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How Does God Define His "Wrath"?
Lorraine Day, M.D.
Posted 7-10-06
"Romans is dominated by three great doctrines: Justification, Conciliation and Sovereignty. God's own righteousness, which He shares with the sinner, His own peace, which He imparts to the believers, and His own indomitable will, which forms the immovable basis of all blessing, are the bulk and burden of this epistle." Concordant Commentary, p 229
Romans 1
The first seven verses of Romans, Chapter 1, are the salutation; the next eight verses are regarding personal matters concerning the apostle and the brethren in Rome, and the fifteenth verse is the link that unites the introduction to the directly doctrinal portion of the epistle.
Vs 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Not ashamed of the Gospel
Many people are ashamed of the gospel. They often keep hidden the fact that they are followers of Christ. What is the cause of this shame? It is that they do not know what the gospel is. No man or woman who really knows Christ will be ashamed of the gospel.
If one is ashamed of the gospel of Christ, which is the power of God, it is evidence that the man or woman who feels ashamed really thinks himself or herself superior to God, and that it is a lowering of his or her dignity to be associated with the Lord.
What is the Gospel (evangel in Greek)?
The evangel is God's power for salvation - - nothing else can take its place. There is no other power in the universe that can turn men to God. All the modern substitutes and expedients, impassioned oratory or emotional excitement, cannot save or make men right before God. The evangel alone, without any additions or apologies, is able to justify anyone who believes.
What does it mean to believe?
". . . it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth"
The Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be SAVED." Acts 16:31 "Belief" appears to be the ONLY thing necessary for a person to gain eternal life! If "belief" is ALL that is necessary to have eternal life, does one just have to "think" or "utter" the words, "I believe" and they are automatically saved? Is it that easy? What does it mean to "Believe"?
Jesus used the word believe, or a form of that word, eighty times. Obviously, it is/was very important to Him.
Some Christian denominations teach that all one has to do is say a short recitation acknowledging that he or she is a sinner, that Jesus is the Son of God, that He was born of a virgin, died on the cross for our sins, was resurrected from the dead and now lives forever, in order for a person to be saved. That is considered the "belief" that is necessary in order to be saved.
Apparently, if one just says those words, then eternal life is guaranteed to that person.
But what will heaven or the new earth be like if all who are there have only had to recite those words, then they have gone on living pretty much the way they were before. It is true that the denominations preach that God is against blatant alcoholism, adultery, overt stealing, obvious lying, and murder of an individual (apparently corporate murder - as in war - is acceptable), but with those few exceptions, life goes on pretty much as it did before. However, there IS one mandatory rule - one MUST attend church regularly and be "involved" in the "church" in order to be considered a "good" Christian!
This is MAN'S version of the word "Believe."
Let's look at GOD'S definition of the word "Believe!"
The Bible says that Faith - WITHOUT works - is Dead! The word translated "faith" in the Bible is exactly same word as "belief."
This means that Belief (faith) - - WITHOUT the actions that correspond - - - is Dead!
If one says he "believes" - but his life does NOT correspond to what he says he "believes," then he does NOT believe, no matter how much he argues to the contrary.
Let's look at the different areas of a person's life that MUST change when he or she becomes a Christian in order to manifest his or her "BELIEF!"
Do we BELIEVE that God is in charge of our Safety?
If a Christian says he believes in God, but at the same time, believes in self-defense, he demonstrates that he does NOT believe in God.
God says, "Fear not," numerous times in the Bible, (Ps 34:7, Isa 41:10, Ps 34:15) and if we believe that WE must defend OURSELVES, then we DON'T believe in God. We DON'T believe that God WILL do what He has ALREADY PROMISED He will do - and that is to watch over us. However, that does NOT mean that God will keep us from all harm. We know that martyrs have - and again will - die for Christ. If God allows harm to come to us, then He will accomplish something positive in our lives through that experience.
We MUST learn to trust Him and NOT try to take our safety into our own hands. If we do that, we CANNOT claim that we "trust God!" If we take our safety into our own hands, where does God come into play? HE is the one who promises to protect us. But he CAN'T do that if we take our protection into our own hands.
We must believe in "God-defense" and NOT self-defense!
Do we BELIEVE that God is our Plan-maker?
J. N. Andrews, the first missionary of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church, and the person for whom the SDA Theological Seminary is named, said:
"Find a field of labor, ask God to help, take off your coat, and go to work!"
That's the sequence that virtually ALL Christians believe in. That's the sequence that virtually ALL Christian organizations and denominations believe in. But, unfortunately, that's the WRONG sequence!
Christians wrongfully "decide" what work God wants - or needs - done. Then they proceed to decide exactly HOW that work should be done. THEN they ask God to bless THEIR plans THEIR process to complete THEIR plans! - - - as if God doesn't have the ability to formulate His OWN plans or the PROCESS by which they should be carried out.
The more of US we have in any deal, the LESS God can accomplish.
Whenever GOD makes the plans and designs the process to complete the plans HE has made, things turn out perfectly. When we do things OUR way, disaster is always the result - - even when we THINK things have turned out pretty well - at least temporarily.
Let's look at some Biblical examples demonstrating the results when GOD makes the plans AND the process - versus MAN taking over God's job!
GOD makes the PLAN and the PROCESS. (Man just follows God's orders and carries out GOD'S plans.)
1) Noah and the flood - building the boat. God told Noah He would save Him from the flood. How did God save Noah? Answer: God told Noah to build a boat. Notice that God did NOT leave the PLAN up to Noah. God made the Plan.
Then God told Noah EXACTLY how to build the boat, down to the last detail. God did NOT leave the PROCESS up to Noah, either. God decided the process.
Noah's job was to carry out, in EVERY detail, the Plan AND the Process that God had given him. When Noah allowed God to make the plans and the process by which the plans were to be carried out, there was great ultimate success.
2) Joshua and the battle of Jericho: God was the Plan-maker for the Battle of Jericho - - NOT Joshua. God made the Plans - - NOT Joshua, and God designated the Process. Joshua's job was to do EXACTLY what God told Him to do. When Joshua did that, he had great success.
3) The original Passover in Egypt: God told the Israelites to put the blood on the doorpost. That was NOT the Israelites idea, nor was it Moses' idea. It was God's PLAN to save the First Born of the Israelites, and God designated the Process by which it was to be done. The Israelites did NOT make the Plans, nor did they design the Process. It was ALL of God. The ONLY job of the Israelites was to do EXACTLY as God had told them. THEN the First-born of the Israelites were spared.
When MAN makes the PLAN and/or the PROCESS the ultimate outcome is ALWAYS failure.
1) Jonah: God told Jonah to go to Nineveh to warn the people to repent. Jonah had a different plan - his OWN plan, which almost cost him his life.
2) Joshua and the battle of Ai (Joshua 7:1-12): Joshua, flush with victory over Jericho, forgot Who his Plan-maker was. Joshua decided to make his OWN plans and design his OWN process to carry out the plans for the battle of Ai, instead of letting God make the plans and process. Joshua's plans resulted in a disaster for the Israelites with significant loss of life.
3) Israelites deciding to fight for themselves instead of letting God fight for them: When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, they had NO weapons! They had only pieces of gold, silver and yard goods. It was God's plan that the Israelites do NO fighting.
When the Israelites were hedged in by mountains on one side and the Red Sea on another side, and the Egyptians in hot pursuit, God NEVER wanted the Israelites to take charge of their own safety.
"And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.
"The Lord shall fight for you, and you shall be quiet." Exodus 14:13,14
God opened the Red Sea and saved the Israelites.
However, a short time later, we see that the Israelites acquired their own weapons (probably by picking up the weapons of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea) and defending themselves against the Amalekites (Exodus 17:8-13).
From then on, Israel tried to fight their OWN battles which resulted in much loss of life, and many failures.
4) Peter picking the replacement for the 12th apostle (Acts 1:15-26): Jesus, Himself, picked ALL the twelve apostles. After Judas had betrayed Christ and committed suicide, Peter decided that HE should choose the next disciple. Jesus had NEVER given Peter the authority to do that.
Jesus had ascended to heaven but He still had the authority, the obligation and the ability to pick His OWN disciples. Peter assumed that since Jesus was no longer visible on earth that He could not - or would not - still be in charge of His group.
Peter and the other disciples picked Mathias. After that occurrence, Mathias is never again mentioned in the Bible. Jesus ignored the choice of Peter and the other disciples. When the time came for the twelfth disciple to be chosen, Jesus, HIMSELF, chose Paul!
It was to Paul that God revealed His plan of Universal Restoration. Paul evangelized most of the then-known world. And Paul became the author of the majority of the New Testament.
5) Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden: God had a Plan and a Process. "Eat of every tree of the Garden, EXCEPT the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil."
Adam and Eve chose to make their OWN plans. And HERE we all are, drowning in sin!
In fact, the Bible is just one long historical record of MAN refusing to do things God's way and instead insisting on doing things MAN'S way --- and the disastrous outcomes that followed!
Do you believe that God WILL:
Save EVERYONE? Acts 3:21; 1 Tim 4:10; 1 Tim 2:1-6; Rev 21:4,5; John 3:35 and John 6:37-39; Phil 2:10,11, 1 John 3:8; Romans 8:19-23
Make EVERYONE perfect? Matthew 5:48 (literal translation)
Heal EVERYONE who believes? Acts 16:31 (Check on the meaning of the Greek word "sozo." It means to heal PHYSICALLY and to heal SPIRITUALLY.)
Heal ALL our diseases? Ps 103:3; Jeremiah 30:17; Exodus 23:25; Exodus 15:26
Keep us FREE from EVERY disease? Deut 7:11-15
Sustain us financially? Phil 4:19; Luke 12:24; Ps 84:11; Matthew 6:32; Luke 12:28-30; Deut 29:9; 2 Chron 26:5
Provide our food and water? Luke 12:24; Phil 4:19; Luke 12:20
Save our children? Isaiah 49:25
Teach us DIRECTLY? 1 John 2:26,27; Isa 54:13; John 6:45;
Lead us into ALL truth? John 16:13
Never forsake us or ANYONE else? Heb 13:5
Direct EVERY moment of our lives and tell us exactly what HE wants us to do? Phil 2:13; Jer 10:23; Prov 3:6; Isa 45:13
Answer ALL our prayers? Ps 34:17; Jer 33:3; Psalm 55:17; Isa 65:24; Psalm 91:15; 2 Chron 7:14; Matthew 21:22; Luke 11:10; 1 John 5:14
Give us peace so we can "be anxious for NOTHING"? Phil 4:7; John 14:27; Prov 3:24;
Give us understanding of His end-time prophecies? 1 Thess 5:1-9; Rev 1:3; John 13:19
Sustain us through terrible torture and possible death? Hebrews 11:32-40; Heb 13:5
Sustain us through terrible torture and possible death of our children? Heb 11:32-40; Heb 13:5
Be able to save the most wicked, wretched individual who has ever lived on this earth? Hebrews 7:25; Romans 5:20; Psalm 103:3
"Without faith (belief) it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God; for he that comes to God MUST BELIEVE that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." Hebrews 11:6
"Anything is possible if you have faith (belief)." Mark 9:23
"Now the just (righteous) shall live by faith (belief). And if ANY man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in Him." Hebrews 10:38
"Faith (belief) comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10:17
To the "Jew" First, and also to the Greek
Jews and Gentiles: What do the terms mean?
Let's stop right here and discuss the terms "Jew" and "Gentile." I'm sure you will be astonished to learn that NEITHER of these terms is EVER used in the Bible, in the original Scriptures. These are actually propaganda words placed there by the translators to support their own preconceived theological ideas.
Let me give you the documentation for this statement.
Look in a Concordance, Strong's Concordance is a popular, commonly used one. The word "Jew" (#2453 in the Greek) is actually short for the word Judean, or more accurately Ioudas, pronounced ee-oo-dah-yos. The letter "J" is not present in the New Testament Greek alphabet. The English alphabet had no "J" prior to the 14th century, and it wasn't predominantly used until the 17th century.
The word "Jew" is an English concoction that did not exist at the time of the writing of the New Testament. The word is actually Judean.
The King James Bible in 1611, for example, used the word Iudea, not our present Judea, and it was pronounced you-dee-a.
So the word "Jew" is short for the word "Judean", meaning a resident of a particular area - Judea, the southern part of Canaan, later known as Palestine. Jerusalem was in Judea, and the temple was in Jerusalem. The word "Jew" did not mean an ethnic background, it meant, at most, a location.
The English word Jew evolved phonetically from the prefix 'Iou, from the Greek word 'Ioudas which mean Judean.
Judea is the same as Judah, and Judah was the tribe of Israel that inhabited that geographical area when the twelve tribes conquered the inhabitants of Canaan about 1400 B.C. The Tribe of Judah was the largest of the twelve and the most influential. God said that the Messiah would come through that Tribe.
In addition, study of the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament, makes it clear that the designation "Judean" or "Ioudas" refers to those who had a knowledge of the God of heaven, as opposed to those who had NO knowledge of the God of heaven, those who worshiped pagan gods, referred to as the "Nations."
Now look up the word "Nations" in the Greek (#1484) and the Hebrew (#1471). Now look up the word "Gentiles." You will see that the number is identical to the word "Nations" both in the Greek (#1484) and in the Hebrew (#1471).
This shows that the Bible translators used the word "Gentiles" at their own discretion, when it would have a theological or sociological impact, rather than using the word "Nations" in every instance, as unbiased interpretation would dictate. There is NO instance in the Bible, where the use of the word "Gentiles" is appropriate. The word should ALWAYS be "Nations."
The Hebrew word (#1471) translated "Nations" or sometimes "Gentiles", is the word "goy" or "goyim", a present-day derogatory term used by Jews to describe non-Jews, and means, in present day Jewish interpretation, a troop of lowly animals, such as cattle, or a heathen people.
Isa 37:12 "Have the gods of the nations delivered them..."
Ps 96:5 "For all the gods of the nations are idols..."
Isa 9:1 "...Galilee of the nations."
Again: The Scriptural meanings of the two terms are the following:
Judeans (mistranslated "Jews" in the Bible): Those who were aware of, or who even worshiped, the God of heaven, who lived primarily in the region of Judea (Often they had wandered far from the God of heaven they were supposed to know.)
Nations (mistranslated "Gentiles" in the Bible): Those who did NOT know, nor worship, the God of heaven, but instead worshiped pagan idols and lived generally in areas other than Judea.
Neither term was a designation of ethnicity or blood line. They were defined in relation to their religion - their worship, which, in general, correlated with their geographical location. The center of the worship of the God of heaven in the entire inhabited world, was Jerusalem which was in the region of Judea. Everywhere else was referred to as "the Nations."
The meaning of the term "Greek"
But in this case, in Romans 1:16, The "Greek" must not be confounded with the so-called "gentile" or man of the nations. The Greek is the cultured, refined person, sometimes in contrast with the Jew (Judean), the religious man, but here in contrast with the uncultured or "barbarian".
The taking of the gospel, the evangel, the Good News of Universal Restoration, was to go first to those whose hearts had already been drawn, by God, to Jesus Christ. This was being done by the apostles. It was the "common people" who heard Jesus "gladly." That's why Jesus spent so much time in Galilee, where the common people, who were often uneducated, lived. They did not have built-in prejudices against the truth.
But the educated and sophisticated were not to be left out. They were to hear the Good News as well.
At His ascension, Jesus said, "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts 1:8. It was most natural that they should begin to preach the gospel in the place and to the people nearest them. This is the secret of all missionary work. He who does not labor in the gospel in his home and among his close friends and acquaintances, will not do any gospel work, although he goes to a foreign country.
Vs 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
This evangel imparts God's own righteousness to those who accept it. This is unspeakably more than the pardon or forgiveness proclaimed at Pentecost by the twelve apostles.
Law vs Gospel
The majority of Christian theologians believe that there is a difference between "Law" and "Gospel." Simply stated, "the Law was given by God but no one can keep it perfectly, THEREFORE, the "Gospel" the Good News is that Jesus died on the Cross for our sins and thus, His death makes up the difference. So, we are saved by His death even though we are unable to keep the law perfectly.
This is certainly a "Gospel" for "itching ears." This is a light-weight, superficial "Gospel" to please the unregenerate heart. This is NOT the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Jesus says that He will put His mind, His disposition, His character in us and we WILL be like Him. If Jesus is making every decision in our life, we eventually WILL be perfect. He promises that in Matthew 5:48.
"You SHALL be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." (Literal translation)
The LIE of the "church" is that Jesus is incapable of making good on His promise, therefore, He will somehow wave a magic wand and make up the deficit in character that we have. This, according to the theologians, apparently occurs at the time of death, according to Christian dogma.
But character can only be developed while we are alive. When we die, our character is NOT changed. We will have the same character when we are resurrected as we had when we died.
Righteousness of God
"Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law." Isa 51:7
"My tongue shall speak of thy work; for all thy commandments are righteousness." Ps 119:172
"The righteousness of God" therefore, is His law. Let this not be forgotten. The term "righteousness of God" occurs frequently in the book of Romans, and much confusion has resulted from giving it arbitrary and varying definitions. If we accept the definition given in the Bible, and do not abandon it in any instance, it will simplify matters very much. The righteousness of God IS His perfect law.
Righteousness and Life. "But the Ten Commandments, whether engraved on tables of stone or written in a book, are only the statement of the righteousness of God. Righteousness means right doing. It is active. The righteousness of God is God's right doing, His way. And since all His ways are right, it follows that the righteousness of God is nothing less than the life of God. The written law is not action, but is only a description of the action. It is a picture of the character of God.
"The very life and character of God are seen in Jesus Christ, in whose heart was the law of God. There can be no righteousness without action. And as there is none good but God, it follows that there is no righteousness except in the life of God. Righteousness and the life of God are one and the same thing.
Righteousness in the Gospel. "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed." Wherein? In the gospel. Bear in mind that the righteousness of God is His perfect law, a statement of which is found in the Ten Commandments. There is no such thing as a conflict between the law and the gospel. Indeed there are not in reality two such things as the law and the gospel. The true law of God is the gospel; for the law is the life of God, and we are 'saved by His life.' The gospel reveals the righteous law of God, because the gospel has the law in itself. There can be no gospel without law. Whoever ignores or rejects the law of God, has no knowledge whatever of the gospel.
Faith to Faith
"The righteousness of God" is "revealed from faith to faith;' as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
"Just as we live naturally by breathing, so we are to live spiritually by faith, and our whole life is to be spiritual. Faith is the breath of life to the Christian. So just as we naturally live from breath to breath, we are to live spiritually from faith to faith.
We can live but one breath at a time; so we can not live spiritually except by present faith. If we live a life of conscious dependence upon God, His righteousness will be ours, for we shall breathe it in continually." Waggoner on Romans, Ellett J. Waggoner, p 1.26
The Just shall live by Faith
As stated above, the word Faith is the same word as Belief. What does it mean to "Believe"? We must trust God (and NOT "man") for everything, in every aspect, of our life.
The "Wrath" of God and the Conduct of Mankind
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteous-ness.
19 Because that which may be known of God is evident in them; for God has showed it unto them
20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and divine nature; so that they are without excuse.
Enough of the law of God is known in all the world to deprive all people of any excuse for sin. God is no respecter of persons. No person in the world is so great that he can sin with impunity, and no person is so insignificant that his sin will be overlooked. There is strict impartiality with God.
Restraining the Truth
The statement is that men "hold down" or suppress the truth in unrighteousness. We might note the fact that when Jesus went into His own country "He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." Matt 13:58. People by their perverseness restrain the working of the truth of God in their own souls. But for their resistance of the truth, it would sanctify them.
No matter how blindly men may sin, the fact remains that they are sinning against great light, "because that which may be known of God is manifest in them."
The Gospel in Creation and the Stars as Preachers
The Invisible things are known by the things that are made.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork." Ps 19:1
"He spake, and it was." Psalm 33:
He is "the firstborn of all creation." Col 1:15
He is the source, or beginning, of the creation of God. Rev. 3:14
"That is to say, all creation springs from Christ Jesus, who is the power of God. He spoke the worlds into existence from His own being. Therefore the external power and divinity of God are impressed upon everything that has been made. We can not open our eyes, we can not even feel the breeze upon our face, without having a clear revelation to us of the power of God.
"Every movement of men, and every breath, is the working of the external power of God. Thus the eternal power and divinity of God are manifest to every man. This does not mean that man is in any sense divine, or that he has any power in himself. Quite the contrary. Man is like the grass. "Every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Ps 39:5. The fact that man is nothing in himself, and even "less than nothing, and vanity," is evidence of the power of God manifests in him.
"The power which is manifested in the things which God has made is the same power that works in the hearts of men to save them from sin and death. Therefore, we may be assured that God has constituted every portion of His universe a preacher of the gospel. So then men may not only know the fact of God's existence from the things that He has made, but they may know His eternal power to save them. Ibid. p 30,31
21 Because that, when they knew God they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man - - - - - - - - - and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
God's glory changed into an image like corruptible man
The theologians in the church are no better than the philosophers of the world. Both the "churched" and the "un-churched" have changed the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man.
The "church" has done this by "creating" a "God" in the image of man. The "church" believes that God is NOT able to save a person if that person does not want to be saved. In that way, the human being has elevated himself above God. That human being has decided that HE controls God. God CANNOT do anything for him unless HE allows it. "Man" has made himself into "god."
This is the second LIE in the Garden of Eden
'If you eat of this tree. . . you shall become as gods. . ." said Satan to Eve
Genesis 3:5
In addition, "man" assumes that God's "wrath" is manifested in the same way as "man's" wrath, "man's" anger.
But God says, "I'm not like you. My ways are HIGHER than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:9)
As we progress, we will see how God manifests His wrath.
God's glory changed into an image of birds, beasts and creeping things.
There is one thing that God has given as the seal and sign of His divinity, and that is the Sabbath. The Sabbath is the memorial of Creation (Gen. 2:1-4).
Speaking of men, He says,
"Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them." Ezekiel 20:12
This is in keeping with what we have learned in Romans; for our text tells us that God's power and divinity are perceived by thoughtful people through the things that He has made; and the Sabbath is the great memorial of creation
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the Seventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work. . . for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the Seventh Day; wherefore the Lord BLESSED the Sabbath Day, and made it HOLY." Ex. 20:8-11
In Deuteronomy, Chapter 5, the Ten Commandments are repeated, with one exception. The Sabbath is now stated as a memorial of RE-Creation, of Salvation and regeneration, of becoming a "New Creature in Christ."
"Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. . . And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt (symbolic, in the Bible, for sin) and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath Day."
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Because "Egypt" is used, in the Bible, to symbolize sin, when God brought the Israelites "Out of Egypt," through the wilderness and into the Promised Land, that whole journey symbolized God bringing every sinner out of sin, through the trials and tribulations of life, and into the Promised Land of becoming like Him, becoming a "New Creature in Christ."
The Sabbath is a memorial of Creation AND RE-creation, being "born again."
If people had always kept the Sabbath as it was given, there would never have been any idolatry; for the Sabbath reveals the power of the word of the Lord to create and to work righteousness.
The Definition of God's "Wrath"
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who exchanged the truth of God for a LIE, and worshipped and served the creature (creation) rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever; Amen.
"There is no surer road to degradation then to degrade the object of our worship." Concordant Commentary, p 230
Man has exchanged the "truth of God for a LIE."
Marcus Aurelius, who is thought to be among the best of the heathen philosophers, said: "Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if you will ever dig." That expresses the spirit of all heathenism. Self was the supreme thing. But that spirit is also present in New Age and even in the "Church." Man looks to "Man" and NOT to God. Man looks to the "Experts," theological "experts," medical "experts," scientific "experts," and political "experts" rather than looking to God.
When man looks within man, what is the only thing that they can see? "Evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Mark 6:21,22 Even the apostle Paul said, "I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing." Rom 7:18
Now, when a man looks at all this evil that is in him, and thinks that it is good, and that he can get good out of himself, the result can be plainly seen; the vilest wickedness must be the result. He virtually says, "Evil, be thou my god."
26 Wherefore God also gave them up unto vile affections; for even their women did exchange the natural use for that which is against nature
27 And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men, working that which is debased and receiving in themselves (in their OWN body) that recompense of their error which was fitting.
"The prevailing immorality in ancient times was largely attributable to the character of the gods they worshiped. The younger race of gods who held sway on Olympus were usurpers who had murdered the older gods, and were guilty of innumerable deeds of violence and full of sensuality and injustice. If their gods behaved so, it was not difficult for men to emulate their example and endorse such actions in others as well.
The failure of Christendom is largely due to the fact that God is unknown, and His place filled by a fierce, vindictive caricature, who is restrained from his thirst for vengeance by the intervention of an effeminate mediator who takes the place of the Christ of God." Concordant Commentary, p 231.
In the Last Days
Read the last verses of the first chapter of Romans if you wish to have a picture of the world in the last days. The one who believes in a millennium of peace and righteousness before the coming of the Lord will doubtless be shocked; but he needs to be.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, selfishness, whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents
31 Without understanding, breakers of agreements, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful
32 Who knowing the righteousness of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but approve of them that do them.
Read that list of sins above, carefully, and then see how exactly it tallies with the following:
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness (these people profess to be "Christians"), but denying the power thereof.: 2 Tim 3:1-5
This all springs from self, the very source of evil with which Paul charged the heathen. Those things are the works of the flesh. See Galatians 5:19-21. They are the natural result of trusting in self. They are the natural result of looking "within" as the New Age religion teaches.
In spite of the declaration of the apostle Paul, there are very few who will believe that this state of things will ever be general, and especially among those who profess godliness. But the seed that produces such a crop is already sown in our society and throughout the world.
"That man of sin, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped." (2 Thess 2:3,4)
This is the strongest overt religious force in the world today, and its power is daily increasing. It has placed itself above God in thinking to change His law, Dan. 7:25.
The Catholic Church boldly adopted the heathen sun festival day, Sunday, in the place of the Lord's Seventh-day Sabbath, the memorial of creation, and defiantly points to it as its badge of authority. And the majority of Protestants now follow in its train, accepting a custom that stands for the exaltation of man above God, the symbol of justification by works instead of by faith.
When professed Christians cling to a human ordinance in spite of the express command of the Lord, and support their custom by appeals to the church fathers, men who were learned in the philosophy of heathenism, the road to any evil that their hearts may choose is but a downward spiral.
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Sunday, 19 August 2012
Well more of a favour
I need you to lend me something,
Just for a while
If you can it would help me oh so much
I wanted to use my own but I seem to have run out
Come up short, used all up, and now that I need it most I am without
See I tried to drown myself in them
Wash away my fears with them
Let my emotions be covered by them like a cascade
Shimmering with the liquid rushing over its surface
Wanted to spray them in the mist of a waterfall
Dampen the dryness of my soul with them and dive into pools of feelings of sadness and joy and hurt and pain and swim through the seas of hate
Wade in waters of trust and float on the lakes of love
But when I went to take a dip I found the well was dry
When I went to drink the cup was not full
I tried to float but was standing in the sand
I've used mines all up and no matter how hard I stab myself with the dagger of life, and bleed in the pain of strife
There is no reaction,
Nothing ever happens,
Just feelings on top of feelings, flattened together compressed and needing release
Wanting to be set free
So could you please just help me to release my all
Let go of my everything
I want to feel again, breathe again, know what it means to care again and be angry once more
But all I had in store is no more
So I ask of you, beg of you, please let me take for just a moment from you this one thing that I need
I promise I won't ask for much more
I realise that even this is too much but I'm desperate and I have no one else
So I ask could you please lend me
Please let me borrow
No... I want you to share, till eternity
Your tears with me
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Space Cadet – that pretty much describes me when I was a schoolgirl.
In primary school I had friends, but kept to myself most of the time – preferring to move along the fringes and edges during recess and not getting too involved with anyone.
This intensified when I lost something at school and discovered two things:
1 – The lost and found was kept in a dingy room in a dark passage in a deserted part of the school, and
2 – The school janitor was a paedophile.
That triggered a full retreat into my own world – into my own mind. This, by the way, was and still is a wonderful place to visit.
The idea to tell anyone didn't even enter my mind… Shows you how safe I felt…
In High School it was quickly discovered that paedophiles are everywhere. The High School freak was a teacher who liked little boys. We had a rifle-range at school. After each session the freak would pick someone to help him put everything back in the ammo shed. I have often wondered how many of my schoolmates entered that place little boys and left it shattered.
So to all those suicidal, emotionally crippled, deeply remorseful paedophiles out there, all I have to say is: "Remember – it's down the Road, not across the River" – Get it right, Freaks!! I'll even run you a hot bath!!
But I digress…..
Space Cadet remains an accurate description of me as a schoolgirl. My state of mind was maintained by strict routine. I never did things out of order. It was – wake up, drink coffee, get dressed, make bed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, check school-bag, ready to go, arrive at school, put school bag in the correct row, dig into pocket for book currently being read, sit down somewhere out of the way, read.
I couldn't, of course, read my book in class, so escaped into my own imagination – usually incorporating currently being read book into the images and daydreams.
The problem with being in dream world all the time is that you forget where you are altogether, and sometimes the happy thoughts spill over into a goofy grin, which isn't always displayed at the appropriate moment.
I recall two such moments…..
I was in history class. Mr Officious bully weirdo with moustache had his knickers in a knot about something or the other. We didn't do very well in the last test, or our behaviour just wasn't good enough. I am guessing – I really have no idea what he was crapping on about.
All I remember is being shocked into reality when his fist banged my desk. Heart-attack time! There was this huge red face with blazing eyes, flaring nostrils and quivering moustache right in front of mine. Intimidating? Not really, I was too busy preventing a heart-attack and wondering what he was on. (And honestly, compared to my dad, he was a pussy.) "Do you find it funny?" "No sir" And then blah blah blah blah (I was too busy thinking what a total jerk he was to pay attention to what he was saying).
The other time that I recall being caught with a goofy grin was in church. The minister, an honest, trustworthy, decent human being, was being pushed out by the powerful members of the community. You know the ones – they have money and like to have their interest looked after, their children promoted and everybody with a bit of say in the community firmly under their control. Well, this bloke would have none of that, so he had to go. And they won, as they do.
We were in church when he was giving his final sermon. It was apparently scathing and he pretty much told everyone that they are on the road to hell. Again, I am guessing, because I was there on body only. My mind was off somewhere in another world. No fists on desks this time – I was allowed to wallow in my reverie. My mother were questioned, though, afterwards, by some or other busy body about why She was sitting there with a smile on her face while the minister was tearing strips off everyone. But hey, let's face it – why should I have felt chastised anyway – I was on his side.
So, what does all this mean – all this stuff I just wrote. Does it have to mean anything? It's just a random recollection that found its way onto a page.


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I whipped up a double batch of these this morning. So warm and flaky – just right for a rainy morning.
Here's what you need for a single batch, which makes 8 large scones:
2 cups flour
4 TBSP sugar
1 tsp salt
1 TBSP baking powder
6 TBSP cold butter
2/3 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup half & half
1 egg
These are very easy to make, you just need a pastry blender to mix in the butter. This is what you do:
- In a medium bowl mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Cut in butter
- Stir in dried cherries
- Measure the half & half. Break one egg into the measuring cup with half & half, beat until well mixed.
- Pour into the dry mix and stir with a fork until combined.
- Turn out onto a floured board. Knead a few times until dough stays together.
- Pat out into a circle 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
- Cut into quarters, then cut each of those in half to make eight triangles total.
- Place on unbaked cookie sheet and bake at 400°F for 15 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
I like to buy the big bags of dried fruit at Costco. Our store usually has dried blueberries, cherries and cranberries. You could substitute any kind of dried fruit you prefer for the cherries. Happy baking everybody!


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Snow ice cream
This recipe, tried and tested back in 2010 when we had massive snow fall, will make four generous cups of ice cream.
125ml of milk
60g of sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups of fluffy snow (preferably not compact if you do not want it slushy like in the pic - a cup is about 4oz)
Mix milk, vanilla and sugar in a bowl or jug, then slowly spoon in the snow, stirring carefully. Enjoy! My photo shows a slushy mixture as the snow I used was a bit compact, but it was tasty.
In Italy we have a simpler version of snow ice cream, just get the snow in a cup with a metal spoon, add lemon juice and sprinkle with sugar to your taste. It's just like a fluffy, lovely granita from the sky....


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To conquer Britain's three tallest mountains, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, in one single day is potentially one of the most rewarding achievements, and one heck of an accomplishment to do this all in the name of charity!
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What do you see when you look at this picture? A lot of you in fact probably all of you would say, a girl in the hospital, or a girl getting ready for surgery and both answers would be right, in fact, I was getting ready for my 3rd surgery in 2 weeks in that picture... Now I will show you another picture.
What if I told you that I see the same fun loving, crazy girl in both of these pictures? Although these pictures are about 9 years apart. I see the same girl... But at the same time, such a different girl. But it's the time that comes in between these two photos, the things you don't see, that matters most. I've grown so much in the 9 year span between these pictures, but as you can see one thing has never changed. And that is my smile. My determination to beat hydrocephalus and become a hydro hero has gotten stronger. I've learned a lot in these past 10 years, of battling constant headaches, constant, everlasting, unrelenting pain, I've learned that you can cry whenever you want, I've learned that nothing stops you from reaching your dreams but yourself. I've learned that you can rebuild your life after something tragic shatters it into a thousand pieces, and then the wind blows and moves those thousand pieces in a million different directions. I've learned that none of this is my fault, and hydrocephalus is just very unpredictable. I've learned that I'm not a hydrocephalus "sufferer" I'm a hydrocephalus Fighter. I've learned that re-teaching your body how to do things it thinks it already knows how to do and doesn't realize it can't because its' paralyzed is extremely difficult and mercilessly painful.
I've learned that no one understands you better than your mom, and it's ok to "want your mommy" even when you're 26 years old. I've learned that even when you can't speak a word, you can still say so much. I've learned that even though I want a cure to hydrocephalus more than you could ever know, sometimes clinical trials aren't for me (lol). I've learned that instead of asking my doctor questions, I should just go look up the answer myself because that's what he's going to make me do anyway, and then he will make me write a paper about it, so maybe looking it up is the better way to go (lol). I've learned that I now sleep better when my hand is clenched, and if I can't sleep, to think of my hand and whether it's doing that or not, and even though it hurts, usually I'm asleep within minutes of doing this. I've learned that doctors don't have all the answers, and sometimes it's nice to hear them admit that.
Obviously as you can see I've learned a lot through this entire journey. But it's not over yet. I'm still fighting and so are millions of others. I've learned that hydrocephalus will leave scars, but those scars just tell a story about how I survived and that a body without scars is boring. I've learned that everyone at some point in their lives feels like they stick out in the crowd. I've learned that when people tell me I can't do something, that they're just fueling me to show them I can, and if they aren't they're not worth my time. But most importantly, I've learned that I have so much more to learn. And I can't wait to get started.


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Some people fear spiders and clowns. Other people fear failure and public speaking. I fear losing my health insurance.
It's not a big, left-wing conspiracy to say that America's health insurance system is a failure. We place a huge burden on employers when we ask them to fund our health programs, and we sap the innovation out of the system when we add all sorts of bureaucratic rules and regulations. Who can innovate on top of 2000 pages of by-laws and footnotes?
When we link health insurance to our employers, we send the wrong message to America's citizens about health insurance: You get what you deserve. Work harder and work for a better employer, and you'll get better coverage. In reality, that's not true. How many of us have remained employed with a less-than-awesome company because the health insurance benefits are better than anything else we can find in the marketplace? How many of us have made a choice to link ourselves to an old-fashioned corporation instead of starting our own businesses because we can't afford private coverage?
My health insurance plan is awesome. It's phenomenal. Additionally, I'm lucky enough to keep my health insurance for an extended period of time at the employer's rate before I have to pay the COBRA rates (100% of the plan + 2% administration fee). I feel lucky, but at the same time, I worry about the future of my health insurance coverage.
- As a self-employed writer, I could never find private coverage as good as my current coverage.
- If I re-enter the world of Corporate America, it's unlikely that I will match the type of coverage that I have at this very moment.
We are the only industrialized country that tells our citizens that mammograms and prostate exams are a privilege, not a right. We blame our citizens when they file bankruptcy due to the crushing burden of medical debt. We tell ourselves that the insurance companies and medical providers have a right to earn a profit — and that it's un-American to think otherwise.
The healthcare system is a mess, and if you think that you're unaffected, think again. How much did your medical premiums rise in January 20o7? Can't we do better than this?


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|James Joyce, author of Ulysses.
Book Review
Ulysses (1922)
by James Joyce
Even writing about Ulysses is intimidating. Almost universally acknowledged as THE masterpiece of high modernism in literature (Virginia Woolf called it a disaster.) Reading Ulysses without a guidebook handy is almost impossible- the paper copy I bought is something like 800 pages. I decided to listen to an audiobook version on the theory that I would get more out of the text listening to it. The 18 sections of Ulysses added up to 30 hours of audio. I listened to it entirely while I was either driving between San Diego and Los Angeles, San Diego and El Centro or running. Mostly running. While listening I kind of read along, although as I write this after finishing the audio version I'm only three hundred pages into the print version.
Ulysses is a kind of litmus test for whether a person is serious about literature. It is one of those works that is more often referred to than read. but I would imagine intimate familiarity with Ulysses is essentially a prerequisite for graduate study of Literature in English speaking countries. It is hard to imagine anyone actually getting through Ulysses in print or audio and not appreciating it. The well publicized obscenity prosecutions which prevented wide spread dissemination of the text for decades only add to the allure.
James Joyce self consciously wrote Ulysses as a text that would occupy scholars and become immortal due to its complexity, which includes intentional errors and a panoply of specialized areas from medicine, to linguistics, to the study of literature, to religion, geometry, Irish nationalism, etc, etc etc. The combination of intentional obscurity, innovative narrative techniques, specialized knowledge and earthy sexuality is a heady mix, and again, it is easy to feel the direct influence that Ulysses has had on literature which has followed.
At the same time, Ulysses is an incredibly frustrating, dense, exasperating ordeal to consume, and it is hard to see where someone not obsessed with 20th century literary modernism would ever find the time, let alone the will power to undertake the quest outside of the framework of schooling. Perhaps though the analogy can once again be drawn between undertaking the comprehension of Ulysses and the experience of binge watching an entire television show with multiple seasons. One could read Ulysses in the same amount of time it takes to watch a show like the Walking Dead and the reward is an understanding of the keystone of modernist prose.


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Below are pics of what I have done this month.
Bizarrely I have been following this person for quite a while and it never ever clicked that this was my old friend. After discovering who she was I re-read all of her blog and basically thought what an idiot I was as it should have been so blatantly obvious. Short of putting up neon signs telling me who she was....honestly...I really am dumb!
We never fell out as friends it was just a case of relationship troubles on my part and we gradually lost touch over a period of time. I would guess the last time we corresponded would have been possibly around 2004/2005 ish maybe. I am so excited to have found her again.
Oh I suppose you want to know who it is, do you? It's...


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|Black Pot Beach, Hanalei, Kauai
With the travel laundry almost complete, I've had time to squeeze in craft time. Here is a beaded project that I am working on. It is teenie-weenie hearts charms made from Japanese Toho seed beads in size 11. I'm still working on the blue heart...
|Seed Bead Heart Charms
I'm a bit sad that summer with my kids has gone by so fast but I look forward to working on my crafts and the exciting activities coming up in the new school year.


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Fall 2010: Ginger Newson is 56, Miles Connor is 41, Claire Green is 23, Jacob Flylar is 17, Colin Pitts, Stewart Newson, Penny McArthur and Gabriella Gorey are 15, Jessie Gorey is 12, Matthew Pitts, Molly Lind, Tina Traveller, Lana Connor and Nicholas Gorey are 7
Chantilly Lower School
Things at the lower school are running smoothly. Claire Green has a good handle on all the kids and they all seem to be enjoying school.
Lana and Nicholas love to go straight for the computers when they go to library.
Tina and Matthew always have their heads in a book and Jessie being the eldest love's to show off his chess skill to whoever is willing to play. Molly is getting close to showing Jessie that he isn't always going to win.
Despite being a fair bit older than the other kids Jessie has become good friends with most of them.
Chantilly was having a very mild November and Claire realized that her students where getting fidgety and bored in class.
The next day she decided to take them on a field trip rather than doing more school work. It was a Friday after all.
The kids love the playground. What kid doesn't, especially when they should be in class doing work.
Claire also introduced the kids to roller skating. She figured she could get a fun gym class in without the kids realizing it.
Chantilly Upper School
Miles finds himself doing a lot more of the chores around the school like raking up all the leaves. This gives him more time at home with his family.
Miles still instructs some of the more technical classes like overseeing the computer lab.
Things seem to have settled between Penny and Gabriella. They are always together and seem closer than ever.
Miles decided to have a meeting with the parents of Chantilly Academy to see how they would feel if he removed the need for school uniforms. Everyone seemed to be in agreement and that starting the next week the kids could wear their street clothes.
The students at the Upper School where too enthralled grilling Jacob about going to university the next year to make much comment about the lack of uniforms. They all seem to act like it nothing had changed.
The one thing that had seemed to change was the fact that Stewart and Penny where spending a lot more time together. Nothing serious had happened but Stewart was more friendly with everyone and getting tongue tied around Penny. (lot's of heart farts over her)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sim's always make me wonder. Stewart and Gabriella have 3 bolts for each other and he defiantly findes her more to his liking but all of his heart farts and flirting is concentrated on Penny who he only has one bolt for. Maybe there was something to the fight that Penny and Gabriella had at camp.


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Maroon 5: Johns Hopkins Children's Center Visit!
Adam Levine, James Valentine, and Jesse Carmichael meet some pediatric patients at Johns Hopkins Children's Center on Wednesday (August 24) in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Maroon 5 band mates made a surprise visit as the fifth stop in the Get Well Soon Tour before performing at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia later in the evening.
"This has been an inspirational afternoon. We met some amazing kids who are dealing with a lot more than most of us could handle," Adam shared.
Adam, James, and Jesse posed for pics, signed photographs, and held some impromptu guitar lessons.
The trio also donated an autographed guitar, which will be be auctioned off to benefit the non-profit hospital during its annual Lite FM celebrity auction in December!


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Monday, January 17, 2011
No "Iranian Chernobyl"
The sensationalist right-wing columnist for London's Telegraph, Con Coughlin, has a story today claiming that "Russian scientists Russian scientists warned the Kremlin that they could be facing 'another Chernobyl' if they were forced to comply with Iran's tight deadline to activate the complex this summer." (via @blakehounshell)
It's possible they said that, although the piece is Coughlin's usual stew of inference and anonymous sources. But if it was scientists using that word, they were using it figuratively.
The Russians at the Bushehr plant want more time to determine, and fix, the damage done by the Stuxnet worm. They say they are also concerned about the Iranians' attitudes toward safety.
The entire history of the collaboration between the Russians and the Iranians on the Bushehr plant has been uneasy. The Russians have delayed multiple times because of Iran's nonpayment and for other reasons not made public.
But another Chernobyl - no. Maybe another Three-Mile Island, under the very worst of circumstances.
The Chernobyl reactor was an entirely different type from the Bushehr reactor, an RBMK versus a VVER. The RBMK has a design flaw that was a central part of the Chernobyl failure: its rate of nuclear reactions increases under circumstances when it should decrease. No other reactor in use today has this flaw. The Bushehr reactor also has a containment dome that the Chernobyl reactor lacked, round-topped structure in the picture. That should be reinforced concrete. So if a meltdown happened, the products would be contained, as they were at Three Mile Island.
Stuxnet is reported to have been designed to damage the turbines at Bushehr. That makes sense; what the turbines have in common with centrifuges is that both rotate at high speeds, and having those speeds jerked around will damage them, perhaps make them fly apart. The turbines at Bushehr are run by a secondary steam circuit, which means that they are not directly connected to the reactor; they most likely are in a separate building, probably that rectangular one to the right of the reactor dome. So a failure of the turbines, even a catastrophic one, should have little effect on the reactor other than to shut it down.
It might well be that the Russians used the word "Chernobyl," but if they did, it would have been in a figurative manner: very bad publicity for Russia associated with a reactor. But there would be no radioactively smoking ruin, as there was at Chernobyl.
Picture from Power Technology.
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Chernobyl's RBMK was also built by 18 year old conscripts with officers overseeing not just the building efforts but what supplies could be reduced and sold on the black market during the process. Iran has made significant efforts to bring in and create in-house expertise in their nuclear program, which is 50 years newer and/or less experienced than Russia's program.
If a Russian is complaining about a dearth of safety concerns, either Iran has a significant lack of a safety culture in its nuclear program. Or, the Russians are behind on deliverables and have picked up on the safety issue delay strategy from their western counterparts. Delays are always more palatable when there is a safety issue involved.
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Initially constructed in a excellent internet site in Sierra Dorada, Benidorm, the rearrangement project was completed by Abis Architecture. This "Diamond Home" was rebuilt in order to show its original geometry and its specific structure. The terraces and porches face south with a view to the Mediterranean Sea and to the skyscrapers in Benidorm.
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Description from Abis Architecture
"The Home was located in an advanced state of degradation, getting suffered numerous modifications and unplanned additions along the times, threatening to erase its original character. The original Project, developed by the architect Luis Jiménez de Laiglesia in 1964 for Pr-Mr. Jean de la Croix, suffered from consecutive modifications which disguised the purity of its structure and design and style of its base. The home was constructed in the course of the 60's and as if it was an uncut diamond, it hides a really singular structural layout under its layers which we attempted to recover and improve, getting rid of preceding unnecessary architectural components.
The Diamond residence was rebuilt in order to show its original geometry and its distinct structure. In order to do so, all the unnecessary architectural elements had been removed: handrails, stairs, lattices, chimneys, and so on. Enlarging the surface of the house meant the reuse of every single space, used for storage or electric facilities, situated below the sanitary forging. Those spaces have been reused and have been turned into the main floor at the swimming pool and the terrace level.
Hence the total surface of the property was 324,90 squared meters distributed on 3 different floors. The 1st 1 was the floor with the principal entrance to the property, situated below the porch – developed according to a singular structure made of concrete-. The living room and the kitchen were situated on the second floor (primary floor) facing the swimming pool, garden and terrace. 4 suites with magnificent views of the Mediterranean Sea have been placed on the upper floor. The access to the house from the base of the website to the major entrance was not easy. By the restoring of the home a bigger ramp was built in order to facilitate the access to the home."
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Photos © Toni Elvar
A lot more data please visit Abis Architecture website.
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Hyrum Joseph turned two! He had a good birthday, too! His actual birthday was on a Friday. He got to spend the day with Mom. We made number two shaped pancakes for breakfast. Other than that it was a pretty typical day. But on Saturday he got to have a party.
Some of his very most favorite people came over. Grannie. Pops. Keila. Sydney. Leslie. Brooke. Hayden. We ate waffles with strawberries (Hyrum's favorite!) as well as eggs, hash browns, and sausage. We opened presents, just hung out, and had a good time.
Hyrum got some really great presents. Grams and Papa sent him a set of Disney board books. Mom and Dad gave him a pound-a-peg, Lightning McQueen camping chair, and Lightning McQueen swimsuit. His very most favorite present, though, was the Tow Mater remote control truck Grannie, Pops, and the kids gave him. He's getting to be pretty good at it too! He knows (mostly) to stop before crashing into walls and he even figures out how to get him to turn from time to time. ;)
As you can tell, he was a fan of the strawberries. This is where we found him later on that morning...pilfering leftover strawberries!
We love our little two year old! He is the smartest one we know--and the cutest too! He brings so much joy and laughter into our lives. He's our best bud and he's going to be a fantastic older brother!


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I've been putting the finishing touches on award ribbons for the Flying Geese Quilt Show, A Harvest of Quilts. It is next weekend. I have lost track of how many ribbons we have made. It is at Soka University in Alison Viejo. I will have 3 quilts in the show. If you are in the area, stop by!
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Flying Geese quilt show
Posted by Cindy Cooksey at 5:32 PM
Labels: Flying Geese Quilt Guild Show
Location: Northwood, Irvine
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TUCSON -- It looks like the Green Party will run a candidate this year for Mayor against Bob Walkup.
Green Dave Croteau filed his statement to run for Mayor with the City Clerk on May 24. Croteau previously ran as a Green for Pima County Sheriff.
Unknown Dem Joshua Garcia seems to also still be considering a run.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Dave Croteau files as Green for Tucson Mayor
2 comments:
- Michael Bryan said...
Dan, you have any contact info for this candidate?
- Sun Jun 03, 02:07:00 AM
- DRP said...
Probably best to try to contact Dave Croteau through info on Pima Greens website, which is linked in my post.
Claudia Elquist is a good contact for Pima Greens.
You can also write to him at the address listed in his filings with the city.
- Sun Jun 03, 08:19:00 AM
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Every year we head up to midtown to look at the annual holiday display windows along 5th Ave. And as always, Bergdorf Goodman outdid it's competition (in my opinion) with their over the top, glamorous and decadently excessive window displays. Click here to see last years Bergdorf's (and Barney's) windows. So much work and thought goes into these!
{photos from thoughtful day}
Monday, December 22, 2008
'Tis the Season
2 comments:
- perfect bound said...
talk about a winter wonderland. it doesn't get better than Bergdorf.
- December 23, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- Anne said...
I always look forward to Bergdorf's windows, but this year has to be my fav! Stunning, all I can say.
- December 31, 2008 at 9:55 AM
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More on the "Late Night Buffet"
The Hollywood Reporter has brought forth some new information on the in development Henson TV show titled "Late Night Buffet" (which I reported about earlier).
The show is being developed for TBS, who is looking to join the cable-TV late-night programming arena. TBS ordered a single half-hour pilot of "Late Night Buffet" from the Jim Henson Company (set to be taped on July 22 in Hollywood, CA). If TBS likes what they see, then "Late Night Buffet" could easily become part of TBS's upcoming late night line-up premiering next year.
As reported earlier, the show will not feature established Muppet characters, but rather "Late Night Buffet" will create a new universe of characters. Brian Henson and Bill Barretta are set as the main performers for the new "Late Night Buffet" characters. The show features Augustus Pfiffle, the host of "Late Night Buffett", who is joined by Delbert Kastle, his sidekick and fellow puppet character. The house band will also be puppets, introducing Gina Cappellini and her pet monkeys. Like most talk shows, the show will be filmed in front of a live studio audience and will be highly improvised (with very little, if any, specific scripting).
Brian Henson said that "It's a talk show where we improvise as we go…This is the kind of character-driven work we enjoy doing."
Michael Wright (TBS senior vice president of original programming) said that "it's a different way to approach the late-night talk show… It takes the Henson brand's intelligence and warmth and mixes it with a little wickedness and fun."
I'll keep you posted as more information on the upcoming show comes our way.


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Battlefield 1 Collector's Edition Includes a Carrier Pigeon Tube, Statue, and Propaganda
Caped soldier included.
Alongside Battlefield 1's reveal today, a Collector's Edition is now available for pre-order. The $219.99 set includes a nifty box and a 14″ statue of a caped soldier. It's also got a messenger pigeon tube and propaganda poster, you know, the essentials.
Here's the full list of contents:
- Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition Base Game
- 14″ Collector's Edition Statue
- Exclusive Steelbook
- Exclusive cloth propaganda poster
- Deck of playing cards
- Messenger pigeon tube with exclusive DLC content
- Exclusive patch
- Premium packaging
You can check out the reveal trailer from today's event, filled with bloody shovel bashing and biplane action, here.
Battlefield 1 releases this October 21, bringing more brutal close combat, 64-player multiplayer, and bigger vehicles than ever before. The developers are also excited to bring the game to a bigger global scale, featuring battles beyond the usual Western front. For more, check out why DICE chose Battlefield 1 as the title, and how the game will feature "more Battlefield."


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Intro for February 12, 2013
Dear Gossips,
Last October I gave a TED Talk crusading for Gossip. The video is now online. Click here to watch. There's respectability in talking about John Travolta and all the masseurs, OK? As much, if not more, than any discussion about the football game.
So...on Lifetime they chose Lindsay Lohan to play Elizabeth Taylor. On BBC it's HBC. Burton & Taylor will be a 90 minute film about the two on Broadway while they were working on Private Lives. Dominic West, or you may just know him as Jimmy McNulty, is playing Burton opposite the incomparable Helena Bonham Carter, or Bellatrix Lestrange. Dignity is restored!
Remember at the Grammys when Jennifer Lopez presented to Adele and there was a man who crashed the stage? Turns out it was the same dude who pranked Will Smith last year. Loser. The best part of it though is how chill JLO was about it. I know she's not often your favourite, but she's so awesomely composed and authoritative here with her bitch thumb, on this she gets nothing but love.
More collections from NY Fashion Week and red carpet fashion from the ELLE Style Awards in London were posted to LifeStyle overnight. The page will continue to be updated through the day. Refresh often!
Yours in gossip,


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wind On My Face
These are my latest hair accessories. Yes, I'm still having my little flings. My girl loves these fabric button hair elastics.
Another tool which I find really useful is the plastic full of circular holes. These are used to draw circles and it helps you to find the perfect place to place your circle. Mine is by Saintograph and it's inexpensive.
Btw, those of you who have become my "followers": you haven't escaped my notice. Today the number stands at 29. What a nice number. I'm secretly over the moon. Ok, not a secret anymore. Just so you know, I do check out your blogs. If I don't understand the language, I just admire the pics. And a big thank you for "following". Big hug.
Yesterday I went to visit my doc to discuss strategies for getting off my meds and after waiting for hours, (luckily i had john grisham's 'the innocent man') i entered room 5 to see a strange lady. It turned out my regular doc had gone to attend a course and this was a stand-in. I almost went insane. A billion dollar hospital and they couldn't schedule me with the right doc. I had waited so long, I might as well go with this new lady. She wanted me to do "Imagery". Yes, my reaction is exactly the same as yours. What!
It seems "imagery" goes like this. She closed her eyes. I'm serious! This is what she said:
"Oh, I'm walking down a path. I can feel the wind blowing on my face. I feel the rustle of the leaves. I touch the..."
She opens her eyes and sees I'm sceptical.
"Ok, we can do seaside. I'm walking down a path. I can feel the wind blowing on my face. I feel the sand..."
Here's where I interrupted her. Can I not do outdoor scenes. Too hot.
"Sure." I can see she's regretting getting me.
"What would you like to imagine yourself doing?"
I suggested sewing bags.
She's game.
"I'm in an air-con room. I can feel the wind blowing on my face. I pick up the needle and I sew and I sew. (her eyes are closed and she's moving her hands as if she's sewing)
At this point I'm trying so hard not to burst into tears from laughter. Those of you who know me might recall I'm the kind who laughs until tears roll down everywhere.
Dr Imagery suggests I go back soon to practice imagery with her. I politely declined.
Today I woke up and I feel a little ashamed of myself for snubbing Dr Imagery. Today is also Pilates day which means a body full of aches. Pilates is exhausting! So I've decided to give Imagery a 2nd chance and see if it makes me relaxed.
Here goes.
I'm in my study. It's air-conditioned. (my eyes are closed) I feel the wind blowing on my face. I'm lying on a laZboy in front of my TV. Nice. Law and order is on. Chris Noth, Jesse L Martin and Benjamin Bratt are investigating a case. They follow a lead and they come to my booth at the red dot design museum. Ooh. I can feel the wind getting stronger, beating on my face. Chris, Jesse and Ben bend towards me (they're very tall) and said, "We would love to buy your bags."
It works! I feel totally relaxed already. Wind on my face indeed.
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- esther said...
Diaso sells these fabric button equipment quite cheaply and its super easy to fix! u may want to check it out :)http://flowerinthewilderness.blogspot.com/2008/10/fabric-buttons.html
- November 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- jane p said...
hi esther. i see u are from singapore. how nice! and thanks for the tip-off. i'll definitely get Diaso's $2 buttons.
- November 5, 2009 at 3:18 PM
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
A Sweet Freebie!
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Kathy's First Grade Adventure


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2nd March, 2017.
You know … you can tell this is a week where I've had two days off, can't you … ?
Well … you might not be able to: but I have.
Although I have managed to make up my hours, it has to be said.
So … ?
So I'm getting the usual weeks money, next pay day.
Saturday and Sunday? This coming Saturday and Sunday, the fourth and fifth of March?
I've got booked up as holiday.
Well, it is my birthday, Saturday: posh family meal, and all that.
But The fact I've had two days off, this week?
Means I've had as chance to catch up with some viewing.
The extended cut of Dune, last night …
And yes: I think buying the box set was worth the effort.
~≈®≈~Episode 9 — Episode 9 eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt — opens with a brief flashback to when Eliot's father, Edward — Mr Robot, himself, Christian Slater — ran a computer repair shop in New York: called Mr Robot.
It ALSO shows us two unemployed people. It shows us Angela: fired from her post at Allsafe, after the attack on its servers. And Tyrell: let go from Evil Corp, as his is implicated in a case of murder.
Angela? Gets an interesting job offer from Evil Corp, itself.
And Tyrell?
Offering his skills and knowledge to Eliot: as
fsociety obviously needs a heavy hitting to carry out its plans.
Episode 10 — Episode 10_eps1.9_zer0-day.avi — shows us Eliot, waking up in Tyrell's SUV … with no memory of what's happened over the past three days.
Only to find the city in chaos: as the
fsociety big hack has been successful.
Needless to say, Eliot … can only find out from one person what's happened …
And Mr Robot? Ghost that he is, buried aspect of Eliot's own personality that he is … ?
Isn't feeling very helpful.
Now …
Good … ?
HELL, yes!
The big reveal for this last two episodes, that Mr Robot is an aspect of Eliot's own personality, built on memories of his father?
Is something I'd sort of come to expect.
But also very surprising.
And Slater's big "Is any of it real?" speech?
One of the best monologues I think I've seen!
That … and the big ending?
Leave me wanting to see more of the show.
Frankly? I can't wait for series two!


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This research programme consists of two interlinked projects, which focus on the role of non-state actors in multilateral climate diplomacy as well as non-state climate governance in the transnational arena.
The programme departs from two seemingly paradoxical developments in recent years. At a time when UN climate multilateralism appears to be making little progress, non-state initiatives on climate change are thriving. This transnational climate governance experimentation has gained increased scholarly attention in recent years and suggested that it is time to consider climate activities 'beyond the international regime'. At the same time, the non-state interest in the interstate arena is larger than ever.
Recent UN meeting have attracted growing numbers of non-state participants and governments have formally recognised the importance of such participation. Nonetheless, civic and private observers note that their access to the UN climate negotiations has become increasingly restricted. The research programme seeks to better understand these tensions by examining the interface between the intergovernmental negotiating process and transnational networks of business, civic, indigenous and local government actors.
The programme is organized around three research tasks. First, it studies the governance functions of non-state actors in multilateral climate diplomacy both within the context of the current UNFCCC review of non-state actors' roles in the international climate change conferences and through the self-images of non-state actors and perceptions of negotiators and other actors. Second, it examines non-state actors' transnational governance experiments beyond the international regime and how these activities interact with the UN climate conferences. This is done through several case studies, such as the Clean Development Mechanism, REDD+ as well as arenas that are linked to international climate policy such as the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). Finally, we assess what implications our conclusions from the two first questions have on intergovernmental diplomacy, transnational governance, and global democracy.
In order to systematically examine the different actors' roles the project employs several methods: surveys among participants at the international climate change conferences and their side-events, semi-structured interviews with key people within the UNFCCC Secretariat and representatives from states that have made submissions on the on-going review of the role of non-state actors, document analysis and observations of the negotiations. These results will then be interpreted in light of three current theories on transnational governance and non-state actors' role in decision-making.
The combined results of the research questions will advance our understandings of transnational governance and non-state actors' significance for governance, transparency, legitimacy, effectiveness and the symbolic value of international cooperation. The project will moreover contribute to our understanding of the role that intergovernmental diplomacy has for these organizations.
By combining empirical and methodological experience with theoretical expertise on global climate governance and democratic theory the project will seek to make new empirical and theoretical contributions with relevance for the international cooperation in the field of environment and development. The study will also develop an internationally unique database of questionnaires that are conducted yearly at the international climate change negotiations.
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So here's a stupid book I picked up the other day. The inside cover states "An Avalon Career Romance." This is a series I'd definitely like to see more of.
Here at PhoneyFresh I share my weirdo interests, including (but not limited to): Garage sale and dumpster treasures, vintage magazine innards, glorious VHS trash, forgotten LP covers, self help schlock, vexing vixens, my kitschy kollekshuns and oh, so much more. Ninety-nine percent of the content you see here is from my own collection. Scanned by me, photographed by me, etc. No low-res Google search globby jpeg junk here folks! Dig!
Jun 8, 2011
Programmed for DANGER!
Posted by phoneyfresh at 6:02 PM
Labels: 90's, Books, Cheesy, Girl Stuff, Old Computers, Pulp, Romantic Cheese
5 comments:
- Amber Von Felts said...
That computer is enormous! And why is she wearing Jesus Robes? lol!
- June 9, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- phoneyfresh said...
It takes an enormous computer to kill someone! If you added a beard, she would e Jesus! She even looks like she's calming the seas with her hand!
- June 9, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Colleen E. Conrad said...
"You're Dead" Ha! I'd like to see how that crummy computers guna kill her! Ya right!
- June 9, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- phoneyfresh said...
It will probably just spread spam all over her facebook!
- June 9, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Karswell said...
What did the cover artist use for keyboard reference??? S'got like a billion buttons on it...
- June 22, 2011 at 4:07 PM
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I was just checking out my blog stats for the last year and was amazed at what I saw for the past year.
I realize that these numbers are nowhere near some of the blogs I read, but honestly, I'm still amazed that anyone actually reads this. Thanks to those of you who take the time!


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Monday, 13 June 2016
maths equation!
By Luka
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
camp writing!
Feeling the breeze as I got out of the amazing but very hot car. As I walked five steps north. Suddenly all of a sudden it was freezing. I desperately wanted my jumper,but my warm jumper was in a grey shinny trailer. Everyone was waiting around for about five minutes until Doug had came out on his medium tractor so we followed him down the bumpy hill to the camp site." What a lovely view" I said in a quiet voice. Wow the first thing I saw of the special day was… the bright playground I wondered how stable was the see-saw. Luckily we got some yummy morning tea after the car ride. "Mm" I said happily drinking my coreal. Finally the exiting part we got to go through the cabins and meet our beds and team mates. Our first activity was rafting one of my favorite but a scary moment since it was my first time as we got into the the shimmering water. I loved the sound it was like a piece of slow music that drifted along the river. At the end there was a massive rapid but we stopped and jumped down a high rock at the measurement of about 10 meters high. I was afraid that something would've happened to me so I went out until I decided that I wanted to face my fear of heights. Suddenly Harriet had the same feeling as me so I stood up straight and said in a medium voice "I will go with you. "So we went I was extremely scared that I would fail and brake myself. I closed my eyes and jumped 1...2...3 I made It as I swam across to my rafting boat. I was so happy that day made me realize that if I put my mind to it and not think about it to much I will be able to do anything. As we were making it to the end we started trying to stay in the awesome rafting boat for age's until it came to an end. The last night was tough to sleep because I was thinking about to much things I shut my eyes and then in 2 seconds I was asleep. In the morning it was so hazy I could hardly see a thing. As I hopped into the car I really wanted to walk home there was so much shouting as I got to school I ran to my mum and gave her a big hug I really missed her until she told me some bad news…… I will miss camp and I hope I can go again!
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Camp Voki
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Tena Koe Tena Koutou Ko Luka ahau No Hikurangi te toka tapu Ko Maunga Ko Makaretu Ko Hnps te kura Ko Rakautatahi Kei Ngati kahungunu Ko takitimu Ko takapau rangi Kei te mihi Tena tatou katou
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Anzac Homework
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University of Northampton receives a Green Apple Award for helping teach children to code
Thursday 2 February 2017
The University of Northampton has been praised for a competition it helped set up with the aim of improving the teaching of computer coding and school pupils' technology skills.
The Race to the Top contest, which challenged children across the county to design a digital game or mobile app based around saving energy, was awarded a Gold Green Apple Award by the Green Organisation. These are awarded for projects which are considered to be demonstrative of environmental best practice within the public sector.
The winning teams were from Park Junior School in Wellingborough and Kettering Buccleuch Academy who came up with a game which challenges players to fix degrading solar panels on the school roof and an app which tracks household energy consumption.
The competition was organised by the University of Northampton, in partnership with Northamptonshire County Council, Code Club and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT).
The initiative was part of Northamptonshire's school improvement strategy and the award was presented at a recent ceremony at the Houses of Parliament in London.
Dr Scott Turner, Associate Professor in Computing said: "The feedback we received from the children has shown that the Race to the Top contest has enthused them and having the opportunity to come to the University campus for the celebration event was a real confidence boost and they really enjoyed it."
Read more about the Race to the Top contest and the winning projects