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AL: Thank you, Carl, it's a delight to be here today with two good friends, John and Patricia MacArthur and as we have the opportunity of talking about something that took place one year ago. For any who may not be aware, review for us those life threatening events that transpired just twelve months, John. Maybe you could pick it up and then I'll ask Patricia some questions.
JOHN: Well, I was shocked to be receiving a phone call saying that my wife had been in a severe car accident and that she was being helicoptered along with my daughter from the sight of the accident to the Trauma Center. When I heard that, I knew it was serious because the Trauma Center is serious enough, but they helicopter somebody in it's life and death. I had to drive about an hour and a half to get to the hospital to find out that the car had flipped over into an eight‑foot culvert and landed on its roof, crushed the roof down really as far down as the headrests, and some places below the headrests. And, of course, the blow to Patricia's head had broken her neck and broken the bones in her face all around her eye and cheek and then broken her jaw, broken her shoulder and her hand was broken. She had lacerations. Her head was split open.
My daughter Melinda was in the car and really escaped anything serious. There were no broken bones, just a lot of bruises and cuts.
We went into the hospital at that time, it was a life and death situation because the concussion was so severe that swelling of the brain is the real issue. To just make sure she's alive they poured steroids into her through intravenous for about the first 24 hours and kept the swelling down. And that was what really prevented death at that point. Then it was a matter of whether there was spinal cord damage and paralysis. And as it turned out, there was no spinal cord damage which was really an incredible thing. That puts her in the category of five percent of people who have that kind of break and live. And so, God was really in that. And then it was a process of months of wearing a steel halo and it hardly seems like a year ago.
AL: Well, Patricia, is it true that when something of that nature happens that your whole life passes in front of you? Or were you unconscious?
PAT: Yes, I was unconscious. I don't remember anything, to be honest. I just remember Melinda kind of putting her hands up and squealing quite loudly. And when I woke up I was in the hospital. And I don't remember any of it.
AL: Did you have a lot of support people behind you during those days that you were in the hospital beyond your family?
PAT: Yes, very definitely. In fact, we had to limit all the dear people that wanted to come alongside and assist and serve and we had just one or two particular friends that stayed with me almost 24 hours a day. With a hand paralyzed and one in a cast, I was unable to do much for myself. So they were there to feed me and to bathe me and to take care of me over and above the care at the hospital.
JOHN: One of the special moments, Al, that happened there that I always think back to...well, all the kids and grandkids came and camped outside the Intensive Care Unit. And people delivered food to us. I mean, they were bringing muffins...just endless all day long. So we had this little picnic going on right outside the room there. But it was just the second or third day that Joni Erikson Tada came she came with her husband, Ken. And she really obviously could identify. Patricia broke C‑2 and C‑3, Joni broke C‑4 and it damaged the spinal cord. Patricia broke C‑ 2 and C‑3 above the respiration line, no spinal cord damage or she would have died because it would have cut off respiration.
Anyway, Joni came wheeling in in her chair into Patricia's room while she was lying in the bed, just having been screwed into the steel halo. And she sang, "His eye is on the sparrow" for Patricia and then she gave her a little sparrow, a little ceramic sparrow that Ken had given her and was precious to her and she wanted to give it to Patricia. And she reminded Patricia because the doctor said that the bone had come within the width of a hair of damaging the spinal cord and Joni reminded Patricia that the Lord not only knows how many hairs you have on your head but He knows how wide they are. And that was that close. But that moment of Joni with tears, by the way, singing "His eye is on the sparrow" to Patricia was really a precious moment.
She came back frequently. And I remember her weeping one time in joy and saying, "I'm so glad you're not paralyzed." And, of course, she knew all that was involved in that and just rejoiced for Patricia.
AL: Well, Patricia, I hope you don't take this in the wrong way but as I see you today a year after that near fatal accident, you look perfectly normal. Have you had any kind of residual problems connected with that?
PAT: Not really, Al. I...my last visit to my neurologist, Dr. Egan, wanted to do neck surgery on me because of the impairment of my arm and she was concerned about some numbness that I had in my hands and feet. And I had been experiencing so much healing and recovery in such an unusual way that I asked her for more time and perhaps more therapy and rehabilitation because I told her I didn't want to limit the Lord in His healing process and as a result of the many prayers that have gone up on my behalf. But...and I have not been back to her since. They were going to put a plast...plate in my face for the fracture of my jaw because it was so severe. And I have not even been back to the plastic surgeon since I was discharged from the hospital. And once in a while my neck gets tired from the muscles being weakened from the suspension of my head so that the spine would heal correctly. But basically I have no pain or discomfort that even requires any prescription drug.
AL: That's absolutely incredible.
JOHN: I might add to that too that the problem was that she couldn't move her right arm and they didn't know whether that was spinal cord damage or one of the roots that comes out of the spinal cord to the nerves. And that's what Dr. Egan wanted to go in there to do, to clear out a channel because she thought the impingement was occurring at that point and could release those nerves to make that arm move. Well Patricia just felt she wanted to wait on the Lord and let people's prayers keep rising before the Lord. And as it turned out, that nerve has totally rejuvenated itself and her right arm at one point would not move. And now she can put it clear up in the air and they think now that the nerve is completely rejuvenated and any weakness in the arm that remains is just the muscles and they have to come back.
AL: And I imagine you had a tremendous amount of encouragement not only from the church family, which is a huge family in itself, but also the Grace To You radio family. Do you recall getting a lot of letters from different folks?
PAT: Yes. In fact, I was overwhelmed by the number of letters and cards and dear little gifts of kindness, you know, crocheted crosses and I even received some chocolates for a special coffee on dry ice that was mailed to me. I have received so many letters. And they weren't just a card with the name signed but they were just hearts of compassion and care on my behalf and with promises and commitments to pray for me faithfully. And they would send portions of Scripture to me to encourage me. And I really was overwhelmed to realize the impact that the ministry has around the world. I received letters from India, from the Philippines, all over Asia. And they wrote to me as if I were their daughter. I mean, it wasn't just, you know, get well soon, it was just dear, dear letters. And I tried to read every one of them, it took a long time.
AL: An outpouring of love, I'm sure.
PAT: Oh yes.
AL: John, it says in Philippians the first chapter that what has happened to us as believers is really for the furtherance of the gospel. Before this program is over we're going to tell our listeners about the fact that there is a special message you've delivered on the purpose of trials. And because of the significance of this program today we're going to make this cassette available free of charge to our listeners. We'll talk about that more later.
But can you look back on the experience that you and Patricia had twelve months ago and say, "Yes, that was for the furtherance of the gospel?"
JOHN: I think I can, Al. First of all, I just want to say, I think Patricia is as beautiful as she ever was right now. She doesn't have any disfigurement on her face and I don't want people to think all those broken bones and broken jaw made any difference.
AL: Well let me interrupt for a second and ask you, when you first saw her were you reduced to tears?
JOHN: Sure. I was devastated because her face was just a mass of cuts and scratches and huge bruises and her leg was solid bruise from top to bottom and her back and her neck and her hair was all matted with blood and all split open. And..oh, it was devastating. I mean, you know, I was shaking because of just the trauma of the whole moment.
I told her afterwards that I was shaking as I was driving and shaking when I got there but I had an overwhelming sense of peace because I knew she was with Christ if she was gone, or if she were to die. I knew she would be with the Lord and I never...that...that allowed that ambivalence of this frightening moment of loss and, I mean, this is a person that I love more than anybody in the world and she's been inflicted with unbelievable pain and trauma and this is only the start of it even in the recovery process. So there's all that agony and all that pain and all that sense of loss, but the confidence that she was with the Lord it was also a balancing peace along that line. And as you asked her a moment ago, did it fall out for the furtherance of the gospel...let me tell you initially what struck me. I tend to appear to people to sort of be strong and immovable and...
AL: Now, why did we hear Patricia just give a little...
JOHN: She's smiling.
AL: A little something in the background?
JOHN: And you know, I'm very resolute and I'm very focused.
AL: You know where you're going.
JOHN: Yeah, and you know, you hear somebody like me on the radio and I'm sort of a preaching machine, you turn him on and you turn him off, you know. There's a lack of humanity there, very easily, particularly with the radio audience more so than with a congregation of people who know you and they know your family and they see your life.
AL: That's one of the nice things about doing a program like this so that they can get to know you.
JOHN: Sure, sure. But you know what happened was this unbelievable sense that this is a man and this is a man who like all the rest of us is living his life with unexpected trauma, pain, agony, this is a man who loves deeply, this is a man who cares, this is a man who is feeling all of this. And the outpouring of love, the sense of weakness, the sense of vulnerability just came out and people just wanted to encourage me. And I'm on the encouraging end usually, I'm telling people what God says and I'm pumping it out. And they're sort of on the receiving end. Well the tables got turned and people just came around me.
The same thing actually happened at our church. People saw me also in a new kind of vulnerability and I think it brought a well spring of love. And I believe right now a year later our church is still experiencing the euphoria of that outpouring of love toward Patricia and me. You know, you can take your pastor for granted period. But after 23 years you can really take him for granted. And all of a sudden it was if the people stopped taking us for granted and just came around us. And we're still living in the joy of I think what God produced in terms of the love of our people surrounding us. And here we are a year later and it's been the best year in the history of the church.
AL: Well, those are all deeply encouraging signs of finding the purpose of trials. But let me just take a different tact if I may with you, Patricia, for a moment, and that is anything humorous come out of all of this? Because I know you're a fun lady. We've enjoyed the opportunities of being on some trips with you folks and I guess you've got an interesting one coming up. But anything humorous take place? Something about a watermelon seed in the bed that you can fill us in on.
PAT: Oh. Some dear people had brought some watermelon to me and it sounded good in the middle of the night so I got up and I guess dug in to the watermelon. And Johnny found a seed in the bed or something, I don't understand...
JOHN: Yeah, more than one.
PAT: But it wasn't easy to eat with my halo on.
AL: Now this is a heavy piece of machinery.
PAT: Yeah, it's metal with four pins that go into the skull...to suspend your head.
AL: In other words, they actually break the scalp in order to get those...
JOHN: Yeah.
PAT: Well they...yeah, it goes right into the skin into the scalp.
AL: What happens to the hair?
PAT: Well, it's neglected.
AL: In other words, it was shaved off in order to do this?
PAT: Yes...well, mainly because they had to put stitches in the top of my head, about 40, so they just shaved the top of my head, put the staples in...but...
AL: How does a woman who is well coiffed deal with that sort of a situation?
JOHN: Not very well.
PAT: You stay in the house most of the time.
JOHN: What was even worse was when the hair started to grow back, the arm wouldn't get up high enough to fix it. So hair started coming back...I think steroids that were pumped into her also had the effect of having her hair fall out. So that's been an interesting thing and now... I remember when she would go in the bathroom to do her hair and she would take one arm and stick her elbow against the wall, propping it up against the wall to hold it so she could flop her hand up there to try to fix it.
PAT: More than that, Al, it was difficult, I was not in pain, maybe a little discomfort and it was difficult to sleep with that halo on because your head is suspended at whatever position you're in.
AL: I can't imagine how you could do it...
PAT: But, I had nothing but time on my hands so when I could doze off I would. But as much as anything it was difficult, nothing would fit over this halo because the halo is supported by a huge vest that, you know, is full cast around you.
AL: And how long were you in that?
PAT: Almost three months. It actually came off earlier than they expected to take it off because of the numbness that had set in my extremities, they were concerned about a pinched nerve.
AL: Do you get to keep that as sort of a little trophy?
PAT: Yes I do. I have it hanging...actually it's framed. No.
JOHN: I'm going to make it into a chandelier.
PAT: No.
AL: I'm sure you could.
PAT: No, but it is a reminder of...and even that is a wonderful thing, Al. Just a small note on that. When I was in the hospital my neurosurgeon that administered the application of the halo was okay but I had some questions that weren't being answered so the Lord was good...we received a letter in the mail from a gentleman that is a listener of the radio and he was the man that invented the halo. The government had commissioned him to put together some sort of thing rather than the striker frame which Joni Erikson was in, and it was...there's a lot of disadvantages to that. So about 26 years ago he came up with this new apparatus that would suspend the head so that the spine would heal correctly. And he wrote me a letter and said that he had heard about my accident on the radio and was concerned about who my doctor was and what hospital I had been taken care of in. So I called him and he recommended a wonderful neurosurgeon to me. And so I called her and she was just wonderful, I was so thrilled.
AL: So you have a lot of praise for those medical support teams that were around you.
PAT: Yes, very much so.
AL: Well how many days were you in the hospital actually?
PAT: About three weeks.
AL: What did you learn about being in the hospital as far as whether people should visit or whether they should stay away? What did you learn as Patricia MacArthur, the patient?
PAT: Al, I was never inconvenienced or put out by my visitors. I think the hospital staff was more so because there were so many, it was difficult in the halls and all the traffic coming and going.
JOHN: Especially with the kids racing up and down the halls, in the vacant wheel chair.
PAT: Sitting in the wheel chairs. And I think it's nice...
AL: Those are the grandchildren.
JOHN: Those are the grandchildren.
AL: Okay, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't your own kids.
PAT: Yes...yes.
JOHN: They were being pushed by the older children.
PAT: I think a visit is nice. And I...after about a few days we got a little journal and just had the people who came sign a little note to let me know that they had been there. And they, the hospital administration didn't want so many visitors coming in. So...but I think a card is always nice, or like the banner you sent me that I posted in my room was very much encouraging. But when you're going through a situation like that, it is nice top be reminded that people are praying for you and they care for you and you have nothing to do but read those things. So it meant a lot to me. And I think someone who is seriously ill or had a serious accident, a card is always nice, just to remind them that you love them...
JOHN: We had so much stuff in there, Al. I mean, it looked like a florist shop and then she couldn't...she was lying on her back and so we were hanging all the cards from the ceiling so that she could sit there and kind of read them. Posters the kids would make, and it was a great outpouring of expressions of love on cards and posters and things.
AL: This cassette, "The Purpose of Trials," which we're offering to our listeners today because we'd love to hear from our friends who have appreciated the ministry of John MacArthur and who love both John and Patricia. The purpose of trials, John, why is that? As I think about Patricia, maybe if she had stopped a little longer at a red light, maybe if she had turned a little differently, maybe that wouldn't have all happened. Why did God allow that to happen?
JOHN: Well I think first of all, Al, it's the inevitability of a fallen world. It's just...it's there, it's just going to happen. Just in general we live in a fallen world and the world is cursed and death is reality and disease and illness and injury and error and all of that sin and so forth. So it's the nature of the world. And, you know, I don't see God up in heaven sort of indiscriminately or discriminately at His own judgment just sort of zapping people into accidents. I think it's just the way the course of the world runs. I don't think God blows out your tire and then rolls your car for you. I think you probably had a nail in your tire, is what I'm saying, or something. So I think it's the nature of the world. But I do believe providentially God controls all of that in the mystery of His will. And I believe that the purpose, you could sum it up in a number of ways, one of the purposes that God has in trials is basically to humble us, to break our sense of control, our sense of sovereignty, if you will, over our life and times.
AL: Are you saying that God had a lesson that He had to teach Patricia and He could only do it in that way?
JOHN: We've examined that so many times and I don't know that there was...and she's examined her heart, and you know, is there some area of her life that's sinful specifically that she needed to deal with...and I think honestly, honey, you went through that, I mean, no one is perfect, but there was no glaring revelation of life. But I think God uses that to humble us, to make us dependent. He uses it to drive us to Him. He uses it to drive us to each other. He uses it to help us be able to help others who have that experience. He uses that to put us in a position where we are at the mercy of His grace. And then He puts His grace on display. I mean, if there's anything Patricia learned out of this that I can say is absolute gilt‑edged solid gold lesson it is that God answers prayer.
AL: Yes.
JOHN: And she can...she says that over and over again. Well we've always believed that. I've always preached that. But when you're there and your neck is broken and you don't know what the future holds as if there is a future, and here she is whole and well and she just says, "God answered prayer."
PAT: And you know,....
JOHN: So there are many things that God teaches us.
PAT: It isn't necessarily the condition of our spiritual state. You know, some people think, "Well we've prayed long and hard and faithfully and yet the outcome of our situation was not necessarily positive." But I think...I know God has considered all aspects of my situation...well, I mean, one being my husband's ministry, how it would have been a detriment in my mind to have a quadriplegic at home. I think it would have made his ministry less effective. Not only that, but I think it was one opportunity for God to put His healing power on display around the world because my husband's ministry many many people knew about the accident. And they have seen God's gracious mercy in my life...which I'm not deserving of necessarily but I'm so thankful that He chose me to put Himself on display.
JOHN: You know, as a footnote to that, too. I told Patricia that I don't want to say that God spared her life for her sake because heaven is a better place. But I know He spared her life for my sake. People wouldn't know what contribution she makes to me, they would never know that if they didn't know us. Our church people understand that. People who know her understand that. You would understand that, Al, because you know her strength and...
AL: This is a hard program for her to do today because she's usually behind the scenes.
JOHN: Yeah, that's right. But I wouldn't be the man that I am at all, and I need her beside me. I need her...I need her...you know, she expects me to be the first available person for a vacancy in the trinity, you know. I mean, her expectations of me are so high, she says..."Well you preach it why shouldn't you live it?" Every man should be so blessed to have a woman in his life with those kinds of expectations.
AL: Indeed we are.
JOHN: Yeah, and so a godly woman who holds me accountable, who is strength to my weakness, I tend to go blitzing through to the theological end and she tends to see the people along the path and stop me long enough to say, "You need to look at this person and you need to minister here and there," and God knew that.
AL: Let's talk about this tape, "The purpose of trials." In this message, John, you give us some Old Testament illustrations. Obviously Job was one who had plenty of trials. But you also give us people like Hezekiah and Habakkuk. Could you spell Habakkuk for me, Patricia?
PAT: It's toward the end of the Old Testament and it starts with an "H".
JOHN: Just remember there's three "Ks".
AL: In all sincerity though, how did these people have trials? I understand about Job. And I understand about Abraham. But what about Hezekiah and Habakkuk? What do we need to know about the purpose of trials in their lives?
JOHN: Well I think what you learn from the trials in those lives is that God knows what is best. I think Hezekiah would have been better off if he had accepted God's will and not ask for something that God didn't want him to have because when he got it it turned out to be bad. And in the case of Habakkuk, he couldn't understand why what God was doing was bad, he just couldn't fit it into history. And I think in both cases there's a great lesson. And I think Job is the model of it. He was content with what was and just left it to God. Hezekiah wanted to argue with what was and so did Habakkuk. You're much better off to just back up and say, "If this is God's plan, I want to learn from it."
I tell people that all the time. In fact, just on Sunday a man came to me with all kinds of things in his mind and he was a pastor broken hearted, said I took three days from my church, I came to California, just want to sit here and I wanted to catch you and talk to you. And he told me his problems. And he said, "What do I do?" I said, embrace the struggle, embrace the trial. take it to your heart.
AL: What do you mean by that?
JOHN: Accept it as a gift from God for purposes in your life. Don't fight it. Don't argue against it. Don't debate God about it. Don't question why. Just take it to your heart. Paul said, "I've learned that. I asked the Lord three times, he says in 2 Corinthians 12, to remove the thing. The Lord said no, I'll just give you sufficient grace because My power is perfected in your weakness. You're never stronger than when you're weak." And that's what made Paul then say, "I'll gladly rejoice in my persecutions, distresses, insults and all these things that come my way." So I said embrace the trial and learn what God is saying in it...learn what He wants to teach you through it.
AL: I want to talk about some of the ministry of Grace To You not only here in the United States and Canada but also around the world. But first I want to ask you a very...a very serious question because in this last year we have seen several moral defections. How are you and Patricia doing?
JOHN: I told her driving over here today that I have never been in love with her more than I am now. She has never been more precious to me than she is now. I almost lost her. I...I...I have, and this is true, I have not nor have I had eyes for any other person through our married life.
PAT: (Whispering) Thirty years.
JOHN: And I...I mean, she's an adventurer, Al. She's an absolute adventure. After 30 years she's an adventure. (laughter)
PAT: The Lord knew you needed it.
JOHN: But, I mean, it's wonderful. And I'll tell you, we're at the time in life, the kids are grown, we have four kids, they love Christ. Three of them are married and they're just making grandchildren for us all the time. And I'm so glad that we have each other now because the kids are gone and now we have each and other and we can't think of anything more wonderful than to be together and enjoy the thrill of these little grandchildren and get them on our knee and teach them about Christ. These are wonderful years for us.
AL: Thirty years, Patricia, is there some secret to that?
PAT: No, I just had a wonderful example in my parents and being committed to one another and serving one another. Other than the ministry, nothing came before that. And the Lord has just been so good to us. I mean, I couldn't begin to share with you the blessings that He has allowed us to enjoy in these 30 years.
JOHN: It's a vertical thing, Al. If...if a man defects in ministry, that is not first and foremost a moral problem, that is a spiritual problem. When the vertical starts to collapse, the horizontal is going to collapse, too. When the relationship between a man and Christ begins to falter, then you can look for it to show up in his earthly relationships on the horizontal level.
AL: But sometimes that's very hard to see because individuals who have had so‑called moral failures, I'm not quite sure what that is, but they rationalize it so easily, so quickly they've justified it and seem to move right on with their lives.
JOHN: And that's...that's the tragedy of tragedies because that...what that demonstrates is a lack of repentance. Repentance is a true broken and a contrite heart, where a man is literally shattered and devastated by his iniquity. And certainly a mature Christian in the ministry would...you would expect to demonstrate true repentance. And it's so sad when someone like that is caught in sin and rather than seeing a true repentance, a brokenness, you see a rush to justify which is...which is really not dealing with the sin at all or the consequences of it.
AL: Let's talk about your books. You have had some interesting publications that have come out recently. The...it's almost an oxymoron, Faith Works. How is that doing? It's doing very well. Patricia said to me not long ago, she said, "Why don't you just write a book that everybody likes?" And I said, "I don't know...I don't know." I guess I think when I write them everybody will. You know, but I think, Al, there's a little little piece of the Kingdom that the Lord has sort of given to me as a kind of a prophetic voice, a watchman on the wall. And I write to confront an issue. I don't want to do it in a less than loving and gracious way but I want to do it in a bold and biblical way. Faith Works has done very well, from what the fellows around here tell me. It's outselling any book we've ever distributed through Grace To You.
And you know what thrills me about it? Well it does deal with that whole issue of "is it necessary to confess Jesus as Lord to be saved," it isn't just a polemic theological discussion, in fact what thrills me about it is that people are being converted reading it. And that's always been my prayer. It really is a treatise on the biblical teaching of salvation that is very readable and a person can read and say, "This is what salvation is, this is what saving faith is, this is what a transformed life looks like." And I think...so it directs itself to a debate on the theological front, but in such a way, I think, that it has a ministry to people who want to understand the truth.
AL: Well, John, for those of us who believe what you have written because it's scripturally accurate, we just say keep writing. We appreciate it.
And, Patricia...and, Patricia, from your standpoint, the quotation that John just gave about your saying, "Why don't you write a book that everybody likes?" Does it hurt when letters come from people who don't like your husband? Is that hard when people criticize John?
PAT: Yes it is hard, Al. But...and I have finally I think through the years learned to deal with it. It came to me, I guess, a few years ago, the fact that if Christ was an absolutely sinless man, had nothing but love and service and eternal life for other people would be rejected, He would be spat on, and treated so cruelly. Who am I to think that my husband who is in the flesh is going to have any less than that? And the truth of the matter, he has not been treated as bad as Christ was treated. And I'm just sorry they don't know his heart and his motive and the fact that he's writing for their benefit, not to create controversy or bitter feelings or arguments, but...I have finally learned to just leave that to the Lord and I trust my husband and I totally agree with everything he writes. I can embrace it personally and it has been a comfort to me to realize that when you have something to say it's going to be effective, there's going to be some flack, you know. Nobody....
AL: If you don't get any flack you better worry about what you've written.
PAT: Right. If it's that easily to go along with and agree with, then maybe it needs to be edited. So I can accept it now much easier than I used to.
AL: In addition to all of the books that John has written, I think something else that means a lot to listeners to Grace To You are your monthly letters, John. The listeners appreciate hearing from your heart each month.
JOHN: And that is my heart, Al. I know there are some ministries where those letters aren't necessarily written by the guy because he's busy and all, but I give the input for those letters. Jay Flowers who actually takes care of our correspondence to our regular listeners, meets with me and we discuss the things that are in those letters and I share my heart. So that is my heart coming through those letters. And I want to give them a little window on what I feel. I don't want to always be in the mode of teaching. I want to be sometimes as personal as I can be and share my heart. And I think those letters do that.
AL: They do indeed, and we appreciate it. Now let's talk about the future. What's going to be happening first of all in Patricia's life? Are there some things that you want to see accomplished as far as John's ministry is concerned?
PAT: Well I think the Lord leads and directs through his heart and mind. And I want to be supportive of that. I still have one daughter at home at this year in particular since the accident, and so I don't feel my homework is completely complete. And so I do feel the need to still be a keeper at home somewhat while she's still in school and not married. But I'm looking forward to the time when Johnny and I will be freed up to do things together, you know. And I want to be available to the Lord for whatever He has in mind for me. I've always been involved at the church as much as possible. I...you know, always taught a Sunday School class and I'm in women's Bible study called Every Woman's Grace that meets once a week. I'm a deaconness and I try to do my fair share of carrying the load. But I think my number one ministry is just being a wife to a man of God that is very very busy. So...
AL: That's wonderful. And, John, I know you appreciate that.
JOHN: Yeah, it's wonderful. I mean, she's going to go as soon as we're through talking today and she's going to pick up her little three‑year‑old grandson, take him for the day because she feels even though our kids are Christians and they love the Lord, that her input in his little life is very important. And so she's ready to go after that second generation and read them Bible stories and just love them. So he'll be crawling in our bed tonight and get his little Bible story before he stays over night with us.
AL: That's great. That's great. What about ministry here in the United States, John? Shepherds conferences, you were recently at a large conference down in Memphis and a radio conference in I guess Nashville. What's on your docket?
JOHN: Well I have to keep trying to prioritize things, Al. And priority, number one, for me is to preach the Word of God at Grace Church because out of those sermons come tapes and out of those tapes come radio programs. And that's my life, Al. I'll probably die with my preaching boots on. And I love that. And Sunday morning, Sunday night, I just want to keep preaching the Word of God...that's priority number one in my own church. Priority number two is to write. I want to finish the commentary series on the New Testament and we're really getting back on track now, that had a little glitz there for a while which some editorial problems but I want to finish...
AL: I'm glad he didn't say Patricia.
PAT: Really.
JOHN: No...but we're going to finish that commentary series and I want to really focus on that because I think that's a set of tools that God can use in the lives of Bible teachers.
AL: That's your legacy.
JOHN: Yeah, and then I want to continue to write what I call books for every Christ, which is a series called The MacArthur Study Series, paperback books, and then every once in a while these issue books for the sake of church leadership. And that's priority number two, is writing.
Priority number three is foreign because I feel the cry of the world wherewith they don't have anywhere near the resources we have here. Just in a matter of the last few weeks I've been in Minsk, in Bellaroos(?) in the former Soviet Union with a pastors conference. I've been in Ireland with a pastors conference. I've been in England with a pastors conference and leaders conference. And also preaching at night in churches there. Those countries have needs.
And then really the fourth priority would be whatever I can do in America to minister to church leaders and pastors and if there are significant opportunities to do that, I want to do that. But the priorities have to flow out of that first priority, I really need to stay focused in my preaching and teaching at Grace Church.
AL: How can we pray for the MacArthur family, Patricia, more effectively? What areas of needs? Certainly John's protection as he's traveling all over the country and all over the world.
PAT: Well I guess it seems simple but wisdom and strength to know His direction and make certain that all of our efforts are prompted by the Holy Spirit and not in the flesh. And that Johnny will keep his priorities in the order that he stated, you know, as long as we're at the church, that is his first priority and we want the blessing of the elders and the people and that they will feel it in their heart to free him up to minister outside the church.
AL: Well we'll encourage our listeners to do that. I'm sure that they will. And we also want to encourage our listeners to send for this free tape cassette, The Purpose of Trials, a message by John MacArthur. And if you're going through a difficult time right now, if you can't quite put it all together from your perspective as well as from God's perspective, this could be a real help to you. Or it could be that you want this tape to share with a loved one who is going through some deep times of testing. The title is "The Purpose of Trials," and in just a moment Carl Miller is going to be giving us the address and all of the other necessary information.
Just before we go though, Patricia, what would you say to John MacArthur after this full year that you've been going through some very difficult times? How would you express your love and appreciation to this man of God? I'd be interested in hearing.
JOHN: Me, too.
AL: Just leave me out of...no, don't talk about Johnny, talk to Johnny.
PAT: Johnny, okay. Well he's a very consistent man and I can honestly say through all these years of being married to the man he is what he preaches and he doesn't have a high/low personality in terms of temperament or panic or anything, he just trusts the Lord in every given situation. Even through this he was a great strength to me because he knew in his heart and I did as well that God was in control even through all of this and that He had a purpose that was for my good and His glory...
AL: That is God's glory.
PAT: Right, right, God's glory, and Johnny fit into that picture very well. I mean, he was there when I needed him and he ministered to me when I needed him, I mean to the point of putting antiseptic on my pin sites and caring for me when I had particular needs, he really came through. And passed the test with flying colors. So I'm very grateful for his faithfulness and his love and more than anything else for his faithfulness to the calling that God has brought into his life.
AL: Would you mind leaving me out of the picture and just looking across and John and saying what you have in your heart for John?
PAT: I love you, dear. And I'm thankful for the 30 years that He has given to us and the many blessings that He has given to us in our marriage and I hope there's many more.
JOHN: Amen.
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In order to combat the growing number of self-immolations in Tibetan communities across China, the country's top court and public security authorities have now issued a directive that allows for criminal charges, including intentional homicide, to be filed against people who organize, plot or incite others to commit such suicidal acts. CCTV reporter Li Qiuyuan spoke with one legal expert based in Beijing to find out more about the legal actions against self-immolations.
Tibetan Buddhism has long been known for its love and respect for life, but the recent series of self-immolations in Tibetan communities tells a different story.
Lorang Konchok, a 40-year-old monk and his nephew from an ethnic Tibetan area in southwest China's Sichuan province, were arrested for encouraging eight people to set themselves on fire, three of whom died.
Police reported the two have confessed to encouraging and publicizing the protests under orders from their exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his followers.
Dr. Liu Renwen, a legal expert on criminal law, says they could be charged with "intentional homicide", and face 10 years plus in prison.
Liu Renwen, Director of Department of Criminal Law, CASS, said,"China's supreme court, top prosecution body and police have jointly issued the legal opinion, stating that organising, directing, and plotting as well as actively participating in inciting others to carry out self-immolations, is a criminal act that intentionally deprives another of his or her life. And people who commit such acts should be held liable for "intentional homicide" according to Article 232 of Criminal Law of People's Republic of China. And self-immolators who intend to harm others, according to Article 114 of Criminal Law, should be held liable for "endangering public security"."
Self-immolations have never occurred in Tibetan history until 2009. Many Tibetan scholars believe the extreme act was deliberately introduced to Tibet from foreign countries with political motives.
Police reported most of those who undertook self-immolations were young people- those in their teens or early twenties.
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Whither Incandescence?
Professor Noah Feldman has written a column at Slate that asks whether the reputations of Justices Sotomayor and Kagan will one day occupy the same rarefied air as those of Justices Black and Frankfurter. The comparison, extrapolated from a single Sotomayor dissent from denial of certiorari in a habeas case this term and nothing at all from Kagan, seems little more than an attempt to peddle his new book, Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices, in which he explores the rivalries and relationships of Justices Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, and Jackson.
I am eager to read Feldman's book–I just badgered Georgetown's law library today about when it is slated to arrive–because I have long been fascinated by the Court's primordial ideological oozing between 1937 and 1954. FDR appointed nine justices, all supporters of the New Deal's constitutionality. They helped vanquish conservatism as it was known and realign partisan politics such that both Republicans and Democrats would support, or at least did not reject, the New Deal for the next half-century.
Beyond burying Lochnerism, however, the nine "young" men were left to their own devices in molding a jurisprudence for the modern era, when end of the Depression began the fraying of FDR's big tent. World War II led to questions about executive power. The start of the Cold War returned to the Court's docket questions of free speech rights of political dissidents. And postwar America, after destroying the Nazis in Europe, was finally forced to reckon with its own racist regimes.
The greatness of these questions required great answers. And those answers, from judicial restraint to strident activism, from originalism to living constitutionalism, all variations on even older themes of principle versus pragmatism, remain with us today.
So I found myself puzzling over Feldman's concluding paragraph:
[O]ne lesson of Roosevelt's court—more relevant than ever—is that strong rivalries and personalities make great justices. No fewer than four of Roosevelt's appointees—Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, and Jackson—became towering figures in judicial history. In recent years, we have had on the left and center polite justices who do not vie for leadership—and who do not produce comparably incandescent constitutional ideas or judicial opinions. As we are beginning to see, the new justices on the Roberts Court have the chance to do better. The first move was Sotomayor's. Will Kagan go next?
Strong rivalries and personalities are not enough to make great justices. The times must also require greatness. And greatness does not come by playing defense, for which the Court's liberal wing has been increasingly relegated since the 1970s. Meanwhile, the left's big offensives are towards full gay equality and death penalty abolition, and getting there depends, at least for now, on Justice Kennedy's sense of his own greatness.
It's hard to see right now when, if ever, the next great political realignment will occur. History says such realignments revolve around one great issue, and we've had only three: Revolution, Civil War, Depression. Gay rights and the death penalty, however huge they are for those in the arena now, are not epoch-defining issues that, once resolved, will bring us into a brave new world both politically and jurisprudentially. For his part, Feldman, in a New York Times Magazine article over the summer, proposed the "rediscovery" of liberal economic jurisprudence as a way to create room for the left's greatness on the Court, but there's a difference between quoting Holmes and Brandeis and being Holmes or Brandeis. Similarly, the conservative justices will be revisiting history, not writing it anew, if they follow the right's flirtation with neo-Lochnerism into the death of Obamacare, and finally achieve the end of affirmative action and the reversal of Roe.
This is not to say that Sotomayor and Kagan, or Roberts and Alito, will not rise to the greatness of their most incandescent predecessors. But I'd rather have a bench full of moderates often politely–and, on occasion, forcefully–making inevitable progress in our imperfect, somewhat stable society than suffer through the doom and gloom that gives birth to a few squabbling greats.
This piece is cross-posted at The CockleBur.
The Roosevelt Rubicon
Per the latest round of constitutional attacks on the now-passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), my original post from early January still holds.
The Roberts Court knows not to backpedal across the Roosevelt Rubicon. Striking down the PPACA will be today's equivalent of the pre-1937 Hughes Court's sustained attack on New Deal legislation.
Any invocations of, say, Citizens United in fear (or support) of the notion that the Roberts Court will not hesitate to strike down the law are overheated. We may expect the conservative bloc and Kennedy to chart rightward on conservative-libertarian issues, but as long as the Democrats hold at least one of the elected branches, the Court will invalidate neither landmark New Deal and Great Society legislation nor core components of the Obama agenda.
I cast the same suspicion over arguments citing Bush v. Gore as historical, if not legal, precedent for the Court's capacity for rash, political meddling. Challenges to the PPACA will simply lack the blinding immediacy of a Presidential election left unresolved a month before Inauguration Day.
Finally, all of this hand-wringing may be for naught: I think the circuit courts will uniformly uphold the law's constitutionality against attacks, and without a circuit split, I doubt the Court will even grant certiorari. And if there is a circuit split and the Court does hear the case, then I think we're likely to see a near-unanimous upholding of the law.
In contrast, the Court will more likely reserve its blockbuster 5-4 decision to affirm or reverse whatever the Ninth Circuit will hold on the gay marriage case, an issue of grave importance to movement conservatives without the imprimatur of historical inviolability implicitly grandfathered into the PPACA from its LBJ- and FDR-era ancestors.


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Where She's From: Dyanna Crane, was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. "The most important thing I learned from my parents is to just be myself," she tells The Black Star News.
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However, I want to pursue modeling as a full time career. Honestly, I see myself becoming a brand name. My ultimate goal is to end up in the top beauty and print ads."
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Why does a wiki work?
I think the answer to these and many other questions can be answered by examining the structure both cultural and practical of the wiki. First of all, there is the underlying program structure of the wiki. Using as an example the FamilySearch Research Wiki, there is a standard conceptual and recognizable structure. The Research Wiki uses the dominant WikiMedia open-source program, the same program used by Wikipedia, that is at its core, extremely simple to use. Wikis are described as a self-organizing, self-correcting and never finished online encyclopedias. This is a very long video but interesting, it will give you an idea about why the wiki works:
As you can see from the video, the core value of the wiki is neutrality. The wiki itself does not take a position. If you take the time to view the video, you will also see why the wiki works.
When I use the term "simple" I mean like E-mail and Blogs. Simple to the point of usefulness. As I have noticed, nearly everyone who reads my blog posts also has a blog. Only a handful of blogs can break out of the blog culture to have a wider appeal. On the other hand, E-mail is becoming pervasive even among the almost entirely computer illiterate. When I ask a class about wikis how many people have used Wikipedia, I find that there is a surprisingly large number of positive respondents. But as you can see from the video, the actual number of active participants is relatively small. The real question is not why does a wiki work, but why will seemingly intelligent people spend their time writing useful articles for free? Deep down, there is a need to communicate. I have noticed that bloggers not only write a lot, they have a tendency to talk a lot also.
In my previous post about the culture of the wiki I was focusing on the exclusive issues of wikis. Obviously, there are more inclusive than exclusive issues or wikis would not be such a phenomena. The FamilySearch Research Wiki currently has an access counter that shows that the startup page has been accessed 234,789,234 times and growing at the rate of thousands of visits a minute. The number of articles will soon pass 50,000. (If you read this in the future, you will see how influential the Research Wiki has become, because these numbers will seem very small).
There is no mystery as to why this particular form of social organization works. Those who contribute have bought in to the system. They know how and why the wiki works. They are also insatiable communicators and get satisfaction from sharing what they know or can research. There is a complex and difficult to penetrate social organization, but it is worth the effort. Ask yourself, if you are one of these people and seriously consider adding your own knowledge and expertise to the mix. It is satisfying to find a project that is worth the effort.
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I would be glad to contribute to the research wiki if:ReplyDelete
--the site were not the slowest-loading of any website I visit. 3 to 8 minutes for a page is very discouraging.
--there were a text explanation of how to add to and edit sections plus how to add sub-category (such as "Dunmore's War"). Videos are not searchable, so if one were to forget how to do something the how-to video is not a handy guide. Given how slow the site overall is, I fear to start the video lest it freeze up my computer completely. This is one example of how more-tech is not better-functionality.
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Wikis don't have to be encyclopedias.
Most of them are these days because they're standing on the shoulders of the highly-successful Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales and the group at Wikipedia took the wiki model to new heights and most people would never have heard the term "wiki" if it wasn't for them.
The inventor of wikis, Ward Cunningham, didn't envision a wiki encyclopedia. The software was just designed as a quick and easy way for multiple people to edit the same web page.
The only two essential aspects of a wiki: 1.) pages are editable through a web browser, and 2.) changes to pages are tracked so you can see who edited what and when. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software for a better description.
The FamilySearch Research Wiki and WeRelate are basically wiki encyclopedias on genealogical topics. Our site, WikiTree, is a wiki family tree. Changes to ancestor profiles and their relationships can be edited by anyone who's trusted, and their changes are tracked so you can see who did what and change things back if you disagree.
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Arpeggio of Blue Steel Review
So, while trolling through Netflix, I came across this anime that I had passed up the first time, and was kinda intrigued about. I put it on the back burner, but it kept up popping up as recommended. Finally I did some looking, and the best review I saw for it was, "What Kantai Collection wishes it could be." Huh. Tossing it in, I discovered a very nice sci fi story and some decent Nautical knowhow, which is kinda topical considering what I used to do for a living. Overall, I found it decent, but check out my review, and see if you might not be convinced to give it a go as well.
Arpeggio of Blue Steel (TV, 2013)
It is the year 2005, and the treacherous Decepticons have conquered...no wait, wrong story. Let me back up a sec. It's actually the year 2039, and global warming agitprop has caused the sea levels to rise exponentially causing a massive loss of Earth's land mass. During this time fleets of sentient warships, dubbed 'The Fog' with technology light years ahead of our appear on the high sees with this directive: There will be no transit, commerce, communication, or any other interaction between land masses via the oceans or the sky. Humanity is now cut off from each other. Humanity fought bravely, defiantly, but otherwise, futilely as no weapon we had, no strategy we could come up with, and no protection we could put up could stop them. And after the final stand of the world Navies, humanity retreated to its land locked positions and futilely plotting how it could retake its world. Its only hope laying in a deserter from The Fog, Iona, and her captain, Gunzō Chihaya, with their crew of Blue Steel, the only ship currently capable of fighting back against these invaders. Though in this transformed world, all is not as it seems; far more than meets the eye when it's found 'The Fog' is evolving as well; though not in a direction much of anyone expected.
Mayhem's Anime Expo 2013 Myth: Legends of Burlesque and Magic Pics Up At TFA Cosplay
In what I can only commit seppuku for, since these pics are in that risque category I was talking about, and we now have an adult check...of sorts...I have now uploaded the pics from last year's Myth: Legends of Burlesque and Magic taken by Mayhem.
It was a fantastic show; truly there is no doubt about that. It was one of the best events that I'd ever been at during any convention, and I look forward to this year's. If any of the performers want larger and/or raw copies of these pics, let me know and I'll make them available. For everyone else...enjoy responsibly, heh.
The Youtube Crackdown and the Future of Dragon's Anime Movies
I knew this day was coming, but I figured I'd have more time to be honest.
You've all may or may not have been aware of the current Youtube crackdown as reported by Kotaku here.
The Aniplex Store is Now Open
The Aniplex Special Store is the New Store Where Fans Can Access Exclusive and Limited Edition Merchandise
SANTA MONICA, CA (December 16, 2013) – Anime fans will be delighted to hear that Aniplex of America has recently launched an exclusive online shop called the Aniplex Special Store (AniplexUSA.com/specialstore). The Aniplex Special Store gives fans the chance to own items normally unavailable to them including exclusive and rare items from their favorite Aniplex titles. Each item will only be available in limited quantities and while supplies last. This is an excellent opportunity for fans to pick up limited edition merchandise from Japan at the convenience of their home.
X Japan and Yoshiki ranked #1 on Nico Nico Live Music
Nico Nico Live On Air - Japan's most popular online live platform seen around the world - examined more than a 1000 of their music programs shown between January 1st 2013 - November 26th to create it's Top Ranking list for 2013.
Based on viewers and comments, Nico Nico declared the exciting "X JAPAN x NICO LIVE SPECIAL 〜24 Hour Attack In Progress〜 Yoshiki Descends on Nicofarre," that aired on September 27th and 28th, the #1 program for 2013.
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Review Up
I really need to do more of these. They don't take THAT long, after all...at least not like before when I was writing novels for a review. In any event, hopefully I can do at least one a week before I go on vacation, we have for your viewing pleasure, Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero. In this we find the tale of debauchery played straight and the cries of 2chan as their waifu grabbing breaks under the tender mercies of inherent logic.
Well, perhaps not quite like that, but read on, if you want to get the jist of where I'm coming from.
"Sword Art Online fone" Scheduled for a global release this December!
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Enter the world of Aincrad on your Android Smartphone Sword Art Online, the anime title that has become a major hit not only in Japan but around the world, is now coming to the fans on the [Sword Art Online fone], an original application scheduled to be released globally in December. [Sword Art Online fone] uses the new generation [fone] interface that can fully customize existing Android Smartphones completely from the home screen to the design of the tools. Your Android Smartphone will transform into the world of Sword Art Online with one simple installation. Enjoy a whole new experience unlike any other application or game you have ever seen. Meet new friends and comrades in this virtual world, and level them up as you use your Android Smartphone every day. The Key to log out from Aincrad is in your hands!
Year-End TV Special "Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION" Worldwide Simulcast Announced
During a talk show at Anime Festival Asia 2013 in Singapore, Aniplex Inc. announced their plans of a worldwide simulcast of the special year-end program, "Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION." In Japan, "Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION" is scheduled for broadcast on 12/31/2013 at 10PM (Japan Time), on TOKYO MX, BS11, and Nico Nico Douga. Fans of Sword Art Online all over the world will now be able to welcome the New Year while enjoying this special episode right alongside their fellow fans in Japan!
Vanguard Princess Is Voted Into Steam's Digital Marketplace
San Francisco, California — October, 30nd 2013 — eigoMANGA announces that the game 'Vanguard Princess' has been voted into Steam by it's community members. Within 9 days since the game was submitted to Steam Greenlight, over 39,000 Steam community members logged on to cast their votes for 'Vanguard Princess'. The game is now slated for a Winter 2013 release on Steam's global digital marketplace.


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The Cougars traveled to Haxtun to take on the Bulldogs Friday night.
The Cougars started off well by stopping the Bulldogs on their first possession. The Cougars offense also struggled moving the ball down the field. With the ball being snapped over Chase Dunker's head and into the end zone, Chase quickly reacted by taking the ball out of the back of the end zone allowing the Bulldogs a safety. Haxtun moved the ball down the field scoring a touchdown making the score 8 – 0. The Cougars began to move the ball down the field but stalled out, turning the ball over the Bulldogs, who scored another touchdown for a score of 15 – 0. The Cougar offense did not give up and continued to move the ball into the end zone for a touchdown, ending the half 15 – 6.
The second half saw the Bulldogs score 27 unanswered points. The Cougars never gave up and kept fighting until the end. The final score was 42 – 6.
Playing quarterback for the Cougars was Chase Dunker who was 6 – 21 for 113 yds and one INT. Leading the rushing for the Cougars was Seth Harrington with 20 carries for 96 yds and 1 TD and Kolby Stortenbecker had 3 carries for 8 yds. Doing the receiving for the Cougars was Seth Harrington with 3 catches for 40 yds, Trey Walter with 2 catches for 54 yds and Kobly Stortenbecker with 1 catch for 19 yds. Returning the ball for the Cougars was Seth Harrington with 3 returns for 56 yds and Trey Walter with 1 for 7 yds. Seth Harrington lead the defense with 23 tackles followed by Kolby Stortenbecker with 13, and Jahni Krueger with 10. Chase Dunker had 1 INT, Juan Fraire had 1 blocked punt and Jahni Krueger had 1 fumble recovery.
This was the last game of the season for the Cougars. The Cougars are a very young team and they have nowhere to go but up from this season. With the loss of only 2 seniors, the Cougars should be contenders the next few years. Thanks for a great season and to all the players for their hard work and effort.
Cougar football comes to an end
The Cougars traveled to Haxtun to take on the Bulldogs Friday night.


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liam_uk7 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 211 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
I need a logo for a new design company which I will be starting in the future. Everything about the company will be centred around the logo, as this is the starting point.
I want a creative logo, and NO web 2.0 style logo's. Something which looks good in Print and on the Web.
I'd like to see some entries using ideas of things connection, and working togther, spanners, construction imagery etc. Also with some fonts like the ones I mention in the re-edited brief.
*OPTIONAL* Creative Solutions
Desired Color Scheme:
Make something which you can easily change colours of, Something different.
Desired Style:
Bold, Striking, Memorable, New
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
The name of the Company will be "Function"
The idea is that we focus on building working (functional) websites that run smoothly, as well as being as creative as possible. So the mix of good design and good functionality, I'd like this to come across in the logo.
I was thinking something mechanics related, machinery, cogs, that sort of thing. But don't overdo it; just subtle hints work best in my opinion. Don't think this is a requirement! It's not, I'm not looking for what I think might work, I'm looking for what you think might work.
I would love to show you some logo's which I find nice, but to be fair there are so many... All very different looking logo's - So I'd rather just leave this open to you. I will leave feedback very often, so you can get an idea of my likes & dislikes as the contest progresses.
Quick run down of what I am after.
> Creative (This means simple, with something a little special) *in my head anyway.
> Bold
> Looks good in Color & Black & White
> Great font(s)
> Great shape/flow
What I don't want
> Web 2.0 reflections etc - (Unless used cleverly, and these effects should not be the main focus of the logo)
> Overly complicated logos.
You can use a tagline if you think your design needs it, but this is optional. Please use the tagline (very short one) "Creative solutions"
As for colors, it's a tough one. I want something different. Try to stay clear of blue, too many blue logos' I think. But just go with whatever seems best. I'm usually a fan of logos with dark text, even black. With a nice color graphic to add something special.
I'm trying to be as specific as I can without limiting this too much, so best thing to do is check my feedback as we go.
Also I'd like to be able to contact you in the future for more logo's as the company grows, so please bear this in mind, it's not a requirement but once the winner is announced I'll be asking you where you stand on this.
Any questions Large/Small please do ask PM or here would be fine.
Thanks, I look forward to your ideas.
I'm loving the entries that are coming in. But I think I'd like to see something other than the cog, Unless you can do something with it that you think works well enough. But I know I mentioned using a cog, but there's got to be a lot of other machinery related shapes/graphics out there.
Try to think along the lines maybe of things connecting, chains linking, pistons, engines, ropes, cranes, construction anything along these lines, I think I've decided I want something that looks quite industrial almost.
While I like a lot of the fonts people have been using, I'd like to see something other than the clean curvey Sans Serif fonts that most people are using. Although they do work very nice I would like people to try with other style fonts. Below are some inspirations of different style fonts I would like to see people try. But if you still want to use a clean Sans Serif font then please do, but I'd like to see some people trying similar fonts to these:
http://www.nylon.la/work/17 - Just look at the Nylon logo at the very top of the page, don't look at the content of the page.
-- Hopefull this give you a better ideas of the fonts you could try. I'd like to see a few variations of fonts.
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Campus Highlights
Thirty-nine facilities are LEED certified; 10 more are in design and construction, expecting LEED certification
Solar PV installations provide 10.5 megawatts, enough to power 11,000 homes, and more are in design or construction
The CSU produces 30 megawatts-enough to power 29,000 homes-through on-site energy cogeneration
The CSU has 18 MW of thermal energy storage capacity
Since 2003, the CSU invested over $50 million in energy efficiency funding
Since 2003, the CSU has reduced operational costs by $8 million annually and leveraged over $13 million of utility incentive
Reduction of more than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions since 2004, equal to taking 4,500 cars off the road
35-year track record of energy and greenhouse gas reduction
Six CSU campuses signed the Presidents' Climate Commitment: Pomona, Bakersfield, Chico, Fullerton, Monterey Bay and San Francisco
Innovative and emerging technologies in facility design and renovation
Students of the CSU annually dedicate more than 32 million hours to community service. Increasingly, students spend their time on projects that promote sustainable practices through service learning, research and field experience. Click on a campus to learn more about its efforts toward sustainability.
- CSU Bakersfield completed a campus wide lighting retrofit.
- CSU Bakersfield completed several projects to support new building additions without adding stand-alone mechanical cooling in these new facilities.
- CSU Bakersfield replaced a very old and very inefficient 650-ton Chiller with a new very efficient 800-ton chiller, which provides greater capacity with less energy.
- CSU Channel Islands decreased energy usage by 27% since 2009 relative to size. Newly installed occupancy sensors minimize power usage when rooms are not in use.
- CSU Channel Islands reduced water use by 28% in last two years - 97% of the campus is now irrigated with reclaimed water.
- Students, faculty and staff at CSU Chico are able to compost leftover food, napkins, plates and coffee cups at the Bell Memorial Union Marketplace. This practice reduces waste management costs and landfill impact.
- The CSU Chico Student Services Center is a four-story, 120,000-square-foot facility housing 26 departments with over 300 staff and student employees. This convenient, multi-service facility was designed for water efficiency, storm water reuse, high efficiency window glazing, and innovative use of natural daylight. The sustainable features earned the building LEED Gold certification.
- CSU Dominguez Hills Biology Department faculty and students are actively engaged in service-learning projects with their students at the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, with the goal of controlling fennel, a highly invasive noxious weed.
- Through their sustainability program, CSU East Bay and its food service provider, ARAMARK, work to promote environmental stewardship programs and policies related to food service, conservation and waste stream management.
- CSU East Bay Global Environmental Problems course students also removed invasive plant species, planted native plants, pulled weeds, and collected litter from local waterways and estuaries.
- CSU East Bay's Rec and Wellness Center is a LEED-equivalent certified building.
- Fresno State has an organic farm plot. Approved by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) in May 2008, the farm is approximately 0.8 acres and is used as an educational tool for students in the agricultural sciences.
- CSU Fullerton's newest student housing complex is the first in California awarded the Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The council's platinum certification is verification that a building or building project meets the highest in green building and performance measures.
- Campus exterior lighting design standards include the latest LED parking lot and garage lighting and integrated occupancy based dimming controls.
- The Humboldt State University Service Learning Center student interns and staff have been busy this year mobilizing "Go-Green-Sustainability" efforts in Humboldt County, aimed at supporting community partnerships focused on food security and sustainability, community development and outreach.
- CSU Long Beach maintains one of the largest fleets of electric vehicles in higher education, and recharges the vehicles from solar power.
- CSU Long Beach faculty, staff and students have the option to participate in bike sharing, car sharing and ride sharing programs.
- In response to growing global fuel supply and price concerns, Cal State L.A. is developing a hydrogen fuel station through its Power, Energy and Transportation curriculum. Strategically located in proximity to major freeways in the LA area, the facility will be within range of other hydrogen stations funded by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
- The California State University Maritime Academy's Simulation Center is a $7.2 million facility that provides students ship navigation training in a variety of situations without the environmental impact of operating an actual vessel.
- The Cal Maritime Garden Club has recruited around 25 cadets to assist in a campus sustainability project that recognized the need to cultivate unused land at Cal Maritime, and plant trees and fruit as a means of giving back to the campus community.
- Cal Maritime juniors and seniors preparing for a design-oriented STEM Senior Class Capstone Project that covers areas of environmental or sustainability concepts can apply for mini grants to assist them with costs related to their projects. Students selected to receive the mini-grants will be required to present their project to high school students at Mare Island Technical Academy in Vallejo. The mini-grant application is available on our website.
- As a campus with staff dedicated to transportation demand management, CSU Monterey Bay integrates their Otter Trolley, bicycle traffic management and even a very active student ride share program into their campus master plan.
- CSU Monterey Bay's Tanimura & Antle Family Memorial Library is LEED silver certified.
- CSU Northridge MBA students carried out an assessment of the feasibility of introducing a bicycle-sharing program on campus. A student group has now formed a bicycle co-operative and is hoping to bring a bicycle maintenance and rental facility to the campus.
- A project to measure, map, tag and identify the trees on the CSUN campus was recently completed with the goal of developing a tree inventory for a variety of purposes:
- to publish of a new campus tree atlas to educate the campus community;
- to compute (and optimize) the amount of carbon dioxide sequestered by campus trees;
- to facilitate tree maintenance record-keeping; and
- to provide a planning aid for Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction.
- The Valley Performing Arts Center, opened in January 2011, is expected to earn a LEED gold certification.
- The Cal Poly Pomona Campus Shuttle Mobile Phone Program provides students with the opportunity to see the five Bronco Express routes, view bus status in real time and received estimated arrival time for their route via text message and video displays at most stops. These displays are solar powered and audio enabled for low-vision students.
- Cal Poly Pomona's Residential Suites were awarded LEED Silver certification.
- Supported by awards totaling nearly $1 million, the Smart Grid Center at Sacramento State engages in product testing of automated metering infrastructure and develops practical field solutions for large-scale integration of Smart Grid technologies.
- The WELL, CSU Sacramento's recreation and wellness center, and the American River Courtyard, a suite-style residence hall, have both received LEED gold certification.
- CSU San Bernardino hosts the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation Demonstration Garden—just over an acre of plantings and displays that showcase water conservation through a series of beautiful themed gardens and exhibits.
- Multiple CSU San Bernardino buildings employ Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx), which utilizes advanced computer controls to run more efficiently by taking advantage of existing equipment such as variable speed fans, which deliver only the amount of air needed to heat or cool a particular room.
- The new student-funded Aztec Center Student Union at San Diego State University is on track to become the CSU's first LEED Platinum certified building, a key student objective for the facility. Sustainable features include a vegetated roof, solar panels, day lighting, radiant floor system, ground heat exchanger, sunshades, underground storm water tank, and the re-use of demolished building materials.
- San Francisco State teamed with others in the bay area to increase high school students' understanding of and skills related to key STEM concepts related to environmental science through hands-on learning in a joint Community Air Quality Youth Participatory Action Research program.
- Retrofitted numerous meeting and conference rooms and classrooms with an Integrated Classroom Lighting System that uses high optical efficiency fixtures, integrated occupancy and daylight control sensors, and plug and play low voltage wiring for easy installation.
- Working to build the number of green jobs, San José State is a founding partner of the Environmental Business Cluster that assists start-up companies that make environmental products or provide environmental services. The cluster has graduated over 75 companies, and 80 percent of the clients are clean and renewable energy companies. The technologies adopted by these companies solve serious environmental problems and reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources. The cluster also provides technology commercialization assistance to federal and state grant-funded research scientists.
- Retrofitted numerous meeting/conference rooms and classrooms with an Integrated Classroom Lighting System that uses high optical efficiency fixtures, integrated occupancy and daylight control sensors, and plug and play low voltage wiring for easy installation.
- CSU San Marcos's Social Behavioral Sciences Building, which opened in August 2011, earned a LEED silver certification.
- At Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the recently completed Poly Canyon Village provides housing for 2,700 students and earned a LEED Gold certification. The design includes low volatile organic compounds material, energy efficient buildings, reduced water use, water-efficient landscaping, use of recycled content, 90 percent diversion from the landfill of construction waste, and more.
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has implemented a freshmen immersion project aimed at creating more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable goods and services.
- The new Center for Science and Mathematics will employ chilled beam systems for space temperature control in laboratories and conference rooms.
- Sonoma State students joined with Slow Food USA to bring to campus a vision for a future food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice - in essence, a food system that is good, clean and fair.
- The University Student Union Eco Warriors at CSU Stanislaus provide education and entertainment to students highlighting the importance of living a sustainable lifestyle and the effect it will have on our environment.


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The blues in its purest form doesn't require screaming electric guitars, pounding drums and flashing lights. A harmonica, a mandolin, an acoustic guitar, and the kind of singing that has been marinated in three lifetimes of soulful musicmaking is more than enough. Orville Johnson, John Miller, and Grant Dermody are living those lifetimes and playing a style of blues that reaches back to the roots and branches of this vital American music.
All three of these superb musicians have played, studied, and taught others about the country blues for most of their lives and are more excited about it now than ever. The music of the blues masters like Robert Johnson, Tampa Red, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Wilkins springs to life in the hands of these three talented musicians. The people who play this music best are those that love it the most and Grant, John, and Orville illustrate that in every song they play.
They got together to perform a few years ago when all three were on staff at the Port Townsend Blues Workshop and have found occasions to keep doing it, though they all maintain busy solo careers as well. They've created two CDs together, Deceiving Blues and We Heard the Voice of a PorkChop, both available here at the store page. Don't miss a chance to hear these masters of acoustic blues when they come to your town!


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An authentic player piano fills the air with Scott Joplin melodies as you walk through the modest flat on Delmar Boulevard that Joplin and his wife Belle lived in during their time in St. Louis. Lit by gaslight, the home is furnished as it would have been in 1902 when Joplin was composing songs that would make him a national phenomenon. Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, which stands as a testimony to his talent and hard work, also includes museum exhibits that interpret Joplin's life. The Rosebud Café, a reconstructed structure that recreates a turn-of-the-century bar and gaming club, is available for rent.


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After digging out, Northeast residents look to work, school but face closings, travel limits
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) � Northeast residents are getting back to their weekday routines as electricity returns and highways reopen following the massive snowstorm that had millions digging out.
But the routine of some New Englanders will be disrupted by school and workplace closings, while residents of New York's Long Island anticipate the reopening of a major roadway, the Long Island Expressway.
There's also a new worry for some: the danger of roof collapses as rain and warmer weather melts snow.
The storm that slammed into the region with up to 3 feet of snow was blamed for at least 15 deaths in the Northeast and Canada. By early Monday, power outages had dropped to 149,970� most of them in Massachusetts.


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"Repo Men" should have been a great piece of sci-fi commentary on both the current health care debate and the not-yet-forgotten global economic meltdown. Instead, it's just an amusing and stylish distraction.
The story is simple enough: In the future people will buy on credit artificial organs they can't afford, and when they get in arrears, on "the sixth day of the fourth month of non-payment" to be exact, Jude Law or one of his colleagues is dispatched to repossess the goods. But the tables get turned on Law, who finds himself implanted with a Jarvik 39 heart.
The film can be forgiven for having a nearly identical plot to "Repo! The Genetic Opera," the 2008 musical starring Paul Sorvino and Paris Hilton. Eric Garcia first published his novel, "Repossession Mambo" on which this new film is based, in 2003 and claims to have had the idea in 1997. Besides, nobody saw "Repo!" and the conceit is so ripe with possibilities.
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But after putting all the players in place for the climax, the end of the film sees plot points/devices aped, lifted or borrowed from "12 Monkeys," "Brazil," "Shawshank Redemption" and most egregiously "Fight Club," just to name a few.
You would expect more from screenwriters like Garcia, who also penned the book that inspired "Matchstick Men," and Garret Lerner, a six-year veteran of TV's "House," one of the smarter, if more formulaic, shows around.
Filming began in October 2007, which may be one of its biggest weaknesses. Since then, the battle over universal health care has reached a fever pitch, people are sifting through the ashes of more than a trillion dollars worth of bad mortgages and folks are occasionally squawking about "death panels." "Repo Men" sits right at the crux of all these issues, but lacks the perspective to address the issues intelligently -- by 2010 standards. Ironically, "Repo Men" will proabbly feel less dated in 10 years than it does right now.
As is his custom, Liev Schreiber out acts everyone in sight. As the man who runs the artificial organ outlet down at the mall, Schreiber provides the biting sardonic comedy a film this grim desperately needs.
Law does a nice job of conveying the perverted joy he initially gets from his job, as well as the revulsion he feels after getting his own forg. And as the film nears its end, he clearly savors the opportunity to get his pound of flesh (sorry).
Whitaker's performance misses the mark, unfortunately. His role in the film is key, but his reading doesn't really sell his character. Considering his track record, most notably his Oscar-wining turn as Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland," one is tempted to lay a good chunk of the blame at the feet of first-time feature-film director Miguel Sapochnik.
With only shorts on his resume, it seems that Sapochnik has the eye of the former art department hand he is, but he lacks an understanding of character development and story arc.
"Repo Men" is wickedly funny when it tries to be, and the action is well paced and nicely choreographed. But when your film plants its flag right in the midst of the two hot-button issues of the day -- even unwittingly, you're expected to say something deeper than "profits bad, medicine good."


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Evening Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 106, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1869
Description: Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: January 10, 1869
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A new documentary has been made about the resurrection of the Wampanoag language which has a few screenings coming up next month in the US. DVD's are also available and details of both can be found here.
The story begins in 1994 when Jessie Little Doe, an intrepid, thirty-something Wampanoag social worker, began having recurring dreams: familiar-looking people from another time addressing her in an incomprehensible language. Jessie was perplexed and a little annoyed– why couldn't they speak English? Later, she realized they were speaking Wampanoag, a language no one had used for more than a century. These events
sent her and members of the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanaog communities on an odyssey that would uncover hundreds of documents written in their language, lead Jessie to a Masters in Linguistics at MIT, and result in something that had never been done before – bringing a language alive again in an American Indian community after many generations with no Native speakers.
WE STILL LIVE HERE: As Nutayunean clip
Although I haven't seen the film it sounds to be very much in the same vein as "the linguists" which came out in 2008. The Linguists follows two field linguists as they travel to document and help promote the rescue of near-extinct languages.
Documenting and reviving languages is an important thing to do as it increases our understanding of language. Every time a language dies we lose data which can inform us on the interactions between cognitive constraints and culture. A language dies every 14 days. Bearing that in mind, here's a few links if you're interested in this stuff:
SAIVUS (Society to Advance Indigenous Vernaculars of the United States): http://www.saivus.org/
Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project: http://wlrp.org/
Enduring voices: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/enduring-voices/
And a whole bunch of other links here: http://www.saivus.org/saivuslinks.html