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Shares of Prudential Financial's common stock lost 10 percent of their value today, the first day of trading after the company reported a nearly billion dollar loss for the first three months of the year.
Prudential's stock price dropped to $54.81 from its close yesterday at $60.92. The company released its earnings after the close of the markets yesterday.
The stock stayed low despite attempts this morning by the company's management to explain both a massive drop in the value of its derivatives holdings and its steps to fix its group insurance unit, which also suffered a loss in the last quarter.
Prudential on Wednesday said it ended its first fiscal quarter with a net loss of $988 million, compared with a profit of $539 million for the same period in 2011.
Much of the loss was due to a nearly $1.5 billion hit to the market value of the company's derivatives, which Prudential said resulted from a weakening Japanese yen, as well as other exchange rate fluctuations.
The company also said its group insurance unit swung to a $38 million loss for the quarter, down from the $39 million profit a year ago, owing to a rise in life and disability insurance claims.
On their call with analysts, Prudential officials were quick to declare the group insurance segment a problem spot for the quarter. John Strangfeld, chairman and CEO, said the segment's life-insurance business suffered an "adverse fluctuation" in claims activity but "in group disability, we have clear performance issues and we are moving aggressively to address and correct them."
Strangfeld later noted that the group insurance business amounted to a fraction of the company's overall earnings, although "we are very intent on fixing it."
The company spent less time discussing the $1.5 billion loss that it said came as a result of currency fluctuations.
Richard Carbone, chief financial officer, called the loss "a non-economic accounting," or a paper loss, in other words.
He said that the charge was driven by U.S. dollar and other non-yen liabilities on the books of Prudential's Japanese companies, which include the Star and Edison insurance companies it purchased last year from the American International Group.
When the value of the Japanese yen changed last year, these liabilities were marked down in Prudential's yen-based income statements, even though they are still dollar-dominated.
"So nothing is happening," Carbone said. "The end result is... essentially neutral."
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Laing, Doerte and Steinmann, Wolf-Dieter and Fiß, Michael and Tamme, Rainer and Brand, Thomas and Bahl, Carsten (2007) Solid Media Thermal Storage Development and Analysis of Modular Storage Operation Concepts for Parabolic Trough Power Plants. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 130 (1), 011006-1-011006-5. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ISSN 0199-6231.
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Cost-effective integrated storage systems are important components for the accelerated market penetration of solarthermal power plants. Besides extended utilisation of the power block the main benefits of storage systems are improved efficiency of components, and facilitated integration into the electrical grids. For parabolic trough power plants using synthetic oil as the heat transfer medium, the application of solid media sensible heat storage is an attractive option in terms of investment and maintenance costs. For commercial oil trough technology, a solid media sensible heat storage system was developed and tested. One focus of the project was the cost reduction of the heat exchanger; the second focus lies in the energetic and exergetic analysis of modular storage operation concepts, including a cost assessment of these concepts. The results show that technically there are various interesting ways to improve storage performance. However, these efforts do not improve the economical aspect. Therefore the tube register with straight parallel tubes without additional structures to enhance heat transfer has been identified as the best option concerning manufacturing aspects and investment costs. The results of the energetic and exergetic analysis of modular storage integration and operation concepts show a significant potential for economic optimisation. An increase of more than 100 % in storage capacity or a reduction of more than factor 2 in storage size and therefore investment cost for the storage system was calculated. A complete economical analysis, including the additional costs for this concept on the solar field piping and control, still has to be performed.
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MARQUETTE - St. Charles Winery captures the flavor of Marquette, not just in its delicious variety of wines, but in the labels that adorn its wine bottles.
Open since October 2012, St. Charles is the dream business of Randy and Lisa St. Charles, both natives of Lower Michigan who came to Marquette to attend Northern Michigan University and fell in love with the community.
For Randy St. Charles, opening the winery has been a lifesaver , literally.
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At right, Randy St. Charles displays some popular wines. St. Charles Winery also has a root beer
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"I had five doctors tell me to get out of my other job. I was driving 50,000 miles a year," he said. "I feel for truck drivers, I really do."
"My wife and I were on vacation in New Hampshire when we decided to buy this place," St. Charles said. "Sometimes I miss the paychecks but not the job. We love what we do here."
St. Charles Winery, located at 1104 W. Washington St., Suite A in Marquette, is open from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and at other hours by appointment.
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"We can be open later, as needed, especially for private functions," he said. "We do a lot of those on Mondays. And like some of the local breweries, we invite people to bring in dinner, if you'd like, and enjoy our wines with the meal."
In fact, St. Charles Winery does cross-promotion with Ron's Tacos, which uses some of the winery's goods in its preparations.
"We have seen everything here," St. Charles said. "From a 40th anniversary celebration to a first date."
In addition to the hours his business is open to the public, Randy St. Charles spends much more time at the winery, crafting the wide varieties of wines his business offers. A batch of wine can be anywhere between 30 and 300 bottles, depending on the variety.
"I have been making beers, wines, meads and ciders for about 17 years," he said. "I always wanted to do the brewery thing. When the wine came into it, it was something different. I want to do hard ciders as well."
In fact, the day before he was interviewed, St. Charles received a letter from the Michigan Hard Cider Association, announcing its formation and asking if he might be interested in joining.
"I said 'where's the heck yes button?' It is something that we're very interested in," he said.
Root beer is another product on the horizon for St. Charles.
"We'd like to have that for the Farmer's Market. Kids would enjoy that," St. Charles said.
The Farmer's Market - which takes place on Saturdays in downtown Marquette - has been a blessing to the winery.
"We sell so much wine at the Farmer's Market, it's crazy," he said with a smile. "One Saturday, we sold 15 bottles of peach alone. Marquette has an amazing farmer's market. There have been 45 vendors every week and now with the changes at the Marquette Commons, they are going to add five more. As someone at the market said to me, there's no mall in the U.P. with 50 stores."
The most popular wine so far at St. Charles has been Maddie Paws, a pomegranate created in honor of a cat.
"People love it and there's charity behind it," he said. "$3 from every bottle sold goes to UPAWS (Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter)."
This particular wine has Maddie on the label. She was a senior cat who had belonged to a friend of the St. Charles. When her owner had to move into a residence that didn't allow cats. Maddie at 14 went to live with the St. Charles family but did not adjust well to the three cats and two dogs already in the home, so UPAWS helped to find a place for her.
"We paid all the fees and within three weeks, a great family adopted her," St. Charles said.
A few months ago, Maddie died at age 17 and the winery doubled the donation from each bottle for the next few days.
"We gave the proceeds to a fund that helps with the adoption fees for older pets," he said.
The best sellers locally, in addition to Maddie Paws, are fruit flavors like watermelon and strawberry.
"We make either of those and they sell out right away," St. Charles said.
Lisa and Randy St. Charles are so big on their adopted hometown, they pay tribute in many of their wines. There are, for instance, names like West Washington Cherry Tree and Yooper Tropics. And there are local iconic images on the labels, like the ore dock in Marquette's Lower Harbor and the view from Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Those in search of St. Charles Winery products can find them not only at the winery but at Econo Foods in Marquette; Jack's grocery store in Harvey; and Jubilee Foods along U.S. 41 in Ishpeming.
Renee Prusi can be contacted at 906-228-2500, ext. 240.


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With rain delaying the start of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, James Schmehl theorized that Jim Leyland may be regretting sticking with Rick Porcello, rather than going with Justin Verlander on short rest. However, Porcello pitched an impressive five innings of baseball, before the Rangers scored three runs in the top of the 6th to take a 3-2 lead.
Some fans are frustrated with Alex Avila's struggles at the plate:
"Avila looks like Inge when he bats...strike one...swing and miss....swing and miss, drops head walks back to dugout looking like he is lost" - Adam
It's clear that Delmon Young isn't 100 percent:
"Man...you've got to pinch hit Don Kelly for Delmon in that spot! Right hander on the mound, Delmon hurting. Wow. Big mistake." - Mike
And it wouldn't be a post-season game without questioning the manager:
"Dirks and Kelly gave us a much better chance to win tonight, but idiot Leyland thinks he's smarter than everyone else and plays the walking wounded. Martinez ok, he's DH'ing. but Young was the worst left fielder I've ever seen before he was injured." - Don
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More than 169,000 of Alabama Power's 450,000 customers in the Birmingham metro area were left without electricity at the height of the storm. Those numbers decreased throughout Tuesday, and company officials are hoping to get more service restored as crews come in to help from other states.
Still, they weren't saying how long it would take to get all of the power restored.
"We are assessing the outages, and we will have more details later in the week," said Hallie Bradley, a company spokeswoman. "We will restore power as soon as we can."
Just last week, crews from Alabama Power were deployed to help with power outages in the Northeast. Those crews returned on Sunday, Bradley said.
The downed power lines and flooding are compliments of the storm that slowly made its way across Alabama starting Saturday night.
Before rain began on Sunday, central Alabama was about 3 inches below normal for the year to date. As of Tuesday night, the area was 4.5 inches above normal, according to the National Weather Service.
From Saturday through Tuesday, 8.12 inches had been recorded at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The previous single-day record for Sept. 5 was 2.11 inches set in 1949, which was broken by the 7.11 inches that fell on Monday alone, said Jessica Talley, a meteorologist with the weather service.
Other Birmingham-area cities received even greater amounts of rain in those four days, said weather service meteorologist Aaron Gleason. Trussville received 10.53 inches, Oneonta received 11.53 inches and an area about five miles from Springville received 12.38 inches.
The heavy rainfall caused area streams to swell, but those waters quickly receded.
A bigger problem may come with minor flooding along the Black Warrior River and the Tombigbee River, Talley said.
Flood stage for the Black Warrior at Locust Fork is 25 feet, and it was expected to reach 31.3 feet by late Tuesday.
The Black Warrior River at Oliver Lock and Dam reaches flood stage at 129 feet. It was expected to reach 134.4 feet by this morning, Talley said.
Downstream on the Black Warrior at Selden Lock and Dam, the river is forecast to rise to 98.9 feet by Friday afternoon. Flood stage at that point is 90 feet, Talley said.
On the Tombigbee at Demopolis Lock and Dam, the river is expected to rise to 68.8 feet by Friday evening. Flood stage is at 68 feet.
"We'll see some minor flooding, mostly in the low-lying areas around the banks," Talley said. "It will affect some of the cabins along the river and some of the cattle land."
The rain caused other problems at places such as Pinson Valley High School.
The roof on the school's 650-seat auditorium collapsed from heavy rain, school officials said.
The auditorium has been closed, but the school is trying to salvage the chairs and other equipment inside.
The school was among 11 in the Jefferson County system that were closed Tuesday following bad weather during the Labor Day holiday, said Nez Calhoun, county schools spokeswoman.
The fallen roof at Pinson Valley around 6 p.m. Monday broke a fire sprinkler system in the building, signaling the Palmerdale Fire Department to respond, she said.
"It was a blessing that no one was there," said Pinson Mayor Hoyt Sanders.
The auditorium was part of a $10.6 million construction project at Pinson Valley High School about three years ago, Calhoun said.
The Birmingham area should be free of further rain through at least Saturday, according to weather service reports, and in the wake of the storm there will be unseasonably cool temperatures, with highs expected to stay in the 70s Wednesday and Thursday.
The high Tuesday at the Birmingham airport was 61, breaking the record low high for the day, 71, set on Sept. 6, 1918, the weather service said.
News staff writers Victoria Coman and Jeremy Gray contributed to this report.
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Have you been holding off on buying Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) shares simply because Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL ) might scuttle the good ship Android? If Larry Ellison had his way, Android devices would either be illegal to sell at all or heavily taxed by their debt to his acquired Java code. Either way, you might as well just give up on Android and any hope that Google will succeed in the mobile era. Far smaller issues have put serious pressure on tech stocks before; I'd imagine that Google shares would trade considerably higher if this threat were removed.
That dark cloud is about to melt away.
The fight over Google's alleged infringement on six of Oracle's patents has been reduced to cover just two patents. Judge Paul Grewal has ordered the companies to try to hammer out a settlement rather than waste the court's valuable time. And Oracle's claims to more than $6 billion in damages is shriveling fast. First, Oracle lowered its sights to just $100 million or so, and Oracle's own expert sees a maximum award of $37.5 million.
Now Big G wants to send an even smaller $2.8 million check to Ellison along with a very affordable royalty rate on future Android revenues that adds up to 0.515% of Google's Android sales. It's unclear whether we're talking about over-the-counter retail price tags here or just whatever revenue trickles back directly to Google itself, but either way, it's not exactly a goldmine.
Whether the companies settle or go to trial, I'm no longer worried that Oracle will hamstring Google's mobile future. While I'm no laywer, I do feel pretty good about my personal track record in predicting patent lawsuit outcomes:
- I bought TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO ) shares based on how briskly the company was moving toward victory in several crucial court cases. With three down and one to go, TiVo's transformation into a software and technology wrangler is almost complete, and my shares are up a market-beating 36%.
- Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU ) never looked guilty to me when Rambus (Nasdaq: RMBS ) accused it of trampling on memory patents and anticompetition laws. Again, I bought shares and beat the market when a grand jury agreed with my conclusions.
I can't say for sure that Google will walk away from the Oracle dust-up unscathed, but it's starting to look good. Android is an important platform in the mobile revolution, and I'm pretty sure Google will keep it that way.


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Haque, M.Faiyaz-Ul- (1993) Mapping of the Gene for X-Chromosomal Split Hand/Split Foot Anomaly in a Pakistan Kindred. PhD thesis, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Another Onondaga County resident has died of the flu.
The individual was a middle-aged person with an underlying health condition who had not received the flu vaccine, said Dr. Cynthia Morrow, Onondaga County's health commissioner.
That brings the total number of reported flu deaths this season in Central New York to six. There have been four reported deaths in Onondaga, one in Madison and one in Oswego counties. All of them have been middle-aged people.
H1N1, the most widely circulating flu strain this season, has been hitting young and middle-aged adults hard nationwide.
Underlying medical conditions such as obesity, asthma and heart disease increase the risk of developing complications from the flu, according to the state Health Department.
Flu activity has not hit its peak yet in Central New York. The Onondaga County Health Department received reports of 110 lab-confirmed flu cases for the week ended Feb. 1, up from 94 the week before. Those numbers probably represent the tip of the iceberg because most people who get the flu do not get tested.
Flu activity has been slowing down across the state and nation. "Hopefully we will start seeing a decline in the numbers in the next week or so," Morrow said.
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This focaccia pie is not something I would have thought to make without Random Recipes and so I have Dom at Belleau Kitchen for thank for it. The challenge this month was to randomly select a recipe from a book that contained summery, happy, healthy recipes. Now most of my books are in storage as we are moving house soon but I did have a book by Lindy Wildsmith called Sunny Days & Easy Living and although I did not select the book randomly, I did follow the rules faithfully in picking the recipe.
In fact, when flicking through the recipe book before, I hadn't looked at it properly and thought it was just a big sandwich and so ignored it. How wrong was I. It is actually a pie made with 3 layers of focaccia bread with a different filling between each layer. It's a funny cross between a pie, a pizza and a sandwich.
Overall it was a success. Using the breadmaker to make the dough meant that it was really easy and although I needed to begin making it quite a while before eating it, each stage did not take long. It's the type of recipe you could make at the weekends, maybe for lunch on a Saturday, probably not something you'd want to make in the evening after work. The three layers of focaccia meant you could have 2 different layers of filling, which was nice, although I found that the middle layer of bread was a little soft in places and I might actually prefer to just use two layers and one layer of filling in future. It would be like a focaccia pasty. I liked the flavours of the layers I'd chosen, but I would use a stronger cheese next time instead of mozzarella or maybe in addition to the mozzarella – I think a little feta crumbled into it would be lovely. I just like to taste my cheese a little more.
Ingredients for the Dough – Serves 6-8
300g strong white flour
300g semolina
7g dried yeast
10g sea salt
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil + some for oiling the bowl and brushing on the bread
300ml lukewarm water
Ingredients for the Filling – You can vary this
3 bell peppers, sliced
Handful of fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, crushed
Black pepper
3 tomatoes
6 slices of prosciutto
1 ball mozzarella
1 tbsp tomato puree
How to Make Focaccia Pie
- Put all the ingredients for the dough into a breadmaker. Select the dough setting. Alternatively, the recipe said to mix the ingredients together into a dough and then knead for 30 minutes!
Lightly oil a large bowl. Put the dough in, cover with cling film and leave somewhere warm for at least 20 minutes. I left it for a lot longer.
Put a little olive oil in a frying pan and add the peppers, garlic, black pepper and parsley. Cover with a lid, lower the heat and cook it gently until the peppers are soft. Give a stir every now and again and add a dash of water if it is too dry and the contents are sticking to the pan. Leave the peppers in the pan to cool.
If using tomatoes, mark a cross on them with a knife, put them in a bowl of boiling water, peel the skins off, remove the seeds and slice the flesh into strips.
When you are ready to make the pie, knock the air out of the dough by giving it a quick knead. Divide it into 3 pieces of equal size.
Flatten the first piece with your hands and then roll it out with a rolling pin until you get a circle of dough.
Put the first piece of dough on the baking tray. Spread the tomato puree over the dough then put the tomato on top. Lay the slices of proscuito on top of the tomato.
7. Roll out the second piece of dough and put it on top of the prosciouto. Top this with the peppers. Slice the mozarella into rounds and arrange them evenly on top of the peppers.
- Roll out the third piece of dough and put this on the top. Pinch it together all the way around the sides so that the filling is properly sealed in. Prick the pie all over with a fork, making sure that the fork reaches all the way through the pie. Drizzle with olive oil.
9. Bake in the oven at about 180C for about 45 minutes.
- Serve with lots of salad.
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University Hospitals' new center
University Hospitals' Ahuja Medical Center ushers in the latest in health care methods and technology. The state-of-the-art facility in Beachwood sits on 53 acres. The seven-story main tower, which houses 144 private patient rooms, and adjoining Kathy Risman Pavilion are filled with the latest in diagnostic equipment and room design. Wireless Internet is available to all guests both inside and outside the building.
A Look at Ahuja Medical Center
- 53-acre campus
- 358,380 Square feet of hospital space
- 60,000 square feet of medical office space
- 240 square feet in every patient room
- 144 patient rooms
- 10 operating suites
Fourth through seventh floors
(four floors, 144 rooms)
Patient rooms have a family zone with a sleeper sofa, in addition to a separate nurse's zone. Outside the rooms are small alcoves where nurses can monitor patients.
Hallways are more than 8 feet wide to provide more space for patient transport. Special floor tiles have been installed to lessen traffic noise.
Nurse stations are spread out throughout the floor, none more than a few steps from a patient's room.
Third floor building mechanics
Second floor
(four floors, 144 rooms)
In addition to a wide range of general surgeries, Ahuja will provide cardiothoracic (open heart), colorectal, ear/nose/throat, eye, gynecologic, neurological, orthopedic, outpatient pediatric, plastic and vascular surgeries.
Two of the 10 operating rooms include video technology, allowing physicians to connect remotely with their peers.
A large screen in the waiting area displays coded information so people with loved ones in surgery can track where the patient is in the process.
First floor
In the waiting area of the emergency department, children have their own space. The department is staffed by physicians from Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and UH Case Medical Center.
Radiology, X-ray and CT scan services are near treatment rooms, so patients don't have to wait to be moved to those areas.
Triage display boards in the hallway show which patients are in the waiting area; which are being attended to; and how long before test results are ready.
Garden level
A cafeteria, with indoor and outdoor seating, is open to the public. The wall installation, "Ahuja Azure, Citron and Amber Persian Wall, 2010" overlooks the
cafeteria. Commissioned especially for the medical center, the work by Dale Chihuly features more than 100 hand-blown pieces of glass. The cafeteria seats 100 and has the capacity for expanded seating outdoors. Outside green space includes two ponds and the Tribute Walk, a path where people can go to enjoy the outdoors.
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NEW BRUNSWICK — The jury will not reach a verdict today in the case of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student charged with spying on his gay roommate.
After deliberating for nearly 10 hours over two days, the jury was sent home by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman around 4:20 p.m. and will reconvene Friday morning at 9 a.m.
The 12-member jury — plus three alternates — has 15 counts to consider in the state's case against Ravi, now 20 years old. Some of the counts have subsections because there are two alleged victims, and multiple sections to the statutes.
In total, the jury verdict sheet includes 35 questions the jurors must agree to unanimously.
Ravi faces 15 counts of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, and tampering with evidence and a witness stemming from events on Sept. 19 and Sept. 21, 2010.
Prosecutors say Ravi was motivated by a hatred of gays when he turned on his webcam from a friend's laptop on Sept. 19, 2010 and saw his Rutgers roommate, Tyler Clementi, kissing a man. He tweeted what he had seen and invited others to watch a second time via twitter.
Ravi's lawyers say he was unprepared for what he saw on the webcam, and reacted as any 18-year-old kid inexperienced with homosexuality would. They contend he acted immaturely, but is not prejudiced or biased.
Berman brought the lawyers and jury back in at 4:20 today, resulting in a crush of media and standing room-only in the back of the courtroom. Before releasing them, Berman reminded the jury again not to discuss the case with anyone and to avoid media coverage.
The Clementi family sat on one side of the courthouse for most of the day, down a hallway. One the other side of the courtroom, Ravi sat with his lawyers and family. Dozens of reporters and camera people were stationed outside the courtroom all day.
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By DENNIS HELLER
It's outrageous that some in Washington want to cut Social Security to help balance our federal budget. Social Security did not contribute to our financial mess and should not be used as a piggy bank to pay down our debt. If it weren't for Social Security, millions of Americans like me would have had little to depend on during this economic nightmare. I don't understand how this program, which touches the lives of virtually every American family and has performed so well during this crisis, is now being targeted by fiscal hawks as "unaffordable."
The corporate backed anti-Social Security legislators want to pay off their rich supporters. So they are stealing from the public coffers and are playing games with concepts just to con everyone into thinking what they are doing is legitimate and fair. They squander the money on war/defense contractors and provide unlimited corporate welfare. They practically give money away free to banks and corporations. Yet they have no money when it comes to helping the anyone who is not rich or did not contribute to their election campaign fund.
These legislators pose a greater threat to Americans than any of the demonized forces that our defense department or Homeland Security are waging war against. Social Security and Medicare are not the problem. Those legislators that say it is the problem are the problem. At one time, Social Security and Medicare were not part of the budget because they are social insurance programs that are separately funded. These programs are healthy and will continue to be healthy if we can get the "fox" legislators out of the hen house.
It seems like every time I read the paper or turn on the TV, I learn about new budget proposals on Capitol Hill to raise the retirement age, means test Social Security or reduce the COLA (cost of live adjustment). As a senior, I understand the need for fiscal responsibility and want a prosperous future for my grandchildren. However, I also know that we don't have to rob from Social Security to meet those goals, and I worry our grandchildren may ultimately need Social Security even more than we do.


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To the Editor:
The Times' criticism of the scheduling of an upcoming Kingsway Regional School District bond referendum (in the Aug. 29 editorial "Stop the stealth school balloting") is unjustified and unwarranted.
Because of unprecedented growth in student enrollment over the past 10 years, Kingsway must expand. In the very near future, Kingsway may be unable to house and educate its students on a traditional schedule if new facilities are not built.
The school board has conducted an extensive process to develop an expansion project that will help address our enrollment growth. This included demographic studies and a state application for a grant of $8.6 million toward a $31 million project cost. The board accepted the grant offer at its August meeting and is awaiting final notification of approval from the Schools Development Authority (SDA), which is expected shortly.
The board determined that Dec. 14 is the earliest of the state-authorized referenda dates that would allow sufficient time to inform the public properly about the scope of the proposed project. To suggest that a school board would choose a date like Dec. 14 because "only the most fervent school boosters are paying attention" then is ludicrous.
To suggest that Dec. 14 is even "more inconvenient for the voting public" (than another district's Sept. 28 referendum) because of Christmas preparations is an insult to the voters. I trust that voters can find sufficient time on a December Tuesday to vote on this important question.
The editorial is correct in that Kingsway did not "suddenly this summer" discover a potential shortage of classroom space. The board knew well before this summer that shortage of classroom space was a certainty, and has moved forward responsibly with a plan to address the district's facility needs. There has never been anything "stealth" or "sneaky" in this process.
The state's $8.6 million grant is available for six months after the SDA gives its final approval. Although the SDA has extended that eligibility period in the past, there is no guarantee that the funding will be available if a bond issue is not approved by voters within that six month period.
I would like to know what crystal ball the editors used to conclude that "the deals offered by the state probably won't be any worse next spring; maybe they'll be better." Given the dramatic reduction in education funding, the board believes that the prudent course is to present a timely referendum where approximately 28 percent of the project would be state-funded.
Would the voters prefer that the board gamble and reapply next year on the chance that the deal offered by the state "probably" won't be any worse and "may be" better? Our board thinks not.
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Like most of you, I've taken in the Ann Arbor Art Fairs in a variety of ways:
On the ground in both casual people-watching and strategic reach-the-area-of-anticipated-purchase-last modes.
From the air, or at least from the vantage point of downtown apartments.
But I was ready for something different.
So Thursday I packed up a lawn chair and an umbrella and threaded my way down State Street to the nice stretch under the shade trees at Angell Hall.
I made a pass or two behind the booths to see what folks were selling, how crowded their spaces were and whether they seemed in good spirits, and then I tapped Marion Schlauch on the shoulder.
Sure, she said. If you want to see the fairs from my side of the booth, have a seat.
It was an interesting three hours.
From the back of the booth, you - of course - see the merchandise. Schlauch is a potter and her work, with distinct multicolored glazes, is all functional. "I'm German," she says, as though that explains her preference for bowls, trays and other "usable" art. And I guess it does.
A veteran of several decades of art fairs and festivals, and about a dozen Julys in Ann Arbor, Schlauch lives with her husband in Tennessee.
As we watch passersby move in and out of the frame formed by the walls of the booth, we talk about the logistics of the fairs (this is the only outdoor event she participates in); Michigan, Tennessee and peculiar team colors (maize? orange?).
I learn one of her neighbors in Walland, Tenn., played basketball on the first Lady Volunteers team now legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt coached. I don't learn that Schlauch has two pieces in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection until an obliging search engine tells me later on.
Instead, the conversation wanders to regional tastes (Ann Arbor is crazy for Schlauch's purple pieces, while red will be the color of choice at her next show in Memphis); sales tactics (as low-key as possible); and shopper behavior.
And so, in the spirit of art fair anthropology, notes from the artist's side of the booth:
11:14 a.m. - Shopper asks whether a dish is available in another color. This can be code for "I know I've stood around holding this and turning it round and round for quite a while, but I'm not buying."
11:28 - Shopper who said she'd come back really does and leaves with a tray and a cylindrical kitchen-utensil holder. A few minutes later another returnee is back after a phone call to confer with an aunt she's shopping for.
11:45 - A husband and wife linger a few minutes, giving him the chance to ask whether the food laid out on Schlauch's display trays is real. A "yes" prompts a kind of enthusiastic "ouuuu" sound. The man is hungry; get him some lunch.
Yes, all the pieces are microwave and dishwasher safe.
11:54 - A customer who's purchased from Schlauch in previous years pokes her head in and reports that the pottery is not only beautiful but durable - despite some drops.
Noon - A young mom pauses at the door, one kiddo in a stroller and another in a carrier on her back. Whew.
Despite the running jokes about dogs and strollers at the art fairs, neither is in particular evidence this day.
12:02 p.m. - Fellow potter Diane Troxell stops by. The artists discuss the size of the crowd, and attribute an apparent decline in attendance to fuel prices - 30 cents a gallon higher here, says Troxell, than in New York State, where she lives.
12:06 - The sky darkens. Umbrellas flap in the wind.
12:14 - A shopper from a jewelry booth across the street feels woozy and comes in, asking if she can have a seat. Skipping breakfast was a bad idea. She accepts crackers - real snacks, not the props from the display, but declines an offer to get paramedics and rejoins her friends.
12:17 - Summer Art Fair newsletter arrives, promising perfect weather after Thursday. Petition-gatherers for medical marijuana wander by.
12:23 - Rain starts to fall. Shoppers step in to the booth to unpack jackets. Outside, walking gives way to jogging for cover.
12:34 - A couple that had ducked into the booth to escape the wet makes a purchase.
12:55 - The rain abates. Mop-up begins. Like most art fair pros, Schlauch's dressed in shorts, a T-shirt and sneakers and isn't a bit fazed by finding herself a little soggy. She pokes the roof with a broom handle to clear rain accumulated rain and then sweeps along the curb before loaning the broom to a neighbor.
12:58 - Shoppers are back on the street, but the painter two booths down is ankle deep in water.
1:12 - The first customer request for an explanation of technique since I arrived. Schlauch tells the woman about overlapping colors and using spray glaze.
1:28 - Another friend, Cheryl Hewitt, an artist from Altoona, Pa., visits and warns that I may be put to work. Too late. She admires the small awning Schlauch's husband fashioned for the booth and they swap tales of misadventure involving airborne tents.
1:42 - Hewitt departs and Schlauch replenishes the display area depleted by post-rain sales.
A few more customers come and go. Someone who doesn't understand the reach-the-area-of-anticipated-purchase-last strategy asks to have a planter shipped.
And there's another storm on the way. I fold up my chair. I'll be back. On the customer side of the booth.
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Kudos to Andy Coulouris for making the decision of a lifetime and choosing family first. I could not agree with him more.
I left Saginaw in September 2006 after withdrawing from the race for the State House seat Andy eventually won. My aging parents were but one factor in my decision to relocate to Arizona at that time.
My mother passed away this past December, but I will always be thankful for the three years I had with her until she left us. Although they were difficult years for her due to health concerns, I am grateful I had the opportunity to be with my parents in their time of need.
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Re: "DWIs should mandate jail time, senator says," Page A2, Feb. 24.
State Sen. Jonathan Perry says he intends to file legislation that would remove a judge's authority to suspend sentences or grant home incarceration to DWI violators. Sen. Perry states first offenders should spend time in jail but cites a case in Abbeville where a multiple offender got six months of home incarceration as his justification.
I am always concerned when lawmakers want to replace a judge's discretion with their own mandate or agenda.
Current law states that a first offender is faced with a $300 to $1,000 fine and from 10 days to six months in jail. Sen. Perry's proposal would require a first offense DWI with a registered level of .08 but less than .15 to attend a court-approved substance abuse program and give the Department of Health and Hospitals the authority to screen for substance abuse issues. This would be added to the jail time and fines already in place.
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Tommy Pereira is many things.
Presently, he is a basketball player for the Rider University program. A shooting guard, Pereira is in the last few weeks of his four year career for the Broncs. He plays at Iona today, and then it is the MAAC Tournament. If Rider does not win the tournament, his college basketball career will be over.
"My four years of basketball went by just like that," Pereira said. "It feels like I just got off the plane yesterday, and I was a freshman just coming into the program. These four years have been unforgettable for me. I have so many good memories of my fellow senior class. I will always keep in touch with them."
That, however, will likely be just the start of his new profession.
Pereira will begin training to play professional football in England a week after his basketball season finishes. When he returns to England, he will get the opportunity to have trials for a few different teams, although one in particular is closest to his heart.
"I have trials at Nottingham Forrest, Mansfield Town, and Notts County," said Pereira.
"Nottingham Forrest is the big club for me. I have them on my ESPN app, and I always check to see how they are doing. I was disappointed they lost to Burnley last week. I always keep up with my friend, Jamaal Lascelles, who is a defender for them. He is excited for me to come back and start playing, to see where I can go with football."
"When Tommy was 14, Nottingham Forrest Academy wanted him," said Tommy's father, Milton Pereira, who flew over to attend the Rider University senior night.
'By that time, he was already involved with basketball. He had to choose one or the other, and he picked basketball."
"He plays center midfield on the pitch. I was a center mid, and he followed in my footsteps. I brought him up to play that center role. I was a play-maker. He has some size, and is very athletic for a footballer."
For fans of the Barclays Premier League, Nottingham Forrest is currently in the Championship, battling in the playoff spots right now, trying to win promotion.
"I am hoping for the best for them," Pereira said. "If they don't win promotion, then it's all right, but if they do, it will be surreal. Just talking to Jamaal, they are taking it game-by-game, and they are just trying to catch Leicester City at the top right now."
The team has a storied past, to say the least. Forrest won back-to-back European Cups, defeating Malmo 1-0 in 1979, and Hamburg 1-0 in 1980. It also won the European Super Cup in 1979, defeating Barcelona 2-1.
By the way, those two European Cup titles puts Forrest in select company. The Tricky Trees trail only Liverpool (five) and Manchester United (three) for third all-time among English clubs, and those two titles are more than Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham have combined.
Pereira, who at 6-foot-2 is average for a guard, and small for a general basketball player, plays center midfield on the pitch, and his size will see him compared to players like Yaya Toure, who looks like a mountain compared to other midfielders.
"I am the same size as Toure," Pereira said. "My dad always says that I should look up to Yaya now, but when I was a kid, with my dad being Portuguese, I always used to watch Luis Figo and Rui Costa."
Many of the skills that Tommy needs on the basketball court will help him greatly on the football pitch. Along with his size, Pereira's jumping ability and the quick bursts that are needed to play hoops translate well into his future sport. He will, however, need to start a more specialized training regime.
"I will take about a week off, and then start the football training," Pereira said. "I will be doing a lot of lung conditioning, to get my endurance levels back up. The two sports have similar abilities, but basketball is quickness up-and-down the court sprinting, while football is about playing a ball, and then jogging to support. But I want to be more of an attacking midfielder, like a Marco Reus, or a box-to-box midfielder, so I need to be in great shape."
"Tommy has an advantage," Milton Pereira said. "The physical aspect of the basketball, the physical presence he has, will work well for him. I told him that whatever he learns with his hands, he can learn with his feet, such as the passing of the ball."
Tommy Pereira's newest adventure is on hold for at least a week, while Rider finishes the regular season, and competes in the tournament. What does Pereira think about the Broncs' chances?
"The league is wide open, and has always been like that. Anyone can win it."
•One thing that Pereira will always be is a Red. As in Manchester United. What are his thoughts about the Red Devils' season? They are in line with most other fans of United.
"I never thought when Sir Alex Ferguson left that one manager could make a difference,"
Pereira said. "But it really shows since he left and Moyes came in. They don't have a midfield right now. They also play negative. The one rule of football is that you can't defend a 1-0 lead. Once you score, you need to continue that momentum."
"The season is done for them right now, they are only playing for fourth place. They have the big match with Olympiacos as well in the Champions League, but are down 2-0, so who knows what that will be."
"United need to bring some players in for the summer. Reus, Kroos, someone who can get this team going. The system, with the wingers crossing the ball constantly like in the Fulham game, needs to be changed."
Spoken like a true RED.
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Making God a Liar1 John 5:9-12
P.G. Mathew | Sunday, August 20, 2006
Copyright © 2006, P.G. Mathew
Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
1 John 5:10
Have you ever called God a liar? The apostle John declares, "Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son" (1 John 5:10).
The vast majority of the people of the world do not believe God's testimony. They do not believe the gospel that Jesus Christ, God's Son, came into the world to save sinners and that God gives eternal life to every sinner who believes in his Son. They do not believe that eternal life can only be found in Jesus and that Jesus Christ is the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Because they do not believe, they remain under God's wrath and judgment.
Such unbelief is not new. Although Noah preached this gospel for a long time, only eight people were saved from the great flood of God's wrath. The rest rejected the testimony of God given to them by Noah. They treated it as a lie, as did the Sodomites, including Lot's wife. Only three people believed the witness of Lot and the angels and were saved when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah by fire. The vast majority of the Israelites-over six hundred thousand men-who had been delivered from Egyptian bondage perished in the wilderness because they treated the testimony Moses gave them as a lie. Only a minority like Joshua and Caleb were saved.
Jesus acknowledged this truth when he exhorted, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:13-14). Again, he said, "Many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14, KJV). The Testimony of Man
Human society could not exist without people believing one another and acting on the basis of it. So John says, "We accept man's testimony" (v. 9). This fallen world continues to exist through God's common grace and because man believes human testimony. How can a girl date a boy unless she believes him? How can a husband live with his wife unless he believes her? How can a justice system exist without people believing the testimony of witnesses? Political, economic, and family life will collapse if people do not believe each other.
Trust in human testimony is foundational to the continuance of human society. For example, when a company advertises a sale, people believe it and act accordingly. People believe other people daily. Yes, they must use their reason to check the veracity of the claims of others. We may choose not to trust everything the politicians or media tell us. Yet society cannot exist without some belief in the testimony of people with careful use of our reasoning powers. Even the Bible says that a matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
God's Greater Testimony
If sinful man's testimony is essential, how much greater is the testimony of God! It is greater in its validity and authority because it is the testimony of the infinite, personal, most holy God.
The Bible says, "God is not a man that he should lie, nor a son of man that he should change his mind" (Numbers 23:19). What God promises, he fulfills. He created all things out of nothing by his command, and he upholds all things by his powerful word. By him all things exist. He also redeems sinful people.
As creatures, we are to trust this God and his testimony and obey him always. In Hebrews we read, "Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his promise very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged" (Hebrews 6:16-19). There is none greater than God. Thus, we can believe in his gospel with great confidence because not only is it a promise of God, but then he swears by himself.
Paul speaks of this: "But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not 'Yes' and 'No.' For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not 'Yes' and 'No,' but in him it has always been 'Yes.' For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 1:18-20).
If we daily believe human testimony and order our lives by it, how much more should we trust God's testimony and act accordingly because it is the infallible testimony of God who cannot lie! And what is God's testimony? His plan of salvation for sinful people. God loves sinners; therefore, he reveals to them a way to be saved from his wrath against them. This great salvation comes to us through God's eternal Son, Jesus Christ, who was sent by the Father into this world to make atonement for our sins by his sacrificial death. So all sinners ought to believe in the infallible testimony of the most holy God concerning his Son, the only Savior of the world. And God graciously gives us this testimony in many ways.
The Testimony of the Father
First, the Father himself testifies about his Son. In John 8:18 Jesus declared, "I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me." And in John 5:37-38 he said, "And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent."
In Matthew 3:17 we find a direct, heavenly testimony from God the Father concerning his Son: "This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased." On the Mount of Transfiguration the Father again spoke directly: "This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!" (Matthew 17:5) In other words, "Believe him! Trust him and be saved!"
The Testimony of John the Baptist
God also spoke through John the Baptist. In John 1 we read: "There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world" (vv. 6-9). And in verse 15 John cries out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'" In verse 29 we read: "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!'" Again, in verses 32-34, we read, "John gave this testimony: 'I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me baptize with water told me, "The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit." I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.'"
The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
The Father also testifies through the Holy Spirit concerning Jesus Christ. First John 5:6 says, "This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth." The Gnostics denied that Jesus Christ died and that God came in human form. They said that the Spirit, or Christ, came upon Jesus at his baptism but left before the crucifixion. But John declares, "This is the one who came by water," which is baptism, "and blood," which is Christ's death for our sins. Yes, the Gnostic heretics denied Christ's atonement for our sins, but the Holy Spirit, who is truth, testifies to the truth.
In John 14:17 we are told the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, and in John 15:26 Jesus speaks about the testimony of the Holy Spirit: "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."
The Testimony of Jesus Christ
But more than that, God also testifies to us through Jesus Christ himself-Jesus Christ, who is God, who is truth, who is sinless, the eternal Son who took upon himself human nature. The writer to the Hebrews tells us, "In these last days [God] has spoken to us by his Son" (Hebrews 1:2). God testifies concerning the Son through the Son.
Referring to Christ, John writes, "He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony . . . For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit" (John 3:32, 34). In John 8 Jesus said, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid. For I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going . . . I am one who testifies for myself" (v. 14, 18).
The Testimony of Christ's Miracles
God gives us additional testimony through the miracles Jesus Christ performed. In John 5:36 Jesus said in reference to John the Baptist, "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me."
Christ's miracles were not designed to entertain or amaze spectators; God used them to point to Christ's glory and divinity. In his gospel, John identifies seven such signs.
- Changing water into wine (John 2:1-11). This points to the truth that Jesus Christ alone is able to bring us joy. No one else can do so. Fallen man by nature is miserable, wretched, and gloomy. Jesus Christ is sent from heaven to bring us joy.
- Healing the nobleman's son (John 4:46-54). This miracle tells us that Christ has power over sin as well as sickness. Elsewhere, we read that Jesus Christ has authority on earth to forgive sins. People objected, saying that only God can forgive sins. Then one must conclude, "Jesus is God."
- Healing the impotent man (John 5:1-18). It is a sign that tells us salvation is by grace alone. Jesus seeks and saves those who are powerless to save themselves.
- Feeding the five thousand (John 6:1-14). Jesus alone satisfies our spiritual hunger. He is the bread of life that came from heaven; everyone who feeds on him shall live.
- Walking on water (John 6:16-21). This demonstrated that Jesus is Lord of all natural laws.
- Healing the man born blind (John 9). The devil blinds us from seeing the reality that God is; that God created the universe; that God is the Savior; and that Jesus Christ is God. But Jesus came to open our blind eyes that we may see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ in the gospel.
- Raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11). This sign points to the fact that Jesus alone has power over death and hell. He is the resurrection and the life.
Thus, the miracles of Jesus point to his glory, his heavenliness, his divinity, his deity, his power, his authority, his infallibility, and his lordship.
The Testimony of the Scriptures
But we can go beyond even this. God witnesses to his Son through the Scriptures. The entire Bible is God's testimony concerning his Son. Jesus told the Jews, "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life" (John 5:39-40). Their problem was that they did not believe the testimony of the Scriptures.
In Luke 24:27 we read, "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, [Jesus] explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself." And Hebrews 1 tells us, "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets in many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son (vv.1-2).
God the Father is speaking all the time; it is his testimony that we either accept or reject. In Luke 24:44 Jesus told his disciples, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." When we open the Bible, we see God's testimony concerning his Savior/Son. (PGM) It is given that we may believe on him and be saved. God so loved the world that he gave up his only begotten Son that no one should perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
The Testimony of the Apostles and Others
Additionally, God designated the apostles, who were eyewitnesses of the words and work of Jesus Christ, to testify about him. John writes, "The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it" (1 John 1:2). In Acts 10 Peter affirms, "We are witnesses of everything [Christ] did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen-by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead" (vv. 39-42).
In Matthew 28 Jesus commissioned his disciples to bear witness to the person and work of Christ: "Therefore to and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:19-20). And in Acts 1:8 he told them, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." When the apostles preached, God the Father was bearing testimony through them, pointing people to Jesus Christ, that they may trust in him and be saved. God does not want anyone to perish.
Ministers of the gospel throughout the ages have borne witness to this gospel and are doing so today. We all are bearing witness to Christ. Whenever we speak the gospel, God is bearing witness to his Son through us. That is why we must witness to others.
Through all these means, God the Father is testifying concerning his Son, and his testimony is greater than that of any man. Everyone ought to believe this infallible testimony of God the Father concerning Jesus Christ, the only Savior of the world.
What Is God's Testimony?
What is the content of this testimony? In John 5:11 the apostle begins, "And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life." The first thing we learn is that God has given us eternal life. Where is this life located? John continues, "This life is in his Son." In fact, the Son is eternal life, as we read in 1 John 1:2: "The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us." Jesus Christ is eternal life, and Jesus Christ gives eternal life. He is life, and he makes us alive. He is the life-giving Spirit.
Salvation is found in no other but in Jesus Christ. This is the exclusivism that the Bible declares. All other saviors are false. And if eternal life is in Jesus Christ alone, those who are wise will go to him to receive that life.
Then John says, "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son does not have life" (v. 12). How, then, can we possess the Son and thereby possess life? The answer is not difficult to find. In 1 John 3:23 we read, "And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ." We come to possess the Son and eternal life by believing in the Son, Jesus Christ, who died for us on the cross. There is no other way to be saved from eternal damnation.
In 1 John 5 we read, "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God" (v. 1). And verse 5 says: "Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." Verse 13 declares: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God." Eternal life is Jesus Christ, and it is in Jesus Christ. "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son does not have life."
We come to possess Christ and eternal life by entrusting ourselves to him who is eternal life. If we accept human testimony and regulate our lives in accordance with it, how much more must we accept this greater testimony of God the Father, for it has to do with our eternal salvation, which is found only in his Son! If we believe in him, we shall be saved. We can either accept God's testimony or reject it, but we cannot ignore it.
Those who reject God's infallible testimony are making God a liar. This is exactly what the heretics of John's day did. They did not believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. They rejected that the God/man Jesus was crucified for sinners on the cross. These heretics found their own way of salvation apart from the atonement of Christ. We see the same thing today. People create every kind of religion as long as it is not about Jesus Christ. They are comfortable and happy with their religions; but such religions can never save.
Everyone who rejects God's testimony about his Son in the Scriptures makes God out to be a liar. Such people are saying that God the Father is a liar, that Jesus is a liar, and that the Holy Spirit is a liar. They are saying that the Bible is a lie, that the apostles are liars, and that gospel ministers are liars. They are declaring that man is not a sinner and that God did not create the world. The world is eternal, according to them, and man is evolved from matter, just another animal, without a soul. The Ten Commandments do not matter to them; they do not believe in any absolute standard of behavior. They do not believe in heaven or hell; death is the end of existence. Therefore, they say, let us eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die. They think that anyone who believes in testimony of God is stupid. To them, the devil speaks truth, evil is good, and good is evil. This is what people are saying when they reject God's testimony.
But God is not a liar, as we all will find out on the last day. Who is the liar? The devil. He has been lying from the beginning. He told Adam and Eve that they would not die by eating the forbidden fruit; rather, he said, they would live, and through their disobedience gain wisdom and become gods. He is the father of all lies and of all liars. But Paul says, "Let God be true and every man a liar." In accordance with God's word, Adam and Eve died, and all their descendants died-physically and eternally. So God sent his Son to give us eternal life. Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10). He said, "I am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25). He said, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish" (John 10:28).
How can we possess eternal life? By possessing the Son, who is eternal life. How can we possess the Son? By entrusting ourselves to him by believing in him. God commands that we believe in him. In Acts 17:30 Paul says, "God commands all people everywhere to repent," and in 1 John 3:23 John writes, "God commands you to believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, who is eternal life." Not only does God command us, but he also gives us faith to believe and the gift of repentance, that we may repent and believe. He also gives us an internal witness that we are children of God: "Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart" (1 John 5:10). So there is the external, objective testimony as well as the internal, objective testimony of the Holy Spirit. If we believe in him, we will have this testimony within us. In fact, the entire epistle of 1 John is written that we may have assurance we are children of God.
Romans 8:15-16 also speaks about this: "For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father.' The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."
Jesus Christ is coming again in great glory to save and to judge. In Matthew 25:46 Jesus said, "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." In John 5:23 we find a disclosure of the desire of the Father's heart: "that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him." This is serious business. When we believe in Jesus, we are honoring the Son and the Father. When we refuse to believe in him, we are dishonoring both the Son and the Father. But there is coming a day when those who refuse to honor Christ will have to bow down and confess that he is Lord before they go to eternal punishment. Philippians 2:10-11 tells us that "every knee should bow . . . and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
Have You Believed God's Testimony?
We receive human testimony daily, and we must believe it to live. But there is a superior testimony, an infallible testimony, which has to do with God's Son, sent for our salvation. God desires us to believe his testimony so that we may be saved, not damned. The truth is, there is heaven, there is hell, and there is God.
Think about these things. If God has granted you faith and repentance to believe in Jesus Christ, praise God! You have nothing to worry about; you have been given eternal life, and nothing can shake you. Psalm 46 tells us, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." There is a river that flows in the city of God to refresh us. God is within the city; though everything else is shaken, it shall not be. Nothing shall shake us-not even death-for "neither death nor life . . . nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). We are in him and he is in us.
If you have not believed this testimony, you have all the reasons in the world to be shaken and afraid. You can only trust so much in yourself. I give you God's testimony and God's eternal Son, who came down to die in our place, that we may live forever. May God grant you the gift of repentance and faith, that you may be saved forever. Amen.
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New Barclays boss faces capital question
Anthony Jenkins has been chief executive of Barclays for only 63 days. So it was perhaps unrealistic to expect him to announce Wednesday any major change in strategy alongside the UK bank's third-quarter results.
Even so, the results highlighted the strategic dilemma he faces - and why investors who had chased up the shares by 65% since July's post-Libor-scandal nadir may have gotten ahead of themselves.
The results themselves were only mildly disappointing: underlying net income rose 8% year-on-year to £4.2bn after stripping out items. The market had hoped for better from the investment bank, which managed revenue of just £2.6bn, down 15% from the previous quarter despite improved market conditions. Barclays attributed this to reduced risk-taking, reflecting the transition to a longer-term, less volatile, less capital-intensive business model.
The investment bank reported a respectable 14% return on equity in the third quarter. But this was on the basis of a core Tier 1 ratio still below 8% on a full Basel III basis. Barclays is under regulatory pressure to raise this above 10% as soon as possible. As things stand, the investment bank would struggle to deliver an economic return on capital on that basis.
Some investors would like to see Jenkins take an ax to the underperforming parts of the investment bank, as UBS is to do. But Jenkins needs every pound of earnings he can get from the investment bank to meet regulatory demands for higher capital ratios.
Indeed, his reliance on the investment bank has grown as retained earnings have suffered due to lower trading revenue, high bad-loan charges and seemingly never-ending fines for past misconduct. The third-quarter results included a further £700m provision for mis-selling of UK payment-protection insurance plus fresh disclosures of a new US regulatory probe into alleged rigging of energy markets.
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