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Well, let's open our Bibles to the 15th chapter of Romans tonight. We're going to begin to examine verses 22 through 33, the next section in this epilogue to Paul's epistle to the Romans. And in this section beginning in chapter 15 and verse 14 we have Paul's personal remarks as he closes out the epistle. He's through with the doctrinal section. He's really sharing his heart for the apostolic work that God has called him to fulfill.
And I want us to look tonight at verses 22 through 33, a section that basically will deal with ministry in the will of God. Now as you teach the Bible, and you that are in seminary are going to find this out, sometimes when you teach a passage you're going to find out that the passage is very explicit in what it says, it is a doctrinal passage, it is a theological passage, it is a passage with a very definitive message. It speaks very overtly and very clearly. You're going to find there are other passages that speak not explicitly but implicitly. They speak not as a matter of simple fact but they speak in a way with an underlying message behind the simple facts that are articulated. And that's as wonderful an adventure in study and preaching as that which is very obvious and very explicit. In fact, in some ways it's even more wonderful because there's a sense in which you feel you've uncovered the heart of something by going beyond just that which is on the surface. This is that kind of passage.
At first reading it seems like sort of a lot of rather insignificant things. Let's look at the passage together and follow as I read beginning in verse 22.
"For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you, but now having no more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you. Whenever I take my journey into Spain, for I trust to see you in my journey and be brought along my way by you, if first I be somewhat fulfilled with your company. But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints, for it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are at Jerusalem. It has pleased them truly and their debtors they are, for if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in material things. When, therefore, I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted by the saints, that I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may with you be refreshed. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."
Now at first glance it really doesn't appear to be a life changing passage. It looks like a whole lot of data about Paul's plans, and on the surface indeed it is. But underlying the surface in this passage is a very deep and profound truth that is articulated in verse 32. And it is this: Paul says that I may come unto you with joy and then this key phrase, "By the will of God."
Now let me, if I might, take that phrase, "by the will of God," and let it spread its implications over the whole passage because you see in this passage the attitudes, the perceptions, and the viewpoints of a man who functions in the will of God. And as I began to study through this passage and read it over and over and look at some of it perhaps more closely and examine the original text and try to deal with what it says, I began to see coming from underneath the surface the things that characterizes this man's ministry in the will of God. And that is what I want you to see as well.
Now remember, he has already discussed something of his personal ministry in the prior passage, verse 14 to 21. He has said that he is a priest. He sees himself as a priest offering up to God a sacrifice of redeemed Gentiles, which God has used him to reach. He sees himself as a prophet whose task is to proclaim the saving gospel of Christ in every place the Lord calls him. Then he sees himself as a pioneer whose desire is to serve in areas where the message has never been heard and not to build on any man's foundation but his own.
And here we find this underlying characteristic in all of his ministry, whether seen as a priest or a prophet or a pioneer. And that is that what he did he did under the direction of what he believed to be the will of God. And always that is the ruling principle in the life of any person and in the pattern and direction of any ministry.
Now I want to show you how much Paul was committed to function in the will of God. His sermon at Antioch of Pisidia in Acts 13, right after he was sent out from the church in Antioch to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, begins immediately to let us know that he was committed to the will of God. In the sermon he preaches in Antioch in verse 22 he speaks about David and he speaks about David in this way, "And when He had removed him He raised up unto them David to be their king" God having removed the prior King Saul "to whom also He gave testimony and said, I have found David the son of Jesse a man after Mine own heart who shall fulfill all My will." Then down in verse 36 in further discussion about David the Scripture says, "For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption."
Twice then, verse 22 and verse 36, he marks out David as one who did the will of God. Now that becomes a pattern for Paul's own ministry. And as he begins in the writing of the Roman epistle in chapter 1 and verse 10, he says, "I desire to have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you." Over in chapter 8, again, in verse 27 he's speaking of the Holy Spirit says, "He searches the hearts, knows what is" that is God "knows what is the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit makes intercession for the saints according to God," implied, according to God's will. Over in chapter 12 again and verse 2 he says, in a very familiar passage, that we are not to be conformed to this world, having presented our bodies as living sacrifices, "being transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
Reaching back then he sees the importance of the will of God in David as he preaches. And then in his own ministry, writing to the Romans, he emphasizes how important it is to know and discern and be in the will of God. This became almost a byword for him. In 1 Corinthians as he begins his epistle in chapter 1 verse 1 he writes, "Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God." In 2 Corinthians chapter 1 he says, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." In Ephesians 1 verse 1, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." Colossians 1 and verse 1, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God." And in his second letter to Timothy it's the same thing, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God."
Now here was a man then whose primary preoccupation in his ministry was to do the will of God. I want to draw you, if I might, for a moment again, back to the book of Acts and I'd like you to look at chapters 21 and 22 very briefly, just to wrap this obvious point up. And I'm only doing this for emphasis in your minds.
In Acts chapter 21 and verse 13 Paul reacts to the concern of certain believers and they are concerned that if Paul continues on his journey to Jerusalem he's going to suffer greatly. In fact, a prophet in verse 10 by the name of Agabus makes a prediction that Paul is going to be imprisoned, bound with his own belt, and delivered to the hands of the Gentiles. And so in verse 12 they beg him not to go to Jerusalem. They tell him, "Don't go to Jerusalem because terrible things are going to happen." And Paul answers in verse 13 and says, "What do you mean weeping and trying to break my heart?" Why are you making me sad because you're so sad? "I am ready not to be bound only but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when he wouldn't be persuaded we ceased, saying, 'The will of the Lord be done.'" They ceased their weeping and they said the will of the Lord be done. In other words, Paul convinced them of that very important perspective. God's will will be done.
In chapter 22 verse 14, when Paul recites his testimony in his defense before this mob of people in Jerusalem who did try to kill him, he says, remembering his conversion and his confrontation with Ananias when on the way to Damascus when he was blinded and met that man, Ananias said, "The God of our fathers has chosen you" referring to Paul "that you should know His will."
Now I think we ought to mark that out. I mean, that's something we sort of forget about, Paul. The hallmark of the man's ministry was that he functioned within the will of God. I can't tell you how significant that is. I can't tell you how significant that knowledge is to a servant of Christ. I can't tell you how wonderful it is, I don't have words for it, to let you know that I live every day of my life with a 100 percent confidence that I am in the will of God. That's a tremendous thing. That puts me at rest. I'm not agitated about what I ought to be doing. And Paul lived within the will of God and was committed to the will of God. And that has to be the overriding attitude in all effective Christian service.
Now what are the results of functioning in the will of God? Let's go back to our text. We've already seen them in the prior passage. Because he functioned in the will of God he knew spiritual triumph. Because he functioned in the will of God he could praise God in verses 17 and 18 for the things which Christ had wrought through him, making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed. By his testimony of life and ministry he brought about Gentile salvation. In other words, serving in the will of God brings about spiritual triumph. It brings usefulness. It means success in the work.
Secondly, because he was in the will of God he knew supernatural power. In verse 19, he saw the mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God working through him. Being in the will of God put him in a place of triumph and a place of power.
And finally, it put him in a place of fulfillment. At the end of verse 19 he says, "I have fully preached." I've accomplished my mission. He knew the meaning of satisfaction. I've done what God wanted me to do. What a wonderful thing to know. And Paul, when he came to the end of his life, said, "I'm ready to be offered, I've finished my course," I did what You wanted me to do. How much better than to come to the end of your life and say, "I don't know if I did what You wanted me to do?" Or to have to say, "I know I did not do what You wanted me to do." But here was a man who functioned within the will of God. And you see the results, spiritual triumph, supernatural power and satisfaction of the call of God.
But what are the elements in his life that lead him to such thrilling results? I believe in the text we're going to look at tonight and probably next Lord's Day as well, Paul gives us the elements really, the features of a ministry in the will of God. And let's just take some key words. They all start with "P." That way, you can know when I'm mentioning one. You won't get lost.
The first one, and I'm going to try to not only share the text but to share my heart a bit in this regard tonight and next time. Number one, I believe people who function in the will of God know in their ministry precision, precision. I like that word, in fact I love that word. It's a marvelous word. I mean, when you hear the word "precision" you used to think of a watch, a precision watch, they used to say. That is, it functions precisely, it is on time, it is without flaw, without error. I love to think of someone who is precise. And anyone who functions in the ministry of God in accord with His will will know precision.
Let me show you that. Let's back up to verse 20 and pick that up. He says, "Yes, so I have strived to preach the gospel not where Christ was named," that is, not in places where the gospel had already been preached and everybody was familiar with Christ, "lest I should build on another man's foundation, but as it is written," and he quotes Isaiah 52:15 as we saw last time, "To whom He was not spoken of they shall see and they that have not heard shall understand." He says, look, my calling was to places where they didn't know about Christ, not places where they did. Now there's a great precision in his ministry. He understood his calling from the Lord. He understood his giftedness for ministry. He understood exactly what he was directed to do. He knew that he was to make, as he says back in verse 18, the Gentiles obedient. His calling was to the Gentiles. He said, "I will never glory in anything other than Christ and only in that which Christ has wrought through Me in the precise ministry that He has given to me." And I believe that any effective servant of the Lord is one who has a very clear perspective on the purpose of God for his life. And I tell you, there are so many, many people who do a little bit of a lot of stuff and never really find that calling and that giftedness and that unique place with precision where they can most efficiently and effectively maximize the calling of God in their life.
We could also call it, as David McKenna did one time in an article, "Great economy of effort." "Great economy of effort." And the best illustration of this is the Lord Himself. The Lord economized His life in an almost unimaginable way for one who was supernatural. I mean, He basically stayed in a little tiny country in a very small location, never moving...never ever going two hundred miles away from his home. In fact, He said in John 5:30, "I never do anything except the Father tells me to do it." Very narrow in terms of His plan and very narrow in terms of His timing. Repeatedly He would say, "My time has not come." "My time has not come," John 7:30, John 8:20. In all those places Jesus had a tremendous sense of timing. He had a very narrow plan; He had a very narrow time frame. He also had a very narrow perspective on people. He said He was not come but for the lost sheep of the house of Israel and among the lost sheep of the house of Israel He said, "I'm not even come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." So He had come for those who acknowledged their sin among the people of Israel, very much economy of effort.
He even had a very narrow message. In Acts chapter 1 until the time He was taken up to heaven, He spoke concerning the kingdom of God. He spoke of things pertaining to the kingdom. Whenever He opened His mouth it was always the kingdom, very precise. And He spent the majority of the three years of His ministry working with twelve people, twelve people. Great precision. And such precision, by the way, is frightening to people that feel they have no limits. Megalomaniacs are greatly distressed by such economy of effort.
And I believe Paul knew that same kind of precision and that's why he was so effective. Well you say, "Well wait a minute, Paul went beyond Jerusalem." That's right, he went all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum and that's in excess of a thousand miles, maybe as much as fourteen hundred miles if you drew a line. He covered a lot of territory. But you might be interested to know that all three of his missionary tours, he took three missionary journeys, all three of his missionary tours basically covered the same area. He kept going back and strengthening, going back and strengthening. Each time he'd go back he'd extend it a little further, he'd go back again extend it a little further, go back again extend it a little further, strengthening and extending, strengthening and extending. And finally the reason he got as far as he did was because of his imprisonment, really, which took him all the way to Rome. But he had great precision in terms of his ministry from the very beginning.
If you go back to the ninth chapter of Acts you're going to find in verse 6 he says, trembling and with tremendous fear, because he's just been knocked to the dirt on the way to Damascus and now he's blind, "and trembling and with great fear" he says, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" "What do You want me to do?" Give me direction, give me some orders. And the Lord said to him, "Arise, get up, go to the city" and you'll find out. And he went into the city and that's when he met Ananias who was God's instrument and in verse 15 the Lord said to him, "Go your way." Ananias, you can leave him, he's a chosen vessel to Me, and here's his calling, "to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel."
So he had a very specific calling. And he had a great sense of that calling. I read you from chapter 22 of Acts a moment ago, I want to read you another verse chapter 22 verse 21. And he, reciting his testimony: "Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles." He had this sense of mission that was very precise. In the chapter in which he gives his testimony later in the book of Acts, that being chapter 26 in verse 15 he says, reciting his testimony, he says, "On the Damascus Road I said, 'Who art Thou, Lord?' He said, 'I am Jesus whom thou persecutest, but rise, stand on your feet,'" I've appeared to you for this purpose to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, of those things in which I will appear to you, delivering you from the people, from the Gentiles unto whom now I send you, and here's your mission, to open the eyes of the Gentiles, turn them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God. That is an evangelism ministry, "that they may receive forgiveness of sins, inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in Me." So he had great sense of precision and direction from God in his ministry.
He articulates this back in the 20th chapter of Acts in a discussion with the Ephesian elders at Miletus. And he is very, very committed to the task that God has given him. Particularly I want you to notice verse 22, he says, "I'm going to Jerusalem even though I'm...I'm...I'm bound in my spirit, my spirit is captive to this mission, I don't know what's going to fall on me there, I don't know what's going to happen," he says, "except the Holy Spirit keeps telling me in every single city that I'm going to get put in chains and I'm going to be afflicted. So I know it's going to be difficult but I'm going, I'm moving, I'm on my way." Why? Because none of these outward, physical circumstances move me for the simple reason that I do not count my life dear unto myself. I'm not concerned with my own self-preservation. The only thing I want to do is finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, which is to testify the gospel of the grace of God and they'll behold. "I know that you all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God shall see my face no more. But I can testify to you this day that I'm pure from the blood of all men for I have not failed to declare to you all the counsel of God." In other words, I'm going to keep doing what I've always done and that is to do exactly what God called me to do.
In Colossians 1 he reiterates the fact that God had made him a minister and God had set him in motion. In Galatians chapter 2 verse 7 and verse 8 you get the same impression, that he was sent to the Gentiles and the testimony of Scripture is that he was mighty in his ministry to the Gentiles. So Paul knew precision. I'm reminded of the great words of John Knox who said, "Give me Scotland or I die." He knew exactly what God had laid upon his heart.
It's so simple. Any successful servant of God realizes that success will come when he understands his calling, his gifts and his opportunities in line with clear goals. Now, you say, that's a little frustrating 'cause I don't know if the Lord's revealed that to me yet, and that might be the case, but you need to be on your knees before the Lord until such a time as you clearly understand your gifts and callings and know where the opportunity that God has for you lies and realize, too, that it may change as life goes on. But whatever it is, know it and function within it with great commitment and precision.
I think the point I want to stress is that Paul never felt and Jesus never felt that they had to do everything in the world that could possibly be done, but rather to function with limits on the ministry consistent with the will of God. So you only ask one question: Is it the will of God? Is it the will of God? And I'm under the belief that if God has a will He would like you to know it. Does that sound far-fetched? It sounds sort of obvious to me. Let's assume God has a will for your life. Can you assume that? If He doesn't, you're in a lot of trouble. He has a will for your life. The second assumption is that He would like you to know it. The third assumption is that if you ask Him, take a wild guess, He'll probably show you. And if you have difficulty finding it, it isn't that He's not revealing it, it's that the channel of reception is on the wrong station. The message is going out, your receiver isn't right.
So the first word that I want to draw to your attention in a ministry in the will of God that I see implicit in what Paul says here is this idea of precision. Now there's a second word, key word, that's the word providence, providence.
In discussing the events of the death and resurrection of Christ I taught a little bit about providence and I just want to briefly mention it. But look at verse 22. "My ministry is to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. That's been my calling," but he says, "I have been much hindered from coming to you because of this." I've been so busy doing what is the priority ministry, what God has called me to do; the first part of the verse, "for which cause," literally means "for this reason." As stated in verses 20 and 21, the fact that I've been preaching to the Gentiles and evangelizing means that I have been much hindered from coming to you. I have been prevented, literally the verb "hindered" is a very interesting verb, ek...eg...it should be pronounced egkopt. It means literally to cut out, or to cut in and has the idea probably etymologically of a sort of a fortress and here comes an enemy and in order to prevent the enemy from getting to the fortress, they would cut a deep trench. And from that etymological root it came to mean anything that's cut as an impediment or a hindrance in the path of attack. And so he says, "You know, I've always seemed to have a big trench in the way that prevented me from coming." The fact that it's an imperfect tense indicates that this was a continual kind of hindrance, and that it is passive denotes that someone else was putting it there and that someone else was none other than God.
In other words, I've wanted to come for a long time. I've wanted to be with you for a long time. Behind that, I've wanted to be with you and beyond you to go to Spain for a long time but God has always cut a big trench in my way and filled it with my ministry to the Gentiles so I've never been able to get past that. Now this is providence. God, by moving Paul here and moving him there and moving him over there and having him over here, had providentially controlled his life. Now God controls us and God controls human history basically one of two ways, through miracle, which is the direct interruption of the natural course. You just interrupt the natural course and do something supernatural. And God has done that in history in the past. But throughout history, where no miracles appear, God still controls things, not by interrupting natural history but by controlling all of its events, so that all the events blend together to result in His purpose. And Paul then has been under providence, the controlling elements of providence.
I was talking to Dave Spear who's been on our radio staff for well, for many years and has just accepted a position as managing editor for Radio Bible Class and Day of Discovery and you know that as Daily Bread and all of that and he's going back there. And I said to him today, they're just ready to leave for that new ministry, wonderful new challenge, I said, "How did this happen?" I said, "Your ministry with us is so critical, you've been such a great help. I don't understand how this happened." And so I sort of recited some of the scenario of events and he said, "Well, you know, I don't know how it happened either. It seemed to be a series of things that happened over which we had no control." And I said to him, "You know, I don't want you to go because a part of me goes because of the ministry you've had but I sense that this is not something that we had anything to control. This is beyond us in which we had anything to control, this is beyond us." And he said, "I have the same feeling. It's as if the Lord has just made it happen." And I've seen that so many times.
In Acts again, let's look at chapter 16 for a moment and get a view of how providence may work. In Acts 16 verse 6, "And when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia" this is Paul and his traveling companions "they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the Word in Asia." Now how did He do that? How did the Holy Spirit forbid them? It doesn't say. It doesn't say it was miraculous, it doesn't say they heard a voice out of heaven. Somehow the Holy Spirit didn't allow them to go Asia so they came to Mysia and attempted to go to Bithynia but the Spirit wouldn't allow that either. How did that happen? We don't know. And so they passed by Mysia and came to Troas and there a vision appeared to Paul and he knew what the Spirit wanted, the direction was go over, cross the water to Macedonia and that was the Macedonian call. But here is God ordering the circumstances to bring about His own will.
The classic illustrations in the Old Testament are Joseph, who when sold into slavery by his brothers becomes his brothers' savior later on when the famine comes. They go down to get food and Joseph is the prime minister and gives them food. The other classic Old Testament illustration is Esther who because she is so beautiful is chosen by the king because of her beauty and when a decree goes out to slaughter all of her people, she is in a vital position as the beauty who attends the king himself, as the queen of the land to preserve her people from total destruction. And God by controlling all the elements of history brought about His will.
And Paul knows what it is to function within the realm of God's providence. That is so marvelous. And I can tell you that that's a great comfort to my own heart. I don't have any anxiety about what happens. I just trust that God will order everything the way He wants it to be done.
I was supposed to fly to San Jose a week ago to speak to a youth rally at Mount Hermon on a Friday night, the Friday night after Thanksgiving. And so, my son, Matt, took me by the airport and dropped me off because it was only ten minutes till the flight and I was just going to go in and get on the plane and leave. And he took off and I walked in and there was a sign that said, "San Jose flight cancelled." That was the only flight at that time was cancelled...that was cancelled, though the weather got bad in the north, I guess, and they began to cancel a whole lot of flights. So I'm standing there, realizing that there are people coming all over every place, this rally, to hear me speak and I'm supposed to be flying in and somebody at that time is already on their way to the airport because it's about a fifty-five-minute flight. There's nothing I can do and I don't even have a ride home. So there I am.
In the providence of God they were having a sale in the shop and I bought my wife's birthday present, which was really providential at 50 percent off. If you ask her, she'll show it to you after the service tonight, she's wearing it. But that was providential, as God would have it, because it's something she needed greatly, she lost the last one I got her. But anyway, we won't go into that. I'm digging a hole for myself. You'll have to help me out of this. No. So anyway I'm standing there in the airport and I called and we tried everything we could possibly conceive to get me to San Jose. There was a flight leaving later but it was overbooked and there was a long stand-by waiting list and it would get me there not in time to drive all the way down anyway, and so we were trying to get a hold of people and so forth and so on. And there was nothing I could do so I went home. And everyone said, "Why are you here?" You know, which is a little bit of a surprise. We had a wonderful evening and a wonderful day. And the Lord perhaps provided that day for my family. But anyway, I went through the next couple of days and a couple of days later a young man came up to me and said, "By the way, you didn't get to San Jose, did you?" And I said no. "How did you know?" He said, "I was there in anticipation of hearing you speak." But he said, "I want to set your heart at ease." He said, "Another person was there also who had come to hear you speak who was speaking there in the area over the weekend and when he walked in the back door they informed him that he had been elected to take your place. And so without any preparation he got up and spoke. And I want you to know that that was of God because the message he gave was directly to my heart and the Spirit of God used it to change my life." So he said, "I just want you to know that the Lord is in control."
Well I was really thankful to hear that. I mean, I don't believe for a minute that I'm necessary to what God wants to do and it's just as wonderful not to be somewhere as it is to be there if the Lord's got something else in mind. But that's how God works, providence. I asked the girl at the desk, "Why is the flight cancelled?" "I don't know." "What's the problem?" "I don't know." And then she punched the little computer and it didn't know. The Lord knew. I was not the issue but someone else was; providence, providence.
A couple of week ago, I guess it was the same weekend, you got the little Thanksgiving offering thing that told you we needed $48,000 for our parking. You remember that? And so everybody just kind of gave over the next two weeks. You know how much money came in? Take a wild guess, about $48,000. And somebody might say, "Well, how do you guys pull that off?" I don't know. You just start counting and a few dollars here and a few dollars here and when it all adds up, it all adds up to what the need was. Who controls that? Who controls that? It's little things, it's big things.
So whether or not you're hindered for God's purpose... Hey, Paul says, I was hindered, that's alright. If the Lord wanted to hinder me, that's as well as if the Lord wanted to send me. I accept His providence. And I...I really can tell you that's a marvelous way to view your ministry. I don't have any sense of anxiety. I don't have any sense of a screaming need to run all over the globe and cover every base. I only want to be where God wants me to be.
Now having said that I have to take you to a third word, at least, and we'll close with that one perhaps tonight. And that is the third word that's involved in the ministry within the will of God and that's planning. That's planning. While it's wonderful... It's wonderful to trust providence, that's no excuse for poor planning. In fact, the truth is you'll never really experience the providence unless you've got some plans for God to work on, planning. So in verse 23 he says, "But now all hindrance is in the past, having no more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come to you whenever I take my journey into Spain" and that should go together that way "for I trust to see you in my journey and be brought on my way thereby you if first I be somewhat fulfilled with your company, or your presence."
Now waiting on the providence of God does not preclude planning. He had plans. The implication of verse 22 is that Paul had planned to come but was hindered, but at least he had a plan. He had a plan. He had planned also to visit Thessalonica. In chapter 2 of 1 Thessalonians verse 17, "But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence not in heart endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul once and again but Satan hindered us." God allowed Satan to hinder them from reaching Thessalonica. God is not the victim of Satan nor is the servant of God. God allowed Satan to hinder that ministry for a divine purpose. But Paul had a plan, a very positive and definite plan.
In chapter 1 verse 13 of Romans, do you remember this one? "I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you but was prevented thus far in order that I might have some fruit, that is win some souls to Christ among you as among other Gentiles." He had a plan. And as I said, again providence does not preclude planning. You have to make some plans for God to adjust them. And He does it so wonderfully, so marvelously. Trusting in the providence of God is no excuse for a lack of planning or a lack of purpose or a lack of direction or a lack of goals. There are those people who want to sit back and say, "Well, we're just going to let the Holy Spirit lead." That's a poor excuse for laziness. Let me tell you something, I believe in the leading of the Holy Spirit but effective ministry just doesn't happen without very careful planning and strategizing. Man makes his plans, Proverbs 16 says, but God directs his steps, but man makes his plans. I mean, we spend a lot of time around here planning. Things happen because we plan.
And so, Paul reveals his plan. Look at it, verse 23, "Now," he says. "But now having no more place in these parts," that is to say I have evangelized this far, I've evangelized from Jerusalem to Illyricum and there's no sense in staying around, the church is growing, there are others who can carry on the ministry, there are elders ordained in the various places, the work will go on. There are no more regions where Christ is not at least named in this area. I have, as verse 19 says, fully preached the gospel of Christ all around about Jerusalem to Illyricum. And since this is thoroughly covered — and I love that idea, he wasn't going to move on till he had done the work where he was, great principle. If I can say it to you that are in seminary, learn it and learn it well, thoroughness before breadth, depth before breadth. It is not the breadth of a ministry it is the depth of a ministry, now how much ground did you cover but how fully did you cover the ground you covered. Not how far did you reach, not how many but how complete and how effective.
But now, after, well, at least 15 plus years of labor, the church was founded in that part of the world, the church was strong. Are you saying everyone was saved? No. Are you saying every Christian was mature? No. But the resources were there. People were saved. Leaders were ordained. Spiritual resources were in place. And Paul's heart now, true to his calling, yearned for unconquered territory. And so his plan is, he says it, look, "Having a great desire these many years to come to you." This isn't a new feeling. This plan's been burning in his heart for years. You know, that's a wonderful insight into the character of this man. He could set duty before desire, not easy. You show me a man with a great passion and a great vision for an unreached ministry and I'll usually show you a man who is useless where he is. Duty before desire; he had the self-discipline to do the difficult task at hand and set the dream aside until God in His providence made it possible. Oh what a quality that is, what a quality that is. There's sort of a... oh I guess a running...a running realization among those who serve in the church, pastors bandy it about, it's this...if ever a person on your staff comes and says they're leaving for another ministry, you might as well let them go the next day, because once their heart is turned toward another ministry, they're useless where they are. I've heard myriad of discussions about that. But it is the mark of a man in the will of God that he can have a strong desire maybe someday to pastor his own church or someday to reach a mission field, or someday to teach a class, or whatever it might be. And even though that's the dream and the plan that's burning in his own heart for a long period of time, the measure of that man's commitment to the will of God is having that great desire, how faithful is he to the task at hand? How faithful is he to the task at hand?
Paul says maybe God's time is now. I don't have any more place in these parts. And I've had a great desire to come to you for many years, whenever I take my journey into Spain, whenever I go to Spain. The Hebrew is Tarshish. You remember it because it's where Jonah tried to go and didn't succeed. But then he says, "When I do take my journey into Spain I trust to see you in that journey and be carried along my way there by you." In other words, I want to see you and then I want you to support me when I go on beyond that on my way to Spain. Very likely Aquila and Priscilla had told him of the believers at Rome about six years earlier when they were together in Corinth and he for six years had carried this desire to meet these wonderful Christians and to use them as a beginning point to launch his ministry. The kind of visit he had in mind was a brief one. He says, "I want to see you in order to be brought along by you on my way to Spain. But first" I love this "I want to be somewhat filled with you," filled with you. In other words, I want to draw all the spiritual richness I can out of you, as he says in Romans 1:11 to 13, I want to be mutually comforted together with you. I want to share some spiritual fruit. He wasn't thinking of a few days, but he wasn't thinking of a few months either. It was a long enough time to be refreshed and to solidify an intimate relationship and then to gather support from them so that he could be brought along on his way to Spain, which was his real goal. What would be the point in him staying in Rome when Rome was already evangelized?
Now I want you to notice one word and then we'll wrap up our thoughts for tonight. He says there in verse 24, "To be brought on my way there by you." Now that is a very interesting verb. The verb propemp is a technical term. It is not a general word. It is a technical term. Every time it's used in the New Testament it is used strictly to define the ancient custom in the early church of furnishing an escort and all the necessary supplies to accompany someone setting out on a missionary journey. What he's saying is I'm coming there, in the vernacular, to do deputation to get support from you and an escort from you to go to Spain. That's exactly what he had in mind. He was going to take a missionary offering and carry all the resources, human resources, financial resources, travel supplies from the believers in Rome. That word appears in Acts 15:3, Acts 20:38, Acts 21:5. It appears in 1 Corinthians 16, Titus 3:13 and in 3 John. Every time it is used it has reference to this technical custom of escorting someone to a mission field in order to accompany them on their way.
And so he wanted to establish himself doctrinally with them. That's why he wrote the great portion of the book. He wanted to establish himself personally with them. That's why he gives them his heart. And he wanted to establish himself with them by fellowship. That's why he wanted to visit there and then get support from them on his way to Spain. Why Spain? Listen to this. It was the western edge of the continent. That was it. That's as far as you could go. Portugal was part of Spain in those days. That was it. That was as far as you could go. And Rome had opened up Spain because they had Roman roads going all the way to Spain. To this very day you can see the ruins of Roman architecture in Spain. And in Paul's time there was a blaze of greatness in Spain. Many great figures writing their names on Roman history and literature at this time were Spaniards. People like Martial, who was the master of the epigram, Lucan the poet, Columella, and Pomporusella, famous for literature, Quintilian, famous for oratory. And the greatest Spaniard of all in the Roman emper...Empire was a man named Seneca, the great Stoic philosopher, tutor of Nero and prime minister of the Roman Empire.
So, Paul saw Spain as a vital place to minister. What an opportunity to reach Spain. He was a master strategist. He made his plans. The providence of God does not preclude our planning. By the way, as a footnote, there's no evidence he ever made it. But that isn't the issue. The issue is he planned it. And when the Holy Spirit reveals that here the Holy Spirit isn't revealing that he went there, the Holy Spirit is only revealing it was in his heart to go there. Although very likely he never made it, he never made it. As best we know it wasn't until the year 251 A.D. that the gospel finally was planted in Spain. But 200 years before that Paul, no doubt, prayed daily for Spain, though it was 200 years later before the gospel finally reached there.
How about you? How does this relate to you? Do you make any plans? Do you lean on the providence of God? Do you function in a ministry with precision? Those are characteristics of ministry within the will of God. And we have several more to go next time. Let's pray together.
We thank You, Lord, again for a wonderful day that You've given us. We thank You for the instruction of this passage as we catch the passion of the heart of this wonderful servant. Our Lord, we're so grateful for the joy that is ours in serving in the will of God. O Lord, may everyone in this place know that joy, the joy that comes in precision, that is, doing that for which we are gifted and called and for which opportunity is given and a door is open. May every one of us know what it is to see the providential hand of God moving in our lives, ordering our circumstances. And, Lord, may each of us make plans. May we have the vision of what You would have us do in the future. Challenge us to those things and places and people that are in our hearts, that we may make plans that we may begin to pray and even though we don't have the privilege by Your providence of going where we have dreamed to go, perhaps our prayers can speed the Word through someone else. Teach us, Lord, precision. Teach us to trust in providence. Teach us to faithfully plan and thus to minister within Your will and we'll thank You for such a privilege in the Savior's name. Amen.
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Pictured: Jack Doyle scored a career-high two
Photo courtesy: Gil Talbot
ITHACA, N.Y. -- In a back and forth Ivy League contest, the 15th-ranked Harvard men's lacrosse team fell to No. 10 Cornell on a goal with only 11 seconds remaining in the game, as the Big Red downed the Crimson, 13-12. With the loss, Harvard falls to 5-4 overall and 1-2 in the Ancient Eight, while Cornell improves to 8-2 and 3-1 in Ivy play.
Jeff Cohen led Harvard's offense with five points on four goals and an assist, while Dean Gibbons scored twice and dished out two assists. Jack Doyle also netted two scores, while Harry Krieger recorded 14 saves between the pipes. The Crimson fell behind, 5-1, midway through the first quarter, but responded with an even-strength goal by Terry White at 3:56. A man-up tally from Cohen less than a minute later at 3:07 made it a 5-3 contest after the first 15 minutes of play.
In the second, Doyle found the back of the net off a pass from fellow rookie Peter Schwartz, making it a 6-4 deficit with 6:38 to play in the first half. Harvard's defense allowed only one goal in the final 21:23 of the first half, as the game remained 6-4 in favor of the Big Red heading into the third quarter.
With 4:19 to play in the third, Doyle tallied his second goal of the game, as he cut Harvard's deficit to two, 7-5. Doyle's goal started a 4-0 run in favor of the Crimson, as Harvard netted three more goals in the final minutes of the third to grab an 8-7 lead, the team's first of the game. Cohen added his second goal at 1:23, before completing his hat trick with 1:04 remaining in the stanza. With 46 ticks left on the clock, Gibbons put Harvard head with a man-up tally.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Big Red regained a lead, 9-8,
sending two shots by Krieger. Cornell tacked on two more
goals to pull ahead, 11-8 at the 5:57 mark, but Alex White won a
ground ball of the ensuing faceoff and quickly scored to end the
scoring streak. Moments later, White grabbed another ground
ball and Cohen scored on the possession to put Harvard within one
score, 11-10, at 4:38.
The momentum swing continued in the Crimson's direction, as Kevin Vaughan knotted the game on a shot with 3:47 remaining in the fourth. Less than a minute later, Gibbons found the back of the net for the second time, giving Harvard a short-lived 12-11 lead at 2:59, as Cornell won the ensuing faceoff and tied the game only 17 seconds later. In the final moments of regulation, Cornell's Rob Pannell found the back of the net with 11 only seconds left, and the Big Red won the faceoff to hold on for the win.
The Big Red outshot the Crimson, 47-27, and led in ground balls, 30-26, while Harvard won 15-of-27 faceoffs and was a perfect 3-for-3 on man-up chances. Andrew Parchman claimed 10 faceoff victories, while Alex White won five faceoffs and led the Crimson with five ground balls. Harvard will look to snap a two-game losing streak as the Crimson visits Penn Saturday, April 17. The game will be broadcast live in the Philadelphia area on the Comcast Network ??????and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Baltimore/D.C. at 1 p.m.

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How To De-Pith Citrus
If you're planning to use any citrus fruit for marmalades, salads, or just plain eating, you're going to want to remove the white pith. Pith is the white spongy later between the fruit and the peel, and it has a very bitter taste. It's quite easy to remove!
What You Need
Any spherical citrus fruit. Not a Buddha's Hand!
Sharp chef's knife
Cutting board
1. Slice off the stem end and the bottom end of the fruit. Cut just deep enough that you can see a clear round of flesh.
2. Place your fruit with one cut side down on the cutting board so it is stabilized.
3. Starting at the top of the fruit, cut downwards through the peel and pith, following the contour of the fruit. It's OK if you peel off a little flesh as you go.
4. Turn the fruit and continue Step 3 until all the peel and pith is removed. Trim off any bits of pith that remain on the fruit.
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I saw the first movie and loved it. But this movie ah, what to say about this movie. To long. To loud. Some English accents were badly executed. Oh yes the grinder, come on really. Elton John gave a stiller performance, he was my favorite character. The rest ????
Some of bad; some of it good. It leans towards bad. Now that I've seen it once in the theatre I definitely won't bother buying the BluRay version.
Lousy movie. Don't take your children! Every other sentence has F and F them etc. We are giving up on Hollywood movies. Shows two men being ground up in a meat grinder, made into hambers and eaten by people. Rated. F
someone said it lacked in action. What? Oh wait he was right James Bond, Bondgirl action, Come on Hollywood get it right nextime
the five stars are for Sir Elton John, oscar winning performance
Great movie, but week actors, haley barry, chanum tating added nothing to the story line. big hole in the script - super watch"gadet" that can hack into anything, so why didn't he use it to turn off the robot dogs? julian moore was awsome but for a minute there i thought i was watching fargo, otherwise would have gave it 5 stars. loved the bar room fight, nice surpise on how this turned out. they tried to "armericanize" a british flick and failed. other than that how was the play mrs. lincoln
It was a great movie.
Awful, just awful. I was embarrassed for the actors who had to take part in this and angry that I was sucked in by the hype. Childish potty humour. The age restrictdion should be for anyone over 14 with an IQ that is higher than 90.
the movie was entertaining. go watch it. not as good as first but still good
Surprised the rating is so high actually. I LOVED the first Kingsman movie, so had high expectations for this second one. The sequel disappoints. It is dark in its humor - Julianne Moore's character likes to put her employees in meat grinders if they don't do her bidding, then makes another employee EAT a hamburger made of his buddy. YUCK. The character development is weak. Ladies, for those of you happy to see Channing Tatum in a movie, you won't see much of him. This sequel had so much potential but the writing was so bad it just ended up feeling poor quality. And it is 2 1/2 hours, which is a long time to sit through a painful storyline. Only giving it 2 rather than 1 star because it was still nice to see Eggsy and other characters again.
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EM's Loteria-Inspired Nursery
Name: EM (8 weeks)
Location: Wilshire Center, Los Angeles, CA
We wanted the nursery to flow seamlessly with the rest of our home décor (no arresting shock of entering "babyland"). However, we also wanted to ensure the room was playful and stimulating for a child. My overall style is "Polished Eclectic," with a strong leaning to 30s Modernism (including French Art Deco) and Urban Ethnic (specifically New Moroccan & Mexican-Southwest)...all of this on a shoestring.
While the baby furniture selection was limited by functionality and cost, I think the room meshes well with the house, while creating a fantastical and stimulating retreat.
If the room has a theme, it is loosely based upon the Mexican Bingo game Loteria. We were inspired by the game's darkly whimsical imagery, as well as other animal imagery with just the right amount of macabre. The two key colors in the room are blue (my own favorite) and orange (my husband's favorite and the color of his father's '76 Chevy pickup). All of the bold colors found in Loteria (essentially the rest of the color wheel) work as accents in the room, making it toy friendly--so it will hold up in the long run. The walls are gray, like much of our home.
My favorite element in the room is the rug - I LOVE it! It was a flea market find that I nearly had a meltdown over. I paid full price ($70) because I couldn't maintain my poker face--can you believe how perfectly it fits our color palette?!! (Rugs are my weakness.)
The biggest challenge in the room was storage (we have a small home). I had wanted all the shelves to be child accessible, but had to put some fragile/dangerous items up high and had to store blankets and diapers somewhere, so they ended up in higher bins.
My proudest DIY project in the room is the Moroccan table. While we did not build it, it only came in a sloppily painted white. My husband painstakingly sanded it down, painted it with four coats of a color I had to mix myself, and then coated it seven times with varnish. Also, the glider. While a great Craigslist deal at $200, it began locking up once we got it home. The maker is no longer in business, so, with the help of friends and family, I tracked down new needle bearings and bolts (all parts were metric!) and my husband rebuilt it. It now glides like new!
My biggest indulgence was the ottoman which I bought for $100! I have had my eye on those at Etsy for a few years. I finally splurged and got one!
Source List:
- Moroccan Table: Wisteria catalog
- Loteria Card Prints: HammerPress in Missouri
- Arcade Fire European Tour Print: Burlesque of North America
- Crib: Dutailier via Craigslist
- Dresser/Changer: World Market via Craigslist
- Rug: Afghanistan via Long Beach Flea Market
- Moroccan Lanterns: Craigslist
- Glider: Nurseryworks via Craigslist
- Shelves: IKEA Expedit
- Ottoman/Pouf: aletafae on Etsy
- Pinata Bull Head: Amazing Pinatas in LA's downtown "piñata district" (custom job)
- Carved Horse Head: trip to India
- Prof. Rabbit Pigelphant Head: AICreatures on Etsy
- Metal Lamp: Pier One
- Orange Linens: Carousel Designs from Baby Bedding.com
- Orange and blue throw Pillow: Anna Paftika on Etsy
- Paint: Behr; 1:1 mix of Skyline Steel and Iron Wood
- Other art: personal collection
- Ferris Wheel: my father's toy from the 1930s
- Orange Humidifier: Crane
- Blue Tissue Ball: MollaSpace Paper Pot Tissue Holder
- Rocking Horse painting: Ford Ruthling, represented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries
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Parents attend Morcombe murder committal hearing
The parents of murdered Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe have been allowed to attend the committal hearing of the man accused of killing their son.
Timeline: Daniel Morcombe
It is alleged Brett Peter Cowan abducted the Sunshine Coast teenager while he waited for a bus at Woombye on the Sunshine Coast in December 2003.
Cowan is facing five counts, including murder, child stealing and indecent treatment of a child.
The committal hearing of charges got underway in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
Daniel's parents, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, have previously provided police statements and, in an unusual move, they have been allowed to remain in court despite the likelihood they will be called as witnesses.
Chief Magistrate Brendan Butler allowed them to remain in court after no objection was raised by lawyers for the defence.
The police officer who led the search for Daniel's body was among the first to testify at the hearing.
Cowan was charged by police in August last year and weeks later, police and SES volunteers found a pair of shoes belonging to the teenager and two bones at Beerwah, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Inspector Arthur van Panhuis was the Forensic Crime Scene manager for the search.
Cowan's lawyer, Michael Bosscher, questioned him about the operation, including a series of crime scene photos showing the shoes and bones in situ.
Prosecutor Glen Cash told the court that more than 50 witnesses may be called and more than 470 witness statements will be tendered in the hearing.
DNA experts from interstate and New Zealand will be among the first to give evidence.
Witnesses who were near the overpass where Daniel went missing are also due to appear during the two-week hearing.
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Girls just wanna have fun when they're kicking their own butts. Yesterday, from the two sisters under 10 years old to the senior women in their 70s, nearly 300 women participated in the annual Na Wahine Festival, a combination of four events involving running, swimming, and bicycling. Let's not forget that it's really and truly one big party (after the sufferfest!). Although it's a strictly-for-women event, the support of partners, spouses, and family members is immeasurable and necessary. How could we do it without them and those sponsors with whom our philosophies align?
During the awards ceremony Race Director KC Carlberg gave out a ton of prizes, recognized winners, and put on a dance contest. Yesterday I participated. I danced. And no I did not win. But neither did the gal who freak-danced KC. Be advised: freak dancing does not guarantee you'll win anything, but the crowd goes wild. There is something strangely appalling and funny about those of us who will wiggle wiggle wiggle for a Buca di Beppo gift certificate.
KC has grown this event for 14 years. If you read this and say to yourself, "I wanna do something like that!" then LIKE the TryFitnessHawaii page on Facebook, visit Try Fitness's Website, review the possibilities and sign up to train in a non-threatening environment that helps women realize their potential. Chubby, soft, bouncy, or fat? Then what the heck are you waiting for? Remember playing in the park, jumping on your bike, climbing the monkey bars or hitting a softball in the park with your friends? It's like that. It's fun again.
I've been training with Try Fitness Hawaii since the spring, first for the Hawaii Tinman and then for the Na Wahine. Yesterday the commitment I made to myself paid off. I didn't place in my age group, but I am a healthier, faster, and stronger version of me. I posted results via my Garmin 910xt (apparently I'm not clear on how to work it correctly yet), and here are results of the entire event.
I wanted to finish the triathlon of a 500-meter swim, a 12-mile bike ride, and a 5k (3-mile) run in 01:30:xx and I DID! I finished in 01:30:36. Glad I left those dollar flip flops by the trash can instead of trying to get them on to run across the park to get on my bike. Probably saved me that 24 seconds that would have popped me to 01:31:xx. Fist. Pump.
This is a short triathlon, a sprint triathlon, something that takes less time than our 2-hour Try Fitness workouts. However, your nerves are firing with anxiousness, and when the cannon goes off you push yourself harder than you ever did. And, if you're like me, you are second guessing yourself just about the whole way:
- Gawd, I hate this.
- What was I thinking?
- I wish these women would stop swimming-clawing-crashing into me.
As much as I love to swim, racing in the open ocean within a school of other women flailing and kicking every which way drives me crazy. It is not like the North Shore Swim Series or even like the Waikiki Rough Water Swim. Triathlon ocean swimming is vicious, and we all want to get it over with. Thanks to my being in the North Shore Swim series, I've gotten better about exiting the ocean.
I emerged from the water fifth of 12 in my age group, breathless, heaving as I ran up the beach, across the lawn, across the street, to the bike coral in Kapiolani Park. I rinsed my feet, stuck my goggles, swim cap and earplugs into my backpack, rinsed my feet again and slipped into my bicycle shoes. I put on my singlet, my number belt, my sunglasses, my helmet, and started running with my bike to the bike exit. Whoops. Stopped to Velcro my Sidis. I should have done that while on the bike. Off I went.
Usually when I'm on my bike, I can compose myself, I can catch my breath, I can give myself a mental break. But, again, as this is a sprint triathlon, you really cannot. You have to stay 100 percent on your game the whole time. Bicycling is my favorite thing to do. I go pretty fast on my bike, which I call the Firecracker and John calls the Red Menace. On my last practice ride I dropped my chain a few times so John replaced it on Friday. The Firecracker did a good job Sunday morning, and I had no technical difficulties. Gosh I love riding my bike, love being fearless down the hills, love chasing the rabbits in front of me. I don't have the fancy machinery some of the other women have, but my legs know how to power that bike through. In my age group against 12 others, I finished third on the bike.
A quick transition to become a runner, and this is where I have the most difficulty. All the Try Fitness teammates I pass on the bike pass me on the run. They all are pretty sweet and cheer me on as I plod along. But this run for me was about right as far as timing goes at 35:28. Of the 12, I finished eighth in my age group. I incorporated the Galloway Method and ran/walked 3:1 minutes. This will be my method as I continue with the Marathon Readiness Series and for the Honolulu Marathon in December.
I'm encouraged because here it is the day after and nothing hurts. I think that's because I worked out three times a week with the Try Fitness group, did masters swimming once a week, and worked out independently two other days. I also credit my physical therapy that I'm currently attending.
And of course I credit my coaches led by KC Carlberg, and my husband who doesn't mind if his wife wants to dream about being an athlete, a triathlete, and all that stuff.
Although I have three Marathon Readiness Series and the Honolulu Marathon remaining for 2012, I'm already thinking of what I want to do in 2013. A whole lot of pain to love? Maybe so.


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Which one are people using for 4:1 systems? I had seen others mention CL253, but has anyone tried the CL264?
Also saw this on the website:
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I'm guessing this is pretty old (judging from the board this guy is using). I wonder if that bar cleat might be worth a look for racing if you're trimming the kite with the 4:1 trim strap all of the time other than when tacking, jibing, and prestart?


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Reel World
Hollywood Southwest--Last Monday, the Mesa del Sol development south of Albuquerque's Sunport announced one of its first major commercial tenants, a 50-acre film and television production facility, which will be known as Albuquerque Studios. The project, expected to be up and running by next spring, is the work of Pacifica Ventures, a California-based company, which runs the historic Culver Studios in Hollywood.
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The Night Listener
Fictitious story based on a true lie can't find the reality of its fabrication
Has America become a nation of liars? You might think so watching the evening news. Politicians, of late, have raised deception to a high art form (with Dick "I Have Not Suggested There is a Connection Between Iraq and 9/11" Cheney as the Picasso of Prevarication). Notorious newspaper man Jason Blair proved you don't have to leave your apartment to be a good reporter, while infamous author James Frey showed you can deceive some of the people some of the time, but it's not nice to fool Mother Oprah. Famed transgendered, teenage, HIV-positive author/screenwriter JT Leroy (The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, Gus van Sant's Elephant) was, in late 2005, revealed to be a 40-year-old woman from Brooklyn named Laura Albert. Earlier this year, much-praised Native American memoirist Nasdijj (The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams, The Boy and His Dog are Sleeping, Geronimo's Bones) was exposed as a mere fabrication of gay-erotica writer Timothy Patrick Barrus.
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The War Tapes
Eye-opening documentary provides soldier's POV
One of the more puzzling aspects of our current war on terrorism is how little tangible support for the troops seems to come from people who claim to support the troops. "Supporting" our troops, apparently, means sending them into a dangerous situation with inadequate numbers, outdated equipment and a near total lack of clear-cut goals and then keeping them there indefinitely. So long as you've attached a little yellow bumper sticker on the back of your Ford F-1000, though, they'll be just fine. Perhaps, supporting our soldiers--regardless of whether your motivations are pro- or anti-war--might entail making some attempt to understand what it is they're doing. The president has explained it very clearly and concisely: They're defending our freedom abroad. But, one suspects, there's a little more detail to it. What, on a day-to-day basis, are these men and women actually doing?
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"HeadOn" x3
This is just a guess, but I'm pretty sure there are no instructions for use printed on the side of the homeopathic topical headache relief product HeadOn. After all, anyone who's spent any time surfing the cheaper commercial hours of basic cable (especially daytime CNN) has run across the HeadOn commercial at least a hundred times in the last couple of months.
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The Week in Sloth
Shark Week (Discovery 7 p.m.) Shark Week continues over on Discover. First up tonight, we've got "Shark Rebellion," in which "scientists study shark attacks in Recife, Brazil." At 8 p.m., it's "Shark Attack Survivors," which is about "surviving a shark attack." Finally, at 9 p.m., we have "Shark Roulette," covering the topic of "shark attacks." I sense a pattern here.


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1895 N300 Mayo's Cut Plug Ed Delahanty
Starting Bid - $1,000, Sold For - $3,525
Graded VG/EX 50 by SGC. 1895 N300 Mayo's Cut Plug card of Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty; this formal studio portrait presents him dressed in street clothes. This is one of the nineteenth century's most highly prized Hall of Famer cards, from the most significant of set of the 1890s. There are very few baseball cards of Delahanty, due to his untimely and tragic death in 1903, and the fact that so few baseball card sets were issued during the years in which he played (1888 to 1903). Delahanty was one of the premier stars of the nineteenth century. It is interesting to note that Mayo misspelled his name as "Delehanty" on this card. This is a very attractive card with no creases, a clean back, and some light edge and corner wear (as is almost always the case with Mayo's due to their condition-sensitive black-border design). Centered to the right border (approximately 70/30 L/R). The quality of the portrait image on this card is particularly strong and ideal. Delahanty enjoyed his best two seasons in 1894 and 1895, batting .407 and .404 respectively during these seasons. This is an exceptional example of one of Delahanty's most important cards, dating from the peak of his career, and one of the most desirable Hall of Famers in the Mayo's Cut Plug series. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $2,000/$3,000+. SOLD FOR $3,525
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I've been trying to set up my internet connection and router with Ubuntu 12.04 and I've been having some issues. I am currently trying to connect directly through my modem using the PPPoE username and password provided by my ISP. I ran
sudo pppoeconf and input my information but was still unable to connect.
Furthermore, my computer is now unable to connect to my wired network and upon startup spends about 5 minutes configuring network options before allowing 60 seconds to complete its task and eventually booting without all networks properly configured.
I am new to Ubuntu and Linux and any beginner friendly help that you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I am still unable to connect to the internet and I've grown to accept that Ubuntu won't successfully interface with my Japanese modem, but I was wondering if there was any way to avoid the 'configuring networks' delay on boot that I have been experiencing.


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Remake a ship horn melody
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I need you to remake this ship horn melody in high quality: [url removed, login to view] ? It should sound realistic, so strong ship horn with the echo.
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I need that ship horn melody to be played for the EDM set intro/opener. It should still be in the same tempo as in the youtube video though.
Please keep in mind that the next song in the mix will be this one (starting at 0:30): [url removed, login to view] . Could you also make an uplifting/rising/hype outro for that horn melody, so there will be a nice transition to this song?
Also the length of the horn melody should be about 2 minutes (it's repeating anyway) and it should be loopable, so I can easily extend it indefinitely if there is a need on the live gig.
Project Type: One-time project
15 freelancers are bidding on average €23 for this job
Hi, ill try to make it.) Will send you demo ______________________________________________________ Ivan
I am a professional sound designer and will make you a loopable horn sound in a day. .
Hey! I am music producer and composer from Croatia. I could do this since I know sound design well. Sand me message and I will make you demo and if you like it we can go on :) KInd regards, Marko
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Hi , I am curently doing some sound and video projects and I am very good at it . My slogan is if you can dream it I can make it real .... Danica
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hi i m a trap producer i can make this one please msg me for complete details like genre instruments and more the horn is great for edm intro kick me on chat thanks
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By Jay Brown
Every tattooer says, "I wanna tattoo till the day I die!" But only a few have done it, and only one that I know of has actually tattooed the day he died at a tattoo convention. To honor this man an award was created, and now 10 years later the list of recipients has become quite a prestigious one. Now the convention was/is the Ink Travelers Tattoo Convention in Vancouver, Washington and the tattooer was R.J. Rosini, a man many say that they definitely broke the mold after he was born…
Mr. Rosini was in attendance at the Ink Travelers show in 2003, and died the second night in his room of a stroke and heart attack caused by undiagnosed diabetes. Rosini was well-known for his world-famous tattoo studio in Sturgis, South Dakota during the yearly rally, and his Gypsy Tour that followed many motorcycle runs in the 70s and 80s, and then at conventions across the country in the 80s and 90s. R.J. was at the table when Crazy Philadelphia Eddie created the National Tattoo Club of the World at the first convention in Houston in 1976, and was also in attendance at the 1st National Convention in Denver, Colorado. He was a Bob Shaw Golden Age Award winner, a Tattoo Spirit Award winner, as well as many others, and was a state representative for the Alliance of Professional Tattooists (A.P.T.) in Montana.
Now, back to the day he died and how the Rosini Award was created. After he died, no one working the booth could stand to tattoo because he was a mentor or friend to all working the booth. So the next day the tattooists of the convention bought flowers to pay respect to a man whose heart was in tattooing for 43 years, and even till the day he died. At sunset everyone threw flowers into the Columbia River so they would float past where he was stationed while he was in the Navy. That evening, the promoter of the show awarded the first Rosini Award, an award now given every year to a person or a group who has made a positive and substantial contribution to and for the tattoo community.
The list of recipients, as I mentioned before, is a very prestigious one. You'll have to forgive me if the order is wrong, but recipients have been: J.A. Brown, Lyle Tuttle, the A.T.P., Bert Rodriguez, Henry Goldfield, Crazy Philadelphia Eddie Funk, Constance Eller, the National Tattoo Association, Vyvyn Lazonga, Sailor Cam Cook, Felicia Connely (the show's promoter) and Mary Jane Haake. Now the award is given at the Ink Travelers Convention every year, at the Red Lion at the Quay, right on the Columbia River in Vancouver, WA… Just a stone's throw away from Portland.
Now on to the convention, this is one of the best little shows out there, with a family feel to the show. This is not a mega-convention with 200 plus booths, nor is it one of those shows that are put on by a non tattooer. The hotel this convention is put on in is literally right on the Columbia River, and the hall that it is put on in looks out over the river. The accommodations are very nice, and the amenities are great. The bar and restaurant are set up like the deck of an old three mast sailing ship, with all the rigging and sails and everything down to the last detail. It actually has the feel of being on the deck of an old ship.
Several great tattooers come to the show every year, Lyle Tuttle being one of them and as of last year Philadelphia Eddie has put it on his yearly tour list. Other great tattooers that attend this show every year are:
So if you get a chance to make it up to the Northwest in the middle of February Ink Travelers is a great show to attend, this year being it's 10th anniversary, and you can witness who will be the next recipient of the R.J. Rosini Award. The show is being held Feb. 17th – 19th, 2012. You can get more information on the Ink Traveler's Facebook Page.
(Jay Brown is a tattoo artist, machine-builder and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine. Jay can be found at A Fine Art Tattoo Studio, in Moscow, Idaho.)


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Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School wins suit after being alleged of age discrimination.
Byline: Jessica Liu
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, a private school in Northridge, California, got a unanimously ruling in Rosenfeld v. Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, a case concerning a teacher alleged the school of age discrimination.
Plaintiff Ruth Rosenfeld accused the school of reducing her teaching hours on the basis of her age. On the other hand, the defendant claimed the reduction of her hours was due to a decline in enrollment at the school.
Rosenfeld not only used the disparate treatment theory in her suit against the school, but also the "disparate impact" theory. Whereas a claim of disparate treatment alleges the employer of intentional discrimination, disparate impact does not need proof of discriminatory intent. Rather, it argues that "the employee belongs to a Cyprotected class' and that the employers' policies or actions simply impacted the employee negatively, regardless of intent. Because intent to discriminate is more difficult to prove, the theory arguably offer employees an advantage," says Clint Robison, the LeClairRyan attorney representing the school.
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However, the case was ruled in favor of the private school on the base that Rosenfeld did not properly take advantage of her internal grievance procedure before filing the lawsuit. The implication of this ruling is favorable to all California employers offering greater protection against discriminatory accusations with their grievance procedures. Robison states, "The court basically said that if a plaintiff fails to take advantage of an employer's reasonable internal grievance procedures, then a jury should be able to consider this when assessing whether the plaintiff suffered damages in a discrimination case."
The case also more clearly defined as to when the "disparate impact" theory can be used. The Court of appeal upheld Rosenfeld's pleading of disparate treatment but not disparate impact. Because the plaintiff had not initially relied on the disparate impact theory, the court agreed that her claim had not given the defendant fair notice.
Robison states, "You can't cloak a disparate impact claim within a traditional disparate treatment suit. You must plead it and give notice, so the employer has a chance to defend itself. This opinion is valuable because there's heightened scrutiny of employment practices for potential disparate impact in California and elsewhere. We see federal and state agencies increasingly treat disparate impact claims as a civil rights issue and aggressively push the theory. Fortunately for employers, the Court has provided guidance to force those claims to the surface before trial."
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We have been asked many times about offline mobile capabilities. Situations where users are in areas without Wi-Fi access and still wish to access their mapping and GIS data, and geospatial tools using their Apple or Android mobiles. We have put together a video below which demonstrates a number of ways this can be done. To summarise the content. We need consider basemaps, layers and tools:
- Basemaps – to access basemaps offline – street, satellite, topo maps – the basemap tiles for required zoom level need to be stored on the smartphone or tablet. The video shows two potential ways this can be done:
- While online; auto zoom to a specific zoom level, and cache the tiles loaded during this zoom. Then referencing these when offline
- Load a tpk or tile package which contains all the tiles required when offline.
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10 Sources for Free, School-Themed Printables
As school is starting, most of us are trying to make our lives the easiest they can be with everything that we have to juggle: work, kids, homework, lunches etc.. The nice, little touches sometimes get lost in the shuffle. That's why printables can be a nice and quick solution to bringing color and love into your kids' everyday routine. Here are some sources to check out...
1. Homework Planner, Book Labels and Lunch notes, Simply Graphics Design.
2. School Tags, Sissy Print.
3. After School Convo Cards, The Crafting Chicks.
4. Lunch Notes, The Celebration Shoppe.
5. Lunch Box Notes, Central Penn Parents.
6. First Day of School Sign, Oh So Printable.
7. DIY Backpack Tag, Lolly Jane.
8. Book Plates and Labels, Running With Glitter.
9. "All About Me" Tags, I Heart Naptime.
10. Bright Printable Lunch Bags, A Subtle Revelry.
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The gravitational proof of the bigger they are, the harder they fall hasn't kept husky Spartans big man Ricardo Glenn from leading his team in floor burns.
Within a span of several minutes of a recent victory over Jacksonville, USC Upstate forward Ricardo Glenn went diving to the hardwood twice — resulting in a jump ball kept possession and an assist on a Jodd Maxey bucket.
The gravitational proof of the bigger they are, the harder they fall hasn't kept the husky Spartans big man from leading his team in floor burns.
"I just try to make all the dirty plays," Glenn said. "That's just really what I'm always out there working for — getting our team another possession. Anything that's beneficial to the team is my main focus when I'm out there on the court and even on the bench. I'm always cheering for the guys that go in for me and trying to be a leader in keeping everybody up and positive."
In a recent game, one of the courtside fans was loudly cheering Glenn on before admonishing him to smile, leading Glenn to look up and flash a grin before getting back to business. His humble and soft-spoken demeanor are opposite from the ferocity the Detroit native displays during games.
"Ricardo brings our intimidation," guard Ty Greene said. "Nobody's messing with the big man. He's going toe to toe with anybody and I think he's the best post player in the league."
"I like to bang down low," Glenn said. "Sometimes the referees don't like it, but I don't like to play that little touchy-touchy game. I feel like we're playing Division I basketball and we're grown men, so we ought to be able to get after it hard."
Upstate (13-11, 7-4 in the Atlantic Sun) had won four consecutive games and five of six to tie for first in the conference before dropping a 70-65 decision to Northern Kentucky on Saturday, and Glenn's constant motor and unselfishness has been a major cog in the machine. It's rare when a team's biggest regular is recognized for making the hustle plays, but the 6-foot-8, 246-pound junior who played his prep ball in Augusta, Ga., is content being the Spartans' blue-collar guy.
It wasn't always that way, as Glenn was his local newspaper's player of the year as a high school senior while averaging 15.7 points. Now part of a lineup that includes the reigning Atlantic Sun Player of the Year in Torrey Craig and freshman of the year Ty Greene (Upstate's two leading scorers), Glenn's fully embraced doing the grunt work down low.
"In high school I was kind of a bigger kid so I would score, but I've always looked more for rebounds and never really cared as much about scoring," Glenn said.
"I've always considered it to be about rebounding and passing the ball to the open man and I really enjoy doing both of those things, and if I can score that's a plus. I know my role and if I can set a screen to get Torrey or Ty open I will look to do that because they are high percentage shooters who are consistent."
Glenn, one of only two Spartans to start all 24 games, still gets into the offensive flow in ranking third on the squad with 9.8 points on a team-best 58 percent shooting, although rebounding remains his bread-and-butter. Glenn leads the conference in total rebounding (8.3 per game) and offensive rebounds (4.0) while helping Upstate to tops in rebounding margin (it's 4.5, double the nearest foe) and offensive rebounds per game (13.3). His shooting percentage also ranks third in the A-Sun.
After redshirting his first season, Glenn's numbers have continually increased over his career after starting half the games as a freshman and becoming a full-time starter last season. Upstate coach Eddie Payne points out the numbers don't tell the full story of his top post man's development.
"Ricardo has been a steadily improving player, but he's also been an improving student and he's become a much more mature individual," Payne said. "He manages our team as far as the messages he sends to his teammates and I couldn't be more pleased with how he's matured as a person, as a player, and now from a leadership capacity. He's done a terrific job and been very reliable with his consistent production."


text: Nancy S. 21 Report post Posted November 13, 2012 I've heard that working with porcelain is like "throwing cream cheese." As I used a grogless ^6 recently, I wondered: can you throw cream cheese? Maybe make it into a bowl that holds veggies or crackers for a party? Has anyone tried this? How did it work if you did? Any reason a person shouldn't try this? (I have to be honest...I'm sorely tempted!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Judge lets conviction of Arkansas treasurer stand
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday upheld the corruption conviction of Arkansas' former treasurer, saying prosecutors proved she illegally influenced interstate commerce and rejecting her argument that the case against her should have been heard by state authorities.
Lawyers for Martha Shoffner had said the Arkansas Ethics Commission — not federal jurors — should have addressed claims that she accepted $36,000 from a bond broker who did business with the state.
"Perhaps so," U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes said in his 15-page order.
"Her crimes represent a breach of trust against the State of Arkansas much more than an injury to interstate commerce or a wrong against the federal government," he wrote.
But he went on to say federal prosecutors had a right to the case, too.
Defense attorney Chuck Banks said he had not read the court's order nor talked to Shoffner about it.
"I can't tell you what we're going to do next," he said.
Prosecutors could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
Shoffner resigned as state treasurer after being charged last May. A jury convicted her March 11 on 14 bribery and extortion charges.
Shoffner's attorneys had filed a motion to acquit based on the federal jurisdiction issue. But Holmes had delayed issuing ruling until Tuesday, saying he would only do so if a guilty verdict was returned and after the sides filed written briefs arguing their positions.
Throughout the trial, Shoffner claimed that her acceptance of money from the bond broker didn't influence how she did business.
Holmes disagreed, though, and in a large part of his order detailed how broker Steele Stephens, who testified under immunity, came to handle a growing portion of the state's investments — at one time triple the amount of the next-highest broker on the list.
"The evidence established that this disproportionate share of the state's investment business was given to Stephens at Shoffner's direction, over her staff's objection," Holmes wrote.
The judge also said Shoffner gave Stephens details about the entire state's portfolio, including investment maturity dates, giving him an advantage over other brokers who didn't have the same information.
Holmes noted that Shoffner changed the way her office did business after Stephens gave her money in $6,000 increments — at times in a pie box — to help her pay the rent on a Little Rock apartment.
"The jury could reasonably conclude that the favoritism showed to Stephens by Shoffner resulted from his payments to her," the judge wrote. He wrote further that some of the charges against Shoffner required only that she obtained payments to which she was not entitled — not a broad influence on interstate commerce.
"Shoffner's 'official right' gave her leverage over a substantial amount of interstate commerce. She used that 'official right' to obtain payments from Stephens to which she was not entitled," Holmes wrote.
Prosecutors argued during Shoffner's trial that Arkansas bonds were traded across state lines and included some federal grant money.
Shoffner also faces 10 counts of mail fraud after prosecutors accused her of misspending campaign funds on personal items.
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South Park creators attempt to block Stick of Truth auction as THQ bidding war begins
South Park Studios is attempting to stop the sale of the publishing rights for its new game, The Stick of Truth.
The auction for THQ's assets began yesterday, with rumours suggesting Sega is after Dawn of War and Companies of Heroes developer Relic - which is the biggest creative rival to Sega's Creative Assembly team. Meanwhile, reports suggest Koch Media is eyeing Saints Row developer Volition.
Ubisoft and EA were previously reported to be interested in THQ's assets.
But whether The Stick of Truth - the impressive-looking new South Park game - is amongst the titles is not clear. In a US filing in Delaware, South Park Studios says it should be allowed to buy the game rights themselves before seeking a new publisher.
THQ assets are being sold off after the firm's creditors won their fight to block the sale of the whole company to Clearwater Capital. They were unhappy with the pre-pack agreement because it prevented other parties entering the bidding process.
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Woman battling flesh-eating disease suffering 'most difficult pain' yet
The father of a Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter has been suffering the worst pain of her entire ordeal.
Andy Copeland says his daughter, Aimee, sometimes cries from the pain but stops because crying hurts her stomach. She had resisted taking pain medications in recent days.
Andy Copeland said in a Father's Day post on his blog that she's now taking morphine and other medications, but they aren't enough to block severe pain, which has now spread beyond painful amputation sites.
The 24-year-old woman developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in a fall May 1 from a homemade zip line over a west Georgia river. Her left leg, other foot and both hands have been amputated. She's being treated at Doctors Hospital in Augusta.


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Friends of the Rouge has named Aimee LaLonde-Norman as its new executive director, filling a seat that has been vacant since 2008.
The organization laid off former Executive Director Kathy Milberg at the beginning of the recession to maintain programs, LaLonde-Norman said in an email.
Its board of directors has been overseeing the organization since 2008.
LaLonde-Norman, 34, recently served as development officer at Bloomfield Hills-based The Roeper School. Before that she was a field trainer at Portland, Ore.-based Banfield Pet Hospital, manager of volunteer engagement at Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester Hills, executive director at Youth on the Edge of Greatness Inc. in Detroit and director of development for two years at the Gulf Coast Humane Society in Fort Myers, Fla.
Founded in 1986, Dearborn-based Friends of the Rouge promotes restoration and stewardship of the Rouge River ecosystem through education, citizen involvement and other efforts aimed at improving the quality of life for the people, plants and animals of the watershed.
For fiscal 2012, the year of its latest tax filing, the organization reported total revenue of just less than $386,000, an operating loss of just less than $45,000 and total assets/reserves of $690,099.
Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, [email protected]. Twitter: @sherriwelch


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Categories: Bur & Diamond Rotary Instruments : Carbide Burs
High-Speed Carbide Burs – FG, Tapered Cylinder Cross Cut, #701, 1.2 mm Diameter, 4.1 mm Length, 5/Pkg
The patented ProDrive System improves handpiece performance through its triangular-shaped bur that securely locks into the ProDrive Turbine. Unlike traditional friction grip, ProDrive Burs lock into the ProDrive Turbine providing a noticeable improvement in cut performance.


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Volunteering in Norway with 'Youth in Action'
"re:connaissance" was the slogan used by people from all over Europe last October with the aim of gathering ideas on how to increase recognition of voluntary work and youth exchanges.
A training course on the subject of "non-formal learning" took place in La Fouly in the Swiss canton of Valais at the beginning of June.
A five-day training course entitled Connecting Cultures came to an end on 3 June 2012.
Where am I going? Where am I heading? What country is this around which I am wandering?
'Youth for Europe' projects help you play an active role as European citizen and meet others from different countries. Find out what kinds of projects are available.
Education is part of everyone's life, but it doesn't all have to take place in the classroom. There are other ways to learn, often while you don't even realise you're doing it.


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5 Handmade Bike Shelves & Racks for Small Spaces
Since Chris Brigham of Knife & Saw debuted his smart and simple wood Bike Shelf last year, we've noticed lots of similar styles popping up on Etsy and other handmade sites. Most of them are crafted from a basic wood box with a groove to catch the bike frame and a ledge for additional storage.
- Bike Shelf by Elevate Storage: Hand-crafted from birch and cedar (as opposed to the pricier and prettier walnut and ash of the Knife & Saw version), this wall-mounted wooden shelf sells for $60 and ships from San Antonio, Texas.
- Handmade Bike Shelf by UrbanCityBikeShelves: Made from solid maplewood, cherrywood, or walnut, this shelf sells for $139 and ships from Queens, New York.
- Knife and Saw Bike Shelf: This is the first bike shelf we discovered. Crafted by graphic designer Chris Brigham, the clean-lined design is made from ash or walnut and sells for $270 - $300.
- Cantilver and Press Reclaimed Wood Wall-Mounted Bike Rack: Designed from reclaimed wood, this $85 rack doesn't come with a shelf — instead, it's an exercise in transforming waste material into functional art. Ships out of Vancouver, BC.
- Bike Box by Rydawell: Made in Seattle, this Padauk wood shelf costs $200 and includes two built-in bookends crafted from chain rings.
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