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Well I was looking through the fourms and i didnt see one for Jeff Hardy.So I would like to know what matches in Jeff's 10 year career.So here are mine hope you like them. (this is my first thread so please dont hate if it is not great)
Jeff Hardy V.S. Undertaker
ladder match R.A.W 2002 WWE title-In my eyes this match was great it had ppv quailty on free t.v. but its a shame they wouldnt let jeff win cuz he was on drugs and shit. and had one of the greatest ending i ever seen the choke slam then the hand shake was great show of respect.If u havent seen it I suggest u watch it you can see it on youtube.
Jeff Hardy V.S. H.H.H V.S. Edge
Armageddon 2008-Well alot of people didnt like this match because they say"wwe should of waited tilwrestlemania"but i know why they did it is because his whole quest was to when the title so royal rumble 2008 he lost that was in january he won it in december it took him a year so I liked this match so it could put a cap on his record year and in this match u thought either hhh or edge would win so you really didnt know.
So there are mine waht are yours?
Most definitely Hardy vs Undertaker. There was some points in that match that just forshadowed greatness. Too bad he couldn't keep his nose clean. The main event push he is getting now, may have come a lot earlier. We might have seen a different face of WWE. lol too much coulda shoulda woulda though.
Hardy vs Hardy, for the Hardcore championship.
Tension galore, and a great Hardcore match. I hope they top it at mania.
Jeff hardy vs The undertaker ladder match This match for me is one of my favorite matches all time and it was also one of jeff and undertaker best. Since i was a fan of both wrestler at the time and still am i had a tear comeing out of my eye when they shook hands and undertaker rose jeff hardy hand it was great and memorable.
Jeff Hardy vs Aj Styles
This is my favorite match Jeff hardy beside his monster bull match in his tna career. Both put on a really good match besides the interference . They showcased both guys abilty really well and some say the ending sorta ruing it but i think it was just fine. to bad he could not stay in tna longer and was not drugged up at the time.
Best wrestler in the world.
I've got to the point where I actually like Jeff Hardy. Although I still think most of his stuff pre-2007 is trash. Bar the gimmick matches. But I'll pick two regular matches. I'll go for Umaga vs. Jeff Hardy at The Bash '07. Great match, obvioulsy it's all Umaga carrying that one. And the second would be the match with Jericho where he lost the IC title.
I've enjoyed quite a few Jeff Hardy matches throughout the years. From all the fun TLC matches, to the shit he does today, and to even lots of his TNA stuff as well. I always thought match wise, he was a great wrestler to watch. As far as favorite two though?
His ladder match against The Undertaker is probably my favorite singles ladder match of all time, and it's definitely my favorite Jeff Hardy match. I just thought it was superb. I wish Jeff was that intense every time he wrestled, then you would hear absolutely no bitching about his in-ring work from anyone.
And as far as my second favorite match from him, that's got to be his match against Raven from TNA Lockdown 2005. I always wanted to see these two in a competitive match, as all their WWE matches were basically squash matches, so when they started a feud in TNA, I was very excited because I knew their matches would deliver. But unfortunately, they only met one time in the company, but God damn was it awesome. I highly recommend the "Best of Jeff Hardy" TNA DVD just for this match alone. You'll get other fun matches, but this was by far my favorite one from the DVD and it's definitely belongs in my 'Top 2' as far as Jeff Hardy matches are concerned.
Jeff Hardy v. Jerry Lynn for the Light Heavyweight Title was a great match. It was about 8 minutes, and had almost no downtime. They were constantly moving, and used a ton of different moves. I'm a little partial, as both of these guys are among my favorite of all-time.
Jeff Hardy v. Umaga, when he won the IC Title because Umaga was suspended. It was a solid match, and showed a different style form Hardy. He used the usual moves, but added in a lot more technical wrestling to overcome the size disadvantage.
Jeff Taker ladder match for sure. that was a very good match. Definatly started his career. And just the pure fact that its a ladder match involving Jeff Hardy. Without ladders jeff wouldn't be who he is today.
and i liked his Armageddon match. great match with a great ending. Jeff Finally won the title. and this started the Matt feud at 'Mania
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Undertaker vs Jeff Hardy ladder match on RAW in 2002: This match to me never gets old. It looked like Jeff would win. Taker took some pretty good weapon shots himself. He even had a Last Ride reversed. In my opinion this match proved that Jeff Hardy could hang with the main event players & showed his potential to be a great main event player if given the chance.
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Title at Armageddon 2008: This match was fairly exciting itself but the main reason why it makes this list is cause of the story behind this match as not only did Jeff finally win the WWE Title but it also lead to him & Matt feuding with eachother as well.
Jeff Hardy Vs Shawn Micheals - Raw 2008 - Such a great match between the two, Jeff showed here that he isnt just a spot wrestler and that he could hand with the best. Shawn put Jeff over cleanly. I think this was the match of 2008.
The Hardyz Vs E+C - Tag Team Championship Cage Match - Unforgiven 2000 - A great match pitting the best tag teams of the attitude era. Any match between the two teams was good add the cage and it takes it up a notch. from Jeffs Whisper in the Wind from the top to the Double Con-Chair-To to Edge off the top of the cage it had it all.
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Armageddon 2007 HHH vs Hardy this match was a surprise to me because HHH put Hardy over for a number one conter spot at Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble 2008 Hardy vs Randy Orton this match was simply amazing. great story and Randy really put Jeff over as a serious threat to his tittle. RKO out of no where was sweet.
Triangle Ladder Match WM 2000 E and C vs Dudley Boys vs Hardys tag tittles.
this match is where the wwe found how great these 3 teams talent were
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Over the course of a year, I review around 100 digital cameras, maybe one or two more or less, but quite a lot by any standard. Naturally some are better than others. Some are hopeless rubbish and some are really good, but it's only a couple of times a year that a camera comes along that really stands out from the crowd. The Panasonic Lumix LX3 is one of those cameras.
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Even with such an impressive specification the LX3 may seem expensive at around £300, however it's worth pointing out that the essentially identical Leica D-LUX 4 costs nearly twice as much, at around £570. The LX3 doesn't have a lot of competition at this end of the market. It will find itself on the same page of the catalogue as the Canon PowerShot G10 (£370), the Nikon CoolPix P6000 (£340) and the Ricoh GR Digital II (£399), and against those that £300 doesn't seem so expensive anymore. Of course you can get an entry level DSLR for less, but then the LX3 isn't competing with a DSLR.
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wow!! This is even better!!! I can see what you mean by the price.. it's pretty expensive.. argh.. but Full HD @ 24fps. nice..
You say it's limited to only 15 minutes? hmm.. does it take long to save the video file once it's used up the 15 minutes?
How is the video quality?
PK Son said "You say {video} limited to only 15 minutes"
This is because the EEC classifies a device that takes more than 15 mins at a time as a video camera. Cameras sold in other regions probably do not have this restriction.
My FZ28 will shoot to a *file limit* of 2 GB. Manual says 8 mins HD, practice says up
to 16 mins. Subjectively, ending the take takes less time than saving RAW+jpeg.
"The Leica lens produces almost no barrel distortion despite its 24mm wide angle end. "
This is not true. The lens produces a lot of distortion, but it is corrected in the camera.
The LX3 is a fine example of the the melding of pure optics, electronics, and algorithms.
No barrel distortion?!?! Are you mad! It was terrible!
I think the whole review was a bit overblown to be honest - I'm starting to doubt TR's impartiality, given that the high-ISO performance was good, but not amazing, and the barrel distortion comments were plainly deluded!
Also, I think that 9 out of 10 for value is completely barking... the Canon PowerShot A2000 IS costs around 𧶀, for comparable specs and image quality.
I'm disillusioned with TR.
"almost no barrel distortion" not "no barrel distortion".
As for value, as noted in the review (page 1, last paragraph in case you haven't read it), 𧷤 for a professional grade compact of this quality is very good. As for the A2000, it's not a pro grade compact, doesn't have the same level of manual controls and nothing like the build quality. There's no doubting it's a very good camera, but the comparison isn't valid imo.
This camera review may or maynot be accurate. However I think anyone expecting any review site that doesnt actually go out and buy the goods they test to be completely impartial are deluding themselves. They all have to play the manufacturers' game to get free advanced review samples and keep advertisers happy. I wonder why manufacturers spend huge amounts on lavish launch junkets in exotic places?
Trustedreviews are certainly no worse than anyone else (and are much better than many) but I take everything I read on all review sites with a dose of healthy scepticism.
Thanks. That was very helpful. I will look into it in Korea. If it's not a camera limitation but a localized restriction, then I'm hoping this will not be the case for the LX3 here.
it IS pretty expensive compared to the FX500, but I'm looking for a compact that can shoot HD. sounds nice.. but price.. but then again, the test shots looked great..
I'm not seeing 10/10 for image quality. It is good on the macro shots, but Exeter cathedral looks bland and smudgy, even if it was overcast. Not too impressed.
Nick Grant said "Canon PowerShot A2000 for comparable specs" -- there is no comparison. The A2000 is aimed squarely at the casual shooter market.
Pixel density /sq cm: LX3 24 M; A2000 35 M
Zoom: LX3 24 mm to 60 mm; A2000 36 mm to 216 mm
Max aperture: LX3 f2--2.8; A2000 f3.2--5.9
Closest rivals to LX3 are Canon G10 and Ricoh GX200.
A2000 f5.9 is pretty alarming. With a compact camera with a lens this small,
diffraction (light scattering) will be start to be a problem at this aperture, and you have no leeway, all you can do is make it worse by stopping down more.
PK Son
If you value portability the most, go for the FX500.
If you want wider range of usability (within the limits of the zoom) get the LX3.
You get an F2 lens and usable ISO800.
You will also find that the LX will give more pleasing results more often:
fewer clipped highlights, more shadow detail, less garish colours (which can be adjusted), and a wickedly good monochrome pictures.
I like the HD video on my FZ28, but Panasonic sound is fairly rudimentary.
I think it is more set up for recording photo memos and commentary by the shooter.
Canons are said to have better sound.
If you want an excellent-value pocketable shooter
with 10x zoom, the price of the TZ5 is remarkably low.
(I think that the lens diameter of the FX range is too small.)
What he said. ;)
Well, nothing like a 10/10 stirring up a bit of controversy. Perhaps we should only have review scores that go up to 9?
Or up to 11, perhaps?
That would get my vote. ;)
I've been looking for a replacement for my dead FUJIFILM F31 ...
This looks like a suitable candiate!
No viewfinder.
Guys, what about FX-150? It has larger sensor than fx500, almost like LX3; much cheaper then LХ3. And what is the most important for me, it's about 30% lighter and smaller then LX3
LX3 sensor 1/1.63
1/1.63 and 1/1/73 - very small difference, especially compared to 1/72 and 1/2.33
Any chance of making a small video from the camera available? I'd really like to see how good the video quality is at the max settings
Scott, you can find plenty of vids here: hxxp://www.vimeo.com/videos/se...
smx, the size of the sensor is not as relevant as how densely it is populated with pixels.
Pixel density /sq cm: LX3 24 M; FX150 & FX500 35 M; Nikon D90 3.3 M & D700 1.7 M
Generally speaking, less dense means wider dynamic range and less noise.
Compact cameras, with their overpopulated sensors, cannot give you both shadow detail and highlights that are not blown (whited out). And when they do give you shadow detail there are likely to be dots of odd colours (chroma noise) or grey (luminance noise) in there. These occur because the signals from the photosites are not strong enough for background electrical noise not to be a problem. Camera makers fudge the problem by smudging the noise (noise reduction). Unless you want to print at A3 size and above (can you afford to?) more pixels is not good.
If portability is important, the FX range is the way to go. But photographically, with a little more bulk, you get a better, larger diameter lens on the TZ5.
The LX3 is getting close to a photographic tool. If you are interested in Photography with a capital P rather than snapping pictures, the LX3 is a no brainer. You would be willing to sacrifice the extra size for the results it can provide. People who buy the LX3 tend to love it because it pleases them. It makes them want to take more pictures.
Nokabolikov : Thanks for the link! The FZ28 seems pretty nice, but I needed a portable HD camera.. (or else my D70 and D300 will start pouting) I checked out the videos, and it seems like the LX3 has significantly better video quality than the FX500. (although pretty good, under extreme low lights, the LX seems like it performs so much better.) And I'm sure I will like the picture quality of the LX3.
Thanks for the replies!
I have gone out and bought this camera based partly on my own CRUDE comparison test of this camera against the Canon g10. You can see the results here...
...with an explanation in the comments under the first image.
After shhoting nearly 200 shots over 2weeks, the only thing I have noticed is a tendency to marginally overexpose. Any one else out there, noticed this at all?
Despite this possible flaw, I still feel the LX3 is blatantly superior to the g10. Hope this helps any one out there who are still torn between the two as I initially was.
I cannot decide between the Canon G10 and Panasonic DMC LX3
Anyone share helpful information ?
As I now own the Lumix LX3 and have owned the Powershot G9 (a bit different from the tested G10), I think you better first ask yourself: what is the aim I have with the device? Both cameras have good qualities, depending on what you are going to do and how you will influence the results. For my aims the winner is the Lumix LX3, as it makes wonderful pictures under difficult light conditions. The Powershot G10 will produce other results under the equal conditions plus you have to do a lot of manual work to get these results. In all I think the G10 will satisfy those who like manual interaction and the Lumix X3 those who trust the "intelligence" of the camera.
Canon G10 or Lumix X3? How can such a top quality camera as the Lumix leave out a viewfinder? I'm off to buy the G10.....
I have a G9 but I got a Leica D-Lux 4 Safari edition last night, for color I prefer the Leica, I don't like the color of Canon cameras, no matter compat or SLR.
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Chief executive Alan Brown called the deal, made up of £140 million of equity and £70 million of debt, a significant step forward for the company. He added: "Having invested heavily in growing our land bank since 2010, we are now very well positioned to grow the business significantly over the next five years."
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Existing senior management will hold a 7% stake following the deal, with L&G and Patron each taking 46.5%.
The acquisition is part of L&G's strategy to target socially useful projects, such as housing, education, transport and energy sectors, that deliver high rates of return and fit its financial and strategic criteria.
CALA, which stands for City of Aberdeen Land Association, has a land bank of 9,900 owned and contracted plots with a potential gross development value of £3.1 billion.
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Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week (and a couple from next week too).
Thursday, November 7: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
If you're into experimental indie music, you should definitely head over to Babylon Nightclub this Thursday to check out Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. The Toronto/Montreal experimental/noh-wave/performance art opera group will be giving a live performance alongside The Yips and Blue Angel, both of Ottawa.
— Eliane Laberge
Friday, November 8-Sunday, November 10: IMOOfest 2013
For three days this weekend, you can hear music of the moment, in many different styles. IMOOfest is a festival of improvised music, meaning that it's new every time, and often put together in different ways. For an example, see the OttawaJazzScene.ca interview with the Accordion Conspiracy.
— Brett Delmage
Saturday, November 9: Miracle League of Ottawa fundraising launch
The Miracle League of Ottawa is having their launch and launch of their major fundraising campaign to build an accessible baseball diamond on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 10am at the Place d'Orleans Shopping Centre (BMO Fountain Stage). This accessible baseball diamond, along with a playground, would be the first of its kind in Canada designed specifically for children with disabilities.
— Danielle McGee
Sunday, November 10: Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show
Canada's largest vintage clothing show is happening at the Ottawa Convention Centre. This annual fashion sale brings together rare-one-of-a-kind pieces, jewelry, scarves, hats, purses, and cocktail dresses under one roof. There's sure to be something for everyone at any price range.
— Eliane Laberge
Sunday, November 10: Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show
A great way to shop for unique items with a ton of vintage vendors in one spot!
— Laura Gauthier
Sunday, November 10: Caravan of Tease 2013 Tour
If you're up for some classic burlesque this weekend, head over to the Mercury Lounge on Sunday for the last stop of the Caravan of Tease Tour featuring live performances by Esther De Ville, Fionna Flauntit, Koston Kreme and more.
— Eliane Laberge
Monday, November 11: Remembrance Day in Ottawa
Ottawa hosts Canada's National Ceremony of Remembrance at the National War Memorial at the corner of Elgin and Wellington at 11am. There are also many local ceremonies across our region. In Stittville, vintage war planes including a Spitfire and a Hurricane will do a fly-by as part of Remembrance Day Activities.
— Glen Gower
Monday, November 11: Not Quite the Classics: One on One With Colin Mochrie
Once upon a time not long ago, the wonderfully funny Colin Mochrie applied his improv skills to well-known stories and came up with Not Quite the Classics. He'll be talking about the book at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, 7 p.m. Don't miss your chance to meet the Canadian comedian who's described as "devastatingly handsome, perilously smart, and smells like warm maple syrup."
— Denise Deby
Tuesday, November 12: Ottawa Public Library Teen Authors Festival
At Nepean Centrepointe Branch, 101 Centrepointe – Lemony Snicket, 6:30pm. For all you fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Programs are free and open to teens across the city.
— Amanda Earl
Thursday, November 14: Ottawa Premiere of The Human Scale
What if cities were designed for people? What if urban spaces encouraged human interaction rather than alienation, environmental and health problems? These questions are examined in The Human Scale, a film that draws on the work of Danish architect Jan Gehl. Hosted by Urban Forum and the Royal Danish Embassy. Mayfair Theatre, 7 p.m.
— Denise Deby
Thursday, November 14: Spotlight On… Andrew King
Crush Improv welcomes Ottawa artist Andrew King as the special guest for Spotlight On. It's an award-winning format of unscripted, supervised theatre. Andrew will be telling stories from his past and the Crush Improv cast will improvised scenes based on his life. At Centrepointe Studio Theatre, 8pm. I'll be playing piano.
— Glen Gower
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Any ideas what has happen and if I can fix it?
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The drive could be failing. Don't write anything else to this drive. You state that you have movies and possibly other data on it. I would see if you can copy over to a new/replacement drive as much as possible before you lose them.
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I came across an interesting article at EE Times, written by Jeff Bier of Berkeley Design Technology. His article talks about the significant advantages to be had in heterogeneous computing compared to homogeneous. The advantages he outlines are in the areas of specialized compute needs and the subsequent power savings as well as increased throughput. But I think he falls short of what I see as the biggest advantage, namely that of being able to design microprocessor modules that adhere to strict communications protocols, allowing a given investment in a particular design or technology to be immediately migrated across platform boundaries. This means modules designed for future x86 cores supporting heterogeneous extensions could also be migrated to ARM cores, SPARC cores, Itanium cores, etc., provided they all adhered to a specific protocol or standard for off-module communication.
If such a hardware protocol stack could be created, something which allowed the equivalent of an "802.11" communication format for core/core data exchanges, then it wouldn't matter where the thing was added. It would be a way to take really great encode/decode engines and make them work in any piece of equipment.
I think the future exists around heterogeneous computing, or more to the point, specialized compute abilities added to a baseline ability that is something like the x86 core. Multiple homogeneous and heterogeneous cores will be present on the solutions that survive the next decade. Any designs seeking only to achieve homogeneous multi-core extensions will not be successful because of the power required to support general purpose compute abilities to carry out workloads that are handled more efficiently by specialized units. Power consumption is a premium concern today, and it's only going to become more so. And barring some kind of fundamental change in the process technology we use to create computing devices today, those based on silicon, the future is one of energy concerns.
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Part 63 out of 63
'But ah, who ever shunned by precedent
The destined ill she must herself assay?
Or forced examples, 'gainst her own content,
To put the by-past perils in her way?
Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay;
For when we rage, advice is often seen
By blunting us to make our wills more keen.
'Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood
That we must curb it upon others' proof,
To be forbod the sweets that seems so good
For fear of harms that preach in our behoof.
O appetite, from judgement stand aloof!
The one a palate hath that needs will taste,
Though Reason weep, and cry it is thy last.
'For further I could say this man's untrue,
And knew the patterns of his foul beguiling;
Heard where his plants in others' orchards grew;
Saw how deceits were gilded in his smiling;
Knew vows were ever brokers to defiling;
Thought characters and words merely but art,
And bastards of his foul adulterate heart.
'And long upon these terms I held my city,
Till thus he 'gan besiege me: "Gentle maid,
Have of my suffering youth some feeling pity,
And be not of my holy vows afraid.
That's to ye sworn to none was ever said;
For feasts of love I have been called unto,
Till now did ne'er invite nor never woo.
'"All my offences that abroad you see
Are errors of the blood, none of the mind;
Love made them not; with acture they may be,
Where neither party is nor true nor kind.
They sought their shame that so their shame did find;
And so much less of shame in me remains
By how much of me their reproach contains.
'"Among the many that mine eyes have seen,
Not one whose flame my heart so much as warmed,
Or my affection put to th' smallest teen,
Or any of my leisures ever charmed.
Harm have I done to them, but ne'er was harmed;
Kept hearts in liveries, but mine own was free,
And reigned commanding in his monarchy.
'"Look here what tributes wounded fancies sent me,
Of paled pearls and rubies red as blood;
Figuring that they their passions likewise lent me
Of grief and blushes, aptly understood
In bloodless white and the encrimsoned mood-
Effects of terror and dear modesty,
Encamped in hearts, but fighting outwardly.
'"And, lo, behold these talents of their hair,
With twisted metal amorously empleached,
I have receiv'd from many a several fair,
Their kind acceptance weepingly beseeched,
With the annexions of fair gems enriched,
And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify
Each stone's dear nature, worth, and quality.
'"The diamond? why, 'twas beautiful and hard,
Whereto his invised properties did tend;
The deep-green em'rald, in whose fresh regard
Weak sights their sickly radiance do amend;
The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend
With objects manifold; each several stone,
With wit well blazoned, smiled, or made some moan.
'"Lo, all these trophies of affections hot,
Of pensived and subdued desires the tender,
Nature hath charged me that I hoard them not,
But yield them up where I myself must render-
That is, to you, my origin and ender;
For these, of force, must your oblations be,
Since I their altar, you enpatron me.
'"O then advance of yours that phraseless hand
Whose white weighs down the airy scale of praise;
Take all these similes to your own command,
Hallowed with sighs that burning lungs did raise;
What me your minister for you obeys
Works under you; and to your audit comes
Their distract parcels in combined sums.
'"Lo, this device was sent me from a nun,
Or sister sanctified, of holiest note,
Which late her noble suit in court did shun,
Whose rarest havings made the blossoms dote;
For she was sought by spirits of richest coat,
But kept cold distance, and did thence remove
To spend her living in eternal love.
'"But, O my sweet, what labour is't to leave
The thing we have not, mast'ring what not strives,
Playing the place which did no form receive,
Playing patient sports in unconstrained gyves!
She that her fame so to herself contrives,
The scars of battle scapeth by the flight,
And makes her absence valiant, not her might.
'"O pardon me in that my boast is true!
The accident which brought me to her eye
Upon the moment did her force subdue,
And now she would the caged cloister fly.
Religious love put out religion's eye.
Not to be tempted, would she be immured,
And now to tempt all liberty procured.
'"How mighty then you are, O hear me tell!
The broken bosoms that to me belong
Have emptied all their fountains in my well,
And mine I pour your ocean all among.
I strong o'er them, and you o'er me being strong,
Must for your victory us all congest,
As compound love to physic your cold breast.
'"My parts had pow'r to charm a sacred nun,
Who, disciplined, ay, dieted in grace,
Believed her eyes when they t'assail begun,
All vows and consecrations giving place,
O most potential love, vow, bond, nor space,
In thee hath neither sting, knot, nor confine,
For thou art all, and all things else are thine.
'"When thou impressest, what are precepts worth
Of stale example? When thou wilt inflame,
How coldly those impediments stand forth,
Of wealth, of filial fear, law, kindred, fame!
Love's arms are peace, 'gainst rule, 'gainst sense, 'gainst shame.
And sweetens, in the suff'ring pangs it bears,
The aloes of all forces, shocks and fears.
'"Now all these hearts that do on mine depend,
Feeling it break, with bleeding groans they pine,
And supplicant their sighs to your extend,
To leave the batt'ry that you make 'gainst mine,
Lending soft audience to my sweet design,
And credent soul to that strong-bonded oath,
That shall prefer and undertake my troth."
'This said, his wat'ry eyes he did dismount,
Whose sights till then were levelled on my face;
Each cheek a river running from a fount
With brinish current downward flowed apace.
O, how the channel to the stream gave grace!
Who glazed with crystal gate the glowing roses
That flame through water which their hue encloses.
'O father, what a hell of witchcraft lies
In the small orb of one particular tear!
But with the inundation of the eyes
What rocky heart to water will not wear?
What breast so cold that is not warmed here?
O cleft effect! cold modesty, hot wrath,
Both fire from hence and chill extincture hath.
'For lo, his passion, but an art of craft,
Even there resolved my reason into tears;
There my white stole of chastity I daffed,
Shook off my sober guards and civil fears;
Appear to him as he to me appears,
All melting; though our drops this diff'rence bore:
His poisoned me, and mine did him restore.
'In him a plenitude of subtle matter,
Applied to cautels, all strange forms receives,
Of burning blushes or of weeping water,
Or swooning paleness; and he takes and leaves,
In either's aptness, as it best deceives,
To blush at speeches rank, to weep at woes,
Or to turn white and swoon at tragic shows;
'That not a heart which in his level came
Could scape the hail of his all-hurting aim,
Showing fair nature is both kind and tame;
And, veiled in them, did win whom he would maim.
Against the thing he sought he would exclaim;
When he most burned in heart-wished luxury,
He preached pure maid and praised cold chastity.
'Thus merely with the garment of a Grace
The naked and concealed fiend he covered,
That th' unexperient gave the tempter place,
Which, like a cherubin, above them hovered.
Who, young and simple, would not be so lovered?
Ay me, I fell, and yet do question make
What I should do again for such a sake.
'O, that infected moisture of his eye,
O, that false fire which in his cheek so glowed,
O, that forced thunder from his heart did fly,
O, that sad breath his spongy lungs bestowed,
O, all that borrowed motion, seeming owed,
Would yet again betray the fore-betrayed,
And new pervert a reconciled maid.'


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For lovers, yesterday was divine. Today is almost unbearable happiness. Tomorrow a promise.
True, wonderful, heart-stopping love. The kind of rapture that stands between us and life itself. Lovers don't count time; for love has no end.
'I love you', says a whisper in the breeze. 'I will love you for a thousand years.'
Love springs where it's least expected, a wild flower met by a dusty track. Or a warm shadow on a path on a moonlit night.
Love begins with a single glance. Being in love means remembering little things for one another. When two become one.
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China witnessed its initial production of those household air-conditioners in the year 1978 when no more than 223 air-conditioners of this type were manufactured. However, restricted by the capacity of production and development as well as the industrial policies of China, the total production in 1980 remained less than 20 thousand. In 1990's, especially during the recent years, the industry of household air conditioners has undergone such a dramatic expansion that the total production soared to 0.22 million in 1990, to 18.2667 million in 2000 and to 23.1288 million in 2001, during which the annual increase has remained above 20%. Currently, the production capacity of China's household air-conditioner industry has reached 26 million to 33 million (double-shift level). The products have also grown in their type from the pure window-type air-conditioners to split air conditioners, floor-standing air conditioners, central household air conditioners and others. Today, the production of air conditioners in China has approximated one third of the global total and China has ensured a worthy title as the air-conditioner manufacturing giant. In the past four years, both the gross industrial output and the sales income of China's air-conditioner industry have experienced an uninterrupted development and growth. The most prominent rise has happened to the two consecutive years---2000 and 2001, in which the gross industrial output and sales income in 2000 expanded by 29.3 and 28.7% respectively compared to 1999, and the gross industrial output and sales income in 2001 jumped by 53.7% and 60.5% separately compared to 2000. The tremendous increase enjoyed by the air-conditioner industry in 2001 can be attributable mainly to an expansion in the manufacturing volume of this industry as a whole. Within no more than one year, all the state-owned enterprises of this industry as well as the enterprises of other categories with an annual sales income of more than RMB2 million have rocketed up from 195 in 2000 to 248 in 2001, 27.2% up. Of these air-conditioners manufacturers, the large and medium-sized enterprises have risen in number from 56 in 2000 to 75 in 2001, 34% up. In the meantime, those foreign-funded enterprises have expanded in number from 78 to 94, 20.5% up. Given the geographical distribution of all these 248 enterprises, most of the air-conditioner producers are found in Guangdong Province and East China, and the new enterprises are chiefly concentrated on Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. In the year 2001, since OEM suppliers of the joint ventures claimed an increase in their volume of production and sales, their concentration of production dropped to some degree. Of all the air-conditioner manufacturers, those top five enterprises shrank in percentage from 52.5% in 2000 to 49% in 2001. Meanwhile, the air-conditioners of three major brands—Haier, Midea and Gree fell in their production from 39% to 37%. Over half of the total export of air conditioners was secured by the production bases that have been established in China by those multinationals. In recent years, there has been a continuous drop in the amount of financial loss confronted by those deficit enterprises of the air-conditioner industry. Their total loss ever climbed up to a pinnacle of RMB 1.208billion in 1998, but plummeted to RMB 0.352 billion in 1999 and dropped again to RMB 0.295billion in 2001. 1999 is viewed as a period of enormous magnitude by the air-conditioner industry of China since it is in this year that the industry as a whole turned loss into gain. The total profits of this industry in 2000 and 2001 claimed a rise of 25.8% and 51.4% over the previous year separately. China's air-conditioner industry encountered a cool summer in 2001 and as a result, lots of the enterprises failed to meet their sales target and had to confront the huge overstocking. The sales volume of air conditioners in Chinese market totaled 14.8 million in 2001, a rise of 41% compared to the previous year; however, the overstocked products amounted to 7.2 million. In the first half of 2002, the factory and floating stocks of the air-conditioner industry of China have amounted to more than 10 million, a tremendous stock never seen in this industry before. In other words, the air-conditioner industry is faced with a harsh situation of supply over demand. The data released by State Statistics Bureau show that an evident rise can be spotted in the possession volume of the air conditioners for every 100 urban households. In 2001, the possession volume of air conditioners for every 100 urban families was 35.7 units. A large gap happens to different regions on the possession volume, in which Guangdong tops the list, second come Shanghai, Beijing and Chongqing. Given the regional markets, the air conditioners are mainly sold in the regions such as East China, Middle South and North China. At present, East China enjoys the largest numbers of air conditioners with an average ownership as much as 52.5% while the smallest number of air conditioners are secured by Northeast China with an average ownership of 3.7%. Since the market of Northeast and Northwest China is featured by a quite cool climate and the low incomes of local residents, it will never play a major role in the sales of air conditioners. Coupled by the ceaseless expansion of our domestic market, the export of Chinese air conditioners has never desisted from a continual increase at a large rate annually. The export volume of air conditioners totaled 2.017 million in 1999, 3.87 million in 2000 and 6.502 million in 2001,whose export volume saw a rise of 68% and even 2.2 times over 2000 and 1999 separately. The export value rose up to $ 0.4848 billion in 1999, $0.7971 billion in 2000 and $1.129 billion in 2001 whose export value experienced a jump of 41.6% and even 1.33 times over 2000 and 1999 respectively. The export value of air conditioners has been witnessing an ever-increasing share of the total export value of those household appliances. In the first half of 2002, the export volume of air conditioners of China has amounted to 5.5 million, an increase of 38% compared to the corresponding period of last year. Nevertheless, in this export rush, the export volume of those domestic air-conditioner manufacturers has expanded by 10% during this period when compared to the same period of last year. Yet, such a steep rise is mainly contributed by those foreign-invested enterprises in that their export volume during this period has claimed a percentage as much as 58% in the total. There has come a corresponding rise in the demand for import while the domestic market has an inflated demand for the air conditioners. The demand for import reached its summit in 1999 and experienced a gradual decline since then. The import value of the air conditioners rose by 75% in 1999 when compared to 1998,but dropped by 5.5% in 2000 when compared to 1999. The import value totaled $0.1278 billion in 2001, no tangible change in contrast to the previous year. It's estimated that the recent years to come won't see any huge variation in the air-conditioner import of China. Since 2001, the air-conditioner war of an ever-expanding volume has extended to the industry of air-conditioning compressors. The air-conditioning compressors boasted of a output volume of 20.76 million units in 2001, 58% up over the previous year, and a sales volume of 18.84 million and a year-end stock of 2.2 million units, 3.7 times in comparison with the year before. In recent years, the balance of supply and demand has been disturbed; consequently, the price of compressor market has failed to cease its uninterrupted descent from RMB 1600 for each unit in 1995 to some RMB 1000 now. The output volume of air-conditioning compressors is expected to reach 27 million to 28 million units in the year 2002; that is, oversupply has been destined to happen. It's anticipated that after China's air-conditioner market gets into a phase of stability, the domestic capacity will come close to 20 million units, in which the international market is to account for 6 million to 8 million units. The production of China's air-conditioner industry on a whole stood above 23 million units in 2001 and is expected to approximate 24.5 million units in 2002, nearing 26 million units in no time. In the several years to come, as those urban inhabitants have enjoyed the increased incomes and an improved living condition, and much energy has been poured into development of the international market as well as the new household air-conditioners, China's air-conditioner industry will move forward at an annual rate of 10% or so in the few years to come. In addition, because the whole industry will get into a phase of steady development by degree, its profits will shrink accordingly and a period of meager profit is likely to come into existence in the next three to five years. This report, based on a combined method of qualitative and quantitative analyses, performs an objective study of those factors involved in China's air-conditioner industry such as its status quo, market volume, chief brands, market share, market segmentation as well as industrial policies, and also presents a scientific estimation of the future market demand and developmental trend. This report will help the people both inside and outside this industry to have a deeper interpretation of China's air-conditioner industry and market and to pay more attention to the development of this market; meanwhile, this report may serve as a reference material for those who intend to participate in the business of China's air-conditioner market. Research Methodology This report is developed by Department of Industrial Research of All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd. All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd. depends on the abundant Source in the national statistic system, takes advantage of five subsidiaries, one joint-funded subsidiary and forty agencies across the country to conduct an effective assembly and arrangement of the materials, and also maintains a long-term cooperation with all the domestic and foreign industrial associations as well as some reputable corporations. Therefore, the data in this report are able to function as an objective record of the basic condition in this industry. When this report is written, the author consults the relevant documents like Room Air Conditioners, Specification for Installing Room Air Conditioners, China Statistics Yearbook, China Light Industry Yearbook, and etc. Besides, this report has gained the support and cooperation from such research institutions as Sinobnet, Horizon-China, Development and Research Center of State Council, Monitoring Center of Economic Prosperity of China and the same. Resources of the Database Information of All China Marketing Research Company Ltd (ACMR) ACMR has an exclusive commercial database developed under the authorization of State Statistics Bureau, offering a great amount of second-hand statistics and samples for industry and market research. The database include: ? Name List Database of Enterprises in China (renewed annually): in collection of basic information of over 4.5 million enterprises ? China's Industry Database (renewed monthly / annually): covering over 560 industries ? Custom Import & Export Statistics Database (renewed monthly): covering the import & export statistics of over 9,000 kinds of products ? Macro Economy Database (renewed monthly / annually): covering database of consecutively ten years, offering over ten thousand pieces of statistical data each month The statistics are based on state-owned and other non state-owned enterprises that have an annual sales income of over RMB 5 million.
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1. Status of Industry....... 1 1.1. Overall Status of Industry..... 1 1.1.1. Summary of Industrial Development 1 1.1.2. Production and Sales 2 1.1.3. Geographic Distribution of Output 3 1.1.4. Concentration Level of the Industry 7 1.1.5. Investment 8 1.1.6. Economic Performance Analysis 9 1.1.7. Product Mix 11 1.1.8. Status of Product Quality 12 1.1.9. Major Problems Confronted by China's Air-conditioner industry 13 1.2. Status of Enterprises 15 1.2.1. Total Number and Geographic Distribution 15 1.2.2. Ownership Division of Enterprises 16 1.2.3. Distribution of Output by Ownership of Enterprises 17 1.2.4. Grouping Analysis of Enterprises Divided by Ownership 18 1.2.5. Grouping Analysis of the Enterprises Divided by Sales Revenue 21 1.2.6. Status of Major Enterprises 24 2. Status of Market...... 38 2.1. Market Size... 38 2.2. Comparison between Production and Sales 40 2.3. Possession of Air Conditioners 40 2.4. Market Segmentation 41 2.4.1. Product Categorization 41 2.4.2. Market Segmentation by Product Models 42 2.4.3. Differences between Regional Markets 43 2.5. Market Share of Major Brands 46 2.6. Concentration of Brands 46 2.7. Competition 47 2.7.1. Brand Competition 47 2.7.2. Price Competition 58 2.8. Seasonal Features of Retailing.. 61 2.9. Distribution Channel... 62 2.9.1. Major Distribution Channels 62 2.9.2. Shares of Distribution Channels in Air Conditioner Market 64 2.9.3. Major Wholesalers 65 2.10. Marketing Strategies of major brands 66 2.10.1. Distribution Channels 66 2.10.2. Advertisement 82 2.10.3. Service 91 2.10.4. Corporation Identity 93 2.11. Views of Consumers toward Air-Conditioner Market 93 2.11.1. Comment of Consumers on Current Price of Air-Conditioner Market 94 2.11.2. Acceptance of Consumers toward Air-Conditioner Pricing Principle 95 2.11.3. Views of Consumers toward Competitiveness of Air Conditioner Enterprises 96 2.12. Chronology of China's air-conditioner Industry and Market from 2001 to 2002 ... 98 3. Import and Export 100 3.1. Status of Export 100 3.1.1. Statistics of China's Air-Conditioner Export in 2001 100 3.1.2. Main Destinations of Exported Products 102 3.1.3. Proportion of Exported Air Conditioners of Various Types 103 3.1.4. Status of International Air-Conditioner Market 104 3.1.5. Prospect of Air-Conditioner Export of China 105 3.2. Status of Import 107 3.2.1. Statistics of China's Air-Conditioner Import in 2001 107 3.2.2. Main Country and Regions of Origin of Imported Air Conditioners of China 108 3.2.3. Proportion of Imported Air Conditioners of Various Types 108 4. Status of Parts & Conponets Supply of China's Air-Conditioner Industry.... ......... 110 4.1. Status of Parts & Conponets Supply 110 4.2. Status of Air-Conditioner Compressor Industry and Market 110 4.2.1. Status Quo of Compressor Market of Air Conditioners 110 4.2.2. Major Suppliers of Air-Conditioner Compressors 113 4.2.3. Status of Major Air-Conditioner Compressor Manufacturers 116 5. Prospect of Future Development and Impact of China's Accession to WTO.............. ......... 118 5.1. Prospect of Market Development 118 5.1.1. Market Development Potential 118 5.1.2. Estimation of Future Market 119 5.1.3. Forecast of Future Development Tendency 120 5.2. "Five-Year Plan" of Air Conditioner Industry. 121 5.3. Impact of China's WTO Entry on China's Air-conditioner Industry 121 5.3.1. Opportunities 122 5.3.2. Challenges 122 5.3.3. Investment or Market Opportunities 124 6. Industrial Policies.... 126 7. Company Profiles of Major Players in China's Air-Conditioner Industry 127 7.1. Guangdong Midea Group Co., Ltd. 127 7.1.1. Basic Information of Company 127 7.1.2. General Introduction of Company 127 7.1.3. Concept and Target of Operation 128 7.1.4. Nationwide Network 128 7.1.5. Product Mix 132 7.1.6. Sales Performance 132 7.1.7. Status of Competition 133 7.1.8. Latest Dynamics 135 7.2. Haier Group Corporation 137 7.3. Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. 143 7.4. Guangdong Kelon Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. 150 7.5. LG Electronics (Tianjin) Appliances Co., Ltd. 155 7.6. Shanghai Hitachi Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. 159 7.7. Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioner Co., Ltd. 164 7.8. Shanghai Sharp Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. 169 7.9. Ningbo Sanxing Group Co., Ltd. 172 7.10. Fujitsu General (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 178 7.11. National Wanbao (Guangzhou) Compressor Co., Ltd. 182 7.12. Mitsubishi Electric · Shangling Air Conditioner Electric Co., Ltd.. 185 7.13. Sichuan Changhong Electric Group Co., Ltd. 194 Appendix 1 Retail Volmue and Value, Market Share and Price of Major air-conditioner Brands from 2001 to 2002..... 199 1. June, 2001. 199 2. July, 2001. 200 3. August, 2001. 203 4. Setptember, 2001 206 5. March, 2002. 209 6. April, 2002. 223 7. May, 2002. 238 Appendix 2 Chinese Home Appliances Enterprises with Sales Revenue over RMB 1 billion in 2000..... 253 Appendix 3 "GB17790-1999 Installation Standard for Room Air Conditioner"............. 254 Appendix 4 Inspection-relived Air Conditioner Products and Their Manufacturers in 2000............. 256 Tables Page Table 1 Top 10 enterprises with the largest sales revenue of air-conditioner industry in 2001... 24 Table 2 Main enterprises concerning with LG Group. 33 Table 3 Top 10 cities of the largest sales revenue of China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 44 Table 4 Most preferred brands of consumers........... 56 Table 5 Determinants of air-conditioner selection of consumers........... 57 Table 6 Shares of major distribution channels in air conditioner market........... 64 Table 7 Shares of major distribution channels in each region.. 65 Table 8 Major wholesalers of China's air-conditioner industry 65 Table 9 Obligations between manufacturers and distributors under various modes of distribution......... 78 Table 10 Comparison of price under different modes of distribution (unit: RMB). 80 Table 11 Comparison of profit-making ability by manufacturers and distributors under different distribution modes........... 81 Table 12 Relationship between responsibility and benefit of channel member........... 81 Table 13 Comprehensive comparisons of various modes. 82 Table 14 Analysis of adaptability of various modes. 82 Table 15 Two-dimensional advertising investments of major air conditioner brands in 2000 to 2001... 85 Table 16 Output and sales volume of compressors of Shanghai Hitachi from 1994 to 2001......... 114 Table 17 Possetion ratio and saturation rate of household air conditioner........ 119 Table 18 Networks of Sales Centers of Midea 129 Table 19 Nationwide Service Network of Haier Group Corporation..... 138 Table 20 Networks of Gree Offices......... 144 Table 21 Service Networks of Kelon......... 152 Table 22 Sales Networks—Branch Companies of LG......... 156 Table 23 Networks of Branches of Ningbo Sanxing......... 174 Table 24 Networks of Distributors of Shanghai Mitsubishi......... 187 Figures Page Figure 1 Output value and sales revenue of China's air-conditioner industry from 1998 to 2001. 2 Figure 2 Geographic distribution of output value of China's air-conditioner industry in 2001..... 4 Figure 3 Concentration level of China's air-conditioner industry. 7 Figure 4 Composition of newly built air conditioner manufacturers....... 8 Figure 5 Comparison between total profit and total loss of deficit enterprises of China's air-conditioner industry from 1998 to 2001. 9 Figure 6 Profit margin on sales of China's air-conditioner industry from 1998 to 2001 10 Figure 7 Sales revenue per capita of China's air-conditioner industry from 1998 to 2001 11 Figure 8 Up standard rate on selective examination in past years... 13 Figure 9 Geographic distribution of air-conditioner manufacturers in China in 2001... 16 Figure 10 Percentage of Different-Ownership Enterprises of China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 17 Figure 11 Distribution of air conditioner output by ownership of enterprises......... 18 Figure 12 Proportion of sales revenue of ownership-divided enterprises in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 19 Figure 13 Total profit per capita of ownership-divided enterprises in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 20 Figure 14 Return on total asunits of ownership-divided enterprises in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 21 Figure 15 Total profit of enterprises grouped by sales revenue in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 22 Figure 16 Return on total asunits of enterprises grouped by sales revenue in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 23 Figure 17 Weight in numbers of profitable and deficit enterprises grouped by sales revenue in China's air-conditioner industry in 2001... 23 Figure 18 Output and sales volume of air conditioners in China from 1995 to 2001 39 Figure 19 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Today: Everything's peachy keen over on the Hotline.
Of all the things we'll miss when summer comes to a close, peaches take the cake (or tartlet or crumble). We're eating them in anything and everything. They've overtaken our countertops and fruit bowls and, you know what, we're just fine with it. We might even say: Everything's just peachy.
Over on the Hotline, tinkerbell55 has excess peaches on hand and asks: "What is a good way to use fresh peaches?" Clearly, you up and went peach crazy, too, if your fruitful answers are any evidence. Here are your favorite ways to use peaches:
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John Piper Quotes About GloryQuotes about: Glory
Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther and Ruth is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in all these strange turns. God is not just showing up after the trouble and cleaning it up. He is plotting the course and managing the troubles with far-reaching purposes for our good and for the glory of Jesus Christ.
What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.
Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was created for the glory of Christ. Which means that bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for his goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God himself. When we eat, we taste the emblem of our heavenly food—the Bread of Life. And when we fast we say, "I love the Reality above the emblem." In the heart of the saint both eating and fasting are worship. Both magnify Christ.
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.
Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it-with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. The church needs to build a common vision of what worship is and what she is gathering to do on Sunday morning and scattering to do on Monday morning.
Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory of God. Love means doing all we can, at whatever cost to ourselves, to help people be enthralled with the glory of God. When they are, they are satisfied and God is glorified. Therefore loving people and glorifying God are one.
My take on tithing in America is that it's a middle-class way of robbing God. Tithing to the church and spending the rest on your family is not a Christian goal. It's a diversion. The real issue is: How shall we use God's trust fund-namely, all we have-for His glory? In a world with so much misery, what lifestyle should we call our people to live? What example are we setting?
The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace.
Satan's aim is to destroy our joy and trust and delight in God, and to make God look worthless in the world's eyes. Everytime someone forsakes God for the world, gets angry at God when part of the world is taken away from them, they highlight the world as valuable... and everytime someone stays with God, when the world is taken away, and praises God, they highlight the value and glory of God.
The task of all Christian scholarship—not just biblical studies—is to study reality as a manifestation of God's glory, to speak and write about it with accuracy, and to savor the beauty of God in it, and to make it serve the good of man. It is an abdication of scholarship when Christians do academic work with little reference to God. If all the universe and everything in it exist by the design of an infinite, personal God, to make his manifold glory known and loved, then to treat any subject without reference to God's glory is not scholarship but insurrection.
'Worship' is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the infinite worth of God. This is what we were created for, as God says in Isaiah 43:7, Everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory. That means that we were all created for the purpose of expressing the infinite worth of God's glory. We were created to worship.
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