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Provisional Programme for 49th EDXC ConferenceLeave a comment
June 21, 2016 by OH6001SWL
49th EDXC Conference
Castlefield Hotel, Manchester, UK
9-13 September 2016
Provisional Programme v02 at 21 June
Friday 9 September 1600-2200
Arrival, registration, informal meetings
Saturday 10 September 1000-1300
Conference opening. Greetings from British DX Club. Greetings from EDXC
Presentations and EDXC Matters
Saturday 10 September 1400-1730 (excursion, by coach, tram or boat)
Organised Tour of BBC radio & tv at Media City , Salford, tours at 15.00
(plus opportunity for self-guided visits of Imperial War Museum North, the Lowry Art Gallery & Theatre, Lowry Shopping Mall, plus Old Trafford, Manchester United FC – the latter requires you to book online in advance and may be best left for another day after the conference)
Sunday 11 September 1000-1300
Sunday 11 September 1400-1800 (excursion by coach)
A visit to the outside of two transmitter sites (Moorside Edge and Holme Moss) please note we will probably not have access to get inside either site followed by a late afternoon visit to a country pub
Sunday 11 September 1930-2200
Banquet dinner at the hotel
Monday 12 September 1000-1200
Walking tour of historical and modern Manchester city centre
Monday 12 September 1300-1700
Visits to local FM and community radio stations, possibly Key 103 and ALL FM
Tuesday 13 September 1000-1300
Departure, informal contacts
View from the Castlefield Hotel (Photo: Chrissy Brand)
Castlefield Basin Manchester (Photo: Chrissy Brand)
Manchester Town Hall (Photo: Chrissy Brand)
Heaton Park in Manchester (Photo: Chrissy Brand)


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At the United States Golf Academy we have devoted a great deal of time and resources to research all aspects of playing the game of golf to help our students shoot lower scores. Of course, for any player the fastest way to shoot lower scores is to make more putts. In order to do that, the first aspect of putting that needs to be addressed is the visual aspect or for lack of a better term – aim.
Many years ago when asked about putting Arnold Palmer said that the key to good putting was to hit the ball where you are looking. If it is really that simple then why is it so darn difficult in application? The answer lies in the way we perceive the target and the task. Most of us can aim very well when we look directly down the intended direction of a putt. Unfortunately, the view becomes distorted when we move to the side. Try this test. Draw a straight line on a ball and looking down the intended line point the line on the ball at the target. Now walk around to the side as you would to putt. Does the line still appear to be going toward the target? If so it is safe for you to use that line as a reference to putt. The next step for you is to find a putter where the visual references on the putter match the line on the ball. This is much harder than you think because even with a perfectly aligned line on the ball they can still be off when they set the putter behind the ball. We have found that each layer of visual reference is an opportunity for distraction.
For those of you who have a different impression of the line when you are in position to strike the putt it is important to eliminate the visual interference. Lines on the ball and lines on the putter are more distraction than help. For you to be successful you must become more instinctive when you aim rather than analytical. Don't feel bad, there are more of you out there than people who can successfully use the line. We recently commissioned an Inaugural Edition Putter for the Academy. Each of these is custom fit to the owner and has no visual references or alignment aids. It is my personal contention that the vast majority of us would putt better without all the alignment "aids" we have on today's putters. The extra lines and gimmicks might give us the sense of better alignment, but in reality our work with PuttLab clearly shows us that most players aim the putter better without the visual distractions. They just don't think they do, but that is a topic for another column.
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Siri vs. Google Search (Jelly Bean)
We were wondering that iPhone has launched Siri in iPhone 4 uptil iPhone 6, what Google is trying to do with Android? So, here is the answer then. Google has added enhanced voice search capability in its new version of Android called as Android Jellybean.
Here is the comparison between Siri and JellyBean. This is compared by TechnoBuffalo. So, all rights are reserved to TechnoBuffallo.
Posted on July 2, 2012, in Android, GamyGuru, Technology. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Hands down, Apple's app store wins by a mile. It's a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I'm not sure I'd want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
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MIMS Automechanika Moscow is an International exhibition dedicated to automotive parts, components, car maintenance equipment and products.
This exhibition is the ideal platform to explore world-class products & services, along with the latest trends in the Russian Automotive Industry.
The Fair
The exhibition, organized by Messe Frankfurt RUS together with the exhibition company ITE, traditionally presents a unique spectrum of products from leading international manufacturers: automotive parts, car washing, workshop and filling-station equipment, IT products and services, accessories and tuning.
The main sectors are:
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- Repair & Maintenance: equipment for vehicle service and repair, bodywork repair and painting, workshop equipment, etc.
- IT & Management: IT products, vehicle exchange marts, insurance, finance, leasing, claims management, etc.
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- ... and others!
Are you interested in participating? If so, contact our team of experts in trade fairs! They'll find you the best stand design companies in Moscow! With an unforgettable stand, it is impossible to be unsuccessful!
The MIMS trade show usually gathers more than 1,338 companies from 39 countries including major industry brands such as Aisin, BMW Group Russia, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz RUS, Brembo, Brisk, Carvile, Delphi, Denso, Exedy Clutch Europe, Gates, GAZ Group, Bosal, Finwhale, Hola, KYB, Magneti Marelli, Mann+Hummel, Multu, Optibelt, Tennecto, Valeo Service, Sogefi Group and Uniqom.
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According to official data, the MIMS Automechanika trade show receives about 31,200 visitors per edition - and it continues to grow! 98% of the visitors came from 77 regions of Russia and they were professionals of areas such as:
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- Services (30%)
- Retail Trade (30%)
- Manufacturer (22%)
- Others, like journalists, authorities, etc (6%)
As you can see, this is the ideal event for those who want to penetrate de Russian market and establish profitable business deals. Absolutely unmissable!


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The model depicts the dismantling of a steam locomotive. Combustion residue is directly removed in a tram in the culm pit and the tub is subsequently hoisted upward with an inclined lift, tipped out and emptied into a waiting slag car. The kit is equipped with drive components, as well as a servo for the hoisting and lowering movements of the slag tram.
The building this kit is based on dates from Era II.
This kit has been pre-weathered at the factory.
Level of difficulty: Standard.
Dimensions: 171 x 100 x 151mm


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Commercial Sales Manager
Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. We bring together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.
Job Description
Datadog is a pre-IPO cloud-scale monitoring software company. Our highly successful commercial sales team has doubled our revenue YOY and has no plans on slowing down! This is an opportunity to join a team that's disrupting a market which will experience 300% growth in the next few years. Our Commercial Sales Manager will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Account Executives who are responsible for driving new business through full cycle sales.
- Manage, coach and scale a team of Account Executives
- Lead team to achieve and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual targets
- Monitor sales performance: activity, pipelines, forecasts, and closed-deals to ensure quota attainment
- Manage the sales funnel from lead to close and create metrics to improve performance
- Drive lead penetration, high activity standards, and pipeline management
- Develop and maintain monthly and quarterly team forecasts
- Work cross-functionally with Marketing to maximize revenue growth
- Participate in hiring and interviewing process, as well as training and ramp-up of new team members
- 3-5 years of experience in tech sales
- Previous sales management experience
- Consistent track record of exceeding targets as an individual contributor
- Proven ability to lead a sales team in all areas of the sales cycle
- Experience in managing an outbound sales team
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Edmonton Oilers return home determined to prove they are for real
After a lacklustre 3-1 loss in Chicago, the Edmonton Oilers are now heading into the most pivotal part of their season — the part where they prove that what they've accomplished so far was no fluke.
This is where they show everyone that it wasn't smoke, or mirrors, or a soft schedule or a temporary hot streak that had them looking like a playoff team again. This is where they show, for better or for worse, who they really are.
"The season starts now," said defenceman Oscar Klefbom. "Now we have to show what kind of team we're going to be. We're obviously very happy with the start we had, but five or six games doesn't make a season."
They say it takes about 10 games before you get a good read on a team, so what the Oilers do with the next few, starting with Wednesday's home date with (2-0-1) Philadelphia then Detroit (3-2-0) Thursday before a pair of road games in Winnipeg (4-3-0) and Minnesota (1-4-0), will answer a lot of questions.
Nobody is expecting them to rattle off another five straight wins, they just need one. Beating the Flyers to stop the losing streak at one became a priority before the Oilers even left their dressing room in Chicago. After that, they just need to keep winning more than they lose.
"Don't lose two, start with that," said goalie Mike Smith, repeating the mantra about good teams not losing two games in a row. "We would have liked to get the last one, but we had a good road trip. Now we regroup and go home."
The Oilers put some crucial points in the bank and gave themselves a little breathing room with that 5-1 start, so giving it back by letting one loss bleed into two or three more is not an option.
"Some nights it goes in your favour, and some nights it doesn't. You just have to make sure it doesn't go the other way for too long," said head coach Dave Tippett. "You have to get right back at it and try to win the next one."
That the Oilers were visibly upset with themselves after how they played in Chicago is a good sign. The last thing you want to see is a team that hasn't proven anything shrugging off a poor performance and resting on a small sample size worth of laurels. That's not what's happening here.
"We've set a standard how we need to play, and if we play to those standards every night, we'll have a chance to win every night," said Tippett. "When you win games, we look at it — what went right and what went wrong. We lost a game, so we'll look at some things we did well and some things we need to do better and go into the next game with the mindset that we're going to do whatever we can to win."
They realize there are some things that need to be shored up. They realize they had been pushing their luck from the start, falling behind in all five of their wins and again in the sixth. They realize that's no way to live.
Oil Spills podcast: It's early, but Oilers' signs look positive
The Edmonton Oilers' strong start to the 2019-20 NHL season is certainly a pleasant surprise to the team's fans.
Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about how the Oilers can keep producing at this level, barring setbacks due to injury, including getting production from the likes of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Zack Kassian on the first line as well as power-play production from James Neal as well as reliable goaltending and a maturing defence that has handled Adam Larsson's absence well.
"We knew it was just a matter of time (before they lost one) especially when we keep giving up the first goal," said Klefbom. "We can't really expect ourselves to come back every single time. We've been showing strength to come back in every single game, but we have some areas to improve on. We're not perfect and we still played a good road trip and we have a good feeling."
The Oilers believe they are a different team. They believe they can be a playoff team. But it's going to take more than six games to convince people outside the room that the organization has actually turned the corner. Both positions are fair, and there's no point arguing about who's right because it will all sort itself out soon enough.
"We're going to come back to Edmonton and reload because now the fun part begins," said Klefbom. "To prove to the league and the fans that we're a team to count on, that it wasn't just a lucky start. We have to find that consistency. I know we're going to have some good games."


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A barber in Lucknow was honored by local community people for doing his job without being too pushy with his services. Bittu Singh, who works as a barber in at City Mens hair cutting saloon in the heart of the city, was pleasantly surprised when locals gathered around his shop handed him a bouquet with a cheque of 50,000 Rs.
While speaking on Bittu's achievements, the local Corporator said, "Hair cutting is an art. Unfortunately most barbers have turned business men. All they do is make you feel bad about your looks so that they can push their services."
"But here's a man who does about silently doing his duty. It's not often that you find such dedicated souls. So we have decided to honor him," he added.
Regular customers recollect the nightmares at other saloons and state how they found an angel in Bittu. "My earlier experience with a different saloon left me petrified. I had gone there to get my beard trimmed. But the guy convinced me that I was balding and I need a head massage. After that he pointed out how my skin was looking dull and forced me to get a facial. While I dozed off during the facial, he dyed my hair without even asking. The final bill came up to 5000 Rs," said Usman Miyan, a local shop owner.
Sources say that the 'barber menace' is a big issue. During the previous elections, the political party which promised to reign in the errant barbers if voted to power found favor with the people and actually won with a huge margin.
Bittu's achievement has found a mention in newspapers too, much to the chagrin of other saloons who are now looking at falling business.
"Some people call it extortion. But we have no choice. We too have to make money. If the authorities take action against our fleecing methods then I am afraid we'd have to move to some other professions like education or airlines where fleecing still has some respect," said a saloon owner who requested anonymity.


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Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD) reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2019 on the morning of August 6, before markets opened. Expeditors' earnings per share of $0.88 beat the Street's estimates of $0.80 (overall net earnings attributable to shareholders grew 9 percent year-over-year to $153 million).
The Seattle-based international freight forwarder grew revenues by 4 percent to $2.03 billion and net revenues by 3 percent to $661.6 million.
The third-party logistics provider managed to navigate the stormy seasons of an intensifying U.S.-China trade war and a general slowdown in the global economy, managing through a 7.5 percent year-over-year reduction in air freight revenue and flattish ocean freight revenues. Customs brokerage was the big star of the quarter, growing revenues in that division by 19.8 percent year-over-year to $750.1 million for the quarter.
"During the quarter and throughout the first half of the year, we have shown our ability to manage uncertainty and deliver profitable growth," said Jeffrey S. Musser, president and chief executive officer, in a statement. "While our air freight business was challenged as a result of a slowdown in export volumes out of North Asia and the United States, we continued to enhance our efforts on growing these two important markets as a focus of our key strategic initiatives. Additionally, the current climate of geopolitical volatility has created uncertainty, but our organization continues to show that the strength of our global presence and customer focus has never been more important in our relentless drive to grow while maintaining our profitability."
As demand for transportation services slackened into 2019 and capacity on all modes loosened, Expeditors experienced a 5 percent decrease in air tonnage volume compared to the year prior and a 2 percent increase in ocean container volume. International freight forwarders typically take wider margins on a lower volume of air freight and a narrower margin on higher volumes of ocean freight.
After EXPD posted its results, Deutsche Bank analyst Seldon Clarke lauded the freight forwarder for improving its operating performance in a tough business environment.
"Despite another quarter of net revenue margin compression (-30bps year-over-year), EXPD was able to expand gross profit margins (+50bps year-over-year) through better employee productivity," Clarke wrote.
Expeditors breaks out its gross and net revenue results by region, which can serve as a useful map of trends in global trade.
Solid economic growth in the United States brought revenues up 13.8 percent to $681 million, while 'Other North America,' presumably including Canada and Mexico, was only up 1.5 percent to $85.5 million. Latin American gross revenues were down 9 percent to $38.7 million for the quarter.
Expeditors was hurt most by a sharp decline in revenues from North Asia – i.e., China – which is one of its most important regions. North Asia revenues were down 8.5 percent to $621.9 million for the quarter. South Asia revenues were up 1 percent to $181.3 million. Europe revenues were down 3.4 percent to $319.3 million, and Africa and India revenues were down 4.9 percent to $108.3 million.
EXPD management did not offer forward-looking guidance in the release and does not conduct analyst conference calls.


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Forty Five Ten's Brian Bolke is going to be super busy this fall.
Not only is
opening a four-level, 37,000-square-foot store on Main Street in downtown Dallas, but Houston will be getting a smaller version too.
Houston has been on his radar for a while, Bolke said, and now "the time feels right." The 3,300-square-foot Houston store is scheduled to open in September in
Houston's River Oaks District.
recently opened in the same shopping center.)
The Houston store will sell collections of merchandise for women, men, home and cosmetics selected from the downtown Dallas store that opens later this fall.
Bolke is introducing the Copper Bar, a champagne and coffee bar at the store's entrance. "It's a store to meet a friend, browse leisurely and explore," Bolke said. "We want a store that will add to the walkability of River Oaks District and be part of the emerging neighborhood."
The Houston store will sell women's apparel and accessories with a focus on emerging designers selected by fashion director Taylor Tomasi Hill and men's merchandised selected by Nick Wooster. Home will include an Assouline book department and merchandise picked by home creative director Rob Dailey.
In Dallas, Forty Five Ten is moving from its 4510 McKinney Ave. address since 2000 to downtown Dallas as part of a joint partnership to build the new store with Headington Companies.
Five & Ten will continue to be located in Highland Park Village.
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My Favorite Junk Shop
You guys seem to really like the posts about My Favorite Junk Shop and the Nashville Flea Market. I know I get lots of email wanting to know the location of "that cool junk shop". Well, I'm sharing the info today. Don't go buy all the good stuff before I get there.
junk shop
This is the place. Never found one similar to it anywhere in my travels.
Here's a nice big picture with the name of the shop and the phone no. What more could you ask for.
I don't remember how I stumbled upon Butler's Antiques and I don't really know how long I've been making the trip to Hopkinsville just to look at junk. That's where the shop is…… Hopkinsville, Kentucky…. a 45-50 minute drive from my home. I would say I've been shopping here for at least 20 years.
My Favorite Junk Shop
updated with new info April 15, 2018..
Where you can find my favorite shop…..Butler's Antiques, 17th and Walnut Street, Hopkinsville KY 42240, phone no. (270)885-1521
Butlers is about 40 minutes from my home in the Clarksville area. From downtown Nashville the drive is about 1½ hours Store hours are Monday- Saturday, 9-5 or 6 depending on daylight hours and how busy the shop is.
Mr. Raymond Butler is the shop owner. He has several sisters (Francis, Carrie, and Suzette) who work in the shop with him on various days.
This is not a paid advertisement!!! You guys are interested and I thought it was time to share. And now…as I do after every trip…..here's the pics….
There is always furniture! And the prices are great.
Lots of vintage stuff.
{Find my favorite furniture paints, spray paints, brushes, tools, etc. on the Petticoat Junktion Amazon page here.}
Wood railings, old doors, window frames with and without glass are all over the place.
I came home with this beauty. Her legs are in really bad shape and she's very rickety but for the price I couldn't leave her there. No, I'm not telling you the price. I can't divulge (big word for me, thank God for spell check) everything.
I meant to get the yardsticks and forgot about them. I've seen a lot of cool projects lately using these.
Poor little girl, her flower pot is broken. She's still a beauty and somehow I left without her too. I meant to bring her home and got sidetracked. That happens a lot! Well, that's the info on My Favorite Junk Shop.
You can find everything you always wanted to know about the Nashville Flea Market here.
Thanks for stopping by, Kathy


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Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.—John xiv. 1.
FROM these words I proposed to shew, what force and virtue there are in the remedy proposed by our Saviour, to mitigate and allay our troubles; and I told you, that our Saviour here prescribes a double remedy.
First, Faith in God, the great Creator and Governor of the world.
Secondly, Faith in himself, the Son of God and Saviour of men. I have spoken to the first, and have likewise entered upon the
Second, And here I propounded to shew, what farther considerations of comfort and support, faith in Christ, and the firm belief of the Christian religion, do afford to good men, for the allaying and mitigating of their greatest fears and troubles.
And I mentioned five:
I. Faith in Christ gives us full assurance of immortality, and the rewards of another world.
II. It promiseth to every sincere Christian the in ward assistance and support of God's Holy Spirit. Thus far I have gone. I now proceed:
III. It assures us of the special efficacy of our prayers with God, either for our deliverance from trouble, or for the aids and supports of his grace under it.145
Now concerning the great efficacy of our prayers with God, there are several very particular and remarkable promises and declarations in the New Testament: (Matt. vii. 7.) "Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you." (Matt. xxi. 22.) "And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." (John xv. 7.) "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." But then he directs us to put up our petitions to God in his name, as the way to make them prevalent: (John xiv. 13, 14.) "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it." And (chap. xvi. 23, 24.) he repeats this promise again for their support and comfort under the tribulations which they should endure. "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." And, again, (ver. 26, 27.) "At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself loveth you." Reassures them of God's merciful inclination towards them; and if it would add any thing to their comfortable assurance of having their prayers heard, he could have told them, "that he would pray the Father for them." St. James particularly comforts the Christians under their trials upon this consideration, that God is ready to give wisdom and strength to demean ourselves as we ought under sufferings, if we heartily beg it of him: (James i. 2-5.) "My brethren, 146count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations, knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience: but let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." And since this requires great wisdom, to bear great afflictions with patience, therefore he adds, that God is always ready to grant this wisdom and grace to those that heartily beg it of him. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." (1 John iii. 22.) "And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight." And, (chap. v. 14, 15.) "And this is the confidence that we have in him," that is, we Christians: for he had said before, "These things have I written unto you, that believe on the name of the Son of God;" and then it follows, "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him;" that is, though we have not presently the thing we prayed for, yet we are as sure of it as if we had it. The earnest prayer of every sincere Christian, is very powerful and available with God. So St. James assures us: (chap. v. 16.) "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much:" much more the united prayers of the faithful. So our Saviour declares, (Matt. xviii. 19.) "Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth, as touching the thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven."
All these promises and declarations do certainly signify a more special efficacy and prevalency of the 147prayers of Christians. And though there was a miraculous power of prayer in the primitive times, which is now ceased, and of which St. James plainly speaks, (chap. v. 14, 15.) "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up:" yet it is certain that these promises extend farther, to the efficacy of the prayers of the faithful in such cases. And so our Saviour extends this promise; (Matt. xxi. 22.) for after he had said in the verse before, "Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done unto the fig-tree; but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done:" after this he immediately subjoins, "And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Hereby declaring, that the efficacy of the prayers of Christians was not limited only to those miraculous effects which were but to continue for a time, but that this promise was to be extended to the prayers of the faithful in all cases, and all times.
And, indeed, all the grounds and reasons of the efficacy and prevalency of our prayers, which are mentioned in the New Testament, do equally concern Christians in all times; as that we pray to God in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ, upon which our Saviour very frequently, when he makes this promise, lays great stress, and seems to render it as the reason of the special efficacy of our prayers. (John xiv. 13, 14.) "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my 148name, I will do it." And, (chap. xvi. 23, 24.) "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Heretofore ye have asked nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive."
Another reason of the acceptance and prevalency of our prayers, is, that the Spirit of God which dwells in all true Christians does help our weakness, and secretly directs us to ask of God those things which are according to his will, and does, as it were, intercede for us. (Rom. viii. 26.) "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities. For we know not what we shall pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us." And, (ver. 27.) "And he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints, according to the will of God." And no wonder if those petitions are very prevalent, which we are assisted and directed to put up to God, according to his will.
And this certainly is a great comfort under any trouble, that we can have free access to God by prayer, in confidence that he will grant us those requests which we put up to him according to his will. And this the apostle to the Hebrews mentions more than once, as an argument to them to continue steadfast in the profession of their religion, notwithstanding the persecution that attended it, because we may at all times address ourselves to God in confidence of his gracious help and assistance, (Heb. iv. 16.) After he had exhorted them "to hold fast their profession," as an encouragement thereto, he adds the free access we may have to God for his help and support: "Let us, therefore, (says he) come boldly (or with great freedom and confidence) to the throne 149of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find favour with him for our seasonable help and succour." And to the same purpose, (chap. x. 19, 20.) "Having, therefore, freedom to enter into the holiest, by the blood of Jesus, (that is, having access to God in prayer, by Jesus Christ;) let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith;" that is, in perfect confidence that our prayers will be graciously heard and answered; upon which he adds, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for he is faithful that hath promised:" if we continue steadfast to God, and the profession of his truth, he will make good all that he hath promised, both of present support under our sufferings, and of the glorious reward of them in another life: he will hear our prayers, and grant us the aids and supplies of his grace as we stand in need of them.
IV. The Christian religion propounds to us the best and most admirable pattern that ever was of patience and constancy of mind, under the apprehension of approaching evils, or the sense of our present sufferings, and of a contented and cheerful submission to the will of God, in the saddest condition to which human nature is incident; and that is the pattern of our blessed Saviour, who, for this reason among others, was so great a sufferer in so many kinds, that he might go before us in this rough and difficult way, and "leave us an example, that we should follow his steps;" that we might learn from him how to calm and quiet our spirits, to appease and hush the tumults of our passions, under the severest dispensations of God's providence to wards us, and to bend our wills to a patient submission to the will of our heavenly Father, under the sorest afflictions and sharpest sufferings. For though 150our blessed Saviour prayed so earnestly to his Father, that "that bitter cup might pass from him," yet how quietly and cheerfully did he resign and yield up himself to the will of God, saying, "Yet not my will, but thine be done!" Human nature shrunk and gave back at the sight of his dreadful sufferings: but his reason overruled the inclinations of nature, and kept him to a steady resolution of submitting to the will of God. And therefore, when Peter at tempted his rescue, he commanded him to desist, saying, "Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given, shall I not drink it?" (John xviii. 11.) And though he had as quick a sense of suffering as any man, yet with what patience did he possess his soul! with what meekness and humility of spirit did he bear and yield to it! "He was led as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. When he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." And thus "it became the Captain of our salvation," that he might be a perfect pattern to us of patience and submission to the will of God, of a meek and undisturbed mind, under the greatest bodily pains, and the extreme anguish of his soul, "to be made perfect by sufferings."
So that under the greatest present evils, or the most fearful apprehension of future evil and suffering, we should fix our eye steadfastly upon this great and glorious example of patience and constancy and meekness, of a due sense, and yet of a most decent behaviour under the heaviest load of affliction, that ever was laid upon any of the sons of men; looking, as the apostle exhorts, (Heb. xii. 2, 3.) "Looking 151unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, and despised the shame; and considering him, who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we be weary and faint in our minds."
And surely if we would but let our minds dwell awhile upon this consideration of the sufferings of the Son of God, and his great meekness and patience, and submission to the will of God under them, it would mightily conduce to the mitigating of our trouble, and bringing us to "possess our souls in patience," in the saddest condition that can befal us.
And what consideration more proper for us than this, when we are going to receive the blessed sacrament, wherein the sufferings of the Son of God are represented to us, in the symbols of his body broken, and his blood shed for the remission of our sins; and there are many considerations which this sight is apt to suggest to us, which are so many powerful arguments to quiet and comfort our minds under the greatest troubles and sufferings which we are liable to; such as these.
1. The grievous sufferings which the Son of God was exposed to, do clearly shew us, that the good things of this life are not so valuable, nor the evils and sufferings of it so considerable, as we are apt to fancy and imagine; when the best man that ever lived was so destitute of the common comforts and conveniences of human life, and had so large a share of the calamities and sufferings of it. If we could but rectify our opinion of things, it would go a great way in making any of the evils and afflictions of this life tolerable. If God see good to reduce us to poverty and want, let us think of him, who, "being Lord of all, had not where to lay his head;" who 152 "being rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich." To be destitute of worldly accommodations cannot seem so dismal and despicable a sight, when we consider whose lot it was to live in a low and indigent condition; the very consideration whereof doth not only make poverty tolerable, but even glorious.
So likewise when we are "persecuted for righteousness sake," and exercised with sufferings and reproaches; when we are ready to be discouraged in well-doing by the opposition we meet withal from the ingratitude of men, and the malicious interpretation of our good actions, perverting the best things, done with the best mind and to the best end, to some ill purpose and design; let us "look to Jesus," and "consider him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself," and this will help to abate the hideous apprehension of these things.
2. The sufferings of the Son of God are a demonstration to us, that the love and favour of God, wherein the chief happiness of man consists, are not to be estimated and measured by outward prosperity in this world; much less can it be concluded from temporal afflictions and sufferings, that God hath no favour and kindness for those whom he thinks fit to exercise with them. For we see plainly by this instance of the grievous sufferings of his Son, that God may most deeply wound and afflict those whom he most dearly loves; and if we can be secure of the favour of God, and his loving-kindness, why should our hearts be troubled and dismayed at the apprehension of any evil that can befal us?
God may love his children, and yet chasten them very severely: nay, that he does so, is rather an argument that they are his children, and that he 153loves them, and is concerned for them. So I am sure the apostle teacheth us to argue, (Heb. xii. 6 8.) "For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons." The heaviest and most grievous load of sufferings that was ever laid on any man, God permitted to be laid "on his only-begotten Son, the dearly beloved of his soul, in whom he was well-pleased." The greater our afflictions are, and the more we suffer for "righteousness sake," so much the liker are we to the Son of God, and so much the more likely to be the sons and children of God. It is true, as the apostle tells us, that "no affliction for the present is joyous, but grievous:" but surely it is a great mitigation of it, to consider what a glorious example and argument of patience our religion proposeth to us, for our encouragement under sufferings: that the best man that ever was lived in the most afflicted condition; and the greatest sufferer that ever was, or can be, was "the dearly-beloved Son of God."
3. In the victorious sufferings of the Son of God, we see the world conquered to our hands, all the terrors and temptations of it disarmed, and all its force baffled and broken. This consideration our Saviour makes use of to support the faint spirits of his disciples, under the melancholy apprehensions which they had of sufferings: (John xvi. 33.) "In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." The great work is done to our hands; affliction and death are vanquished 154and overcome by him. That conquest which "the Captain of our salvation" hath already made of all "the powers of darkness," renders our victory over them cheap and easy.
4. The temptations and sufferings of our Lord were greater than ours are or can be; for he bore the heavy and insupportable load of ail the sins of all mankind, and of the wrath and vengeance due to them. "The Lord hath laid on him," saith the prophet, (Isa. liii. 6, 7.) "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all; he was oppressed and afflicted." And well might he be oppressed with affliction, who had such an intolerable burden as the sins of all mankind to press him down. That pas sage is commonly applied to him, and well might he cry out in that manner, "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger." Such were the sufferings of our Lord, so great and so grievous, as none of us are in any degree able to undergo. That weight under which he crouched, would crush us; that which he was hardly able to sustain, would certainly sink us; and do we complain and "faint in our minds," when but a very little part of the punishment due to us only for our own sins is inflicted upon us? The consideration of the heavy and "unknown sufferings of the Son of God," should make all our afflictions not only tolerable, but light.
5. And yet we have in effect the same support that he had. We are apt to be very much disheartened and discouraged at the apprehension of sufferings, from the consideration of our own weakness and frailty; "but the Spirit of Christ dwells in us," and the same "glorious power that raised up Jesus 155from the dead, works mightily on them that believe." St. Paul useth very high expressions in this matter: (Ephes. i. 29, 30.) "That ye may know," says he, speaking in general of all Christians, "what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him on his own right hand." So that every sincere Christian is endowed with a kind of omnipotency, being able, as St. Paul says of himself, "to do all things through Christ strengthening him." We are of ourselves very weak, and the temptations and terrors of the world are very powerful; but there is a principle residing in every true Christian, that is able to bear us up against the world and the power of all its temptations. "Whatsoever is born of God (says St. John), overcometh the world: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." The Holy Spirit of God which dwells in all true Christians, is a more powerful principle of resolution and courage and patience, under the sharpest trials and sufferings, than that evil spirit which rules in the world is to stir up and set on the malice and rage of the world against us. "Ye are of God, and have overcome the world: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."
6. Let us consider farther, for whom and for what our blessed Lord suffered. Not for himself; but for our sake: not for any fault of his own; for "he had no sin;" but for our sins. He was perfectly innocent: but we are great and grievous offenders. We suffer upon our own account: but he only for our sakes, and for our salvation. So that the example of our Lord's sufferings hath an 156irresistible force and virtue in it, to argue ns into patience and submission. Did he bear the load of our sins so willingly? did he "who had no sin" suffer so patiently, to free us from eternal sufferings? And shall we who are guilty think much to bear a small part of that burden, which he so cheer fully underwent for us, and which falls so much short of the due punishment of our faults? The penitent thief upon the cross urged the equity and force of this argument to patience, to his fellow-criminal, that they who had been guilty of such great crimes, and were justly condemned for them, ought to be patient under their sufferings. "We indeed, (says he) are justly condemned; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss."
7. And lastly, If we consider the transcendent excellency and dignity of the person, who under went so great sufferings with so much meekness and patience, and with so even and undisturbed a mind, this will calm and allay our passions, and mitigate the troubles which befal us pitiful and inconsiderable creatures, in comparison of this "Prince of glory" and "heir of everlasting bliss." When we consider the meekness of this excellent person, the eternal Son of God, and with what submission and serenity of mind he demeaned himself under so great and continual provocations from his own creatures and beneficiaries, those whom he had made, and whom he came to save; shall we think much to bear the indignities and affronts of our fellow-creatures? When we behold how contented this great person was in the meanest condition, how he welcomed all events, and was so perfectly resigned to the will of his heavenly Father, that whatsoever 157pleased God, pleased him; shall we murmur at any condition which the providence of God allots to us, and repine at any event whatsoever?
Shall we resent injuries and affronts and calumnies so heinously as to be out of all temper and patience, when we consider with what meekness of temper, and how little emotion of mind, the Son of God bore all these? how "he gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; and withheld not his face from shame and spitting;" how "he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth; being reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not?"
To conclude, can we entertain thoughts of revenge towards the instruments of our sufferings, when we have such a pattern of forgiving before us, who poured out his blood for the expiation of the guilt of them that shed it, and spent his last breath in a most fervent and charitable prayer for his betrayers and murderers?
Thus we should propose to ourselves the pattern of our Lord's spirit and demeanour under sufferings, in whom meekness and submission and patience had their perfect work; that the same mind may be in us that was in Christ Jesus, and that as we have him for an example, we may follow his steps.
The last consideration of comfort and support under trouble, which the Christian religion gives us, remains yet to be spoken to, namely, that we are assured of a most compassionate and prevalent and perpetual patron and advocate and intercessor with God for us.
But this, together with the application of this whole discourse, I shall refer to the next opportunity.158
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Privatization: Bloomberg has an interesting angle to the story yesterday that a "world class" formation was found off-Mexican-shores. It's interesting that Bloomberg was able to publish this. This seems antithetical to the Obama/Hillary/Schumer/Pelosi crowd:
A consortium of Premier Oil Plc, Sierra Oil & Gas S de RL de CV and Talos Energy LLC made the discovery in the shallow waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico just two years after winning the exploration license. It's the first new find by a private company in the country in almost 80 years, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd., possible only after the government ended the monopoly of state-run Petroleos Mexicanos.Job watch: first time claims for unemployment claims data is released at 8:30 a.m. ET. While waiting, one can view the graphic of past data here. Last week was not a good report, but the overall data for last week was incredibly good (part of the Trump story, I suppose). This week, econoday forecasts another huge number: 246,000 first time claims, almost as bad as the previous week. So, we will see. It's always interesting to see how the market reacts, and then how the White House spins the story if it's a bad report.
The jobs report:
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- Rick: these numbers led Rick to suggest that Janet Yellen is "starting walk back" her hawkish remarks earlier this year; jobs reports are starting to scare her? Nope, she wants to keep her job.
OPEC's compliance with production cuts fell in June to its lowest levels in six months as several members pumped much more oil than allowed by their supply deal, thus delaying market rebalancing, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.Hypocrisy, but I guess this is why we haven't heard much (anything?) from the previous president on this issue, LOL:
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Detonators: Thousand Points of Punk (1991)
I first saw The Detonators in April, 1991, and I remember them being punk as fuck. They were so punk that they wore chains for guitar straps. I was mass impressed by that.
And they were old too. OK, more like what I thought of as old at the time, which was anyone over 21 but still here were these bona fide old fogies (who were probably in their late twenties, early thirties) playing ferocious hardcore and it was cool. They also rocked harder and played louder and much longer than kids younger than them. We simply couldn't keep up. Old school indeed.
(image from Kill From The Heart)
1. 1000 Points of Punk
2. 21 Pigs
3. 11:59
4. Bought for a Song
5. The Prison State
6. Bastards
7. 911
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10. No Antidote
11. No Balls By Design
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(I finally figured out how to do a link. Gnarly.)
2 comments:
- Famous Mortimer said...
Hi there, it's a fine blog and I was looking forward to downloading this album after how you described. Is there any way of zipping it up and uploading the albums that way? It's a massive pain in the arse having to do each individual track.
- February 21, 2009 at 6:20 AM
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Directions to Modern Hyundai from Gastonia, NC
- Heading northeast on E Ozark Ave, turn right onto the I-85 N ramp to Charlotte.
- Merge onto I-85 N and drive about 30 miles.
- Use the right two lanes to take exit 49 for Bruton Smith Blvd toward Concord Mills Blvd.
- Use the right two lanes to turn right onto Bruton Smith Blvd. Drive about two miles.
- Make a sharp left turn onto Concord Parkway South.
- In just under five miles, you will arrive at Modern Hyundai of Concord, on your right. Welcome!


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Chris Marie Green is the author of urban fantasies, thrillers, and hot romances. Her alter-ego, Crystal Green, writes sweet romance, including the Heroes of the West series.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Fire Vibes
Isn't it scary to know that with all the advances we've made in the last century-plus, we still don't have control over the elements? They can still strike us down within a few days. I'm telling you, seeing all that red (burning areas) on a map and recognizing that your area is surrounded is a real panic. Monday and Tuesday, I was imagining being caged in with no escape. Thanks to the heroics of the community--firefighters, law enforcement, officials, citizens who are donating $$$ and time for the recovery--things are looking up.
Unfortunately, there are sucky stories to go with the ones that show humanity at its best. Consider these tidbits:
-In Ramona, two losers were caught looting evacuated homes.
(Well done, douchebags.)
-One of the fires is said to have been started by an arsonist.
(No punishment is painful enough.)
-At a local mall that served as an evacuation point, a few people built a freaking bonfire, and firefighters had to be summoned to put it out.
-After one couple returned from a honeymoon to find their home in ruins, salt was added to their gaping wounds when the wife phoned some company (cable?) to let them know that they needed to shut all the services down. The company asked if the couple still had the rented satellite, the wife answered that everything was destroyed, and the company told her that she owed them $300.
(Yes, it's true. I saw this one on the news.)
So...once again, the scales of humanity balance, yin and yang. But without darkness there would be none of the light everyone else has provided. To all those who have worked so hard in this community, you're an inspiration!
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- Nicole said...
Ugh, there is no punishment that is enough for some people. I hope that woman went off on them and I hope that cable/satellite company lost customers. I can't believe they would do that. I'm glad you're safe. Sending Big Hugs.
- Chris Marie Green/Crystal Green said...
Nicole/Selena : )
Yeah, I'd love to hear a follow-up on this story. The reporter who was interviewing her was livid, so I wouldn't be surprised if the station's consumer advocate got on it!
- Nicole said...
I hope the advocate does get involved and the company feels shame for what they did and gives the couple something like a free year of cable or something. I just can't believe that.


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In 2016, we made acquaintance with three coffee producing families Nariño through a national coffee quality competition: Finca El Pará, Finca Santa Rosa and Finca El Arroyo. We made a great effort to meet these coffee producing families in person. This year as well, we focused our efforts on this region. This is a growing relationship that 32Cup has cultivated in the past and continues to expand.
We keep on fine-tuning the supply chain to have a maximal return to the producers while working with knowledgeable Colombian coffee experts to mill and ship the coffee to Antwerp. We were also able to have our supply chain partners pay the producers up front in full, which is a rare and impactful benefit for small producers that have to tie up almost all of their funds in the harvest and often wait for payment for months after turning the coffee over
These micro-lots from the familiar small group of producers include:
- Jose Efraín Villada's Finca Santa Rosa
- Jorge Giraldo Ortiz' Finca El Arroyo
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Guiding Principle: Celebrating community through kingdom diversity
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- Revelation 7:9
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Believing that all people are created by God and bear His image, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion seeks to create an environment in which every individual is an accepted, respected and valued member of the campus community. Anderson University will reflect and celebrate the diversity of God's Kingdom through an uncommon unity that is informed by Christian truth, love, and grace.
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The Office of Diversity and Inclusion offers a strategic diversity plan that is intentionally Christ-centered, kingdom-focused and community-oriented. It seeks cultural, institutional and educational advancement through a gospel-centered racial reconciliation, Christian unity, and a love for all races and ethnicities.


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Tough Customer
by Sandra Brown
Dodge Hanley is a private investigator who doesn't let rules get it in his way That's why he's the first person Caroline King - who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams - asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter ...the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline's call, and one compelling reason to drop everything: guilt. His daughter Berry has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who had spent the past year making Berry's life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her. The heart-pounding situation goes from bad to worse when the stalker begins to claim other victims and leaves an ominous trail of clues as he lethally works his way toward Berry. From the acclaimed international bestselling author Sandra Brown, Tough Customer, is a thrilling tale about obsession and murder, the fragile nature of relationships, and, possibly, second chances.
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I would like to ask people who have deeper knowledge than myself and no some shit
I want to do more heavy high end work in CG,
using more heavy scene in Maya, with lots of polygons, doing heavy sculpting in Zbrush, and rendering in RedShift and Texturing in Mari.
I was wondering if its possible to build multi GPU sli thing, that will better performance in all software and whatever i am doing.
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WP116 – Present Bias and Underinvestment in Education?
This paper examines the long-run impacts of income shocks by exploiting variation in coffee cultivation patterns within Colombia and world coffee prices during cohorts' school-going years in a differences-in-differences framework. The results indicate that cohorts who faced higher returns to coffee-related work during school-going years completed fewer years of schooling and have lower income in adulthood. These ndings suggest that leaving school during temporary booms results in a signicant loss of long-term income. This is consistent with the possibility that students may ignore or heavily discount the future consequences of dropout decisions when faced with immediate income gains. JEL codes: J24; O12; O13. Keywords: coffee price shocks; transitory income shocks; human capital accumulation; opportunity cost of schooling; long-run impacts; schooling Download do Paper Ano: 2019 Working-paper: 116 Bladimir Carrillo Ler todos os Posts de Bladimir Carrillo's Share...Leia mais


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The development of skills in writing, aural recognition, and performance of intervals, scales, rhythms, melodies, and harmonies through sight singing, drills, and dictation.Diatonic melodic dictation, seventh chords, and basic harmonic progressions are emphasized. Two-hour class, one-hour lab. Prerequisite: MUS 10302. To be taken concurrently with MUS 12203.
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Fill your home with warm and inviting pieces starting with this cozy sofa set. Boasting sleek top grain leather match upholstery, this collection provides durable and comforting seating for hours of enjoyment. Rolled arms come adorned with nailhead trim, which stylishly pop against the brown coloring.
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The feeds are down right now, probably because the house guests are up in the HoH room getting instruction about the live show tonight. So I set my Flashbacks to just after midnight, in the wee hours of this morning, only to find that Cody is trying to straighten his own hair and a small audience has gathered to watch.
(If you have sensitive ears, you might want to skip this one...)
Christine was captivated by a story Cody told about how he teased a girl that he really liked about her teeth--I think he compared her to a rabbit. Then he saw her years later and she told him that he was the biggest reason why she got her teeth fixed.
Cody: I felt horrible...I had the biggest crush on that girl.
Zach mocks Cody for trying to straighten his hair, while the group debates the meaning of the phrase "fucking like rabbits".
Cody burned his hand a few times, because the straightener is too wide to use on short hair.
Cody gave up and put the straightener away, saying that it "blows and sucks cock".
Frankie: Please don't use those words around me right now..I mean, I understand that you are all sexually frustrated because you can't figure it all out, but for me there is no option..
Cody: Listen....if I wanted to take Zach in the Jack Shack, I'd do it....trust me...
Zach: WHAT?
Frankie: Why would you say that to him? I'm the one who wants to go in the Jack Shack...
Christine: Frankie wants you so bad, Cody.
Frankie: I mean...just because you're kind of hot...
Zach: Kind of hot? He's the hottest guy on earth.
Zach is eating cookie dough ice cream and I think Christine may be eating some as well.
Christine, to Frankie: You think Cody is hot?
Frankie: Yeah, I do.
Cody says he has a smaller straightener at home and he used to use it quite a bit, but he got his hair to flop over to one side, instead of standing straight up. Christine says she would like to see that hairstyle on him, then she gets to touch his hair and says it feels really soft.
Zach: Damn, I already look so good, I don't know if I want to try this.
Zach: Oh my god...I'm so sexy.
Zach: You think Cody is hot? Look at this!
Christine: Do you talk to girls like that, telling them you're hot?
Zach: Yes...I say, you think this is sexy? Wait til you see my penis..
They all got a good laugh at that. Zach yells "Sorry Mom!"
They asked Cody what his "number" is and his first response is that he doesn't even know.
Cody: I dunno...not that many...maybe in the teens, or maybe twenty?
Zach: Pussy!
Christine: Oh my god!
Zach: I've hit 20 prostitutes in Vegas alone...
Frankie: Yesterday!
Zach: Yeah, yesterday!
Caleb comes in and says his number is seven.
Zach: My number? Well, count my abs, multiply by 30, minus 50 and then times that by two.
Caleb disclosed that it's been a year since he had sex with a girl, and Cody says he's going on six months, adding that it's tough when you live with your parents. I have heard Christine say that she was a virgin until her wedding night, so it is no surprise that her number is one.
***Fun Fact***: Earlier today, the cameras wanted to be sure we all saw the stain on the bathroom couch, right where Christine is now sitting.
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