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We recently had the misfortune to book this cottage. Very poorly maintained and dubious cleanliness.........thick with dog hairs on the living area carpet, dog hairs on the bedding, greasy cupboard doors in the kitchen, everything felt old and tired.
Heating on full on a warm summers evening and unable to turn it off (the owner suggested running the hot water taps!)
We checked out after an hour or so, having explained our disappointment, and are still awaiting the remainder of our refund.
Its a real shame as the location is fabulous and the cottage could be great with a little attention to the fixtures, fittings and cleaning.
This is the first time in nearly 20 years of renting that we have felt the need to post negative comments.
Willow Brook Barn is in a beautiful location just tucked under the Longmynd in Shopshire. We were initially a little worried about staying in a cottage that is in the gardens of the owner, but Cath was absolutely brilliant. She was relaxed, friendly and good humoured as our three dogs ran about the garden. She also knows all the best pubs for dinner!
The cottage is a great size and very comfortable (with wifi so I could work if needed) and is perfect for dog owners.
The only thing that would have been nice is some larger bath towels but this is a minor quibble.
Also be aware if your dog likes sheep Shropshire is full of them. We bought a great book called 'Shropshire a dog walkers guide ' by Judy Smith which was brilliant at pointing out the best and safest dog walks in the area.
A great place for a holiday!
What an amazing country lovers dream. Being dog friendly and right at the base of the Long Mynd this really is fabulous walking territory or simply a quiet retreat wether you take the kids or not there is loads to do. With a log burner and all amenities you could need, it would be hard not to feel right at home. There is a great pub in the village which does traditional country pub grub from Shropshire grown produce, which is delicious. Catherine was a warm and helpful hostess and nothing was too much trouble. The only problem we had was that I didn't book it for longer.
Staying at willow brook Barn was just what was needed. a beautiful shropshire location with friendy people where ever we went.
the barn was perfect with two bedrooms. the master room was quiet and comfortable which was hard to get out of because it was so easy to sleep in.With only the noise of the stream running by the barn to listern to when we woke up. The living room and kitchen are open plan so we could talk and relax together in the morning.
The owner Cath was a perfect host, supplying a fresh cake and bottle of wine on our arrival. The log burner was something we found very romantic having a real fire on winters nights with loads of logs avalible to keep us warm.
The accomadation we could nt fault and if we needed any extras we had only to ask the owner Cath would could not do enough for us.
The country side was amazing and we lost count of the walks we took over the long myn and cardingmill valley area.
places to eat were everywhere local pubs were friendly and warm to us and in the end it was hard to leave and we are already planning our next visit.
Thank you and see you soon.
the most spectacular being an early morning walk to church stretton and watching the sun come up over the rolling hill sides as far as you could see.
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We stayed at Willow Barn for our 9th anniversary as we wanted a relaxing experience and somewhere close to a national trust park to go for walks with our dog. We found it difficult to find but we did arrive on the evening and it was dark. After an initial warm welcome by the owner we settled in. We were a little disappointed that a few little touches were missing such as a glove for using the wood burner, no kindle for the burner, no tea towels or oven glove to get food out of the oven although when we asked the owner this was provided. We had a fabulous few days walking along the long mynd and spent most our time out walking. The barn was well laid out and an ideal base. As it was our anniversary we were hoping for a romantic weekend however the log burner glass was black so we could not see the fire and the mattress on the bed was exceptionally thin and we left an evening early as we could not sleep comfortably.
Ideal location friendly owners just needs a few added touches and a little updating here and there so a comfortable stay in the barn can be had by all especially when paying £245 for the weekend.
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The Style Council
I am also making headway with the squares...
At the moment I am in that vintagey greeny, pinky, purply mood. That little posy I bought last week is sitting on my kitchen windowsill waiting for a proper home and I keep looking at it and admiring the colours. I like lots of different things and although I don't think my taste really changes, my mood does. I can't pin myself down to one thing. Sometimes I love that beachy, pared down, white, clean look, (although I don't have that anywhere in the house, the bathroom is probably the closest,) sometimes I love that grey, ornate, gilt,silver and glass distressed French look and sometimes I love the overblown floral, Cath, faded out greens and chipped china look. This week I am firmly in the third camp. I love the mid twentieth century thing as well, but I'm not sure how well that mixes in with other styles so have shied away from buying much of it. (My mum's house is firmly stuck in the 70's and 80's so I get my fix of it round there anyway!)Mind you if I ever see a tea or coffee set with turquoise flowers on it I will be buying it.
Do you have a style? Or do you think it's ok to mix? I really just buy what I like or love and find a home for it later. I 'get it' even if other people don't!
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I think mixing up the styles and buying pieces that take your fancy is what makes a house a home and not a show house. I am a bit the same but as long as you don't over do any one style I think it works really well. A little bit of what you fancy does you good, as the saying goes. Good job with the grannies xReplyDelete
I think it's great to mix up styles. I always like a home that shows ones personality in it, with things that the person loves. I don't think I have one style, it is a bit of a mix as well..just anything that takes my fancy (and can fit in my tiny house..haha).ReplyDelete
Love the colours you've used in your work.ReplyDelete
I think my style is constantly changing, very much 1950s with a 70s twist stamped through the middle like a stick of rock.
It's looking fab and I love the mix of colours! I think it's great to mix and match different things. I'm like you, if I like something I will buy it as I know I will always find a home for it somewhere. I'm firmly into the rusty and battered look at the moment (much to my husband's dismay).ReplyDelete
Packing is going really slow as I have more fun things I'd rather be doing and keep on getting distracted ~ lol!....... Happy crocheting .... x
I say mix and match, whatever makes you happy as that's what it's all about. Love your crocheting, very neat!ReplyDelete

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Aside from Being a Lubricant, It's Some Oil Functions You Need To Know
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When the car engine sounds harsh, it is likely that the oil is not replaced for long. Oil has the sound suppression properties between the friction of the engine so that sound from machine becomes smoother.
2. Functioning To Maintain Machinery Hygiene
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CHICAGO - Four years ago, Ken Brown, of Chicago, received news that would change his life forever.
He was told he had a five percent chance of survival after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, WGN reported.
But Brown wasn't alone. He had the help of Dr. Malcom Bilimoria, who was able to help cure Brown of his life-threatening disease.
"I could see when I first met Ken, he was a lot like the patients I see in the clinic, a real fighter," Dr. Bilimoria said.
Last month, in a celebration of his cancer-free status, Brown and Dr. Bilimoria set off to beat another record -- scaling the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
"I think it was just meant to be," Brown said, noting that he didn't really care about whether or not he reached the top. "I have already hiked the tallest mountain that anyone could possibly hike, pancreatic cancer, with Dr. Bilimoria's help."
Brown and Bilimoria's adventure came to fruition after the two had a conversation about their past and planned travels. Bilimoria told Brown about a planned trip Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with a group of eight others, including fellow doctors and their friends.
"I said, 'You can't go without me. That's my dream,'" Brown told his doctor.
Brown had been wanting to climb Kilimanjaro -- the highest mountain in Africa -- since he went on a safari in 2011. From afar, he snapped a photo to the mountain and kept it in his office for years as a reminder of his goal.
In the days after that conversation with his doctor, Brown started to give a trip to Kilimanjaro more serious thought, getting some encouragement from his daughter-in-law.
Brown and Bilimoria ultimately went on the trip and finished up their journey on Oct. 12. Though Brown didn't make it to the top due to a health issue unrelated to his previous cancer, he was delighted to have had the opportunity to camp under the stars.
"I shouldn't have been here. I just spent six days getting to know the man who saved my life, and I just also had the opportunity to see sights no one else can see at night" https://t.co/MfSIEoHsXy— WGNMorningNews (@WGNMorningNews) November 21, 2017
"I shouldn't have been here. I just spent six days getting to know the man who saved my life, and I just also had the opportunity to see sights no one else can see at night," Brown said, according to WGN. "I feel like I can reach out and touch the stars."
Cancer survivor scales Mount Kilimanjaro with doctor who saved his life https://t.co/JroHbIex76 pic.twitter.com/XM7Ti5rYlB— WGNO (@WGNOtv) November 21, 2017
Bilimoria hopes the trip will serve as inspiration for other people affected by serious illnesses.
"Not only was it great to be able to spend time with (Brown), but it would be great to show other patients that this is what you can do," Bilimoria told WGN.
See more at WGN.
Brianna Chambers contributed to this report.


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At Filmmaker Magazine, writer/director, and author of The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing, Nicholas Rombes, has a piece about the production of his first film, The Removals. He's come up with a list of six takeaways learned from the production, but he also talks about the unspoken collaborative spirit and DIY adventurousness that makes making movies so much damn fun.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Dear God, Can You Give Santa the Memo?
I just listened in shock.
He knows that if he says ugly words that we will take away priveledges AGAIN but he didn't exactly say them to us. He was having a private conversation with God that I wasn't invited to eavesdrop on.
He then said something even more shocking. "So God, can you tell Santa that I should still get good presents cause I've been good most of the time and I am only bad when I have to be. But Santa sees everything like you do, I just don't get to talk to him like you. So will you tell Santa that I've been trying to be good?"
In other words. . .God, could you give Santa the memo?
I was about to intervene in the conversation, but I stopped myself. I guess he should be able to just tell God how he really feels. And I'm sure that God can get the message to Santa......... Why not?
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just spending some time tonight checking out your blog...love your authenticity! sounds like you guys are doing a great job with your kiddos!ReplyDelete
Thanks Chris. We try. Some days I think we should start saving for their therapy, but on occasions like this one I think, "we must be doing a few things right". :)ReplyDelete
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High turnover rates and a shortage of drivers aren't anything new for the fleet industry. But, when it comes to recruiting methods, something new just might be the solution. In today's ever-evolving world, you need to make sure your recruiting and employee retention practices line up with the search methods and priorities of the current workforce.
The most common denominator amongst millennials is the use, love of, and reliance on technology and social media. The first step in recruiting millennial drivers: fish where the fish are. You aren't just competing with other fleets; you're competing with every potential job out there. Cast the biggest net; cover your usual bases and then take on social media. Whether it's a Tweet, a LinkedIn post or an engaging visual on Facebook, you need to be appealing to potential employees through the media they frequent so you can get the word out.
Next, get to know your hiring pool's priorities and appeal to them. You may very well already offer a great package, but are you communicating that? Look at what you are offering and really assess if it aligns with millennial ideals. One study by Intelligence Group found that 64% of millennials would rather earn $40,000 at a job they love than $100,000 a year at a job they find boring.
Very few millennials make their salary their top priority. The majority want the ability to make an impact on the business, a clear path for advancement, and development and ongoing feedback from their employer. Millennials want to take pride in their work and be given the opportunity for increased responsibility and leadership roles. Make sure you're set up to provide this type of motivation; you need clear communication about business goals and how employees can contribute to your fleet's success, along with structured employee evaluations that include direct objectives to measure employee, team, and company achievements.
That said, fleet driving payment structures don't always resonate with applicants. Do you advertise a rate per mile or a scheduled payout? Doing the math to determine how much they'd have to drive in order to make a decent wage can seem overwhelming and turn into a deterrent. Can you adjust that advertised rate to an average amount per week? Do you offer hiring or referral bonuses? Be specific about any benefits you offer and remember you're appealing to an audience that knows little about the profession.
Another opportunity to gain millennial applicants comes through education. What type of lifestyle will one have if employed with you? Entice applicants by painting a picture of how great their lives will be as a member of your team. For example, a website called Travel for America described the driver experience as "...a career where applicants can earn up to $60,000 a year exploring new places, make an impact on communities nationwide and meet people across the country."
Millennials want to be part of something, they want to feel valued, they want to love what they do. They are motivated by more than just income. So, when you set out to replenish your workforce, you need to evaluate if you are doing a good job of appealing to potential applicants. Whether you need to adjust your offerings or simply tweak the language and media you use to advertise your great company, you need to ensure it all ladders up to meeting the needs, wants and priorities of millennials.


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Kampsville, IL – January 6, 2017 – Felicia A. Holton Book Award presented by the Center for American Archeology's board president Dr. Jane Buikstra in Toronto
On January 6th, 2017, at the Archaeological Institute of American meetings in Toronto, Dr. Jane Buikstra presented the Felicia A. Holton Book Award to Dr. Miranda Aldhouse-Green. This prestigious award, given annually to a work of non-fiction written for the general public which stimulates interest in the field of archaeology, honors the work of Felicia A. Holton and her book Koster: Americans in Search of their Prehistoric Past (1979). The Koster site was excavated by the professional staff, student excavators, and volunteers from across the globe at the Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois from 1970 to 1980. The excavations of the Koster project focused national attention on public outreach and education in archaeology. In fact, at one point in time, more than 10,000 people per year came to the remote, not easily accessed community of Kampsville to visit Koster and view the ongoing excavations.
For more than 60 years, CAA has been a national leading provider for public engagement with the field of archaeology. As part of efforts to reach the public, CAA co-sponsors the annual Felicia A. Holton Book Award with the Archaeological Institute of America. Previous award winners have included Dr. Patrick Kirch, Dr. Allan Meyers, and a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Brian Fagan, the prolific author of popular archaeology books.
The 2017 Felicia A. Holton Book Award was presented to Miranda Aldhouse-Green for her book Bog Bodies Uncovered – Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery, which was published in 2015. Dr. Aldhouse-Green is professor emeritus at Cardiff University in Wales. She has written extensively on the Celts.
The citation for the award read, "In her book, Ms. Aldhouse-Green presents an engrossing examination of the prehistoric individuals preserved in the bogs of Northern Europe and unearthed in the past two hundred years. She discusses and integrates a large body of archaeological practice and inquiry, making extensive use of classical literary sources, to shed light on the mystery of the bodies and to speculate on the possible reasons for their fate."
Reviews of Bog Bodies Uncovered have been published in Kirkus Reviews (an industry leader in reviews for librarians and booksellers) and Discover. "A real-life forensic thriller revealing the secrets of ancient and modern bodies preserved in bogs―some for nearly 3,000 years. . . . An intriguing window into the past." (Kirkus Reviews). "Like an Iron Age CSI detective, archaeologist Aldhouse-Green investigates the grisly deaths of men, women and children discovered millennia later in the peat bogs of Northern Europe." (Discover)
The Center for American Archeology congratulates Dr. Aldhouse-Green on a job well done!


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What makes your baby unique? As babies both of my girls had some super unique facial expressions that could melt your heart or make you feel like you were going to burst with laughter. As unique as my girls are they both had the same "don't mess with me" face when they were babies that included a balled up fist "I'm gonna sock ya one" pose.
They were also completely unique when it came to feeding.
My youngest wanted nothing to do with a bottle and was nursed exclusively. I'm thankful I was able to nurse both of my babies, but my experience with my oldest daughter was so much different. My oldest was born at 35 weeks because I had severe Preeclampsia. We had plenty of nights full of tears and frustration because she didn't want to nurse, and due to some other issues I had to supplement with formula.
When I had to choose a formula for my daughter I wanted to make sure she was getting all the nutrients she needed at a price I could afford. Let's face it. Formula is expensive. One of the most helpful pieces of advice I ever received from my other mom friends was to go with Store Brand Formula. I switched to Walmart's Parent's Choice formula for our needs saving us a lot of money.
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Building a business can be one of the most personally and professionally rewarding things that you do. To ensure that your business-building endeavors yield the greatest return on investment (ROI) possible, it's important to develop a strategic plan that will empower you to keep your company moving forward. Here are three business-building strategies you can use to realize this objective:
1. Utilize The Best Software Available.
Getting things done quickly and correctly will help you and your employees save time and money. You will then be able to devote more energy to other money-generating projects that keep your company moving forward. With these ideas in mind, make sure that you take the time to utilize the best software available. In the event that your company utilizes as400 software, you can obtain new products from companies like Infinite Corporation.
2. Focus On Employee Development.
Your employees can become the greatest asset that your company ever has. Moreover, they play a profoundly powerful role in shaping the culture of your company. Additionally, staff members determine how your business is perceived by prospective customers and loyal clients. For these reasons and more, it's a good idea for you to focus on employee development if you want your business to grow.
There are multiple strategies you can implement to get this process underway, and one of them includes having a one-on-one meeting with your staff members to attain clarity regarding their goals with the company, work scheduling preferences, and other information that you can use to help them operate more effectively in the position they currently hold.
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Kalerkantho Online
31 December, 2017 11:13 AM
The investors witnessed gain in the benchmark indices of the country's bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange – on Sunday (Dec 31).
The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, climbed over 58.05 points and 0.9 percent to stand at 6244.52 at the opening of the day's trading.
Trade deals stood at 101786 with the transaction at Tk 6280.477 million.
Of the issues traded, 273 advanced, 64 declined and 35 remained unchanged.
Chittagong stocks also followed the suit, as CSCX, the prime index, climbed up to 11649.62 by dropping over 87.16 points.
Of the issues traded, 160 gained, 61 declined and 25 remained unchanged.


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Yesterday I was potting a plant. My leg was in the partial sun. When I went to have a shower, preparing to go out to a lunch, I found a reddish lacy rash across my right thigh. It was slightly hot and 'uncomfortable' feeling - I realise that is not very specific.
I went to lunch, and had a nice time. Coming home I became chilled and wrapped myself in a blanket on the sofa. When that didn't work, I put on wool leggings. After a while although I still felt chilled, my leg felt hot and scratchy and uncomfortable again.
Over the next couple of hours the feeling increased with a general discomfort. Finally I noticed mild nausea and a slight headache and took some aspirin. About 30 minutes later, the various discomforts eased slightly.
Livedo reticularis is the purplish/blueish lacy rash that comes out when its cold. It can be benign in slender young women but in extreme cases its a sign of various auto-immune syndrome (lupus and Hughes disease being high on the list, with RA) but MS was not mentioned.
Erythema ab igne is the reddish/purplish lacy rash that comes out when its hot. Direct application of heat is the culprit, usually infrared heat. I do get it a little sometimes if I over-heat or over-apply my hot bag.
I do get both. I find it most significant that I get them on the right thigh, where I have other issues, rather than anywhere else much. They're not permanent, yet.
They join the list of skin conditions I already get: pityriasis, dermatitis, prickly heat, and, when I'm really lucky, boils.


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The Great Lakes District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance is comprised of the lower peninsula of Michigan and Northwestern Ohio.
We exist to assist our pastors and congregations in implementing the mission statement of The Christian and Missionary Alliance which is:
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The Great Lakes District now has an official app available for everyone! Search Great Lakes District in either the Apple or Android app stores. Install the app and you'll have the latest updates for the Great Lakes District! There's a Prayer Wall, Bible, User Notes, Videos, Articles, and a host of other features that will keep you connected to the Great Lakes District happenings.
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You can help build Christ's Church around the world by donating online to the Great Commission Fund. This central funding vehicle allows our international workers to focus on ministry rather than raising financial support.
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Sep 26, 2017GPS guidance upgrade available for Zimmatic 9500L
Lindsay has introduced a new GPS Guidance option for the Zimmatic 9500L in order to give growers precise and maintenance-free lateral tracking.
"This exciting new product gives growers the ability to navigate their Zimmatic lateral systems with sub-inch accuracy and make real time adjustments to the run path and end points," said Christopher Higgins, Zimmatic product manager at Lindsay.
Available for Zimmatic 9500L systems, the GPS Guidance option is intended for installations where furrow or wire guidance are not ideal or are difficult to maintain. Easy path management allows users to set virtual hose stops and/or service stops quickly and easily and real time RTK correction ensures that the machine will always be where it should be.
Lindsay says other benefits include:
- Dual Channel RTK delivers the fastest start-up times and most precise position accuracy.
- It eliminates the need for costly repair or replacement of above ground guidance wires damaged by equipment or wildlife.
- A single GPS base station can be shared by multiple 9500L systems within operational distance limits.
- A simple retrofit, it can easily be installed onto any existing Zimmatic 9500L system.


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Rapid analysis of plating baths by a direct-reading thermometric method.
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- Talanta
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- Feb 01, 1967
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Methods are described for the rapid analysis of plating baths by measurement of the heat evolved in a reaction between the reagent and the component to be determined. The novel feature of the method is the use of reagents which have zero heat of mixing, so that the temperature scale can be directly calibrated in concentration units for a particular determination. A determination takes only 5 min and the precision is equal to that of the classical methods. Procedures are given for the analysis of nickel and chromium plating baths.


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Shufflers fundraising
It was a real pleasure this week Nick (Chair) was able to join Francesca Hutcheson as she presented a cheque for a whopping £750.00 to the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund.
The money was raised by Fran's Shufflers' 12k of Christmas 2016 challenge which she somehow found the time to organise.
From Nick "It was a truly fantastic effort by Fran and helpers and one which has captured the imagination of lots of people both within the club and beyond; I was more than happy to lend the club's name to it! Further proof, if it were needed, of what a vibrant club we have".
Lingen Davies will be benefiting from another Shuffler-related cheque soon as well, thanks to Gail Claytons' fine baking skills and the clubs collective cake habit, is sending another £130.75 their way.


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National Semiconductor Corp.'s brightly colored "concept" PDA (personal digital assistant), dubbed Origami, drew steady interest here at Comdex 2001, as attendees folded and twisted it into a range of devices.
A team at the chip-builder feverishly designed and built the Origami prototypes over the last months in an effort to showcase the company's Geode line of processors. The Geode is widely used by laptop and device makers such as 3Com Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co.
The device, when folded down, is a 1.3-in.-thick rectangle measuring 7.6- by 3.8-inches. Its cases come in jewel-like reds, greens and blues, chased with brushed aluminum. The device incorporates a digital camera and digital camcorder, and it can work as either of those, as well as a videoconferencing terminal, e-mail device, smart phone and others. It can run any operating system compatible with the X86 chip standard, including Windows 98 and Linux. As Origami's components are unfolded or twisted, special magnets detect which "mode" the user is creating, and the device then brings up the appropriate software.
The Origami, along with many other similar ideas, is the brainchild of Stephen Matson, group manager of concept products for National Semiconductor's Information Appliance Group. His job for the last six years has been to think up these kinds of gadgets. One, the Web Pad, which won Best of Show at Comdex in 1998 and has had some commercial success, is a table computer that uses a pen or stylus instead of a mouse. Each year, Matson submits a list, which has numbered 17 for the last few years for no reason that he can discern, to senior managers who greenlight the ones they like.
Origami started as a kind of non-idea. "This is the 21st century. We have video, but I don't see video everywhere," Matson says. From there, it grew into what Matson calls a multi-function device, which he sees as similar to the general-purpose platform of the personal computer.
He readily admits that inevitably, there are trade-offs in a multifunction device. "It's a 1 megapixel digital camera, not a 5 megapixel," he says. "You can do 15 minutes of video, not 2 hours."
"It's not the best at each of these functions [compared to specialized devices], but it can do things the others can't," he says. The issue of whether corporate users want several specialized devices or one general-purpose unit is still to be decided, he agrees.
Hefting the 10-ounce device in his hand, Matson says that by the time assembly ended, he'd already figured out how to cut the thickness of the next Origami by 25 percent and to eliminate the bulge of the battery pack.
The battery itself is another National Semiconductor advance. Using lithium technology, the battery can be shaped to fit the form factor of the device itself, according to Matson.
The decreasing size of components and increasing processor power have already given him ideas for new Origami versions. One is a personal communications gateway: unfold and twist Origami to work as an 802.11b client or access point, a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) device, a Bluetooth device and so on.
The next item on Matson's agenda is less cerebral: getting some sleep. "I've been awake for the last 60 hours," he says.


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Friday, September 25, 2009
Getting Your Brand Noticed
Companies and organizations that have great logos should find ways to put their logo on all types of products, including what they wear. I know (and have worked for) plenty of companies that use their employees to promote their brand during and outside of work. I know that I have used plenty of hats, embroidered shirts, and custom tote bags from companies that I have worked for. I used them outside of the office, and because of the logo recognition, I have had strangers ask me if I work for that company and strike up a conversation. If I had been in the sales department, I think I would have plenty of new customers to work with. If your business needs a brand boost, consider these types of promotional items.
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Composed and Performed by Neil Young Poetry Reading by Johnny Depp
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Written by: Laura Chambers (November 9, 2017)
Looking for something to bring a little warmth to your holiday? Look no further than MARi. Five zesty Christmas songs make up her new holiday EP, Have Yourself a MARi Little Christmas.
Her version of "Feliz Navidad" is carried along on a pulsing beat that makes it a surprisingly interesting holiday addition to your workout play list. The track also includes lyrics from "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".
"Maria Sabias Que", the Spanish version of "Mary Did You Know", has a romantic flavor to it, despite its short duration and swift pace. It could have done without the Chipmunks making a guest appearance, though (you'll hear what I mean).
Spanish lyrics continue in "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" which falls slowly like snow drifting down from the sky, with vocals that could melt it before it touches the ground.
"Oh Christmas Tree" turns the familiar ode to festive foliage into a bilingual party song you can dance around the living room to.
"Carol of the Bells" brings a loud, jazzy, and fun vibe to the carol.
Whether you're spending Christmas in the tropical sunshine or just wish you were, MARi's merry take on Christmas will make you feel as though you're miles away from the snow, ice, and freezing cold temperatures.
Released: November 10, 2017
Label: Lucid Artist
Track Listing:
- Feliz Navidad (3:22)
- María Sabías Que (2:35)
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2:50)
- O Christmas Tree (4:05)
- Carol Of The Bells (4:29)
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Investigation has revealed that Fuji King, Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly called K1 De Ultimate, has perfected plans to contest for an elective position in the 2015 general election.
Information made available to DailyPost has it that the Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State born popular fuji Lord has been holding political meetings with strong politicians in the state political circles.
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It was learnt that this is the reason he has practically relocated to Ijebu-Ode, with the aim of meeting and aligning with political stakeholders in the state.
He was said to have been advised by the former Lagos State Governor and National leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to move to Ogun State where he would contest for a seat in the House of Representatives on the platform of the yet-to-be-registered All Progressives Congress.
The fuji star has been a major factor in the Action Congress of Nigeria since he was introduced to the party by Tinubu.


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Project : Wild Horse Brewing Co.
Wild Horse Brewing Company is situated in the picturesque town of Llandudno, on the North Coast of Wales. The brewery was established in 2015 by Dave Faragher and in their own words started off "nano-sized, with a tiny 1/2 barrel working plant!" However, with their excellent range of beers being very well received, their expansion to a bigger plant soon became a necessity . In early 2016, Wild Horse Brewery took delivery of a beautiful brand-new state of the art 10 barrel brew house. To complement the brew house, and with a desire to be able to mill their malts freshly for every brew, Wild Horse Brewing Company got in touch with malt milling experts, Alan Ruddock Engineering Ltd. Following a site visit, we were able to present the brewery with a range of options and preliminary layout drawings. The system decided upon includes the AR 2000/175/2 Precision Malt Mill, two AR elevators, a grist case and an AR conveyor. 25 kg sacks can be manually fed into the mill which has a capacity of 500kg/hr. The grist is then gently transported to the grist case ready for brewing. When ready to mash in, at the press of the touch screen control, the grist is then gently transported to the mash tun in perfect condition at the exact flow rate required.
Following the installation Dave Faragher, owner and Head Brewer commented. "I'm very impressed with the mill and grain handling equipment. The engineering is top quality and it's been a pleasure doing business with A. R. Engineering from the initial quote right through to installation. The quality of the crush is excellent, the system produces no dust, and the flow control between the grist case and hydrator works really well to deliver a consistent flow of malt. It also looks great too – I've already lost count of the number of comments I've had about the paint job on the mill!"
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Three community members discuss the role of facial recognition technology in their everyday world.
Raymond Martinez, Chairman and Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
Facial recognition technology is an important, proven tool that has gotten better over the years with new iterations. Just over a year ago, New Jersey undertook a project called "Operation Facial Scrub," which utilized facial recognition technology to "scrub" its 19 million photo record database. Of the potential photo matches that resulted, nearly 4,900 matters required administrative corrections to the database. This is important because that large number could have created problems for customers…this eliminates customer inconvenience.
The scrub also resulted in the discovery of more than 2,600 separate acts of criminal fraud against the Motor Vehicle Commission—people attempting to change a record or adopt an alternate identity. To date, we have sent 750 criminal cases to the Office of the Attorney General or other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for investigation and/or prosecution, with that number expected to grow. This is all thanks to facial recognition technology, because there's no way we would have found these individuals through our normal course of business.
In addition to security, there is also a customer service benefit. New Jersey was one of only a few states that required everyone to come into the office every time to renew a driver's license. After cleaning up the database, we have been able to invite select customers to renew their driver's license through the mail through our "Skip the Trip: Renewal by Mail" initiative. We are able to do this, as well as plan to expand the initiative, because we are now even more confident that the record we have on file for an individual is correct because it has been vetted through the facial recognition software.
Catherine J. Tilton, CBP, VP, Standards & Emerging Technologies, DAON
Like many things, facial recognition (FR) is a tool—a tool to help us detect fraud. It is not a silver bullet, nor is it fool-proof. But it can be a significant aid to finding those who for nefarious reasons seek to acquire multiple valid driver's licenses. The technology has proven its merit in a number of states, with both statistical and anecdotal evidence of its utility. Over the past 10 years, FR performance has continued to improve—both for constrained environments as well as unconstrained. Outside of the traditional DMV applications, we're seeing FR used online by the major search engines and mobile device capture supporting a number of applications including online user authentication. Could this open new applications in the DMV arena as well?
For example, could DMV's offer more services online if we could be more confident in the identity of the person on the other end of the network? Beyond passwords and knowledge based authentication, facial recognition could be used for this purpose—capturing the facial image using the camera embedded in a laptop or mobile device and comparing it to the driver's license photo—providing multifactor authentication. Just a possibility.
Walter Hamilton, Senior Consultant with Identification Technology Partners, Inc. and Vice Chairman of the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA)
Face recognition is a very useful fraud detection tool for administrators issuing licenses and IDs. Today, over 40 license jurisdictions in the U.S. use face recognition to check for duplicate applications, "scrub" existing records to flag duplicates, and/or to verify renewal identity.
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The Arab Spring
The PES welcomes the democratic movements lead by the civil society on the Arab world.
In the last years the PES has worked with progressive forces in the region to strengthen civil population rights. After the 'Arab Spring' revolutions, the EU must insure that the democratic transition is delivered and that financial needs do not endanger this process.
After holding the conferences 'Arab revolutions: time for democracy & progress' (2011) and 'A Progressive Agenda for a New Arab World' (2012) in Tunis, the PES hosted on 19-20 January 2013 a meeting in Cairo titled 'A common vision for a progressive Arab world - Listening to the Progressive Mediterranean initiative'
During the conference in Egypt, participants adopted two declarations:
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Wonder Woman touched me!
Hey, don't judge. I'm lucky enough to be able to say that my job has afforded me the chance to visit a fair share of movie sets over the years, and one thing I've learned about superhero movies in particular is that, more often than not, you don't get to see the actors in full super-costume mode when you're there. But back in February of 2016 while on the set of Warner Bros. and the DCEU's Wonder Woman, I got to meet Gal Gadot while she was dressed in her full Amazonian regalia. And… she touched my shoulder when she said hello! (O.K., maybe you had to be there to fully appreciate it…)
I was visiting Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, outside London with a group of reporters to check out the Patty Jenkins-directed film, the first major female-led superhero movie of the modern era. The shooting we saw that day mostly consisted of Gadot climbing out of a trench on a greenscreen set and walking towards the camera (on a treadmill) as she deflected unseen bullets with her wrist gauntlets. It was pretty cool, but we also learned quite a bit about the film during our visit, so let's break down some of the most intriguing bits. Here are 15 things we learned on the set of Wonder Woman.
Some spoilers follow.
1. A Gift from Batman Opens the Film
Remember that really old photo of Wonder Woman, a.k.a. Princess Diana, from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? You know, the one with Chris Pine and some other soldier type dudes? Well, Wonder Woman begins in the present day with Diana working at the Louvre in Paris, where she receives a package from Bruce Wayne -- a glass-plate photograph from 100 years earlier. That photo. This triggers a flashback to Diana's origin story, which makes up the bulk of the film.
2. Diana Is a "Different Character" Than in BvS
Wonder Woman isn't Wonder Woman when we first meet her in the flashback. And she's definitely got a long way to go before she becomes the super-heroine of BvS, according to Gadot. "Well, the character is different," she told us during a break from shooting. "The character that I played in BvS was more realistic and more mature and more of a woman. A mature woman. This one, this is the coming of age of Diana. It's her story. She starts as a very naive girl -- naive, positive, happy, seeking-for-good girl. But in BvS she's been through a lot. She's already understood what the complexity of human beings [are]. And she's just more mature in BvS."
3. The Gods Exist in the DCEU -- Including Ares
When Diana is still just a girl in the film, her mother reads her the origin story of the Amazons from a time before time existed. Zeus, the god of all gods, decides to create mankind, but his son Ares is jealous of Zeus' relationship with man. And so Ares brings war to man, and starts killing his fellow gods. Zeus asks the goddess Aphrodite for help, and she creates the Amazon warrior race, whose mission is to restore peace and love to humankind. But Ares' reign of terror would persist on Earth, and eventually the Amazons would retreat to the island of Themyscira. Certainly, this opens up the world of DC films even more than it already had been with the previously confirmed existence of aliens and Atlanteans. Indeed, we can say that Wonder Woman is the daughter of Zeus in the film as well. (Read more about Ares here.)
4. But That Doesn't Mean Gods Can't Die…
In the DC comics there's a sword called the God Killer -- which is typically associated with Deathstroke actually -- and it's this weapon that Diana steals from her own people before heading out to Man's World with Chris Pine's Steve Trevor. Why she steals it remains something of a mystery, as is the true nature of the God Killer, but it definitely involves Ares himself, who of course is an age-old foe of Wonder Woman's in the comics and is expected to show up in the film too as the true villain pulling the strings behind the scenes.
5. Wonder Woman Is Probably Smarter Than You
Perhaps not surprisingly, Diana is very well schooled. In fact, it sounds like she has several lifetimes worth of knowledge. "She knows hundreds of languages starting here," says Gadot. "She's well-educated. She knows how to speak every language that you can think of. In this one she has a heavier Themyscira accent. In BvS it's lighter, but it's still there."
6. Steve Trevor's Team Explained
The guys in that old photo from World War I are Steve Trevor's crew. Pine's version of Trevor is a spy, and along with Diana his team is something of a motley group who, of course, each has special skills. Sameer (Saïd Taghmaoui) is a flirtatious, charming master of disguise, Chief (Eugene Brave Rock) is an opportunist who trades with both sides and knows how to get people across the front lines, Charlie (Ewen Bremner) is a heavy drinking sharpshooter who's already had a tour of duty and has post-traumatic stress. Wonder Woman isn't terribly impressed by these guys initially, and neither are they too happy about this girl joining their ranks… at first, anyway.
7. Wonder Woman's Greatest Weapon Is Compassion
As powerful as Diana is, the filmmakers see Wonder Woman's greatest strength as her compassion. She's motivated by peace in this film, and they see her as a champion of equality, justice, truth, hope, and love. Certainly, the darker feel of the DCEU movies to date have not exactly strived to convey those qualities with their characters, so perhaps Wonder Woman will signal a change in tone for this shared universe.


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(IRON MOUNTAIN, MI.)–Those who are seeking to be employed as a Veterans Service Officer in Dickinson County, have until the end of the week to apply for that position. According to Brian Bousley, Dickinson County Controller, the candidates chosen will also be trained at a national VSO School for a week in either Nebraska or South Carolina with a third being in San Diego, California. The VSO position will pay 20-dollars an hour and will be 25-hours per week. The second VSO is expected to be hired for Dickinson County in the near future. Application are available and must be returned before the end of the week at Dickinson County Controller's office.
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Written by Tobias on Mar 26, 2004
eeeh, you know, I think you're still the only one who actually noticed that the his seal friend and the sledge are embarrassed *giggles as well*
just imagine you were on a research team and seals would start doing handstands on an iceberg and race down with a sledge n.njapanese anime in black and white? where's the fun? pff, there are so many movies I could watch .. like matrix, finding nemo, or maybe just lion king .. sixth sense and fifth element would be cool too, yush, I guess I could spend the whole day watching DVDs =pwe barely have marshmallows in our shops .. it's just no popular food for people here, I guess .. but I'll try to get my hands on them some time X3of course I'm proudly affiliated with you .. what did you think? besides, that's what this grey block was there, all the time, to hang up a poster with pictures for Koshi and whoever might come as well *giggles and hugs back*


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Bomb Shelters Then and Now
On October 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy encouraged all Americans to prepare for nuclear war with the Soviet Union by building bomb shelters. He said, "A fallout shelter for everybody as rapidly as possible." In the same year, the magazine, Popular Mechanics publishes plans made by the Office of Civil Defense on how to build your own bomb shelter. The government even encouraged Americans to buy radiation detectors. President Kennedy, also in 1961 asked Congress for $100 million to build public fallout shelters. To this day, during renovations and excavations of older buildings, construction crews are finding long-forgotten fallout shelters, still stocked with food and water.
Bomb shelters were not a new concept in 1961. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a massive bunker built under the Greenbriar hotel in 1956. The bunker, big enough to house all of the Senate and House of Representatives, is still there. That year, the government paid for an extra wing built onto the Greenbriar to mask the giant undertaking of building such a large underground shelter. The History Channel has an excellent 10-minute spot on the bunker.
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 made Americans even more afraid of nuclear war. The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) helped educate the American public about nuclear attack. They recommended shelters made of concrete, in either the basement or right outside the home. The government recommended stockpiling the shelter for two weeks. However, two weeks is a long time to spend in a fallout shelter, where ventilation and waste disposal would be a necessity. Building a shelter with the proper ventilation and protection against fallout was very expense. Researchers now say that Americans were probably not building as many fallout shelters as we may have once believed.
Many people probably didn't buy into the fear or just couldn't afford to build one. When my father looks back at the bomb drills held at his school in Fort Smith, Arkansas, he gets a chuckle. They knew the Russians weren't going to bomb Fort Smith, if they were going to bomb anywhere. Obviously, we know now that "duck and cover" isn't going to help you out in the event of a nuclear bomb.
Modern bomb shelters are not generally made of concrete. The popular fear of what will happen during a disaster is no longer nuclear. Most people buying pre-made shelters and making them for themselves are preparing for economic collapse, EMP, CME, super volcano, or other natural disasters. CNN.com reports that sales of pre-made and custom-made bunkers have increased 1,000 percent. There are even full underground communities in which you can purchase living quarters. Bunker makers are using steel, concrete-reinforced steel, or fiberglass to make modern-day disaster shelters.
One Dallas, Texas-based company, Deep Earth Bunker goes above and beyond FEMA regulations, conducting wind tests above MACH1 (600 miles per hour.) Deep Earth Bunkers is the focus of Discovery Channel's television show, Doomsday Bunkers. I chatted with Dixon Troyer, Supervising Producer of the show about modern-day bunkers.
Dixon told me that the best protection against EMP is dirt. Deep Earth Bunkers can build a Faraday cage to protect electronics. Their bunkers offer 99 percent protection from whatever may befall in a disaster situation. The modern-day bunkers from Deep Earth Bunkers are so tough they can last over 100 years. Concrete fallout shelters from the past can decay and crack, making them useless against nuclear bomb, EMP, CME, and other weapons and disasters. However long you decide to stay down in your bunker depends on you. Store enough gas, food, and water and you can stay down there indefinitely.
To protect the identity of their clients, Scott Bales, the owner of Deep Earth Bunker does most of the digging himself. Identities and locations of the bunkers are completely secure, as Deep Earth Bunkers never contract out installation.
Deep Earth Bunker also has a radio show that discusses survival and preparedness issues. Tune in here.
Not only do we know more about how what happens after a nuclear attack, but also we have more sophisticated weapons. Cold War nuclear shelters, or even a modern tornado cellars cannot protect you from every possible scenario. Dixon told me that he likes to tell others to be prepared so that "You don't have to shoot me and I don't have to shoot you." I think it is an excellent philosophy.
To read more about what to prepare for, read What Will Happen December 21, 2012.
To read more about how to survive a nuclear bomb, read How to Survive a Nuclear Bomb.
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No project is cooler than building a underground bunker. Loads of fun!


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Aspectus operis and visual attention : from Vitruvius to Virtual Reality
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* Corresponding author 1 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - Montbéliard
Abstract : How does one interpret remains of the past without projecting one-s cultural baggage in the process? This is a daily concern both for historians and archaeologists. In the present study, we investigate the possibility that a careful analysis of visual attention can provide invaluable hints leading us toward a better understanding of symbolic space. Through the examination of low level visual inputs we are able to explore the spatial composition of an archaeological landscape as it was originally intended to be seen and perceived. This provides a possibility for identifying socially meaningful features in a realistic virtual environment.
Keywords : visual attention virtual reality archaeology sanctuary human behavior
Autor: Damien Vurpillot -
Fuente: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/


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The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas a Kempes
Of the help of God to be asked, and of a Full Trust to recover our former grace thorough devout prayer
|Come to Me
My son, I am the Lord who sends comfort in time of tribulation.
Come, therefore, to Me when it is not well with you. What hinders you most is that you turn yourself to Me too slowly; before you pray heartily to Me you seek many other comforts, and refresh your spirit in outward things. And so it comes about that all that you do helps you little, until you can behold and see that I am He who sends comfort to all who faithfully call to Me, and that without Me there can be no profitable counsel or perfect remedy.
But now, take good spirit. After your trouble, be comforted in Me, and have full trust in the light of My Mercy, for I am near you to help and restore you, not only to the same grace you had at first, but to more grace in great abundance. Is there anything hard or impossible to Me, or am I like a man who says a thing and does not do it? Where is your faith? Stand strongly and perserveringly in Me; be steadfast, awaiting My promise; and you will have comfort when it will be most expedient to you. Abide, abide and wait for Me, and I will come soon to you and help you.
It is temptation that troubles you, and a vague dread that makes you fear. But of what avail is such fear or dread of things that perhaps will never come, save that the spiritual enemy desires that you should have sorry upon sorrow. Bear your present troubles patiently, therefore, and do not fear overmuch those that are to come, for sufficient to the day is the day's evil. It is vain and unprofitable to be sad or glad for things which perhaps will never happen or come. But it is the instability of man that he will be deceived and will so easily follow the suggestion of the enemy, who does not care whether he deceives by true or false suggestion, not whether he deceives by love of things present or by fear of things to come. Therefore, do not be troubled and do not fear.
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Trust strongly in Me and have perfect hope in My Mercy. When you think you are very far from Me, I am often quite close to you; when you think all is lost, then the greater reward often follows. All is not lost, though some things happen contrary to your will. You should not judge of them according to your outward feeling, nor should you take any grief so sorely to heart that you do not have good hope to escape it. You should not think yourself wholly forsaken by Me, though I send you for a time some grief and trouble, for this is the surer way to the kingdom of heaven.
Doubtless, it is more expedient to you and to My other servants sometimes to be proved by adversity than always to have all things according to your will. I know the hidden features of man, and that it is much more expedient to the health of his soul to be left sometimes to himself without spiritual sweetness or comfort, lest, perhaps, he be raised up by pride, and think himself better than he is. What I have given I may take away, and may restore it again when it pleases Me. When I give something to any person, what I have given is My own, and when I take it away again, I take nothing of his, for every good gift, every perfect reward, comes from Me. If I send you trouble or heaviness, in what way whatsoever, take it gladly and do not despise it, and do not let your heart fail you in the trouble, for I may soon lift you up again, and turn your heaviness into great joy and spiritual gladness, and truly I am just and much to be glorified and praised when I act so with you.
|Pray devoutly
If you understand properly and behold yourself truly as you are, you will never be so immediately grieved because of any adversity; rather, you will find joy in it, and think it is the greatest gift that I do not abstain from scourging you with such trouble and adversity.
I said to My disciples: As My Father loves Me, so I love you, and yet I sent them forth into the world not to have temporal joy, but to meet great battles; not to have honors, but injuries; not to be idle, but to labor; not to rest, but to bring forth much good fruit in patience and in good works.
My son, remember well these words I have spoken to you, for they are true and cannot be denied.
|Jesus sending His disciples out to preach the Good News


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Our choir at church is preparing for the annual Hanging of the Green and a Christmas cantata. Two of the songs we sing, "Sleeping Adonai" and "Make my Life a Bethlehem," evoked some thoughts from me that I have shared with the rest of the choir. I am putting those notes here:
A Few Thoughts on Two of our Songs this Christmas
As we sing the song, "Sleeping Adonai," how should we think about these words? What does it mean to say that the infant Jesus is Adonai asleep? To answer this, it would be good to begin with an understanding of the word Adonai. Adon is a Hebrew word that is usually translated as lord, often in reference to a human lord. Adonai is a particular form of the word that could be translated as my lord, but it is used only in reference to God and is simply translated Lord.
There is another more common word that refers to God, however. That word is often read as Yahweh. Yahweh is the name of God in the Old Testament. We find it in Exodus 3 in the conversation between Moses and God. Moses rebuffed God's command to go to Egypt to bring out the Israelites, asking God, if they ask who the God is who sent Moses, what should he say? "Tell them that Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has sent you," God says to Moses. While it is unclear what his name means, it is clear that it is God's name. A passage like Isaiah 45 brings out especially well God's character and actions, and he uses his name, Yahweh, to great advantage in this passage:
I am Yahweh, and there is no other; besides me there is no God.
I will gird you, though you have not known me.
That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun, that there is no one besides me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
I am the one forming light and darkness, causing well-being and creating disaster.
I am Yahweh who does all these things.
(Isaiah 45:5-7)
If you are looking in your own Bible, you will notice that it likely reads a little different. Most notably, the word Yahweh has likely been replaced by the LORD. The reason for this translation is that there was an early Jewish tradition, begun before the time of Christ, not to pronounce the name of God for fear of blaspheming the name. So whenever the name of God, Yahweh, came up in the Old Testament, the Jewish tradition was to say the word Adonai in its place. This tradition was followed in the earliest Greek translations, which replaced the name of God with kurios, "lord" in Greek. In effect, rather than translating Yahweh, they were translating the word Adonai which was read aloud in place of the name.
So then we come to Isaiah 45:22-24a:
Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other.
I have sworn by myself; the word has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and I will not turn back,
That to me every knee will bow, and every tongue will swear allegiance.
They will say of me, only in Yahweh are righteousness and strength.
Paul used this passage in Romans 14:11 when he wanted to say that all of us would come under the judgment of God:
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written,
As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
But this was not the only time Paul used Isaiah 45:23. Philippians 2:5-11 represents one of Paul's most sublime writings about Christ. He tried to show the humility of Christ as he abandoned his place as God and lowered himself to become a man.
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Look in particular at verse 11, "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord [kurios], to the glory of God the Father." Do you hear the echoes of Isaiah 45:23 in this verse?
But see the great irony here. Isaiah 45 is an incredible piece extoling the fact that Yahweh [Adonai/kurios] alone is God. All things come from him. There is no other God beside Yahweh. But now Paul was telling the church in Philippi that at the name of Jesus every name would bow and confess that Jesus is Lord [kurios].
Paul was turning things completely upside down with these kinds of teachings. He was saying, in effect, that Jesus was the God of the Old Testament, whom the Jews confessed was the only God, and beside whom there was no other. Paul would even say in other places that creation happened through this Jesus. There is no mistaking the notion that for Paul, Jesus and the God of the Old Testament were one and the same.
So when we come to our song, Sleeping Adonai, understand the weight of these words you sing. The God of the Old Testament, the creator of all that is, has abandoned his place as God and became a man, even taking the form of a little infant, asleep in a manger. He did this because of a plan that was in place long before, that through him, all those who believed on him would be saved. Through his death, burial, and resurrection, those who believed in him would be forgiven of their sin and would be raised to a new life.
This is what the phrase "Sleeping Adonai" is about.
We are also singing the song, "Make my Life a Bethlehem." The first time that I went with my wife and son to Italy, we traveled to Naples and took a drive along the Amalfi coast. We were there in the time between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6)—the 12 days of Christmas that we often sing about. We stopped on our drive at one point and found, placed in a hole in the cliff next to the road—almost a tiny cave—a model of the town we had just passed. It was like the old villages that I used to see when I was young that people would build on their model train sets. Here was this tiny little, modern Italian village. But then I noticed something interesting in the corner. Up on a hill, nestled in the middle of the village, was a small barn and inside the barn a light glowed, and if you looked more carefully you could see the infant Jesus surrounded by Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds.
As we continued our travels I found that every small town or neighborhood had something like this—a recreation of their modern town and in that town the reenactment of Jesus' birth. As I reflected on this tradition, I found a very real truth being displayed. While Jesus' birth is a historical fact that happened in a certain place and time, the significance of that birth for us continues to bear fruit each year that we remember it. Jesus was born in Bethlehem over 2000 years ago. But this Christmas, each of us can celebrate Jesus being born in Wake Forest, and even in our own heart. This happens through our faith in him and our confession that Jesus is Lord (kurios/Adonai/Yahweh).
Have a Merry Christmas!


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#242482 by TeachingTitusToFish
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Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:12 pm
I've read some reports that state there are crawfish in here. Can anyone confirm? Where would be a good location to drop a pot? My wife's boss lives on the lake and says there aren't any and I've never seen any when I fish from his dock.