisturiser is my all time favourite) - along with some Sephora products and facial masks that I've never seen or heard of before so I can't wait to give them a try. I also received a couple of posh little sets from spas including facial and skincare products and the most amazing bath & body sets from Ted Baker and Laura Mercier. I can't explain how excited I am to start using the LM honey bath!
MAKEUP & PERFUME: This year, I was lucky enough to receive some bits that I've wanted for such a long time. My boyfriend got me the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit palette which has been on my wish list for as long as I can remember and it is possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen - I love every single shade and can't wait to start using it! He also got me my first ever Jo Malone perfume in 'Blackberry and Bay' which is such a gorgeous scent. Jo Malone is one of those brands that I see as a luxury so you can imagine how excited I was when I saw the bag under the tree on Christmas day. My mum got me a couple of Too Faced products - the Better Than Sex mascara and the Shadow Insurance, along with the NARS Laguna bronzer which again are products that I've wanted to try for ages! I also got a bottle of Chloé perfume from my auntie and a little travel set of Jean Paul Gaultier from Tom's parents which smell gorgeous!
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HOMEWARE & RANDOM BITS AND BOBS: My favourite part. As you all know, I'm a huge lover of anything and everything in rose gold or copper and my family know this too. My nan and grandad got me the rose gold Frendz headphones (I couldn't believe it when I opened them on Christmas Day!) - I thought it was so cute as my nan said she'd seen them on my blog wish list... I didn't even know she read my blog! Not only do they look amazing but they're also such good quality!
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Then, to top it all off... My main present from Tom was a studio lighting kit with soft boxes for when I take my blog photos. This was such a special present to me as it was completely unexpected but was also something I've needed for such a long time as my bedroom is so dark in the winter which results in grainy, dark blog photos. He definitely done his research after listening to my moaning for months! (I couldn't take a photo for the post as they're absolutely huge) - but they are so perfect and I can't believe how thoughtful he was.
I am genuinely so grateful for everything that I received this year and so grateful to have such an amazing family and boyfriend who have yet again made this year's Christmas a special and memorable one.
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First Minister speech: International Festival for Business
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Thank you, Lionel, It's a pleasure to speak at this International Festival of Business. And it's a particular pleasure to return to Liverpool, and to St George's Hall.
The floor of the great hall here is inlaid with emblems of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, as well as England.
It's a reminder, in the very fabric of this building, that Liverpool exemplifies – perhaps better than anywhere else in England - the ties which connect all of the nations of these islands.
That makes Liverpool an appropriate location for today's speech, since one point I want to stress is that those ties will continue after independence; in fact, they will flourish.
But I want to talk about change, as well as continuity – I want to explain why independence would transform Scotland for the better, enabling us to pursue a fairer and more sustainable model of economic growth; and I want to show that that would bring wider benefits across these islands.
I want to begin by stressing a crucial point - Scotland is a nation of great wealth and extraordinary potential. Per head of population, we have the 14th highest GDP in the Organisation for Economic co-operation and Development. We have contributed more in tax revenues, per head of population, than the rest of the UK in every one of the last 33 years. We have oil and gas reserves that will last for decades and renewable energy reserves that will last forever. We have more universities in the world's top 200, relative to our size, than any other country on the planet.
That's why just about everybody involved in this debate accepts that we can be independent. The question we're deciding in September, is whether we should be independent.
I want to start by looking at the record of the Scottish Parliament. The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee published a report last week. The report recommends greater devolution in England; and it makes the point that "Besides London and the south East, Scotland…was the only (part of the UK) that grew relative to the UK national average between 2001 and 2011."
It's worth remembering that there are 12 economic areas counted in those statistics. So outside of London and the south east, Scotland was the only area out of 10, which grew at a rate higher than the national average. And even our growth rates are below what we believe they could be –the figures show the vast disparity between London and the rest of the UK, as well as the success of Scotland's Parliament.
Nevertheless, it's interesting to compare the reality of the Parliament with the rhetoric that preceded it. The week before the referendum in 1997, a Conservative leader called William Hague – I wonder what happened to him? - came to Glasgow to predict that "devolution would make no difference to schools, to hospitals, to jobs or to business. The tartan tax would lead to foreign investors saying no to Scotland."
It's difficult to be more wrong. Last month, Ernst and Young published its annual business attractiveness survey. It showed that once again, Scotland is the top performing part of the UK for attracting inward investment projects, outside London.
There's two things about that. First, I said it was difficult to be more wrong than William Hague. Difficult, but not impossible! The current Chancellor of the Exchequer told the BBC in November 2011 that "I think that uncertainty is damaging investment in Scotland – and there are major businesses around the world who have asked me as chancellor in the last year 'tell us what is going on in Scotland - we're worried about making an investment in that country'. It's now more than 2 ½ years on. We don't need a crystal ball to see that he was wrong; we can all read the book. And if someone can be so comprehensively wrong about past scaremongering, then why should we believe his scaremongering about the future?
But secondly, there's no mystery to Scotland's relative success. It is worth reflecting why the opponents of devolution were so wrong in 1997. They were wrong because they believed that the people of Scotland would make choices which were harmful to Scotland.
The record of the Scottish Parliament has proven the opposite. It has shown that the best people to take decisions on Scotland's future are the people who live and work in Scotland- they are and always will be the people who care most about the future of Scotland.
And over the last 15 years, the Scottish Parliament has worked to create a fairer society and a more competitive economy. We have created the most business-friendly local taxation system in the UK. We've supported our enterprise agencies at a time when the UK government scrapped its regional development authorities. We have done all we can to protect capital expenditure during the recession. As a result, we've seen the situation where Scottish employment is higher and economic inactivity is lower than in the rest of the UK. And just yesterday we had confirmation that Scotland's economy has now passed its pre-recession peak, with growth of 1% in the first quarter of this year.
That is an important point. Technically, we have been out of recession for some time - but you can't really declare a recession over until output has recovered beyond the previous level, and now it has.
However Scotland is still affected by decisions on welfare, employment, taxation and business regulation - made by UK governments which, more often than not, we didn't vote for. There remains a profound democratic deficit in Scotland.
I'm 59 years old. For more than half of my life, Scotland has been ruled by parties with no majority. At the last four UK elections, starting in 1997, the Conservatives in Scotland have won 0, 1, 1, and 1 seat respectively. Mind you, I notice that that's still one more seat than on Liverpool City Council!
Over a period of decades, we have seen inequality grow significantly in the UK. The UK now has the highest levels of regional inequality in the European Union. Even before the current government came into office, Professor Danny Dorling calculated that the UK was the 4th most unequal country in the developed world – it hardly seems likely that the position has improved!
Professor Joseph Stiglitz is one of two Nobel laureates who sits on the Scottish Government's council of Economic Advisers. He recently wrote a book about the price of inequality to modern societies – how if people are deprived of opportunities, the end result is to stifle competition and growth. So instead of using economic growth to pay some of the social costs of inequality – we need to recognise that inequality undermines the long term sustainability of that growth.
And so the Scottish Government wants to pursue a more sustainable model of growth than the UK has done in recent decades. Solidarity and cohesion are key elements of our economic strategy. We want to invest responsibly to promote prosperity, rather than cutting to entrench austerity.
We have calculated the consequences of increasing current spending by 3% a year between 2017 and 2019, rather than 1%, as the UK Government prefers. The UK Government plans for two more years of real terms cuts – we intend a small real terms rise. Under our plans, the Scottish Government's budget deficit would still decline - to 2.2% of GDP – and public sector debt would be on a downward trajectory as a share of our GDP. But we would free up additional spending resources of £2.4 billion in 2018-19.
We also recognise that nobody lives through their business alone – all of us belong to and rely on a wider society. In Scotland, the National Health Service is under pressure because of austerity. In England, the National Health Service is under threat because of austerity and privatisation. We believe that protecting a truly national health service is one of the things which will make Scotland a more attractive place to live, work and invest.
And we know that the key to boosting prosperity is unleashing the talents of our people. We've already reinstated free university and college tuition. We are working to improve vocational education at school and in our colleges – giving individuals the best possible opportunities, and businesses the best possible talent pool. With independence, we intend to invest in transforming childcare and education – encouraging more women into the workplace and giving all children the best possible start in life.
And we could address some of Scotland's most significant economic challenges.
For example in 2012, Scotland's onshore productivity was around the UK average, but was 13% lower than Sweden, 20% lower than Germany and 22% lower than Denmark.
Our employment rates are better than the rest of the UK, but they are 4.4 percentage points below the top 5 performing countries in the OECD.
And our population growth is stubbornly low. Over the 20th century, Scotland's population has grown by 10% while England's has grown by 60%. That has changed for the better since devolution, but is now at risk from UK policy.
Of course all nations face challenges – but unlike most nations, Scotland lacks the means to address them by ourselves.
What we want to do is take co-ordinated national action - including investment in skills; a new Scottish Innovation Agency; a commitment to gender equality; improved access to finance; encouraging – not preventing - overseas students to stay in Scotland to work; and a partnership approach to industrial relations.
We have estimated that moderate, achievable improvements to our productivity, employment and population rates would boost our tax receipts by an additional £5 billion a year by 2030. That assessment is based on what similar countries have been able to achieve. For example, although our productivity is 13% lower than Denmark's, we only assume improvement in Scotland's productivity growth by 0.3 percentage points a year.
But it is only with independence that we can take these steps. And it is only with independence that we can retain all of the revenues that investment in growth will produce. That's what enables us to create a virtuous cycle of investment and growth.
There's an important point here about the nature of the case for independence.
We know that tackling these issues isn't straightforward - building a better country isn't be the work of a day. Nothing is going to be handed to us on a plate. Independence isn't about waking up one day with three taps labelled whisky, oil and water.
It's about working hard, and taking the right decisions, so that over time we can build a fairer and more prosperous country.
Achieving that will make Scotland a better place for investment and create a wealthier, more successful trading partner. That in itself, will benefit businesses across these islands.
But independence will do more – it will create an economic counterweight to London and the south-east, changing the economic centre of gravity of these islands. And it will provide a powerful example for those elsewhere in the UK, who are looking at how to change the current system; who want to see a model of growth which is fairer, more sustainable and more resilient than the one being pursued at Westminster.
When I first sat in the House of Commons, the redoubtable Eric Heffer, MP for Liverpool Walton, used to sit on the backbenches just behind me. Eric hadn't always favoured devolution, but the experience of Mrs Thatcher's government had changed his mind. And whenever I made speeches, I used to hear Eric's growl behind me "Remember Alex – Liverpool's coming with you!"
Eric of course was unique, a one-off – but the view that the Westminster Parliament no longer serves large parts of the country, has become widely shared.
David Cameron, when he gave the opening speech at this Business Festival last month, emphasised the need to make sure that economic recovery worked "for every part of the United Kingdom."
The building we're in today is one of the great monuments of civic pride anywhere on these islands. It was built at the start of Queen Victoria's reign, at a time when Liverpool was aspiring to city status – something it was granted in 1880. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Liverpool, together with cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Newcastle had real political power to as well as economic power.
But in the 20th century, regional political powers in the UK collapsed. That has contributed to the state of affairs I mentioned earlier, where the difference in output between the poorest and richest parts of the UK, is now wider than the gap in any other country in the European Union. Since 2007, London's economy has grown approximately twice as fast as the rest of the United Kingdom's. Nothing the UK Government is belatedly proposing even comes close to addressing the scale of this problem.
After all, what the Prime Minister didn't acknowledge in his speech in Liverpool was that many of his Government's policies have contributed to existing imbalances.
I mentioned the scrapping of regional development agencies earlier. The savings were meant to support the Regional Growth Fund, but it's only now, after four years of tough economic times, that there are signs of that happening – for example through last week's growth Deal with Liverpool. The National Audit Office found in February that less than a fifth of the money allocated in the first four bidding rounds had reached the projects it was meant to support.
Last year the Institute of Public Policy for the Regions published a report – "Still on the Wrong Track". It found that planned public spending on major transport Infrastructure amounted to £2,600 per head in London– and £99 per head here in the in the north west of England. That's less than a twentieth of London levels, but it's still better than the North East – spending there was £5 per head.
The RSA City Growth Commission just yesterday, cited evidence that as a result of "chronic" underinvestment outside London, the UK's GDP has been on average five percent lower each year between 2000 and 2010.
George Osborne gave a speech in Manchester last month where he floated the possibility of a third High Speed railway line between Manchester and Leeds. But if you look at the current plans for high speed two – it may not reach Manchester and Leeds until 2032. So I am puzzled to see the excitement generated!
The Scottish Government is using the powers we currently have to take the initiative. We've already started detailed planning for a high speed line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, which could link to lines from England.
With independence, we could do more – instead of paying our share of borrowing costs for High Speed Rail, as we wait decades for it to spread from the south, we can use that money to build from Scotland to England instead. So we are establishing a feasibility study to explore in detail the options for doing just that.
And we know that high speed rail isn't the be-all and the end-all. For example, Scottish Government officials are working closely with Merseyrail. We are trying to persuade the Department for Transport to ensure that when the Transpennine Express services are refranchised in 2016, they include direct rail travel between Liverpool and Scotland.
I'd like to draw a comparison with air travel. There are representatives from the Isle of Man government here. Almost exactly a year ago, the Scottish Government and the Isle of Man government agreed that it was ridiculous that there were no air links between the Isle of Man and Scotland – so we decided to reinstate the link by the time of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games next week, where the Isle of Man will of course be competing. In actual fact, the first services flew in April of this year.
Obviously, the logistics and the costs are nothing like as complex as for railways – but it's an example of how having autonomy allows you to create new connections. You can choose to engage: to build links and to strengthen partnerships.
For northern England, for this city, Scottish independence offers a catalyst to secure real political power, to allow determination of the future, not the long wait for belated scraps from the Westminster table.
Scotland is keen to establish closer links right across these islands. The Scottish Government has a national economic forum which meets twice a year. It brings together government, businesses, the third sector, the wider public sector and the trade unions. We have promised that the first forum to be held after the referendum in September, will focus on rebalancing the economy, including co-operation with the north of England. We are inviting representatives from local authorities and business organisations in the north of England to participate.
It builds on initiatives at local authority level – where councils in Carlisle, Cumbria and Northumberland are working with Scottish local authorities to take forward shared opportunities in enterprise, tourism and transport.
It is a practical demonstration of co-operation and partnership – a partnership which will be strengthened further by an outward looking, prosperous and independent Scotland.
And once the current campaign rhetoric is over with, we would quickly see a good working relationship between the Scottish Government and the UK Government. It's what people and businesses on both sides will demand. And it is what is required by section 30 of the Edinburgh Agreement which says that both Governments will "work together constructively in the light of the outcome, whatever it is, in the best interests of the people of Scotland and of the rest of the United Kingdom."
So Scotland and the rest of the UK will still share a common travel area – there will be no border posts on the M74, any more than there are between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
And we will continue to share the pound- as a senior UK Government Minister revealed to the Guardian back in March, "of course there will be a currency union". Because that would be in the best interests of the rest of the UK, as well as Scotland.
It follows that there will be minimal disruption to businesses with employees and markets on both sides of the border.
And there's a final, important issue. The appointment this week of Philip Hammond means that the UK Government now has a Foreign Secretary who is on the record as saying he would vote to leave the EU unless substantial powers are returned. It brings home the fact that there is only one imminent referendum which poses a threat to businesses throughout the UK – and that's the in-out European Union referendum of 2017, not Scotland's opportunity this September.
Ladies and gentlemen, independence will allow the people of Scotland to work together, to transform Scotland for the better. It means that we will always get the governments we vote for. We will gain the powers we need to promote productivity, jobs and investment. We will be able to build a more prosperous country and a fairer society.
And we will also embrace the fundamental truth that all nations are interdependent, as well as independent. The ties that bind these countries – the ties so evident here in Liverpool - have never depended on 650 MPs at Westminster; they are based instead on culture and history; trade and commerce; family and friendship. They rely on facts of geography, not Acts of Parliament. And so they will continue, and flourish, with independence – when a progressive and prosperous Scotland will be a willing and welcome partner, to the other nations of these islands.


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When To Repair Garage Doors: Tips and Hints
For anything to last long it needs to be well maintained. This implies that if anything becomes malfunctioning or broken it needs to be taken care of asap. In other words, maintenance and garage door repair San Diego of things makes them last much longer and offer the owners much better.
This likewise is true for a garage door. As a result of its regular activity door repair is necessary for a property owner. Lack of it will use the door down to an extent it will not be functional any longer. Nonetheless, to be able to do garage door repair there are a few reminders one has to understand. First, you need to have the ability to tell when the door is malfunctioning. In this manner, you will certainly be able to get it fixed quickly before the damages worse. It is very important for early discovery as the extra the damage a lot more it will certainly cost you to fix it.
There are two parts of a garage door that are most likely to need repair. This is the door opener and the door itself. Since the door is continuously relocated, the metal tracks might hang as the bracelets that attach the tracks to the wall may be loose. To address this you need to tighten up the bolts and screws on these brackets. To conduct this door repair you need to work from inside the garage with the door closed.
Garage door tracks also get damaged. The solution here is to replace them with others. Nevertheless, if they are not absolutely damaged you could pound them back right into form making use of mallets or a hammer. The tracks must also be appropriately straightened with each other so as you pound make sure they are straight. The tracks could not also function as a result of dust in between them, ensure you remove this dirt or items on the track.
When performing garage door repair don't forget to examine the springs if you have a roll-up garage door generally they need to be readjusted. You could adjust them yourself or call somebody to help you do it.


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OK ladies. Maybe there is help out there for our "moods" caused by PMS. Hopefully this will help us all.
Investigators believe that vitamins B1 and B2 may somehow increase two brain neurotransmitters – serotonin and dopamine. And a lack of these two neurotransmitters may play a role in PMS symptoms. The researchers saw a reduction in the risk of symptoms only from eating B1 and B2 rich foods so popping a supplement apparently won't help. Women who reduced their risk of PMS by 25-35% consumed twice the current recommended dietary allowance for these two nutrients. So, what foods give you the most B1 and B2 in your diet?
Black beans, pinto beans, navy beans, lentils, and peas all contain ample supplies of vitamin B1. One cup of black beans supplies 28% of the RDA for B1.
A cup of spinach supplies 15% of the RDA for vitamin B1 and 25% of the RDA for vitamin B2.
A serving of yogurt supplies 32% of the RDA for vitamin B2. It's also loaded with calcium and vitamin D, two more nutrients thought to diminish PMS.
A serving of tuna supplies 38% of the RDA of vitamin B1.
So, there we have it. Hopefully help at last. And for you men that read my posts, you might want to pass this on to the women in your life.


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The Armor of God, Part 3: The Gospel
Posted on 03/25/2012 by Rev. Benjamin R. Faust D.D.
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TRANSCRIPT: (does not contain everything found in the audio above)
*** listen to the audio for introduction and prayer ***
Public Prayer Requests:
- johny
Dear lord,i commit my daughter shwetas clothing project "inayat" in your mighty hands.pls bless this project so that it does well and prospers-this i ask in the name of lord jesus christ.amen
- sony
Dear lord pls open the windows of heaven and pour out financial blessings on my husband vinod and pls bless him with plenty of business work, finances, travel and prosperity in abundance-this i ask in the name of lord jesus christ.amen.
- sony
Please turn around and click one of the offering plates by the doors, and give as the Lord leads.
I will bow down
hail you as king
I will serve you
give you everything
I will lift up
my eyes to your throne
I will trust you
I will trust you alone
I will give you all my worship
I will give you all my praise
You alone I long to worship
You alone are worthy of my praise
As we lift up our hands
will you meet us here
As we call on your name
will you meet us here
We have come to this place
to worship you
God of mercy and grace
It is you we adore
It is you praises are for
Only you, the heavens declare
It is you, it is you
Holy holy is our God Almighty
Holy holy is his name alone (yeah)
Holy holy is our God Almighty
Holy holy is his name alone
As we lift up our hands
as we call on your name
Will you meet us in this place
by your mercy and grace
To him who sits on the throne
and unto the Lamb
To him who sits on the throne
and unto the Lamb
Be blessing and honor
and glory and power forever
Be blessing and honor
and glory and power forever
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
holy holy is he
Sing a new song to him who sits on
heaven's mercy seat
Holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty
who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings
you are my everything and I will adore you
Clothed in rainbows of living color
flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength, glory and power be
to you the only wise king
Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
at the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power, breath and living water
such a marvelous mystery
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For the last couple of weeks, we've been talking about the Armor of God. Last week we talked about the Breastplate of Righteousness, and we considered that it is not something we can do or earn, but it is God's perception of us. We also pondered the fact that Abraham believed God to the degree that he was willing to sacrifice his only son, simply because he believed God's promises and His words to be true, and that this belief was credited to him as righteousness.
Just in case it wasn't made clear last week, I'd like to stress one important thing about righteousness, and then we'll move on to today's part of the armor.
Jesus himself is our righteousness. Nothing we can do can make us righteous, it is only Him, as he cleanses us by his blood and makes us perfect in the eyes of God.
If you heard last week's message and thought to youself, "You know, I don't think my belief is very strong, so I can't put on the Breastplate of Righteousness, because I think I have some unbelief," Then I'd like to give you a word of encouragement today.
It's not about you. It's not about how much belief you can muster. It's not about how much unbelief may be lurking in the hidden parts of your soul.
Instead, it's about Jesus. It's about the substitutionary sacrifice He made on the cross. It's about HIS righteousness which He has traded with you in exchange for your unbelief and your sin.
Just keep walking in His righteousness. When you fail, when you fall, come back to Jesus and ask Him to forgive you and change your heart so you do better next time.
In 1 John 1:9, we read this:
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
So we're not left to clean up our unbelief alone. Yes, we need to diligently guard what we allow into our heart. Yes, we need to fill ourselves with the Word of God and spend time every day seeking after the Lord so that faith and belief can arise in our hearts. Yes, planning to sin and then ask forgiveness later, or simply not turning from our sin, is evidence of unbelief and results in holes in our breastplate.
But Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith, and we just need to keep our eyes on Him. And if we keep our eyes on Jesus, we will continue to become more and more like Him.
Jesus is your righteousness. Put all your hope and all your faith in Him.
Now, if you were here three years ago and you have a good memory or took good notes, you've probably been thinking the last couple of messages sound awefully familiar. That's because I'm re-using my sermon notes from our series on The Armor of God from three years ago. But this is important stuff, and I think it's very much worth our while to go back over it again.
In Ephesians chapter six, we read about the armor of God, and how important it is for us to put on the WHOLE armor of God so that we will be able to stand against the deceitful trickery of the devil.
Ephesians 6:10-15 says this:
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, so you may be able to stand against the deceitful trickery of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 For this reason, put on the whole armor of God, so you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
The title of today's message is "The Armor of God, Part 3: The Gospel."
So our loins are girded with the Belt of Truth. We are studying, meditating upon, and memorizing the Holy Scriptures. We are applying them to our lives, obeying the Word and the voice of God. And we are ready to lay down any doctrine we may hold dear if we see something in the Bible that suggests it might be wrong, digging deep into the Word of God for the truth of the matter. We know what we believe, and we believe what the Word of God says, and we're willing to tell the truth in love even when it might offend someone or make them "feel bad."
Next, we are wearing the Breastplate of Righteousness. We are strengthening our belief, which is counted to us as righteousness, by filling our hearts and minds with the Word of God and with things that please God and are consistent with His nature as described to us in both the New and Old Testaments. Our belief is revealed in our obedience to the word and the voice of God; and any time we fall, we confess our sins to Jesus, and He wipes away every trace of unrighteousness.
And now, with these things firmly in place, each one interdependent upon all the others, we shod our feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace.
Without shoes, you won't be very effective in a battle. And if you go into a battle without shoes on, your feet are going to become all bloody, and they could become badly infected. Without shoes, the enemy only has to aim an arrow or a boot at your bare feet, and could very easily take you out of the battle completely.
Not only that, but none of us like to be laughed at, especially not by our enemies. But just imagine a soldier all clad with armor, but he has bare feet. That's a pretty funny picture.
But satan and his demons don't laugh because they have a sense of humor; rather, our enemies laugh at us when we're missing parts of the armor because we're easy prey.
And if we don't have our feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace, then how do we think we were saved?
If you don't really know the Gospel, then could you be trusting in having been baptised? Could you be trusting in having said a sinner's prayer? Could you be trusting in your own goodness and the fact that you don't think you're a bad person?
You need to know the Gospel. You need to know it so well that you can share it with someone else without a moment's notice.
First of all, we need to notice that this verse doesn't just say "Gospel," but it says "Gospel of Peace." You see, without Jesus, we cannot have true peace, and we cannot be at peace with God.
In John 14:27, Jesus says this:
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The world can't give you the peace of salvation which comes only through Jesus. So if you think people can be saved through good works, or baptism, or going to church and going through religious rituals, or perhaps through some other way besides Jesus, then you don't know the Gospel of Peace and you're walking around barefoot.
And we should consider that the fact that without Jesus we cannot have peace, means that we who have not been born again are in turmoil, even if, due to the fact we've never known peace, we think we are at peace.
The Buddhist who gets up from a long time in deep meditation may look and feel as though he is at perfect peace. But he or she is enjoying only a fraction of the peace that comes through Jesus Christ. It's a peace that goes beyond body and mind; it transcends the realms of the soul, and those realms many people think are spirit. It is a spiritual peace. It is a peace that comes from knowing that our sins have been forgiven, and we no longer need to bear our guilt. Anyone who thinks their sins are gone without Jesus, is experience a counterfeit peace that's based on a lie.
Another thing we should realize about the Gospel of Peace is that it not only brings peace to our soul, but it also makes us at peace with God.
This means that outside of Christ, we are not at peace with God. We are separated from him. We owe a sin debt that we will never be able to pay. And the end of our life means the beginning of the judgment and wrath of Almighty God.
And it's not because God just decided one day that He didn't like us and that we were cut off from fellowship with Him and would spend eternity in hell. No, our lack of peace with God goes back to the Garden of Eden and the fall of mankind.
Now, some people think the Garden of Eden is a symbolic place in a symbolic time, and I won't even mention what some people think the forbidden fruit really was.
But it's important that we know the truth about why we're in the mess we are. So let's ponder whether the Genesis account was symbolic or literal.
First, let's consider the days of creation. Some believe they are literal days, while others believe they are symbolic days. The latter might quote the verse, "With the Lord, a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day."
But God didn't leave this at the mercy of our speculations. Instead, He put the answer to this question all throughout the first chapter of Genesis, as six times, once for every day of creation, he added the phrase, "And the evening and the morning were the first day, and the evening and the morning were the second day," and so-on.
And just in case we might wonder how far apart evening and morning were at that point, on the fourth day, he created the heavenly lights, and said, "let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years." So days and years were already an established measure in God's mind, and after those measures of days, and of evenings and mornings, he continues to say, "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day, and the evening and the morning were the fifth day, and the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
And it was after this time that the sun and moon were showing the evening and the morning, just as they are today, that God created all the animals, from the fish in the sea to the birds of the air to all the animals that populate the dry land. And he created them all as the sun moved across the sky, marking evening and morning as one single day.
So if God created the sun and stars to show us what he meant by "evening and morning," and then created all the animals in one of those days, and created mankind in the next one of those days, then we just don't have any room to think that perhaps we might have evolved from a little speck of green ooze; for we were miraculously and quite literally created in a single day, we and all animals in two.
And this sets the stage for the rest of the account of the first days, weeks, and years of life on this earth, as we move from a literal record of the creation to a literal record of the fall of mankind.
This relates very closely with being at peace with God. You see, in the beginning, God walked with man in the cool of the day. He fellowshipped with man. And after man had fallen, God is seen as calling out to him, "Where are you?"
Before sin entered the scene, man was at peace with God. But his sin changed all that, and man was separated from God. His peace with God came to an end.
We don't read any more about God walking with Adam. Instead, we read page after page, chapter after chapter, book after book about the results of the curse of sin.
You see, sin is the problem. Sin is that which separates us from God. Sin is what has destroyed our peace with God.
And Salvation is what destroys sin, the power of sin to control us and to force us to be separated from God, regardless of the good works we might do.
So it's not just that Jesus points us to enlightenment, or that He points us to peace, or that He helps us re-connect with God. Rather, He makes us at peace with God only by His blood, only by the fact that He bore our sins upon himself, and in doing so, He paid the price for our peace.
Peace of the soul and peace with God can come no other way but by Jesus Christ, the blood that He shed at Calvary, and the miracle of the New Birth that He performs in the spirit of every single person who believes upon Him.
And the fact that Jesus purchased our peace by bearing our sins, reminds us that sin is the problem. And that reminds us that sin came through one man to the entire human race. And that tells us that no one is exempt, and therefore every single one of us is separated from God, without true peace, and on our way to eternal judgment and the wrath of God that is poured out upon all unrighteousness.
Not one single sin goes unpunished. Not one. The wrath of God is poured out upon every single transgression. And unless it's somehow paid for you, you are the one who must pay that price.
The thing is, the price of sin is death. The price of just ONE sin is death. Death is separation from God -- ETERNAL separation, not just separation for a time. That means we all have earned hell, and if our next breath is our last, and we awaken to never-ending torment, that is just what we deserve. We've earned it. It's the only acceptable sentence from a just and fair judge.
And there can be no peace in that. There can be no peace in realizing that we cannot fellowship with God, that we can not come up with some deal that will get us out of trouble, and that we are just waiting for our heart to stop so we can pay for our sins forever.
But then we heard the Good News. We received the Gospel of Peace. It wasn't an invitation to a country club, or to join some religion in hopes of helping our spiritual evolution along. Rather, it was the answer to our desperate cry for help.
"O God! Somehow you've shown me a glimpse of just how sinful I really am! And I know that unless you do something, I am completely without hope!"
And it is when we realize how desperately we need Him, that we are willing to surrender our lives to Him, letting go of our sin which separates us from Him, and instead, believing upon, trusting in, following, and obeying Jesus Christ, the author of the Gospel of Peace.
So the Gospel message, the message of peace, is not just one that makes us feel good. It isn't one that makes us feel good about ourselves. It isn't one that makes us comfortable living in our sin. It isn't one that presents all systems of belief as equal. It isn't one that is non-confrontational, non-offending, and politically correct.
Instead, the Gospel message begins with the realization that we are sinful and depraved, wicked and dark inside, spiritually dead and condemned to eternal punishment for our sins in hell.
Of course that's not the Good News. Instead, that's what makes the Good News so incredibly good!
Isaiah 52:7 says this:
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, proclaiming peace; who brings good news of wonderful things, declaring salvation; who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
A proclaimation of peace means something only when you realize there is no peace. And the good news of salvation means something only when you realize you desperately need someone to save you.
And this is the Gospel of Peace, visible for the miracle it is only when seen against the backdrop of our miserably hopeless condition without Christ.
Glory be to God, who saw our hopeless condition and knew the eternal price we would have to pay, and who loved us enough to send his Son into the world to take our place on the cross; and Jesus, coming willingly, and being completely without sin Himself, was able to pay for our sins on the cross, so that we, who were dead in our tresspasses and sins, could be made alive; we, who were criminals condemned to eternity in hell, could be made sons and daughters of the righteous king of the ages, heirs of righteousness and of all the riches of the kingdom of God.
Do you know the Gospel of Peace? If not, come to Jesus today. Lay your life at his feet and receive forgiveness for and deliverance from your sin, and become a child of the King!
Before we have a time of ministry at the altar, there's one final thing I'd like for us to consider about the Shoes of the Gospel of Peace. And that one thing is this:
Shoes imply movement. They imply walking, taking steps on some sort of journey.
Salvation isn't just a one-time event. It's not the end of the journey, but rather it's just the beginning.
Philippians 2:12 says this:
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
The word translated "work out" could also be translated "perform," or "to render one fit for a thing." This doesn't suggest the path of saying a sinner's prayer and then living a life of presumption, assuming that our one-time experience with God is all we need.
Instead, this suggests that salvation is something that lasts our whole lives, and we should be careful to live in a way that is fitting for one who has been saved from sin.
And the next verse gives us a clue as to how it's possible to live in a way that pleases God:
13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do that in which He delights.
The word there for "will" can also be translated "to desire," "to be resolved or determined," or "to take pleasure in," or "to love."
The truth is that we simply don't do what we have no desire to do. Sure, you might not want to get up in the morning and go to work, but you do so because you desire the end result of getting paid. But if you had no motivation, no reason, nothing to cause you to have the will to go to work, would you still go?
The same is true for living a life that is pleasing to God. Our desire to compromise with sin is often much stronger than our desire to please God, so we fall.
But this last verse we read is part of the same thought as the one that tells us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
And it says "work out your salvation with fear and trembling, FOR it is God who works in you both to will and to do that in which He delights." It doesn't say, "Nevertheless," or "Nonetheless," suggesting that while we should work out our salvation, we don't really have to worry about that because it's God who does it.
Rather, this word "for," leads us to view this passage like so:
"You should live in a way that is fitting for one saved from sin, and this is why you can: because it's God who works in you to will and to do that in which He delights."
We can wear the shoes of the Gospel of Peace, walking out our salvation, because as we walk with God, he is working inside of us, giving us the will, the desire, and even the love for that which pleases him, and then giving us the power to act out that God-given desire.
And the more we feed our spirit man and refuse to feed our flesh, the stronger our desire will be to do what is right. And when our desire to please God is stronger than our desire to please our flesh, we will be free from the power of that sin.
You know, if you need some type of long-term medical care, but you seldom go to see the doctor, or when you see him you don't get close enough to him for him to work, then you can't expect to see any positive results.
And the same is true with God. We need long-term spiritual care. And we need daily treatments. How often do we spend time with God? And do we get close enough to him for him to do the work he wants to do in us? It's a good work. He wants to work in us so we have the will to live a Godly life. And he wants to give us the power to do the things that please him.
Let's get as close to him as often as we possibly can. His treatments never fail, and we'll start to see a real difference in our lives.
So walking the walk is part of wearing the Shoes of the Gospel of Peace. And there's one more thing that wearing the shoes suggests to us, and then we'll close. And that thing is this:
We are to be those feet upon the mountain, bringing the Good News of the Gospel of Peace to those in need of a savior.
You know the Gospel Message, and you are walking in it by cooperating with God and living in a way that is fitting one who's been set free from sin. And that brings you to a mountain, a place of visibility, a place where people will take you seriously.
Sure, you'll be laughed at. Sure, you'll be rejected. Sure, you'll be called a hater, an extreemist, a radical, a bigot, and an old-fashioned, close-minded Bible thumper. But those who are truly searching for the truth will be drawn to you, because you're the real deal.
You proclaim the real, undiluted Gospel of Peace, not cowering from the truth that their sin must be judged in hell, and not tiptoing around the fact that they have one hope and only one, and his name is Jesus Christ. And if they're ready to give their life to Jesus and accept Him as both Savior and Lord, then He will forgive them their sins and set them on the path of life.
And so your feet are shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace -- knowing it completely, walking it out by living in a way that is fitting, and being ready at a moment's notice to share it with the world.
Are your loins girded about with the Belt of Truth?
Are you wearing the Breastplate of Righteousness?
And are your feet shod with the Shoes of the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace?
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It has so happened that I favor a certain appearance in my models. As such choosy attitude is not universally espoused, I tend to associate with like-minded bigots.
Among the people I like are such disreputables as Kitagawa Utamaro and Torii Kiyonaga. Of course, since professional acquaintances of my friends must be treated politely, I am likewise cordial with Chobunsai Eishi and Suzuki Harinobu.
The bunch I just mentioned is known for depicting mostly pretty women (with token numbers of flower and celebrity pictures added for variety.) Some, like Uta-san, find excuses for the depictions.
Most ukiyo-e practitioners do not even bother with plausible explanations.
Personally, I prefer to depict what is pleasing to the eye.
On rare occasions, I provide something for the mind's eye -- though the effect may well get lost in translation from culture to culture.
I just claim that depicting my friends is a higher calling, worthy of a
bozo true artist like me.
Here, for example, is my comrade in lunacy, the Sysop (yes, that's what Sysops look like in the wild.)
Naturally, it helps if the friend in question is cute.
The rare moments spent with such friends are precious.
Supposedely, human warmth alone makes the frigidity of Minnesota bearable. Sometimes, however, dressing warmly helps.
Lace, if less practical during the winter, gets more attention than more pedestrian outfits.


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1. The state of being, in which one finds joy in updating one's blog.
(ex. "I'm feeling particularly blogalicious today!)
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From their About Us page:
"Staci and Stephanie met in the fall of '93 at a youth group held by the church they attended and still serve at today, and it should not be surprising at all that they both served within the artistic arena.
As the years progressed they both got married and each had two beautiful children. They both took a liking to scrapbooking, but soon decided that it took way to much time and effort and found a form of scrapbooking on the web called "blogging". Blogging was an easy way to share their heart and life experiences with family friends and even the occasional stranger. Their hope was that their experiences could make others live, laugh, and love more fervently. They soon realized they were pretty good at making their blogs fit their own personal styles, so with Staci's creativity and Stephanie's business sense, they formed a blogalicious duo known as Blogalicious Designs."
From the portfolio of Blogalicious Designs:
I read this on their blog and got a little excited, because I am thinking of switching-
Got the urge to switch? …..to WordPress, that is!
It's all the buzz in the blogging world, it seems. Is Blogger better? Should I switch to WordPress? All my friends are doing it. Will I lose all of my information? HELP!!!!
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John McGrath: Dream team of Point Piper, 'Super Mario' win Longacres Mile in record time
What is the key to coaxing a track record out of a well-traveled horse closer to the end of his career than the beginning?
For Point Piper, winner of the Longacres Mile, it was the rest and relaxation recommended by a Hall of Fame trainer.
"Jerry Hollendorfer, who is just brilliant, said let's give this horse six weeks off," co-owner Dan Gatto recalled Sunday. "So he shipped him off to a nice, quiet barn, then brought him back in training and ready to run this race. You can tell what a little bit of a vacation at the spa can do to a horse."
Hollendorfer, among Point Piper's owners and the bay horse's primary trainer, was preoccupied at Del Mar over the weekend and did not make the trip for the 81st running of the grade-3, $200,000 race. Assistant trainer Dan Ward did the prep work at Emerald Downs before he returned to San Diego on Friday.
Not that Point Piper was lonely. Accompanying him onto the track Sunday was stablemate Cyrus Alexander, a bay colt who gave the Gatto-Hollendorfer team a $61.40, $2 exacta by placing second. Finishing third was 8-5 favorite O B Harbor, who set a blistering half-mile pace that required winning jockey Mario Gutierrez to stay patient.
O B Harbor, a four-year old, Oregon-bred gelding, has become something of an Emerald Downs legend this season, recording the fastest times of the 2016 meet at four different distances ranging from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles.
If an upset loomed, the logical candidate to achieve it was Alert Bay, a five-year old gelding with impressive credentials: 12 victories in 28 starts and almost $1.13 million in career earnings.
Point Piper appeared unimpressed.
"I got a true horse," Gutierrez said of the winner, whose 1:32.90 was the fastest mile time in the 21-year history of Emerald Downs. "When I asked him to go during the stretch, he just exploded."
Gutierrez, a two-time Kentucky Derby winner, also was on the saddle of 2012 Mile champion Taylor Said. Although Gutierrez long has had an association with the Pacific Northwest, the Mexican rider's home away from home for four summers was Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, B.C.
Still, the oldest graded stakes event in the region is special to him.
"The Mile is a different kind of race," he said. "There's a lot of emotion. I think I have a little more experience at riding these type of races. When I left Mexico City I never thought I was going to win two Kentucky Derbies and two Longacres Miles."
Said Gatto: "We knew him before he won his first Kentucky Derby. Seriously, it has not changed him one bit. Every time we're fortunate to get him on one of our horses, we tend to win. That's why I call him 'Super Mario.' "
Gutierrez's life is about to change in a few weeks, when he becomes a father for the first time. Speaking of fathers, Point Piper's professional future will call for him to be one as a full-time job.
A six-year old who began his career in Ireland — his mother won the Epsom Oaks in 2001 — Point Piper has competed at nine different tracks in the United States. A fourth-place finish in the grade-2 Californian, on May 22 at Santa Anita, convinced Hollendorfer that the best way to gear up for the Longacres Mile was some down time in June.
And now? Superior bloodlines point to a breeding career.
"You couldn't ask for better breeding," said Gatto. "At some point he'll be making babies — and having fun doing it."
Gutierrez sensed a different kind of fun awaited Point Piper on Sunday.
After riding All Star Bub — still another product of the Hollendorfer stable — to a third-place finish in an Emerald Distaff won by 20-1 longshot Perhaps a Pie, the jockey assured Gatto: "Don't worry, we're gonna win the next one."
Forecasting the future, it seems, was just another talent Super Mario brought to a track where he soon would realize the latest ambition of a career rich with them.
John McGrath: @TNTMcGrath


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2500M, LHD, Triumph Reihen-Sechszylinder, 2,5 Liter, 4.950 mls., Baujahr: 1977, EZ: 19.09.1977, Fahrgestellnummer: 3668TM
US car. One of the most original, lowest-mile TVR 2500Ms. Less than 5,000 original miles. This is my fourth TVR over the years. I am its second owner. Extremely well-documented with original Bill of Sale, window sticker, complete service history. Not a project car, not a restored car (though looks it) — it is preservation class in amazing condition for its 38 years.
Almost everything on the car is original. No one has messed with it. It's "all there," just as it left the factory:
– Paint and top are original and pristine
– The factory Weathershields LTD, Birmingham, England sliding top is original
– 5 factory original T-slot wheels with good tires (need polishing)
– 5 rare factory optional Wolfrace wheels (4 with good tires) also included. Beautifully polished, with new lug hardware and center caps. On car now.
– Blaupunct radio (working) is an original option, noted on the window sticker
– All original smog hardware intact
– Original coilover shocks and springs still present
A detailed description with many photos are available at this link. Specific photos upon request.
A rare opportunity for a TVR enthusiast to acquire a unique, time warp, factory-original classic or who wants a complete car to begin with.


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"Backing Off" As An Evangelism Technique
You have probably tried and tried to reach a particular person through evangelism. The more you try, though, the less responsive they are. In some way or another, they have made it quite clear that spiritual things are not on their agenda right now. Maybe you've even wondered if you're doing more harm than good. Maybe you've asked yourself, "Should I just back off for a while?"
The answer is yes. There are times when you just need to give a particular person space after failed evangelism attempts. Before you accept that advice, I want to add several thoughts.
First, you may need to back off in talking to them about God but you never back off in talking to God about them. They can discourage and even prevent you from talking to them, but they cannot discourage or prevent you from talking to God about them. As you pray, ask God to open their hearts to the gospel and cause them to see their need. Be keenly aware that the person who has no interest in talking this week may be very open next week. God has all kinds of ways of getting through to people! If all of a sudden they suffer hardship or are diagnosed with a fatal disease, they may be more interested in spiritual matters than they were in the past.
Second, not only pray for an opportunity at a later time but ask God to send an additional witness. On more than one occasion, I have seen God bring some other person to give the same message that the previous believer was giving. The two did not even know that the other existed, and the unbeliever knew that. Because another person brought up the same subject, though, the unbeliever got the impression that God was trying to tell him something.
Third, realize that a limited period of time for distance does not mean a permanent time. After taking a break from the gospel conversation, you might find them more interested than they were previously.
Lastly, remember that we are talking about a particular person—not everyone. Why do I mention that? Sometimes a believer so concentrates on reaching one particular individual that he almost loses sight of everybody else. Sometimes Satan causes us to so concentrate on one person to the extent that we miss the neighbor next door, a relative we are about to visit, a stranger we meet as we travel, or an employee at work. Don't concentrate on one person so much that you miss another.
There are times for distance, but only when done with prayerful discernment.


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Tomorrow night is our ward's Trunk or Treat and Chili Cook Off. Well, I wasn't planning on making a chili because my husband is but after getting an email saying that a small number of people signed up I decided why not? My main goal, to do better then my husband because he has been planning his for a little over a week now. I'm just throwing mine together today. A friend has a cooking blog and Im using her recipe for a White Chicken Chili, I'll add a little more and take somethings. Either way, it will be delish and better then my husbands! Friendly competition within the home is always good!
Here is her recipe:
4 cups water
1 tsp lemon pepper
2 tsp cumin (separated)
2 cubes chicken bouillon
4 chicken breasts, diced
1-2 cloves garlic (can substitute 1/2-1 tsp garlic powder)
1 onion, chopped (can substitute 2 Tbs onion flakes)
1 tsp oil
2 cans white northern beans
2 cans green chilies, chopped
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can shopeg (or white) corn
2-3 tsp lime juice
Combine the water, lemon pepper, 1 tsp cumin, bouillon and chicken and cook for 20 minutes. Saute the garlic and onion in oil (omit this step and the oil if using dehydrated garlic and onions). Combine all the ingredients (do not drain any cans before adding) and add 1 tsp cumin and lime juice and simmer for one hour (or until chili thickens). Serve with grated Monterey Jack cheese on top.
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Sunday, December 31, 2017
Scrap painting
This is a small 8x10" piece I made this past week for a gallery show. It started as a "scrap painting," aka leftover paint on the brushes and palette from another project that I'm too miserly to waste. I add excess paint randomly to a canvas or paper board, then I smudge and swipe bits of additional colors to create a crazy background. I paint a negative design in black on top - paint markers help with smooth lines. Really fun and unpredictable!
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A foot neuroma or Morton's neuroma is a painful condition where nerve cells fuse to form a tumor and often occurs between the third and fourth toes (metatarsal heads). The condition can, nonetheless, occur in other parts of the foot. Foot neuroma is caused by a compression resulting from various factors, though wearing tight fitting footwear is the most predominant. The compression irritates the nerves at the ball of the foot.
What Are The Symptoms?
The condition is characterized by a stabbing or shooting pain and sometimes a bit of numbness that can reach into the toes. The symptoms come and go but will often be trigged when walking more so in improper footwear.
Morton's neuroma is a common problem in women, especially those who prefer wearing high-heeled shoes. The shoes cause the toes to endure more motion and too much inward rolling of the forefoot when walking. The movement irritates the nerves that run to the toes causing the toes to swell and become painful. More on the causes are found at www.togetherforeverchanging.org if you need more info.
Foot Neuroma Treatment
It is possible to relieve the condition when it starts. Removing the shoes and massaging the feet once they get a stabbing, burning, or shooting pain will help. Removing the shoes will relieve the compression at the feet allow more blood circulation and better nerve function. Dipping the feet in an ice bath can help relieve cases of severe inflammation and pain. The feet should be soaked for around ten minutes and then removed out of the ice bath for ten minutes before they are dipped again; this should be done at least thrice a day and every other day of the week if the condition is persistent.
Wearing tight fitting shoes and those that do not allow a flat placement of the feet when walking will cause the neuroma problem to persist. If this habit is left unchanged and the condition untreated, the problem can become severe to the point of having impaired mobility where the feet cannot support the body weight when standing let alone walking.
The use of motion-controlled shoes can also help treat Morton's neuroma. The shoes stabilize the rear and fore parts of the foot allowing a wider placement of the toe box to limit any compression of the metatarsal heads.
The above option can help treat the condition; however, it is important to see a foot specialist if the neuroma persists even after taking the above actions. The specialist may opt to use steroid injection therapy or prescribe orthotics that will provide arch support that elevates the toes thus reducing their motion thus reducing the stress and therein the irritation.
Surgery is the last resort for severe cases of foot neuroma. The surgery is done to remove the tumor that has formed around the irritated nerves.
Prevention Tips
• Wearing motion-controlled shoes, flat-heeled footwear, and those with a comfortable fit allows the feet to have a balanced motion when walking thus limiting the risk of foot neuroma.
• If you intend to wear tight, narrow-toed, and high-heeled shoes, then consider take them off periodically to allow the feet to relax and breath. Consider wearing such shoes at least twice per week.
• Take your feet off the ground when you get home and allow them to relax. Massaging them will go them a lot of good.


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The Cinderella of energy, natural gas, is at last taking to the stage across Africa as countries embrace it as a cheap source of energy.
By 2017 Africa had proven natural gas reserves of 503.3 trillion cubic feet, according to the International Energy Agency. Until recently however, it was oil that was the focus of energy developers.
Where gas was found in quantity such as West Africa, it was largely flared off as waste....
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Erin Boetzer paroles in time to celebrate accomplishment with family, educators
Story by Shane Reynolds, Incarcerated Students Program director, Lake Tahoe Community College
Photos by Katie Bailey
Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) Incarcerated Students Program (ISP) graduate Erin Boetzer recently got to celebrate two major academic achievements on campus, with her parents and LTCC family surrounding her. Boetzer was one of only seven students who earned their way onto the 2017 President's honor roll, which requires a straight A, 4.0 GPA. That was no problem for Boetzer, who always took the max number of credits each quarter so she could graduate on time, and who earned nothing but straight As in that process – all while serving time in state prison.
Boetzer actually earned her degree last summer, but was unable to attend LTCC's graduation ceremony while incarcerated. LTCC President Jeff DeFranco made up for that by officially presenting Boezter with her degree as her proud parents, Lisa and Ken, watched. LTCC staff, faculty and administrators who all helped to support and encourage Boetzer's success were also there to share in her special day.
Boetzer was a member of the first group of students in ISP, and she was one of the first to graduate thanks to her determination and drive. Just four days after being released from prison last August, she went to Cabrillo College in Aptos and signed up to be a full-time student.
Boetzer wants to pursue a career in marketing and is working on a few classes in that subject in order to transfer to a four-year school for her bachelor's degree. In addition to continuing with her academic studies, Boetzer is also continuing to train therapy dogs, a skill and passion she developed while incarcerated. She now trains other trainers, and also works with therapy dogs that will eventually assist people with various disabilities.
ISP serves people incarcerated in state prison in California in furthering their education.. Higher education provides inmates with a pathway to a more productive future and a greater likelihood of post-release employment. Incarcerated students can earn their Associate's Degree for Transfer in Sociology facilitated through Lake Tahoe Community College. Most students are able to have their enrollment fees waived through the Board of Governors fee waiver.
LTCC offers ISP at Folsom Women's Facility, Folsom State Prison general population and Minimum Support Facility, California State Prison-Sacramento, Growlersburg Conservation Camp and High Desert State Prison. Learn more at http://www.ltcc.edu/academics/specialized_programs/incarceratedstudentprogram.php.