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What Does Easter Prove?
by Tom Goodman
Note: Are you thinking about visiting a church this Easter? Join our celebration at Hillcrest! We're located at the corner of Steck and Greenslope. For a map, go to HillcrestAustin.org/map.html.
In 2002, Oxford University philosophy professor Richard Swinburne spoke at a Yale University conference. He presented his case that a reasonable mind can be ninety-seven percent sure that the resurrection of Jesus happened. The idea
that such a distinguished professor in such a distinguished setting would defend the resurrection made the New York Times.
I'm glad material like this proves how reasonable the Christian faith is. But while we should offer our seeking friends proof for the Easter story, we should also be able to tell them what the Easter story proves.
This question came up a few years ago on Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio program. A young woman brought up a problem with her fiancé, who had begun attending a church that didn't hold to Christian truth in several important ways.
The young woman was wondering what to do—the difference between her beliefs and those of her fiancé was causing a problem. When Dr. Laura pressed for an example she answered that her fiancé's church did not affirm the Resurrection.
"Tell me something," Dr. Laura replied, "I'm a nice Jewish girl and I don't understand all these ins and outs. What difference does the Resurrection make?" It was a fair question—but the caller couldn't answer it.
I want you to have an answer to that question. This Sunday, we'll look at four answers to the question, "What does Easter prove?"
If you have seeking friends, this Sunday is a perfect day to meet together at Hillcrest. Not only will you all enjoy a great Sunday School class and experience the power of worship—you will also walk out with an armload of helpful gifts:
During the Sunday School hour (9:30), adults will receive a free copy of Lee Strobel's new book, The Case for Easter. Strobel was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune and an avowed atheist until he
used his investigative skills to explore the Christian claims. The Case for Easter is his latest in a series of books that explain what—and why—Christians believe.
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During the worship hour (8:15 or 10:45), guests can receive a complete set of sermon tapes from our recent study, Experiencing the Passion of the Christ. In this series we discussed the questions raised by
Mel Gibson's film, such as "Who Killed Jesus?" and "Who Was Jesus?" and "Did It Really Happen?" The Easter sermon will be included in this tape set.
Forward this edition of Winning Ways to your friends and let's get together this week to celebrate life with the risen Lord!
The story of Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio program was reported in "Soul Food," by J.B. Cheaney, World magazine, September 20, 1997, pg 34.
Important Notes:
No Evening Service on Easter Sunday.
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o The most important thing you need to know about Jesus
o What we teach about baptism
o Four fundamentals of spiritual growth, using the acronym "H.I.L.L."
o How to "connect" with others in the church
o How to help us reach others for Christ and church involvement
o How to worship
Our Children's Minister, B.J. Linam, teaches a "kid-friendly" version of this workshop in her office at the same time. Preschool care for parents taking the class is also available by appointment.
Baptisms have been scheduled for April 18 and 25, 10:45 a.m. If you would like to take this important step in your walk with Christ, call the church office
The Imperials in Concert at Hillcrest April 18, 6:30 p.m. Come hear the new sound of a familiar name in Christian music!
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An original work by Brookline-based artist Janet Echelman will grace the Rose Kennedy Greenway starting in May. You won't miss it: Echelman's aerial sculptures are generally ginormous, colorful and undulating, crafted from material such as twisted nylon, braided polyester, painted cables and color lighting. Here are a dozen of her earlier ones from around the world. [Curbed Boston]
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Venango County is developing a new Comprehensive Plan, which will serve as a blueprint for the County's goals and objectives for the future. A comprehensive plan establishes a framework to improve communities, projections for future conditions and trends, and a vision that reflects the ideas and goals of the residents and stakeholders. Pennsylvania law requires counties to update their comprehensive plans every 10 years. Venango County's last comprehensive plan was developed in 2004.
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Beth Glassman Named Vice President for Human Resources
In a message sent to the community on July 19, President Valerie Smith announced that Beth R. Glassman will join the College on Sept. 20 as the next vice president for human resources.
Glassman brings to the position more than 25 years of experience as an attorney and chief human resources officer at several well-regarded organizations. She has spent most of the past decade working in higher education, including as Widener University's chief human resources officer (CHRO) and currently as Union College's acting CHRO.
"Beth is an esteemed and proven collaborator with deep expertise across human resources operations," President Smith said.
In her new role at Swarthmore, Glassman will lead the College's team of human resources professionals and provide strategic direction and oversight of all aspects of the College's HR operations. She will also play a central role in establishing and communicating human resources policies and priorities to the College community.
While at Widener, Glassman led the transformation of the university's HR office from a tactical, transactional office to a strategic partner for campus community members. She helped modernize and improve the performance-review process; she introduced and implemented new technology that led to increased transparency and efficiency; and she helped improve the institution's benefits package, leading to more equitable and inclusive employee health care benefits.
As Union College's acting CHRO, Glassman developed COVID-19-related policies, communications, and safety plans and protocols. She also worked to implement new recruiting practices; she introduced career development and training initiatives; and she focused on creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all of the college's employees.
Glassman holds a B.A. in political science from Tufts University and a J.D. and an MBA from Widener University, and has partnered with Swarthmore in the past through her consulting business, helping the College improve its hiring processes.
Interim Vice President of Human Resources Catherine Geddis, who joined the College last fall and has been instrumental in guiding the College through multiple challenges during the past 10 months, will remain in her interim position until Glassman begins in September.


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"The point I wanted to make with this," Town Manager Greg Schulte explained, "and this is related to the expense part, is that we receive requests for funding from different service organizations, like we heard from Seeds of Learning yesterday morning." Schulte was referring to a presentation and request for funding by Lynne Bridges at the joint town/county work session on Sept. 6.
Schulte then pointed out that general fund revenues for 2015 are projected to be $2,310,269, while expenditures are budgeted at $2,303,411, leaving the town with a cash reserve of $1,444,828.
"Service organizations are budgeted at the level they were last year," Schulte continued, "so the budget right now does not include additional funding for the multitude of organizations that requested additional funding."
Schulte drew the councilors' attention to the budget, which estimated that, by the end of 2014, the town will spend $61,763 on service organizations, and while the exact same number is budgeted for 2015, there are actually $111,063 worth of requests from a variety of organizations, including the Pagosa Springs Senior Center, Mountain Express (Archuleta County's public transportation service), Seeds, Axis Health System, Thingamajig Theatre and more.
Schulte then explained a footnote at the bottom of the page. "Last year, the policy of town council was to budget 3.25 percent of the tax and contracts revenue category under the general fund for service organizations."
Because the budget is premised off a 3-percent projection of growth in revenues, the total amount for service organizations could be bumped up to $66,455.
According to the town's budget, however, service organizations are budgeted separately from investments in economic development.
By the end of 2014, the town will have spent $15,000 on economic development, including a $10,000 donation to the Downtown Development Task Force, $2,500 to Southwest Rural Philanthropy Days and $2,500 worth of tax rebates to businesses that expand or invest in the downtown area.
The budget for 2015 includes $20,000 for economic development. However, the town has received $63,500 in requests for funding from this line item in the budget. Besides the incentive program, these include $15,000 for Seeds, $3,500 for the Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College in Durango, and $25,000 for an unspecified "economic development organization.
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A new method for objective myocardial scar characterization using MR late gadolinium enhancement and post-contrast look-locker sequences
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance volume 15, Article number: P182 (2013)
Accurate characterization of myocardial scar has important diagnostic and prognostic implications for post-infarct patients. Previous studies have used late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) MR to characterize myocardial scar, by dividing the scar region into core and gray zones based on signal intensity in LGE. The characterization is however subjective to manual annotations, dependent on image acquisition parameters, contrast dose and timing, and has limited reproducibility. The purpose of this study is to objectively and reproducibly characterize infarcted myocardial tissue combining information from the LGE and post-contrast Look-Locker (LL) sequences.
Eighty-four post-infarct patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 T. Prior to the LGE acquisition, a LL sequence was acquired at one short-axis level to determine the optimal inversion time for LGE, and to estimate the T1 values of blood and myocardium. In the training group of 52 patients, the blood pool, viable myocardium, and fibrotic tissue were manually annotated and their relaxation rates were derived from the T1 map. The relationship between the relaxation rates of the viable/fibrotic tissue and the blood was modeled by linear regression. In the testing group of 32 patients, the linear models were applied to estimate the relaxation rates of viable and fibrotic myocardial tissue. The T1-identified viable and fibrotic regions were projected from the T1 map to the corresponding LGE slice, and their signal intensity was used to estimate the percentage of infarction within the complete LV. The T1-based scar identification was compared to manual scar identification results from two independent observers. Reproducibility of our method was evaluated by comparing the T1-based scar identification results obtained by the two observers.
The relaxation rates of the viable/fibrotic tissue both exhibited a linear relationship (p<0.05, Figure 1) to that of blood. The slope of the linear fitting further indicated the blood-tissue partition coefficient in the viable/fibrotic tissue (λ=0.59 and 0.98, respectively). The T1-based scar identification showed good agreement with the manually identified scar regions, in terms of Dice index (0.90±0.06) and scar size relative to myocardium volume (32.6±11.2% vs. 32.7±12.0%, p=NS). Bland-Altman analysis showed that the inter-observer variability in scar identification was -2.8±3.6% for manual scar identification, and 0±1.3% for T1-based scar identification (p<0.05).
By combining information from LL and LGE sequences, myocardial scar can be characterized in an objective and highly reproducible manner for post-infarct patients. Since the method does not require additional scanning it can be readily applied with standard cardiac CMR protocols.
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Tao, Q., Lamb, H.J., Zeppenfeld, K. et al. A new method for objective myocardial scar characterization using MR late gadolinium enhancement and post-contrast look-locker sequences. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 15 (Suppl 1), P182 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-15-S1-P182
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Your pulling, your tugging trying to save yourself but no one seems to care
When you walk the world alone will you find your way back home
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Your falling, your crawling, searching in the dark, your heart is full of fear.
Your crying, your trying want to find yourself but you can't look in the mirror.
When you walk that lonesome road don't forget your heart's your home.


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Cubs name David Ross manager on 3-year deal
CHICAGO -- On the final day of the regular season, players inside the Cubs' clubhouse were still absorbing the news that Joe Maddon would not be back as the team's manager in 2020. It was natural, even as that reality sunk in, to ask their thoughts on the possibility of David Ross landing the job.
"He's my biggest mentor in this game other than, really, Joe," Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said.
Ross made a significant impact in his two-year stop with the Cubs as a player, and now he has a chance to make an even bigger mark on the franchise as its next manager.
On Thursday, the Cubs formally announced that Ross is Maddon's successor via a three-year contract with a club option for 2023. The Cubs have scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. CT/noon ET on Monday to introduce Ross as the 55th manager in franchise history. It can be seen live on MLB.com and cubs.com.
"David is as gifted a leader as I've ever come across," Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said in a release. "And I expect him to become a great manager. He is a natural connector with a high baseball IQ and a passion for winning.
"David has always stood out for his ability to cultivate the ingredients of a winning culture -- accountability, hard work, hustle, competitiveness, trust, togetherness, and team identity."
The news first broke on Wednesday morning via several outlets, including MLB.com, with David Kaplan and Jesse Rogers of ESPN first reporting the expected hiring.
"He's a proven winner and we look forward to him leading our team back to the postseason," Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said in a release.
The 42-year-old Ross had been serving as a special assistant under Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, and as an analyst for ESPN. Ross not only has a strong rapport in place with the front office, but relationships already built with players from his time as a backup catcher for Chicago in the 2015-16 campaigns.
Behind the scenes, Ross earned a reputation as a leader in the clubhouse, especially when it came to offering the kind of veteran edge that held teammates accountable. The catcher also became a fan favorite as "Grandpa Rossy" before reaching cult hero status with his home run off Andrew Miller in Game 7 of the '16 World Series.
"My time with this organization has been special since the day I joined," Ross said in a release. "So to continue with the club in this role is a blessing for which I'm so very thankful. We have accomplished so much together since 2015, and my desire to lead this organization to another World Series championship could not be any stronger."
To this day, no one has caught more of Jon Lester's career innings than Ross. Like Rizzo, Lester still considers Ross a close friend, which will be a fascinating dynamic to follow as the former catcher transitions from teammate to manager. Lester was asked about that potential scenario on Sept. 29.
"That's something that you'd just have to learn as you go," Lester said. "I'm sure we'll butt heads just like I butted heads with Joe. But, at the same time, I would respect the hell out of him. He's my boss, so if he makes a decision, he makes a decision and you have to respect that."
It is worth noting that there are only 10 players from that 2016 World Series team under club control for next season. That number might also decrease further this offseason, depending on what kinds of roster moves are made via trade or otherwise. It is not as though Ross is inheriting a full roster of former teammates and friends.
In the Cubs' initial statement about the hiring, Ross noted that "a lot has been made, and rightfully so," of his connection to the '16 team. He said that will not get in the way of him holding players accountable.
"Having those relationships going into this will be a bonus, no doubt about it," Ross said. "But those guys know I'll be the first to hold them accountable, the first to demand their best daily effort and the first to let them know about it if they give anything but their best.
"I never had a problem dishing out a lot of tough love as their teammate, and that won't change as their manager."
One year ago, Ross was in the mix to serve as Maddon's bench coach after Brandon Hyde moved to the managerial role in Baltimore. With family in mind, Ross declined that job, which went to Mark Loretta. Still, as the year wore on and Epstein made it clear that Maddon's expiring contract would not be addressed until season's end, Ross' name persisted as a possible replacement.
Besides Ross, the Cubs interviewed Loretta and first-base coach Will Venable as internal options. Chicago brought former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and former Phillies manager Gabe Kapler in for formal interviews as well. Astros bench coach Joe Espada was interviewed twice and emerged as a strong candidate, too.
Ross does not boast the managing experience of Girardi or Kapler, or the kind of resume that Espada has built as he worked his way up the Minor and Major League coaching ranks. They could not offer Ross' already-established relationship with much of the Cubs' front office and players, which should allow him to really hit the ground running.
"David's connection to the organization and his relationships with his former teammates could be assets initially," Epstein said. "But they were not factors in our decision nor will they be critical to his long-term success in the role. He earned the job on the merits, and he will move the team forward in a new and different direction.
"We are excited to have David as our manager and look forward to working together to foster a winning culture and build the next Cubs championship team."


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The founder of DAAR Communications Limited, owners of AIT TV and Raypower radio, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the Police in the United Kingdom.
Dokpesi was reportedly arrested at Heathrow Airport in London on Sunday morning, January 8, 2023.
According to Whistler, Dokpesi was arrested on arrival at Heathrow Airport. He had boarded a Lufthansa Flight LH916 from Frankfurt to London and was subsequently picked up at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport.
"We were on a flight from Frankfurt to London and as we are about to arrive London, we were informed that we should all stay on our seat when the aircraft lands and that the Police wanted to do something.
We were informed that there will be a police operation. So when we landed, the police came in and ask who is Raymond Dokpesi and they now took him away," a source who witnessed the arrest said.
Although, it's unclear why he was arrested, Per Second News reports that he was booked into a HMP correctional center in the London Borough on Sunday afternoon.
He will make an initial court appearance on Monday morning, January 9, the report added.
It was gathered that when he appears in court, the first hearing would involve a judge deciding whether Dokpesi has adequate legal representation and scheduling additional court dates, including an arraignment.
An initial appearance could pave the way for authorities to release the probable cause affidavit, the document authorities used to justify Dokpesi's arrest and obtain a warrant, which has so far been sealed.


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Retailers who ignore women shopping for engagement rings are making a big mistake. For the groom-to-be it may represent two months' salary, but for the bride-to-be it's a symbol of self-expression as well as a lifelong emotional commitment.
Diamantaires sometimes joke that without romance, there's no need for diamonds. An important corollary to consider is that without women, there's no need for bridal jewelry.
That's a significant message for jewelers to heed, according to newly engaged women recently interviewed by The Knot.com about their experiences shopping for diamond engagement rings. Although the products were satisfactory, the shopping experiences often were not. Many of the women were ignored even as salespersons showered attention on grooms, who are frequently perceived as the "real" customer for an engagement ring purchase. The women also complained that salespersons often were not concerned about finding the perfect ring for them and were insensitive to women's input.
Yet The Knot's research shows that brides have a big say in the type of engagement ring bought and where it's purchased (see "Brides Have the Power for Engagement Ring Purchases, " JCK, August 2005, p. 70). That finding should come as no surprise: In the United States, women influence a whopping 85 percent of all consumer purchases.
"When it comes to brides, they're in control of the pocketbook strings in a big way," says Jen Drechsler, co-director of brand consulting for Just Ask a Woman, a consulting firm in New York City that was responsible for the statistics published in Just Ask a Woman: Cracking the Code of What Women Want and How They Buy. "They overspend; they have a fairy tale image in their heads, whether they can afford it or not."
One tactic that cheats women out of proper service is sending inexperienced jewelry associates to "practice" on female customers, based on the belief that women aren't serious shoppers. Diane Warga-Arias, a former salesperson and a present-day Diamond Promotion Service consultant, recalls being encouraged to "go play" when female customers walked into the jewelry store she worked in years ago.
Part of the problem lies in a misunderstanding of how the sexes shop. Women pre-shop, investigating stores and prices and browsing at length, whereas men take action and make purchases much more quickly. "Most women who buy don't do it then and there; they browse and shop and come back," notes Judd Rottenberg, principal at Long's Jewelers, Burlington, Mass. "Women are very sensitive to that." A retailer who ignores a woman while she's pre-shopping for an engagement ring risks losing not only the engagement ring sale but also gift purchases for the bridal party as well as future purchases she might have made after the wedding.
To women, a purchase—especially an intimate purchase like a piece of bridal jewelry—is more about a relationship than a product. If she can't connect with anyone at your counter, she's likely to leave and spend her money in a place that respects her. "Women have been so burned by bad service that they've turned into vigilante shoppers," observes Drechsler.
Some retailers do see women as their best customers. Rottenberg patiently courted a bride-to-be during her pre-shop phase until she was ready to buy. It took two months. (Her fiancé was on his way into Long's to purchase the exact ring she wanted the afternoon JCK spoke to the retailer.) "I never made her feel unimportant during the browsing process," Rottenberg says.
Dallas-based wedding planner Ricardo Tomas says his female clients always go for the "cool" merchandise while their fiancés just tag along.
Female shoppers need to feel that they're being listened to and understood, and that takes patience. They want recognition, and they want their shopping practices respected. To better serve female customers shopping for bridal jewelry—and your own business—consider these tips.
Listen to your female shoppers. To learn about a woman customer and her tastes, style, likes, and dislikes, ask questions and write down responses. For Tomas, this means asking brides about their favorite restaurants in order to discover what food expectations she'll have for her wedding meal. For a jeweler, it might mean asking what her favorite precious metal is or what her most cherished piece of jewelry is. "Retailers have a huge role in making women feel special," says Brandee Dallow, director of communications for Julius Klein in New York.
Also remember that, when shopping, men want to be treated like VIPs, but women want to be treated like the only person in the room. Give her your undivided attention—if the phone rings, don't answer it. "I always have an easier sell when they have my [full] attention," notes wedding-planner-to-the-stars Preston Bailey. -
Recognize that weddings are loaded with stress. Brides have a multitude of tasks—flowers to order, dress fittings, family dynamics to deal with—so the last thing you want to do is add more stress to their lives. "She and her mother may be at each other's throats," observes Drechsler. "Treat [her ring buying] like a business and you'll lose." Instead, empathize with her and be prepared to go the extra mile. For example, if she asks you to keep the store open later so she can view rings, say yes.
Host events brides will enjoy. Bring calligraphers, videographers, florists, and cake artists to your store so she can efficiently sample a range of wedding services while perusing jewelry. Brides are short on time but want to make smart decisions. Consider scheduling appointments just for her and her girlfriends to try on jewelry, with no pressure to buy. "Do the work so, hopefully, the customer will come back," says Dallow.
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Be patient. Even if she's "just looking," treat her as if she's buying. If you alienate her by not allowing her the time she needs—even if it's two months—she might encourage her fiancé to go elsewhere when it's time to buy. Ask your wives and daughters how they're treated when they're browsing and how they feel about it. "Everyone is a potential buyer," notes Rottenberg. "Whether it's today, tomorrow, or a year from now."


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A key piece of voting equipment has gone missing while under the supervision of a pro-QAnon clerk, prompting a Michigan State Police investigation.
The equipment's disappearance came after a week of controversy for Stephanie Scott, a clerk in rural Adams Township who has clashed with Michigan's Secretary of State over Scott's bogus election fraud claims. It also marks the second time a piece of elections equipment under the control of a QAnon-tied elections official has been compromised.
Ahead of a special election on Tuesday, Scott refused to allow maintenance to be carried out on voting equipment. Instead, Scott told Michigan news site Bridge Michigan that she wanted to preserve data on the machines from previous elections—an apparent reference to the false idea that voting machines have been used to steal elections. That prompted Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to revoke Scott's ability to run the upcoming election, putting Hillsdale County Clerk Marney Kast, a fellow Republican, in her place.
But when Kast and her team arrived in Adams Township to inspect the voting equipment, they found a surprise. During the inspection, officials discovered that the voting machine's tablet—a key part of its operations—was gone. Michigan State Police launched an investigation Thursday to uncover who took the tablet.
It's not clear who took the tablet, and Scott didn't respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Benson declined to comment on the ongoing tablet investigation.
But in remarks to Bridge Michigan made before the missing equipment was noticed, Scott seemed focused on protecting the equipment from other election officials.
"The county clerk's office and now Secretary of State are demanding I drop off my machine for unfettered access, and God only knows doing what to it," Scott told the publication. "When you have the fox guarding the henhouse, somebody's got to stand up and guard those hens."
Amid false allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, conservative activists and officials have zeroed in on election equipment as supposedly holding evidence of the theft. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell promised to display voting machines at his voter-fraud "cyber-symposium" in August, but failed to deliver on his commitment, instead displaying only a scanner.
Scott has been a prolific booster on Facebook of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which holds that Trump will soon lead a fascist purge against his enemies, a cabal of cannibal-pedophiles in the Democratic Party and Hollywood. Scott has promoted the QAnon claim that world elites consume "adrenochrome," a substance they drain from children after sexually abusing them in Satanic rituals. A few days after Trump's election defeat, Bridge Michigan reported, Scott referenced the QAnon motto "Where we go one, we go all" in a Facebook comment about the election.
"This isn't over," Scott wrote. "WWG1WGA"
This isn't the first investigation focused on the integrity of voting equipment controlled by an official with connections to QAnon. In Colorado, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters became a hero on the far-right after appearing at Lindell's election-fraud conference in August. But Peters went into hiding and now faces her own investigation after election data from her county somehow leaked to a prominent QAnon figure.


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We hope you enjoy the ride!
Anybody can do design, but it takes that extra level of creativity and passion to really bring designs to life. We bring that creativity and passion to everything that we do. The best designs cannot be rushed, they take their own shape and it could be said that they often tell the designer what they want to be. They take on a life of their own!
Many great songwriters say that they did not write the song, it came to them in a dream or a vision. Many authors say the same of their stories and many artists, the same of their paintings. Creativity flows from many sources. Capturing it in your medium is the tricky part. Patience and respect for that creative flow is essential. That is how the strongest designs and brands are formed — designs with the highest impact, that form the strongest bonds with your target audience.


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The FAA requires every pilot, whether he or she is flying a single engine or multi-engine plane, to have a license. But, the airports they are flying into don't have the authority to check that, according to the FAA.
On Sunday morning, Philip Castronova, 70, and his wife Many, 39, flew out of Key West bound for Lantana. Family and friends of the couple say flying was Castronova's passion and one he did for more than 40 years, even though the FAA says he has not had an active airmen certificate since 1997.
"When you land on the ground, somebody doesn't come up and ask to see your license," said Vincent "Jim" Costa, a pilot.
Costa got his pilot's license in 1969 and has flown into almost every airport in the state since. He says airports don't check if you have your pilot's license. The FAA says it's because airports don't have regulatory authority.
"It is absolutely 100 percent up to the pilot that he's keeping up with his personal certification," said Costa.
The FAA says its inspectors can conduct random ramp checks of any pilot at any airport.
"I've had an airplane since 1969, I've had 8 airplanes, and I've never had a ramp inspection," added Costa.
It's rare and it's probably because of the volume of pilots and flights. The FAA says in 2016 pilots flew 7.9 million hours on personal flights in the U.S. The FAA also does not oversee aircraft inspections. Pilots are required to conduct annual inspections of their aircraft and the FAA can request that information.
Costa said Castronova would have had an inspection logbook in his plane. The National Transportation Safety Board will not say if investigators located the logbook, but said it would be something they would look for. It could help determine the last time the plane was inspected.
"For some reason, the plane fell out of the sky in clear weather. Those are the facts," added Costa.
Information about the investigation's status should be available in a preliminary report in seven days.


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1.2AW Openweight Title: Yoshida Ayato(c) vs Takizawa Taishi ****1/4
While putting together my watch list, I wanted to make time for something from 2AW. A reminder, but 2AW is just a rebranded K-Dojo resulting from the news that Taka was a scumbag.
Ayato was picked during the rebranding phase as a key part of the future of the company and the dude really does have a lot of potential. Takizawa on the other hand has held loads of gold and is one of the best dudes in Japan that never really made it to the "bigs", for whatever reason. Regardless of rank and position in the game, these two showed true fighting spirit here as they battled for 30 minutes and kept a strong pace throughout alongside some true hard work and stiff strikes. I had decent expectations when I picked this as my taste of 2AW for now and those were blown away for sure.
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Climate change, digitalisaton and dealing with the ongoing disruption caused by COVID were the top topics at this year's SME Assembly in Portorož Slovenia - Europe biggest event for entrepreneurs and small business.
After 18 tumultuous months, Europe's top event for small business, the SME Assembly, took place in Portorož, Slovenia.
The three-day gathering brings together entrepreneurs, economists and policy makers. The post-COVID recovery dominated discussions, as did climate change and the recent COP26.
Green transition
Hubert Gambs, the Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) insisted European small business will have a vital role to play in the transition to a low carbon economy.
According to him, everyone must contribute, "Big companies, small companies, the different sectors of the economy", if we are to achieve our low carbon objectives. Consumers also have a role to play because a lot is determined by consumer choice. Emphasising that SMEs "are the bulk of companies" he said the European Commission would be there to support them.
SMEs making a difference
Pipistrel is an innovative Slovenian Italian firm that makes small aircraft. The company is on a mission to change the future of flight and the planet having produced the world's first certified electric plane.
Used to train would-be pilots, the company's two-seater Velis Electro has a flight time of one hour. Demand for the aircraft is soaring, but that's just the beginning of the company's ambitions. According to Ivo Boscarol, the founder and CEO of Pipistrel, in five years the firm will have an aircraft that can fly 600 kilometres reaching speeds of 300 kms/hour. This aircraft will be available in two to four-seaters.
Pipistrel is also developing a fully electric unmanned flying van that will be able to transport around 400 kgs. Boscarol says the aircraft will reduce both emissions and noise pollution.
Every little helps
But not every SME can produce the game-changing technology needed to save the planet.
A hot topic this year was how to get ordinary company's to cut their emissions as Europe hopefully emerges from the pandemic. Professor Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, Climatologist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, argues that to do this effectively small businesses need to set targets. For her that means, reducing emissions by around 10 percent every year.
"Every entrepreneur needs energy, needs water, [and this] has an impact on the planet", she says. Everyone needs to "get better informed about climate change consequences" because businesses will need to adapt as there are risks if they don't. Her advice to SMEs is to learn and try to decarbonise as soon as possible and as much as possible.
Gambs insists the European Commission is completely focused on helping SMEs adapt and seize the opportunities associated with this green revolution. He explained the Commission will continue to offer advice and financial support to firms so that they can both reduce their emissions and thrive post-COVID.
Rewarding entrepreneurship
In addition to tackling some of the big challenges facing firms right now, the gathering also rewards initiatives and showcases the very best of Europe's entrepreneurial talent.
This year, the Grand Jury Prize for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards went to a German organisation called COMPETENZentrum für Selbständige. It provides advice, coaching and networking opportunities for migrant women so that they can become self-employed or set up their own small business.


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In 2014, UK mom Sarah Ivermee founded Lugs, a company that produces decorative kits for hearing aids and cochlear implants. In order to encourage children to wear hearing aids, Sarah created custom-made kits to transform the device into superhero figures. Sarah's son was diagnosed as profoundly deaf three months after his birth. So, she was able to experience the struggle of convincing her son to wear hearing aids and cochlear implants. One of her friends also had a nine-year-old daughter with hearing problem. But since her classmates started teasing her about her hearing aid, she refused to wear it again. At that time, Sarah thought of decorating the girl's hearing aid by placing nail stickers onto the device. Surprisingly, the girl loved the new design and started wearing the hearing device again.
The result gave Sarah a brilliant idea, an idea that could benefit her son and other kids with hearing impairment. She started to create different designs ranging from superheroes and cartoon characters to colorful flowers. Her son, who was 4-years old back then, loved to wear his hearing aids with superhero designs. By creating Lugs, Sarah was able to help other parents in encouraging their children to wear hearing devices and cochlear implants.
"Needless to say, our son Freddie reaps the most benefit from the business, as he gets to choose new designs every month, making all his hearing friends at school very jealous!", she says.
Boost your kid's confidence with these decorative hearing devices. Visit the Lugs shop to see all available kits for hearing aids and cochlear implants. Each kit comes with a colored vinyl that you can easily stick to the device. Furthermore, the pieces are made to fit standard device models. And the kit also contains stickers to decorate the vinyl and charms that you can simply slide over the ear hook.
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"How do you explain Billy Graham?"
As Mr. Graham's family gathered at the place where his body was about to be buried, his longtime pastor and friend Dr. Don Wilton asked the question some may have pondered.
"How do you explain the extraordinary man that God gave this earth?"
A simple North Carolina farm boy going on to preach to some 215 million people at hundreds of Crusades in more than 185 countries and territories—it's a record that seems to defy the odds.
And one that Billy Graham would take no credit for.
Though described through the decades as, "A giant," "God's ambassador," "America's pastor," "One of the most influential figures in the world"—the touching interment ceremony was a reminder of tender moments he had at home with those who knew him as "Daddy," "Daddy Bill," "Billy Frank," and "Mr. Graham."
David Bruce, Billy Graham's executive assistant, recalled his "lifelong pattern of reading several Psalms a day."
Wilton, who visited Billy Graham weekly for many years, called it "a privilege to be able to sit with Mr. Graham and have many private conversations with him."
"Most of us know Mr. Graham in this big world," Wilton said. "But [we remember] those times of sitting there and talking and playing with the dog, and sharing together, and above all, hearing the heart of this precious man who didn't just talk about the love of God—he lived it in the very fabric of his being."
Even in recent years, Mr. Graham had a desire to preach one more message, Wilton added. "To have the opportunity to tell people about Jesus just one more time."
The Scripture that burned in Billy Graham's heart to preach and was posted around his home:
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world (Galatians 6:14, NKJV).
Though Mr. Graham was viewed by millions, it was never about him.
"Billy Graham simply can't be explained outside of Jesus," Wilton smiled.
One Last Goodbye
A breeze passed through the Prayer Garden at the Billy Graham Library as family gathered at the small ceremony on Friday. After a time of prayer and reflections from Wilton, each of Billy Graham's children placed a white rose on his casket and said one last goodbye.
Gigi with a kiss from her fingertips to the casket. Anne with her head bowed, hands clasped. Ruth with a gentle touch and sweet time of reflection. Franklin with two taps on the casket. Ned with a moment of prayer.
"People say … 'What now that Billy Graham is no longer with us?' … Mr. Graham would look at us today and say it's about Jesus," Wilton explained.
"Thank you, Mr. Graham. Thank you for teaching us. Thank you for showing us. Thank you for living this life out for us," he concluded.
"Thank you for going to stadiums around the world and sharing the love of God in Christ Jesus with people like ourselves who are so desperate to know Him.
"Thank you for inviting us to get up from our seats … to call that number … to go to church on Sunday … to hide God's Word in our hearts."
Billy Graham once called himself "an ordinary preacher, just communicating the Gospel in the best way I know how."
Whether you knew him personally, across a stadium, through a speaker, or on a TV screen, God's work through his humble servant is a reminder to us all.
"We are stewards of the Gospel. The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven and earth was not given to the angels; it was given to redeemed men. Every Christian is to be a witness." —Billy Graham


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By Nick O'Malley and Nathan Hondros
Despite a late poll slump, scrappy organisation and the selection of "fruitcakes" as candidates, One Nation remains in a position to seize the balance of power in Western Australia's upper house, largely due to the enduring strength of Pauline Hanson's political brand, less than a week before the state election.
A ReachTEL poll commissioned by Fairfax last week showed that the Labor opposition was leading Colin Barnett's Liberal government by 52-48 on a two-party-preferred basis.
But the Liberal Party's controversial preference deal with One Nation, which is polling at 8.5 per cent, could leave Ms Hanson's party with the balance of power in the upper house.
Dr Martin Drum, a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Notre Dame, said such a result suggests that should One Nation learn from its mistakes and should Ms Hanson continue to operate as effectively as she has in recent months, One Nation could wreak havoc for the Liberal and National parties in other state and federal elections in the future.
When the WA campaign began One Nation was polling at just over 13 per cent. The slump since then appears to have been inflicted by the quality of its local candidates, some of whom have proved to be "fruitcakes" said Dr Drum. "When they are in the headlines, it is normally for the wrong reasons."
Dr Drum noted that polling throughout the campaign has shown discontent with both major parties, with Liberal losses not all flowing to Labor.
He said given that One Nation failed to find enough candidates to run in all the state's contestable seats – and because some candidates appear not to have been closely vetted – the scope of its impact in this environment was unpredictable.
In January an article that the party's candidate for the crucial seat of Pilbara, David Archibald, held by the National Party's leader Brendon Grylls, wrote in the musty conservative journal Quadrant was dusted off and republished to a broad audience.
Listing lifestyle choices that the government should defund, he began with "ugly" single mothers.
"The first that springs to mind is single motherhood," Mr Archibald wrote.
"These are women too lazy to attract and hold a mate, undoing the work of possibly 3 million years of evolutionary pressure.
"This will result in a rapid rise in the portion of the population that is lazy and ugly."
On Friday One Nation's candidate for another crucial seat, Kalamunda, on the eastern fringe of Perth, suddenly quit, citing a preference deal between One Nation and the Liberal Party.
"I've had enough," Ray Gould, told ABC radio.
"I'm talking to voters and they say, 'We like Pauline Hanson but she's done a deal with the Liberals and she can't be trusted'.
"I don't think I'll even get 4 per cent of the vote because she's messing with the voters' heads."
Kalamunda could help decide which party wins government. It is held by the Liberal Party with a margin of 10.3 per cent, which is almost exactly the size of the swing Labor needs to win government and, according to recent polling, just about the size of the swing that polling suggests we might see on election day.
The Liberal Party has faced criticism for cutting a deal with One Nation that will see it giving preferences to the insurgent outlier in the upper house in return for One Nation's preferences in the lower house.
Speaking on ABC TV on Sunday morning, during an interview in which she backed a cut to weekend penalty rates, voiced her support for the Russian President Vladimir Putin and cast doubt on the safety of vaccines, Ms Hanson was frank in support of the agreement.
"I have no problem with saying that because it is our best chance of getting One Nation candidates selected to the floor of Parliament. Of course, who is not going to do it?"
The deal has increased tensions between the Liberal Party and its National Party coalition partners, and demonstrated how seriously the Liberal Party takes the One Nation threat.
Some observers believe Mr Barnett has effectively sacrificed the lower house seat of Perth, where voters have expressed anger at the deal, in order to stave off One Nation challenges in rural and regional seats.
In the aftermath of a mining boom that some analysts consider to have been wasted, the election is being fought over bread and butter economic issues such as unemployment and debt. This has pitted the state's giant resources and agricultural sectors against one another, in turn increasing tension between the coalition partners.
The National Party under Mr Grylls is pushing to increase a state production tax on iron ore from 25 cents a tonne to $5, a proposal being fought by WA's Chamber of Minerals and Energy.
The Chamber's chief executive, Reg Howard-Smith, has been watching the electorate closely in the lead-up to the election.
"We've been close to the ground over the last few months and the feedback we've got is that everyone is concerned about jobs," he said.
"Resource sector jobs, but jobs more generally always comes at the top of the order."
Although the tax increase would generate an extra $3 billion in revenue for state coffers, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have argued it would cost jobs in the Pilbara and across WA.
Mr Howard-Smith also believes the tax rise, which would require legislation to overhaul state agreements with the two companies, would damage the investment attractiveness of the state.
"We've had fantastic support across the sector for this campaign we're running about iron ore and that's focused on two companies, but the reason is there are many, many people who can remember the RSPT [Resource Super Profits Tax]," he said.
"When the RSPT was announced, on that Saturday the Dockers and the Eagles were to play – I never got to that game – capital dried up instantly."
But Mr Howard-Smith was also concerned about a Nationals plan to give companies payroll tax breaks for workers in the Pilbara who were not fly-in, fly-out (FIFO), an idea which could cost jobs everywhere but in Mr Grylls' own electorate.
Mr Howard-Smith said the plan would devastate small towns in the south-west like Busselton and Manjimup where many FIFO workers choose to live, and where the Liberal Party holds a swathe of crucial seats.
"If you're coming out of Busselton and you've made the choice to live there but to maintain your job you have to travel to the Pilbara, then it's clearly a matter of choice," he said.
"Manjimup only has a small number of FIFO workers, in the twenties, but by the time you look at families and everything else, the contribution they make is significant.
"Rio reached out to those workers in Manjimup. At the time the timber industry was closing there were some good operators who they took on, so it just doesn't make any sense.
"They would have the most mature FIFO model, so you have a lot of people coming out of Busselton, a number from Albany, Geraldton, and Broome and Broome is essentially Aboriginal employment.
"That's working extremely well and I don't think the National party policy is realistic for one moment."
Unions have been quick to link the Liberal Party to One Nation. On Sunday the Victorian CFMEU leader John Setka tweeted in reference to the penalty rates decision, "Pauline Hanson is just another Liberal who hates workers!"
Ms Hanson herself travelled to Western Australia to begin a week's campaigning on Sunday, with an itinerary planned to include stops in Perth and towns in the south-west as well as regional centres including Port Hedland, Karratha, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton.
The Labor leader Bill Shorten is expected to join the campaign later in the week.
So far the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, whose last WA visit was not warmly received, has no plans to make the trip.
WA Number Crunching
- To win government, Labor's Mark McGowan must win 10 seats from the Liberal Party's Colin Barnett, a swing of 10 per cent across the board. Last week's Fairfax ReachTEL polling puts Labor 4 points ahead on a two-party-preferred basis.
- Opinion polling has Pauline Hanson's One Nation as high as 10 per cent on its primary vote.
- Barnett's Liberals will be preferenced by Hanson's One Nation in a controversial deal that could deliver him government and One Nation the balance of power in the state's upper house.
- In 2001, Labor won government on the back of One Nation preferences after Liberal Premier Richard Court refused a preference deal with Hanson's party.
- The traditionally fraught relationship between the Liberals and the Nationals has been strained by the One Nation preference deal and a plan by the Nationals leader Brendon Grylls to increase tax on WA's iron ore companies.
- Nationals leader Brendon Grylls is under threat in his Pilbara electorate from a resurgent One Nation and the risk his proposed mining tax poses to jobs in the regions.
- Pundits find it remarkable the primary votes of both major parties are below 35 per cent and describe the result as "unpredictable".


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The purpose of the negative terminal on a car battery is to provide an electrical connection for starting, lighting, and ignition systems in your vehicle. A ground wire provides grounding for electric circuits. So what we need here are two separate wires: one as our ground and another as our power supply (negative).
Unless the car is a hybrid, in most cars, both batteries are grounded by a common negative cable that connects to the engine block. In these vehicles, you can use either battery as your ground depending on which side is closer to potential grounding points in your vehicle's body, for example, an exposed bolt head or structural steel. For non-hybrid cars (which almost all older models aren't), you may want to make sure the battery terminal and ground cable do not short if they structurally touch metal or other grounded parts of the engine block; we recommend using at least six inches of electrical tape wrapped around them to get their voltage difference away from metal and each other (and if desired, clamping them with a bolt, as long as it's snug and insulated from touching your car with anything metal).
Is the negative terminal on a car battery grounded?
This is a common question that comes up when you're looking to ground something in your car. While the negative terminal on your battery might look like it should be grounded, most batteries are "negative ground" systems which means they cannot be used as ground battery terminal.
The negative battery terminal isn't grounded because it is attached directly to the car's chassis. Many cars have an electrical system that uses negative ground, and grounding would cause a short circuit, making the situation even more dangerous than just having ungrounded electronics.
Some exceptions do exist, though: older vehicles with positive ground systems might still use the negative lead on the battery. An additional negative connection to chassis isn't possible in these cases because of how they are designed, but it can be used as an alternative ground in certain situations.
There is one other situation where you might use a car's negative terminal for grounding: when there is no better option available and none expected anytime soon (if ever).
For example, when you want to use a car battery as an auxiliary power supply in the back of a truck or van. Since there is no better ground available (e.g., batteries for starting and auxiliary electronics are usually not connected), it might be ok to do this once in a while; but don't make this standard practice.
In general, if you're not sure whether it's ok to use a terminal as ground or not – don't do it.
One last thing to keep in mind is that always disconnect the negative terminal whenever you are working on car electronics or want to test something with them. Disconnecting it protects the battery from unnecessary wear even if everything seems fine at first glance.
This can save you a lot of money over time and makes sure your new electronic gadgets are safe to use with your car.
Can you connect ground wire to battery?
In general, it would be wise to not connect the ground wire from one battery to the other in a series circuit because doing so will put both batteries at risk of discharging over their voltage range. This is especially true when connecting the ground wires from different types of batteries or brands, resulting in very different characteristics in current and discharge rates.
But should remember that this may reduce the lifespan of your car's electrical system. The negative terminal is connected directly with body parts like chassis and engine block where metal part are already grounded. You will lose out on free electrons during the charging process since it would be shorting itself through grounding car battery rather than successfully transferring electrons to the battery.
It also wouldn't be safe because all of the metal in the car would carry electricity trying to escape from the main connector; it would cause a short circuit and could start sparks, an arc, or even an explosion more easily than any other resistance (because there's nothing for it do but build up like crazy).
A negative battery terminal as the ground is not advisable. There are better options available for you to use if your car needs it. If there's an issue with the positive cable, then that would be where you need to attach the grounding wire. You can also have issues with corroded or broken grounds on your alternator and regulator, so you need to identify the problem before you attach any grounding cables.
For more information on grounding your vehicle, talk with a mechanic or auto dealer who can help get your car running correctly again. If you have questions about what is wrong with your battery or alternator, take it into an automotive shop for inspection and testing. This way, they are aware of the issue and are more likely to be able to tell you what is wrong with your car.


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Peggy Jane Mowbray, age 88, of Barton, MD passed away on December 15, 2020 at Egle Nursing and Rehab Center in-Lonaconing.
She was born on July 25, 1932 in Baltimore, the daughter of the late Howard and Violet Harris.
Peggy worked for several years as a manager for Wendy's Restaurant in LaVale. She was beloved by employees and customers alike. In her younger years, Peggy helped coach the Barton girls' softball team in the "Sugar and Spice" League and is fondly remembered by many former players. Peggy was a member of the Barton United Methodist Church, the Barton American Legion, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Barton Hose Company. She was a lifelong fan of the Baltimore Orioles Baseball team and enjoyed playing cards and bingo. Peggy was the life of the party and quickly made friends with everyone she met. Her favorite pastime was spending time with her grandchildren and her great grandchildren.
Surviving are her son, Wayne Mowbray (Lisa); daughter-in-law Carol Mowbray; grandchildren Jason Mowbray (Sara), Sean Mowbray (Natalie), Eric Mowbray, Andrew Mowbray, and Leah Mowbray; step-grandchildren, Rachel Duncan (Jim) and Evan Phelps (Vanessa). She is also survived by 8 great grandchildren and 4 step great grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. Peggy was preceded in death by her loving husband, Francis Thomas Mowbray, Sr. and her son, Francis Thomas Mowbray, Jr.
The family would like to thank the Egle Nursing and Rehab Center for the excellent care she received. Many of the staff became like family to Peggy.
Due to COVID-19, a private viewing and service will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Boal Memorial Chapel, Barton. A private graveside service and interment will follow at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Barton, weather permitting.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Peggy's name to the Egle Activity Fund or the Barton Hose Company.
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This digital photography will help you edit more than 50 beautiful pictures, and provide filters and the following filters for free.
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A nice set of four Cast iron Campagna urns. 74 cm tall x 57 cm dia and the base is 22 cm sq. These look great well weathered and rusty patina.
The price is for the set of four. Please see business contact information below. The item "Set of four cast iron urns Victorian style cast iron urns 74 cm" is in sale since Tuesday, April 16, 2019. This item is in the category "Antiques\Architectural Antiques\Garden". The seller is "hammmy2312" and is located in Oakham. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.


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231 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams." 2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. 3 Balaam said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you."
He went to a bare height. 4 God met Balaam: and he said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar." 5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak." 6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 He took up his parable, and said,
"From Aram has Balak brought me,
the king of Moab from the mountains of the East.
Come, curse Jacob for me.
Come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him.
From the hills I see him.
Behold, it is a people that dwells alone,
and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob,
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous!
Let my last end be like his!" 11 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether." 12 He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?"
13 Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there." 14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. 15 He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Yahweh yonder." 16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this." 17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?" 18 He took up his parable, and said,
"Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor the son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless.
He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. 21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.
Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel.
Yahweh his God is with him.
The shout of a king is among them. 22 God brings them out of Egypt.
He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;
Neither is there any divination with Israel.
Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What has God done! 24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness,
As a lion he lifts himself up.
He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain." 25 Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all." 26 But Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?'" 27 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse me them from there." 28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. 29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams." 30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
241 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him. 3 He took up his parable, and said,
"Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says; 4 he says, who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down, and having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are your tents, Jacob,
and your tents, Israel! 6 As valleys they are spread forth,
as gardens by the riverside,
as aloes which Yahweh has planted,
as cedar trees beside the waters. 7 Water shall flow from his buckets.
His seed shall be in many waters.
His king shall be higher than Agag.
His kingdom shall be exalted. 8 God brings him out of Egypt.
He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
He shall eat up the nations his adversaries,
shall break their bones in pieces,
and pierce them with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion,
as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Everyone who blesses you is blessed.
Everyone who curses you is cursed."
10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee you to your place! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor." 12 Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying, 13 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says'? 14 Now, behold, I go to my people: come, and I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days."
15 He took up his parable, and said,
"Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says; 16 he says, who hears the words of God,
knows the knowledge of the Most High,
and who sees the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes open: 17 I see him, but not now.
I see him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob.
A scepter will rise out of Israel,
and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
and break down all the sons of Sheth. 18 Edom shall be a possession.
Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession,
while Israel does valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall one have dominion,
and shall destroy the remnant from the city." 20 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,
"Amalek was the first of the nations,
But his latter end shall come to destruction." 21 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,
"Your dwelling place is strong.
Your nest is set in the rock. 22 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted,
until Asshur carries you away captive." 23 He took up his parable, and said,
"Alas, who shall live when God does this? 24 But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim.
They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber.
He also shall come to destruction." 25 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
251 Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab: 2 for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. 3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel. 4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel." 5 Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor."
6 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 7 When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; 8 and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. 10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 11 "Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace: 13 and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'" 14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. 15 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 "Harass the Midianites, and strike them; 18 for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor."


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Delhi - Haridwar - Rishikesh - Delhi
The entire region of Uttarakhand remains steeped in ancient history and mythology. If you are looking for a befitting introduction to Hindu traditions and culture, you can plan a tour through Haridwar and Rishikesh, most visited destinations in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Day 3: Drive to Haridwar
Morning drive to Haridwar. Haridwar is measured very holy, as this is the point from where the Ganges emerges from the Himalayas to begin its slow progress across the plains. The main ghat 'Har ki Pauri' (the footsteps of God) is suppose to be the precise spot where the Ganges leaves the mountains and enters the plains. Thus the river's power to wash away sins at this spot is superlative and endorsed by a footprint of Vishnu left on a stone here. Overnight at Haridwar.
Day 4: Haridwar to Rishikesh
Morning after breakfast check out your hotel visit Local temple, Ashrams, Ghats & afternoon transfer to Rishikesh. Check in your hotel in Rishikesh. half day city tour with evening Ganges Ceremony at Parmarth Niketan. Overnight at Rishikesh.
Proceed for an excursion trip of Rishikesh, Rishikesh is a holy city for Hindus located in the foothills of the Himalaya in northern India. Legend states that Lord Rama did penance here for killing Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. It is also known as the gateway to the Himalayas, Rishikesh is the starting point for traveling to the sites that form the Char Dham pilgrimage - Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, in Rishikesh visit the magnificent ashrams and famous Ram Jhula and Laxman Jhula.
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And now for something completely different. Let's forget about Michelin for a minute, and talk about mobile cupcakes. We're not sure how it was possible that we missed this last week, but one Don Rutledge, an Oak Park resident, has constructed a cupcake car. It's built from some kid's old bike, which Rutledge purchased for $5. He also added another wheel and hooked it up to three 12 volt batteries. Currently it can hit 20 miles an hour. Honestly, we'd like to see less cupcake trucks and more of these guys around town, but that's just us. Check out the madness below.
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Hanging in the Balance (In Life and Blood Book 1): A Paranormal Vampire MM Romance
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– Family Death
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Snatched as a human baby and turned vampire at age eighteen to serve as a chevalier for a sadistic queen, Julian is forever alone and waiting for his destiny to be fulfilled. While on watch one night in San Francisco, Sebastian, an elder vampire of immense strength, comes to him, intent on killing him. Instead of bringing Julian to death, this stranger turns Julian's life upside down, exposing secrets that have kept him bound in his torturous life. Can Julian accept the truth and free himself of his bonds to find his one true love or will he find he can't betray the queen he's sworn to protect?
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