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Why Online Dating Makes Sense for Single People Living in the U.S.
The other day, I spoke with someone who turned 36 and was bemoaning the fact that he was still single. I suggested to that person that he join an online dating site such as Christian Mingle. However, he was quite reluctant, believing that it felt too artificial to meet someone through what he considered to be an online market for singles.
The way I see it, the only real consideration is whether or not online dating works. There have been a number of studies indicating that people who meet through dating sites are happier and that their relationships are more likely to stand the test of time. So as far as I am concerned, online dating is a superior way to meet someone.
I think most of the reluctance among some single people such as the individual I spoke of earlier, is due to old-fashioned ways of looking at the world. Part of the resistance may stem from an idealized notion that you're supposed to meet your soul mate by fate. The idea of technology assisting in people meeting is also a newer notion that older people may not be completely comfortable with. But In time, I believe online dating will become widely accepted and be perceived as perfectly "normal."
If you want to join a dating site, I recommend Christian Mingle for Christians, and something like Match.com (which I talk about in another post) for people with a more broad focus, and Eharmony for people who are interested in a long-term, serious relationship such as marriage. These sites offer free trials that will help you decide whether you want to pay for a membership. If you want to get free trials for dating sites, one great page to visit is http://onlinedatingtrials.com/eharmony.php. It's of course always a good idea to use such free trial offers from a few sites before deciding which site you want to join.


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How many years have you been in landscaping business, and what inspired you to get started?
The Lawn Cuttery was founded in early 2017, but don't let that fool you, we have been in the landscaping industry since 2007. Our love for the green industry and the outdoor lifestyle are what keeps us passionate about lawn care and landscaping. We have a drive that is unmatched and a passion for turning customers maintenance and landscape dreams into reality!
How does your work stand out from other lawn service companies in the area?
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Two pairs of political siblings and their travails have been in the news this week: The Cheney sisters have been fighting with each other about gay marriage, and the Ford brothers have been fighting with everybody about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's fitness for office.
The struggles of both families offer object lessons about how political ambitions can become positively poisonous when they conflict with family values -- real ones, like respect and honesty and self-sacrifice.
Liz Cheney, who is running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Wyoming, is struggling to prove her anti-gay marriage bona fides in a state where only 41% of the population supports same-sex marriage and she seems to be trailing badly in the polls.
Because she once opposed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and supported extending benefits to same-sex partners when she worked at the State Department, Cheney has been accused in ads by ultra-conservative advocates of being "wrong for Wyoming."


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There is an emerging trend of incidents called "Detergent Suicides," named from the practice of mixing certain household chemicals to produce a toxic and lethal gas (hydrogen sulfide). FireRescue1.com gives the following scenario in a recent article:
- You receive a call to a person passed out in a car in the parking lot of a public park. Upon arrival you notice a male in his mid-twenties slumped over in the seat, apparently unresponsive. You notice what appears to be a haze in the car but don't pay it much attention; you are focused on the patient.
- You open the door to begin your assessment. You breathe in and immediately sense the presence of acid and begin to cough and wretch. You feel as though you are unable to breathe or catch your breath. Your eyes begin to burn.
According to the article, such scenarios have happened in the past couple of months in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Raleigh, N.C., along with Ada County, Idaho last year. However, in these three cases, the rescuers were forewarned of the hazards. Warning signs such as "Call Hazmat," "Stay Away," and "One Breath of Gas Can Kill" were posted on the vehicles.
Because these are hazardous environments, a simple HEPA or N95 respirator is not adequate protection. These situations should only be managed by persons with appropriate respiratory and physical protection.
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By House PR – PR Agency in London
April saw House PR remind the world of the unique origins of the classic American rum label, Sailor Jerry, with a set of limited edition bottle wraps.
Now a new dimension has been given to the legacy of the iconic American tattoo artist, who died in 1973, through replicas of his tattoos that decorate new company branded bottle wraps.
Over the year, four designs for the bottle warps will be launched in two stages. Last month, House PR organised a special preview for the UK press of the Homeward Bound Ship and Gypsy designs. Later this year, two other designs will be launched: the Pin-Up Girl and the American Eagle.
A spokesman for Sailor Jerry says that the reason for the new bottle wraps were twofold. Firstly, the company wants to remind us all of the very best of Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins's astonishing artwork. Secondly, it wants to reward its loyal customer base with a unique range of limited edition collectables.
House PR succeeded in securing coverage for the new Sailor Jerry bottle wraps in various UK media outlets, national and regional, as well as the gay, music and trade press. News of the launch was also picked up by the radio station Rock FM.
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Loose Women release official Coleen Nolan statement addressing her future after host PULLS OUT amid Kim Woodburn 'bully' row
LOOSE Women have spoken out after Coleen Nolan temporarily quit the series.
Loose Women have released a statement about Coleen Nolan's temporary absence, sending the troubled TV star their "love" after her harrowing on-air spat with Kim Woodburn.
The Celebrity Big Brother stars locked horns on the ITV daytime series earlier this month, after never seeing eye to eye in last year's Channel 5 reality TV series.
How Clean Is Your House presenter Kim stormed off the set after branding Coleen "lying trash" and her sister, Linda Nolan, "talentless."
Kim earlier admitted she agreed to appear on the daytime series for a huge fee and co-presenter Janet Street Porter acted as judge as she attempted to make peace between the warring pair.
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Yet after the blonde's emotional outburst about her childhood, which saw her close to tears, many suggested she was battling her own demons and should not have starred at all.
This prompted some fans to target Coleen in vicious online abuse and the singer this week told how she was pulling out of all professional duties, including her role as panel anchor and her tour, for the foreseeable.
Her close pal and co-presenter took to the ITV series on Friday to relay a message of support from the show, and announced: "Before we get started, as some of you may be aware, Coleen is taking a bit of timeout from Loose Women.
"We all just want to send her our love and our very best wishes.
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"Coleen is a brilliant Loose woman and we really hope to see her back here very soon indeed."
In her Message to fans earlier this week, Coleen's spokesperson admitted her career break and cited "online bullying" as a prime reason.
It continued: ""Following the constant online bullying, trolling and misrepresentation of her words actions and reactions, it is with sad regret that Coleen is taking an immediate hiatus from all her current commitments including Loose Women and postponing her Never Too Late solo concert tour.
"Coleen has spent 50 years in showbusiness and 18 years as one of the most loved members of the Loose Women panel, and has never been subjected to such a horrifying torrent of online abuse of such a heart-breaking attack on her reputation."
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That's alright. We'll start at the very beginning by reviewing the definitions of the terms. My best guess is that the four equations you included at the bottom of your post were the four possible answers given. As I'm sure you've gathered by looking at those, slope-intercept form just means you're expected to generate an equation of the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope of the line and b is the y-intercept of the line. The general definition of slope is "rise over run." What does rise mean in this context? What does run mean in this context? What does that suggest about the slope? This gives you the m, so it's just a matter of finding b. The y-intercept is defined as the point where the line intersects the y-axis. Because the y-axis is the same thing as the line x = 0, what does that suggest about how you might find the y-intercept? If you're having difficulties finding the relevant information in your textbook, you might try using Google to find resources, such as this page from math.com.
Go ahead and give this problem another go. If you get stuck again, that's okay, but when you reply back, please include all the work you've done on this problem, even the parts you know for sure are wrong. Thank you.
Then pick one of the points (it doesn't matter which), and plug it, along with the slope you just found, into one of the formulas for straight-line equations. (here)
Then solve for "y=", which gives you the slope-intercept form.
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Salt dough is a fabulous, quick and easy clay-type material to make at home or in the classroom with kids, but one of the big drawbacks is the time that it takes to dry. If you're working with a time-limit like a class schedule or with impatient toddlers and preschoolers then that wait time can be unbearable. Good news! With a slight adaption to the typical salt dough recipe, you can dry it in the microwave which means instead of hours to create your salt dough decorations for Christmas or some fossil dinosaurs they can be done within a matter of minutes. Follow these instructions carefully and in 3 – 4 minutes you will have solid salt dough ready to decorate as you wish.
When I first published this quickest ever salt dough recipe (November 2012) our microwave was 10 years old. We've since replaced the microwave, and I've adapted this recipe so that it works in our new "FAST" microwave. Instead of taking 3 minutes, some of the decorations we've made this year have taken all of 90 seconds to bake and be ready to decorate.
Salt Dough Recipe
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1/2 cup of salt
1/2 cup of water
1 cup of flour
How to make the salt dough
Add the 1/2 cup of salt and 1 cup of flour to a bowl, and stir in the water adding it slowly. You may not need all of the water. You want the dough to be dry. If it gets sticky add more flour. Knead the dough and then roll out and use as you want.
Once you have made the shapes you want then you need to dry them so you can paint them.. Traditionally salt dough is dried in the oven which takes about 3 hours at a low heat so they don't burn. But instead, you can swap your oven for a microwave and zap them!
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Microwave Salt Dough Recipe
When you zap the salt dough in the microwave take it 10 seconds at a time.
Because each microwave is different and even your salt dough will be slightly different than mine. Water softness, as well as the brands of salt and flour that we use, can make a difference. Also, the thickness of our ornaments will be different. Microwaving for 10 seconds and checking means that you can avoid over-cooking, which can cause the salt dough to bubble.
If, after 3 minutes, they are still a little wet then just put them back in for 10 second increments until they're done. Let them cool, and then paint.
Quick and easy salt dough recipe that takes around 3 minutes to dry instead of the hours that classical salt dough can take in the oven.
- 1 cup Plain Flour All-Purpose
- 1/2 cup Table Salt
- 1/2 cup Water
In a bowl mix the 3 ingredients together.
Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth.
Roll out or form into the shapes you want.
On a piece of kitchen paper place in the microwave.
Microwave in 10 second bursts checking regularly. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO IT IN SHORT BURST OTHERWISE IT WILL BURN!!!
Once dry remove and allow to cool before painting.
What we Use When Making Salt Dough
Want to use this recipe to create some Christmas Ornaments with the kids like we do then here's some of our essential equipment that I supply the kids with and let them get creative.
I love cookie cutters – they are quick and easy for the kids to get great shapes that they can decorate and work well with even the youngest members of the family – this set of Christmas Cookie Cutters are ideal to use.
Did you know that you can colour salt dough – why not use some food colouring to quickly colour without getting out the paints. These Wilton Gels work really well and unlike liquid food colours which dilute the mix and you have to end up adding more flour.
If you don't colour the salt dough prior to drying then the ONLY paint that lasts, protects the salt dough and doesn't sink into the salt dough are Acrylic Paints. These are great to mix and paint with (but don't forget to stock up on Paint Brushes because if your kids are anything like mine they will forget to wash the brushes out and acrylic doesn't remove easily).
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Using this quick and easy Salt Dough Recipe gives you lots of extra time to make even more creative memories with this kids at Christmas time. Check out some of our favourite ideas below that may inspire you and your family.
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Why not use your paints and decorate the wooden trees – they would make great mantle piece decorations for the home when decorated – with a pack of 2 you could decorate one and your child the other one.
Available worldwide –
After trying Needle Felting last year I love this Snowman Needle Felting Kit – it looks great and is perfect for you and older children to make. There are two options one that contains everything that you need and the other one that if you have the basic needle and cushion then leaves these out.
Use this recipe to make these great ideas:
Scented Salt Dough Star Garland
Salt dough Christmas Decorations
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With smiling faces and modern facilities with a traditional atmosphere, Honiara Hotel is an intimate, boutique hotel nestled in tranquil, tropical surroundings.
Picturesque ocean views
Honiara Hotel has been established in the Solomon Islands for over 45 years and offers a variety of rooms. It features ocean view, new deluxe, executive and self-contained rooms with large private balconies boasting picturesque views overlooking the main harbour.
All accommodations feature modern amenities including air-conditioning, wireless internet access, satellite television, coffee and tea making facilities, IDD telephones, private bathroom, in-room safe and refrigerator.
Honiara Hotel offers guests three excellent on-site international restaurants that will cater to all tastes. Mandarin Restaurant features an authentic Asian menu. The Club Havanah restaurant, very popular with the locals, has an outdoor atmosphere with tropical, island décor and offers an à la carte menu of Pacific, Italian and French cuisines. Located on the hilltop overlooking the ocean, is the Oasis Restaurant with magnificent views and beautiful surroundings. There are weekly Sunday buffet nights accompanied by entertainment from traditional dancers.
The Margaritas Bar and lounge is up on the hilltop surrounded by a landscaped waterfall, tropical gardens and a 30-metre swimming pool with a kids' pool.
Warm island hospitality
Honiara Hotel ensures all travellers' needs are met. The friendly receptionists are happy to help with any enquiries about local tours and the particularly special WWII Guadalcanal Battlefield Tours. For shopping enthusiasts, the hotel is conveniently located only a few minutes' walk away from the town centre. For diving enthusiasts some of the best diving in the world can be found off the beaches around Honiara and nearby islands in the historic Iron Bottom Sound.
If you are travelling on business, the Flamingo conference centre and the Compass conference room are available to host events. The hotel is experienced in catering for conferences, cocktails, banquets and wedding receptions.
Honiara Hotel offers an ideal tropical getaway and the friendly staff, pools, facilities and restaurants allow guests to enjoy relaxing during their stay in the Solomon Islands.
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CHICAGO—"I loved it," said Richard Bowen of Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra. "The Western pieces were done beautifully. I mean, this is as good "A Carnival Overture" as I've ever heard. So, yeah, I'm very pleased."
He had just attended the Chicago Symphony Center Orchestra Hall for a single performance of Shen Yun on Oct. 21.
Shen Yun combines both Chinese and Western instruments to create a fresh sound with many original compositions. It also adds Western repertoire to each concert.
"The music was lovely. The Chinese pieces were just lovely," he said. Mr. Bowen teaches psychology at Loyola University–Chicago, specializing in visual perception.
"I just love the music. I love classical music in general, but this a great treat," he said. "I also like the musical scale, the tonality, the Eastern versus Western."
"I'm getting chills up my spine," he said. "Very uplifting. … My hairs are standing up. I think the Asian pieces, the Chinese pieces are so lovely and also kind of soothing."
He read the program notes about one of the original pieces, "The Steadfast Lotus," which tells the story of a mother and daughter separated by the Chinese Communist party. He could hear the story in the music. "I do think the Chinese pieces tell more of a story, perhaps. You know, it's not the same in Western music. "
He picked out the erhu, a Chinese two-stringed violin, and explained that he thought some of the phrasing was different for Chinese instruments.
"Those ladies were just wonderful." He said about the erhu players. "But, there's like a piccolo in the background I think, or a flute. It's very provocative."
"I just think it's very soothing, very uplifting," he said, wondering about other Chinese traditional instruments.
The 2014 Shen Yun Orchestra tour encompasses seven cities, with two cities remaining with Miami, on Oct. 25, and Sarasota, on Oct. 27.
Reporting by Ying Wan and Sharon Kilarski
New York-based Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra comprises musicians from the four Shen Yun Performing Arts touring companies. Epoch Times considers Shen Yun Performing Arts the significant cultural event of our time.
The orchestra's North American tour runs through Oct. 27. For more information, visit http://www.shenyunperformingarts.org/symphony


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I have recently become obsesed with the idea of making clothes and bags and I was already crazy on cooking.
I knew I would never be able to keep my own instuctions on how I made my favorite recipes and dresses over and over... until I thought of making my own website!
I realise I am busy and I hope you do. I am 14, about to move up to my next school to do my GCSEs . I love being competative in sports although I hate athletics and I am very quiet most of the other time. I get good grades in most subjects and I also believe you have to enjoy a subject in order to learn it properly. I learnt how to create a website on a serif program at school but then my dad taught me how to use dream weaver and this looks way better.
I hope this website can make other people realise that they can make time to do creative things if they just turned the TV off and logged out of facebook for an hour or two. hopefully I will be able to make some things that wont be expensive either, as the country's population does seem to be on a very tight budget.


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I found many truths untold to me.
Paths there were, I could not take
With assured bright ,but dim lit.
People shared many ways they thought right;
And I took many I thought right.
I felt, I lost, myself in a foggy night,
But then that was only that one night.
The morning broke and a shady spite
Which few hoped would bring new hope; but never shined.
It still is a journey for a sweet truth,
Eclipsed but only by a focus blur; I believe.
I tread now with first hope ,to find first
A pair of spectacles, to fix my sight, then a torch to find the final bright.
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Kavanaugh Foes Fill Senate Gallery With Sounds of the Insane
I'll charm the air to give a sound,
While you perform your antic round.
- MacBeth
I was in the Senate gallery this afternoon when Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed. You would have thought I was at an exorcism in an insane asylum.
Perhaps you were watching on television and heard the disruptions, though you certainly didn't see them. The attenuated audio probably didn't catch the frightening, incoherent shrieking – including the lingering screaming and howling as they were being dragged down the hallways outside the gallery.
If there was any doubt that the opposition to Kavanaugh was unhinged, uncivil, disruptive, rude, and borderline nuts, my experience in the gallery made it clear.
The first example came when Senator Cornyn rightfully railed against the mobs who spent the last three weeks assaulting and assailing Kavanaugh supporters.
"Mob rule is necessary," one shrieking woman shouted before security personnel could settle her down.
At least she was honest. It did not appear that Capitol Police removed her for her crime, unfortunately. That would soon change.
Another crazed woman later screamed, "I will not consent, I will not consent, I will not consent, I will not consent." She was like a feminist automaton: "I will not consent, I will not consent." Capitol Police were less forgiving and dragged her out the doors and down the hallway.
I have visited hospitals for the seriously mentally ill, and the shrieks from this woman were as odd and unearthly as anything I ever heard inside a mental hospital. They echoed off the halls and ceilings outside the gallery in decreasing but astonishing amplitude.
Then the roll was called, and it sounded like the gates of hell opened up.
Nearly a dozen women erupted in unison, shouting, howling, screaming, in an unrecognizable venomous wail. They wouldn't stop. There was fury, rage, hate, poison in the noise.
It wasn't prose. It wasn't song. It was a swarming, shrill, swirling noise.
I leaned over to someone and whispered, "Pay attention, that's what the Left sounds like."
Nothing they were yelling and howling could be heard. It was the sound of all of them, in discordant, rage-fueled, wild fury, that was so unearthly. I have never heard a sound like it before.
Senator Dick Durbin said a few weeks ago in response to the committee that these were the sounds of democracy.
No they weren't. They were the sounds of a group of people tinkering with madness. They were the sounds of irrational, unhinged, and unmoored lunatics. These were the people who opposed Kavanaugh's nomination. They were an embarrassment to themselves.
If the anti-Kavanaugh forces had any sense, they would have put the kibosh on these nuts. But they can't because they like it. They think criminal disruption of the Senate is part of their political strategy. Absent being disowned by a single Democrat, the loons became the face of the Kavanaugh opposition -- even more than Christine Ford.


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The forum has switched to SMF. Suggest things to add to it here!
...why does everyone think K.K. whatever is sexythis is not 72dpifurry
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I have a thing for voluptuous eyebrows, okay? >_>
This topic is so weird, why the hell is that dos "sexy". My mother told me that when you say something is sexy it means you would like to make love to it. and making love to dogs is called "beastality" or something like that. It is a funny looking avatar, but not sexy.


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Women wearing stockings and bras and carrying banners with the words "Slut" and "Cleavage is not Consent" were among 5,000 people who took part in the UK's latest Slutwalk in London.
The protest movement was sparked by a Canadian policeman who advised students to "avoid dressing like sluts" to avoid being victimised.
Since then, thousands of people worldwide have taken to the streets to highlight a culture in which they say the victim, rather than the abuser, is blamed.
Whether wearing four-inch heels with "slut" painted on their chests, or jeans and trainers, the marchers were united in their message, reports the BBC.
Chants of "blame the rapist not the victim, doesn't matter what I'm dressed in" rang out above the roar of traffic.
"Our culture needs to change –it needs to teach people not to rape, not how not to be raped," says 21-year-old student Rhiannon Frame.
Some marchers said they knew victims of sex assaults, while others had experienced casual abuse from men who assumed their outfits made them fair game. "If you go to a club you can be grabbed on the behind three times in an evening by a bloke who thinks it's ok because you're wearing a short skirt. There's an assumption it's flattering," Sophie Durham, 23, said.
Some said women experience double standards in which they are under pressure to look sexy, but are also expected to live chaste lives. "There's a culture in which women are expected to put out but if they do, they're sluts. Women call other women sluts," Philippa Dunjay, 23 said.
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Filter: You may filter for specific event types, such as all "conferences" or all "FRS" seminars, by selecting them in the filter function, which is located on the upper right of the calendar.
- Location:
- LC is short for Learning Center (map), the campus building located at Schlossplatz 1 in Mitte.
- AB refers to the administrative building located at Breite Str. 1., which is around the corner from the LC.


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By AKOMA CHINWEOKE & ANTHONIA ONWUKA
AS users of the Global System for Mobile Telecommunication (GSM) struggle to overcome the health risks and other dangers associated with mobile phone radiation, a research scientist, Mr. Eric Edrems has proffered solution on how best to curb frequent insensible and invisible radiation emitting from mobile phones through his latest research work titled "Hazards Of Mobile Phone Radiation†According to him, Nigeria unarguably made a giant stride with the introduction of the GSM and its accessibility to all.
He however said like every other great achievement of the country especially in world of modern communication, comers with it also, its challenges that must be tackled. He spoke at the launch of his work , "Hazards Of Mobile Phone Radiation†a product of over six years research. The book according to him is an attempt to expose the mobile users on how dangerous invisible and insensible radiation emitted from phones and its masts may cause serious health risks and ways to prevent it.
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Fundamental issues
In spite of the advantages discussed in overview, gas transfer membranes have intrinsic problems that can be detrimental depending on application.
- Lumen condensation
Lumen condensation occurs when the sweep gas supplied to the hollow fiber lumen immersed in liquid/water transfers to shell. This phenomenon commonly occurs in membrane oxygenation as shown in Fig. 2 of overview. However, degassing and dehumidification applications are largely immune to this issue because either partial vapor pressure in the lumen is always lower than the vapor pressure of liquid (degassing) or vapor is lost through membrane (dehumidification). In humidification process, lumen condensation does not occur as long as all the sweep gas components are saturated in shell side liquid so that no sweep gas components transfer through the membrane.
Fig. 1 illustrates the mechanisms of lumen condensation in oxygenation process using pure oxygen. In this example, hollow fiber membrane is immersed in mixed liquor with microorganisms that treat COD using the oxygen supplied through membrane. The mechanisms of lumen condensation is as follow.
- As soon as oxygen gas enters the membrane lumen, oxygen starts to diffuse out to shell through membrane due to the partial pressure gradient. In the beginning, partial oxygen pressure in the lumen might be 1 bar while that in shell is ~0.02 bar assuming dissolved oxygen level is 1 mg/L.
- Water vapor, dissolved carbon dioxide, and nitrogen in shell side water diffuses into lumen since initial partial pressures of those gases in pure oxygen is zero.
- After gas proceeds a certain distance (or transitional length), H2O vapor in lumen reaches saturation point. No further water vapor intrusion occurs from that point.
- Likewise, CO2 and N2 also reaches equilibrium pressures with shell side liquid. No further intrusion occurs from that point on. Transitional lengths for H2O, CO2 and N2 are all different depending on permeance of each gas, initial partial pressure, etc.
- While the H2O, CO2 and N2 intrusions into lumen are ending, O2 is continuously transferred to liquid. This causes gas volume contraction, which effectively slows down the gas velocity in the lumen.
- Due to the loss of O2 to shell, partial pressures of H2O, CO2 and N2 increase. The excess gases can transfer back to shell due to the reverse concentrate gradient. Due to low boiling point, H2O would rather condense than back transferred to shell.
Due to the above mechanism, water condensation in lumen is unavoidable in membrane aeration. Once one fiber is plugged by condensate, inlet gas is distributed among other intact fibers, which eventually increases pressure loss and decrease apparent mass transfer rate. This is a fundamental limitation that needs to be overcome to make this process commercially viable in large scale.
Based on the literature data, the actual specific gas transfer rates per membrane area appear below or around 1/10 of the clean dry membrane's in hydrogen based hollow fiber membrane biofilm reactor. There are various potential causes of the lackluster performance, but lumen plugging is likely one of the major causes. Detailed literature data analyses are not performed in this article.
Fig. 1. Conceptual diagram showing water condensation issue in hollow fiber lumen.
To combat lumen condensation in membrane oxygenation, one end of porous hollow fiber was hydrophilized and sealed as shown in Fig. 2. The other side was coated to make that area non-porous. While oxygen is supplied from the open end with pressure, the condensate is formed in the middle of the fiber. Since the oxygen in the downstream of the condensate drop continues to transfer to the shell, condensate drop can proceed to the hydrophilic area. Once the condensate reaches the hydrophilic area, it is pushed out by pressure.
Fig. 2. Non-porous hollow fiber membrane with hydrophilic porous dead end (Semmens, 1990; Ahmed, 1992).
- Pore wetting
It is self explanatory, but pore wetting occurs only when membranes have pores. Therefore, non-porous membranes do not have this issue whatever the application is.
As shown in Fig. 3a, when dry hydrophobic membranes are contacted with water, water does not intrude pores unless its pressure exceeds the bubble point. Bubble point can be calculated using the equation shown in direct integrity monitoring method. According to the equation bubble point is directly related with the cosine of the contact angle. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain the contact angle stable by keeping the membrane surface hydrophobic.
However, initially hydrophobic membrane surface can become partially hydrophilic over time. In practice, any raw water contains impurities more or less, which can deposit on membrane gradually. If any material deposits near the entrance of membrane pore, it compromises local contact angle that in turn decreases bubble point. Once bubble point drops below the water pressure, water intrudes into lumen and plug up the fiber. This gradual pore wetting problem appears unavoidable over the long run. Pore wetting will become more significant, if biological activity occurs in water phase, e.g. oxygenation of mixed liquor in biological wastewater treatment.
a) Clean membrane with intact meniscus
b) Contaminated membrane with fouling around pore entrance
Fig. 3. Conceptual diagram of pore wetting mechanism for porous hydrophobic membrane.
- Mass transfer barrier in shell
When gas is dissolved into liquid through membrane, e.g. membrane oxygenation, gas concentration gradient develops as shown in Fig. 4. The gas concentration is the highest in the immediate membrane surface and it decreases gradually until it reaches bulk concentration. Due to the high concentration on membrane surface, driving force for gas molecules to diffuse through membrane decreases. Though gas dissolution can be enhanced by agitating the liquid, which decreases the boundary layer thickness and increases the diffusion of gas molecules out of boundary layer. However, the energy required to agitate the liquid can partially or fully compromise the energy savings of the process.
Fig. 4. Mass transfer across membrane.
- Aging biofilm and its renewal
In most circumstance, biofilm formation on the wet side of membrane surface is unavoidable. If the membrane surface is intended to be clean especially in vacuum degassing, humidification / dehumidification, biofilm formation can be an issue because it hampers mass transfer through the membrane. On the contrary, biofilm formation is intended to enhance mass transfer, e.g. membrane oxygenation, membrane supported biofilm reactor, etc.
As shown in Fig. 5, biofilm consumes oxygen immediately on membrane surface, which accelerates oxygen transfer from the gas phase by making the concentration gradient steeper. However, as biofilm gets aged, dead cells in the biofilm eventually acts as mass transfer barrier that makes the concentration profile in the biofilm less steeper. Ideally, the dead and active cells are in equilibrium with much more active cells in biofilm. But, since there is no mechanism to remove dead cells completely from the biofilm due to the non-biodegradable portion of the cell mass, the activity of biofilm must decrease gradually. Eventually each segment of biofilm will slough off randomly when biofilm loses its ability to attach, which causes performance fluctuation.
Fig. 5. Mass transfer across membrane.
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Next Friday (11th November 2016) our TeamSpeak 3 server will have a karaoke event. If you like to sing or simply want to show your talent to the world, this is the simplest way! Take part in our event and have fun! The event will involve singing to a music track of your choice.
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If you would like to take part just message one of the people listed above in a private message giving AT LEAST two songs that you would like to sing.
Just give us the title and artist or a link to the song, and we will prepare a music bot for you to use (or you can use your own).
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text: Golf Famous Scottish golf course architect James Braid (1870-1950) is remembered for his work in designing many well-known golf courses during his lifetime, including work at Gleneagles and Carnoustie. He also won the Open Championship five times, so he was as celebrated a player as he was a designer. Braid designed a number of excellent golf courses throughout North Wales, and in 2012 these have been linked together as the North Wales James Braid Golf Trail, which .prises ten of Braid's golf courses in the North Wales area. While all of Braid's courses were different in layout and design, they shared several .mon features. For instance, the 'lie of the land' was an integral part of each course's design, with natural features and obstacles being incorporated into the course to provide satisfying rewards for accurate play. And while at a typical James Braid golf course each hole varies in length and character, dog legs are a .mon feature – a shape which encourages playing for position. Bangor St Deiniol Golf Course was opened in 1906 and re-designed by James Braid in 1909, and has been extended several times since. The mature 18-hole course covers 120 acres of grassland overlooking the city of Bangor, and boasts outstanding views of Snowdonia from almost every hole. With the rise and fall of the land at Bangor St Deiniol, f.et about brute force – it's control and course management that you'll need here. With so much greenery, gorse and woodland at Bangor St Deiniol, it's a course that is best suited to golfers that can exercise control. Most fairways offer risks and there are blind holes to provide some very satisfying challenges. Despite advances in golf technology, with Bangor St Deiniol's tight fairways, hidden greens and strategic hazards good ball placement is essential. Although today's equipment provides extra length, this is no substitute for accurate play! Only snow stops play at Bangor St Deiniol, where the course is playable virtually all year round. The course dries very quickly after rainfall, and winter greens are unheard of. Notable holes Bangor St Deiniol's signature hole is the third, which boasts several typical James Braid course features such as slopes, gorse bushes, a dog leg and a narrow fairway – and an elevated green to challenge players even further. This hole plays tough against the prevailing westerly wind, and when you take on the elevated green you'll need to be into or through the gap; if you're short of the gap, you risk taking on the bank 70 yards short of the green. The view from the 16th tee is fantastic; it looks out to Llandudno, with Puffin Island and the Great Orme prominent. This par 4 hole is the easiest at Bangor St Deiniol, but it still offers both risk and reward, and a shot that slips down the back of the green will leave a difficult recovery. The 12th is a firm favourite – all downhill, with a blind tee shot and gorse to both left and right, a large oak tree guarding the green, and a grass bunker. The par 5 14th has two bunkers short of the green, but these don't draw the ball in. The shot from the top of the bank provides a good challenge, and the views are excellent too – this is the highest point in Bangor, offering a great view of Bangor Cathedral. Bangor St Deiniol also has six par 3 holes, at least one in each direction – north, south, east and west – requiring the golfer to play downwind, upwind, and in both side winds. Facts and figures Size: 18 Holes 5652 yards par 68 Address: Pen y Bryn, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1PX Tel: +44 (0) 1248 353098 Fax: +44 (0) 1248 370792 In the area Bangor St Deiniol Golf Club is on the outskirts of the historic cathedral city of Bangor. On days when you're not golfing – or if there are members of your party that prefer not to play golf – there is plenty to see and do in the area. Bangor has an excellent high street shopping centre and there are several retail parks nearby. Bangor is within easy reach of other Snowdonia towns and villages such as Llanberis and Caernarfon, where there are many excellent attractions and activities to be enjoyed. About the Author: 相关的主题文章:


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What Does a Grand Prix INDYCAR Safety Team, INDYCAR Pit Crew and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Medical Simulation Team Have in Common?
The St. Petersburg Innovation District, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Racing for Kids and INDYCAR teamed up during Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to learn innovative ways to improve efficiency and teamwork.
The hospital's medical simulation team, led by Dr. Jennifer Arnold, M.D., medical director of the hospital's expanding Simulation Center, visited the St. Petersburg Grand Prix on Friday March 9. They conducted a simulation for the INDYCAR Safety Team and discussed the similarities with their work. They then moved to the pits to watch an INDYCAR pit crew go through their on-track pit stops. The pit crew demonstrated the team work it takes to get their INDYCAR racecar in and out of the pits as fast and safe as possible.
Dr. Arnold often uses a pit stop analogy in her simulation center to demonstrate the precision, speed and competency needed to successfully treat pediatric trauma emergencies.
For INDYCAR teams the goal is a fast, precise and safe pit stop. For the INDYCAR Safety Team the objective is often to save the life of a racer involved in a serious crash. For Dr. Arnold's Team the goal is to work seamlessly to save a young patient's life with only minutes to spare. For all involved it was an unique opportunity to watch and learn from each other.
"With the hospital and the Grand Prix both within St. Petersburg's Innovation District, this is a great opportunity to bring these two organizations together to learn from each other," says Alison Barlow, executive director of the St. Pete Innovation District. "Collaboration is what innovation is all about."
"We have supported the hospital for many years," said J. Patrick Wright, Executive Director of Racing for Kids." In addition to giving kids with special medical needs the opportunity to experience Indy Car racing first hand each year, this year is special because we can also help children's medical professionals learn better ways to work together to save lives."


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TV Film Attacks the Deity of Christ
The TV film on the life of Christ which is receiving such wide publicity is an attack on the Divinely Revealed Christ of Holy Scripture. Bob Jones University and Dr. Bob Jones Jnr., and Dr. Bob Jones III in the US have led a successful attack against this, yet another blasphemy of Christ.
Dr. Bob Jones III, has been out in the forefront of a battle against a General Motors sponsored film to be aired on TV a six hour long film on the life of Christ. As a result of the widespread Fundamentalist protest against the blasphemy of this film, General Motors has withdrawn sponsorship, but NBC pressed ahead. Now we find that a 285-page book "Jesus of Nazareth" which is based on this Franco Zeffrelli film, is the newest bestseller in the world of religious publishing at 14 dollars 95 cents a copy. "Christian News" for March 21, 1977, states on page 3: "The text of the book, written by New Testament translator William Barclay, is closely based on the screenplay by Anthony Burgess . . . Dr. Barclay writes in the introduction that 'This book will bring the life of Jesus into the lives of many, which could not have been brought in any other way. The eye-gate to learning has always been stronger than the ear-gate, and this film has been designed to appeal to the eye-gate through the remarkable film stills which accompany the text.' " This film is a direct attack upon the Deity of Christ. Zeffrelli states: "The public has never wanted to accept Jesus as a man but only as a god . . . of course, the public is going to be annoyed that
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The Fragrance of the Open Tomb
(Excerpts from a sermon preached by Dr. Johnston at the Portland Civic Auditorium on Easter Morning, March 24, 1940).
Now, men will accept the historicity of the ancient "great" upon little evidence, and upon the testimony of few witnesses indeed; and yet there are those who will cavil at the teachings of our Lord and His Person and work, all of which are attested by a great mass of evidence.
There are very few facts of remote dates that are supported by so great a mass of evidence as is the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ "from among the dead".
Eleven appearances of Christ are recorded, involving more than 500 eye witnesses, during the 40 days prior to His ascension.
All agree that Jesus was crucified and actually died, and that His corpse was given to one Joseph of Arimathea, who tenderly laid it in his own new tomb. Loving hands gently washed the blood-stains from the bruised and blood-blotched body; tightly they wrapped it in the spiced linens and reverently laid the un-coffined form in the newly made sepulchre. "With the rich in His death". Carefully they placed the stone at the entrance and sealed it. The drama ended.
Reluctantly they turned away. No rude hands can touch Him now! The mocking mob, the ruffian rabble, will never again profane that sacred temple of human flesh, now concealed in the rock-sealed tomb. Jesus rests!
It was a funeral without a service and no royal procession. There were possibly four at the interment - Joseph, Nicodemus and the two Marys.
How many hopes were sealed in that tomb when they rolled up the stone - who knows? Has death? No, the tomb of Joseph could not hold Christ's body!
Contrast this with the gloomy prospect of humanistic philosophy, ancient and modern, which says, "Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die".
What? Man, whom God hath made the lord of creation, the apex of His creatorial power, whom He endued with a mind to think the thoughts of God, an heart to be swayed with emotion, an intellect to know, and a spirit that links him with God, and capable of worship - that at last the crown of His creation in death should lie dreamless dust forever? Never! Because He lives, I shall live also!
When we speak of the death of Christ (apart from what men did in relation to His crucifixion), from the Divine side, it was an infinite transaction of the infinite God in the person of the infinite Christ in relation to sin - your sin and mine.
His death was not the death of a martyr! Martyrs died in the happy consciousness of God's presence, and they welcomed death. Stand at the cross once more and hear Him cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
Christ died for our sins, and was raised again for our justification. There is no danger of a discharged debt. Infinite justice cannot be paid twice! Never will He demand at my [3] bleeding surety's hands the price of the payment of that moral debt in its infinite value, and then demand it again at mine!
The word resurrection means "rising - to make stand up". It implies that something that has been dead is to rise once more. What was it that was laid in the grave? The body - nothing else! For the believing dead it is "absent from the body, present with the Lord". It is evident that only the body is laid in the grave!
The body that is committed to the grave is not the body which will be raised. In the language of the Apostle, "Thou sowest not that body that shall be". That which is sown - mark the word sown - in the burial act, is not the same that will come up out of the grave.
And yet, my friends, we are reminded that there will be preserved identity. In that hour of consummation, to which all life is moving, the return of Christ, the bodies of those who are by faith united to Christ as their Saviour, and have passed through death's portals, shall rise from the slumbers of death and be quickened into His likeness.
How identity is preserved is not stated. You and I could not understand the resurrection body, any more than we can understand the body of twelve years maturing to be a man of forty - not a particle of his boyhood in the body of his manhood - yet, it is the same body. But the pattern and form of the resurrection body of the believer in Christ is found in the glorious risen body of our Lord Himself, and that is sufficient for me!
In the "Vesper hymn of death" (I Corinthians 15), reference is made to the order of resurrection : "Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. Then cometh the end". As the moral Governor of the universe, government must inhere in Him.
Now, what about the days in which we live? Nigh two thousand years of international and national discord, confusion and war. Was there ever a darker hour than this in history? The world is a more savage place than it has been for a thousand years!
But, my friends, the darkest hour precedes the dawn! To the anti-God movement, as represented in Bolshevism, "Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against thee, O Gog". The totalitarian ideologies are against God, but let us not forget that God is against them!
In view of the imminency of His return, and the optimism which is ours because we believe in the living Redeemer, who is coming to "put down all rule and all authority and power", we urge upon all to close in with God's offer of salvation and to be saved from a lost state now and forever.
Before we pray, if there are those this morning who would like to be remembered in such a prayer and will indicate it by the raising of the hand, though I shall not know your names perhaps, I shall be very happy to pause a moment and for you pray. In the semi-darkness of this great building I see many hands, and there are doubtless many more hearts who say, "Remember me". [4]
Far Eastern Tour: 400 SOULS FOR CHRIST (Continued from our last issue)
We went on to Hong Kong and met missionaries there. We had a time of blessing there. When I arrived I had a letter from an Irish Jesuit priest. He said that he hoped that I was not there to make trouble. He pointed out that there was a great Roman Catholic Congress in operation, and wondered why I should come to Hong Kong at that particular time. The Press asked me did I come because the Roman Catholics were holding the Congress. I said it would be a good opportunity for them and hear the Gospel. And I invited them to come. The Jesuit priest turned up at the meeting. He asked a few questions. I said to Dr. Jones, "That is a priest." He said, "How do you know?" Says I, "An Ulster Protestant would know a priest anywhere. Even although he is in Hong Kong and dressed in civvies." And after the meeting he came up and introduced himself and he said, "You know this is an ecumenical age. Here in Hong Kong they are blaming the Roman Catholic Church for the trouble in Ulster." I said, "Thank God somebody is getting the story right anyway, even if it is in Hong Kong." I said, "Now friend, I want to show you the Word." And I turned him over to the tenth chapter of Hebrews. And I pointed out that great text in this tenth chapter of Hebrews where it says, "This man, having offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God." Do you know what that does? That blows the Mass sky high. I said, "Jesus paid it all. No room for the Mass. No room for priests. No room for Popery. Jesus Christ is the only Saviour." He said, "Good-bye, goodbye." Dr. Jones said that maybe he would come back. I said, "He has got so much he will not return." And he never returned to the service.
From Hong Kong we flew to Singapore. There again we had a great reception and we met our brother Peter Ng. Peter Ng is the apostle of Singapore, a man who has given his life unsparingly and unstintingly for the Gospel. Singapore has a slum population. It is a beautiful city. But down in the ghettos and in the back streets there is poverty, and drink, and drugs, and vice and evil of the vilest kind. Peter Ng, after this young man had studied in the United States and graduated with honours from Dallas Theological Seminary. He came back to the city of Singapore and decided that he would make slumland his parish. He went right down into the heart of the slums of that city. The only place he could get was a haunted house. It was so filled with evil spirits that nobody would live in it. He went into the house and he applied the Blood of Christ in prayer. He chased out the powers of hell. He said, "The next thing I had to get out, after the devil, was the dirt. I had to get hot water and get my sisters on their knees, and we not only prayed but we scrubbed. We made that place [5] absolutely and spotlessly clean On one side of it there is a Buddhist shrine, and on the other side of it there is the headquarters of the Communist Party. And there in between is the Jesus Saves Mission. In that place multitudes have been born again. Young people, dope addicts, people going down the broad road to Hell have been gloriously converted to God.
I preached on Sabbath morning in that place. There were so many there they could not get them in. The stairs were packed. To see those shining faces of people singing the praises of the Lord, singing in their own tongue "There's power, wonder-working power in the precious Blood of the Lamb." I visited his other mission stations in Singapore. He has also opened mission stations in Korea. And also in Malaysia and Thailand and around that whole area of the Far East. Brother Peter is hated by the apostates but he is loved by the people of God. He had the whole of Singapore covered with posters, "Paisley and Jones visit Singapore." I never saw more posters. And they were up in all the influential shops. I said to Peter, "How did you do it." He said, "I just went in and I said 'We have two very distinguished gentlemen coming and it would be a terrible thing if you did not announce their visit.' And the people said 'Oh that is lovely, just put the poster up in the shop."' So they were in every shop window. I never saw more posters!
We were in the great Victoria Theatre for two nights. And we preached in the great International Conference Hall on the last two nights. We had forty people each night came to the Lord Jesus Christ. Some wonderful conversions, people long prayed for. It was great to see them come down those aisles and to stand with them at the front of the hall and shake them by the hand, bring them into the inquiry room and see them kneeling down and calling on Jesus for pardon and life everlasting.
The Prime Minister of Singapore was busily engaged in negotiations with the Malaysian Government. He was not able to see us, but the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, met us in the Parliament Buildings. We had a long interview with him. He was brought up among the Brethren. He was of evangelical Biblical background. He knows the issues. I never met a man that knew more about Northern Ireland than that man. He knew the whole story. He said to me, "The British Government is weak. It will not fight Communism. It will not fight the enemies. We have found out in this land that you cannot fight the guerrillas who kill the police officers, who kill the people the way they do, by normal methods." He said to me, "When the Communists start their nonsense in our country, we just sweep them into jail right away." And of course, there is capital punishment for capital crime. He said, "We believe in exercising our authority." He had us pray with him and we had a great time of prayer as that Deputy Prime Minister knelt with us. It will be a long time in this country of ours before the Deputy Prime Minister would ask men of God to kneel down [6] and pray with him. Thank God for people that know that this struggle can only be fought not with the weapons of carnality but by the power of the Spirit of God.
Then we went on to India and there we took part in the commencement exercises of the Berean College in Bangalore. And we also had a time of real blessing. We took part in the opening of a new men's dormitory on the College compound. And the night before that dormitory was opened the building contractor, (I think he was a Hindu) came to the service. To the surprise of Brother Chelli and the men there he got gloriously converted. He was so happy in finding Christ he actually came out to the airport to say goodbye to me. And there he was standing grinning from ear to ear and rejoicing. He said, 'I will never forget this visit. I have cot my faith now in Jesus Christ." And so the Lord blessed us and thank God for the Privilege of preaching the Everlasting Gospel of Christ.
My text says, "Now God commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained, whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead."
You will notice three things in this great text. First of all there is the commandment, "God commandeth all men everywhere to repent." Secondly, you will notice there is the judgment, "Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world." And last of all there is the argument, "whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead."
I want you to notice that this commandment is an immediate commandment. What does it say? "But now." Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not next month but now. And dear sinner friend, we do not know what a day may bring forth. The Gospel of Christ calls for immediate decision.
You are in this service and you are not converted, or perhaps you are a Backslider. Let me tell you friend, there is pardon, and there is peace, and there is salvation and there is grace. But there is no salvation promised tomorrow. "Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Young person, youth is no guarantee that you ill not die. Older person, you are nearer to that confrontation with death than ever you have been before. The Bible says, "Now you must be saved." "Now you must trust in Jesus Christ."
Notice something else. This commandment is universal. "All men everywhere." And as I stood before that great crowd of Koreans and thought of the darkness in which they had been brought up, thought of the paganism in which they had been cradled, and when they had heard the Gospel, and as they were turned towards the old Cross of Christ, how readily they turned from idols to serve the living God. I said in my heart, "Back at [7] home, men have heard the Gospel from their infancy, they have been brought up in Gospel light and Gospel liberty. The Name, of Jesus is the most familiar Name that has ever rung in their ears. And yet with all the preaching they are lost souls. There is no response in their hearts.
"All men." It is a universal commandment!
Then you will notice it is a vital commandment. It is a commandment concerning repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. And this brings me to the very heart of the Gospel. Jesus Christ's forerunner, John the Baptist, appeared with that leathern girdle and that camel coat skin round him. And what did he cry? "Repent, repent, repent." And that message echoed and reechoed round Jordan, Galilee and Samaria, "Repent." And when Jesus Christ came, He preached His first sermon, what do, we read? "Then Jesus began to preach and to "Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
Dear sinner friend, you stand in need of Gospel repentance tonight. There can be no pardon without repentance. There can be no salvation without repentance. There can be no mercy without repentance. There can be no grace without repentance. The soul that does not repent is a lost soul, lost in time, lost at death and lost forever. Unrepenting sinner, hear me tonight, there is no hope for you without Jesus Christ.
What is repentance? Let me tell you that before a man or woman repents, sin is a delight, sin is a pleasure, sin is something to be embraced, sin is something to be desired after. Sin is something that the unrepenting sinner clings to, and embraces and loves. He lives to enjoy his sin. He lives to indulge in his sin. He lives to have sin as a sweet morsel under his tongue. But when the Spirit of God works repentance in a man's life, thank God he begins to hate sin, he begins to loathe sin, he begins to turn away from sin, he begins to hate this thing called sin. He finds no pleasure in it. He finds no hope in it. He finds no relaxation or luxury in it. It becomes a hideous thing, and has darkened his life, ruined his mind, blighted his home, blighted his body and will damn his soul. And he turns from sin. Thank God for the power of the Gospel that turns men from sin.
Let me ask you a question. Have you repented? Can you say, "Yes preacher, it is true, there was a time when I loved my sinful companions and my sinful pleasures. There was a time when I lived for them. But, oh preacher, something happened in my life. I had to leave my old companions. I had to leave my sinful path, my way of living. I had to turn my mind to Christ and to Christ alone. Sin became a hideous thing. What wrought the change? I will tell you what wrought the change. A visit to the old Cross of Calvary is what wrought the change. When I walked up that hill called Calvary and I gazed upon the bleeding, battered, bruised Body of the Son of God, and I saw that that crown of thorns was made by my sin. And it pierced His temples and [8] His brow until rivers of precious Blood flowed down His blessed face. I saw my sin use a hammer and punch nails through the palms of the blessed Son of God, and curse Him as they put those nails through His quivering bleeding flesh. I saw my sin take that hammer and take two bits of iron and pierce His feet. And I saw sin take a lash and scourge His blessed back until His back ran rivers of crimson gore. And as I stood back and watched the bleeding, suffering, tearful passionate dying of the Son of God realised that sin did this awful deed. Sin guilty of deicide, killing God the Son upon the Cross. How can I love sin that put thorns in the brow of Jesus? How can I love sin that put iron spikes through the hands of Jesus? How can I love sin that ruptured the side of Jesus with a cruel spear and cursed Him as He hung upon the tree? That night God changed my heart and chanced my soul. God changed my inward self. I repented, Hallelujah! I turned from sin."
"It was you my sin, my cruel sin
His chief tormentors were,
Each of my crimes became a nail
And unbelief the spear."
How can you hold onto sin, my dear woman, that put Jesus on the Cross? How, young person, can you cling to sin that put Jesus on the tree? How can you go on down the dark highway to Hell loving sin that cursed the Son of God, and hung Him on a Roman gibbet?
"O, turn while the Spirit
In mercy is pleading
And steer for the Harbour bright,
For how do you know but your soul may be drifting
Over the deadline tonight."
There is not only commandment here but there is judgment. There is a great day of judgment coming. Men and women, this world is nearer to the judgment than ever it has been before. The judgment day is coming. What a terrible day that is going to be. "It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment."
And some day the trumpet will sound. Some day the God of heaven will summon you and me to stand before His Throne. He will judge the world in righteousness. You would not meet Him tonight for salvation, but sinner friend you will meet Him in condemnation in the day of judgment, "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them." May God have mercy upon you sinner friend! May you not stay another moment on the broad road to Hell. May you turn tonight to the Cross. And ere this meeting closes, may you trust the Saviour and be washed in the Blood of the Lamb.
Freedom of Religion Exists in Korea
The question of freedom of religion in the Republic of Korea was a matter of prime interest to Dr. G. Archer Weniger, who returned to America on March 4, 1977, after a visit to Seoul and other points in Korea including the Demilitarised Zone. In an audience with the Prime Minister of Korea, in company with other Christian leaders at his office in Seoul, he was informed that in 1965 Korea had 7,000 churches. Today Korea has a total of 17,000. This report is borne out by visual observation by anyone visiting Korea, with the existence of churches to be seen everywhere, marking Korea off from all other Far Eastern nations. In checking on hostile reports in the American Press concerning expulsion of missionaries from Korea, we found some revealing information from Dr. Daniel Wooseai Kim, founder and pastor for 16 years of the Bible Baptist Church of Seoul. Of 2200 missionaries of all groups working in Korea, only one has been expelled in his knowledge. This one was a Methodist who was a lecturer, who seemed to specialise in labour agitation at Seoul National University, encouraging students to demonstrate against the government. Every pastor we contacted adjudged this as a justifiable action by the government which is seeking to maintain stability with the Communist forces of North Korea less than 35 miles distant from Seoul. When we inquired about those who had been jailed we were informed by Dr. Kim that of 12,000 preachers in Korea, only four were sentenced to jail. Here again, it was for anti-government activity on the part of those left wing ministers who were agitating for "civil rights" action against the government. Dr. Kim, who was born in Korea, said he knew of no minister who had been investigated by the Korean counterpart of the CIA.
Dr. Weniger carefully questioned Rev. Kenneth Johnson, a youthful ordained missionary who spent most of his life in Japan and Korea and who was a Professor in New Testament and Systematic Theology at the Bob Jones Seminary in Seoul, that he has been able to freely engage in giving out tracts, holding street meetings, using public address systems, utilising sound trucks, holding inter-church gatherings, staging youth rallies, conducting evangelistic meetings, promoting Sunday schools, sponsoring visitation programmes, engaging in bus ministries, proselytising members of other faiths, and holding open air meetings - all without the slightest government interference or police harassment. He is the son of Dr. Gerald Johnson, who has spent 28 years as a missionary in the Orient, and who gives the same testimony, concerning complete religious freedom in Korea.
Another prominent Christian educator in Korea, Rev. David Crawford, vice-president of the Korean Bible College in Seoul, likewise indicated [10] that in seven years in Korea he has never heard of any incidents of police investigation, terror, harassment or opposition by authorities to the preaching of the Gospel, either public or private.
Dr. Weniger was a speaker, along with Dr. Bob Jones, and Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley, at the Korean Congress of Fundamentalism, which was held in downtown Seoul at the Citizens' Hall, former location of parliament. A broad canvas streamer over the doors of this prominent building on one of the leading thoroughfares less than four blocks from the Presidential Office advertised the Congress. All of this was without the slightest government or police investigation, interference or obstruction. The conclusion is quite obvious: the charge by the liberal American Press of restriction on religious liberty is a consummate lie and the world must be so informed in the interest of truth and accuracy.
TV Film Attacks the Deity of Christ (Continued)
I am destroying their myths, which were propagated and strengthened over the centuries by artists like Michaelangelo and Bernini. Yet in view of the constant reinterpretation of Jesus' life and the tone of the contemporary society, I believe the changes which I have made are valid" (Baptist Bible Tribune, 3-18-77, p. 1). It must be pointed out in warning that Dr. William Barclay is one of a score of liberals, which the New Evangelicals have tried to dress up for evangelical acceptance. Dr. Billy Graham had one of Barclay's books given out to every convert in his Belfast Crusade several years ago. Dr. Donald K. Campbell reviewed Barclay's autobiography in the Jan.-Mar. Dallas Seminary "Bibliotheca Sacra."
He observed: "Evangelicals will, however, be greatly disappointed to note the extent of his divergences from orthodox Christianity. For example, Barclay is a universalist, he states that the New Testament never identified Jesus as God (p. 50); he fails to affirm the bodily resurrection of Christ (p. 108); he equates the Holy Spirit with the Risen Christ (p. 109); and he declares that 'the miracles were often not so much stories of what Jesus once did, but symbols of what He still can do' (p. 450)." We are amazed at the appalling ignorance of one who claims to be a New Testament scholar. For starters he might read: John 1:1; Heb. 1:8; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; John 20:28. [11]
A Narrative on the Revival in Ravenhill
WEDNESDAY, 12th JANUARY, 1977.
Just a month to the day since the Revival came. What a month of blessing! Thank God for scores of souls genuinely converted to Thee, for God's people wondrously quickened and the whole church stirred up in prayer. In the next month, O God, let the river burst its banks as Jordan of old did all the time of harvest. Joshua 3:15.
At 7 am we had another prayer time. Again there was fervency and fire, concern and consolation, and passion and power. Over forty present and the 90 minutes simply fled away. Surely there is "a sound of abundance of rain." I Kings 18:41.
8 pm. Mid-Week Prayer Meeting at night with much fog. Nevertheless over 250 persons met for prayer. There was an eager expectancy upon the people. I continued to teach them on how to deal with the excuses offered by those whom they witnessed to about coming to Christ. There was a holy relish for the Scriptures of Truth. Each scripture seemed to be devoured as a hungry soul would snatch a morsel of food. God has indeed created a soul thirst for His Word.
The report from the Outreach Work was good. A young man just saved had been out with the workers and in one of the homes visited gave an impressive and glowing testimony. There was a real thrill in hearing of the progress of this work. Many of the young converts were present.
The joy of the evening came when Miss Q. who works in the Church Office rose with overflowing heart to praise God for the salvation of her grandmother. Her grandmother had been at the service the previous Sabbath night. She had stayed to the after-meeting but resisted the Gospel call. I had a word with her but she refused to come. However, the Omnipotent Spirit of God was at work and on Wednesday morning she threw down her arms of sinful rebellion and closed with Christ freely offered in the Gospel. Her granddaughter poured out her heart in a glow of gratitude which sat fire to the whole meeting.
Then the joy was increased as J.T. praised God for the salvation of his mother. It was two hours gone before we realised. We felt that it will take eternity to be adequate enough for the Praising of the Saviour. Surely a great answer is on the way. Oh give a cloud burst of blessing!
SATURDAY., 15th JANUARY, 1977.
J.T. called to tell me that his dear mother just saved last Sabbath died tonight. How we praised God that she was ready. May the fear of man not dampen our fire to win souls by whatever means God directs. Thank God this dear woman 77 years old made it in time. [12]
LORD'S DAY, 16th JANUARY, 1977.
8.45 am. THE PRISON SERVICE. The basement where we meet was well filled. Rev. David McIlveen led the meeting. The singing was good and I felt real power as I read the fifteenth chapter of Luke's gospel. I spoke simply on "This man receiveth sinners" (Luke 15:2). I took the text as
1. An Explanation.
2. An Encouragement.
3. An Exhortation.
There was a good hearing.
Afterwards we spread the Table and sat down to the feast. Eight dear men saved by grace joined with us. Oh what a sweet time it was! The Lord was at the head of His Table. We saw Him for a moment and what a blessed moment that was. To hear those prisoners pray in thanksgiving for the sacramental emblems rejoiced our inmost souls. It was a foretaste of Emmanuel's Land.
10.30 PRAYER AT THE CHURCH. The upper room filled up rapidly and the spirit of prayer was upon the place. There was a holy urgency and a joyous expectancy. Our eyes were directed to the hills. Ps. 121. Our vision was of God Himself. The prayers of young converts are unique. There is something precious about them. It is the refreshing dew of Hermon.
11.30 am MORNING SERVICE. There was a fine congregation. I told of the sudden death of Mrs. T. who had been converted the previous Sabbath night and had died suddenly last night.
I pointed out the need to urge men to flee from the wrath to come. We must redouble our efforts to press on our hearers the need for immediate repentance in coming to Christ. Those who would try to dampen a passion for souls must be rebuked in the light of this solemn visitation of Divine Providence.
We sang Watt's great hymn, "God moves in a mysterious way. The verse,
"His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste
But sweet will be the flower"
- No. 10 "Our Own Hymn Book"
came home to all our hearts with fresh meaning and blessing.
I recalled one of the unique Christians of the past generation BILLY HUTTON.
Billy had a piggery at the Arches, Upper Newtownards Road. It was overcome with rats. Billy prayed and the rats disappeared and went next door. Billy's neighbour complained. "Ah," said Billy, "You ought to get saved and then you could pray and get rid of the rats too."
A friend told me how one very wet afternoon he spied, from the top of a tramcar, Billy standing under a lamp post on the Bloomfield Road, Belfast, with head uncovered and water running, out of his clothes singing at the pitch of his voice in joyous praise,
"In tenderness He sought me,
Weary and sick with sin,
And on His shoulders brought me
Back to His fold again;
While angels in His presence sang
Until the courts of heaven rang.
Oh the love that sought me!
Oh the Blood that bought me!
Oh the grace that brought me to the fold!
Wondrous grace that brought me to the fold!"
What a blessing came to our souls as we sang those joyful words. It was [13] heaven's song begun down here below. The new song. The best song. The lover's song. The sweetest song. Because it was all about Sweet Jesus.
I spoke on "This Man." The testimony of the people about the witness of John the Baptist to Christ. John 10:41 and 42, "And many reported unto Him and said, John did no miracle; but all things John spake of this man were true. And many believed on Him there."
I pointed out that John spoke about the Lord in seven great aspects and each one of these aspects had a parallel text in which the word "This Man" occurred - so wonderful is the organic unity of the Holy Bible.
Jno. 1:34 "I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God." Parallel Text Mark 15:39 "Truly this man was the Son of God."
John 1:36 "Behold the Lamb of God." The Passover Lamb Sinless, Spotless, Stainless and Scarless. Parallel Text. Luke 23:41. "This man hath done nothing amiss."
John 1:29 "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." Parallel Text. Hebrews 10:12. "But this man after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God."
Jno. 3-30 "He must increase." Parallel Text. Hebrews 7:24 & 25. "But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."
(a) His Increasing Priesthood - "unchangeable"
(b) His Increasing Life - "ever liveth."
(c) His Increasing Salvation - "to the uttermost."
(d) His Increasing Intercession - "to make intercession."
John 1:16 & 17. "Of His fulness have all we received and grace for (upon) grace - full of grace and truth." Parallel Text. Luke 15:2 "This man receiveth sinners."
Luke 3:17 "Whose fan is in His hand and He will throughly purge His floor, and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable." Parallel Text. Luke 19:14 "We will not have this man to reign over us."
John 3:29. "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom." Parallel Text. Genesis 24:58. "Wilt thou go with this man?"
It was a blessed time. How sweet to sit at Jesus' feet and learn of Him. Mary's part is always best.
Around the Table again we had a large gathering. I pointed out that [14] the emblems preach to us of the three "No Mores" of Revelation.
1. No More Sea. Rev. 21:1. The sea speaks of (a) Separation; (b) Storm; (c) Sin.
2. No More Death Rev. 21:4. As Aaron's serpent swallowed up all the other serpents and became a rod again, so the Cross has devoured all the serpents of death. The Death of death in the Death of Christ.
3. No more Curse. Rev. 22:3. The curse is removed in the Cursing of Christ upon the tree. The curse is drowned in the Red Sea of the Redeemer's Blood as the Egyptians were in the Red Sea itself.
It was a holy and happy time, an oasis in the desert - the shadow of a great Rock in a weary land.
In the afternoon I attended the funeral of Reserve Constable W. J. Greer, brutally murdered by the Provisional IRA. As I watched 3,000 walk with their faces towards the graveyard I thought of humanity all headed for the land of death and how many with no hope. There was no gospel from the Bishop of Londonderry's lips. Not a word about salvation in Christ by the free grace of God. Oh that those bereaved might have this blessed consolation!
5.45 PRAYER MEETING. A large gathering and glorious praying. There was faith and joy mingled together and ascending heavenward like incense in each cry of petition. Glorious freedom dominated the place. There was no room for unbelief. We expected God to work. A young woman followed me out of the meeting and told me how she had been broken after last Sabbath night's service. She knew she was not really totally the Lord's. Pride however was conquered during the week and she had entered into glad and full surrender and was now joyfully proving, the good, the perfect, the acceptable will of God. Hallelujah!
7 pm. GOSPEL SERVICE
A large congregation had real power right from the commencement. The Lord was present to save. There was a wave of power in the hymn singing and a blessing as we read the Scriptures of Truth. I spoke on how to be DEAD ON SURE that you are saved. My text was Roms. 10:13, "Whosoever shall call on the Name of the Lord shall be saved."
I said I was convinced that it is the simple way of salvation set forth in the plainest of language which will save the soul. We need to return to Naked Faith in the Naked Truth of the Gospel. I pointed out five steps in the Gospel Way of Salvation,
1. Realise you are not saved
2. Recognise that Christ alone can save.
3. Respond to the Command.
4. Receive what is Offered.
5. Rest on God's Word.
God gave great liberty in utterance. The way of salvation was made as plain as midday. The after-meeting was larger than ever. Fifteen souls responded to the invitation to seek the Lord. What a coming it was. Three young men all from one family. A husband, a young man with a great problem, and his young wife came. A lady who had sat under our preaching since 1966. A wife whose husband had [15] long prayed for her. A sister who had been the subject of many prayers and tears. And so we could go on and on. One man cried like a child over his sin. A young man poured out his heart to be really dead on sure that he was saved. Some were born easily. Others had long soul travail. Others wrestled until the full assurance dawned. I had to miss the Carryduff meeting I was so engaged dealing with souls.
Our hearts were filled and thrilled. We believe the TIDE IS COMING IN. God is surely nursing in His bosom a cyclone of blessing for His supplicating church.
PRAYER: TUESDAY, 18th JANUARY, 1977.
A good morning prayer meeting. The spirit of prayer and supplication still prevails. Oh Lord increase it more and more. Lunch hour prayer meeting had the same spirit. Members of session and committee met for prayer at night. A blessed time of glorious liberty and victory.
MID-WEEK PRAYER MEETING WEDNESDAY, 19th JANUARY, 1977.
I flew back from London to be present.
The largest crowd so far, more than 350. Rev. Norman Green gave his testimony and what a testimony! There was real blessing. A great spirit of prayer afterwards. The time simply flew by. What prayers! What rejoicing! What pleading! The new converts certainly are leading the way.
The outreach report was thrilling. A great reception to the gospel by the Roman Catholics in the Rosetta district. New Testaments are freely requested and are being received with thanksgiving. The entrance of Thy Word O Lord giveth LIGHT. Dispel the darkness of Romanism in their lives.
We had a love gift for Brother Green. It came to £200 and a brother gave £100 towards the minibus which Norman needs for the church at Cloughmills. At the end we gave two of the "Plain Man's Guide to Salvation" to each member and with hands upraised to heaven implored God to bless this special sowing of the seed. I believe there will be a great harvest. Each member has pledged to sow the seed prayerfully and carefully. "He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicinps bringing his sheaves with him." alm 126 verse 6. There's absolutely NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. Oh what will the harvest be!
PRAYER: THURSDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1977.
Again two good prayer meetings in the morning and at lunch-time.
PRESBYTERY: FRIDAY., 21st JANUARY, 1977.
Presbytery meeting in Tandragee. I had great blessing in relating what God has been doing in the Martyrs. The news had been getting around as the young converts had been testifying.
One of the converts of last Sabbath had been a notable drunkard - a hardened old boozer. The neighbourhood had been astonished at his salvation. His wife too was converted last Sabbath.
To be continued