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It is funny that I should be writing this post on the warmest January 6th ever in Chicago. The mercury hit 60 degrees today and broke a 100 year record. Understand that here on the left bank of Lake Michigan this is a big deal. After a very cold winter, people are known to sit out in shorts when the temperature is a mere 50 degrees in April.
Miriam over at AnceStories2: Stories of Me for My Descendants has gotten back into the groove of posting some great prompts for family history blogging, the latest being Week Twenty-Six: Winter.
Some great questions abound so here goes:
What has been your attitude toward winter? Is it "the weather outside is frightful" or "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"?
This has changed and evolved as I have gotten older and as my living/work circumstances have changed. Growing up in the Catskill region of upstate New York we always got socked with snow, sometimes as early as Halloween and as late as Memorial Day. Nowhere near the amount as Buffalo or up in Lewis County where my ancestors were from. Then there were those 20 years in California and I became "reconditioned." Winter there meant heavy monsoon-like rains and if you wanted snow, just drive 3 hours up to Tahoe, take a quick look and drive back home.
Now that I am in Chicago and I work at home, I really don't mind the winter. It has been cold, as low as -36 degrees with wind chill but there is nowhere near as much snow as I grew up with since we are on the left side of Lake Michigan. There is a saying about winter here in Chicago: Many are cold, but few are frozen.
What are or were your favorite outdoor winter activities? Some ideas to jog your memory include sledding, skiing, skating, snowshoeing, snowball fights, or making snowmen. Where did you go to do these activities? Did you ever have an accident participating in any of the more active sports?
My favorite activity was actually cross-country skiing. We used to do this up on Walnut Mountain in Liberty, New York. My least favorite activity: shoveling snow. Living on the side of a mountain with constant winds meant snow drifts and having to shovel almost every day.
What are or were your favorite indoor winter activities? Did you play board games or cards, listen to the radio or watch TV, do puzzles or needlework, read books and magazines, or write letters, journals, or stories?
I was a big reader as a kid and a reader of history at that. I couldn't stand television or music - I just wanted to be alone with my books.
What do you remember about winter clothing in your childhood? Do you have any stories to tell about long johns, snow suits or snow pants, a favorite or unfavorite pair of boots? Did you wear a pair of mittens with a string connecting them around your neck?
What I remember most are snow pants and boots. We had boots that were hard to get into so my mother had us wear plastic bags around our socks before we put them in the boots. I also remember what a pain it was to put on the winter clothes at school for recess. God bless those teachers - it took 15 minutes to get everyone dressed for a 30 minute recess.
Did anyone ever make you hats, scarves, mittens or sweaters to wear? Were they knitted or crocheted?
My mother crocheted more than knitted and she could make the simple items like scarves but not mittens. Then there was that scary Hippie-style green neon vest she made for me that would put Sonny Bono to shame.
What were your favorite winter foods or drinks? Some ideas include soups, stews, casseroles, hot chocolate, tea, or hot buttered rum.
Hot buttered rum. Mom would serve it to me and all the neighborhood kids all the time. She called it "Mother's Little Helper."
How about the cold? Did you ever get frostbite? Did you ever take a dare and stick your tongue on something metal? Was your bedroom cold at night in the winter? How did you stay warm at night...with an electric blanket, a bedwarming pan, or hot potatoes at the foot of your bed under the covers?
I never got frostbite but I do remember two driving trips where we got stranded and had to stay in the car for a few hours waiting for the storm to pass or the snow plows to show up. Luckily we had all the winter supplies we needed.
My one indulgence now: a heated mattress pad with dual controls. When you're hot, you're hot, when you're not, you're not.
What big storms or hard winters do you have memories or stories of? (Those who live in Spokane may have their stories of Ice Storm '96.)
I remember the Great Blizzard of 1977 which hit upstate New York especially Buffalo. In the Catskills we received lots of snow but not as much as Buffalo.
If you live(d) in areas that get little to no snow during the winter, what are or were your winters like? Windy and rainy? Warm or hot? Did you wish for snow, or were you glad you didn't get any? If it did occasionally snow, did the bad weather shut down your community? Do you remember the first time you saw snow? What did you think of it?
In San Francisco I lived off of Ocean Beach so the rain storms that hit would seem much stronger to me than to friends who lived in other neighborhoods. I remember one January that had 29 days of rain out of 31 days. I felt like I would have webbed feet by the end of the month.
Do you remember stories from your parents, grandparents, or other family members or old timers of big storms or hard winters of the past?
My family always talked about the Great Blizzard of 1966 that took place at the end of January. Close to four feet of snow fell and, as my mother said, there were lots of babies born in September/October of 1966.
Do you have any photos of your ancestors outdoors in the winter, or of their homes or automobiles covered with snow? What about photos of ancestral horses and sleighs?
I do not have any photos among those that I have scanned, but I have not yet reached the bottom of The Box so who knows - I may find some yet!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Old Man Winter
2 comments:
- Apple said...
I was living in Syracuse in 1977 so the blizzard was more of a news event. My memorable blizzards were '66 & "93.
1966 - Dad had to go out through the roll up garage door to shovel because we couldn't open the front door. The sledding was awesome after the storm! Mom was pregnant so we had phone numbers of everyone in the area that owner a snowmobile.
1993 - We were living in Akron, NY. Too long a story for here so maybe I'll make a post of it but the short version is that John ended up in the hospital and stayed an extra two days until the roads were opened and I could go get him.
Last year was a bit interesting too!
- January 7, 2008 at 8:23 PM
- Lee said...
I was the same way with books. Cold weather was just another excuse to read. :-)
- January 8, 2008 at 8:00 AM
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Hebrews 13. We've called the thirteenth chapter "Christian Ethics," or "The Believer's Behavior." As we saw last time, the book of Hebrews resolves in chapter 13 in a series of practical exhortations. And we were reminded again of a principle of which we have reminded you on many, many occasions, and that is this: before there is ever exhortation to duty, there is instruction in doctrine. Doctrine is the foundation on which duty is built. Your obedience to a given standard doesn't mean anything unless there's a reason for that standard. And so doctrine always precedes duty. Position always precedes practice.
Now we have been seeing for twelve chapters principles of the new covenant. All of its dimensions have been spelled out. Now in the thirteenth chapter, he branches from there, and simply says, because of all of this, because of who you are in Christ, because of what is yours in Christ, because of what is yours in the new covenant, this is the kind of behavior patterns that we expect from you. All through the book he has presented Christ, and he has said you can cling to Christ--He is sufficient, He is superior, He is supreme, He's all you ever need, and that's been the repeated message over and over again. And to sum it up, he says now that you have Christ, here is how you ought to live. And believe me, people, no man will ever be able to follow these ethics, unless he knows Jesus Christ. Or he has no power to do so.
But again we see that same principle. The practical life is only possible when we have come to a knowledge of Jesus Christ, and the foundation of sound doctrine. In Romans 12:1, "I beseech you therefore by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies." In other words, he is beseeching you on the basis of the mercies of God. What are the mercies of God? They're all the doctrines in the first eleven chapters. On the basis of all that He has done for you, here is what you are asked to do for Him. That's essentially what Scripture says in the New Testament in terms of doctrine and duty. Always the doctrine, and then the duty.
And this is so very, very important, because if we're going to proclaim our doctrine to the world, we're going to have to match it with our life, right? If I tell you that a certain soap really cleans up, and I have been using it for years, and I stand before you looking like the dirt man in Mobil commercials, you're going to be a little reluctant to believe that that soap does what I say it does, and rightly so. If I tell you about an outstanding automobile that is better than any other car, and I wish I could show it to you, but it's in the shop getting fixed, you're a little reluctant to believe that that automobile is all that I made it sound. And that's right--you ought to be. It's the old story--my life doesn't match my mouth, then you really don't hear what I'm saying, do you? And so that's exactly what we see here. If my pattern of living can't corroborate my doctrine, I have nothing to say. So it's a circle. You have a sound doctrinal foundation, which issues in duty, and strong testimony in duty gives you then the opportunity to pronounce the foundation again in the face of somebody else. And so the cycle continues as you are based on doctrine, and live according to the standards which doctrine sets down. You then could reproduce those standards without being double-minded or ashamed of what you're saying because you don't live it.
God wants us to witness to the world. God wants us to be able to communicate. In order to be able to communicate, we need to live the kind of life that backs up our communication, and that's really the essence of chapter 13. Here's the life you'll have to live if you're going to stand in the face of the world and proclaim the cause of Jesus Christ. And believe me, if we do not support Christianity by our lives, then in the face of the world we make God a liar. We make Jesus Christ a fraud; we make Christianity a joke if our lives do not support what we say. So practical holiness is strategic before the world in terms of the proclamation of the doctrine which we have been founded upon. We must live the kind of life that is needful in order for people to listen to what we say.
Now with that in mind, we've come to this chapter. We mentioned last time, in great emphasis, that we have an obligation to witness to the world, and that that witness is dependent upon how we live. If in the office you cannot order your living to fit your speech, you might as well not speak. All you're doing is confusing, and I think I told you about the guy that I met in prison, and he told me he was a Christian, and I told him not to tell anybody. Only because of the fact that he'd gotten there while he was a Christian and he was going around telling everyone what a wonderful Christian he was, and it was obvious from the way he was living, and he was a member of a Christian organization, supposedly in the ministry, etc. If you're going to be able to announce Jesus Christ to the world, you ought to be able to back it up with your life.
Now let me give you a second thought. We covered that a little bit last time; you don't remember, I know, but we did. Second point: we not only are instructed to really live the kind of Christian life that the standards of which are set down in chapter 13 for the sake of witness, but secondly, for the sake of our own personal joy. You know, a Christian who does not live according to God's standards lives apart from the joy that is his. You can't sin and disobey all of God's standards and be a happy Christian. It just doesn't work that way, because you're living against what you know is right. That creates guilt, and that creates insecurity, and so forth, and so on, and pretty soon you're a miserable, unhappy person. And so, standards of living are given not only as a witness to the world, but as a source of joy to the believer.
My greatest joy is when I know I've been obedient in responding to the standards of the Lord. I mean, if you think sin is fun, try holiness. You know, back in Psalm 19, and we'll start there--there's some interesting statements. Don't turn to them, because I'm going to go through several, just note them in your mind. "The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eye." Obeying God's standard brings joy, that's exactly what it says. Take it a step further in Psalm 64:10 we find similar instruction, "The righteous shall be glad in the Lord." In other words, the man who lives a righteous life is a happy man. Psalm 68:3 "But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice." A by-product of righteousness is rejoicing. You want to be a happy person, do right. Obey God's standards.
God's standards are given then, number one, as I mentioned last week, and not necessarily in the order of importance. Number one is the fact that they're given so we live a life that is a clear testimony to the world. Number two, that you might have joy. Psalm 97:11 takes it another step: "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart." Happy people are people who obey God. That's what it's saying. And then, of course, if you want to study Psalm 119 all through that Psalm it just repeats that same principle. Psalm 119:111 for example, "Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart." The word "testimonies" means the commandments, the instructions, the statutes, the law of God. What makes me most happy, says David, is obedience to God's standards.
Christians have this strange idea that you should sin and that's what is really fun. Believe me, it just comes back in your face every time, doesn't it? Haven't you been there? I have. Ecclesiastes 2:26, "For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight, wisdom and knowledge, and joy." Isn't that great? Ecclesiastes 2:26. Do you want joy? Be good in His sight. Not in the sight of the world. You can have a carnal goodness in the world and never know the difference. If you want to really be good, be good in the sight of God. Obey His standards.
Jeremiah 15:16, "Thy words are found and I did eat them. And they were in me the joy and rejoicing of my heart." Jeremiah said I took Your law and I made it mine and I was happy. You know, it's a sad thing, but you just meet a lot of grumpy, grouchy miserable Christians. And believe me, you can go right back to this. A miserable Christian is one who is not obeying the principles of God, or he would have what? Joy! So, you know how to take care of your lack of joy. It all boils down to that one word that keys the whole Christian life, and we give it to you again. Here it comes. Obedience.
So the principles of God then, for the believer have two dominant results: one, a clear testimony to the world. In other words, we don't undo everything we try to do by not living what we say; two, personal joy. And let me tell you something, these two are inseparable. Because you get to be a joyous Christian and people are going to come to you, just like they came to these guys and say, "You've got something different." And so really, evangelism just comes as a result of overflowing joy.
People have a hard time handling somebody like that. Happy people just do something to people. They say, "You have something I don't have." I'll tell you something else: When you clearly communicate your faith to somebody else, that becomes joy too, doesn't it? They're interchangeable. In 1 Thessalonians 2 Paul expresses it. You say, well, here's a guy like Paul, what made him happy? What did he get really excited about? What just gave him super-kind of joy? Listen to this: 1 Thessalonians 2:19, "What is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing?" What makes me happy? "Are not even ye in the presence of the Lord?" You say, what makes you happy Paul? When people get saved, that's what makes me happy. Verse 20 "For you are our glory and joy."
You say, well, is that the only thing that made him happy? No, suffering made him happy. Philippians 2:17, "Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all." In other words, if I die and you get saved, I'll die. If I have to get stoned, and you hear the gospel, I'll get stoned. It doesn't bother me. And he wrote to the Philippians and says, "Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown". The joy of Paul was the salvation of others. The salvation of others came about because Paul's life matched his words. Joy and witness are inseparable. You can go at it either way. Seek to have a clear witness and you'll see people saved and you'll have joy. Seek to have joy and you're going to have a witness people won't be able to resist, right? And so, really, the kind of life we live results in those two inseparable things.
Now to bring this into real clear focus, in the book of Hebrews, in the thirteenth chapter, he lays down the principles of conduct that can bring about the salvation of others and joy to our own selves. I told you last time that there are three things that we want to look at in this chapter, and sooner or later we might get to them: one is ethics, two is example, and three is energy. If we're going to live the kind of life we ought to live, we need to know the ethics. What are the standards? Secondly, we need to have an example; we need a pattern to follow, don't we? Thirdly, we need to have the energy or the power to do it. So we need the standards, the example, and the energy.
First of all, what were the ethics? Well, remember last time when we began to look at the ethics in the first 19 verses, we told you there were three categories in the Christians' conduct--three categories of practical Christian living: one, in relation to others, right? And that he begins the chapter with, in verses 1-3, and in those verses he lays down two basic features of Christian conduct toward others. The first one was sustained love. We saw that in verse 1, "Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware." He says let brotherly love continue, sustained love, even towards strangers.
Now, in this particular passage, we have something that we might call an overall principle. When we talk about Christian ethics, you could go down the line. You could list dozens and dozens and hundreds and hundreds of little rules that could apply to the Christian life. Don't borrow your neighbors shovel and fail to return it. Don't hit your husband in the back of the head with the rolling pin when he's not looking. Don't do this. You know, you could make a list that would never end of little rules. Or you could just say this: let love continue. There's no sign in our kitchen for my wife to read which says don't hit your husband in the back of the head with the rolling pin. There's no sign in the kitchen that says don't beat your wife. Don't smash your kids. Don't cut off their fingers or something like that. You say, well, you don't need a sign to say that. No, I don't--you know why? Because I love them, and love precludes the necessity of all those other rules.
And so to begin with you can reduce Christian conduct to a simple, common denominator. There it is--love people. And before you say, Oh, I just can't get it worked out, let me remind you that love is not an emotion, it's a principle. Don't ever forget it. Love is not a, I don't get emotional about certain people. I don't say, Oh, there's Mr. So-and-so--love, love, you know. No, no. Love, in the Bible, is not necessarily emotional at all. It is a principle, and if you want to know what kind of a principle it is, read 1 Corinthians 13. It's a principle of self-sacrifice. It doesn't matter what kind of a so-and-so Mr. So-and-so is--you need to condescend to help him, to meet his need, to care for him, to bear his burdens, to pray for him. Those are principles that have handles on them. Those are not ethereal, foggy, pie-in-the-sky, lovey-dovey kind of squashy emotions. Listen, we're not talking about something that's just kind of syrupy. Love is a basic principle. It's the principle of self-sacrifice, based on humility, isn't it?
Now I want you to be reminded that love comes immediately when you're saved. "The love of God is shed abroad," where? "in our hearts." So the love is given, all you have to do is keep it. You don't have to work it up, just keep it. It's already there. You don't need to run around looking for love, and say oh, God, give me more love. There's no more to give, He gave you all He had. You just need to take what He gave you. And it never changes.
One of the most wonderful chapters in the Bible, and one which I particularly enjoy is the 13th chapter of John, and I just read you one verse, "Before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end." His love never changes. Jesus' love never changed at all, never, never, never. Whose love has been placed in you? Jesus' love. It never changes. Why? Because it is not an emotion, it is a principle of self-sacrifice. And it doesn't matter what's going on, it's the same. And you have His love. Paul said this, "For the love of Christ constrains me." Did he say "my" love for Christ? What did he say? The love of Christ in me makes me do what I do. It isn't my own. You have his love, just let it continue. That's what he's saying. Let it continue for strangers. Why, he said, you'd better be careful, somebody entertained angels unawares. You don't know who you're being nice to.
Back in Genesis 18 Abraham put out a nice spread for three visitors and found out one of them was God. And two of them were angels. Now that isn't to say get ready because angels are coming to your house. Not at all. But that does mean that God sometimes will bring people into your path that you need to be very careful to show love to, because you just don't know who you have on your hands. And it's not just for your benefit either. Maybe they have a tremendous need, and a word of love from you can turn a life around. You know that? How many times have people said to me, "John, my life was such and such and such and I met so-and-so, and in just a moment of time, my life was changed."
There's a second ethic that we want to mention by way of review. Not only sustained love, but sympathy. And this really comes out of love. It's just another dimension of it. And that's in verse 3, "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them." Do you know really, what sympathy is? To suffer with, literally, empathy. To get inside and feel what somebody feels. You have to be a selfless person to do that. If people are in prison, do you feel that? Those who suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the flesh? In your own body, do you know what people go through when they go through pain? Remember this morning, when we studied about the church that prayed for three days, day and night for Peter? They felt what he felt, didn't they? They were hurting because he was hurting. That's sympathy.
You know, sympathy can be shown in three ways, at least. Many ways, but here's three interesting ways in the New Testament. Second Timothy 1:16, "The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy in the Lord in that day and in many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well." You know one way to be sympathetic? By your personal presence with somebody in need. That's sympathy. Just being there, where they are.
Here's another way. Not only just in your presence but in certain deeds that you might do. Philippians 4. Paul needed some sympathy, he was in jail. Phil 4:14, "Not withstanding you have well done that you did share with my affliction. Now you Philippians know that in the beginning of the Gospel when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only." In other words, nobody gave me any money to carry on my ministry. "For even in Thessalonica, you sent once and again unto my necessity, not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account." I'm glad you're giving, not because I get the money, but because when you give, you get blessed. Verse 18, "But I have all and abound," I'm full, "having received of Apaphrodites the things which were sent from you. An odor of sweet smell, sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God." Another way to show sympathy is by deeds of love. Not only your personal presence but by doing deeds of love.
There's a third way to show sympathy to somebody and that's by prayer, praying for them. Colossians 4:18--Paul closes Colossians with these words: "Remember my bonds." Hey, he says, don't forget I'm in jail; pray for me. Now this is our basic obligation to other people. To love them with full care and sympathy, and really, beloved, that's all you need. That's the only rule you need in terms of other people, isn't it? Because if you love them you're not going to break any other laws. I mean, it doesn't say here, and he could have said don't lie, don't steal, don't cheat, don't envy, don't injure, don't misuse, etc., etc. And all he says is this: don't fail to keep on loving.
Look at Romans with me, would you, in chapter 13 for just a brief moment, and I'll show you something there. Romans 13:8--for all of you who are in debt at this time and have unpaid bills, this will be a serious verse--"Owe no man anything, but to love one another." You know something, there's only one debt we're to owe people, and that's the debt to love them, and it's a debt, the more you pay, the more you owe. You never get off the hook. "Owe no man anything but to love one another. For he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For the law says don't commit adultery, don't kill, don't steal, don't bear false witness [which means to lie], don't covet, and if there be any other commandment, you could put them all together in one saying. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. For love works no ill to its neighbor, for love is the fulfilling of the law." That's why, you see, in Hebrews 13 it doesn't need to list a whole lot of things. All it needs to say is just love, and that'll take care of the law. And the hang-up in the Old Testament was they didn't have the love of Christ in them to do that. So they needed all the little rules.
In the New Testament Christ just gives us His love, and says now just sustain it. And you never need to worry about the rule. That's like one guy said love God and everybody else, and do what you want. That's right. If a man loves, he won't kill. Love never seeks to destroy. And listen to this. Love can't hate. Love will seek to destroy an enemy by making him a friend. If a man loves, he'll never steal, for love doesn't take, what does it do? It gives. And if a man loves, he will never covet, for covetousness, which means the uncontrolled, inordinate desire for self-satisfaction, if a man loves he'll never covet because love is not self-centered, it's self-less, you see. So love is really all he needs. In fact, Paul says, "Love is the bond of perfection." It ties everything together. So love is the basic ethic toward others. We've been through this before,
All right, second thing. What about the Christian's conduct in relation to himself, to ourselves? How do I conduct myself toward myself, to live the kind of life that is witness to the world and joy to me? How do I live toward myself? Number one, sexual purity, sexual purity. Now, the word sex has become you know, there were taboos in the past, and sex was a word that was a taboo many years ago. You just didn't say that word. It was a terrible word. And now sex is everywhere.
There's another taboo today. You know what word is taboo today? Death. If you want to really mess up a conversation fast, just interject that. Because we're living in a hedonistic society where the moment is everything, and sex has become a way of life. Death is the thing nobody wants to face. And so he says, sexual purity, verse 4. "Marriage is honorable in all." And really, we told you it should be translated, "Let marriage be honorable in all, let the bed be undefiled, for fornicators and adulterers God will judge." Sexual purity, and we live in a world that's going crazy over sex. It's not that people's desires are any different, it's just that if society will let them do more things, they'll do it. And Romans 1 says they get real clever and they invent new things.
People in our society have gone crazy in the area of sexual fulfillment. When two people allow their passions to run away with each other, when two people allow themselves to get caught in a compromising situation sexually, let me tell you something, friends. It is not that they love each other too much; it is that they don't love each other enough. It is that they love each other too little to respect each other's purity before God. And I say to you, if a guy comes to you girls and says I love you so much, give me what I want, he doesn't love you very much at all. Believe me. His love hasn't developed where the most important thing in his life is your beauty and purity and holiness. When he sees you like that, then he really loves you.
Now, you say, why is this a sin against ourselves? Well, that's what Paul said, you see, in 1 Corinthians 6:18. He said, "Flee fornication, for every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he that commiteth fornication [pornea, sex sin] sins against his own body." You see, you have to live with this in your own flesh. This is a sin against your own body. The purity of your own body has been defiled. And so God says I desire sexual purity.
You know, it's a tragic thing, I'll never forget a college kid coming to me one time, just shattered. I mean, she was a mess, and she said, "I have only been a Christian a little time. I got into a youth group, and the president of the youth group was the first Christian I ever met, and one night he asked me out on a date, and I thought, the first Christian I've ever gone out with, and I thought oh, how wonderful to be out with a Christian. How different it'll be from what I'm used to." She went out with this guy and before the night was over, he had destroyed her purity, and she was destroyed. She was a shaken, and shattered and torn individual and the whole of Christianity crashed with that guy. She was shattered. The last I knew, her life was just destroyed. That's tragic, and that isn't the only time it's happened.
Our purity in the sexual area is so very, very important. And while God is not against sex, He invented it. And I'll tell you, He knows what He's doing. It's a beautiful thing; it's a fulfilling thing. And in marriage, nothing sexual within the bounds of reason is wrong. Outside of marriage, everything is wrong. And don't think, well, I've read the Late, Great Planet Earth and the Lord might come, before I get married. I mean, then what? Ken Poure always says, "Well, I suppose well, if God invented that for down here, whatever's going on in heaven will be a lot better, so don't worry about it. The point is, God desires purity. First Timothy 5:22 gives you a simple phrase that you ought to remember. Put that in the front part of your brain and don't ever forget it. Three words: "Keep yourself pure." Not like Ivory Soap, 99 and 44/100 percent, but totally pure. Keep yourself pure. Flee sex sin. Run when you see it.
Joseph ran into Potiphar's wife, and she thought Joseph was really a good catch, so she got old Joseph in the bedroom, and she started seducing Joseph. Do you know what he did? He did the only smart thing--he ran. He didn't say, now I'd like to tell you where I stand on this. He bailed out. And on the way, she grabbed his coat, and that's what got him in jail. But God exalted him, didn't he? Just run Jack, pack up and get out. Remember what he said? How can I do this wickedness and sin against God? You think he didn't know that was sin? I've heard Christian people say they didn't think sex outside of marriage was wrong. Joseph said it was a sin and a wickedness against God.
If you need some evidence, Genesis 39:9 ought to be sufficient. You know what David did? Got up there on his roof, and looked over there and saw that honey Bathsheba, and he managed to bring Bathsheba into his presence, killed her husband, and he knew what he did. When it was all over, remember his words in Psalm 51:4. This is what he said, "Against thee and thee only have I sinned, and done this evil." He knew it was wrong.
Personal purity is always a battle. It's a battle for everybody. The Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:27, "I beat my body to bring it into subjection." And you today, Satan tempts, and with all the media you just have a hard time getting away from it. But there comes a time when you need to. You need to run. So many Christians have had their testimony destroyed, and their own personal joy sucked right out of them, because of sin in this area.
Well, the second thing in terms of an ethic, really involving ourselves is not only sexual purity, but satisfaction, verse 5. Let your manner of life be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said I'll never leave thee or forsake thee." Here's another thing, satisfaction. Not only sexual purity, but towards ourselves we need to have satisfaction.
Are you satisfied with what you have? This follows very closely on the idea of sexual activity, because you know, that's a great area of temptation, isn't it? Just because you're married doesn't mean that Satan doesn't sometimes tempt you to long after something else. The forbidden one. That's covetousness, and covetousness is a terrible evil. Whether it's coveting a neighbor's wife, or coveting money, or things or possessions, material things, whatever it is. It's a gross thing.
In fact, the leaders of the early church couldn't have that, as a part of their character at all. In 1 Timothy 3:3 it says that bishops are not to be given to wine, (not supposed to linger long beside their wine in the Greek) not violent, not greedy of filthy lucre. That's just not allowed. And not only that, Paul said to Timothy in the same book, 6th chapter, 6th verse, but godliness with contentment is great gain. You want to really be rich--be happy with what you have. Godliness and contentment.
You know, Spurgeon said one time "In all my life, I've been in a lot of testimony meetings, and I've heard a lot of people share how they've sinned, and I've had people come to me and make confession of sin; in my life I've never had one person confess the sin of covetousness to me." And I've only been around a few years, and I've never had anyone confess it to me, either. I've had a lot of sins confessed. I had a guy walk in my office a couple of weeks ago and he said John, I just have to confess my sin to you. He was a broken up guy, and we prayed together, and he said my sin is gluttony. And I said, you look terrific, you're not even overweight. And he said, oh, I know, but do I want to be. He said, I crave it, and I only fight against it, just continually. There are a lot of sins that people confess, but I stand where Spurgeon does. In my brief years, nobody ever confessed to me they were covetous.
But you know something, that's a sin that everyone of us fights, isn't it. Be honest. The bigger thing, the better thing, more money, promotion, bigger house, bigger car. This is a temptation for all of us. Nicer clothes, all of these things. And it's a very serious thing. God says I want you to be, in a word, satisfied. Godliness with contentment is really being rich, isn't it? You know the rich man is the man who has all that he needs, and the knowledge that God has everything he'll ever need. That's what the verse says. "Be content with such things as ye have, for He has said I will never leave you or forsake you, so that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Take everything I've got, what do I care?
Now you know these Hebrews to whom he's writing, had lost a lot, hadn't they. Remember chapter 10, verse 32-34, he says you lost everything. And there might have been a few of them saying boy, we got to get back what we lost, and they were getting sidetracked on earning back their wages, and getting back their money, and trying to find their inheritances that they had been robbed of, and they were maybe digging back in that direction, and he s imply says to them, hey, just be satisfied, will you, and don't worry if somebody took everything you have. If you have the Lord, you have it all. Do you believe that? If a man has everything, and has not Christ, he has nothing. If he has nothing, but has Christ, he has everything. Let's face it, you're going to lose it anyway. Either here now, or in the next few weeks, or in a few months, or when you die, or when Jesus comes.
I've often wondered to myself how people can amass fortunes in this world and then die, when you could invest it all in God's work. You see what covetousness did for Adam, for Baalam, who loved the wages of unrighteousness the Bible says, what covetousness did for Achan. God said don't take anything; he took a lot of things, buried it in a hole in his tent and thought God couldn't find it. I'll put it in this hole--God will never know.
Remember the story of Namaan the leper, came down there and told him to go down to the river? I heard one preacher preach on the story of Namaan, and called it seven ducks in a dirty river. He went down to the river, and seven times he went dunking in the water, and the sixth time nothing happened, and he didn't want to do it because he was a dignified guy, said what's the matter with the rivers where I live, why do I have to come in this crummy Jordan? Seventh time he came up clean, he said I want to pay you; I want to pay the prophet, remember, I want to give him all the stuff that he brought down. Prophet said no, took off and the prophet's servant was just dying. "Take that stuff, take it, take it and we'll split it." So he fires down the road and old Gahazai takes off after him, remember the story? He gets down there and says I just met two men who are in great need. Liar. He didn't meet anybody. He says, I'd like a talent of silver, one, one, one of everything. The guy says hey, you can have two of everything, and he loads him up. And he goes back and he faces Elijah and Elijah says you know what you get--Namaan's leprosy. And that's what he got.
Remember what covetousness did to Judas? Remember what covetousness did to Ananias and Sapphira? They lied to the Holy Spirit and dropped dead right in front of the church. Covetousness is a very serious sin and God deals with it, very very seriously, believe me. It is not a trifle.
Now the most common form of covetousness is the love of money, lusting after material riches. Now I want you to look at the verse 5, "Let your manner of life be without covetousness." The words "without covetousness" is one word in the Greek, aphilarguros. That comes from three words. "A" is what is called an alpha privative which negates the word. Phileo means to like. Arguros means silver. Covetous means to like silver--to love money. Aphilarguros means to be without the love of money. And so he says you should be satisfied without the love of silver. If you begin to love money, you are sinning against God. You know what the result would be? Ineffective testimony and lack of joy in your own life. Luke 12:15, "And he said unto them take heed and beware of covetousness for a man's life consists not in the abundance of things he possesses." Did you get that? That's not life. Lusting after material riches is sin.
Now I'm not saying it's wrong to have money, it's just wrong to lust after it. The Bible doesn't say money is the root of all evil. It's says the love of money is the root of all evil. In fact, you know, Deuteronomy 8:18 says God is the one who gives you power to get wealth, and some of the wealthiest men in the world were godly men, weren't they? Job, Abraham, and even today. But here's the key exhortation, and don't forget it, Psalm 62:10, listen to this: "If riches increase [and they might] set not thine heart upon them." Did you hear that? That's the key. You may get it; if you get it, don't love it. And that's exactly where the injunction needs to be given.
In Job 31:24, "If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, thou art my confidence [put all his confidence in money] if I rejoice because my wealth was great, because mine hand had gotten much. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness," and he goes on and on about all these things, and he comes down to verse 28, "this also was an iniquity to be punished by the judge, for I should have denied the god who is above." For a man to love money is to deny God. That's what he said. There's no place for covetousness.
In 1 Timothy 6 let me read you these words, and these are important words, and there's much here. In verse 6, "But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." If you have food and clothing, be content. Where are you going to get that? Did God promise to give you that? Do you ever have to worry about what you shall eat? Do you ever have to worry about what you shall wear? No. Do you ever have to worry? No. Do you ever worry? Yes. "But they that will be rich fall into temptation." It doesn't say the rich fall into temptation, but they that will be rich.
I always think of John D. Rockerfeller, one time was asked how much money he wanted. He said a million dollars. He made a million. The same guy said how much you want. He said I want another million. You see, there's a law of decreasing satisfaction. "They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil, while some having coveted after it have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows, But thou, o man of God, flee these things." We just heard that back about sexual purity, didn't we?
Here are two standards for the believer's own life--sexual purity and satisfaction. Run from sexual sin and run and covetousness. Don't ever get into the position where you're more concerned about your bank balance than your spiritual life. You're to learn to be content with whatever you have. Remember what we studied on Wednesday night? The Psalmist says in Psalm 37, I've been around a long time (I love this) and I've never seen God's children begging bread. Isn't that good? Ecclesiates 5:10, "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Isn't that interesting? It's the law of diminishing returns. The more you have the more you want. People are kept from salvation by the love of money, and Christians are kept from joy, they're robbed! Don't be covetous.
Then he quotes Ps. 118:6 "The Lord is your helper, what are you going to fear?" They steal everything you've got--what do you care? Discontent is sin, beloved. Discontent is sin! You say, well, John I'd like to be content, how can I really be content? How can I get off this thing of wanting money, and wanting to lay away money, and getting all absorbed in money, and spending it. And you know, you can--loving money comes in all forms, in getting it. Some people express their love of money in getting it. Building it up, making more. Some people express their love of money in keeping it, see, just miser, you know. And every dime they give is like blood. Other people express their love of money by throwing it around in front of everybody. I was walking down the street in Santa Barbara with Dale Smith, and we came across a Cadillac showroom, and there was a Cadillac in there that was so long--I'd never seen anything like it. So we said let's go in and look at that thing. We went in there and the guy informed us that it had the biggest hood in the history of auto-making. It was mammoth--you'd need about two guys to get it up. And I said will somebody actually buy that? It was white, with bright red interior, convertible, with red painting all over it, and big
chrome--it had everything under the sun. You know there's only certain kinds of people who would put the top down, put on some kind of stuff--their clothing thing, and just cruise. And that's a kind of exhibition of the love of money. But there's all forms. Some people, you don't know they've got it, but they love every dime. All forms of the love of money. How do you get content? How do you get over that hump? Let me just give you some quick things, and we'll wrap up.
First of all, the realization of Gods goodness. I think contentment comes when you realize God is good. Did you hear that? Paul said "All things work together for good to them that love God." Paul said, "My God shall supply all your needs." Do you know God's good? If he's good, will he take care of you? O.K.
Here's another thing. Do you want to be content? Realize God is omniscient. You know what that means? He knows what you need before you ever ask. He knows what you need. You can put Psalm 37 down there, 18, 19 and 25--never see the Lord's children begging bread. Luke 12:30.
The third thing, realize this, and you'll be content. Realize what you deserve. Just sit down and ask what do I really deserve? You'll be content. Genesis 32:10, listen to this: "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies." Is that right?
That's right! You know what I have? Everything I have I don't deserve. I'm rich.
Let me give you something else. Realize God's supremacy. That is, realize God will give you what He thinks you need. And He'll supply what you need for all the things in your life. And realize that, for some people, God wants them to be poor, and for others, He wants them to be rich. And He has a plan. First Samuel 2:7, interesting verse, "The Lord makest poor, and maketh rich." Did you know that? The Lord is in charge of all that. "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, lifteth up the beggar from the refuse to set them among princes, and make them inherit the throne of glory." In other words, if a guy comes from nowhere to somewhere, God brought him. God makes the poor, God makes the rich. God brings people up who come from nowhere and earn fortunes. Just realize He's omniscient. He knows who gets what, and He's also powerful. He gives who gets what. He's supreme.
The fifth thing to realize is this. Realize what true riches really are. You know who's really poor--the world? Colossians 3:2, "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." Do you really know true riches? Do you really know what is rich? You're so rich in Christ.
Contentment comes from realization of all those things. Then secondly it comes from communion. Do you spend time with God? Let me tell you something. The longer you concentrate on His glory, the less you're going to care about money. When you're lost in Jesus Christ, you are so overwhelmed with how rich you are, that you could care less about anything else. So realization and just communion. Well, the world's going to pass away, and everything in it, right? So you don't want to lay up treasure on earth, lay it up in heaven.
God set some standards for you; we just got through our review. Next time we're going to take up the next standard for the believer's life which is steadfastness.
Let's pray. Father, we thank You that we've been able to have a little time to study Your word tonight. We've really reviewed some thoughts from a different angle, Father, knowingly because they're important to be understood and learned. Father, so many things have happened tonight as we've gathered together, what a joy it's been Lord. We think about the world, and so many people sitting at home and looking at a television hour after hour, seeing inane things. We think about the crowds we see at the theater and at the bars and restaurants. They've all gathered together to spend time, and we've been with those we love, and we've been studying the Bible together; we're rich. Father, we're thankful. Help up to cherish every moment we've spent tonight. Thank you for the songs that were sung, that took our minds and hearts to thoughts of thee. Thank you for the testimonies that were given that made up rejoice over what you're doing in lives. Thank you for the word which spoke to us, for the Spirit who superintended it all. Father, now as we come to a closing moment, we pray that we might be able to bring to mind all of the thoughts that the Spirit has planted within us. Father, we think of the words of the German philosopher, who said "You show me your redeemed life and I'll be inclined to believe in your Redeemer." Father, may we as Christians realize that we have an obligation before the world to live a life, such a life that men can see our good works and know consistency with what we say and give glory to our Father in heaven. And Father, such a consistent life that we know the full joy that Jesus gave. Lord, there also might be some here tonight that have never met you. They've never come to Christ. And they've heard the joy and the love that has come out of the young man who testified, and maybe tonight's the night when your Spirit is going to do a work in their life, a work that is eternal. We pray that you would do it. Thank you for our tine; we acknowledge Thee in all these things, and thank Thee in Jesus' name. Amen.
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unrepentant and unapologetic drug cheat. That's just the kind of image cycling needs...
Drug cheats should get a life ban...
but under the current system they don't
the guy has served his time so let's move on
I love his attacking style and am happy that he's ending his career on a high. Much nicer to see someone reform and come back and win rather than just fade away into oblivion under bad circumstances.


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Warner Bros. caused a seismic sensation Oct. 6, 1927, when the studio premiered "The Jazz Singer," the first feature that included sound using synchronized dialogue sequences. But while the Al Jolson drama proved to be the death knell of silent movies, some of the most artistic silent films were released in 1928 as studios were beginning the transition to talkies.
Two of MGM's masterworks from 1928 — King Vidor's heartbreaking "The Crowd" and Ernst Lubitsch's lushly romantic "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg" — are screening this week at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The programs mark the second "Mary Pickford Celebration of Silent Film," a collaboration between the academy and the Mary Pickford Foundation to showcase classics of the era.
"Mary Pickford is the perfect name to have on a celebration of silent film," said Randy Haberkamp, the academy's managing director, programming, education and preservation.
Pickford, who was one of cinema's first international superstars, "represents the pinnacle of the silent-film art in the way she was able to produce, star and craft her own films with her company," Haberkamp said.
The screenings of "The Crowd" and "The Student Prince" will be introduced by Kevin Brownlow, the 2010 honorary Oscar recipient who is the author of the acclaimed history of silent film, "The Parade's Gone By... ." The renowned British preservationist and documentarian ("Unknown Chaplin") will be presenting his own restored prints of these classics, which feature Carl Davis' musical scores.
"Both of the films were from 1928 and point out so vividly what makes silent films such a special medium," Haberkamp noted. "Both of them really emphasize the unlimited communication of the human face."
The gritty and haunting "Crowd" chronicles the ups and downs of a young married couple (Eleanor Boardman, who was married to Vidor, and James Murray). Instead of finding happiness in New York City, though, they encounter the harsh realities of life in big metropolis. "The Crowd" also holds the distinction of being the first feature to show a toilet on screen.
Though shepherded by MGM's "Boy Wonder" producer Irving Thalberg, studio head Louis B. Mayer hated the film. "He said, I'm not going to let that toilet picture win the Academy Award," Brownlow said. And Mayer got his wish. F.W. Murnau's "Sunrise," which was released by Fox, took home the Oscar.
"The Crowd" has influenced many directors, including neo-realist Italian master Vittorio De Sica, who was inspired to make his landmark 1948 "Bicycle Thieves" after seeing the drama, as well as Billy Wilder in his 1960 Oscar-winning "The Apartment."
Wilder's scenes of Jack Lemmon toiling in a office filled with countless desks lined up in parallel rows is a homage to the scenes in "The Crowd," in which Murray is shown as just another faceless worker in a large, impersonal corporation.
"It is my favorite American silent film of all," said Brownlow of "The Crowd." "It anticipates the Crash before the Crash happened. It's one of those social-problem films that silent pictures didn't do all that often, and it's done so superbly."
The German-born Lubitsch, whose deft hand at romantic comedy was called "The Lubitsch Touch," brings a freshness, charm and enchantment to "The Student Prince," which premiered in late 1927 before opening in theaters in 1928. Two of MGM's biggest stars, Ramon Novarro ("Ben-Hur") and Thalberg's wife, Norma Shearer, star in this tale of a carefree young prince who falls in love with an innkeeper's daughter.
Though the Mexican-born Novarro struggled in talkies, "Student Prince" beautifully demonstrates why he was a silent-screen superstar. "He's so self-effacing in this," Brownlow said. "You don't really think of him as an actor."
Mary Pickford Celebration of Silent Film
Where: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills
What: "The Crowd"
When: Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
What: "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg"
When: Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $3 and $5
Information: http://www.oscars.org


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The aim of Dominican College is to promote educational excellence leadership and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community. The College is an independent institution of higher learning Catholic in origin and heritage. In the tradition of its Dominican founders the College fosters the active shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. ommitted to building its programs on a strong liberal arts foundation the College maintains a student-centered climate and offers an array of degree opportunities in the liberal arts and sciences business and the professions on the undergraduate and graduate levels. Although the majority of its students are from its geographic region to whose emerging educational needs it is particularly responsive its diverse student body includes national and international representation of all ethnicities and religions. ominican College is dedicated to the principle that its educational programs and services must be both challenging and supportive distinguished both by high standards and by attention to the needs and potential of the individual student.
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Realism in Unreal Places
A glowing-hot charcoal kiln catches fire. The flame hasn't been put out yet when the father tears down the wobbly fence surrounding a water reservoir in a dusty landscape. "I want running water, just like everyone else!"
The son runs away angry, the mother and the two grown daughters are resigned to remain in this ghost town somewhere in no-man's-land. They seem to be used to this kind of outburst, but they are not supportive of the father's demand for running water: "We can rent a house with the money instead," the mother tells him.
Exile in no-man's-land
The first scene of "Atash" lays bare several conflicts—but the biggest secret that keeps the family together only comes out gradually. This family of five is not living in these dire conditions voluntarily. And laying a water pipeline could mean setting up house in this barren place forever.
Ten years ago the father decided to move here to save the life of his oldest daughter. He was under pressure to give in to the social mores of the community and kill the "whore," Gamila, in order to restore the family's honor. Now they are able to survive by selling the coal from stolen wood, but the women never leave the valley.
By laying the water pipeline, the patriarch brings more change than he would like to see. The younger daughter is blatantly lazy, and Gamila frees herself from her isolation more gradually, but with greater determination.
Even the son, who attends school in the village against the will of his father, is increasingly defying his authority. A father who has plagued himself for years with the idea that he has made the four people he loves miserable is now also losing his sovereignty.
He stokes his fear of the outside world, specifically his fear of sabotage by the "Jewish land administration." So he keeps watch over the pipeline day and night. The son takes over this task during the presumed absence of his father…
A life under observation
"Atash" tells the tale of a timeless tragedy. The fact that the family lives in Israel and are Palestinian is only addressed in the margins, but then again, it does play a role. The family's state of fear and confinement is caused by and reinforced by the social power relations. This is also true within the family itself.
Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories most certainly has an influence on the social life of the Palestinians, including in the other parts of Palestine. It may even strengthen the traditional behavior of the villagers. This parable-like story represents the family as the smallest unit of society and as a metaphor for an entire people.
The fact that the story takes place in such a barren landscape is not an attempt to realistically portray Arabic life, it is instead an aesthetic choice. Constantly changing cinemascope establishing shots and odd perspectives prevent the viewer from gaining a sense of orientation amidst the few houses in the landscape, which has an unsettling effect.
There are no wide views, the viewer feels locked in and under observation just like the protagonists. But the ultimate origin of this surreal feeling is not the result of the chosen camera perspectives. "Atash" was filmed in a mock village near Um El Fahem, the home of director Tawfik Abu Wael, in what was once a training ground for the Israeli army.
Omnipresent conflict
Um El Fahem means "mother of coal" and is the second largest Arabic city in Israel, nor far from the border of the occupied territories. Collecting wood for making coal is one of the traditional sources of income in the region. In recent years Islamists have gained favor here, which has led to an increase in conflicts with Israeli security forces.
Abu Wael was born in 1976 and studied film directing at the university in Tel Aviv. He considers himself part of the "New Generation" of Palestinian artists who are no longer willing to allow the subjects for their films to be dictated by the occupation.
This stance paradoxically led to Abu Wael encountering difficulties in financing his first feature film. Apparently European film sponsors expect Palestinian films to clearly address the Israeli occupation and show soldiers or border walls.
"Atash" shows instead a society caught within its own patriarchal traditions, in which silent violence prevails and where it seems there is no movement or change.
Abu Wael shows that which he himself knows all too well. The cast is made up of non-professional actors from the same region represented in the film. Yet everything the film does not show is also somehow present. Another way in which this compact narrative is a metaphor for reality.
"Atash" - Israel, Palestine 2004, Script and direction: Tawfik Abu Wael, with Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Amal Bweerat, Roba Blal, Jamila Abu Hussein, Ahamad Abed El Gani, subtitled.
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© Fluter.de 2005
Translation from German: Christina White
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Eran Riklis' latest film, "The Syrian Bride", deals with a young Druze woman from the Golan Heights who marries a man from Syria. After the wedding, she is not allowed to visit her family in Israel anymore. Interview by Igal Avidan
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New Creative Impetus for the Palestinian Film
Palestinian cinema was showcased at the last film festival in Cannes with two productions at once. One of these was "Rana's Wedding" – an extremely poetic film. Amin Farzanefar interviewed the film's director Hany Abu-Assad.
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On PHPMaster.com today there's a new tutorial introducing you to the PSR-0 standard and how it effects the autoloading in many PHP applications and frameworks. Specifically, they show how it's implemented in a Symfony2 component
In this article I'll walk you through the "history of autoloading," from the older to the current PSR-0 standard autoloader approach found in many PHP frameworks such as Lithium, Symfony, Zend, etc. Then I will introduce you to the ClassLoader component from the Symfony2 project for PHP 5.3 which follows the PSR-0 standard.
He starts with a look at a basic "__autoload" function call that looks in a directory for libraries. Improving on that, he makes two methods for loading - one for controllers, the other for models - and a loader that splits on the "_" character and determines the path from there.
Even this isn't PSR-0, though, so he shows how using namespace information, you can load classes in a unified way. He shows how to implement this with a loader that's already well-developed and ready for use - the Symfony ClassLoader component. They show how to register namespaces, prefixes as well as use the APC functionality to manually store/fetch the APC version of the loaded file's opcodes.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Pre-Kara Moonkin Gear Guide Part 4
1. [Darkmoon Card: Crusade] - Quest Reward - Darkmoon Blessings Deck - One of the best damage trinkets in the game for raiding, but it is not as good for farming or other activities with a lot of brakes. Calling this a quest reward is a little misleading. You obtain this trinket by combining the 8 cards of the Blessings Deck and turning them in at the Darkmoon Fair. It is unrealistic to try and farm all of the card yourself, so you will probably end up buying most of the cards off the AH. I was able to buy all of my cards for around 700g but that is better than anyone else I have heard. You should expect to spend something closer 1000g or more. If you are interested in buying this trinket then I suggest you watch the AH early and often. Waiting for the Fair to open is not a good idea since that is when cards will be most expensive.
2. [Sorcerer's Alchemist Stone] - BoP Crafted - Alchemy - This is the second best trinket in the game in my opinion and is listed second here because it is only available to Alchemists. It has the highest amount of static spell damage of any trinket in the game, and is the best mana regen trinket in the game. It returns the equivalent of 40 Mp5 if you pot on cooldown. The only trinket I rate higher is [Hex Shrunken Head].
3. [Scryer's Bloodgem] - Rep Reward Revered - Scryer - A great trinket if you are looking for more spell hit. It is a lot better than most of the other trinkets available.
4. [Xi'ri's Gift] - Rep Reward Revered - Sha'tar - As I have stated before spell crit is not the best stat to stack for a moonkin, but compared to most of the alternatives this is a decent trinket. However, I wouldn't expect it to last long.
Honorable Mentions: [Starkiller's Bauble] & [Glowing Crystal Insignia]
Weapons: I want to give you a quick note on weapons. You have a choice between going for a Staff or a Main Hand and an Off hand. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Staffs tend to have better base stats like Stamina and Intelligence but lower damage stats relative to a main hand and off hand. The opposite is true for a main hand and an off hand, plus there are quite a few more options for these slots. I prefer a main hand and an off hand because of the higher over all damage stats, and there are a lot more options available for this choice. However, the choice really comes down to what available option is best. If you do choose a staff, I suggest that you still look for a good off hand to put in the bank. You never know when a great main hand will drop.
1. [Sun-infused Focus Staff] - Magisters' Terrace - Kael'thas Sunstrider - This is a new item that became available in patch 2.4. This is a great staff with a lot of damage stats, base stats, and includes three sockets. This is clearly the best pre-Kara staff in the game.
2. [Warpstaff of Arcanum] - Botanica -Warp Splinter - Another great staff. It has every stat I could ever want in a weapon and a good amount of each of them.
3. [Auchenai Staff] - Rep Reward Revered - Aldor - If you are aldor this is almost a no brainer since it is so easy to get. It has every damage stat I would want and even has a little more damage than the staff in the number 2 slot. However, the lack of stamina and the fact that it is an Aldor rep reward knocked it down a slot.
Honorable Mentions: [The Bringer of Death] & [Bloodfire Greatstaff]
Main Hand:
1. [Talon of the Tempest] - BoE Raid Drop - A very nice dagger that will now be available on the AH. However, be perpared to spend thousands of gold for it.
2. [Hammer of Righteous Might] - BoE Crafted - Blacksmithing - This will be very expensive and is really more of a pally mace. However, if you can get a hold of one without to much trouble it is best weapon available without raiding. It has a little less dps than the crafted dagger below but makes up for it with Stam and Mp5. A word of caution, It will be replaced by the prince dagger or ZA mace. Consider this before spending a lot of gold.
3. [Eternium Runed Blade] - BoE Crafted - Blacksmithing - This will also be very expensive, but a very nice dagger that you can get without raiding. Just as above, this is fairly easy to replace when raiding. Consider this before spending a ton of gold.
4. [Gavel of Unearthed Secrets] - Rep Reward Exalted - Lower City - Lower City rep is a pain to grind. None of my toons are exalted and I don't plan on working at it since I am no where close to it. However, If you can get to exalted this is a very nice mace and is cheap relative to the other options above.
Honorable Mentions: [Seeker's Gavel] & [Runesong Dagger]
Off Hands:
1. [Lamp of Peaceful Radiance] - Arcatraz - Harbinger Skyriss - A great all around off hand that has every stat you will want. It is by far the best choice available. Other items have more of individual stats but none of them are as well rounded.
2. [Star-Heart Lamp] - Black Morass - Temporus - A nice off had with a good amount of damage and hit on it. The base stats are fairly good also.
3. [Crystal Orb of Enlightenment] - Rep Reward Exalted - Ogri'la - The best thing about this off hand is that you can farm it solo. It will take a long time but it is possible. Stat wise it is very nice but don't expect to hold on to it long if you raid.
Well there it is. I plan on going back through it all and reorganizing it, but this is a good indication of the things you should look for. I will warn against trying to get the number one item on every list. Look to see what is best for you with the current gear you have.
Patch Update:
Well, the patch hit last Tuesday and it has been fast and furious ever since. I plan on doing a post about the final patch as a whole if I get around to it before the patch gets to old. There are also several little things that didn't make that the patch notes that I wouldn't mind talking about.
Guild Update:
The guild is doing pretty well. It has been very busy since the patch came out so I have a hard time remembering when everything happened. My raid time has also been a little limited lately so I am not a 100% on what has happened. Tuesday night we did Lurker and Leo with out much trouble. We had a little time left after that so we decided to go check out the new Mag. They really nerfed the heck out of it. On Wednesday, we did Tidewalker and then took down Fathomlord on the first real attempt with the new WA. Thursday, the guild worked on a much harder VR. I wasn't in the raid but apparently it is much harder due changes in the combat log and how the raid warning addons work. They didn't have a good pally to tank the Solarion adds so they decided to go take a look at Black Temple. They mainly played with the trash, but did get two attempts on the first boss. I didn't raid last night either so I don't know what was accomplished then but I do know that they were going to Solarion. Hopefully they got some attempts on Al'ar also.
With the FLK kill the new WA officially matched and passed all of the old WA's progression. This is not bad considering it has only been a couple of months. Over all I think we are still a little behind the old WA. A couple of our members still need quite a bit of gear upgrades, but I think the people are just as good if not better. Hopefully we will be working on Vashj soon.
Toon Update:
Graylo - I finally have something to say. First, Graylo finally got his Champions of the Naaru title when we killed Mag this week. Its not that big of a deal but it is important to me. Second, I got the T5 gloves of of Leo. His give me 3/5 T5. One more piece and I get an amazing 4 piece set bonus that will increase my dps by 8% to 10%. This also changes how I will spend my badges. I am up to 181 and need about 210 when the SSO badge vendor finally become available. Finally, I have been working on his SSO rep. I am trying to do all of the daily quests every day and running MgT as much as I can. However, I have been pretty busy and haven't been able to play that much so my progress is a little slow. I am currently about 2000 into Honored.
Graypal - Not a whole lot has happened here. I have done a few dailies with him to get rep but Graylo has been my focus.
Grayfel - Nothing since the last update. He is building a lot of rested XP and I will have to try and burn some of it soon.
4 comments:
- Ursine said...
Graypal, thank you for these lists. I have been scanning your blog since the first of the pre-kara gear lists came out and it has been invaluable in helping me plan out taking my moonkin from 60-70.
- April 14, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Hi, as I mentioned in part 3, I am 63 and need to choose from Aldor and scryer, in your blog you talked about staff from Aldor, and the trinket from Scryer also I heard that Aldor has the better shoulder enchant. can you help me choose?
- May 30, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Kyanr said...
I was just wondering why you did not include the new honor gear from s2 in your weapons list. The staff has very good stats for pvp and pve, with spell hit, crit and dmg, not to mention high stam/int values. Also because pvp gear does not really require anything besides a little time in BGs they are extremely easy to get.
- July 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
- Cdin said...
Sorry I missed your comment before.
Choosing between Aldor and Scryers depends on a lot of things.
Gear wise it doesn't really matter, You will probably use the scryers trinket longer then the Aldor staff or chest, but you will replace both.
Enchant wise Aldor is better, but the difference isn't huge. At the Exalted level Aldor has 18 Dam 10 crit, and Scryers has 12 Dam 15 crit. 6 damage is definately better then 5 crit. However putting it in the context with the rest of your gear its like saying 800 > 797. 800 is greater but not by alot.
The final consideration with regards to Aldor vs Scryers is professions. Does one faction have a pattern you want?
From a pure DPS standpoint Aldor is better in the long run, but picking scryers won't limit you greatly.
@ Kyanr
In the begining of part one I have a little section on PvP gear.
I excluded all PvP gear because for the most part it does not have the necessary stats for raiding, and it wastes item points on stats that are useless in raid like Resil and Spell Pen.
If I was to make an exception to this rule it would be for the staves, because they include spell hit for some strange reason. At the time that I wrote the guild S2 was not available for honor, but even the S1 staff is fairly nice.
I don't really want to include PvP items in my guide, but you are correct that they are easy to obtain and have very nice stats. I will think about adding a note saying so in the guide.
- July 15, 2008 at 4:29 PM


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I have had the pleasure of serving as the board chair for the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce and serving on the Economic Development Foundation this past year and would like to personally welcome the Wal-Mart Distribution Center to Alamance County. Wal-Mart�s decision to locate their distribution center is a huge boost to the local economy, and will be a catalyst to attract more companies to our growing and emerging county.
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Over the past 18 months in working on and observing the efforts that went into these expansion efforts, I have come to realize that �economic development� as stated many times by Mac Williams is a true team sport. It took many participants in Alamance County and across the State of NC to help make these expansion wins possible. In honor of the teams that helped make the listed announcements happen, I want to congratulate the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce, The Economic Development Foundation, the city officials from the city of Graham and Mebane, and the Alamance County Commissioners for a job well done. We truly have an impressive team in place that now have a strategy and game plan in place to attract additional companies to Alamance County and with it many new jobs and economic expansion.
Again, I want to welcome the Wal-Mart Distribution Center to Alamance County and look forward to them joining the great companies listed above as well as the many other employers in the area that help make Alamance County a robust economy and provide many needed new jobs.
Keith Strickland is a member of the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce.