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CdM and HSWRI through RCF share a vision to feed future generations in harmony with the ocean. The RCF collaboration is dedicated to fulfilling a major void in our Nation's seafood industry – a reliable, sustainable source of healthy, premium fish, grown with care in a clean, natural and regulated environment. RCF is committed to improving the standards of the aquaculture industry through safe and sustainable innovation. As RCF continues to innovate and improve culture protocols, it hopes to provide locally produced seafood thereby greatly reducing the energy requirements of transporting fish to the US market, while creating and demonstrating a sustainable and domestic solution.
Over the past five decades, HSWRI has provided global leadership in marine conservation research, including studies in marine aquaculture. HSWRI operates two marine fish hatcheries in southern California and several cage sites in California. HSWRI has expertise in fish nutrition, reproduction, health, genetics, and physiology, as well as site selection and permitting, systems engineering, and environmental monitoring.
Since 2010 CdM has been advancing the development of sustainable marine fish farming by providing investment capital to expand established and start-up farms in Latin America as well as to further develop open ocean marine farming equipment. CdM has financial and management interests in shellfish farms on the Pacific Coast of Baja California as well as in fish farms in La Paz, Mexico and along the Gulf Coast of Panama. CdM has like interests in two US based companies that design, fabricate and install open ocean marine fish cages.
Together, HSWRI and CdM have formed RCF that incorporates the combined expertise of both organizations to demonstrate how a commercial scale fish farm can provide new job opportunities for commercial fishermen and support existing seafood processing and distribution jobs while respecting the environment of southern California. The proposed farm will also provide an invaluable benefit to resource agencies charged with balancing commercial uses of the ocean with the need to conserve the invaluable marine ecosystem for the benefit of future generations of both animal and human populations.
This project is being driven by the growing global demand for healthful seafood and a lack of domestic production. Traditional harvest fisheries are fully exploited and cannot meet this increasing demand. The expanding market is fueled by an increasing world population and the growing per capita consumption of seafood. In the US, more than 91% of seafood is imported and half of that supply comes from aquaculture. This represents a $10.4 billion contribution to the US trade deficit.
The proposed project will annually produce 5,000 metric tons (MT) of yellowtail jack, white seabass and striped bass in sea cages that will be located 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) from the San Diego shoreline. Yellowtail jack has been chosen as the initial species as cultured juveniles are readily available from HSWRI hatcheries. The site will also be permitted for other local species which will be interchangeable with yellowtail jack when the project has become operational and depending on availability of juveniles and permit conditions. Production will be phased, beginning at 1,000 to 1,500 MT in the first production cycle in order to achieve operational efficiency and ensure environmental compatibility. Based on these data, the project will gradually expand to 5,000 MT annual production, which is expected by year eight. Initially, recently developed submersible cages will be deployed, but the farm will have the capacity to test new containment systems as they are developed over time.
If successful, this project will serve as a model for the development of offshore aquaculture in California and the United States. It will create jobs, including new opportunities for commercial fishermen, and it will ensure that the existing infrastructure for fish processing and distribution has a viable future. The consumer will benefit from a year-round supply of high quality seafood that is safe and healthful. The environment will benefit as a high quality seafood source is produced significantly more efficiently than capture fisheries or land-based practices can achieve. In addition, the supplemental supply of high quality farmed fish will take pressure off wild fisheries.


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PITTSBURGH--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Iron Bridge (IBI) launches Pub Hub Provider Portal for bidirectional public health and Meaningful Use Stage 3 needs. Pub Hub is the industry's first public health clearinghouse. Pub Hub Provider Portal adds bidirectional capabilities that enable healthcare providers, hospitals, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors to easily query public health registries, as well as submit public health data to state registries.
"The Pub Hub Provider Portal is not just for health care providers, it also benefits EHR vendors by providing a robust API that can be embedded into Electronic Health Record systems"
Pub Hub Provider Portal provides a simple way to query for patient immunization records with state public health registries and helps hospitals and providers meet their Meaningful Use Stage 3 attestation requirements.
The Population and Public Health requirements in Meaningful Use Stage 3 mandate that healthcare organizations not only submit data to public health registries, but also query for patient history and forecast. Pub Hub solves this public health data transmission and query problem by having prebuilt connections to all state public health registries through a simple and intuitive Provider portal, as well as a simple Application Programming Interface (API).
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Iron Bridge Corp (IBI) is a cloud-based healthcare software company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee. IBI's cloud-based solutions simplify the complex exchange of data between EHR software providers and a variety of entities including public health agencies, healthcare payers and providers. For more information please visit www.ironbridgecorp.com or contact Amy Meyers by email (marketing@ironbridgecorp) or call (888) 963-9793.

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Death Certificate of James Samuel Morgan
May 26, 1947
State of Utah
Certificate of Death
1. Place of Death:
a. County: Salt Lake
b. City or town: Salt Lake City
c. Name of hospital or institution: 1157 Browning Avenue
d. Length of stay: In this community: 75 Years
2. Usual Residence of Deceased
a. State: Utah
b. County: Salt Lake
c. City or town: Salt Lake City
d. Street No. 1157 Browning Avenue
e. In this community: 75 Years
3. a. Full Name: James Samuel Morgan
4. Sex: Male
5. Color or Race: White
6. a. Single, widowed, married, or divorced: Married
6. b. Name of wife: Pearl Pratt Morgan
6. c. Age of husband or wife if alive: 75 yrs.
7. Birth date of deceased: December 21, 1858
8. Age: 78 Years, 5 Months, 5 Days
9. Birthplace: Fairfield, Utah
10. Usual occupation: Postal Superintendent
11. Industry or business: U.S. Post Office
12. Father Name: Joseph R. Morgan
13. Birthplace: England
14. Mother Maiden Name: Mary Jane Turner
15. Birthplace: England
16. a. Informant's own signature: R.G. Petersen
b. Address: 1145 Browning Ave.
17. a. Burial
b. Date thereof: May 29, 1947
c. Place: burial or cremation: S.L. City Cemetery
18. a. Mortuary: Larkin Mortuary Co.
b. Signature of funeral director: A.J. Larkin, Jr.
c. Address: Salt Lake, Utah d. License No. 87
e. Was body embalmed? Yes f. Embalmer's License No. 215
19. a. Date received: May 28, 1947
Medical Certification:
20. Date of Death: May 26th, 1947
21. I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Jan. 1, 1934, to May 26, 1947. I last saw him alive on May 25, 1947; death occurred on the date stated above, at 5:30 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: Uremia
Duration: 3 days
Due to: [See Image]
Duration: 3 days
22. If death was due to external causes, fill in the following:
23. Signature: W.R. Bruner
5/27, 1947 Address: Salt Lake City, Ut.


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Last Days of Autumn – Chop Chop
Last Days of Autumn – Chop Chop presents the mischievous children and the helpless log in the original colourway first presented as a painting by Amanda Visell. Designed by Visell and sculpted by coarse, Chop Chop is a handpainted vinyl showpiece and the final colourway in the series.
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Gu Bei was well aware that his biggest threat wasn't Gu Heng — it was actually Gu Yu!
Gu Heng had only been a chess piece being pushed around by Gu Yu. But that chess piece had been broken!
Gu Heng was dazed.
Gu Bei glanced at Gu Heng with a cold expression, then cupped his hands towards Gu Tianlong, Gu Ya, and the other higher-ups.
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As some of you may already know, since 1989, I have been spending several days every few years living among people who experience homelessness in different cities in the United States. I go to live on the streets to expand my perspective and understanding of the situation people without homes are in. Here are some of the other reasons I go:
- I want to have my reservoir of compassion replenished! Like anyone, I can become insulated to the reality of the pain, uncertainty and fear that people without homes experience. I go to the streets have my compassion renewed.
- As a Christian, I believe that since Christ incarnated himself into our world in order to be a bridge for men and women to have a relationship with their maker, we too then, must incarnate ourselves into the world of those whom we care about in order to understand how they think and how they feel in order to really love and help them.
- To feel with in order that I might better understand and create structures and environments for others to serve in ways that are safe, meaningful and helpful.
- To re-evaluate how we are serving people who experience homelessness at Good Works–to explore what we may need to change and how to go about doing that.
- To know what it's like to be on the receiving side. This helps me to gain renewed perspective on the feelings of strangers. (Exodus 23:9)
In Lexington, Kentucky I learned about and experienced FEAR. I learned that going into a shelter and spending the night with strangers day after day in FEAR wears down the body's natural defenses and makes one vulnerable to sickness and mental breakdown. I learned that it is FEAR that often makes a person compromise their own moral and ethical standards to survive. I stayed with 150 men plus women and children for 3 days on the floor of the gym in a Salvation Army. I slept next to a man with a knife. The only reason I knew he had a knife is because I watched him threaten to stab another man earlier in the day. Fear changes one's personality and affects a person's life choices. Prolonged fear can turn you into someone you don't like and don't want to be with. Could it be fear that prompts some people to lie in order to survive?
In Charleston, West Virginia I learned that the system of sheltering people who experience homelessness tends to caters to the chronic and not the those in crisis. I felt treated like an alcoholic and a drug addict. I didn't have proper identification and when I went to the Police to obtain the I.D. the shelter staff wanted, the police wouldn't give me any proof that I had been there. I returned to the shelter and the staff implied that I was lying. I felt caught in the middle. I felt misunderstood. It was in Charleston that I befriended an un-employed pimp. I learned how to listen to the voices from the streets; the voices of men and women who are survivors in a world in which they see little opportunity.
In Indianapolis, Indiana I learned that time is the enemy of the homeless. It seems like there is nothing to do and nowhere to go. So much idle time to get depressed. So little hope. Yes, you can work hard for 8 hours at minimum wage but you spend each days earned income to meet the needs of each day. I learned that it is very difficult to save money when you live on the streets. When you do earn money, you become a target for others to steal, exploit or beg you to give some to them. People are in a rut and need someone to pull them out. It is this sense of hopelessness that often tempts people to medicate themselves with drugs to relieve the pain.
In Cincinnati, Ohio I learned that there are many complex rules in shelters that are not clear. I remember getting yelled at for doing something I didn't realize was inappropriate. We were staying overnight in a room with 50-75 men. The rules said "no smoking" but that didn't stop people from smoking. I went to the staff and asked if I could have a pillow. The staff told me there was no pillow available. After I left the streets, I looked up their web site and discovered a large pillow as their symbol of welcome. How ironic.
In Louisville, Kentucky I stayed the night with about 60 men in a converted Holiday Inn. We had to pass through a metal detector. The rules appeared to be 8 pages, single spaced and were located behind a glass case. On the wall in the dining room were 3 large posters about diabetes but there appeared to be no relationship between the instructions on the poster and the only food option we were served. My intake interview was done while I stood up at a desk and people stood behind me. There were many things to read and sign but I was not given the time I needed to read them before I had to signed them. I felt the pressure to just sign my name to something I had not read nor understood. Late at night, one man wouldn't (or couldn't) stop talking while the other men were trying to go to sleep. Finally, one of the residents next to him became so exasperated by his constant talking that he got up, offered a few emotional words and told the staff what was going on. Two staff workers came in to the room and made many vile, emotional threats to the man who was experiencing some kind of mental illness. I remember being very surprised at how the staff handled that man. I would characterize my entire experience in Louisville as dehumanizing.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I learned…
In Akron, Ohio I learned about the need for privacy and loss of identity. Privacy is a commodity purchased by those who have money. The more money one has the more privacy one can purchase. The less money you have, the less privacy you can obtain. We need privacy to maintain our mental health. I remember feeling like there was no place to go where I could be alone, to be by myself. We were always around others who were constantly talking, people whocould potentially take advantage of us. This low level stress combines with physical sickness to make a person behave strangely. No wonder some of the homeless appear mentally ill.
I also learned about the loss of identity. When we lose a sense of who we are, we lose the realization of the image of God upon us and our purpose in this world. The loss of family and work confuses our identity. We become vulnerable to the seduction of a new identity; the identity of a bum; unattached from the network of accountability and purpose which fosters real human growth. Having a family (or "a people") gives us a sense of identity. Having work gives us–especially men–a sense of identity and purpose. Being loved gives us a sense of identity. I saw the loss of family, the loss of work and the loss of love, and with these things, the loss of identity.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma I learned…
In Jacksonville, Florida I learned that while there are many good and caring people on the front lines of helping the homeless, the problem of homelessness doesn't seem to be getting much better. I stayed in a city with an estimated 3000 homeless people. I went to shelter after shelter looking for a bed. Only by accident (or by God's grace) was I able to find a place to sleep. Homelessness continues to be the result of a collision of personal choices and societal systems beyond one's control. People without a home are often caught in a nightmare of social oppression combined with the learned coping habits of survival.
This year marks my 37th year with Good Works. I am aware more than ever before how these experiences have helped me to more fully understand that those who experience homelessness are people; human beings made in the image of God; people who in many ways are not much different from myself. Over the years, I have learned that for any of us to understand and help people who are suffering, we must lean how to leave the comfort of our own security and reach out, perhaps incurring some personal risk and pain. As a Christian, I now more fully understand what Christ Jesus has done for me. I am grateful and I want to continue to turn my gratitude into a godly activism.
Keith Wasserman
Keith speaks about 80-100 times a year around the US about Good Works and on many topics related to homelessness, poverty and the churches responsibility to love God and love people.
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I think you have made your editorial position regarding Oddbins abundantly clear. Maybe it's time for you to back off and cease publishing this seemingly unending torrent of whingey letters from Oddbins employees, past and present. By the way, is it editorial policy to make a moan about Oddbins the "star letter" every single week?
Let's look at the facts: Oddbins isn't the same company that it used to be, but Oddbins probably wouldn't still exist if we'd tried to cling to our old image.
This is 2007, and there's been a chill wind blowing through the retail sector for some time now; margins are tighter, premises costs seem to rise exponentially and sharp practices (spurious e-vouchers sent "accidentally" to a huge database, BOGOFs of dubious morality, wilful misreporting on Oddbins business plans etc) are making a tough market ever tougher.
True, we've suffered our time in the doldrums, but things are improving. Change can't happen overnight, and mistakes have been and will be made. But credit where credit's due: we're trying to improve things across the board.
The recent article in the Guardian's G2 supplement seemed to offer a much more considered viewpoint of what we're trying to achieve, and it was a breath of fresh air to actually find Oddbins mentioned in the media without some knee-jerk slagging off at the root of it all. Times have changed; it's no good wistfully looking back on what was. As a company, we're trying to create a wine merchant for the 21st century.
It won't happen overnight, it might not happen at all.
In the meantime, however, we're having a crack at it and the constant negative press is an undeniably soul-destrying thing to face for the large number of good, professional, hard-working managers and staff still with the company. So OLN, Decanter et al don't like us - so what!
We'll still keep plugging away and maybe, just maybe, we'll get it right again (and then won't you lot look daft).
OK, rant over. Just stop looking so hard for negatives and you might find some positives.
Rob Knight
Oddbins, Beckenham
PS Do I get the same sort of prize as an Oddbins employee who doesn't have his name witheld?
lOLN has no "editorial position" on Oddbins or
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Peter van Berkel joins Enphase with more than 20 years of experience at Philips Electronics, where he was responsible for global product strategy and planning, marketing, sales and account management. During his tenure at Philips, van Berkel held various executive roles, including general manager of the light systems business in China, and vice president and market leader for Philips Lighting in Russia. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronics from the Hogeschool Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands and has received executive training at INSEAD, IMD and MIT.
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"I am thrilled to join Enphase during such a pivotal growth stage," said Peter van Berkel. "The company continues to build a strong presence in EMEA, and I look forward to working with the talented team to implement some innovative go-to-market strategies that will help strengthen our position in this dynamic market."
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I wasn't a big fan of his time with Sabbath, but Dream Evil was a great album. RIP Mr Dio.
i agree ozzy was the only true black sabbath singer but dio with rainbow that is another story. the man had a great set of pipes. he will be missed.
I liked what Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy said,
Dio's musical career began in 1958' but it was his band Elf in the early 70's that paved the way forward. Elf was a constant tour partner with Deep Purple and thus the Richie Blackmore connection that became Rainbow and then Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell.
Dio was a voice of wisdom in a respected grandfatherly way to up and coming musicians and he will be greatly missed.
When I was 17 years old I had a mullet and acid-washed jeans that were all shredded in front, and a bunch of band T-shirts (Maiden, Def Leppard, Dio, Ozzy, Scorpions etc.) that I ripped the sleeves off of. I used to play "We Rock" and "Holy Diver" and "Rainbow In The Dark" at full volume and bang my head on the wheel of my '78 Plymouth with the crummy cassette deck. Oddly enough I was never a big Sabbath fan, I liked Dio and Ozzy both a lot better when they were on their own. Ronny James Dio belongs right up there with Ozzy and Rob Halford and Bruce Dickenson as one of the true gods of metal. He will be missed. RIP Ronnie!
True. Ozzy was the only true Sab singer.
But Dio was half a million times better than Ozzy will ever be.
Been listening a lot to 'Rising' these days... No need to talk for hours.
The little guy will be missed, for sure.
All Hails, DIO.
RIP Mr. Dio----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------yes even so of us old retired people like
Westboro Baptist Church will picket memorial service for Ronnie James Dio
Wendy Dio responded with the following statement:
Man these people, making fools because they don't know...\
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Californian database specialist Ingres has just joined the Eclipse Foundation Open Source developer network.
Ingres and the Eclipse Foundation have offered a joint software package download for many years now. The package includes Eclipse tools and the Ingres database. Versions are available for Windows (32 bit) and Linux, and there is also a source code package. The package is released under the Eclipse Public.
Tom Berquist, Chief Financial Officer with Ingres, explained the reasons for investing in the development of the Eclipse package in his blog back in February. Ingres actually started research and development work on the project in the second half of 2006. Berquist expects the package to pay dividends for Ingres in the form of new customers who download the Eclipse-Ingres bundle, develop applications for it, and then invest in the database infrastructure offered by Ingres. Bergquist anticipates initial returns, in the form of orders, late in 2007.
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Sooo my feet got real burned today. Crispy critters. You know when you look like a lobster and your skin tingles? Ouch. That dang Hawaiian sun! I really can't complain though. It's absolutely gorgeous here. Even though my feet feel like they might fall off, I can't help but enjoy my surroundings. This is the third island that I've visited in Hawaii and surely the most beautiful. It's more lush than I could have ever imagined. I don't think I've ever been anywhere else in the world that's quite as green. The mountains are breathtaking. Every inch seems to be covered in green, green, green. Also, super nerdy, but Jurassic Park (the classics) were filmed here. I'm not gonna lie, I keep imagining a massive T-Rex emerging from the mountains and roaring to the world… I can't help it. I have a wild imagination.
The house that we stayed in was fabulous (I'll tell you more about it later). It made me feel very luxurious (which I'm not), but you know what is? These sandals! When I think suede I don't usually think summer, but Franco Sarto has changed my mind. I die over the yellow suede. Heart eyes all day. They are perfect. I mean perfect. I wouldn't change a thing! They're my favorite espadrilles yet.
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In my search for free online webpage thumbnail generators I didn't come across too many, only a couple appealed to me. Out of all the one's I tested, Shrink the Web was one of my favourites – it was fast, had more features, generated good quality thumbnails and allowed free users a choice of up to 6 images, whereas most of them only allowed for 2.
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There are 2 major types of anointing; in and upon. What is the difference between the 2?
Anointing is done by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor
The Spirit of the Lord is the Holy Spirit – He is the anointing
The 2 Major Types of Anointing – In and Upon
1. Anointing In
Anointing in makes a person the Bride of Christ. It is the dwelling in of the Holy Spirit in a person – the baptism with the Holy Spirit
John: 14:17: Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you
See the 3 relationships the Holy Spirit has with humans
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him dwells in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him (John 2:27)
The anointing who dwells in us is the Holy Spirit
A temple (body of human) in whom the Holy Spirit dwells in is a Bride of Christ – a church
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)
See what the temple is and what the church is
Anointing in can be lost. Yes! You can get it and loose it.
You can be a Bride of Christ this minute and the next minute be not – be a devil.
You name can be written in the Book of Life and be deleted.
There is nothing like once saved always saved – it is a lie
In heaven, names are being added and deleted from the Book of Life.
When your name is deleted from the Book of Life, you can come back to Jesus Christ, receive the Holy Spirit and your name be written again
To maintain the anointing in, Holy Spirit dwelling in you, you have to walk in the Spirit. See how to walk in the spirit.
There are things which make the anointing in (Holy Spirit) depart. They include;
- Sin
- Worldliness
- Rebellion
- Unrepentant (pride) – a pride person never repents
Which of the 4 are you in which has made the Holy Spirit (anointing in) depart?
You cannot be in the above and have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you – it is a lie. You cannot be wallowing in sin, worldly, rebellious and unrepentant and have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you.
Not every person who has the Holy Spirit dwelling in him/her – not every person is anointed in – not every person is a Bride of Christ. Majority are devils; for wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leads to destruction.
Mt 7:13-14: Enter you in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate, and difficult is the way, which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
2. Anointing upon
Anointing upon is also called anointing on
Anointing upon is the clothing with power for preaching of the gospel – it is for service; baptism with fire
But you shall receive power when the Holy Ghost has come upon you (Acts 1:8)
Anointing upon, the clothing with power, is the anointing Jesus told His disciples to go wait in Jerusalem (Lk 24:49).
Jesus Christ does not send His servants without power. Any person preaching Jesus Christ gospel without power has not being send by Jesus Christ
Anointing upon (baptism with fire) is done specifically for those to be on the forefront in the warfare between the kingdom of heaven and kingdom of darkness. See what the kingdom of heaven is
The warfare between the kingdom of heaven and kingdom of darkness is a warfare of power. Reason you must be clothed with power before being send out to preach the gospel – to warfare grounds with the kingdom of darkness
Anointing upon (power) cannot be lost. They only way to lose it is through death.
It is for these reason God said, 'do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm' (1 Chron 16:22). God was speaking about those anointed upon; those clothed with power
A person can be anointed upon but not be anointed in – a person can preach with power but not be a Bride of Christ because s/he has lost the in anointing
The first anointing to receive is the in anointing then the anointing upon. Some people who receive the anointing upon (power) loose the anointing in (being Bride of Christ) which the received first and are only left with anointing upon (power).
If you lose the anointing in you are not a Bride of Christ even if you have the anointing upon.
It is for these reason Jesus said
Mt 7:22-23: Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name? And in Your name have cast out devils? And in Your name done many wonderful works? And then will I declare unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity'.
Many people have preached the gospel with power, signs miracles and wonders accompanying them, but they are in hell
Preaching the gospel with power does not guarantee you heaven.
King Saul was anointed by God to be king (1 Sam 15) but when he sinned, the Spirit of the LORD departed from him (1 Sam 16:14).
1Sam 16:14: But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Later we see David could not touch Saul for he was anointed?
1Sam 26:11: The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed
The Spirit of the Lord which left Saul in 1 Sam 15 was the anointing in. Saul still had the anointing upon reason David could not touch him.
David knew they only way for Saul to lose anointing upon is through death reason he said,
1Sam 26:10: David said furthermore, 'As the LORD lives, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish'
It is only God to bring death to those anointed upon and gone astray.
When a servant of God sins and does not run fast to repent, s/he loses the anointing in, stops being the Bride of Christ, but the anointing upon is still on him/her – only death cuts the anointing upon.
A person who has anointing upon and rebels God must die – be killed by God
When you lose the anointing in, this equals hell.
Anointing upon is for service – Jesus Christ power. The working of this power is not conditioned to whether a person is a sinner or no (but remember in sin you cannot receive it).
It is for this reason you see people who were powered but went astray (wallowing in sin and worldliness) still preaching with power, with signs miracles and wonders and the solution is only death.
To receive power, you must first have the anointing in but later people lose the anointing in and the anointing upon does not go therefore they still preach with power though dead in sin heading to hell
Sometimes God does not do miracles signs and wonders because of the servant He called but because of the people. A person can be called, get lost and still miracles and signs be seen accompanying him/her – it is because God is doing them for His people not because of the person called. That person called is only awaiting hell.
You can preach the gospel with all signs wonders and miracles yet perish – got to hell
You can receive and see all miracles of Jesus Christ and yet perish – go to hell
When God calls you and powers you and you go astray, that power will kill you – God power kills
It is for this reason I say, if you are not called, stay being a Bride of Christ because if you receive His power and sin, this power will kill you and you will go to hell
Anointing in makes us the Bride of Christ, anointing upon is clothing with power for service
Anointing in can be lost, anointing upon cannot be lost
Jesus is Coming
Repent Repent Repent
Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand


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The installation at Chesterwood, summer home and studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, brings an old cistern back to life, revealing the passage of time as the sun moves and forest detritus drifts in. The installation celebrates the nature of water and its seemingly endless capacity to absorb our waste and our sorrows.
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Adorable duo enjoy holiday bromance
Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have been sharing their New York shenanigans with fans through a series of social media updates.
The two successful actors posted yet another fun shot for their Twitter followers.
The pair was pictured sitting on either side of Santa during their break, with both sporting bowler hats, festive attire and playful smiles.
The comment which accompanied the shot reads: "Father Christmas! #gogodidionnyc @TwoPlaysInRep."
A number of other festive images have flooded their Twitter feeds over the past few days. Each one contains the @TwoPlaysInRep tag, which is a reference to their joint appearance in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land as well as Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot.
Another shows them standing in front of a huge Christmas tree, wearing the bowler hats once again, proving that it has been a recurrent theme for the two men.
However, one of the most memorable shots posted by Stewart – and then retweeted by McKellen – sees the two jogging side by side across the Brooklyn Bridge.
The two stars have received rave reviews for their Broadway performances, giving us yet another reason to wish we were in New York.


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TERRORISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Meaning & History. There are many definitions of terrorism – hard to reach a consensus. This matters for policy makers, citizens, and the international community. From the 1960s until the late 1980s, the main motives for terrorism were political.
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Hearts chief Vincent Sowah Odotei vows to stay on despite political victory
Hearts chief Vincent Sowah Odotei has vowed to stay on despite winning his bid to represent the La-Dadekotopon constituency in Ghana's Parliament.
Odotei thrashed incumbent Nii Amasa Namoale to win the seat for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Widespread media reports had claimed the former King Faisal Chief Executive will relinquish his position due to his political attachment.
But insists he will remain in charge of the club.
"Yes I will still be in football administration, I am not going to stop. I don't think my work at Hearts is going to conflict with my Political duties," he told Accra-based Asempa FM
"That fact that I will now be in Parliament doesn't mean I will stop my work as MD for Hearts."
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Somuah-Abredu says:December 16, 2016 03:16 amNo Sowah, you cannot do the double. Even we don't see much of you with that single MD. Do the Phobia Family a big favor. Just bow out & try to support the new MD. That will be a very big deal of favor to enhance our league title acquisition next year.


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The VIX Suggests the Grinch Could Spoil the Santa Claus Rally
The market's so-called fear barometer – the VIX – has been trickling higher for days, not exactly what you'd like to see for stocks heading into the holiday season.
CBOE's volatility index rose for a fifth straight session yesterday and closed above 30 for the first time since October. As stocks slumped, the VIX finished at 30.59. The index implies expectations for future swings on the S&P 500. It jumped to as high as 48 over the summer when the market was experiencing sharp daily swings. It topped 90 during the height of the financial crisis in 2008.
VIX has now surged roughly 21% from its intraday low last Friday, according to Brown Brothers Harriman:


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I heard this lovely sonnet by Robert Hayden. It made me think of my father, and all that he gave me.
Winter Sunday Mornings by Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love's austere and lonely offices?


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Voted as PC Magazine's "Top PC Game of All Time", Deus Ex quickly made a name for itself with a deep narrative that changed depending on the player's decisions. Relying on stealth, combat, social interaction and hacking, you must tackle the Illuminati in order to save the world. The only thing that kept Deus Ex from being a flawless game were the frustrating boss fights but the giggle at the Rihanna look-a-like, Yelena Federova made up for it.
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Jack McKinney
circa 1965
Radio & TV legend Jack McKinney, also a sportswriter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, died on Saturday, August 10, 2002. He was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of the previous month.
Jack McKinney was a native Philadelphian. Born and raised in Olney, McKinney was graduated from St. Joseph's Prep and the Valley Forge Military Academy. He went to work for the Philadelphia Daily News in 1953. McKinney started writing music criticism using the name J. Cartin McKinney. Dean McCollough, the late Daily News' editor who hired Jack gave him the pen name, thinking "Jack McKinney" was too unsophisticated.
Finally, McKinney moved into other areas and was able to use his real name. He did anything for a story including entering a cage of lions. He also jumped out of airplanes, sparred with Sonny Liston and raced cars at the Langhorne Speedway.
For almost five decades, Jack wrote about sports (especially boxing) to music; opera was one of his loves. However, it was his radio and television work that many people will really remember him by. His "Night Talk" show was legendary on WCAU-AM. He was also heard for a shorter time on WPEN when it was doing its telephone talk format.
In the mid-sixties through the early seventies, Jack McKinney was also a television star. He had his own program in various incarnations on WHYY-TV, WPHL-TV and WIBF-TV/WTAF-TV. He had a sort of raspy voice; not what you would expect from a broadcast personality. But that was Jack McKinney.
In 1975, a new editor arrived at the paper, Gilman Spencer. It was he whom moved McKinney from sports to being a columnist.
McKinney spent several months in dangerous Northern Ireland. He claimed friendship with Bernadette Devlin and Gerry Adams, two Catholic Irish leaders. He also served in the paper's interests in other hot spots including Latin America. He believed in what he called "advocacy journalism." He said that he didn't believe that anyone was objective. He said that he believed that anyone who claims otherwise is hypocritical and fraudulent.
Jack loved sports. About eight years after joining the Philadelphia Daily News, a paper employee picked up the sports wire and read an account of a middleweight boxing event in Ohio. The first round winner by a knockout was a fighter called Jack McKinney. Yes, it was Philly's own triumphal fighter over a guy calling himself Alvin Green. McKinney had been training in secret wanting to test himself against a professional boxer. That's the kind of guy Jack McKinney was.
In his youth, Jack loved alcohol and drank hard. He was also well known for several legendary brawls at the Pen & Pencil Club and other after hours establishments.
Jack retired from the Daily News five years before his death in 1997. His first wife, Doris Kavanaugh McKinney, who was at times a professional singer died in 1999. He later remarried, making Debbie Kordansky his bride.
McKinney lived in Lafayette Hill and passed away at a friend's home in Chestnut Hill. He had five sons; Sean, Brian, Kevin, Brendan and Bentzi and a daughter Maura. At the time of his passing, he was grandfather to eight children.
About a year after being graduated from Temple University, Broadcast Pioneers member Gerry Wilkinson ended up in a management trainee program at WIBF-TV, Channel 29.
Gerry recalls that "The Jack McKinney Show" originated live from the big "barn-like" studio at the Benson East in Jenkintown. At that time, the TV station's facilities were there along with sister FM station, WIBF-FM.
Part of this "management trainee thing" was to act as Production Assistant for Jack's show once a week. Other management trainees covered the other days. Wilkinson said: "well, one day there was this big snowstorm. Hardly anyone got in. The assistant director who was basically a timekeeper had to direct and I was thrown into the producer's role. It was the first professional television I had ever produced."
From the regular staff, there was the AD, Wilkinson, McKinney and four studio guests (there was supposed to be 60). There were no camera operators. The master control engineer got one camera up and running. It was locked into position. The audio was fed directly into master for mixing. Wilkinson said: "It looked like hell. One camera and no guests. Jack just sat there and talked for 30 minutes. It was a fantastic monologue. It had to be because the phones were down. It was my big chance and everything that could go wrong, did."
"I was a wreck by the end of the live broadcast but Jack McKinney took it in stride saying: 'Good job kid. Let's do it again tomorrow.' But that was Jack McKinney.
Wilkinson said: "Jack was a warm, intelligent guy who knew how to relate to people. His audience never thought that he was talking to them. They understood that he was talking with them. That's how Jack McKinney was."
Sean McKinney, Jack's son, e-mailed:
My brother Brian and I went down to see the show when he had Muhammad Ali on as a guest. This was when Ali was banned from boxing and he had slipped out of the public limelight. (People forget about that part of his career.) We got to meet Ali and it was a thrill.
Of course, I have other special memories of my dad in broadcasting and journalism.... My mother sang under the stage name of Doris Kavanaugh (her maiden name) from the time she was 17 until shortly before her death at age 68 in 1999. She got her start with the nationally famous Big Band of Vaughan Monroe. She also played with Henry Jerome. But after 2 years of singing national radio concerts and touring the East Coast, she got tired of full-time national show business and returned home to marry my dad.
After getting married, she sang professionally in clubs throughout the Philadelphia and South Jersey area. She was mistress of ceremonies at the Drexelbrook Club during its heyday in the 1960s. She also occasionally appeared on TV (Rex Morgan's show) and radio (WPEN). After bearing five children, she continued to sing on a part-time basis for the rest of her life.
On Friday, November 20, 2009, Jack McKinney was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's "Hall of Fame."
From the official archives of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
Photo originally donated by Charlie Higgins
Written and researched by Broadcast Pioneers historian Gerry Wilkinson
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Many news stories about U.S. Military protecting poppy fields fail to point out some of the very obvious hypocrisy.
It's not just that poppies are grown for opium, that can be turned into heroine. If the fact that our military budget assists in other countries drug problems, that would be a small, but relevant point of hypocrisy. The larger picture is that these opium fields are also used to supply opium all over the world and are used to create pharmaceutical drugs that we use in the United States as well as everywhere else in the world.
Yes, as usual, the wealthy mega-corporations exploit the poor and exacerbate their problems to make a profit.
U.S. Marines protect Afghan's poppy fields
Dr. Paul L. Williams Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Marines of Bravo's Company 1st Platoon sleep beside groves of poppies Troops of the 2nd Platoon walk through the fields on strict orders not to swat the heavy opium bulbs. The Afghan farmers and laborers, who are engaged in scraping the resin from the bulbs, smile and wave at the passing soldiers.
The Helmand province is the world's largest cultivator of opium poppies – the crop used to make heroin.
Afghanistan grew 93 percent of the world's poppy crop last year, with Helmand alone responsible for more than half of the opium production in the country, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Heroin, as it turns out, represents the only staple of the Afghan economy. The country manufactures no domestic products for exportation and the rocky terrain yields no cash crops – – except, of course, the poppies.
The poppies fuel the great jihad against the United States and the Western world. More than 3,500 tons of raw opium is gleaned from the poppy crops every year, producing annual revenues for the Taliban and al Qaeda that range from $5 billion to $16 billion.
Destroying the fields could very well put an end to terrorist activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
But the Obama Administration remains intent upon protecting the poppies so that the Afghan farmers and local drug lords can reap the benefits of what purports to be a bumper crop.
Many Marines in the field are scratching their heads over the situation.
General Says 20,000 Troops Should Stay in Afghanistan
By THOM SHANKER – Published: March 5, 2013
WASHINGTON — The American commander in the Middle East said on Tuesday that he had recommended that 13,600 United States troops remain in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends in 2014, a number slightly higher than the one being considered by NATO and Pentagon officials.
The officer, Gen. James N. Mattis of the Central Command, revealed his recommendation during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he also said that a NATO contribution to an enduring mission in Afghanistan could equal half of the American deployment, for a total alliance troop presence of 20,000 under his proposal.
President Obama has not decided on the size of any troop deployment after 2014, which would also require agreement with the government in Kabul.
During a session of NATO defense ministers last month, alliance officials discussed a proposal for training, support and counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after 2014 that envisioned a force of up to 9,500 American troops and up to 6,000 more from other coalition nations.
George Little, the Pentagon press secretary, said those talks focused on a smaller range of 8,000 to 12,000 troops over all, including American and allied contributions. There are about 66,000 American troops in Afghanistan today, with that number to drop to 32,000 by early next year.
Discussing Syria, General Mattis told the Senate that providing weapons and other lethal aid to rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad was complicated, and potentially self-defeating, since the situation was so chaotic that the arms could end up in the possession of militants linked to terrorist organizations.
His assessment of Iran's nuclear program is that Tehran is enriching uranium at a pace far beyond any peaceful purpose, but that he fully supports economic sanctions. General Mattis warned Iran not to view reductions in American deployments in the region as a sign of weakness; they were brought on by budget cuts under the sequester.
In particular, he noted that he had other combat assets to make up for the decision to deploy just one aircraft carrier in the region, rather than two. "I have what it takes to make it the enemy's longest day and their worst day," General Mattis said. "And we'll get the other carrier out there quickly to reinforce."
General Mattis testified alongside Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of the Special Operations Command, who also was questioned on the impact of the sequester on his ability to carry out training and missions.
Admiral McRaven said the sequester cut of $900 million per year for the Special Operations Command would be made even worse by reductions in money to the various armed services that support his organization and its personnel.
"So the service cuts that they take compound the problem of Special Operations support," he said. "I get a tremendous amount of my support from the various services, and that will absolutely affect the Special Operations capability of this nation."


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ONE Future Coalition Seeks to Achieve Emissions of 1% or Less
A group of energy companies are seeking to design a system that would ensure the reduction of methane emissions across the gas chain by an average of 1 percent or less of gross production. Officially incorporated in late 2014, the ONE Future Coalition was founded by Southwestern Energy and other companies across the entire natural gas supply chain, including Apache Corp., BHP Billiton Ltd., AGL Resources Inc., Kinder Morgan, Columbia Pipeline Group, Hess Corp., and National Grid plc.
The coalition decided upon the 1 percent goal after 1 percent was identified as sort of a "magic number" in a study conducted by Environmental Defense Fund scientists – and published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – that concluded that a 1 percent or less loss rate would ensure natural gas would provide immediate climactic benefits over other fossil fuels in any application. This included the use of natural gas in its least efficient application, compressed natural gas in trucks.
Instead of a prescriptive approach which mandates the adoption of specific technologies, practices or procedures for all facilities or certain operations, the coalition is designing a system that will offer each company the flexibility to determine the most cost effective way to achieve the 1 percent or less goal. This could include adopting a new technology, work practice, or even retiring an asset.
To achieve the collective 1 percent target, the coalition plans to identify sectoral performance targets for each of the four major industry sectors – exploration and production; gathering and processing; transmission and storage; and distribution and retail – which would cumulatively add up to the industry's overall 1 percent goal, ONE Future said on its website. The coalition will work to set these performance targets in rough proportion to each industry sectors' respective share of current emissions, taking into account reduction potentials given the current regulatory barriers.
To demonstrate credible and measurable results in achieving the goal of an average rate of 1 percent or less emissions across all facilities, the companies in the coalition have agreed to measure their starting point emissions and track their progress according to uniform, EPA-approved reporting protocols, according to the coalition's website.
Tom Michels, executive director for the ONE Future Coalition, said the company has not actively tried to draw attention to itself as the group seeks to hammer out a number of "persnickety details" of the coalition's system. This includes determining what 1 percent is on an ongoing basis, and determining how to "allocate out the pain" in terms of which sector of the gas supply chain will have to reduce their emissions, Michels told Rigzone.
"Is it your company or my company, or that sector over there? Will pipelines have to reduce their emissions more versus other industry segments? That's what we're going through right now."
The coalition expects to have its system conceptually done by this fall or year-end 2015 and will seek to implement it and report data for first time probably beginning 3Q 2016 or roughly thereabouts.
The coalition is working on a number of activities in 2015. One of the biggest things that the group is working on is the issue of our sectoral targets, Michels said.
"A big piece of that and how the mechanics will work also will be determined by the EPA."
In the next few weeks, EPA is expected to announce the voluntary emission reduction program for the oil and gas industry. The details of the program, which will be released under the Natural Gas STAR Program, are still up in the air. The coalition is waiting on that to determine a few things in its program, Michels said.
"People tend to think of methane emissions as unknown leaks," said Michels. "That's not true."
Methane is emitted by activating devices. Under the current emission reporting process, EPA assigns most pieces of equipment an emission rate. The EPA asks companies to count up the number of devices, how many times the devices have been set off, and then multiplies that by the emissions factor for a particular category to get the emissions for a particular device. You do that a gazillion different times.
"Everybody knows that emission factors EPA assigns are wrong," said Michels. "Some people say the factors are too high or too low, but almost everyone agrees that they're wrong."
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Blogging Friends Blog Hop – September 2016
Welcome to the Blogging Friends September Blog Hop! I am really happy to be participating in my very first blog hop! The members of this lovely hop are quite talented, so I am honored that they have agreed to include... Continue reading →