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Chavez closes opposition TV station RCTV…May 2007…
At RCTV headquarters, I make a portrait of Miguel Angel Rodriguez.
A talk show host who is one of RCTV's main Chavez critics, Rodriguez is perhaps best compared to Sean Hannity of Fox news or Jon Stewart of Comedy Central. He is outrageous, not necessarily a liar, but also not some someone who reports facts in a balanced way.
He will also not stop talking. My camera comes out and he goes into character. He stands erect, pointing and posturing, rolling his words and pointing and squinting as if he is talking to his audience.
"Is that enough?" he asks.
"Yes," I say.
Rodriguez disappears into a meeting of executives. One of the most visible Chavez critics, he has come to the front of the demonstrations, claiming that he is not political, but rather an "artist."
He is also criticized by Chavistas for receiving communication training in the US. They think that the US government is trying to encourage the opposition to unseat Chavez through media presented by talk show hosts such as Rodriguez.
In a way, the depth of the international propaganda wars encourage me to believe that people's opinions do, actually, matter.
RCTV producer Luisiana Rios walks me around the station.
"After the closure we will continue to work normally," she says. "There are still many things to do."
She does not know if the channel will go to cable after the closure. The executives are currently holding meetings to decide. Few people will lose their jobs immediately. Most workers I speak with say they have some hope that the closure will not happen. Others say they are already looking for new jobs.
"We do not know what will exactly happen when the station is closed," Rios says. "We will stay in the headquarters. The military will take control of the satellite. Perhaps they will come here. We do not know. We will stay."
Next to a RCTV microphone and video camera there is a sign reading, "We want to work. Don't close RCTV."
Thousands of opposition demonstrators are in the streets. People are chanting "liberty" and "this is not democracy."
MINCI sends out an e-mail to journalists claiming that US backed destabilization plans are going into effect.
At the rallies, opposition members say they are demonstrating because they are worried about the future of free expression in Venezuela.
MINCI sends out another e-mail saying that the demonstrations are attempts by "olicharchs" to destabilize Venezuela. But this will only mean the deepening of the already "unstoppable" revolutionary process, the e-mail claims.
Opposition demonstrators stay in front of RCTV headquarters, cheering anyone that comes in and out. A mournful old man sits in a chair with a Venezuelan flag draped over his knees. He does not move except to shift his eyes around the crowd.
"The pueblo of Venezuela should do to Chavez what Peruvians did to Fujimori," opposition organizers yell into loudspeakers at a rally in Palos Grandes.
They march from Palos Grandes through Altamira, Chaco, and Chacaito. These are opposition areas and the march grows as it moves. Soon it has swelled to a mass of thousands. Though there is everyone from children to the elderly, most of the marchers are university students and middle aged.
In Las Mercedes they make a turn and are stopped at a narrow part of the road by a mass of metropolitan police.
The police stand behind a waist high metal barricade, unarmed, but wearing bullet proof vests and kevlar helmets. A massive water truck is behind them, ready to fire its water canon over the police officers' heads and into the crowd.
I squeeze my way to the front with two other photographers. People are hitting the wooden poles they are flying Venezuelan flags from against the fence. Another photographer comes to the front. He has on a Kevlar helmet and sweat is pouring down his face. He tensely grips his camera, looking up at the surrounding buildings.
A terrified squat woman in her early fifties suddenly grabs me and points to the rooftops.
"Guardia," she yells.
I see the top of a green helmet.
National guard soldiers are attempting to stay hidden on the roof tops.
Demonstrators begin to pull at the barricade.
March organizers push to front and call for people to remain peaceful.
An angry man wearing a backwards baseball hat keeps pushing forward to shake and kick the barricade. Each time he is pulled back as organizers try to negotiate with the police.
Suddenly, a small woman with died blonde hair slips her way through the crowd and pulls violently at the barricades.
"YES, YES, that's it!" shouts some of the marchers.
The man in the backwards hat leaps forward and wrenches at the barricades.
Some of the demonstrations try to turn and flee while others surge forward to pull at the barricades. The police pull the barricades back as the water truck rolls forward.
I begin retreating as the demonstrators succeed in pulling apart one of the barricades and at the same time are hit by a heavy volley of tear gas, rubber bullets, and water.
Some people fall shrieking on the ground.
Others run.
Others throw rocks and beer bottles at the police.
A group of police officers with shotguns loaded with rubber bullets take up positions blocking a side street. They exchange volleys of rubber bullets for bottles and rocks with the demonstrators.
While I am dressed in a t-shirt and jeans I see that many of the other photographers are better prepared. They are wearing kevlar helmets, gas masks, and bulletproof vests.
After fifteen minutes everything calms down and the demonstrators again gather around the barricades.
They stand there yelling and chanting, but do not try to pull apart the barricade again.
Returning to my apartment after the demonstration, the building manager grabs me in the hall and reminds me to double lock the gate.
"Things are very unsafe," she says.
I hear RCTV describing the demonstrations on the TV in her apartment.
At ten o'clock people again come to their windows and bang pots for over an hour, yelling angrily at Chavez.
RCTV is closed on May 27th, 2007. After the closure the older demonstrators largely return to work. It is left to the students to continue demonstrations that they consider to be not only about RCTV, but about the entire future of freedom in Venezuela.
Each day, however, the demonstrations reach a certain point and then do not continue. The students are several thousand strong, but when they are stopped by the police they are careful not to pass the point which will bring heavy violence.
"There are groups that keep thinking that with riots, with Colombian paramilitaries, with rumors and media campaigns against the National Armed Forces that they will destabilize the country, but they won't do it, we won't allow it," Chavez says.
The repercussions of an escalation of the protests might be severe. The Caracas' Metropolitan Police Force is known as an autonomous organization. It is not clear how much instruction they have been given from Chavez for how to handle the student demonstrations.
Most likely, there has only been some loose command to keep the opposition demonstrators away from Miraflores.
Amnesty International spoke out against the conduct of the police over the last few days. One hundred and eighty demonstrations have been arrested. Police are routinely criticized by Amnesty. What is disturbing is that
Chavez must know what kind of brutality can be expected from Caracas police.
One day, I hear opposition students massing near my apartment in Chacaito. They sit down in the middle of the road for about thirty minutes. There is a long line of police with shotguns ready in front of them.
For a long time, it does not look like anything will happen. The students simply sit in the middle of the road.
"I'd rather be napping," says one photographer.
Suddenly, the police raise their shotguns. An officer pulls the cap of a canister of tear gas and launches it into the air.
"Here we go," says the photographer.
He pulls down his gas mask.
The police fire into the students.
For the rest of the day the police chase the students through Chaicaito, bathing the streets in rubber bullet cartridges and tear gas canisters.
I alternate photographing the students, the terrified bystanders hiding in alleyways and the spaces between buildings, and the police.
When I am photographing the police, extra caution is necessary as people high up in the tall buildings try to drop bottles on them.
At one point, while running across the street, I see a police officer pull up in front of a cameraman who is filming a demonstrator being beaten on the ground by a group of police. The police officers shoves the cameraman aside and then grabs the reporter, a woman with long black hair, turns her around and discharges a shotgun full of buckshot into her back.
She falls.
The police officers then begins firing at me and another photographer who are running up. The other photographer peels off. Not thinking, I keep running forward and stand half shielded by the corner of a building, looking at the police officer firing at me…mesmerized.
This curiosity lasts only a moment. Some of the buckshot brushes the side of my head and I turn and run.
Later, as rain begins, the students are face to face with the police, who are again lined up across the road.
I have all the photos I need.
When I return to my apartment, which is only around the corner from where this riot has taken place, Raine smells the residue of tear gas and points, "Into the shower…"
As I am toweling off there is a loud volley of rubber bullets.
We go out onto the balcony.
Below, a group of students run down the street.
They are followed moments later by police officers running…stopping…aiming…. firing….and running after the students again…
Then a water canon truck rumbles up.
The truck stops just below our balcony and a police officer opens the door, leans out, and throws a tear gas canister at the students.
We go inside.
Like so much of the Venezuelan opposition who are not out on the streets, Raine and I are safe inside our tall building.
The demonstrations become smaller and smaller, but do not stop.
Two days later the Metropolitan Police Force are riding through Caracas two to a motorcycle with shotguns and bags of rubber bullets hanging by their sides.
A student was killed in front of the Universidad Catolico earlier in the week. She had been leaving the university and walking to the bus when she was knocked to the ground by a passing motorcycle. Unable to stand, she began yelling insults at the driver and the female passenger.
The driver turned the motorcycle around and began circling the student. Two additional motorcycle drivers also began makes circles around the student before the female passenger shot her with a .38 caliber revolver.
Students blamed the murder on Chavistas from a nearby barrio for the murder. In response, the Chavistas declared that the opposition had hired people to kill a student to provoke more demonstrations.
MINCI emails journalists saying homicides in Caracas are common and the murder was not political.
This is the likeliest scenario.
The area outside the university is dangerous and murders are frequent. Despite this, opposition students rally around the murder as an example of retaliation from Chavistas for the recent demonstrations. They gather in front of the university's gate and announce that they are going to march on the National Assembly building in heavily Chavista capitolio.
I am in capitolio when I hear of the student's plans. The streets in front of the government buildings are covered in guardia and police who are ready to stop any march that comes.
Among them are also civilian men and a few women who are sitting and waiting, looking serious and angry.
"Those are Chavistas with guns," says Francesca.
A friend of D's, they have been walking around capitolio for the past few hours. When I see them, I jokingly walk into Daniel in an aggressive way and he jumps.
"You almost got your ass kicked," he claims.
I can understand why he is tense. The implication that Chavistas are going to fight alongside security forces to stop an opposition march is unsettling. Capitolio is the district where the Miraflores lies. The Chavistas must be prepared to stop any possible repeat of the 2002 coup.
But a guardia commander tells me not worry.
"The march is not going to arrive," he says smugly.
Indeed it is not.
At the university, the police blocking the students from marching are not agreeing to any negotiation.
The students continue to try to march for a few hours, but when a strong rain does not stop, they head back inside the university.
Defeated, they attempt to go home, but the university's internal metro station has been closed.
The students bang on the metro station's gate and yell for it to be opened.
Some break down and begin panicking.
Others go inside the university to wait in the classrooms for the metro to reopen.
With the police outside and the metro closed there is no way to leave. A rumor begins circulating that there are armed Chavistas outside the university waiting for the students.
After seeing the people waiting in capitolio, I find this a plausible and sharply unpleasant idea.
I attempt to find an exit that is not being blocked by the police, but students tell me not to walk along the fence.
"There's been shooting," a female student tells me.
There had been three spaced out reports which sounded like gunshots. But I hadn't thought much of them. I believed that the murder of the student in front of the university had not been political. For anyone to shoot a student after a demonstration would be a serious escalation of the situation and detrimental to the Chavistas.
"You can't leave because of the danger," a female student tells me. She says this with a certain smile that seems to light up the fences of opposition members when they feel they have irrefutable proof of Venezuela's Chavez induced insecurity.
It is getting dark and I do not want to wait around the university for the unknown time when the metro will reopen. Gunshots or not, I am not convinced danger waits outside the university walls.
The students seem to want to believe that there is danger, if only to feel in solidarity with each other.
D is lounging with his feet up on the back of a chair in an auditorium with Francesca. He sighs a bit when I tell him I want to leave, but gets up and we walk outside the university.
Students who have made it around the police are leaving on busses. Many of the busses have red flags flying on them and I decide to avoid them. I don't know where they go and if there are armed groups around, or even Chavistas that might simply want to attack a group of opposition students, the busses are easy targets.
We walk to the other side of the highway, but all the metro entrances have been locked.
This will make getting home slightly difficult.
Even without the rumors of angry Chavistas, the area is unsafe. I walk towards a turn in the road where I think there might be a taxi, but before we reach it a squad of police officers roar up on motorcycles and yell, "Are you students? Students?"
Yes, we are students.
Even before D, for whatever reason, admits this, one of the police officers leaps off his motorcycle and grabs me. I fumble my press accreditations into his face. He releases me, takes hold of D, and begins going through his pockets.
I tell the police commander that I am going to MINCI and am looking for a taxi.
The commander scrutinizes my accreditation for a time while the rest of the squad looks on, shotguns at the ready.
"Ok, good. You need a taxi?" the commander hands back the accreditation.
He turns to the rest of the squad and points at the passing cars. "He needs a taxi."
The police officers turn their motorcycles into the road and stop the first taxi that drives by. They open the doors for us.
"Here is a taxi," the commander says.
"Muchas gracias," I say.
The shocked taxi driver looks at us.
"That cop grabbed my balls," D says.
As we drive through Caracas, all around us there are police riding two to a motorcycle, shotguns and bags of rubber bullets at the ready.
"They are out for the students," the taxi driver says.
A few days after the RCTV demonstrations end, a massive Chavista march goes through opposition area of Caracas.
Before the march arrives, men are in front of my apartment building, keeping their eyes on the rooftops. They have pistols stuck into their pants and are scanning the rooftops.
"Gringo go home! Yankee go home," is the chorus of the song that is played again and again.
The march is so long that it takes two and half hours for it to march through Chacaito to Bellas Artes. A statement is read declaring support for the nationalization of the telecommunications company CANTV.
The message the Chavistas send by walking through the opposition areas is clear.
The Chavistas are the majority and they are ready to protect their president.
In Bellas Artes, they fly a flag. "Its not RCTV. Its our oil."
In his office in Chacaito, a member of the Venezuelan opposition who thought taking part in the demonstrations would lead to nothing says, "There is what is happening right now in this moment with the TV closure. But also Chavez is the center of everything. He is the executive branch. He is the judicial branch. He is the legislative branch. What happens when he is not there? Venezuela is going to fall hard."
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Welcome to Ooh, Pretty! A meme that features beautiful book covers! This meme is to share beautiful / interesting books covers that we've found and want to share! Everyone loves a pretty cover, right?
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Okay guys, how absolutely gorgeous are these?!?!? I've been meaning to buy these for a while now and I know I'll be spending a small fortune soon haha. I already own copies of 4 of the classics in different edition/covers, but really you can never have too many copies of P&P. From what I gathered the books are thick and sturdy and have a nice, soft texture to them. They also have fold-over flaps on both the front and back covers that are adorn with pretty things. (Please check out MTGReviews for more details and an interview with Sara Singh)
If you're interested in purchasing these beauties, they're available at: Amazon.com HERE (or Amazon.ca HERE) and at only ~$9 each, it's very tempting to buy the whole set.
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text: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 1:45pmAuthor: National Coalition for HistorySource: SHAFR WASHINGTON UPDATE The co-chairs of the Congressional History Caucus recently circulated a Dear Colleague letter encouraging their fellow representatives to join the Caucus, but the voices of constituents matter even more! We need you to contact your congressperson and invite them to join.Click here for full details and instructions Majority of National Park Service Advisory Board Resigns Recently, nearly all of the National Park System Advisory Board, the citizen panel that advises on National Park Service issues, resigned in frustration after repeated requests to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to hold meetings were ignored. The National Coalition for History (NCH) strongly objects to Secretary Zinke's refusal to engage with the board. NCH has sent a letter to the Secretary urging the reconstitution of the advisory board and the resumption of regular meetings. 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I use DEET in a 20% concentration, according to http://www.webmd.com/allergies/features ... uito-bites
Avon does not market the original Skin-So-Soft oil as a mosquito repellent, but the company has come out with a formula containing IR3535, a new EPA-approved mosquito repellent.
IR3535 belongs to drug maker Merck, and it has been used as a mosquito repellent in Europe for 20 years. Avon's products are the only ones with IR3535 available in the U.S.
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Manama, Bahrain: Gulf Industry 2016 will host the Innovation for Industry Forum on the 10th of February 2016.
The Innovation for Industry Forum is held under the patronage of H.E Mr. Zayed Alzayani, the Minister of Industry, Commerce &Tourism and will take place on the second day of the Gulf Industry Fair.
The Innovation for Industry Forum will add an important dimension to a show format that is already renowned as a valuable showcase for Northern Gulf industries – from world-scale manufacturing plants to specialist equipment suppliers, distributors and agencies representing the key segments of aluminium, energy and environmental protection, steel and alloys, industrial processes and manufacturing, ports, industrial facilities and logistics, training for industry; and industrial security and safety.
The Forum will feature experts sharing their professional knowledge on topics such as Incubating Innovations in Industry, Cyber security and the Eco-Industrial Development.
The instruments for growth and renewal are vital in this period of difficult economic and societal challenges. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce considers events such as Gulf Industry Fair to be important platforms to showcase the achievements of the private sector and build their business strategy for the present and the future. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce &Tourism regards high innovation performance as a contributor to economic growth and job creation.
The Innovation Forum will highlight two global products "made in Bahrain ". Taha International will promote the innovative use of scrap aluminium (dross) for fertilizer. Fertilizer that is used in the farms of New Zealand.
Ahmed Hussain of IPIFI will preview a unique IP identification and security system, developed by his company and implemented at leading financial institutions and industrial companies in the GCC and globally.
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Wow! It has been a while since my last post. God sent me Sherri Burgess' message for a reason. Two days later....we got horrible news. We learned that they were not going to move our sweet girl to our house. Long story...but, came down to nonsense. She could spend as much time here as we wanted, but there would be no formal move. I was devistated and cried and just wanted to give up. But, after my little pity party, I remembered that there was a precious child who needed me and that I serve a God that can do anything. I (we....Dickie and I) decided that all we could do was to be obediant to God, love this sweet girl and wait for Him to move in the situation. May was a long month, but I knew that God would take care of the situation in some way and we would have our sweet girl!
Well, on the very last day of school....God moved. We got a phone call and they said....they were moving her to our house!! I was elated and overjoyed. He did it! I knew He would. So, she will be ours to love and care for as of Friday. We have yet to find out whether she will be ours to love forever, but until the courts tell us....we will love her for now!!!
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|Did you stop to smell the flowers?
Faced with such a difficult situation, and after completing one of the games they lost more outrageously, the coach gathered his entire staff on the benches, asked all of them to take a deep breath and relax a little bit. Then he took the ball in his hands, staring at it, lifting it up, and started saying, "Gentlemen, back to the basics. This is ... a soccer ball."
It was necessary, by that time, to start from the beginning, the basic concept.
The market is about products + companies + consumers.
Social media is a truly dynamic environment that moves at such an impressive speed, with a tool for almost anything you can think of, abundance of options and possibilities. In such an environment it's easy to make a stop on your way to smell the flowers and get distracted by this new application which is just fresh out of the oven, brand new on its package and with many new features. Has it happened to you already? You've probably heard until boredom about the little boy who got lost in the woods and couldn't make it back home, right?
At times like those we are living in today, where every day we get to see a new digital tool being developed, it's worth recalling a fundamental concept in marketing and business: the business cycle is built upon a company that produces a product or service for the use of a consumer in exchange of a compensation, which is usually money.
Nothing more! All other considerations you can think of, revolve around this fundamental concept. If one of these elements isn't there, the market itself doesn't exist. Come'n, give it a try. Think about it. Imagine for a moment that there is no company. Who creates and develops the product? I hear you probably saying, "Well, someone will come up with something", and I would say yes, and I'll tell you, at that moment, that person has turned itself into "the company".
With the new tools in social networks, do not stop halfway down.
What's the point in today's post? Social media marketing exists to connect you with your client on a digital and extraordinary way, and pursue specific goals, either selling, building relationships, or any goal you choose. Again, it's still marketing, but in a digital environment and society.
You can't lose your focus. Your goal is not to stop and smell flowers, or stare at each of the trees and tools individually, but to connect with your customer. If trees are distracting your attention more than they should, keeping you from seeing where your customer is, it's time to rethink some things and start over.
The gold of social networks, regardless of the venue of your choice, it's the wonderful opportunity they offer to interact with your customers in a way never seen before, without being limited by time, physical space or geographical distances.
Turn all those trees into connecting bridges with your client.
Make the most out of the benefits each tree offers, whether facebook, Google +, twitter, Pinterest, Blogger, Wordpress, Foursquare, Linkedin or any species of choice, to build a bond with your client, your audience, keeping always in mind it was the reason you decided to come to this forest we called "social networks".
Don't stop in the middle. Building connecting bridges with your audience, you are directing your efforts towards achieving for your business the goals that initially brought you here and obtaining the greatest benefit you can from your social marketing plan.
What do you think about it? are you putting all your efforts in building the connecting bridges?
Related article: Relationships' Value: What can we expect from social media?


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"I got started making flutes when I had a few weeks away from work and was looking for something to fill the time, and I haven't been able to stop since (except when I'm making magic wands). I hope you enjoy playing your NAF (Native American Flute) as much as I enjoy making them!
HTRN made D Flute in Cedar, performed by John Burns
HTRN made D Flute in Cedar, performed by John Burns
HTRN made D Flute in Oak, performed by Tod Price
Native American flutes were part of the culture and ceremonies of many North American tribes, including the Apache, Navajo, Ute, Lakota, Hopi and Anasazi. Flutes of this type have been discovered dating from as far back as 600 AD, and are usually made of wood or bone.
These flutes have a special dual-chamber design – when you blow into the mouthpiece the air actually comes out of a hole in the top, goes through the block (the bird-like wooden thing on the top), and over a second hole where the sound is created. This gives Native American flutes their unique "breathy" sound.
Native American flutes can have anywhere from 2 to 8 holes, but I prefer the 6-hole flute that gives an excellent range of notes. The first three fingers of each hand are used to cover the six holes, leaving the thumb and little finger to "chill out." My flutes are pitched in a variety of keys, with F# being the most common.
It is not fully clear how all these flutes were used within their native cultures, but I encourage you to experiment with your flute to see how it fits into your life. It can be played alone or with other instruments, and has a very meditative quality that makes it great for de-stressing or setting a mood.
I would like to give a special thanks to all on the Native Flute Woodworking - Native Flute user group for all the help and information on the construction of Native American Flutes.


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Two UW-Waukesha faculty were named co-directors of the Virtual Teaching and Learning Center (VTLC) of the UW Colleges. Dr. Julianna Alitto was appointed Resource Director and Dr. Jill Rinzel as Program Director. Dr. Joe Foy, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, made the announcement, calling them "two truly exceptional scholar-educators." The VTLC (www.uwc.edu/vtlc) supports faculty in their roles as teachers and teacher-scholars promoting teaching excellence that enhances student learning. Each will have a 25% reduction in their teaching load in order to perform their new duties.
Dr. Julianna Alitto earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Northern Illinois University and serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Education. During the 2015–2016 academic year, Dr. Alitto participated in the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars program. As a Faculty Fellow, Julianna immersed herself in research related to pedagogy and learning theory, faculty development, and high impact practices. Dr. Alitto has served as both campus and department assessment coordinator, and has focused research efforts on student perseverance toward long-term goals, fixed/growth mindset, HIPs, and student achievement. She is a regular participant in regional and national conferences focused on teaching practices and general education programming, and has a background in inclusive excellence work and teaching technology. As the Resources Director, Julianna is responsible for gathering, posting and maintaining currency of resource materials on Inclusive Excellence, Pedagogy and Learning Theory, Teaching Tech and Tools, High Impact Practices, and Faculty Development. She will also work with a variety of higher education leaders and practitioners to facilitate the inclusion of an interdisciplinary and innovative array of materials.
Dr. Jill Rinzel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Education. With a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from UW-Madison, her background is in learning theory. Dr. Rinzel's research focuses on various scholarship of teaching and learning areas, including work in service learning, grit, and academic enablers. Additionally, Jill has taught courses on education within pluralistic contexts and has participated in the UW Colleges and UW Extension Multicultural Awareness Program. A recipient of several teaching awards and fellowships, Dr. Rinzel has done comprehensive redesigns of online courses and has online teaching experience. She also participated in Faculty College, and has served as both campus and department assessment coordinator. As the Program Director, Jill is responsible for collaborating on, developing, coordinating and overseeing professional development opportunities and programs like new faculty and instructional staff on-boarding, reading circles, and online professional development resources such as webinars, and professional development related podcasts.
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GM growers could be sued
17 February 2000
GM growers could be sued
By Isabel Davies
FARMERS growing GM crops run the risk of being sued because other farmers cannot insure against any harm caused by GM technology.
Friends of the Earth is warning farmers that they will not be able to get insurance cover against the possibility of pollution from GM crops.
The environmental campaigners are urging government to sort out the issue of liability after they discovered the NFU Mutual would not offer cover.
Pete Riley, biotechnology campaigner for Friends of the Earth said: "In the headlong rush to get GM crops in our fields and GM foods on our plates, the crucial issue of liability has been ignored."
"The government must act and tell us who is going to pick up the bill if this new technology damages peoples livelihoods or the environment."
Lincolnshire farmer Peter Lungren, who tried to get cover but was told it was not available, said anyone thinking of growing GM crops should think again.
"It seems that it will be left to individual farmers to sue their neighbours if their crops get contaminated with GM pollen.
"This will be extremely divisive and do little to foster harmony in rural areas."
Labour MP Alan Simpson, whose GM Food and Producer Liability Bill had a second reading in the House of Commons this week, insisted liability should be with industry.
"The Bill I have presented to the House places liability where it should be – with the biotechnology companies.
"It protects other companies in the food chain, including farmers, from claims against them for harm caused by the biotechnology industry.
"This is a fair and reasonable legislation that the Government should support in the absence of an international protocol or EU legislation."
NFU Mutual spokesman Tim Price said the whole insurance industry had adopted a standard exclusion clause for damage caused by gradual pollution.
"This means no insurer provides insurance cover for the risk of GM crop contamination."
Farmers considering taking part in trials should ensure that the company involved takes full responsibility for the crop and any liability claims.
- GM rules are inadequate, says report, FWi, 13 January, 2000
- US organic farmers sue over GM crops, FWi, 19 February, 1999
- Organic farmer may sue over neighbours GM crop, FWi, 07 May, 1998


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It may have been one of the most lopsided Super Bowl games on record, but Sunday's game on Fox still produced near record-setting overnight numbers -- thanks in large part to big ratings in the New York market.
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, the Seattle Seahawks' 43-8 demolition of the Denver Broncos averaged a 47.6 household rating/70 share -- down just slightly from last year's record-setting 48.1/71 for the nail-biter contest between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers and the fifth highest on record. The second highest on record was the 47.9/71 for Green Bay-Pittsburgh on Fox in 2011.


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Prairie-Based Cooking magazine Going Strong into its Fifth Year
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EDMONTON, ALBERTA, MEDIA ADVISORY--(Marketwire - Dec. 6, 2007) - On November 12, 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary and the Oxford University Press announced the word of the year for 2007: locavore. Coined a mere two years ago by a group of four women in San Francisco, the word refers to those who try to source their food from a 100-mile radius of where they live. The fact that "locavore" rose to the top as the word of the year for this prominent dictionary clearly means that the eating local movement has hit the mainstream.
"We couldn't be happier that a food term that describes those of us who fill our shopping bags at farmers' markets or who make the effort to buy locally produced or grown food is the word of the year," enthuse Jennifer Cockrall-King and Terry Juzak. This foodie duo are the founders, publishers and editor of The Edible Prairie Journal, a full-colour, recipe-packed magazine devoted to cooking and eating on the Canadian Prairies. "We're going into our fifth year of publishing our magazine and our readership just keeps growing as the awareness of the joys and importance of supporting a local food scene keeps expanding."
"Perhaps most importantly given the time of the year, people can simply go to our newly redesigned Web site to subscribe, renew a subscription or purchase gift subscriptions for their favorite foodies for the holidays," adds Cockrall-King. The site is hosting cookbook giveaway contests to new subscribers each week in December.
The Edible Prairie Journal's Web site www.edibleprairie.ca, also contains interactive elements so readers can ask questions and not have to wait until the next issue for recipe requests, view information about a favorite local ingredient, or be up-to-date about the latest breaking news about the vibrant culinary scene from the Mountain Parks to the eastern edges of Manitoba thanks to the site's blog's postings.
In each issue of the magazine, Cockrall-King and Juzak criss-cross the Prairies in search of mouth-watering ingredients, interviewing passionate cooks, chefs, food producers and farmers, and collecting beloved recipes that make the most of seasonal and local foods and traditions. Their culinary "journal" is published three times a year and is available by subscription or at select retail locations on the Prairies. The articles are hands-on first-person interviews and adventures with tested recipes and full-colour photos. A subscription to the print publication costs $20 per year, and includes mailing. An electronic edition is also available at $12 per year. For more information on The Edible Prairie Journal, go to www.edibleprairie.ca or call (780) 431-0486.
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If you are no longer a student, whether or not you are appoved for a loan depends on credit rating cialis discount, which is based on your credit history, which in turn depends on your income and your spending and repayment habits. What if, you are a student and on top of that, you don't have a credit rating? Will you not get a student loan? The answer is, 'Yes you will get it'! That should not stop your from getting a student loan to pursue your education. A loan co-signer is your first option! What if, there is no co-signer as well? Yet again, you will get it. However, in the absence of a co-signer as well, the number of loans gets limited. But, just to make you comfortable, chances are not nil. Ways in which you can get a student loan financials without having a credit rating and a co-signer are listed below. Cialis discount
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- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is to be filled because without FAFSA, you cannot get a government loan. FAFSA helps not only in getting government loans but also ensures that you get any applicable grant money.
- If you are a cialis discount needy student then, you can apply for a Stafford Loan. So, if you fall under a low-income group and you do not have a [cialis discount] credit rating or a cosigner, you have high chances to get the Stafford loan. Although the amount sanctioned is small, you can actually start financing your education with the money you get.
- In case your financial needs are the greatest and you can show that, applying for the Perkins loan is a plausible option. Sanctioned at 5% interest with a longer repayment term as against the Stafford loan, you can start financing your education with the Perkins loan.
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By Tracey Read
Lake County News-Herald
A veteran Mayfield Heights police officer is back on the job after viewing pornography while at work.
Police Sgt. Larry Brazie, a 31-year employee, had been using a city computer at the end of January.
While looking at video clips of news events on the Web site Break.com, a pop-up ad came up with a link to another site.
"I guess he clicked on it, and when he tried to log off, he couldn't and it said he had downloaded a virus," Police Chief Joseph Donnelly said.
In a letter to the chief, Brazie apologized for his actions but told him it was unintentional.
"I clicked on a video clip that should have been a crash sequence from a racing event," the sergeant wrote. "What came up was a picture of two men sitting behind a desk and the captain read, 'If you think you clicked on a Break.com video clip, this is how we pay our bills' — or words to that effect.
"It started displaying random scenes, some of them pornographic in nature, some offering to sell computer software, some were a dating service. I tried to close down the site, but it would not let me."
Brazie said he then manually shut down the computer, waited a few minutes and restarted it.
"Everything seemed OK until a pop-up stated that the computer had a virus," the sergeant stated. "When I tried to go on the Internet, all I got was a message telling me in order to get rid of the virus, I had to purchase a program, and I got asked for my credit card information."
Brazie then called a friend of his who is more computer literate, and was told he had encountered a "hijacker virus," and that he should not give out any of his personal information.
The next day at work, the sergeant was informed a lieutenant was already aware of the problem, and Brazie was suspended from work without pay for two days for violating the department's computer policy.
However, Donnelly said he believes Brazie did not intentionally look at anything inappropriate.
"I think it was accidental," the chief said. "He's a very good employee. I hope it doesn't happen again."
Mayfield Heights, OH - A long-time police veteran was suspended for viewing porn.
Sgt. Larry Brazie was on a city computer on city time looking at a news website when a pop-up appeared with a link to a porn website back in January.
Brazie clicked on it - which is against city policy and was caught red-handed when the porn site downloaded a virus.
According to the chief, this is the first time that Brazie has done this.
No criminal charges were filed.
Brazie was suspended for two days and is now back on the job.


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Oh, activism. Misguided – and it's always to a certain extent misguided – activism. There is something about protesting – anything – that seems to automatically lead to unintended – or worse, intended – consequences. Perhaps it's the inherent irrationality that comes with the mob, which is what so much activism is about in action (that is: activism in action is typically a public protest). Or perhaps it is the inherent irrationality that comes with willfully wasting one's time. Whatever the reasons, so often, consequences are overlooked.
The Montevideo Zoo is releasing some of the animals that it can't care for. Yes, this is partly or wholly in response to activists. And yes, this is almost certainly a good outcome for these animals. But note, in an activist-related incident at a different zoo, this happened:
Within hours [of being released by activists], a capybara, a llama, a black-headed parrot, a red parrot, a rabbit, three guinea pigs and a Patagonian hare were dead. Some apparently were struck by cars; others drowned in ponds or died of stress. Ten others disappeared, said Juan Carbajal, who oversees that municipality's two zoos.
Furthermore, that some of the animals died of stress tells you something about the stress they were under in the zoo. Namely, they were under less stress; and this is even considering whatever conditions they were kept in.
There are numerous scenes with activists in Evolve. The activists in Evolve are always bad for exactly these reason. There is a mob mentality that overcomes the nature of the protest. To a large degree, the activists don't even know what they're protesting (reference reality: how many activists, when interviewed, have anything coherent to say about the reason why they're there?) In Evolve the activists are an ever present bad guy even if they are not well defined. In Evolve, it doesn't really matter what the protestors protest, that they choose to protest to make their case makes them a bad guy (because, if nothing else, the tendency for unintended consequences is just too high). This is a philosophical statement and it is a aesthetic ethical one. Regardless, it's correct.
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Jesus Is Coming!
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 13:1-31 / Revelation 22:1-21 / Psalm 150: 1-6
The American Revolution changed the course of our nation. Many Revolutionary stories have been told yet none maybe as famous as Paul Revere's ride as he warned the colonists, "The British are coming, and the British are coming." Paul Revere was secretly watching the movements of the British soldiers and reporting them to the militia. Because of this, historians say that Paul Revere did warn colonists but he did not use that exact phrase but actually said, "The Regulars are coming out."
As Revere made his initial warning, more than 40 riders took the message throughout the countryside. Eventually Revere made it to Lexington and Concord where the militia had gathered giving them the important news. This alarm system was so effective that they not only used riders but also bells, drums, trumpets and bonfires for rapid communication. There is greater news though…Jesus Is Coming!
Many assume the Book of Revelation is an unfolding of end time events yet it is primarily a "Revelation of Jesus Christ". We see Christ unveiling and enacting the end times but the book begins with His revelation and ends with His coming! Christ's coming is referred to seven times in Revelation but three of those times are here in chapter 22 as Jesus declares, "Behold, I am coming soon!" (vs.7,12,20)
The early church took Christ's words to heart as they lived in expectancy of His imminent return. Jesus uses the word "soon" to describe the urgency and suddenness of His coming. Like a thief who comes suddenly, without announcement, Christ's return will be sudden. John was also instructed to "not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near." (vs.10)
The Greek word for time is not "chronos" but "karios" – an opportunity or a next event. The early church believed they were living in the last days whereas we believe we are getting closer to the last days. The early church understood Christ's words and lived in the expectancy of the "next event". Today, we are not rushing towards an end time event in the future but living in the unfolding of the end times!
We have a tendency to place the return of Jesus some distance from us or when the world shows signs of unraveling, our expectations are heightened and we feel His coming is closer than we realize. We get caught up in connecting the dots of the end times whereas the early church simply lived in expectancy of His soon return.
Peter answered the scoffers during his day when they questioned the validity of Christ's return by writing, "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Pet. 3:9) The world may scoff at the message of Christ's return but in reality, eternity is just one heartbeat away. We live with that reality but have a greater hope and expectancy… Come quickly Lord Jesus!
What About Heaven?
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 11:22-12:47 / Revelation 21 / Proverbs 31:21-31
Colton Burpo was two months away from his third birthday when he was rushed into emergency surgery with a burst appendix. After he woke up, he shared a remarkable story about going to heaven and meeting his great-grandfather, Samson, John the Baptist and Jesus. His father, Todd, wrote down his son's account and published a 163-page book, "Heaven Is for Real". The book has sold millions of copies and was a No.1 book on the New York Times best-seller list for paperbacks.
Everyone wants to know about the "afterlife" and book distributors say any book with "heaven" in the title sells very well. I have not read "Heaven Is for Real" but we will have a chance to see it early next year as it is being made into a Major Hollywood Film. I cannot verify the accuracy of the book but we have a proven first hand account of heaven from John the Apostle in Revelation 21.
John begins by noting a "new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea." (vs.1) God begins by making a new heaven and earth; removing the old heaven, earth and sea. The Jews looked upon the sea as a place of separation and evil. Jesus rebuked the sea, the satanic beast in chapter 13 came out of the sea and the demonic filled swine took refuge in the sea.
John sees heaven, "The New Jerusalem" a "Holy City" coming down from God to man. Jesus was "The Word that was made flesh" and He came to the earth, now God will literally dwell with His people. Life will be unmarred by sin and completely pure and holy, as God Himself will again dwell among men. God will remove our tears, death, mourning, crying and pain. He will make all things new!
God ushers in a new environment free from sin's disturbance, influence and presence! He who is the beginning and the end will give man fullness of life, deep satisfaction, abundant joy, and an everlasting flow of water that brings eternal life. The Holy City will have rivers, trees, streets and homes. Heaven will have a river and tree of life, streets of gold and mansions for all of God's children.
Heaven will be a place of glory as everything reflects God's glory. Illuminating streets of gold, walls of clear jasper, and the entire city will look like transparent crystal. The gates will be made of a single pearl and will never be closed. The city's foundation will have twelve levels and each one will have a unique precious stone.
There will be no need for sun or moon because Jesus will shine like the noonday. The Lamb's manifested glory will be the source of life for the city and will shine for all eternity. The eternal life of heaven will be everything this life cannot be. It will be a place untouched by death and unstained by evil. But the greatest thing about heaven…Jesus will be there!
What About Hell?
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 9:38-11:21 / Revelation 20:1-15 / Psalm 149:1-9
A 2003 Gallop Poll reported that 82% of people polled believed in heaven and 69% believed in hell. Only 1% of those polled believed they would go to hell. That means a lot of people believe they are going to heaven and only a small fraction are going to hell. Interestingly, a 1991 Gallup Poll showed similar results with 4% believing they would go to hell.
Everybody thinks that they are going to heaven…or wants to think they are heaven bound. Jesus said it was the opposite, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." The existence of hell is not debatable and is not erased by a popular poll, scientific reason or human emotion. Man won't believe in hell until they stand before it.
"And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done… If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." (Rev. 20:12,13,15)
The New Testament word "Gehenna" was used to describe the "lake of fire". It is a place of eternal punishment where people are tormented day and night forever. The "Valley of Hinnom", a place outside the walls of Jerusalem, was described as Gehenna. This was the valley where people worshipped Molech and offered human sacrifices. It was also a garbage dump where refuse burned continuously and was overrun by festering worms. Jesus referred to this place as an illustration to the continual fire, infestation and stench of hell.
The lake of fire will be a place of eternal punishment where people are tormented day and night forever. The sea and earth will give up their dead so man can be judged as body, soul and spirit. Sinful man will stand before the Great White Throne as the books of their deeds and works will be examined. Their works, deeds and goodness will fall short of the standard of God's holiness.
Because their names are not found in the book of life, sinful man will be thrown into the lake of fire. This is a fulfillment of Christ's words, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them." (Jn. 3:36) When man rejects Christ's plan of salvation, they will stand condemned and judged by an eternal verdict of everlasting and continual torment. It will be too late; there will be a judge but not a jury, a prosecutor but no defense, a sentence but no appeal. Today is the day of salvation as eternity awaits all of us…it's either heaven or hell. Is your name written in the book of life?
Rule The World...
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 9:1-37 / Revelation 19:11-21 / Psalm 148:7-14
In 1954 some of the most powerful men in the world met for the first time in Oosterbeek, Netherlands to debate the future of the world. They decided to meet annually and in secrecy, naming their organization the Bilderberg Group. Today some of the most influential men, 120 to 140, from North America and Europe meet in order to gain greater power and control over the world. About one-third of the attendees are from government and politics, whereas the other two-thirds are from the finance, industry, labor, education and communication world.
The Bilderberg Group is the world's most exclusive club and no one buys their way in. The Group's steering committee decides who will be invited and only the powerfully elite, who adhere to a One World order of government, are considered. Some may scoff at a group of this nature but many men, groups and governments in history have had similar desires and have attempted to "rule the world". The world laughed at them but sooner or later they had to deal with their madness.
Man has always had a desire to rule, if not the world then their own lives. Man's lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life led mankind to rebel against the authority and power of God. Man will eventually follow an antichrist and will attempt to "once and for all" overthrow God's rule and dominion. In response, God will rise up and "once and for all" pour out His wrath on evil and satan by the power of His victorious Son, Jesus Christ.
"Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." (Revelation 19:15,16)
Christ comes as the rider on the white horse who defeats and displaces all kings and kingdoms of this world. He takes dominion over all powers and comes as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The declaration of His Kingship and Lordship is written on His robe (a symbol of His great majesty) and on His thigh (representing His great power). He destroys all earthly powers not with man made weapons but by the authoritative and supernatural Word of Truth that He speaks! (vs.15)
Many crowns, representing His sovereignty over all nations, rest on His head (vs.12) because of His blood redemptive and sin destroying sacrifice on the cross. (vs.13) Jesus once rode humbly into Jerusalem on a donkey and was crucified but here He rides as a warrior into a hostile world on a conquering stallion to establish His Kingdom in authority and power! Christ will come to redeem all of creation and Rule The World. To Him be all honor, glory and power forever…He is The King of Kings and The Lord of Lords!
Tree of Gladness...
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 7:4-8:18 / Revelation 18:17-19:10 / Psalm 148:1-6
If you could be a tree…what tree would you be? Some would like to be a Palm tree because of location – warm and tropical! Others might like to be an Oak tree of strength and might. While others, because of this Christmas season, might desire to be a beautiful Christmas tree full of beauty and brilliance!
Have you ever considered a Myrtle tree? We may be unfamiliar with a Myrtle tree but it was a significant tree to the Jewish nation. A Myrtle tree is similar to an evergreen tree but has dark glossy leaves and white flowers. It was very prominent on the hillsides of Jerusalem. It would not grow extremely high and at times it branched out like a bush.
It was a very sweet fragrant tree and its leaves, berries and flowers were used to make perfume and to season food. It was not only used for practical purposes but also had great spiritual significance. Symbolically, the Myrtle tree is associated with gladness! The Israelites had worked diligently to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and they were physically exhausted, they needed joy.
They were also spiritually dry, as their busyness had pushed away the things of God. When Ezra stood to read the Word of God, the people were convicted of their personal lukewarmness and their forefather's apostasy. They mourned, wept and grieved over their sin as the convicting power of God took hold of their hearts.
Nehemiah instructed them, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10) Instead of grieving over their sin, failure and disappointments, they were to rejoice in God's forgiveness and faithfulness. The joy of the Lord was their promised strength, a fortress against despondency and a defense against discouragement!
Israel went and celebrated with great joy by feasting and giving gifts to one another. After their celebration, they read the Law and learned about the feasts of booths; a time when Israel was to reflect, remember and rejoice in God's deliverance from the enslavement of Egypt. They read, "Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from MYRTLES, palms and shade trees, to make booths." (8:15)
For 7 days, they were to encamp under the Myrtle tree of gladness! God desired them to live in the sweet fragrance and seasoning of His joy. Our lives should reflect and bring a sweet fragrance to others as well as add sweetness to the despondent and discouraged. Like Esther, whose Persian given name "Hadassah" is literally "Myrtle…sweet fragrance", we should all be Myrtles! Seems like a funny name but in reality…it is a joyous name reflecting a gladness of strength and sweetness!
A Godly Woman
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 5:1-7:3 / Revelation 18:1-17 / Proverbs 31:10-20
Mothers are often underestimated and undervalued. Just because a mother or wife isn't paid, doesn't mean that they don't make a significant contribution to the home and replacing her could be very costly. Taking into consideration a mother's work in the home and with her family, insure.com estimates the 2013 value of a Mom to be $60,000. That figure of course is arbitrary but salary.com estimates the 2013 value of a Mom even higher at $113,586.
We need to consider that not only are they child care experts but also chauffeurs, cooks, psychologists and money managers who work more than 94 hours a week. The greatest underinsured people in the family are wives and mothers. Their life insurance policies will not even begin to cover the financial expense needed to replace them.
A wife and mother's worth is not simply measured according to her financial replacement value. Her value cannot be measured by dollars but by the strength, love, unity and heart she brings to her family. The question is asked in Proverbs 31, "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies." (vs.10)
"Noble character" is understood in the Hebrew as strength and might. The word is often translated "army", "valiant" or when describing men "man of valor". A woman of unmovable commitment, virtue, strength and might is one of the greatest finds for any man…even more valuable than rubies!
"Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life." (vs.11,12) By God's design, she not only complements her husband, she completes her husband. Just as a man's right arm or right eye is invaluable as there is no price too great in order to save them, a wife's value is far greater. There is no standard or value that can measure her great worth.
God made woman as a helpmeet to her husband. At times a wife may feel she loses her worth and identity by serving her husband and children. The truth is, husbands owe much to their wives. A wife has the ability to be her husband's greatest support or biggest detriment. She has the power to victimize or complete him. A wife of noble character builds her husband up and he has great confidence and trust in her.
Good comes from her and she displays great faithfulness in good as well as bad times. The question is asked, "Who can find…" A woman of this caliber is not impossible to find but she is very rare. A wife of this magnitude is not simply a byproduct of extensive training and practice. The foundation of nobility and character is found deep within her as she surrenders her heart to God's divine love, purpose and plan for her life. A wife of Christian virtues and graces is greater than any inherited title or fortune…her influence is eternal!
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 3:1-4:23 / Revelation 17:1-18 / Psalm 147:12-20
Nehemiah had returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city walls and restore the gates. Each gate was significant and they were in need of repair. Nehemiah lists the gates here in chapter 3 and our lives, just like these gates are at times in need of repair and restoration.
The Sheep gate was the gate where the lambs were brought into the city to be sacrificed at the temple altar. This gate represents the cross on which the Lamb of God was sacrificed for our sins. This was the first gate repaired and the foundation of our redemption.
Next was the Fish gate. Jesus said, "follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." (Matthew 4:19) We are called to be His witnesses but if the gate of our witness has crumbled, we lose our witness. Our witness needs to be secure and effective. The Old gate was next and it represents truth. The truth of old is at times ridiculed and dismissed. The Word of God is true and must be established.
Those who travelled from the valley into the city used the Valley gate. It represents a place of humility, a place of lowliness of mind and humbleness of heart. God responds graciously to the lowly, humble and contrite. Pride must be dismantled before the valley gate can be used.
The Dung gate led out to the city dump in the Hinnon valley. When we repent, Christ removes the garbage and sin of our lives. We stand clean and purified before God! The Fountain gate is likened to Christ's promise of a fountain of living water springing up within us to where we never thirst again. The Holy Spirit is to flow through us like a vibrant fountain, not a stagnant cistern. Is the Holy Spirit vibrantly flowing through our lives or stopped up by sin and doubt?
Next we read of the Water gate and water is always a symbol of the Word of God. Interestingly, this is the only gate that did not need repaired in Jerusalem. The Word of God does not need to be fixed, changed or altered. We simply need to believe and walk in the assurance of His Word. The East gate faced the rising sun and was a gate of anticipation and hope. We have great hope and expectancy of Christ's return and walking through the Eastern gate.
As horses were a powerful force in warfare, the Horse gate is symbolic of spiritual warfare. We do not contend with flesh and blood but against principalities and powers…against the spiritual hosts of wickedness. Are we fighting or surrendering? Finally the Inspection gate was repaired. This was the gate where court was conducted and judgment was passed. We need to be regularly examined by God's Word and His Spirit. These gates were important to Jerusalem and also for us. What gates are in need of repair in your life?
Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 1:1-2:20 / Revelation 16:1-21 / Psalm 147:1-11
Interested in going to Mars? A Dutch company is planning to send four lucky people to colonize the planet of Mars. An unmanned launch is planned for 2018 in order to study and establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. After a few years of study and testing, the four space travellers are scheduled to land on Mars in 2025. The only difficulty with the trip…the travelers will never return to earth!
This has not diminished response for the trip as more than 200,000 enthusiastic people, since April 2013, have signed up for the maiden journey. They are not concerned about never returning to the earth and living the rest of their lives on Mars. You can say that they are on a mission that is out of this world!
Nehemiah was also on a mission, "I set out during the night with a few men. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem." (Nehemiah 2:12) Nehemiah's mission would only take him 900 miles away but the impact of it would surpass that of Mars to the end of the heavens.
Nehemiah's journey started in Persia, as he was the cupbearer of King Artaxerxes I. He had a position of honor and influence. Nehemiah was a trusted and respected officer. Life was going well for Nehemiah until he inquired about the exiles that had returned to Jerusalem. He was told that the walls of Jerusalem were broken down, the gates were burned and the city was a waste. Nehemiah grieved. He wept, mourned, prayed and fasted over the devastation of the Holy City.
His heart was deeply moved and his face, as well as his disposition, reflected his sorrow. Nehemiah's grief lasted many days and he carried the burden of the city deep within his spirit. He understood the significance of the broken walls as reflective of God's judgment and wrath upon Israel's sin. They had broken their covenant with God and Nehemiah was moved to repentance on behalf of his people.
Nehemiah found favor in the eyes of the king and was commissioned by Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem. Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem and surveys the city by night. He takes a few men with him as he inspects the burned gates and crumbled walls. Nehemiah was silent about his plans because he would encounter opposition. He was calculating and wise because that which God had laid upon his heart was all-important and divinely appointed.
When God places dreams, directions and a calling upon our life, we cannot help but lay everything else down for the supremacy of His plan for our lives. Nehemiah was consumed with his mission and was willing to risk everything and give everything to see the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt. If 200,000 are willing to die for a mission to Mars, are we willing to die for an eternal and divine mission? God doesn't necessarily ask us to die for His cause…just live for it! What's your mission?
Who Do You Trust?
Scripture Reading: Ezra 10:1-44 / Revelation 14:14-15:8 / Psalm 146:1-10
One of the greatest marketing and publicity strategies is to convince consumers to trust and believe in your product. It is very easy to place our trust in things that we can see and in the things that have been proven to be reliable. We even find it easier to trust the things that we can see rather the things that we cannot see! Like someone once said, "If we trust in men, we will get what man can do but if we trust in God, we will get what God can do."
The Psalmist states it clearly, "Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God." (Psalm 146:3,4)
We find ourselves putting confidence and trust in man who is mortal and uncertain. Princes were men of power and influence. To have the Prince's favor was to live in security and prosperity but there was no guarantee a prince would retain his power and position. They were mortal and susceptible to betrayal, defeat and death.
Like Israel, our reliance and trust in the world will only end in disappointment and hopelessness. Man is frail and unreliable but God is trustworthy and faithful. If we are not careful, we will place our trust in things, people and resources of this world while dismissing the intervening power, presence and purpose of God in our lives.
When the nation of Israel left Egypt, they came to the Red Sea while the Egyptian army pressed against them from behind. They were trapped with nowhere to go and faced certain destruction. God intervened by placing an intense whirlwind between them and the Egyptians. Moses lifted his rod over the Red Sea and God parted the waters, allowing the Israelites to walk across on dry ground. God proved He was trustworthy as He time after time provided miracles on their behalf.
I read of a story about a man who desired to regularly give a tithe to The Lord but was fearful his bills would not get paid. He shared his dilemma and fear with his pastor. The pastor encouraged him to follow his heart, be obedient to God's Word and give cheerfully. He even said, "If you tithe for one month and find you do not have enough money to pay your bills, I promise to personally make up your deficit.
After considering the pastor's challenge and promise he said, "If you promise to make up any shortfall, I guess I could try tithing for a month." The pastor then put things in perspective for the man saying, "You are willing to trust a man like myself who has little resources but you can't trust your Heavenly father who owns the whole universe!" God is always trustworthy and as Corrie ten Boom said… "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."
Scripture Reading: Ezra 8:15-9:15 / Revelation 14:1-13 / Proverbs 31:1-9
God's grace and favor was upon Ezra and the Israelites as King Artaxerxes decreed for the temple in Jerusalem to be rebuilt. The king allowed as many Israelites as would desire, the opportunity to return to Jerusalem. He not only encouraged them to return, he commanded offerings to be given by the citizens for the expense of rebuilding the temple.
There was an overwhelming response to the king's decree and they brought huge amounts of valuables to the returning Jews. The king, his officials and Israel brought them 25 tons of silver, close to 4 tons of silver articles, 4 tons of gold articles and polished bronze which was as precious as gold.
This was a tremendous blessing but it also presented a huge challenge for Ezra. The road to Jerusalem was not safe as thieves and bandits often robbed unsuspecting and unprepared travelers. They were in great danger of facing greedy and brutal criminals who would stop at nothing to heist such a treasure.
What made the situation worse, Ezra declined the king's offer of a military escort to Jerusalem and was now regretting that decision. He had boldly told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him." (Ezra 8:22) Ezra had been witnessing to the king about how great God was and he put himself in a position where he was going to have to "practice what he preached."
He was extremely humbled and desperate for God's miraculous intervention. Ezra's solution… "I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions." (vs.21) Ezra desired to touch the throne room of God and get His attention. He was so serious in his petition that he called all of the returning exiles to fast.
They were unwilling to go forward with His wonderful provisions alone, they needed His divine protection. The only way God's protection would be secured was through fasting. We often overlook the value and need for fasting. When we deny ourselves of extended meals, God begins to mold our humble souls, intensify His power in our lives and turn up the heat on the enemy!
There are times when fasting and extensive spiritual warfare is needed. Jesus told his disciples the strongholds of satan can only be broken by "prayer and fasting." (Mark 9:29) Ezra's testimony, "The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way." (vs.31) Ezra found God to be faithful to their prayer and fasting. Be sensitive to The Spirit when He directs you to fast. We must be willing to diligently and sacrificially seek the face of God by fasting. When WE do…GOD always comes through!
Pastor James Clark has pastored Calvary Assembly since 1985. He is blessed with his wife Yvonne, six children, two son-in-laws, a beautiful granddaughter and hopefully many more grandchildren to follow!
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Ambika Soni to attend 17th session of UNWTO General AssemblyNovember 24th, 2007 - 11:32 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Ambika Soni will leave for Colombia today to attend the 17th Session of General Assembly of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
During the General Assembly of the UNWTO, Soni will attend the ministerial meeting and make a statement in the plenary session.
During her three-day visit, she will also have bilateral meetings with her counterparts of Colombia, China, Turkey Egypt, South Africa and South Asian Countries.
Before returning to New Delhi, she will have a halt at Miami and interact with tour operators there to promote India as a tourist destination.
The World Tourism Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, is the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a global forum for tourism policy issues and practical source of tourism know how.
In 2006, the UNWTO's membership comprised of 150 countries, seven territories and more than 300 Affiliate Members representing the private sector, educational institutions, tourism associations and local tourism authorities.
With requests received from three more countries (Montenegro, Tajikistan and Brunei Darussalam), the total membership of UNWTO will increase to 153 countries at the end of 17th Session of General Assembly.
The Executive Council is WTOs governing board is responsible for ensuring that the Organization carries out its work and adheres to its budget.
It meets twice a year and is composed of 30 members elected by the General Assembly in a ratio of one for every five full members.
As host country of WTOs Head Quarters, Spain has permanent seat on the Executive Council. At present Tunisia is the Chairman of the Executive Council and Argentina and Hungary are the Vice Chairmen.
India is a member of the Executive Council. India was elected to the Executive Council in the last session of the General Assembly which was held in Dakar, Senegal in 2005.
India has presented its candidature for the post of the Chairmanship of the Executive Council which according to the principle of the geographical rotation between the regions, should be given to a member country from South Asia at the forthcoming session of the General Assembly.
The new Chairman of the Executive Council will take over the charge in the 82nd Meeting of the Executive Council which will be held on November 29 after the session of General Assembly ends. (ANI)
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