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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS)— The United Nations says more and more countries are torturing prisoners despite a commitment by 105 governments to outlaw one of the world's most cruellest forms of human rights violations.
"Torture has become an instrument of power used to break, terrify and devastate people," Bacre Waly Ndiaye of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday. "And it does not spare either women or children."
Ndiaye said that in more than 40 countries, torture was still a method of punishment practised freely. A total of 105 governments have ratified the U.N. Convention against Torture which came into force in 1987. "It was not enough for states to ratify the Convention against Torture, but action should be taken to incorporate its provisions into domestic laws and criminalise them."
Currently, the United Nations has a Special Rapporteur on Torture and a Committee Against Torture. The Committee was established by the General Assembly to monitor the implementation of the Convention. But Ndiaye said that only 105 government had ratified the Convention compared to 191 ratifications for the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The United Nations has also set up a Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. In 1998, a total of 4.2 million dollars would be distributed for 112 projects in 50 countries to help more than 59,000 victims of torture.
This was a significant achievement compared to five years ago when the Fund had only half that amount for 57 projects, and about half of the victims, Ndiaye said.
Last year the 185-member General Assembly, in an attempt to draw international attention to the growing problem, proclaimed June 26 as the annual International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
"June 26 is not a date chosen at random," U.N. Secretary- General Kofi Annan said Friday, "It was the day 11 years ago, that the Convention against Torture came into force. It also was the day 53 years ago on which the U.N. charter was signed—the first international instrument to embody obligations for member states to promote and encourage respect for human rights."
Although 105 out of 193 governments have ratified the convention, he said, there were many among the ratifiers who still practiced torture as an instrument of repression.
He said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose 50th anniversary is being celebrated this year, provided for the first international prohibition of torture. Article 5 proclaims that "no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
Annan said the conference on the International Criminal Court, currently underway in Rome, is studying proposals concerning a mandate to cover torture. "But as things stand today, sanctions are still sorely lacking at the international level," Annan lamented.
Allen Keller, an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Bellevue/New York University Programme for Survivors of Torture, said his is the first comprehensive treatment programme for survivors of torture and other human rights abuses in the New York city area.
The youngest patient was a six-year-old child from an Eastern European country who suffered severe burns on her arm because her parents refused to provide information about an opposition political party.
One of the older patients was a man in his sixties whose torture, more than 20 years ago in a South American country, included repeated beatings on his knees. As his arthritis had worsened now, Keller said, so too had his recurrent nightmares.
Keller said that in his work, he and his colleagues, mostly psychologists, psychiatrists and primary care physicians, were reminded of the darker side of humanity and the potential for cruelty in the world.
"But we are also reminded by the patients of the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit," he noted.
"It is in their honour, and for the sake of all those who have suffered from torture or continue to face risk of being tortured, that we must commit ourselves to speaking out against torture and to ending this assault on human dignity," he added.
Kelller said that in the United States alone, there may be between 10 and 15 centres for victims of torture. "Tragically, it is a growth field."
He estimated that there might be as many as 400,000 torture victims in the United States. New York city, with many immigrants, might have the largest number. In a sample of about 200 immigrants, he said, it was found that about 10 percent had been victims of torture.
He pointed out that torturers were becoming more sophisticated in their methods, and that many forms of torture left no physical marks.
Asked if there were torture victims in the U.S., Keller said the focus of his programme was to provide care to immigrants and refugees who were victims of political violence abroad.
"This is not to say that there isn't torture even here. There's no shortage of human rights concerns right in our own backyard," he added.


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We've had an infestation in our Christmas tree.
Our new kittens have taken kindly to the giant cat toy we put up in the family room last weekend.
It will be our barest tree ever, as the notion of hanging anything on it seems kind of pointless. We might as well just throw the ornaments on the ground, since that's where they would eventually end up.
The kids think having kittens popping in and out of the branches of our Christmas tree is great fun. And I don't disagree. They do make us laugh. Besides, who wants to spend the entire holiday season stressing over cats crawling around inside an artificial Fraser Fir?
At least they're not climbing up the curtains anymore.


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Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news coming across HousingWire's weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues.
ResCap liquidation units increased in price from $8 to about $13 in recent weeks, suggesting a total expected payment velocity of about $30 per unit, according to the latest Securitized Products Weekly report from Barclays. This implies a recovery of 6.4% on original RFC claims and 21.2% on original GMACM claims. That's in addition to any payments received indirectly from monolines.
Barclays says that despite this increased claims value, the overall value of the payouts to RMBS holders still looks fairly small. They expect the payout for the representation and warranty breaches on the original list of deals to be about $506 million, with $113 million flowing to the GMAC deals.
This is on $7.9 billion and $534 million of original representations and warranties claims for an overall recovery rate of about 6.4% on RFC and 21% on GMAC deals. Of course some of the money paid on the other claims could also go to the same deals, but the other claims include a wider range of deals and cash-flow could be lost to other deals as a result.
The recent price rise is likely a result of increased expectations for rep and warranty payouts on a series of lawsuits filed recently by RFC against various third-party originators.
Barclays says it is premature to bake in higher recoveries, given the unresolved issue of statute of limitations and the lack of detail in these lawsuits.
In addition, any additional rep and warranty recoveries get allocated across all claims, as opposed to only on RMBS deals affected by the rep and warranty issues.
As such, Barclays believes that even $1 to $2 billion in rep and warranty recoveries would not change much for RFC backed non-agency deals, though it would be substantial to GMAC deal recoveries.
All eyes and ears turn to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen this week, as she gives not one but two addresses, the first formal statements since her swearing in Feb. 3. Yellen will deliver her first semi-annual monetary policy testimony before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m. ET. Her statement on monetary policy will be released that same morning at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Is there a bear hanging over our heads? (Not that ice-skating one from Friday's opening ceremonies in Sochi that is giving us bad dreams.) As the economy is eased off monthly $85 billion injections, the question becomes, has the correction ended or is it just getting started? Lance Roberts at STAWealth Management asks if we're seeing conditions ripen for a perfect storm of weak recovery, investors running for the hills (as they did last week resulting in the largest equity outflow in history) and other factors. Worth looking at to temper any overly bullish sentiments.
The challenges facing millennials forming new households (and thus buying into the housing market) is something we've covered extensively here at HousingWire, but this drill-down by Dr. Housing Bubble is definitely worth the time.
Finally, it's a week of second-tier reports and indices that taken together – depending on what they show – could add up to a good cup of tea leaves: retail sales, industrial production, consumer comfort, consumer sentiment and the Red Book. So keep your ear to the ground and, like that police chief from the 1980s cop show used to say, "Be careful out there."
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. did not close any banks this weekend.


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The masked suspect allegedly walked into the store at 1215 W. Devon and opened fire, killing Fadiya. Police say they believe robbery was not a motive for the shooting.
There was a customer and the owner inside when the gunman walked in. Police have talked to the customer, taken her down to the station and since released her.
Afterward, t suspect ran out, leaving a trail of blood as he ran north down Magnolia Street.
Those who know Fadiya say they are still trying to determine why someone would shoot him.
"He was really nice, polite, everybody that came to his store, he greeted them like they were special," said Sandra Avila.
Family friend Calvin Davis said the owner's brother was devastated. Police have interviewed the brother.
According to a witness, the suspect is six feet tall, wearing a black leather jacket and gray pants. As he was leaving the store, he apparently stopped to look at the victim before running off.
A business on the same block had a surveillance camera running and apparently captured pictures of the suspect entering and leaving the store. Police say they have not yet been able to determine whether those pictures will be helpful in their investigation.
The shooting has other store owners in the area worried.
"The cafe next door is open at that time, and, you know, some of my friends come around at that time too," said neighboring businessman Ahmed Salim. "i mean, a scary thing, once again, steps away from a major university in Chicago. This should not be happening."


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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that's the case, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) owes a lot of its success to some major lessons learned from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). The companies don't compete in the same markets or even make similar products, but there are three ways in which Tesla has followed Apple to its recent success.
Integration is key
When electric vehicles were first being developed, the thought was that swappable batteries were desirable and that using standard parts would reduce cost and make the vehicles more available to the mass market. A123 Systems and Ener1 developed batteries that companies could design around when Fisker, Th!nk, and Volvo began designing electric vehicles.
But rather than building a car around a battery, Tesla built a battery that was integrated with the car. The Model S's battery is a flat design beneath the driver's feet and ads to the rigidity, lowers the center of gravity, and assists in safety. This integration in the design of the Model S saves space and allows Tesla to pack more energy storage into the vehicle.
General Motors' (NYSE:GM) Chevy Volt, on the other hand, was built with batteries that look like they come straight out of a box, with little regard for the car's design. If you click here you can see images of the Volt's battery and contrast it with images of the Model S battery here. Clearly, Tesla spent more time integrating the battery into the car's design, making it an asset rather than a liability.
When Apple's iPhone and iPad were introduced, they similarly went against the conventional wisdom that consumers needed a replicable battery and instead focused on saving space and increasing performance. Integration of the battery has been a key to the success of both companies.
Performance over cost
Instead of trying to build an inexpensive electric vehicle like the Nissan Leaf or the Chevy Volt, Tesla went for high performance and extended range. Like Apple, if Tesla was going to make money developing a new and innovative product, it had to wow customers with performance and offer features that could command a premium price. So far, that's proved to be the winning strategy in the EV market.
A range of up to 265 miles, acceleration of 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, and a top speed of 130 mph are enough to get any auto enthusiast's heart pumping. Compare those figures with an electric range of 38 miles and a 0-to-60 time of 8.9 seconds for the Volt, and you can see the appeal for high-end buyers, who may be willing to pay a premium.
The parallel here is that when the iPhone was introduced, Apple was charging $499 or more at a time when you could get a new phone for free with a contract. But the product was so revolutionary and so technologically advanced that the performance outweighed the cost. The same model has worked for Tesla.
Control distribution
Tesla has shunned the traditional automotive distribution model for a company-owned distribution network. This approach gives Tesla control over the look and feel of stores and allows the company to control the sales process. With limited stores, there's also an aura of exclusivity.
With its own distribution network, it's also easier to explain how an electric vehicle works and what's needed to make the transition to electric than if Tesla had partnered with another distribution network.
This approach is very similar to when Apple began launching its own stores. Instead of going through Best Buy or other traditional outlets, it was able to control the shopping experience, and the Apple Store became an iconic part of Apple.
Foolish bottom line
Tesla has upended conventional business practices in the car business and taken many of its cues from Apple's success. I think that's a formula for continued success in a growing electric-car market.
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Plus, we got our first review!
Dee625 wrote: I downloaded the Kindle reader for PC so I could read this. I enjoyed the reminiscing about great scenes from the soaps I watched and learned about scenes from soaps I never watched. The downside - now I'd like to see some of those long-gone storylines. The upside - interviews with producers and actors about the scenes you loved. Thanks for the memories Alina. I agree with Linda Dano - I never plan to watch that last episode of Another World (it's around here on tape in case I ever wanted to). That would make it over, and it never will be for me.
Thanks, Dee! And remember, as a thank you to readers of this blog, AWT and Mindy's Twitter, I am offering a free autographed book! Details, here!


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Testing for oil, gas at Oasis Lake could begin this summer
ADAMS TWP. — Seismic testing at the county's Oasis Lake Park to determine whether further exploration for oil or natural gas is warranted could begin this summer.
The county board of commissioners unanimously approved a five-year mineral rights lease with Jordan Development Company of Traverse City for the Adams Township property Dec. 29, but Ben Brower of Jordan Development said any significant work is not expected any time in the near future.
"We're a long way from exploration," he said. "What we're doing is putting together our leases first. After that we will do some seismic work to determine if there's something worth exploring for. My guess is we'll do some seismic work this summer."
Independent land broker Mark Tate approached the board Dec. 29 on Jordan's behalf. Tate said Jordan had previously secured leases from the state for property surrounding the park. He said the county would receive $50 per acre as a signing bonus.
According to Brower, there are roughly 80 acres at Oasis Lake Park, which would equal about $4,000 for the county's signing bonus. If the site does produce oil, the county would receive royalties of one-eighth of the oil revenues produced at the park during the lease, he said. Brower said the property is an oil prospect for Jordan.
"There is a lot of oil production in Adams Township, but not in this area," he said.
During the commissioners' meeting, Commissioner Robert Luce said he leased some of his property out for oil and gas exploration and the company leasing his land was not disruptive at all.
" I've got 5 acres out there," he said. "A guy came knocking on the door. I don't know if it was (Jordan). He said, 'Hey, can I have a lease, because they're throwing the whole area in.' I said sure."
"About four years later I got a check in the mail for $165," Luce said. "I never saw them on my property."
Commissioner Adam Kroczaleski asked if the presence of Jordan's field staff or an eventual well would change anything about the park.
"If you do put a well in, will there be restrictions as to what we can use the surface for?" he said.
Tate said the only restrictions would be on land immediately around the well, if one was in fact established. Brower shared similar information with the Independent.
"We will not interfere with anything that they're doing," he said. "This will not have any interference with that."
Brower said it is common for Jordan Development Company to lease the mineral rights for properties similar to Oasis Lake from counties or the state.
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This happened in our area on the east side of AuGres Township about 30 years ago. The only thing we gained by joining the leasing group was that they now have the mineral rights on our land. Too bad the county wouldn't check these things out more thoroughly instead of seeing the almighty dollar!!


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New Delhi: Giving a fresh push to weed out archaic laws, Law Ministry will bring a new bill in Winter session of Parliament to repeal another 287 obsolete statutes even as it works overtime to ensure that 700 Appropriation Acts which have lost relevance are junked.
"While a bill is pending in Parliament to repeal 32 amendment Acts and four principal Acts, we plan to bring another bill to repeal 287 similar Acts," Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here.
Based on the recommendation of the Law Commission, the Law Ministry is planning to carry out "legal scavenging" to repeal 700 Appropriation Acts which remain on statute books though they have lost relevance.
"We are consulting the Finance Ministry. I have asked my department to take a considered legal view on repealing these Appropriation Acts," he said.
During the course of its study on archaic laws, the Law Commission found that a large number of Appropriation Acts passed during past several years have lost their meaning but are still shown on statute books.
"It is common knowledge that Appropriation Acts are intended to operate for a limited period of time-authorising expenditures for the duration of one financial year, or less, for example in the case of Vote on Account Bills. Though these Acts are not usually included in any list of Central Acts, either by the Ministry of Law and Justice, or elsewhere, these laws still technically remain on the books," the Commission had said in its recent interim report on obsolete laws.
It said repealing Appropriation Acts whose terms have ended will in no way cause any negative impact on actions that were validly taken under these Acts.
"As a caution and not entertaining scope of any doubt it may be safe to recommend that only those Appropriation Acts that are older than certain date, say 10 years, may be repealed. This itself would result in the repeal of more than 700 laws," the law panel had said.
This is the first time since 2001 that such an exercise is
being undertaken by the Law Ministry.
While the Law Ministry had mandated the Law Commission to recommend laws that can be repealed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last month constituted a separate committee to identify "obsolete" laws which, he believes, hamper governance by creating "avoidable confusion".
The newly constituted Committee will examine all Acts recommended to be repealed by the Committee on Review of Administrative Laws which had been appointed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998.
Out of the 1382 Acts recommended for repeal by that Committee, only 415 have been revoked so far.
On September 12, the Law Commission had recommended revoking 72 obsolete statutes, saying there is an "urgent need" to ensure that the legal structures are responsive to challenges of changing times.
One of the laws -- Bengal District Act -- recommended for repeal dates back to 1836. Several other laws recommended for revoking belong to period dating from 1838 to 1898.
In its interim report to the Law Ministry, the Commission said it will further study 261 more statutes "with a view to providing a firm recommendation for repeal of obsolete statutes and those inconsonant with modern times".


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I just read a review of Blues Guitar Spotlight from the makers of Learn and Master Guitar, and decided to write a post about it since I know from experience that Legacy Systems (the makers of the courses) always brings out very high quality educational material. They just released a new DVD based lesson package called Blues Spotlight, which promises to teach beginner guitarists how to play the blues.
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There aren't too many blues guitar courses out there. I've had a look at some of them just to test the market, but can say that the majority won't deliver its promises. There were always holes in the material, sometimes the lessons were totally unstructured, meaning that they didn't build onto one another, which is obviously the worst way to learn.
Having taken a look at the lesson outline of the Blues Guitar Spotlight course, I'm pretty sure that it covers the elements which a beginner will need to really learn the blues. What are these elements exactly?


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In writing the following lines, we have considered man entitled to his equal and inalienable rights, and slavery as conflicting with all of these rights. We say all, for it leaves him nothing but to breathe, and that only for the profit of the master. And that on Christian principles, no one nation or legislative body has a right to convert the people of another nation, or any part of its own, into goods or chattels, or reduce them to any servitude on any other ground than by civil contract. But so far as moral right is concerned, the system of American Slavery would make a Washington or a Kossuth a slave, just as quick as its present subjects. And in this position we are fully borne out by its present usages: for how many slave have one-half, three-fourths, or nine-tenths American blood; nay, how many fathers hold their children, brothers, their brothers, and perhaps their sisters in slavery. Climax of abominations!
It is said that by particular providence they are here. Yes, by a particular providence they were stolen from Africa, cramed into ships holes where many of them suffocated and died. By a particular providence they who lived were reduced to bondage, instead of being freed as they should have been. And by a particular providence, under the influence of chains, slave-jobs, whips, pistols, dirks, dogs, guns and all the civil authorities of the nation from the lowest up to our mighty Congress, they have been crushed, degraded and deprived of all privileges that belong to men as rational and accountable beings. And by a particular providence we believe we shall meet with the awful retributions of Heaven, unless we avert them by repentence and thorough reformation, that is, free them, civilize them, educate them, ellivate them.
Make men of them, for they are men, and have the rights of men.
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A Nation boasting to be free,
Is losing fast its liberty.
Our men of rule, we cannot trust,
Faithless, and cruel, and unjust.
They sit with high despotic sway, [5]
To take our Nation's rights away,
And proudly crush beneath their feet
Who e'er refuses to submit.
On many a neck they press the yoke,
Nor will their hateful laws revoke, [10]
But human bones and sinews take,
And of them goods and chattels make.
The source in which this stream began
Was piracy, and theft of man,
Hear it, O! Nation, if ye will, [15]
'Tis piracy and man-theft, still.
Beneath their stripes, they writhe and groan,
And pour their prayers, and bleed, and moan,
When for relief, in vain they've cried,
They oft resort to suicide. [20]
They sunder the most sacred ties;
Regardless of the infant cries,
Nor will relent their hearts of stone,
Though mother wail, and fathers groan.
No matter to what point they go, [25]
Where strip't and starry banners flow,
They meet a host of tyrant blood,
To clench their chains or spill their blood.
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Their Eagle, with expanded wing,
Her darts will to their vitals fling; [30]
Regardless of their cries and groans,
Will drink their blood, and scathe their bones.
And to our nations great disgrace,
They from our Eagle fly apace;
To shelter in the Lions jaw, [35]
And find protection 'neath his paw.
These men usurp the sacred throne,
And claim dominion for their own,
To sway the sceptre, hold the rod,
And abrogate the laws of God. [40]
So if these starving poor we feed,
Or clothe these sufferers as they need,
Or take the exile stranger home,
Then fine, and prison, are our doom.
They send their tigers through the land, [45]
For human prey, by dell or strand;
And if we dare refuse their word,
Their threats are bayonet and sword.
These tremble, shudder, shreik, and cry,
For safety know not where to fly, [50]
No greeting friends, no cottage warm,
Can stay the fury of the storm.
Shall we their mandates now obey?
And be their hounds to catch the prey?
We will their hateful laws reject, [55]
And helpless innocense protect.
Their action does far more become,
Bandits that in forests roam,
Than men who sit to legislate,
And blend their names with good, and great. [60]
Of robberies, theirs is the worst,
With which the Earth was ever curs't,
They do far more than robbers can,
Their horrid system takes the man.
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The helpless they will assail, [65]
Though harmless, thrust them into jail,
And if they cannot pay the fee
They sell them into slavery.
And when they bring them to court,
Also to bribery, they resort, [70]
For here they give a vicious knave,
Ten dollars, if he find a slave.
'Tis villany of the highest grade,
'Tis meanness of the lowest shade,
We ask since men have villains been, [75]
What villanies were half so mean.
O! Liberty, how sweet thy name,
How bright thy glories, wide thy fame,
Thy priceless value can't be told,
Thou work'st the African to gold. [80]
The warm appeal, the fervent prayer,
Nor argument, they deign to hear,
But stearnly, do them all reject,
Their slavery Molock to protect.
Lo, they as Pilate take their stand, [85]
To seek the safety of the land,
These men released they are afraid
A dreadful tumult will be made.
The vilest herd earth ever saw,
Are clamering we have a law, [90]
And by this law and Congress powers,
Their bodies and their souls are ours.
The law that makes one man a knave,
And binds another as a slave,
The pirate bands that wreak with blood, [95]
Have laws and statutes just as good.
And yielding to this wicked throng,
Regardless of the right or wrong,
And now to keep the tumult still,
They yield their victims to their will. [100]
[page 6]
But these base deeds may not succeed,
No more than ancient Pilates did,
But gathering storms of vengeance come
And quickly seal our nation's doom.
For Lo, a tumult did arise, [105]
And Roman banners spread the skies,
And conquering armies proudly trod
'Mid flaming towers and gushing blood.
What noble deeds for men of state
Who would be numbered with the great, [110]
To use their legislative power,
To crush the weak and rob the poor.
That they may in great splendor ride,
And live in luxury and pride,
But not from earnings of their own, [115]
But those whose souls in bondage groan.
They drive them to the sultry field,
That they to them their wealth may yield,
And that they may extort the more,
They ply the lash and drain the gore. [120]
But yet the story is not told,
Urged on by raging thirst for gold,
They take their wife, they steal their child,
Their daughter sell to be defiled.
These men were bred in college walls [125]
And now are raised to senate halls,
Intrusted with the people's power,
The nation's light the nation's flower.
Such flowers are of the upas race[1]
Their glory is mankind's disgrace, [130]
Their light is from the shades of hell,
Whose rays beam darkness visible.
Well might such villains haste away,
And vanish from the face of day,
Retire into some dismal den, [135]
As filthy as their slave pen.
[page 7]
They don't possess what they never can,
The rights they claim in fellow man,
Such rights to man, God has not given,
'Tis treason 'gainst Earth and Heaven. [140]
'Tis fixed as Heaven's eternal throne,
On God's authority alone;
The things you'd have men do to you,
The same as you to others do.
But what does Slavery know of right? [145]
Its laws are but the laws of might;
It takes from man what God has given,
It robs him of both Earth and Heaven.
To serve this vile satanic cause,
Shall mortals nullify god's laws? [150]
His word will stand in that dread day,
When Heaven and Earth shall pass away.
They press on us the slavery laws,
And force us to sustain its cause,
And if we fear them less than God, [155]
They'll smite us with their iron rod.
They have their sacred trust betrayed,
A heard of slaves, our Nation made,
Of men they don't deserve the name,
Our freedom's curse, our nations shame. [160]
Now like some foul, ferocious beast,
By carnage theirs, for blood increased,
They'd push vile Slavery's damning reign,
From Georgia, to the western main.
Should they but send the scorpion's sting, [165]
Or the plague's destructive wing,
Push slaughtering armies o'er the field,
Or make us to black famine yield;
They then far less would curse the land,
Than when they slavery's reign extend, [170]
And blast the nation with its breath,
This leprous plague of mortal death.
[page 8]
For 'tis a truth we can't deny,
'Tis plain as stars on yonder sky,
By all the nation's read and known, [175]
Our freedoms lost, our glory gone.
And those who now elected stand,
To highest rule in all the land,
Are pledged to choke and put to death
All that survives of freedom's breath. [180]
America , of proudest name,
Is this thy glory, such thy fame?
How vain thy boast in freedom's cause
With slavery chains, and slavery laws.
As well one might with boastful swell, [185]
His noble deeds of virtue tell,
While forth the ruthless Monster stands,
With blood and bribery on his hands.
They should be from their stations hurl'd,
Themselves made slaves to serve the world, [190]
And their own bones and sinews bared
By yokes for other necks prepared.
For those who human rights dispise,
And tread men down, that they may rise,
They neither are to good, nor great, [195]
To share an ancient Haman's fate.
But not our ruling men alone,
Can senseless hear their victims groan,
But joined they are by one vast throng,
To roll the slavery car along. [200]
I'm thunderstruck! astonished stand!
To see the thousands of our land,
Who to slavery yield the sway,
And cast their freedom boon away.
What stupid blocks, what senseless fools, [205]
To be reduced to slavery tools!
The yoke on their own necks to take,
And be made slaves, for slavery's sake.
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For 'tis a fact as clear as light,
These opposites can ne'er unite; [210]
A truth that loudly on us calls:
If Slavery stands, our Freedom falls.
As well we talk of sunshine dark,
Of firey snow, or frosty spark;
As tyranny, that's good and kind, [215]
Or Slavery with pure Freedom joined.
What do these shameful deeds portend?
Who should not tremble at the end?
To see upon the platform plan
The pledge to crush and chattel man. [220]
This system is too base to tell,
'Tis deep, and dark, as shades of Hell,
Regards no rights, stops not at blood,
Puts men to death, and mocks at God.
See pirate monsters lurking round [225]
Where human victims may be found,
Who may by them best prest and sold,
And gratify their lust for gold.
To Afric's coasts they haste away,
To make its helpless sons a prey, [230]
And when obtained with much dispatch,
They crush them down beneath the hatch.
Thus crammed into that breathless hole,
As if no body nor a soul,
To groan, to grieve, to weep and sigh, [235]
To suffocate in filth, and die.
But borne upon the mighty deeps,
While o'er the waves the canvass sweeps,
Of these poor wretches some survive,
And barely reach our shores alive. [240]
Here in this land of Christian light,
So stern in justice, firm in right,
Where eagle banners proudly wave,
The freeman's home the tyrant's grave.
[page 10]
Shall not this land undo their thongs, [245]
Retrieve their rights, redress their wrongs,
And set the helpless captives free,
And sound to them their jubilee?
But to our grief and great surprise,
With tears fast gushing in our eyes, [250]
We see them hail the pirate band
And take these chattels at their hand.
This subject now is set at rest,
We do this piracy detest,
You are mistaken in the powers [255]
These were our fathers deeds—not ours.
You do espouse your father's cause,
And blend it with our nations laws;
You do far worse than they have done,
You finish up what they begun. [260]
Now if our standard be erect,
And we the innocent protect,
If here the man his right obtains,
How come these millions in their chains.
To human natures deep disgrace, [265]
We man's most sacred rights efface,
We are a pirate land become
We steal men from their mother's womb.
By sacred birth all men are free,
If innocence have right to be, [270]
A man cannot be born a slave,
And he who holds him is a knave.
To carry on this pirate work,
See chains and pistols, dogs and dirk,
And slave pen with its dismal cell, [275]
The very portico of hell.
America , how lost thy fame!
How stain'd they glory, vile thy name!
Thy crimes are crimes of deepest dye,
Thy proud profession is a lie! [280]
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Such villanies can ne'er be blest,
On them our hopes should never rest,
They soon will bring our glory low,
And whelm our land in waves of woe.
If we would be the nations light, [285]
We must regard all human right,
Do right to each do right to all,
Do right although the heavens fall.
Thus saith the Father to the Son,
O God forever is thy throne, [290]
Right is the sceptre of thy hand,
Thy kingdom shal forever stand.
But men have God's laws rejected,
Left the helpless unprotected,
Thought to prosper by transgression, [295]
Thought to rise by vile oppression.
But their counsels ever failed them,
And their toils have nought availed them,
Therefore earth is in commotion,
Restless as the troubled ocean. [300]
Crowns have faded,
Thrones have tumbled,
Kingdoms wasted,
Empires crumbled,
But the Godly heaven secureth, [305]
And the righteous throne indureth.
Lo our seas already heaving,
Will they yet be disbelieving?
Pause a moment!
Look ye yonder, [310]
See that cloud,
Hear it thunder!
See the storm in fury rising,
Yet they're reckless, how surprising,
Stop, O stop the dread commotion! [315]
Right the wrong and calm the ocean.
[page 12]
O, Boston, spot of scenes so brave,
Once Freedom's cradle, now its grave,
Thy brilliant gold is dim become,
And slavery here has found a home. [320]
How are thy great and mighty slain,
How vanquished on old Salem's plain,
How stained the glory of thy day,
Thy shield how vilely cast away.
O tell it not in Massidon, [325]
Nor publish it in Askelon,
Lest heathens should deride our name,
And stamp us with deserved shame.
Her noble sons of patriot race,
Both saw and felt their deep disgrace, [330]
They drank the wormwood and the gall,
And wept to see their standard fall.
On you let no soft dews distill,
Nor fragrant showers on Bunker Hill,
But withering winds with dismal wail, [335]
Bear from its height the mournful tale.
Arise ye dear departed dead,
Pour out your tears where once you bled,
Intomb that tower to freedom's fame,
And blot it with eternal shame. [340]
See how their mighty powers unite,
Come on the battlefield for fight,
The marshal with his hosts so brave,
Is now resolved to make a slave.
O infamy! O villany! O shame! [345]
And more,
All human language is to poor,
To give such cursed deeds a name.
These are our laws, they must be kept,
Though truth be from our nation swept, [350]
Though freedom from our banners fly,
And every virtue bleed and die.
[page 13]
Yes, serve the Devil in full shape,
Be his jack-ass and ape,
For him labor, for him play, [355]
For him kick and for him bray.
Take your spear and sword and gun,
Let your work be nobly done,
Disregard all human right,
Crush the black man and the white. [360]
Violence are all his laws,
This will best sustain his cause,
By carnage, violence and blood,
He ruled the world before the flood.
Yes, onward in this glorious work, [365]
Join chains and pistol, dogs and dirk,
Assured he will reward thee well,
First on earth and then in hell.
Such laws are not from worlds above,
They don't originate in love, [370]
They're from the hosts that did rebell,
First on earth and then in hell.
Now from that smoking pit they rise,
To darken earth, insult the skies,
From man his manhood take away, [375]
And blot him from the face of day.
In solemn truth we do deny,
And all the slavery powers defy,
To show upon the Gospel plan,
Man's right to chattel fellow man. [380]
Our Legislator from the skies,
Does every nation equalize,
And to the world with joy we tell,
He touched the middle wall, it fell.
He comes to ope the prison door, [385]
And preach the gospel to the poor,
To set the helpless captive free,
And cause the sightless eye to see.
[page 14]
He calls the world his good to share,
His light and easy yoke to bear, [390]
And by their own experience prove,
That all his laws are laws of love.
On Zions mount behold he stands,
No slavery chains disgrace his hands,
With blessings rich, and full, and free, [395]
He sounds the nation's jubilee.
When did he you this right concede,
When draw, and sign, and seal the deed,
What did you for these chattels pay,
Come, name the price, the place, the day. [400]
Unless you can such deed produce,
Ask not our aid, it's of no use,
We cannot join in deeds so fell,
Against such crime we must rebell.
What obligations on them rest, [405]
That they should in the dust be pres't,
Their heads should be a footstep made,
That we might reach a higher grade.
'Tis not enough they irons wear,
And scourges lay their sinews bare, [410]
But if their Moloch still requires,
They'll raise the stake and light the fires.
If from the faggot pile he bounds,*
The flashing rifle quick resounds,
And pierced by its flitting balls, [415]
Their helpless victim prostrate falls.
Though scorched and weltering in his gore,
Their savage vengeance asks for more,
Dead to all sense of guilt and shame,
They thrust him in the curling flame, [420]
And to their lasting deep disgrace,
Their ministers will shameless face,
To these poor helpless tribes will tell,
Such is their fate if they rebell.
* A slave burnt for striking a man.
[page 15]
The law that's from the world above, [425]
Is based on equity and love,
Forbids that you to others do,
What you'd not have them do to you.
Would they be willing to receive
What they themselves to others give, [430]
And from that cup to take their sips,
Which they have placed to others' lips?
To be reduced to chattel stock,
And laid upon the auction block,
Like beasts of burden bought and sold, [435]
To make men rich in goods and gold?
And were they forced to join that gang,
Whose weeping heads dejected hang,
By beastly monsters urged along,
Would Hail Columbia be their song? [440]
From home and kindred forced to go,
To fields where rice and cotton grow,
Be crushed into the slavery press,
To toil and groan without redress?
Then from their task with weary reel, [445]
To sordid hut and scanty meal?
And on some filthy rag to lie,
With bleeding heart and streaming eye?
And wait the dreaded voice to hear,
Like thunder grating on his ear, [450]
Or meet the tyrant's hellish grin,
And feel the lash that parts the skin?
Could they but reach the Congress floor,
With bodies cut and drenched in gore,
Both long and loud would be their pleas, [455]
Against such villanies as these.
But must these evils be indured,
Till they were of pro-slavery cured,
Then soon would rise the burning day,
When slavery chains would melt away. [460]
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But these are not of ills the worst,
With which we were by Slavery curs'd;
For 'tis a truth we can't dispute,
It makes the man a demon brute.
It is a brothel wide and great, [465]
A filth and stench, in church and state;
Yet for it courtier, and divine,
Will plead as devils for the swine.
Defrauded of the marriage rite,
These sable tribes like herds unite; [470]
No right to will, no power to choose,
No character to gain or lose.
Then come along the lordly white,
To revel as their lusts delight,
And their own children raise to sell; [475]
Such conduct puts the blush on Hell.
Here myriads of the Saxon race,
Are doomed to Slavery's deep disgrace,
Their fathers men of high renown,
While they in chains of bondage groan. [480]
'Tis not the African alone
That's doomed in Slavery's chains to groan,
But their own sons and daughters fair,
The fetters bind, and scourges tear.
Another scene of deepest taint, [485]
Which language has no power to paint,
Exposed in the public fair,
And sold to shame, their daughters are.
Behold that trim and fair quadroon,
With sparkling eye as bright as noon, [490]
Here crushed by slavery to the dust,
And vilely sold to brutal lust.
Exquisite form and beauties rare,
With graceful hands and waving hair,
She's sold, she's bought to be defiled, [495]
Father, O now behold thy child!
[page 17]
No father's hand may her protect,
No mother's counsels can direct,
But thrown a loose to passions wild,
Again we say, behold thy child. [500]
And here she is compelled to join,
A dog, a devil, or a swine,
And clutched within his filthy arms,
To shed her tears, and waste her charms.
O! Institution how divine, [505]
How brightly thy radiant glories shine,
Let ministers espouse they cause,
And magistrates enforce thy laws.
Let Congress forth majestic stand,
And all the vast pro-slavery band, [510]
Let Hell come forth and join the throng,
And devils echo in the song.
Perhaps you say I am to warm,
As said a Pitt, "I can't be calm,"
When on this worst of crimes I dwell, [515]
The foe of God the imps of Hell.
O! God, and has it come to this,
Such vile abuse, such deep disgrace,
That man no more the man remains,
But captive led in satans chains? [520]
What land since rolling time began
Has more betrayed the fallen man
Than this the boast of Freedom's fame,
Of Bible God, and Christian name.
For what could Satan more invent, [525]
Were all his art and malice spent,
Than what's in Slavery's cause embraced,
Which has our nation thus disgraced?
See merging from that slavery den,
Come devils forth in shape of men, [530]
To take men fettered hands and foot,
And drag them to that dark retreat.
[page 18]
Here black, and starless are their skies,
And gathering storms around them rise,
While hoarse the muttering thunders roar, [535]
And storms of vengeance on them pour.
And drear and barren is the field,
To them it can no comforts yield,
Though richest luxuries on it grow,
To them it is but sleet and snow. [540]
To them no blooming spring appears,
No rising hope their bosom cheers,
But darkness in its wintry reign
Forever holds them in its chain.
Here haggard beasts enclose them round, [545]
The greedy wolf and bloody hound,
To guard them with malicious care,
And if they fly in pieces tear.
Here scorpions throw their poison dart,
And O, the anguish and the smart, [550]
He writes in agonies of pain
But O, how fruitless to complain.
Here horror in its triumph reigns,
Here grate the fetters, clank the chains,
Here break the piercing shriek and cries, [555]
And hope, man's latest comfort dies.
Will Heaven's just vengeance always sleep?
The Lord his righteous anger keep?
He will lift up His iron rod,
Say to the Nation "I am God." [560]
Then earthquakes dread will shake the land,
And loftiest towers will tottering stand,
And plagues devour, and death shall spoil,
And purple torents drench the soil.
Our Eagle speed her flight away, [565]
Egyptian darkness blot the day,
And starry banners shuddering fall
And judgments deep engulph them all.
[page 19]
Egyptian pride must feel His power,
Which has oppressed and robbed the poor, [570]
When God shall rise to plead His cause,
And execute his righteous laws.
O! Father, still they wrath forbear
And still thy righteous anger spare,
In mercy lift thy gracious hand, [575]
And kindly save our sinking Land.
O! may their hardened hearts relent,
And they of their vile deeds repent,
And Thy fierce anger turn away,
In knowing this their gracious day. [580]
My Country loved, I weep for thee,
"Land of the brave, home of the free."
While reaking gore they glory dyes,
And loud to Heaven for vengeance cries.
While in our cause we freely speak, [585]
It is the good of all we seek,
The wealth of north and southern soil,
And distant lands where Plebians toil.
For while we thus pro-slavery stand,
We bind a curse on every land, [590]
But let America be free,
'Twould be the wide World's jubilee.
Ye who have crossed the rolling flood,
And brought your freedom with your blood,
Who would suppose that men so brave [595]
Would condescend to have a slave!
Proud Britain's sons bold saxon race,
Now wipe away this deep disgrace,
And if you love sweet liberty,
Then let the African be Free . [600]
Pour on these sable sons of night,
The rays of Education's light,
To them the Gospel freely give,
Let these dry bones revive and live.
[page 20]
Then will your glory shine afar, [605]
Earth's rising sun and morning star,
And Nation's 'merging from their night,
Be guided by your cloudless light.
Arise Columbia free born son!
And put the ruthless monster down, [610]
Your banners wave o'er land and sea,
And tell the World Columbias' free!


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Eurobind 4000 Adhesive Binder Wins iF Product Design Award
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Press release from the issuing companyDecember 10, 2008 - Industrie Forum Design Hannover (iF) has presented the Eurobind 4000 adhesive binder from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) with the iF product design award 2009. The Eurobind 4000 produces paperbacks, magazines, annual reports and image brochures. The international judging panel selected a total of 802 winners out of 2,808 entries. 1,025 companies from 39 countries took part in the competition. The judges, all specialists in their relevant field, award the iF design seal to products that meet all the requirements for contemporary design by satisfying a comprehensive range of criteria. The Eurobind 4000 won in the Industry/Skilled Trades category. Since 1990, Heidelberg has won a total of 16 iF design seals for its prepress, press, and postpress products.
Design mirrors high-tech nature of products
The new Eurobind 4000 adhesive binder reflects key elements of the Heidelberg corporate design. These include values such as quality, exclusivity, performance, appeal, and passion. The geometric structure and large surfaces with distinctive elements are key features of the product design. "We want our products to have an unmistakable look, and want to stand out from our competitors through our design," explains Eckhard Köbler, Head of Heidelberg Industrial Design.
The Eurobind 4000 has a modular design that delivers exceptional flexibility and ease of use. This also helps to boost ergonomics and reliability in production processes. For example, because the adhesive binder is fully encapsulated with large, wide-opening windows, users can visually monitor production processes on the fly and components can be accessed quickly during setup. Operators use the local touchscreen concept to control the entire configuration during makeready. This dramatically reduces the distances operators need to cover during makeready, thereby cutting setup times significantly. Various settings are identified via intuitive symbols that are used consistently on all Heidelberg machines, a feature which adds to the user-friendly credentials of the machine.
A team of ten works in the Industrial Design department at Heidelberg, which is a regular recipient of international design awards. Heidelberg Industrial Design (www.design.heidelberg.com) has also been offering its services to other companies since the end of 2007.
The iF product design awards will be presented in Hannover on the first day of CeBIT, March 3, 2009. Further information: www.ifdesign.de.
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One World Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and empower people to take action against worldide poverty. We address the issues of our time with unique teaching and learning environments that cultivate social change and support our global vision: a sustainable future.
At one of three One World Center locations you will live in teams comprised of other humanitarians from all over the world traing to become development instructors.
You will live in an environment based on community. We grow our food, cook, clean and run the school as a collective. You will be engaged in learning sessions, study tasks, presentations, volunteer work, fundraising and more.
As you train to become a development instructor you will be challenged to stretch your mind and understanding of the world.
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Our 18 month work-study program "Working Shoulder to Shoulder with the Poor" covers four periods:
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3060 Fieldstone Way Lexington 40513 USA
Location This comfortable hotel is located at the heart of Lexington and only a few minutes walk from the countless shops and restaurants. Blue Grass Airport is approximately 5 km away. Facilities The hotel offers travellers a total of 72 rooms. Services and facilities at the hotel include room service, a conference room, a business centre and a fireplace. Wireless internet access is available to guests in the public areas. Those arriving in their own vehicles can leave them in the car park of the establishment. Rooms Each of the rooms is appointed with air conditioning and a bathroom. A double bed ensures a good night's sleep. Additional features include a fridge, a mini fridge, a microwave and a tea/coffee station. An ironing set is also available for travellers' convenience. Other features include internet access, a telephone, a TV and WiFi. A hairdryer is provided in the bathrooms. The accommodation offers non-smoking rooms. Sports/Entertainment A refreshing dip in the indoor or outdoor pool is an enjoyable way to cool down on hot days. The hot tub is the perfect place to relax. A range of options are available, including a gym and a spa. Meals Bed and breakfast is bookable. It is also possible to order breakfast.


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"And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy." – Ezekiel 21:31
"I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and yu shall be melted in the midst of it." -Ezekiel 22:21
"Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God." – Ezekiel 22:31
It seems that for many, if not the majority of, Christians they read the phrase "fire of my wrath" referring to God's wrath and immediately jump to the notion of unbelievers being tormented in hell or in the lake of fire forever and ever by God. Wrath is an intense anger. Fire destroys. Therefore, it seems safe to assume that this is what God the fire of God's wrath will be like – an intense anger that destroys all people that don't believe in Jesus.
But, what if that understanding of "the fire of my wrath" says more about our own evil and wickedness, our own wrath, our own carnal mindset, than it does about what "the fire of my wrath" truly means?
For, the only way we can truly understand "the fire of my wrath" is to see it through the lens of Jesus Christ crucified.
First, we need to see that the New Testament makes a distinction between our wrath and God's wrath.
Ephesians 2:2-3 says, "The spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience – among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind." Before Jesus, before God's mercy made us alive together in with Christ, we were children of wrath, sons of disobedience, because we in Satan's kingdom, not God's
Now, in Ephesians 5:6, Paul says, "Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience."So, we were sons of disobedience, children of wrath, as Paul says earlier in the letter. But, God's wrath is going to come upon those that were sons of disobedience, children of wrath.
However, in Ephesians 4:31, Paul says, "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice." So, God's wrath is going to come upon the sons of disobedience, but we are told to put away all wrath. Since we are told to be holy as God is holy, we are called to exhibit God's character. So, clearly the wrath that we display is different than the wrath God displays. Paul even uses two different words for wrath in Ephesians 4:31 and 5:6
We see the same thing in Colossians 3:6-8. "On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth." Again, there are two different Greek words translated wrath – one for God's and one for ours.
Second, in two of the three verses from Ezekiel that mention "the fire of my wrath," God says that he will "blow on you the fire of my wrath." In other words, God will breathe the fire of his wrath on you.
In the Bible, we only see a few instances where God blows on someone. The first was when God made Adam and breathed into him the breath of life, as if God was breathing the Spirit into Adam. The second was when Jesus breathed on the disciples and told them to "Receive the Holy Spirit." And, the third was when the Holy Spirit was blown like a rushing mighty wind onto the 120 disciples in the upper room. Not coincidentally, tongues of fire appeared to the disciples and rested on them.
Third, two of the three verses also say that God "will pour out my indignation upon you." The Hebrew word for "poured out" here also means shed blood. In the light of Christ, we can read this as God will shed the blood of his indignation upon you. And, in Ezekiel 22:24, the word of the Lord came to the son of man and talking about the day of indignation.
Indignation means anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean. So, how does God pour out his indignation, his anger, at unjust, unworthy, and mean acts? The same way Jesus did. He shed his blood on the cross. That was how Jesus poured out his indignation aroused by his unjust treatment.
We see these statements in Ezekiel further linked to the cross because God says, "I have returned their way upon on their heads." On the cross, Jesus turns our own evil ways back upon our heads. Not by doing his own evil to us, but through the conviction of the Holy Spirit as he shows us just what our evil acts have wrought. This is exactly what happened to Paul on the Damascus road.
And, have you ever wondered why Jesus was crucified on Golgotha, the place of the skull? In order for the cross to be stood up, to erected, it had to be pushed down into Golgotha, jammed down into the place of the skull. This is symbolic of God turning our own evil ways back on our heads. Not through physical violence, but through the mental anguish one experiences when they realize an evil act they have performed.
Through the lens of Jesus Christ crucified, we see all of this as the context for "the fire of my wrath." This wrath, the effect of the shed blood of Christ and the cross being driven into our own skulls, returning on our own evil ways upon our heads, melts our ungodliness, unholiness, and unrighteousness. This wrath melts every work that is not like God and therefore every sin.
This is what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, which says, "Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw – each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire."
What does the fire of God's wrath do?
It identifies what type of work we have done. That's interesting because the Hebrew word for wrath in "the fire of my wrath," ebrah, is used 34 times in the Old Testament. The number 34 symbolizes identification, which is just what the function of the fire of God's wrath is.
This is what Ezekiel 22:22 says, "As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have poured out my wrath upon you."
Silver is melted in a furnace, not to destroy the silver, but to remove the impurities. This is why God pours out his wrath. The fire of his wrath burns away every impurity. But, we must always remember that the fire of his wrath, the pouring out his indignation upon us, and the returning of our own ways upon our heads look like Jesus dying on the cross to save us.
Yes, there is a fire of God's wrath. It is not a fire that burns people forever in eternal torment to achieve some sort of justice, which really would be just vengeance. But, that the of God's wrath identifies those things that are not like God and melts, or burns, them away from us. But, we will be saved.


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Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLAC), under the guidance of founder and CEO Elon Musk is much more than it was at the start of 2016. Then it was an electric carmaker that had dipped its toes into energy storage.
Now it's an automaker, on track to deliver 80,000 vehicles by the end of this year. It is also the builder of a gigantic battery factory and a solar company, having merged with SolarCity. The question now is: What about 2017?
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Model 3
The number of vehicles built and sold could skyrocket with the launch of Tesla's Model 3 mass-market car priced at $30,000 after tax breaks. With a range of 200 miles on a single charge and a scheduled launch of late 2017, the Model 3 could become Tesla's Model T Ford.
To date 400,000 potential customers have put down $1,000 each as part of a massive preorder campaign. Consumer demand is not a question. The question is: Can Tesla deliver? Tesla says it can and will.
Solar Roof For Houses
The SolarCity wing of Tesla promises to be an ingenious solar roof. This expensive but efficient product turns an entire roof into a giant solar panel. The idea here is to turn SolarCity from a solar renting agency into a company that sells solar products.
The solar roof is unique mostly because it does not look like a solar anything. The roof tiles are made of textured glass and, in Musk's words, "tough as steel." At last word, Tesla planned to begin rolling out the "solar shingles" in mid to late 2017.
More Supercharger Stations
One huge drawback to electric vehicles is access to charging stations. Tesla has tackled this issue by creating Supercharger stations where Tesla owners can charge their vehicles for about 170 miles in 30 minutes.
Tesla wants these stations to be used for long distance trips and to encourage owners to otherwise charge their cars at home. The new year will likely see the company expanding its network of Supercharger stations including adding stations in China, set to become a big market for the electric vehicles.
Autopilot Program Expansion
Tesla is expected to double down on its Autopilot program in 2017. The move for all automakers is toward self-driving vehicles. Tesla wants to get there while maintaining driver control to combat negative press over that fatal Autopilot crash in 2016.
Meanwhile, Musk recently tweeted that an updated version of its Autopilot feature will be enabled in new Teslas starting this week. The tweet, sent last Thursday said, "Looks like we might be ready to roll out most of Autopilot functionality for HW2 toward the end of next week."
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A Tesla Pickup
Finally, will Tesla unveil a pickup truck in 2017? Carslane speculates the company will release a concept vehicle in 2017, gauge public opinion and build from there by, at least, 2020. Musk has already said Tesla would enter the pickup truck market so that part is not speculation. The speculation revolves around how quickly the company can deliver the Model 3 and retool for a variety of different vehicle models.
Pricing the truck is going to be tricky but Carslane believes the truck will be priced at around $40,000 making it highly competitive in the truck market.


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Obama Administration Released Over 2,000 Criminal Aliens Including Drunk Drivers and Thieves
Just like Barack Obama, Nicolae Ceausescu, Saddam Hussein, and Fidel Castro also released criminal prisoners.
The director of ICE told reporters today that the Obama Administration released over 2,000 illegal aliens this month including drunk drivers and thieves.
FOX News reported:
The top U.S. immigration enforcement official acknowledged Thursday that the Obama administration has in fact released thousands of illegal immigrants from local jails over the last month despite prior claims that the release was only in the hundreds.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton, at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing, said the agency released a total of 2,228 illegal immigrants from local jails "throughout the country" between Feb. 9 and March 1 for "solely budgetary reasons."
For the first time, he explained the kinds of detainees that were sprung from local jails — he said they included detainees held on theft charges, financial criminals and drunken drivers.
"In some cases, multiple DUIs," Morton acknowledged. He also said 10 individuals labeled as "Level 1" offenders — the most serious classification — were released, but that four have since been brought back into custody. That category can include assault cases but Morton said the detainees were mostly in for financial offenses.
The Obama administration is planning on releasing another 3,000 criminal aliens this month.
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Time for a break…
As you may know, The Code Crimson was launched almost three years ago by the lovely Lisa and your humble writer Elizabeth, who hates talking about herself in the third person.
There have been some big upheavals and major changes and LIFE STUFF going on with each of us separately, which has alas limited the time Lisa and I have had to devote to The Code Crimson together. However, we just featured a comic in an art show inspired by Ovid's Metamorphosis in jolly old England. The final piece was huge, almost 6 feet by 6 feet. We're putting together another comic for an upcoming show about Norse mythology as well.
Meanwhile, Lisa will be working on improving her own online store and making more solo art. Go check out Coma Girl's Facebook page for more details, and to keep up with her latest adorable masterpieces.
As for me, I am working on launching an exciting new graphic novel! Enigmatic Patterns: The Life and Death of Alan Turing tells the incredible and tragic story of the man behind the idea of the universal machine, the father of artificial intelligence and a pioneer in computer science. There's a new update to that website in progress, and there's a Kickstarter launching very soon. Please do check it out!
We've been so incredibly proud of the work we've both done on The Code Crimson, and worry not, we will be returning. In the meantime, we've got the prologue and two complete issues to peruse, and the third issue in progress will be wrapped up in 2015.
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Psychology and the Call-to-Action ButtonJune 19, 2015 • By Marie
If you are a business owner, then you need to understand how to turn customer clicks on your website to actual sales for your business. This is a process known as conversion, and all it takes is a little understanding of basic human psychology. You may be thinking that you know nothing of psychology, and you do not understand how it could possibly benefit your business. We've discussed how creative advertisements drive interest and engagement however, in this article, we will discuss who Robert Cialdini is, why understanding psychology is essential to business, and the six influential techniques you need to convert clicks to customers.
Robert Cialdini and Persuasion
Robert Cialdini is considered an expert in both psychology and marketing. In 1984, he wrote a best-selling book called Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. This book discussed the six principles you need to understand to influence potential customers. His work became so successful that it resulted in countless other books, workshops and conferences based on the techniques, and billions of dollars in profit for countless companies across the world.
Psychology and Your Business
So, how can understanding some basic principles of psychology benefit your business? The ability to influence others has to do with understanding the human mind. Once you understand how your customers think, you will be better able to understand which marketing techniques are going to be most effective for your target market. Understand that under the right conditions, any person can be influenced. The key, therefore, is knowing how to create the right conditions. The six techniques that you can (and should) use to influence your customers include social proof, commitment, reciprocation, liking, authority, and scarcity.
One fundamental key to converting customers is the natural desire to reciprocate. When someone gives you something, it is a natural desire to want to reciprocate by offering something in return. The psychology behind this is that humans feel indebted when receiving something, and we hate to feel as if we owe somebody something. Now that you understand the principle of reciprocity, here is how you can use it.
To use this principle, you can do something as simple as run a blog on your company website. In your blog, it is critical to provide customers with informative and practical information, essentially, the type of information that can actually benefit them as they go about their daily lives. Eventually, to show appreciation for this information, the readers of your blog will be called-to-action and purchase your goods or services because they feel obligated to return the favor.
The commitment technique works with consistency, because humans have a natural psychological need to be consistent. Therefore, once a public commitment has been made to a company or cause, we must follow through with support. For a company, this means that the customer will feel obligated to commit to your company — by purchasing your goods or services.
You can use the commitment technique for persuasion by offering something that is small, usually free of charge. This could be a marketing guide, a free online course, or something else that relates to your business. Once they have committed to the free guide or course, it raises the likelihood that these people will see themselves as customers of your business. Eventually, as customers, they will feel the need to purchase your products or services.
Social Proof
Social proof is based on the psychological principle that safety is in numbers. Therefore, if someone sees another person doing something, they want to do it as well. This can apply to wanting to work late because your coworkers do, or trying a restaurant because you see that it is always full of people.
There are several ways to use this method on your website, however, one of the most powerful is known as wisdom of the crowds. You can use this technique by having users vote on the best products or services that you offer, providing information about your top-selling items, or doing other things that show potential customers what other people are doing.
You may have noticed that people have a tendency to obey figures of authority. There have been countless psychological studies done on this phenomenon, and all it boils down to is human nature. This means that individuals with job titles or uniforms have the ability to influence people- more so than others.
To effectively use authority to get a call-to-action from your potential customers, you need to understand your target market and your business. If you offer technical services, for example, you are going to want to be authoritative about your technical knowledge on your business site. If you are a man trying to sell shoes to women, you would have a much easier time converting customers if you pair up with a female who can market your shoes.
Have you ever refused to listen to someone's opinion, just because you didn't like the person? When you do like someone, it works the same way. Likeable people are more likely to persuade others. The same is true when you are trying to convert by calls-to-action.
There is a very simple way to become more likeable to customers — add an About Us page to your company website. When people see that the employees of your company are people just like them, they will be more likely to be influenced by your company. Remember; make this page friendly instead of focusing on the business-aspect of your company. A relatable About Us page is a key to becoming more likeable.
The final psychological principle you need to understand to increase your conversion rate is scarcity. When an item is less available, humans have a greater desire for the item. After all, they do not want to miss out!
You can use this on your website in several ways. If you sell goods, then you can install a ticker that notifies customers when there is a limited supply left. You could also offer a discounted price for a limited time, complete with a clock that counts down the seconds until the end of the offer.
You can apply these principles to every aspect of your marketing campaigns, from how you brand the storefront signage you design through Quality Sign Designer, to designing a television spot, to engineering your ecommerce sales and promotions. Understand your customers, and you will understand your business.


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Compressed Air and Gas Handbook available as free download
The Compressed Air and Gas Handbook, the authoritative and widely used reference manual for information about the proper installation, use and maintenance of compressors and pneumatic equipment, is now available online in PDF format. Formerly available only as a 750-page hardbound book, the individual chapters are now available as free downloadable PDF documents on the CAGI website.
Published in 1947, the first edition of the Compressed Air and Gas Handbook was a joint effort of the CAGI Educational and Technical Committees. The original hardbound handbook consisted of five chapters and nearly 400 pages. Now in its sixth edition, the illustrated handbook contains engineering information from leading manufacturers and valuable reference data about compressed air systems.
"The CAGI handbook is an excellent, comprehensive resource for compressed air professionals," said Paul Humphreys of CAGI. "Now, with its availability online, even more professionals can have access to this valuable information."
The handbook is still available for purchase as a hardbound book through the CAGI website.


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October is National Dental Hygiene Month
The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) in cooperation with Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, manufacturer of Orbit gum, has organized National Dental Hygiene Month (NDHM). NDHM provides consumer information about oral disease prevention including a Spanish and English Radio Media Tour and 4 new Spanish translated fact sheets. Focusing on community service and the day-to-day efforts of dental hygienists nationwide is what NDHM is all about!
This year's theme, "Keep them healthy. Keep them clean."stresses easy ways for people to incorporate a simple oral health regimen into an active and busy life in order to maintain optimal oral health.
Through the NDHM program, ADHA continues to promote increasing the public's awareness about the importance of preventive services in maintaining good oral hygiene and to encourage others to develop and continue with a daily oral health routine.