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Dumb By Any Metric, Part 2
Fast Food, Restaurant | Right | August 30, 2013
(We sell burgers in 1/4 lb and 1/2 lb size. It is part of our job to clarify which burger the customer is ordering. I overhear my coworker's exchange at the next till.)
Customer: "I'd like a burger please."
Coworker: "Certainly. Would you like the 1/4 lb or 1/2 lb?"
Customer: "I'm not sure; whichever is bigger."
Coworker: "That would be the 1/2 lb."
Customer: "Sorry, I'm from the States, and I don't understand your Canadian measurements!"


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I know I've "heard it" before, but I really heard it at this year's Folk Alliance when my friend Sue Martinez got me to the Bear Family Records discussion of the Carnegie Hall and Hollywood Bowl Woody Guthrie tribute concerts. Instead of the old hodgepodge of the two concerts originally released on vinyl in '72, this box set preserves almost the entirety of the two sets, featuring spoken word by Robert Ryan, Peter Fonda and Will Geer. In the first half of this Guthrie prose-poem, hearing Geer's laughter and anger put the emphasis in all the right spots to make it clear--this is not about the songs that contemplate hardship; this is about the idea of a music that makes people feel as small as the world already makes them feel. In the second half, Geer's voice rises like a musical fist, acknowledging the blues that give you the strength and dignity to fight on.
On some level, it's a summation of everything that makes me love music. It's also a summation of the corporate propaganda that fights everything good about music every step of the way. When you're in the business of identity formation, why not keep music a spectator sport?
The trick has always been the way music encourages listeners to get off the sidelines. It's that active thing in music that drew a healthy handful of musicians and cultural workers I'd never met before to the Folk Alliance session hosted by Kansas City's local of Showing Up for Racial Justice. The discussion was a fine workshop--hosted by the KC Black and Brown alliance One Struggle--but, of course a starting point, a starting point that had to face the fact that a healthy handful was not the population that should be at such an event at Folk Alliance--not next year, and not the year after that.
I met three kindred artists at that event--Nashville's Bri Murphy, who was in my group; Baltimore's Letitia Van Sant, who stopped me in the hall to talk about SURJ; and Annie Sumi, who lives in North Bay, Ontario. Because I have a hard time separating politics and music (especially when it comes to those musics that no one seems to think are political), I was curious to see each of these women play and managed to make it to Murphy and Van Sant. Murphy's bold, clear voice--unapologetically political when it wanted to be--left me wanting to hear much more. Similarly, Van Sant's conflicted yearnings promised action and inspired the same. In these women, I heard the songs that--as Woody says--though you may be "knocked for a dozen loops," ask you "to take pride in yourself and your work." One some level, why else get up there with a guitar and bare your soul? The great thing is that, when it works, it works for the audience as well. That's music's superpower.
But visiting those women in their sets opened the door to so much more. I saw Murphy in the Wisconsin room, where I also got to hear Mary Bragg and Kyshona Armstrong. They each offered beautiful songs with the kind of grit and strength that makes the listener feel stronger. Armstrong's powerful affirmation of the brotherhood and sisterhood of the human race, "Same Blood," took thematic center in the set.
A similar surprise came with the visit to the East Coast singer-songwriters around Van Sant. In that room I got to hear the clear-eyed mountain lilt of Caroline Cotter (who does a remarkable version of Guthrie's "My Peace," on her new album Home on the River) and Emily Mure's delicate ferocity. Incidentally, this set was beautifully bolstered by fine guitar I hope was played by David McKindley-Ward (or I owe someone a rewrite and apology).
And all of this beautiful fight music doesn't even touch the range suggested by the polarity between Australia's Monique Clare and Ireland's Wallis Bird. Clare is a remarkable cellist songwriter who I first met having to take a break after two other songwriters (who I wish I knew) drove her to unplayable sadness. Her terrific Aussie singer-songwriter friend Larissa Tandy filled in with a song about a mother's boyfriend that cut to the heart of feelings I only have the strength to confront on rare occasions. After that, Clare went straight to another set and showed more musical muscle than I could imagine, plunging through the sadness toward something necessary and real.
Then came Wallis Bird, in a set with Clare and, later in the conference on a stage of her own. It's hard not to think of the good-natured, go-for-the-throat mania of Ani DiFranco when watching Bird's one-woman show, but she definitely has her own thing going on. Bird's music is as hip hop as it is folk, and if that hip hop doesn't lean gangsta it certainly has a metal edge. She's loud and hard and angry and joyous--ultimately, as empowering as a primal scream. Better than that, Bird's primal therapy makes you want to dance. That whole set is on line here--
And I never saw Annie Sumi, not this time. But we talked, at the very end of everything, we talked. We talked about some of the heaviness of our lives and how it didn't make anything easier, but she was unusually bold and strong in the way she embraced our conversation and embraced life. After all, that daily pain is also exactly why we do what we do.
So I had to go look for her on line. Among many other videos that make me want to watch more, I found this, all about holding you up, not knocking you down. At it's best, that's the heart of the Folk Alliance, a yearly event that reminds me to look deeper, think longer and recognize that little bit of god in everything....even me.


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Police Officer: Why are you driving in a bathing suit?
Motorist: I'm in a car pool.
When is a car driver not a car driver?
When he turns into a side road.
There was this car that was driving very slowly down the highway. A State Trooper pulls it over. "What have I done wrong, officer?" the driver asks.
"You are going 26mph on a major highway. There is a law against that," the officer says to the driver. "You must go at least 50mph."
"But when I turned on the highway, the sign said 26!" the driver replies.
"HA HA HA!" The officer laughs out loud. "That is because this is Interstate 26! The 26 isn't the speed limit!"
The driver leans back in her car seat and the cop sees another woman sitting beside her. She looked as pale as a ghost.
"What happened to her?" the officer asks.
"I don't know, but she has been that way ever since we got off of interstate 160."
After a car crash one of the drivers is lying injured at the side of the road. 'Don't worry,' said a policeman, a Red Cross nurse is coming to attend to you.'
Oh no,' groaned the victim, 'couldn't I have a blonde, cheerful one?'
I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
What do you do if you see a spaceman?
Park your car in it man.
A speeding motorist was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky. An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket. "How did you know I was speeding?" the frustrated driver asked.
The police officer pointed somberly towards the sky.
"You mean," asked the motorist, "that even He is against me?"
A man in a Porsche 911 stops at a stoplight and a guy on a scooter pulls up next to him. The guy on the scooter leans over and takes an admiring look at the inside of the Porsche and tells the driver that he has a really hot car. Well, the light turned green so the driver of the Porsche decides to show off and peels out and leaves the guy on the scooter in the dust. Then, all of a sudden, he sees the scooter zip on past him. So, being a little cocky, the Porsche driver floors it again and blows past the guy on the scooter. A few seconds later, he again sees the scooter zip on past him. So now he's a little irate as well as a little mifted that that scooter keeps passing him so he floors it until he is going over 100 mph. He thinks to himself that there would be no way that scooter could catch him now, but then looks in the rearview mirror and sees that scooter starting to catch up. He then decides to find out what that scooter really is and slams on his brakes. Then the scooter crashes into the Porsche. After the dust settled, the Porsche driver sees the scooter driver lying in the road and goes over to him and askes how he could go as fast as the Porsche on a little wimpy scooter... The dying man replied, "I can't really, but my suspenders were caught on your side mirror...."
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
A man was caught for speeding and went before the judge. The judge said, "What will you take: 30 days or $30?" The man thought and replied, "I think I'll take the money."
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Transcendence Week 6: Someone He Could Write About
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Well, good afternoon to everybody and also to those who watch via the internet and our mobile app. We welcome you as well. We're in week six of a six-week series called "Transcendence." And I know if I were you and I was a visitor – if in fact you're a visitor – you'd go, "Man, I came in on week six of a six-week series. I'm going to be so lost today."
Let me put you at ease. I always, at the beginning of every message that I preach, bring everybody up to speed to know what we're doing. Because I always believe that there's at least three different people in every church service. Probably all three, but at least one out of the three. The first one is a visitor. And I want to make sure that you feel like these messages speak to you and, even though we're in a series and there has been sort of a consecutive nature, each of these do stand on their own.
Second group of people that I want to make sure that I reach are those that maybe were gone for a couple of weeks. Maybe you missed a couple of weeks during the series and you're like, "Oh, yeah. So glad he's sort of bringing me back up to speed."
And then there's the third group of people. You've been here for every one of the five weeks before now, but you just had a tough week and you're just happy to be here at church. And if you got asked what we were speaking about, you're like, "I have no idea. I'm just glad I'm here." So, between all those three people, I want to make sure that we're all aware of what's going on. I want to bring everybody back up to speed.
We're looking at how to live a massively fulfilled life through intentionally pouring ourselves into others through the church. This whole series came about several months ago. I'd gone to a couple of conferences. I'd been reading a couple books and sort of studying some different things. And somebody brought up the name "Abraham Maslow" and, when I remembered that, I was like, "Hey, that's one of the names I remember from psychology. And I remembered his hierarchy of needs. And what he basically said was is that the highest form of human achievement or the greatest place of human fulfillment was if we could live a self-actualized life.
What that would look like is if we could get all the deficiency needs met, we could get to a place in our life where we were doing the things that we wanted to do and accomplishing the goals that we want to accomplish and living in that particular moment, we would be happy and fulfilled. The problem is is that when people are polled, they're not. And there's 43,000 books in print right now that teach you and I how to live self-actualized lives. And the bottom line is that it's not working.
Well, what's interesting is Maslow, at the latter part of his life, changed the high part of his pyramid. He took self-actualization out and he put the word "transcendence." What he said was, "You know what? It's not about getting everything that I want. It's not about me getting my life satisfied. It's when I'm pouring myself into others, when I'm leaving a legacy into others, that is when people live at the greatest form of human fulfillment; the greatest place of human achievement in their life."
And, of course, that's so Biblical. I mean, we know what Jesus said. Jesus said to give and to serve and to love and do all the things that He said. And Jesus said if you try to find your life, you're going to lose it and if you lose your life, you're going to find it. And so all of that's great, but the one thing Maslow didn't get – which we're sort of focusing on in this whole series – is that it's done through the church.
Oftentimes, when we think of transcendent figures, we think of someone that did something so spectacular or so great. Like you talk about basketball. You say, "Hey, who's a transcendent player? Who did something so great and left a legacy and did all this great stuff?"
You'd think of a Michael Jordan. But, the fact of the matter is there's only a few people that ever get into that rarified heir. So, when we're talking maybe pouring into others or leaving a legacy, many of us may go, "But I may not be able to do all those things that other people could do and so that leaves me out of the idea of being transcendent."
That's where God's Church comes involved. Because, in God's Church, all of us can be a part of what He is doing, which is writing a story in humanity and all of us can live transcendent lives and be a part of a transcendent group which is the Church. Much like the story – you might have heard this before, maybe you haven't. But, in World War II, there was a guy that worked on fighter aircrafts, and what he did is he made sure that the tires on the fighter aircrafts worked. Because if they can't get off the ground, they don't work.
So, he would make sure that all the tires were good on the fighter airplanes and, when the war was over, they got all the fighter pilots out on the big aircraft carrier and they would call them up. You know, Smith and Jones. And they'd pin all the little pins of all the things that they had shot down and the different stuff or whatever. And he was sitting there and he had six or seven pilots that he worked on their planes. And he was so excited to see that. I mean, that was his boys that he worked on. He was like, "Man, look at this. They're getting honored for what they did."
And then they called his name and he was like, "Why are you calling my name? I'm just the guy that works on the tires." They called him up and every one of the pins that they had placed on every one of the fighter pilots, they gave him. In other words, he ended up with more than each individual. Why? Because, if he wasn't doing the tires, the planes wouldn't have flown. And that's the way God looks at you and me.
You know, people go, "Well, hey. If somebody comes in here and finds the Lord or gets baptized, what was important? The person who shook the hands at the front door, the person that watched kids in the nursery, the person that came in and prayed earlier in the week for people? All of us are a part of that. And what God wants to do is He wants us to be a part of that story to live a transcendent life to be a part of a transcendent group of people which is the local church. To do something great for the glory of God.
And so, when I started thinking through this whole series – that's what we've been dealing with the last six weeks – one of the first things that came to my mind is I started to pin the idea of what this series would look like over a period of time. I remembered when I was at Lee College. There were some people that I knew that I was friends with. They had a band called "For Him." And they did a song that has always stuck with me. The song was entitled "A Man That He Could Write About."
It's not really that great of a song. It's even worse 20 years later. But, the fact of the matter is the lyrics were really good. I want to read this to you because this has sort of stuck in my mind over the years as I've tried to walk after the Lord. These are the lyrics. Listen to this. I think this will inspire all of us.
"From the time that time began
You always chose a man
To lead the people safely by Your way
To be a voice and echo what You say
Like David or Abraham
The Word is full of such men
But if the Bible had no closing page
If it was still being written to this day
I want to be a man that You could write about
A thousand years from now that they could read about
The servant of choice in whom You found favor
A man who heard Your voice"
And I think all of us, at some level if we're being honest – you might have come in here from First Friday or maybe you got a flyer and it's the first time you've been to church and maybe you haven't been in church for a long time. Maybe you've been in church your whole life and you've been serving Jesus for your whole life. All of us, when we think about being on a team that God could write about to do something great for the Kingdom of God, something leaps within our heart. Something goes, "Man. Yeah. I would want to be someone that God could write about."
So, I've entitled the closing message of this series "Someone That He Could Write About." And I want to sort of explain how I'm going to get there by giving you a little bit of background. I don't assume anybody knows a ton about the Bible. I know some of you all know the Bible very well. But, I want to make sure that nobody feels left out when we go into a Biblical passage.
The book of Philippians is found in the New Testament and the book of Philippians is written by the Apostle Paul while he's in prison. And the church at Philippi – which is where we get the idea of Philippians – has sent a guy named Epaphroditus to Paul in prison. And he's brought gifts and other things from the church to minister to Paul's need while he's in prison. Paul also has Timothy there with him and many other people. But, he's in prison.
And he writes this letter to the Philippian church, and it's a positive letter. In Philippians 6:1 he says, "What God has started in you, He's going to continue to develop until the day that Jesus comes." And he talks about the fact that hey, we're going to stand firm with the Gospel. We're going to live lives that are worthy of the Gospel.
We realize in chapter four that there's two women in the church, Euodia and Syntyche, that are sort of having a little bit of a rift between them. And he sort of writes to correct that. So, he's writing to encourage them, but he's also writing to correct some of this stuff. And when he gets to chapter two, this is where sort of the main crux of where he's laying down what the letter is about.
He says, "Listen, if you've ever had any work of God in your life, if you've ever participated in the spirit, if you've ever had any consolation, any love from God at all, what I want you to do, church at Philippi, I want you to live this thing out. I want you to be a church that looks like Jesus."
And what that's going to look like is putting others before yourself. Counting others as more significant than yourself. He doesn't say they are, he just says to count others as more significant than yourself. And then he comes to verse five of chapter two. He says, "So what I want is I want this mind, this attitude, this lifestyle to be a part of the church at Philippi. I want the mind of Jesus to be a part of what you're doing."
And then he says, "And let me remind you what that mind looks like; that behavior and that attitude." He says, "Remember Jesus? He was in the very nature God. There wasn't anything about Jesus that was any less than God Himself."
He was fully God. But yet, He didn't hold on to it. He didn't cling to it. He didn't demand His rights as God. What He did is He emptied Himself. He humbled Himself and He took on the form of a man. And not only a form of a man, but as a servant. And this servant Jesus, who would wash feet and take care of people that were on the marginalized parts of society and on the fringes of society, and who gave Himself for them, not only did He come as a servant of a man, but He went to the cross and He died. And even on the cross, we know that Jesus was thinking about others because He said, "Father, forgive them. They know not what they do."
And he says that what God has done – because this is what he does – is He did the great U-turn. This Jesus who was in very nature God, who empties Himself and pours into others and leaves a legacy unto others, God exalts Him and gives Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess to the glory of God the Father.
And then he says, "And what I want you to do is I want you to work this out in the local church." He says, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." The word "you" is not singular. It's plural. He says, "I want you to work this out in the local church. I want the local church at Philippi to look like Jesus. I want you to have the attitude of Jesus. I want you to be the hands and feet of Jesus. I want everything that you do to look like what Jesus looks like because I want you to shine like stars in the generation that you live in. I want you to be people that God could write about. I want you to be people that God can write a story with there in Philippi doing what God has called you to do."
And now we're going to enter into the passage here at about verse 16. And follow through. We're going to go through a pretty good section of a passage of Scripture. Look at it. We'll talk through it. And then what we're going to do is some take-homes and I believe we'll all walk out of here pumped up and ready to go do something great for Jesus. And hopefully, we'll walk out of here going, "Man, I want to be somebody that God could write about."
So let's join here as Paul is talking to the Philippians. He says "you" which are the Philippians. He says, "I want you to hold fast to the word of life. I know I've talked to you about shining like a star and having the mind of Jesus. I want you to hold fast to the word of life so that in the day of Christ, when we're all standing there at the end of it all and we're all standing there before Jesus, that I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. I want to be proud. I want to stand with all of you all knowing that we did this thing. We accomplished this thing. We made it happen."
I mean, to Paul, what he cared about as a pastor of people, as someone who loved people, he wanted to see them become all that God could have them be. He wanted to see them walk in all the fullness that God had for their lives because he wants to stand there on the day of Christ and know that every single person accomplished all the things that God had for them.
And then, I'm not quite sure he did this on purpose. He may have. Then he writes to us about three people that exhibited this Christ-like attitude in their lives. These were people that God wrote about because they're in Scripture. And I think, looking at their lives a little bit will be – honestly, in some ways, it's going to be like "wow," because it's incredible the lives these people live.
So, let's look here as we continue on through the Philippians passage. He goes – and this is Paul. And this is why I don't think Paul necessarily sat down and said, "Okay, let's see. I told them to look like Jesus and now I'm going to start with myself looking like Jesus." I don't think he did that. So, I don't know that he included the next three people – one of them being himself – intentionally as much as it just sort of flowed as he dictated this latter.
He says, "Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all."
See, Paul's in prison. Paul doesn't know if he's going to live or die. In Philippians 1 he says, "To live is Christ, to die is gain." He says, "I know that you guys are praying for me. I know I'm going to get delivered. I'm not sure how the deliverance is going to be. It's going to be one way or the other. I'm hoping that I stay around because I think that's probably best for you. I think I'm going to live, but I don't know for sure."
Paul says, "But here's the deal: even if, being in prison, my life is poured out and I'm offered as a martyr, it's okay. I'm glad. I'm fine about it. Because it's not about me. It's about you. It's about others. If God can use me through my death to somehow encourage others, I'm all about it because I'm all about what God wants and not about what I want."
He goes, "I'm glad and rejoice with you all." And he says, "And likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me."
I mean, that's like a "wow" moment. Sit there and think about being in prison. I mean, maybe you guys wouldn't be like that, but if I was in prison, I'd be trying to figure out how to get out. You know what I'm talking about? I'd be like, "Hey, God, could you do that Acts 16 deal? Like shake the prison doors and open them up so I can take off, you know? Anybody know how to build tunnels? See me after church in case I ever end up in prison."
Just kidding. But he says, "Listen, y'all should rejoice and be glad because it's okay. I'm concerned about what God's concerned about, not necessarily concerned just about my life."
And then he says this: "I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you."
Now, I want you to lean in here and look at this here. He says, "I hope in the Lord Jesus." So often, our hope is in what we want God to do for us. So we hope in – "Hey, God. If You could just do this for me. If I could just get this job. If I could just get this car. If I could just get this house or get this boyfriend or girlfriend. Or, God, if I could just get here to this thing and do this thing here. God, I'm hoping in You."
But no, you're not hoping really in God. You're hoping in what you hope God can do for you. Paul says, "I hope in the Lord Jesus. My hope's in the Lord Jesus. It's not in being in prison or out of prison. It's not in my life living or dying. My hope is in the Lord."
He goes, "And what I want to do, I want to send Timothy to you soon so that I too may be cheered by news of you. I want to send him to you."
And here's why: he says, "I don't have anybody like Timothy. I've got a lot of guys around me. Christians. I've got Christians around me. I've got ministers around me. I've got people that I can send to a church. But I have one Timothy. That's it. One Timothy who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. I've got people. But the difference between Timothy and them is that they're all seeking their own interests and not those of Jesus Christ."
These are ministers. These are Christians. These are people that are going to heaven. Their interests aren't the things of Jesus. Their interests are their own. "I've got one Timothy. I've got one guy that I can send. I could send others that love God, but their interests are their own. Timothy's concern is you because Timothy's concern is the concern of Jesus."
And what is the concern of Jesus? It's His people. It's His Church. See, I've got a lot of people I could send, but I've got one Timothy. Only one.
He says, "But you know Timothy's proven worth," – I mean, I don't have to tell you that, guys. You know who Timothy is. "You know how as a son with a father he has served with me in the Gospel."
You know, when you read the book of Philippians or you read books, highlight words that keep coming up. What you ought to do one time is if you just go home and read Philippians – you can read Philippians in like 30 minutes. I mean, it's only four chapters. Highlight the word "Gospel" and look how many times "Gospel" is used in this book. I mean, it's Gospel Gospel Gospel Gospel. Because, to Paul, what he was concerned about, is getting the good news in front of everybody that he could. And he didn't care if he was in prison or not in prison because, early on in Philippians 1 he says, "Hey, I'm in prison. But God's used it anyway to further the Gospel because the Praetorian Guard now is coming to know Jesus."
I mean, all Paul look at was, "God, what do you want to do with me? If it's good or bad, whatever comes into my life, God, You just use me to further the Gospel."
He goes, "You know Timothy. You know that he served with me and what he's concerned about is letting people know the good news of Jesus Christ."
He says, "So I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I know how it's going to go with me."
"I'm going to get a sentence soon," Paul's saying. "They're either going to be like, 'It's done' or 'You're free.' But one of the two is going to happen. And when I know what's going to happen with me, I'm going to send Timothy to you so that he can love and you and let me know what's going on and he can tell you sort of my heart and whatever else."
He says, "And I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also."
He's like, "Look, I want to come and I hope that that's the case and I trust that that's the case. But I don't know for sure. It may be good, it may be bad, but I'm trusting in the Lord. That's where my trust is at that I may shortly come also. But my trust is in God."
And then he says, "I've though it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus."
Now, Epaphroditus is the guy that has been in Philippi. He's one of the guys that is a spiritual leader in that church. He's been sent by the church at Philippi to Paul in prison to take care of him. He says, "So, I want to send you Epaphroditus back," is basically what he's saying. "My brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier and your messenger and minister to my need."
In other words, he's come to see me, he brought stuff for me and I'm thankful for that, but I want to send him back to you with this letter. In the first century, the way they would do stuff is you would pen a letter and then you would give it to someone to go read it to the church and help them understand what was being said in the letter. This particular letter, it was Epaphroditus. If you've ever read the book of Romans, which is a fantastic book – in fact, I would say and many people would say that Romans is one of the greatest books in the New Testament.
Do you know who delivered the book of Romans to the Roman church? It was a woman. Her name was Phoebe. So all you women are like, "I love Pastor Chip. He is so cool." You know? So the woman delivered it and told them what the letter said. So there you go. Just think about that for a minute. Some of y'all are going, "Aww, man. This guy always busts all my bubbles."
Anyways. So, "…your messenger and minister to my need." Here it is. Lean in here because this is really really incredible. "He has been longing for you all."
He's hanging out with Paul. I mean, he's with the man. Paul is the man. The guy that got struck down on the Damascus road. He's not worried about hanging out with Paul. He's thinking about the people back at Philippi. He loves them. He's longing to get back. And here's the one, when you read it it's just so sobering.
"He has been distressed because you heard that he was ill."
He's worried, not that he's ill. He's worried that they heard he was ill and he doesn't want them thinking too much about him because he cares so much about them. He was distressed that they heard he was ill. Man, what type of love does this guy have for those people? I mean, we all know there's people that get sick and all they do is complain about everything. Can I get an amen on that one?
Some of you all, I just saw you hit your spouse with a divine elbow. That wasn't the time to do that. It's time to look in the mirror. This is for all of us. This guy was sick and ill and he was more concerned that people were worried about him than he was about the fact that he was ill.
"Indeed he was ill, near to death."
That's what was going on. This guy that you sent to me to serve me, to help me, he was so sick he almost died.
He says, "But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow."
Now, I love this. This is the tenderness of Paul here. Paul is going to tell you, in the book of Philippians, he's going to say in Philippians 4:4, "Rejoice. And again I say: Rejoice!"
He's going to tell you in Philippians 4:6, "Be anxious for nothing."
He's going to tell you in Philippians 4:13 that he can do all things through Christ who strengthens him. But, he's going to be honest here for a minute and he's going to say, "Listen. If this cat, Epaphroditus, would have died, I not only would have had sorrow – because I mean, I'm in prison and it sort of stinks sometimes, but I would have had sorrow upon sorrow."
And, so often in our lives, we think that being emotional or being honest with stuff and being honest with the way that we feel, we somehow think that that's weak or something. It's not. I mean, a true Christian is going to have an authentic human life. Paul is being honest here. He's saying, "Look, man. If he would have died, that would have been horrible. I mean, it would have been so bad. But God had mercy on him."
And he says, "I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious."
He's going to tell you just two chapters down the road to not be anxious. But he says, "I'm anxious." See, we so often have these ideas. You know? Like, "Well, you've got to have faith. So, therefore, you can't show emotion or you can't have anxiety."
Let me tell you something. God's wired you and me. I don't like snakes. Maybe you all like snakes. Maybe y'all are like Mark 16 people. Like, "I would take up serpents." You know? Whatever. I'm not. I hate snakes. And I don't think the fact that when I see a snake that I want to get away from it, I don't think that means I have some fear that's not good to God or I'm scared and in some way it's not good to God. I think that's a wired thing where you go, "Man, this is the way it is."
I think Paul's being honest here. He's saying, "Listen, I would have had sorrow upon sorrow had Epaphroditus died, and I'm anxious, because the bottom line is he almost died. And I want to get him back to you guys because I know he loves you."
And then here's what he says. Listen. This is awesome. He says, "So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men."
Think about the people we honor. The people that are strong, decisive and they don't mind to run over people and whatever else. Paul says, "No, the guys that you honor are the guys that get sick for the Lord and they don't even care about the fact that they were sick. What they care about is you more than themselves."
Those are people that we should honor. Those are people of honor. He says, "He nearly died for the work of Christ."
So what Paul has done is he has given us himself, Paul, Timothy and Epaphroditus. Three men that God decided to write about. And we see the life that they lived. We see the compassion that they had for others. The way that they got outside of themselves and wanted to do something great. Transcendent lives is what they were. People that were pouring themselves into others and leaving a legacy, which is what I think all of us really, deep down inside, want to do.
So, what we're going to do right now is this. This is when you get your bulletin out. You've got your bulletin? This is the time to get the bulletin out. On the back, here, it says "Sermon Notes." If you've got an iPad, this is the time to get it out. If you've got a phone, notepad or whatever you have. This is the time to write stuff down because these are the practical notes from what we just talked about out of the Bible. We're coming into 2016 right now. These will be things that will absolutely change your life and end this series in such a positive way that I believe that you're going to want to be and I'm going to want to be people that God could write about.
First thing: A life that He could write about is one that throws himself or herself into the arms of God's Church.
Now let me sort of unpack that for a minute and what that means. So often in our lives, what we do is we try to live this thing out. And I'm not going to do a show of hands or anything like that. But I think if you were honest – even those who watch via the internet and the mobile app, you feel the same way. So often we go, "You know what? I want to live this thing out, man. I want to do this thing. I want to make sure that I and doing the things that God's called me to do. But yet, Chip, I start to go pray and all I can think about is pink elephants. And I go to read the Bible and all of a sudden People Magazine seems to be a lot better or surfing the internet on my iPad. I really wanted to go to First Friday, but I saw Arby's and man, their sandwiches are good. So I showed up there. I mean, I want to live this thing out, but I'm just not quite sure how to do it."
And the problem is is because we live in an individualistic society that thinks we can do it on our own. We can't. Paul says, "Have this mind among yourselves."
Listen to me. The gifts of the spirit and the fruit of the spirit that God gives to you and me can't be done in isolation. You want to give, you want to serve, you want to be patient, you want to be long-suffering, you want to be gentle, you want to be kind, you want to do those things? You need other people. And so often what we do is we go, "Well, I'm going to do it on my own. I'm going to do it on my own."
And then we don't do it on our own. I can't tell you how many Christians that I find on a regular basis that say to me, "Chip, I really want to live this thing out. I really want to be someone that God could write about. I really want to be a Christian that makes a difference, but I just seem to keep running the hill and I never quite get there."
So, this is what I call the "You and I cannot do it alone formula." Now, I don't like the word "formula", but I used it here. And the word here is "do." Whatever that is. Whatever it is. The "it" that you want to see God do in your life. How do I get that? How do I accomplish that in my life? And this is why I say a life that God could write about is someone who throws themselves into the arms of the church.
Let me show you how this works. I'm serious. Lean in here. If you don't get anything else I say, get this. Here's the way "it" happens in our life. First of all, God's Spirit lives within you and me. And we've got to have God's Spirit in you and me to do something. If we're not a Christian, we're not going to do the things of the Spirit of God. It's just not going to happen.
When we become a Christian, God resides within us. And we need that. We need that enabling ability and power to do stuff. There's people that just grab this and run with that. "All you need is just listen to the Lord. Get the Holy Spirit and everything will be great and you'll be good." But, it doesn't work because there's more.
There's community. You and I need each other. We have to have each other. I mean, think about this: if God exists in a community, how much more should we exist in a community? Let me say that again. I don't think you quite understood that. If God exists in a community – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – how much more should we be existing in a community?
You know James 5:16 says when you confess your sins one to another, so the you may be healed? You getting healed isn't a singular. It's a plural. When we confess our faults one to another, the community is healed. See, we need to community. We need God within us. We need the community, which is us working together. We need prayer. And that's both individual and corporate. You've got to have people that you can pray with and you've got to pray on your own.
The Word of God. And what happens is people grab these and they go, "What we need around this church is we just need more Word of God. If we just get more Word of God, then everybody will be okay." But that doesn't lead to the "it."
Then "service." Actually going out and doing stuff. You and I will get so sharpened in our lives by actually going out on the front lines and doing ministry. That's where God will shape and form us. But all of these things have to be going on in our lives as individual and as corporate people for these "it" to really start happening in our life.
You've got the Holy Spirit. Say, "God, I need You. I want You to enable me. I want You to help me. I know You live within me and I know that You've given me the ability. And Lord, I'm working with other people. I'm involved in groups. I'm doing stuff and praying with people. God, I'm spending time in prayer. We're doing the Word of God thing and we're out doing the service."
And, all of a sudden, when all of these things start happening in you and I's lives, what you start seeing is you start looking like what Jesus wants you to look like. And I start looking like what Jesus wants me to look like. I'm just going to be honest here. People are going to go, "Yeah, but I don't want to pray." Okay, that's why you've got to have these two things. You've got to say, "Okay, I know that I'm a Christian and I know God saved me. But, I don't want to pray. So, I'm going to call on my community and get on the phone and say, 'Hey, I need some help. Can you come over to my house or meet me somewhere? Because I don't want to pray at all and I need some help.'"
You get somebody to start praying with you and guess what you'll start doing? You'll start praying. You say, "I don't want to read the Bible." Get somebody to come over and read the Bible with you. And if you say to me you can't do that, you're copping yourself out. You're lying to yourself. You can get on the phone and call somebody and say, "Hey, I need some help here."
You say, "I can't make it to Friday Friday. Every time I thought of First Friday or the backpack thing or doing something for God, I get distracted." Well then have somebody come to your house and physically grab you by the back of the neck and bring you there. Because what will happen is, when you show up and you actually are there, you're going to start going, "Man, this is cool." And you're going to start seeing the Word of God and prayer and community and God start working in you. And next thing you know, the "it" is starting to happen in your life because you're experiencing it through the church.
Am I making sense? Are you with me this morning? Okay, good. Let's continue on here. Secondly: A life that He could write about is authentically human yet Christ focused.
This idea that we can't have emotion or we can't show weakness or the men can't cry – I mean, Jesus cried. Jesus got frustrated at people. I mean, the deal is is the emotions that God has given you and me are not bad. It's just that not only are we authentically human, but we also are Christ-focused. We don't allow our emotions to control our lives because everything is focused upon Jesus, but the emotions are there.
I've sat with so many Christians who go, "But, you know, I was just told that I can't ever show my emotion. If I show my emotion, I don't have faith."
That's not true. To be authentically human is to show emotion.
Third – and this is a really important one. A life He could write about is Gospel driven.
Paul says early in the book of Philippians in Philippians 1:12, he says, "What has happened to me [my imprisonment] has actually served to advance the Gospel."
Paul was able to look at his life and everything that happened in his life and, rather than looking at it as an obstacle, he looked at it as an opportunity. Whatever came into his life, he didn't look at it as a stumbling block, he looked at it as a stepping stone. He chose to see that whatever was going on in his life, God was somehow doing something to further the Gospel. And it was an attitude that he had adopted.
Much like the story where there's two kids. One was really negative and one was really positive. The negative kid, they put him in a room and they had cookies and ice cream and video games. And they put him in there. It's the negative kid. He's like, "Wrong cookies. Wrong ice cream. Wrong game."
They're like, "Man, this kid's really negative."
They took the second, positive kid and they put him in a room that was 8x8. And they had filled it with about two and a half feet of horse manure. And they put the boy in there and he jumped up in the air head first into the manure, swimming around. And they were like, "This kid is crazy."
They pick him up and they pull him out. They're like, "Son, what is wrong with you?"
He's like, "Man, there's got to be a pony in there somewhere."
And see, that's the question that we have to ask ourselves. Are we really Gospel driven? Is it all about Him? Is it all about furthering the Gospel and whether I'm in prison or not in prison it's about God just using me to do whatever? Paul's in prison and the Praetorian Guard is getting saved. If Paul wasn't in prison, then they might not be getting saved. Paul didn't look at it as I'm in prison, woe is me. He said, "This is a great opportunity for the advance of the Gospel."
And can I tell you something? I don't mean to step on anybody's toes. And listen, I may not be the best communicator in the world. I mean, John Bennett lied when he said I was that good. Anyway, I paid him 20 bucks. Don't tell anybody. Anyway. I didn't. I'm just kidding. But, the reality is if I fail here to communicate, it's on me. But can I tell you something? We've got to get out of the business of pointing fingers and telling everybody how to live. We've got to get in the preaching the Gospel business. Letting people know that there is a God who sent His Son to die on a cross to bring people back to Him. Prodigals back, people that have failed, people that didn't feel like they could do anything, He loves every single one of them.
That's what the world's wanting to hear. Everybody wants to hear, "Man, could I be a part of a team? Could I be a part of a story? Could I actually be a part of something that God could write about?"
And the answer is: yes. That's the Gospel. The Gospel is "yes." In Him is "yes."
And lastly: A life He could write about can happen in our lives.
So often we think that, man, there's no way God could use me. "You don't know what I've done. You don't know the things that I've thought." That's why it's the Gospel. It's not based on what we've done or what we've thought. It's based on what He's done for you and me. It's based on His love for you and me; an everlasting love. And so often what we're looking for is just, could somebody actually believe in me?
I mean, you're not here by accident. You're not watching this by accident. What's God saying to you? He's saying to you: "I do believe in you. You."
Not your neighbor, right now. He believes in him or her, too. But you. And I'll tell you the power of belief, because we all want it. I remember when I was a kid I was terrible in baseball. You know? I just struck out all the time and it was tee ball. The one where the ball's on the tee. It ain't even like pitching to you. I was just terrible.
You guys were laughing at me. I appreciate that. I'm still living with my scars and y'all are laughing. I'm just kidding. Anyway, I get up to bat and strike out and everything. And I remember – this is a true story here – it was like the seventh or eighth inning. I think it has like nine innings that we played. Or maybe we played eight innings or seven. Whatever it was. But it was like the last couple of innings.
There was a couple of people on base and we were down by a couple of runs and it was really important whoever was going to get up and hit next. And it was me. And the kids in the dugout were like, "Ah, man. It's Bennett. Aww. He's terrible."
You know, when you're a little kid, that hurts. I mean, I'm being honest with you. I mean, they say sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Words hurt. You know? And I went up there. Strike one. And I heard them. "Ah, man. Just get your glove on. Catcher, go ahead and get ready because this guy doesn't know what he's doing."
Strike two. You know? And I was feeling pretty down. My coach called me over. He said, "Come here, Chip." He got down on his knee and he looked at me right in the eye and he said, "I want you to look at me in the eye." He says, "I want you to know I believe in you. You go out there and you hit that ball. You go out there and swing as hard as you can. Don't worry about the results. You go out there. I believe in you. You go out there and hit the ball. Get that chin up."
I went out there and hit the ball. I mean, I try to remember it like it was the game winning home run or whatever. I just think I hit the ball and got to first base. And for me, that was like the most awesome thing in the world to do that. But it's because somebody believed in me.
I want you to know that God believes in you and God wants to use your life to write a great story with us here, all of us together. Let's go write a great story about how God took a group of us and some of us greeted, some of us served, some of us washed floors, some of us preached, some of us taught, some of us sang, some of us played drums, some of us watched kids in the nursery. We did all these things. But, we reached the unchurched by being intentional neighbors that reflect Christ. And what we did is we left a legacy and a story that when we all stand one day before God, He can look at you and me and say, "I could have written about this."
And that's when we're living a transcendent life and that's when we're being a transcendent church. And I want you to know that God wants to use you to do that. He wants you to be someone He could write about.
Let's pray.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank You so much for Your love and Your mercy. I thank You, Lord, for Your kindness that You've shown us in Your Son Jesus. I thank You, Lord, for the fact that together we're trying to reach out and love a community and show them the Gospel. I thank You, Lord, for what You're doing here and I thank You for the people that are at Grace. And I pray, Lord, that we would all envision in our head one day standing there on the day of Jesus going, "We didn't run in vain and we didn't labor in vain. We did something great for the Kingdom of God and we were all a part."
And when You call our name out, we won't remember the bags that we packed, we won't remember the hands that we shook, we won't remember the times that we folded chairs and put them up, but Lord, You're going to start pinning on us all the people's lives that were touched because we were a part of it.
Lord, understanding that helps us live a transcendent life now and one in the future and it helps us to be people that You could write about. So, Lord, I pray that as we leave today that You would watch over us and protect us, that You would lead and guide us, that You would bring us back safely to when we meet again. We love You for all that You're doing in our lives and at Grace. In Jesus' name, and everybody said, "Amen."


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Best MCT Oil: Health Benefits & Product Reviews
MCT is an acronym for medium-chain triglyceride. It is composed of medium-chain saturated fatty acids, where medium refers to the length of its chemical composition. It also indicates the number of carbon molecules that exist in the compound.
Every fat is composed of carbon & hydrogen, where short-chain fats contain less than 6 carbon molecules, long-chain fats encompass 13 to 21 carbon molecules, & medium-chain fats comprise of 6 to 12 carbon molecules.
Medium-chain triglyceride are considered better than long-chain because MCTs can be more easily absorbed by the body & more rapidly metabolized.
Given that MCTs can be absorbed with ease, they are thought to be a very good source of energy for both the human body and the brain. MCTs are able to offer your body the required energy without filling it with unwanted stuff, like chemical preservatives and simple sugars.
There is however a misconception that all saturated fats are harmful for you, but this isn't the case. Scientists & health researchers have discovered that not all saturated fats impose an adverse effect on our body.
In fact a number of them have many positive effects, and MCTs are one of those healthy saturated fats.
Summary of our Favorite MCT Oils:
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The Health Benefits of MCT Oils
MCTs are easily broken down by the body & utilized as a source of energy. In recent times, medium-chain triglycerides have grown in status among athletes wanting to improve their endurance during high-intensity workouts & increase their overall energy levels.
Similarly, for athletes who are on high protein & low carbohydrate diets, MCT serves as excellent alternative energy source. Among the many benefits of consuming MCT oils however, it is its ability in facilitating weight loss which has gained the most attention in recent times.
For example, According to a study, individuals on a weight-loss diet that include the consumption of MCT oils exhibit better body weight & fat loss compared to a test group consuming olive oils.
Medium-chain triglyceride have also exhibited properties of appetite suppression, which can be valuable for individuals struggling to lessen their daily calorie intake. Also, as MCTs are easily absorbable, they are also employed to treat individuals with malabsorption issues.
MCT oils also facilitate in carrying nutrients from food through our blood. Therefore, one can get more nutrients & beneficial compounds flowing through your veins increasing your bodies ability to absorb and use the macro and micronutrients that you consume – effectively improving your diet without you having to eat any additional food.
They also assist in controlling our mood swings, since a lack of energy in the body is one of the major reasons why individuals find it difficult to cope with anxiety & stress.
Yet Another study showed that medium-chain triglyceride are favorable for our gut system, because of their ability to tackle viruses, parasites & harmful bacteria. MCT can also aid people who are missing a gallbladder.
Finally, MCTs enclose antioxidant traits & as a result consumption of MCT oil has also exhibited some signs of reduced cardiovascular disease & occurrence of Alzheimer symptoms in certain individuals.
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Pure MCT oil is a flavorless & odorless clear liquid; so it is generally consumed plain without heating it. Since it is unrefined, it doesn't react well to heat & therefore it is not recommended for use in cooking.
What one can do instead is to add the plain MCT oil to a smoothie, salad dressing or even your morning coffee.
The recommended serving size of MCT oil ranges between half a tablespoon to a couple of tablespoons, so it is pretty convenient to incorporate it into a meal or even a single drink.
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The Jarrow Formulas MCT Oil is basically a natural coconut oil & a natural source of caprylic and capric fatty acids.
The product supports ketogenic diets which is a low-carb, high-fat diet for weight loss & other health benefits, hence consuming MCT Oil can assist in maintaining your carbohydrate intake & overall energy.
The Jarrow Formulas MCT is suitable for a 2000 calorie diet. Jarrow Formula MCT oil holds 14 grams of coconut oil and 14 grams of pure MCT per serving. In addition, the product encompasses 22% of our total fat & 65% of the saturated fat intake.
Jarrow Formulas MCT oil may assist in:
- providing instant energy to our brains
- supporting a low-carb, Ketogenic diet
- quick metabolic energy for our muscles
Suggested Usage: Take one tablespoon per day, on an empty stomach, or as recommended by your qualified healthcare professional.
JF MCT oil can be used in cooking, on salads or in smoothies. It is not recommended for frying food in it.
Nature's Way 100% Potency Pure MCT Oil
The Nature's Way MCT Oil is also a coconut oil that includes good fats like saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat & monounsaturated fat. The product can be consumed for various purposes like as an energy source, and a dietary supplement for exercise & weight loss program.
The Nature's Way MCT oil has 14 grams of medium chain triglycerides per serving. This includes both caprylic & capric acids. In addition, this product also encompasses 22% of our total fat & 65% of the saturated fat intake.
The product is flavorless & odorless, so we can easily mix it into our coffee, shakes, smoothies, and other beverages. Another additional trait of this product is that it is BPA-free. Nature Way's MCT oil can help in:
- Offering quick energy to body & brains
- Providing a dietary supplement for exercise & weight loss program
Suggested Usage: Take one tablespoon (15 ml) per day or as suggested by your healthcare professional. This MCT oil can be mixed with meals, salads or in beverages.
NOW Foods MCT Oil, Chocolate Mocha
The Now Foods MCT Oil is comprised of 70% of saturated fat. The product has a simple ingredient description, where besides the core MCT oil it only contains saturated fats.
This MCT oil has also been flavored with less than 1% natural chocolate mocha flavor. The product is also GMP assured. Now Foods Sports MCT oil can assist in:
- Boosting energy
- Supporting a healthy body composition
- Providing a dietary supplement for exercise & weight loss program
Suggested Usage: Take one tablespoon (15 ml) per day or as suggested by your healthcare professional.
Sports Research Premium MCT Oil Derived from Coconut Oil
Sport Research MCT Oil is among the top rated MCT oil brands. This MCT oil is a Non-GMO verified product & is an alternative to traditional oils & sports drinks. The product is certified Vegan, gluten free & certified paleo.
Sport Research MCT Oil is 100% sourced from organic coconut without any usage of palm oil. The product is packed with beneficial & healthy fats, that is, medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) which also includes lauric acid. The product includes 22% of our total fat & 70% of the saturated fat intake.
The SR MCT Oil is flavorless & odorless, so it can easily be mixed with our coffee, shakes, smoothies, and other beverages. SR MCT Oil can help in:
- Achieving Ketosis for the body
- Supplying a dietary supplement for exercise & weight loss program
- Gut health as they have antibacterial, antimicrobial and antiviral
Suggested Usage: Consume one tablespoon per day, on an empty stomach, or as recommended by your qualified healthcare professional.
It can be mixed with our regular shakes, smoothies, coffee & other beverages by adding 1-2 tablespoon of the Sport Research MCT Oil in it.
Since it is in liquid form, so it can also be consumed by dressing salads with this oil.
Zenwise All Natural Coconut MCT Oil
Zenwise health MCT oil is a natural source of C8 Caprylic Acid & C10 Capric Acid. The oil is 100% extracted from coconut and is a source of powerful medium-chain fatty acids that help in keep the mind & body alert.
There is no wheat, milk, egg, shellfish or peanut used in producing this oil. The product includes 22% of our total fat & 70% of the saturated fat intake. The product follows good manufacturing processes & is GMP assured.
This coconut sourced formula is harmless for all those people who are on a vegan, paleo or gluten free diet. Zenwise Health MCT oil can be beneficial in:
- Delivering a fast energy boost
- Promoting weight management
- Promoting healthy metabolism
- Providing energy & endurance
- Supporting digestive motility
- Promoting the production & maintenance of ketones in the brain to naturally make individuals feel more focused & alert
MiCkey T Eight MCT Oil
Mickey T Eight MCT oil is derived from Non-GMO coconut and certified sustainable palm kernel oil. The product is vegan and does not contain gluten or dairy products. It contains only kosher & halal certified ingredients.
The main ingredient present in this MCT oil is Caprylic acid. Caprylic acid has been found to have a powerful effect on the body. The product has also been verified by the FDA. The product includes 21% of our total fat & 68% of the saturated fat intake.
The product follows good manufacturing processes & is GMP assured. The only side affect found in individuals consuming this product is a slight stomach upset. This coconut/palm sourced formula is harmless for all those people who are on a vegan, gluten or paleo free diet. Mickey T Eight MCT oil can be beneficial in:
- Providing a fast energy boost
- Promoting healthy metabolism
- Supporting digestive motility
- Attaining good mental focus
- Promoting the production & maintenance of ketones in the brain to naturally make individuals feel more focused & alert
Suggested Usage: Consume one tablespoon of MCT oil 1-3 times a day, or as recommended by your qualified healthcare professional.
The product is odorless & colorless but it does have a slight nutty taste, that is barely perceptible.
The best approaches to consume it is to mix it with your coffee, a smoothie, shake or juice. Mickey T Eight MCT oil can also consume it by using it on your salad dressings.
We hope you enjoyed finding out more about MCL oils and reading our which we think are the best MCT oils currently available on the market.
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Humber College uses the Avigilon Control Center (ACC) network video management software (NVMS) with High-Definition Stream Management™ (HDSM) technology to manage its public safety surveillance system. The college installed a combination of Avigilon HD cameras ranging from 1 MP to 16 MP and Avigilon 180° HD panoramic dome cameras to monitor its three main campuses. The college also uses ACC Mobile for remote monitoring. Humber deployed Avigilon analog video encoders to improve image quality and manageability of existing analog cameras. Humber stores 14 days of continuous video footage on the college's current Network Video Recorders (NVRs).
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Construction on the new Learning Resource Commons, a 280,000 square foot building at the Humber North campus scheduled for completion in 2015, opened the door to discussions about a new IP-based surveillance system for parking lots and other high-traffic areas. The development includes the redesign of campus roads and parking lots. "Quality, costs, and flexibility were key considerations," explained Ernie Colosimo, manager of security systems at Humber. "After looking at several solutions, we felt that Avigilon would be the best partner to get the job done effectively and seamlessly." The college has since deployed the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system to cover its outdoor areas and will leverage the Avigilon Control Center software as the backbone for its entire public safety surveillance infrastructure.
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A handful of security systems managers, along with the security dispatch desk, manage the college's surveillance system using Avigilon Control Center with HDSM. Humber installed Avigilon HD cameras ranging from 1 MP to 16 MP to cover parking areas at its three campuses, which spans a combined area over 120 acres. The college has also installed Avigilon 180° HD panoramic dome cameras on parking lot perimeters for complete coverage. The security team installed Avigilon HD cameras at the campus pub, the LinX Lounge, to help address any public order issues, negate false allegations, and deter crime. In addition, the security team uses ACC Mobile to monitor incidents remotely from their iPhones.
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Getting Started with the LS20031 GPS Receiver
GPS is an amazing thing. We use it in our day to day lives, and never give it much thought. It can help you get to your 8 o'clock in the morning meeting, or guide your robot to the finish line at a competition. In the past few years, GPS technology has become very simple, and affordable enough to be built into all our smartphones. Lots of modules have also become available for hobbyists to add GPS to their projects! This tutorial will teach you how to connect the LS20031 GPS Receiver to an Arduino and use some basic libraries to gather and view data from this module.
The LS20031 is a great module for beginners. It has great documentation and is used in lots of projects around the world (EZOSD to name an example). It also comes with some great, easy to use software to configure it, which you can find on the product page. It supports 66-channel GPS, and has a max update rate of 10Hz! The module runs at 3.3V and requires only four wires to get it connected using a simple USART interface.
For this tutorial, you will need a LS20031 GPS Receiver, and an Arduino Pro Mini with an FTDI Serial to USB Converter for programming (you can use both the 3.3V and 5V version in this tutorial even though the GPS is a 3.3V device, don't worry we will show you how). You will also need a strip of right and straight angle headers, jumper wires, and a breadboard.
The tools you will need are a basic soldering iron with a good clean tip, tweezers, and a cutter to cut the headers into the correct lengths. The first thing we are going to do is cut all the headers to the different sizes we will need. We will need a 1 x 6 pin right angle, 1 x 5 pin right angle, 2 x 12 pin straight, and one right angle female header, which should come with your Serial to USB converter.
Above, you can see the pieces you will need to connect everything together. Most headers come in lengths of 40, so you should have plenty left over for some of your other projects!
It's time to connect some headers to our GPS module. This one looks harder than the other two, but, don't worry, it's a cinch. Start by cleaning your tip and applying some solder to the first pad (of your choice).
Next, grab your favorite pair of tweezers and connect the header to the module while applying some heat to the already soldered pad. Hold the header steady while the solder cools, and in a few seconds you can let the header go. It's that simple!
Go ahead and solder the 4 remaining pins to the module.
And voila!
The finished GPS module should look something like this. You will also need to assemble the Pro Mini and the FTDI board if you don't have them assembled. We have written seperate tutorials for both of them (Pro Mini Assembly Guide and FTDI USB to Serial Converter Guide).
Also remember to switch over your FTDI board to 3.3V if you are using a 5V version, otherwise you will kill the GPS module!
You can go ahead and mount the Arduino Pro Mini and the GPS module on your breadboard. If you are not sure how breadboards work, you can checkout our previous Power Supply Tutorial explaining how breadboards work.
GPS Configuration:
Before we connect the GPS module to the Arduino, we will need to configure the GPS module to a slower update rate for this tutorial, and turn off any unused data from the module.
Connect the FTDI to the GPS directly using the above diagram, and then follow the steps to configure your GPS to a 1 Hz update rate with GPGGA and GPRMC sentences enabled. This step is required if you want to use the TinyGPS library like we did in this tutorial. The 1Hz update rate is the only optional part, since we wanted to slow it down to ensure everything was working well.
Connect the FTDI to your computer and Run Realterm (http://realterm.sourceforge.net/index.html#downloads_Download) and open the port your FTDI is on.
Make sure you have the +CR and +LF check boxes marked.
To change the update rate to 1 Hz the command looks like: $PMTK220,1000*1F Type the command into the first white box under the send tab. The 1F is the check sum you calculate using the bytes between "$" and '*'. Here is a handy calculator you can use to get that checksum easily! http://www.hhhh.org/wiml/proj/nmeaxor.html
Then click the "Send ASCII" button next to the white box you typed into.
To enable/disable sentences, you will use the PMTK314 command. This example turns off all sentences except GGA and RMC. $PMTK314,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0*28 (reference first datasheet to see how it works)
Now you are ready to connect the GPS Module to the Arduino and begin coding! Unlike the previous diagram, there are only three connections you need to make between the Arduino, and the GPS module (unless you want to send commands to the GPS module from the Pro Mini). For this tutorial we will connect all four pins, but the "RX" pin of the GPS will not be used in our program, and can be left off.
This illustration shows the 4 connections.
We will start by connecting the 3.3V pin with our red jumper wire. Connect this pin to the pin labeled "VCC" on the Pro Mini. Connect Rx -> 3 (Yellow), TX -> 2 (Blue), and GND to the GND (Black).
Your completed wiring should look something like our picture above. Time for some programming! We are going to begin by testing our setup and get some data from our module. Our test code will use a software serial port to gather data from the GPS module, and stream it to the computer over the FTDI.
Test Code:
To do this, we will start with a software serial example and edit it. Open up a new Arduino Sketch, and go to File>Example>SoftwareSerial>SoftwareSerialExample. This example will open up two serial ports. The first will be the hardware serial port connected to the computer with the FTDI, and the second will be the software serial port called mySerial on pins 10 and 11.
#include <SoftwareSerial.h> SoftwareSerial mySerial(2, 3); // RX, TX void setup() { // Open serial communications and wait for port to open: Serial.begin(115200); // set the data rate for the SoftwareSerial port mySerial.begin(57600); } void loop() // run over and over { if (mySerial.available()) Serial.write(mySerial.read()); if (Serial.available()) mySerial.write(Serial.read()); }
We need to change pins 10 and 11 to pins 2 and 3 and match the default baud rate of the GPS module to that of the software serial port. Since the default GPS is set to 57600, we doubled the hardware serial port to prevent any overflows. These changes have been made in the code above. Go ahead and program up the Pro Mini (5V/16Mhz 328P for us) and open up a terminal window to view the GPS sentences.
Above you can see a snapshot of my Arduino Serial Terminal. If this is the first time you have turned on your GPS module in your area, it will take some time for the GPS to get a fix on your location. In the snap shot you can see the GPS strings that we have enabled transition from the unlock state to the lock state. Once locked, all the fields are populated instead of being empty ("$GPGGA,,,,,"). Once the GPS has locked, the little red LED on the GPS module will start to flash. You now have valid data, and are ready to begin parsing!
Parsing NEMA Strings:
If you are code savvy, you can start writing some code to start parsing these NEMA strings, and get the data you need out of them. On the other hand, if you are just getting started and don't want to write a GPS parser, there is another solution! Mikal Hart over at Arduiniana has already written a compact Arduino GPS/NMEA parser for everyone to use. You can download the library here. Once you have downloaded the library and installed the TinyGps library, open up the "test_with_gps_device" example.
Once again, there are only two lines that need editing. Make sure the software serial port is opened on pins 2 and 3 "SoftwareSerial ss(2, 3)". The second change is to set the softwareserial ("ss" in this case) to the default baud rate of the GPS module. Once you have done that, upload the new code to your Arduino and open up the serial terminal.
It will take some time before the parser begins to give some valid output, so be patient. I have saved the output and shortened it using the dots to make it easier to read. You can see all the strings are neatly parsed, unlike the previous test code. Now you can use the TinyGPS functions to get the data you need for your project. For example, if you need to know your position, you would simply call the built in function gps.f_get_position(&flat, &flon, &fix_age) and pass it the variables to store latitude and longitude. For our example, we got 28.112035 Lat and -80.671600 Long. Enter this in Google Search and you will get...
401 N. Wickham Melbourne FL, which is our address here at Jaycon Systems!
That concludes our getting started with a GPS tutorial. Now you are ready to build your own GPS tracker.
If you have any questions about this tutorial, don't hesitate to post a comment, shoot us an email, or post it in our forum!
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*Crawls out of writing cave and covers eyes to block the blinding sunlight* Holy hell.
About two weeks ago, my very first beta reader—the ONLY woman in the world brave enough to read my first drafts—sent back some changes for Ricochet. A few of them were total rewrites for me. But instead wallowing in misery and drowning myself in alcohol, I tightened the cuffs chaining me to the computer and prepared to buckle down for what would ultimately be one hell of a rough ride. Call me a masochist, but I love brutally honest feedback. Love a challenge. Whatever it takes to make this sucker shine. I had one week to get this bastard cleaned up, and that was in the thick of the day job and a few family-related events.
My muse likes to toy with me when there's a deadline looming overhead. He likes to hold back and taunt me, feeding me bits and pieces of the story at a time. Unfortunately for him, I didn't have the time to f**k around.
Within a week, I finished the edits and sent the manuscript to both my editor and a few betas.
I'm floored at the speed my betas have gotten back to me. This book is longer than I'd originally planned – I know, stupid for me to 'plan' a short book, right? So I kind of expected a couple of weeks before I'd hear back from them.
Definitely not THE VERY NEXT DAY.
One of my betas read the book in two sittings!!
Another beta has already posted a very early review based on her read-through and created some fantastic little teasers to go along with it! Check out her spoiler-free review here, and be sure to add Ricochet to your TBR list:
"This book is what would result if The Punisher and V for Vendetta ever had a baby." READ MORE
So what's next?
Well I have a few minor tweaks to make and it'll be with the editor for the next few weeks.
Once she's finished, it'll go on to formatting and be available on NetGalley. I have a list of bloggers who'll be approved for the ARC.
I cannot wait to share Nick's story with all of you! So exciting! Stay tuned for more updates!


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Morning rituals in Provence. My godfather, the Parisian artist with his easel of colours and a Gauloise cigarette hanging from his mouth. The clouds of tobacco linger into the kitchen penetrating the youthful atmosphere filled of chocolate chaud, instantly drawing me back to a childlike state of mind.
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Applicants can qualify for GS-7 based on graduate education (including law school) that included or was supplemented by 12 semester hours of course work related to the administration of land laws. Examples include course work in land surveying, cartography, land use law, real estate law, land appraising, land use planning, water rights, mining laws, or legal instrument review and interpretation. Applicants who qualify for GS-7 on the basis of the superior academic achievement provision must have had at least 12 semester hours of course work related to the administration of land laws.
Major study -- fields such as those described above for GS-7. For some positions, graduate study alone may not provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work. Applicants for such positions may be required to have specialized experience at the appropriate grade level.
General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided a familiarity with real property laws and legal land descriptions, land titles, tract maps, and legal documents, or other experience that involved explanation, application, or interpretation of laws, regulations, policies, etc. Such experience may have been gained in positions such as law clerk, claims examiner, contact representative, or other work dealing with laws, rules, regulations, procedures, etc.
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Polymer clay is an incredibly versatile medium. If you have never tried it, I hope that I can persuade you to give it a shot. It offers the wonderful opportunity of working in a third dimension in color. Throughout this website you will find examples of my relief sculptures in this unusually forgiving medium.
I used to sculpt in terracotta and stoneware. My end product was usually an uninspiring shade of brown or gray. I enjoyed the scale of large, or sometimes life size projects - a study of a torso, a bust... But the color was missing!
When working in terracotta, there was always the breathless moment when
the kiln was opened. If I was fortunate, all the hours spent sculpting
were not wasted, and my piece remained intact after having survived the high temperatures. However, more often that I care to admit, I would discover the work shattered and randomly scattered all over the kiln floor! Often imperceptible air pockets would form, despite carefully wedging the clay. They became the dynamite that I had inadvertently included in my work - with heat, the air trapped in them would expand and then attempt to escape, shattering my work. In my passion for capturing my subjects, air pockets were fairly routine. Consequently, a lot of my work either ended up with
cracks or worse! However, skilled artists work with porcelain and
other traditional, pliable, high fire media with success. I probably lacked the patience necessary for success.
Polymer clay, on the other hand, has a negligible shrink rate. It goes in and out of the oven with very little difference in size, shape or color. No expensive oven is required - a simple table top toaster oven is more than sufficient for starters. It is impervious to moisture, so it remains workable indefinitely. If stored carefully, the unfired clay can last for years.
In contrast, terracotta has to constantly be kept moist. Even the eventual drying of the work must be done gradually, to minimize cracking ( definitely not for the impatient sculptor!)
What I love best, is the incredible variety of colors that are available, in contrast to the dull earth colors of terracotta. These luscious colors, when blended, offer up infinite variations that should keep any artist happy for a lifetime.
All the principles of color and design that a painter skillfully uses can
be translated directly into this delightful medium, with the fascinating addition of a third dimension. There are many fine artists who create small objects of art
and jewelry. But polymer clay can be used for so much more!
I thoroughly enjoy exploring it as a tool for storytelling, by creating relief sculptures that colorfully express my faith. It has been a thrilling journey of discovery of the medium, its potential and the process of storytelling.
I hope the following pages inspire you to try your hand at this forgiving medium.To get you started, here is a simple video tutorial for making a rose.
On the other hand if you want to start small, view the video below and learn how simple it is to mimic filigree work.
View my relief sculpture gallery
A Christmas Art Lesson
Burnt Offerings- a polymer clay bas-relief
Polymer Clay Horse Art


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10 Secrets to Creating Great Content for Winning Business
Content is the new deal breaker in the digital world. It is one of the most effective ways of promoting a business or a brand. Creating consistent content that engages the users requires channelized efforts. A good content strategy is important to establish your credibility, generate effective leads and ultimately grow your business. Blogging is one of the most influential ways to generate qualified leads for a business. Here is a list of secrets from the top brands on generating great content to win customers.
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10 Ways to Grow Your Business with Content Marketing
Everyone is jumping on the band wagon for content creation these days. There is huge amount of content generated on the web every minute. The web content is growing exponentially. As per the study done by Domo in 2014, it shows that every minute, FB users share nearly 2.5 million pieces of content, 300,000 tweets are posted on twitter, 220,000 new photos are posted in Instagram, Youtube users upload 72 hours of video content, over 200 million emails are sent, Google receives 2.5 million search queries. Yes, it takes only a minute for all this. The world has never before seen so much content in such a short span of time.
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Audrey has a strong background in art and fashion and brings this to her craft of hairdressing. She is Bumble and Bumble trained, Vidal Sassoon trained and also certified in Deva Curl cutting. She loves the organic nature of curls and being to enhance and maximize her client's natural texture. She is inspired by the natural world around her...the colors and shapes and textures that Mother Nature creates have a huge influence on her work.
She enjoys working with clients, hearing their stories and backgrounds and helping carve out a look that suits the individual. Finding the look that fits their personality and enhances their natural style.
Her hair icons are Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, Bridgette Bardot and Alexa Chung.
Outside the salon, she freelances as a wardrobe stylist as well as a postpartum doula. She loves camping with her family, thrift store shopping, trying out new restaurants, drinking coffee and taking photos.
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James Strole and Dr. Bill Andrews, Sierra Sciences CEO, talk telomerase and the power of RAADfest.
James Strole, co-director of People Unlimited, and the director of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, and Dr. Bill Andrews of Sierra Sciences, discuss their thoughts on the upcoming RAADfest 2017, and what Dr. Andrews calls the Woodstock of biotech. Check out this quick interview with an outline of what Dr. Andrews will be bringing to the stage this year.


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Group Exhibition - SWIM 1
11 Jul 2015 to 01 Aug 2015
SWIM 1 is a new event brought to you by the minds of the young curators Yarrow Slaps & Auguste Somers. With a wide array of over 40 artists that range from up-and-coming artists like Justin Hager and Kristen Liu-Wong to mission school representatives Barry Mcgee and Alicia Mccarthy; SWIM 1 will provide you with an immersive, eye-opening experience. SWIM 1 is a gathering of creative talents, a network of furthering ideas, and a synergy of expression. These strong and creative minds are building a community to enrich, develop, and share the ideas of progress.


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Our sash window repair service has saved hundreds of sash windows that other companies had written off. As Sash windows are constructed from small pieces of timber. Sections of which could become decayed and require repair or replacement. When all these sections remain untreated they cause rot to the surrounding areas. Then they eventually leading to a situation when replacement of this entire window seems like an economical solution. At 'Repair my sash', we strongly believe that the replacement of an original window is the last solution. That's why we've created some cost effective options to repair or replace the old decayed sections by combining advance technology with the best carpentry skills.
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