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I guess I don't mind so much being old, as I mind being fat and old. - Peter Gabriel
- Don't worry about avoiding temptation – as you grow older, it starts avoiding you.
~Author Unknown
I'm 59 and people call me middle aged. How many 118 year old men do you know? -Barry Cryer
- Growing old is like...
Being increasingly penalized ,
For a crime you have not committed!
Anthony Powell
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. ~Elizabeth Arden
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ~George Bernard Shaw
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. ~Truman Capote
I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it. --- George Burns
- Old age is when you keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
- Lillian Carter
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. ---Harry Hershfield
When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile. --- George Burns
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
Old age takes away what we've inherited and gives us what we've earned.
Gerald Brenan
Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples." La Rochefoucauld
- You're not 70, you're 20 with 50 years experience.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Old age comes at a bad time. ---San Banducci
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. ---Madeleine L'Engle
- Getting older means, becoming the person you are meant to be."
Julie Hebert
o me old age is 15 years older than I am.
"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch." Woody Allen
"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there." George Burns.
- I smoke 10 to 15 cigars a day, at my age I have to hold on to something. ~ George Burns
"I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet." Rita Rudner.
You know you're getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead. ~ John Mendoza
When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. ~ George Burns
- I wouldn't say that you're old...
...you've just been young longer than most of us.
About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. ---Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened. ~ Cora Harvey Armstrong
- clarissaJuly 9, 2009 at 7:33 AM
you're as old as the person you're feeling up....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2009 at 3:31 AM
i want to die in my sleep like my grandfather-not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.ReplyDelete
- rebel1717@devianartFebruary 5, 2010 at 11:50 PM
better to be over the hill then under it...ReplyDeleteReplies
Im not over the hill, I cant even make it to the top.!Delete
- hey its meSeptember 19, 2010 at 10:49 AM
The Senility Prayer:ReplyDelete
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never really liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
- AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 6:49 PM
When I awake in the morning and discover I'm still above ground, I get out of bed and start my day.ReplyDelete


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According to the United States famous technology media TechCrunch reported that Google (microblogging) Waymo recently submitted to the court a new document, claiming that before Uber acquired Otto, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (Travis Kalanick) Already know that joining Uber's former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski (Anthony Levandowski) hands have Google's technical secrets.
Legal action between Uber and Google Waymo continues. Waymo recently filed a document declaring that in March of last year, Travis Kalanik knew that Anthony Levandovsky had Google's technical secrets.
Anthony Levandovsky created Otto, an unmanned truck start-up company. After Otto was acquired by Uber, Anthony Levandowski joined Uber and became head of the company's unmanned department.
Waymo in this new document quotes Uber's response to Waymo on June 8, which has the following words:
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You can wirelessly save and access your photos, videos and files, stream HD movies and music to up to 3 devices at the same time, connect wirelessly or simply plug into a USB port and get up to 128GB of storage. It is compatible with iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Android™ devices, and PC and Mac computers!
The SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick comes in three sizes - 16, 32, 64 and 128 GB.
It is SUPER easy to use.
Just download and install the mobile app.
Apps are available for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices.
Once the app is installed, turn on the Connect Wireless Stick.
LED Status Indicators:
•Device on: White blinking
•Wi-Fi Data Transfer: White rapid blinking
•Battery charging: Amber solid (changes to White when fully charged)
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Connect to the Wireless Stick Wi-Fi network:
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The ###### is a unique identifier for your specific stick.
Launch the mobile app and start using the files.
I keep my SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick in my purse, and it is super easy to wireless backup my iPhone photos and free up space when I'm traveling. I set it to auto sync and use the option to delete transferred content (helps you secure your content and keep your phone's memory free every time you connect your Wireless Stick). SO much easier than having to find my cables and back up to my laptop when I get back to the room. I almost always forget to transfer photos. With the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick, I don't have to remember to do that. Vacation can be vacation!
I also add music and movies for when I travel. I just wireless connect my iPad and I can listen to music and watch HD movies easily. Nothing to connect! I love that Chicken Legs and I can share the Wireless Stick because it can stream to up to 3 devices at once! SO cool!
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A smaller group class which focuses on MMA Fitness moves by combing boxing, kickboxing and ground work from both a technical and fitness perspective. *Gloves supplied.
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A challenging twist to traditional Yoga or Stretch Classes, Athetica Stretch combines Yoga Poses with both individual and partner assisted mobility.
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Complexity 1
Designed for anyone who understands the benefits of lifting weights. These group sessions use weight training as a basis for strength and body composition.
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Signature Athletica Workout. High intensity cardio and weights workout using ropes, sleds, wall balls and stacks of great exercises. Always different. Always a new challenge.
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A unique fusion of Aerial Arts, Yoga, Pilates and Calisthenics, you'll be supported in a soft hammock suspended from the ceiling. This low impact, full body workout will relieve joints, decompress the spine and align the body from head to toe.
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Breath and movement are synchronised to increase flexibility, balance the nervous system and revitalize the body and mind. We offer a variety of different styles: Hatha, Vinyasa, Power, Japanese & Yin Yoga.
Duration 55mins
This specialty class is one of a kind. Utilising a low hanging trapeze arrangement, you will perform a series of exercises that focus on core stabilisation and building strength. This class is a truly unique experience.
Complexity 4
Using isometric training with a strong emphasis on form and alignment, Barre incorporates elements of Ballet, Pilates and Yoga for a long and lean dancers physique.
This class has been specifically designed for women who are interested in toning and building strength, without the risk of bulking. Particular attention is placed on the lower body and abs.
Duration 50mins
Press pause and block out your busy life. Our Meditation classes explore a range of different techniques which will give you the space to tune into your self, calm your mind and find peace and clarity.
Duration 30mins
Focusing on postural alignment, breathing and the activation of deep core muscles. Pilates is a great way to increase muscle tone, strength, flexibility and mobility.
Loud music, crazy energy and lots of sweat - this high intensity stationary bike sweat session will get your heart pumping, muscles toned and calories burning.
This lower body workout targets the female problem areas - hips, thighs and butt. Take the Rockbottom challenge and you will see noticeably firmer thighs, lifted butt and slender hips.
A creative fusion of dance cardio and choreography. This fun and expressive class will take you through some basic drills and routines. This class is for all levels and aims to improve your strength and stamina.
One of signature workouts - A very challenging full body Interval style (HIIT) routine that combines 5 sets of bodyweight/weight exercises followed by a short sharp burst of cardio.
A whole-body workout aimed to increase strength and improve muscle tone. This class uses barbells, kettlebells and some plyometric moves to really make you sweat.
Using a freestanding boxing bag and moves from Boxing, Muay Thai and Kickboxing this class uses simple moves to burn maximum calories, fast! *Gloves supplied.
The ultimate indoor bootcamp. Team Commando is a fun and dynamic workout, that uses partner and team based activities to give you a full body workout.
Move like a Brazilian (and get a body like one!) with a class that dances to the beat of Samba, Salsa, Reggae Nation & Capoeira! This fun, energetic dance class brings a carnival atmosphere to Fitness Playground.
This high intensity interval training class, combines classic cycling for cardio conditioning and off-the-bike resistance training for strength and fat loss. Come prepared for a heart thumping, full body workout!
Intensity 5
Part of the Performance Series, Calisthenics is bodyweight based training that aims to develop the ultimate combination of strength, control and some pretty impressive skills - think muscle ups and the human flag!
Complexity 5
This 30 minute class focuses on strengthening and stabilising your core muscles. It will open up your posture, improve your balance and flatten your abs forever.
A hybrid Yoga & Pilates class designed to help you stretch, relax and tone. This class has Breathing and Meditation exercises to leave you feeling zen!
Part of the Performance Series, this class focuses on increasing flexibility and range of motion to improve overall athletic performance.
This kickboxing class will challenge your cardiovascular capacity and kick your metabolism into hyperdrive! Combining elements of all martial arts and fitness you'll be sure to work up a sweat. *Gloves supplied.
A High intensity workout that combines body weight exercises, resistance, cardio and plyometric training. This class is great for fat burning and lean muscle building, as well as improving endurance. Exercises include; squats, jumps, lunges, push-ups and lots of abs!
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April favourites and a look back over the month
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Are you in your thirties with a family and still renting? Do you feel home ownership is out of your grasp because of the current high price of houses?
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I had some clients come to me to discuss their first home requirements over the weekend nothing out of the ordinary there I thought. Over the next few days I found them a great block of land in the Mernda Villages estate and I priced an Onella18 Berstan home on the site and fixed the price no more to pay. I then sent the details to the client who replied back with a much lower price with a major volume Melbourne home builder and the price was for a similar home design. The problem was the land the builder had quoted on had 2.5 metres of fill over it and this is where the issue will begin. The builder had stated a (fixed site cost allowance) problem being the allowance was well under the amount required engineering due to the fill. Unfortunately the first home buyer couple have proceeded with this builder and they will find out about it the hard way with thousands of extra costs coming their way.
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When looking to purchase a piece of land for your new home build, there are many factors to take into account, but one major item is often overlooked or not known about.
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I was asked the other day to provide a quote for a new home build in Mernda. I sent an email to the land agent requesting a copy of the current engineering for the civil works.
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This is an interesting topic and one that is really important when it comes to site costs. Best soil class is A class and the worst is P class.
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There are many factors you need to take into consideration when purchasing a vacant block of land for your new home.
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The Faith Promise plan of giving answers these needs:
- it provides more money for missions
- it enables churches to send more missionaries
- it involves individual believers in the program of world evangelism
How does Faith Promise Giving Work:
- Faith Promise cards are distributed to each person.
- THEY PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER how much they are willingto trust the Lord to enable them to give to missions above their regular offerings.
- THEY FILL IN the amount of their Faith Promise offering and turn in the card.
- THE CHURCH TOTALS all the cards/promises and then promises missionary support based on the total promised from the people.
- NO RECORD is kept of names and amounts promised. It is between the Lord and His people.
- WEEK BY WEEK believers give their Faith Promises offerings as God prospers and enables them.


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Mansion House Lunch 2017
The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin was the principal speaker at the President's Mansion House Lunch together with Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London. They discussed:
- The lead up to and fallout from Brexit
- What happens next and what to expect
- How the UK/London tech sector can continue to thrive post Brexit
This exclusive networking event took place in the exquisite surroundings of the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House. Lunch ran from 12.00pm until 2.30pm with tickets priced at £150 per person include a sparkling wine reception, three course lunch and beverages.
The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Letwin MP is a Conservative politician. He has served as a Member of Parliament for West Dorset since 1997. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2014 to 2016. Following the 2015 general election, he was given overall responsibility for the Cabinet Office and became a full member of the Cabinet in the Conservative government. He had previously been Minister of State for Government Policy from 2010 and 2015. He is also chairman of the Conservative Research Department and chaired the Conservative Party's Policy Review from 2005 to 2010.
Part of the proceeds from this event was donated to the Lord Mayor's Appeal and the remainder applied to furthering the work of the Insurance Institute of London.
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Sala de Despiece, a hip butcher
'Sala de despiece' means, literally, the cutting room. This restaurant, acclaimed for its top ingredients, is also an old-style butcher.
On the ceiling, a colourful checkerboard and metal rails decorated with butcher hooks. Yet, gourmets will only have eyes for the menu. The handwritten, always-changing menu features the freshest products: thick prime rib, iridescent prawns, creamy burrata, and beef tomatoes share the limelight. Whether the beef is raw, served as ceviche, or cooked a la plancha 'a la chalaca' as in Peru, preparations are meticulous, and ingredients carefully chosen to delight gourmets. The exact weight of the portions of beef are written down, just like in the old days. And, the restaurant doesn't do anything by halves: you eat on red and white butcher paper. The taste of authenticity in a trendy setting.
Sala de Despiece
Calle de Ponzano, 11
28010 Madrid
+34 917 52 61 06
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Jovetic targets Champions League improvement
Manchester City attacker Stevan Jovetic has insisted his side can improve their UEFA Champions League record this season.
The Premier League side have failed to progress beyond the group stages of Europe's premier cup competition in the last two seasons, but have recently changed manager and signed a host of new players.
Jesus Navas and Alvaro Negredo both arrived from La Liga side Sevilla, while Fernandinho and Jovetic signed from Shakhtar Donetsk and Fiorentina respectively - with the quartet set to be guided by new boss Manuel Pellegrini.
And Jovetic expects these changes to reap rewards in the Champions League, with City preparing to face Viktoria Plzen in their first group game on Tuesday.
He told Uefa.com: "We were a strong team before, and now with Fernandinho, (Jesus) Navas, (Alvaro) Negredo and myself, we're even stronger.
"We can definitely compete for our targets: the Premier League title and to go as far as possible in the Champions League.
"The first two seasons they didn't make it out of the group but it was difficult for them. Last season it was also difficult being in the same group as Real Madrid, Dortmund and Ajax.
"But now we have two years of experience and hope to go through."
Despite Manchester City having endured a mixed start to the new Premier League season, Jovetic also hailed the philosophy of manager Pellegrini.
The 23-year-old added: "His philosophy is more or less the same as mine. I like the way his teams play, I saw that last season with Malaga.
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This week we attended the INAA Scottish Hair and Beauty Award finalist announcement blogger event at The Apartment in Glasgows 29 Private Members Club. The awards to celebrate Scottish talent are being hosted by I Need An Appointment, an online hair and beauty portal booking service and sponsored by GHD, Laurens Way and many more exciting brands.
There were a ton of Scottish bloggers at the event, where as a year or two ago, there were only a small selection of us so it was a great chance to mingle with old and new faces. You may have even seen the #shaba2013 hashtag floating around on twitter on the evening!
At the beginning of the event, there were talks from the owners of INAA, very inspirational ladies and spoke about how a lot of women feel they don't deserve to treat themselves to beauty treatments and a bit of pampering. It definitely made us feel good about what we do and how social media has the ability to change the way we think about things. Sure, getting a nice manicure won't change the world but it would definitely brighten up your day wouldn't it? When we recently went for a massage treatment we felt amazing, it just shows! Plus, the fact that you can now book beauty appointments online makes it even easier and more of an excuse to treat yourself! Next was a short and sweet talk from TOWIES Lauren Goodger, introducing her Laurens Way brand with products of a fake tan, glamorous nature, every bit of essex you could imagine. In our opinion, much prettier in real life than on tv.
After the talks we were whisked off to The Apartment, a huge room packed with bloggers, wine and demonstrations from Bare Minerals, Bumble & Bumble and live fake tans from Laurens Way. There was even a GHD giveaway but sadly neither of us won, oh well! All in all, we had a lovely time catching up with our favourite bloggers who we hadn't seen in a long time and it was a very fun event to attend. The Scottish blogger community is constantly growing and it's great to see more events like this pop up more often.
The talented finalists have finally been announced and are as follows:
Hair, Best Female StylistClare Ashford, Ash Hairdressing, Oban
Carrie Cameron, Cach-Ca Hair Studio, Aberdeen
Donna Richards, Partners Hair & Beauty Broughty Ferry
Ashley Bitters, Cruz Salon, Glasgow
Natasha Beattie, Colour Unique
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Grant Simpson - Frances Hunter, Stirling
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After you have created the shapes of your glyphs you must next figure out the spacing between glyphs. The space between any two glyph has two components, the space after the first glyph, and the space before the second glyph. In a left to right world these two are called the right side bearing and the left side bearing respectively.
The left side bearing may be changed by the simple expedient of
Edit->Select All (in the outline view) and then dragging
the selected objects to the appropriate place. The right side bearing may
be changed by selecting the advance width line and adjusting it
However it is generally better not to set the metrics of a single glyph in
isolation, you should see the glyph in the context of other glyphs and set
it from that perspective. Use the
Metrics Window command.
Any glyphs selected in the fontview (when you invoke the metrics view) will be displayed in the metrics view. You may change which glyphs are displayed by either typing new ones in to the text field at the top of the view, or by dragging a glyph from the fontview.
From here you may adjust any glyph's metrics by typing into the textfields below it, or you may select a glyph (by clicking on its image) and drag it around (to adjust the left side bearing), or drag its width line (to adjust its right side bearing).
If you want to generate a "typewriter" style font (where all glyphs have
the same width) execute an
Edit->Select All from the fontview
and then
Metrics->Set Width. This will set the widths of
all glyphs to the same value. After doing that you might also want to execute
Metrics->Center in Width to even out the left and right spacing
on each glyph.
all this manual operation seems too complicated, try
Metrics->Auto Width.
This will automagically assign widths to glyphs. These widths are not up
to professional standards, but they are generally reasonable approximations.
FontForge provides some support for the vertical metrics needed for CJK fonts.
First you must tell FontForge that this font should contain vertical metrics,
do this with
Element->Font Info->General->Has Vertical
Metrics. Then in each outline glyph enable VMetrics in the Layers
You should now see a vertical advance line somewhere underneath your glyph. You may drag this line just as you would the horizontal advance (width) line.
You might imagine that there would be an easy way to set this seemingly important quantity. Unfortunately there is not.
Typographically ept applications will allow users to adjust baseline to baseline spacing, so the default value may not be all that relevant.
If you are careful in setting the left and right side-bearings you can design your font so that the spacing looks nice in almost all cases. But there are always some cases which confound simple solutions.
Consider "To" or "Av" here the standard choices are inappropriate. The "o" will look better if it can slide more to the left and snuggle under the top bar of the "T". This is called kerning, and it is used to control inter-glyph spacing on a pair-by-pair basis.
In the above example the left image shows the unkerned text, the right shows the kerned text. To create a kerned pair in the metrics window, simply click on the right glyph of the pair, the line (normally the horizontal advance) between the two should go green (and becomes the kerned advance). Drag this line around until the spacing looks nice.
Sadly that statement is a simplification... Before you can create a kerning
pair you must create a kerning lookup (see
the section on lookups). Once again
you bring up the Element->Font Info->Lookups pane and this time you
must select the GPOS (Glyph Positioning) tab at the top of the pane. Once
again you press
[Add Lookup]. This time the lookup type is "Pairwise
Positioning", and the feature is "kern" (or perhaps "vkrn" if you want to
do vertical kerning).
Once you have created your lookup you again select it and press the [Add Subtable] button (which asks you to name the subtable). Then FontForge will ask you whether you want a subtable of kerning pairs or kerning classes.
If you have many glyphs which have similar kerning features you might wish
to create a set of kerning classes
(which might say that A, À, Á, Â, Â, Ã and
Ä all kern alike). However for this example you want a kerning pair
Then FontForge will popup a dialog allowing you to set the kerning subtable directly. You may set your kerning pairs from here, though I prefer the metrics view myself because you can see more glyphs and so get a better feel for the "color" of the font.
(Some glyph combinations are better treated by creating a ligature than by kerning the letters)
FontForge has equivalent support for vertical kerning. It can read and write vertical kerning information from and to truetype, opentype and svg fonts. It allows you to create vertical kerning classes. The metrics window has a vertical mode in which you can set vertical kerning pairs. Finally it has a command which will copy horizontal kerning information to the vertically rotated glyphs (That is, if the combination "A" "V" is horizontally kerned by -200, then "A.vert" "V.vert" should be vertically kerned by -200.
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Faster Secure Page Loading Improves Website Performance and Allows Organizations to Extend SSL Across Entire Websites
Boston, MA - November 1 2012 - GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), one of the leading providers of SSL Certificates worldwide, today announced a technology partnership with CloudFlare, the Web performance and security company, to provide GlobalSign customers with the most rapid SSL-secured website page loading available. As of today, all GlobalSign SSL customers will benefit from page-loading acceleration capabilities at no extra charge, with no additional configuration required. The advanced technology collaboration will increase secure website page-load speeds to six times faster than traditional SSL, hundreds of millions of times per month. By increasing performance, GlobalSign is facilitating wider adoption of SSL and, as a result, contributing to reduced risk of data breaches, website compromises, and consumer ID theft and fraud; faster performance also boosts customer loyalty and reduces website abandonment rates.
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR58121062.502.3 taken! short, Vijay half-pulls, half-flicks, and the top-edge goes way up in the air. Swirls all the way as it comes down, and Beuran Hendricks is running back from the 30-yard circle towards the deep square leg boundary, and is facing away from the field as he takes it, inches from the rope. Top catch. 13/149324861153.1210.3 what a ball! All those balls that went straight on were maybe playing on KP's mind, and he pushed forward here and was playing for the angle rather than for the turn. Unfortunately for him, it does turn, and turns appreciably to beat his outside edge and crash into middle and off. 84/269447473156.8118.1 wickets tumbling here, a short slow ball there from Hendricks, bowled from the back of the hand, sits up for Karthik, who looks to hook that away for six, but doesn't get enough on it and holes out to deep square leg 155/61721281080.9516.5 this time the yorker has gone completely awry, it is a nice put-it-away full toss, but in T20 even this sort of delivery can get you a wicket, Duminy wanted to put it away but he doesn't hit it well enough clear Maxwell at wide long-on 140/3012000.0017.1 the promotion for Jadhav doesn't work as he perishes first ball, it was a length ball to hit out of the park, but Jadhav hits it only as far as deep midwicket where Maxwell is waiting 144/462201300.0017.5 full ball on legstump from around the wicket, Sandeep has decided that is going to be his strategy, and it is working for him, Mayank goes for the reverse-sweep, he misses and loses his leg stump 151/5not out1081110125.0022100100.0018.4 Maxwell! can this man do anything wrong this season? sensational catch from him, Parnell did hammer this one as Hendricks gifted a length ball, the ball goes high and drops sharply down, Maxwell skips back towards the rope, and he's less than a yard from the boundary when he gets his hands on the ball, he doesn't collect it on the first time, but as the ball drops he sticks out his left hand to pluck that one, a wide grin shows how much he enjoyed that 158/7not out1220050.00Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL164/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Murali Vijay, 2.3 ov), 2-84 (Kevin Pietersen, 10.3 ov), 3-140 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 16.5 ov), 4-144 (Kedar Jadhav, 17.1 ov), 5-151 (Mayank Agarwal, 17.5 ov), 6-155 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.1 ov), 7-158 (Wayne Parnell, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sandeep Sharma 4 0 35 3 8.75 11 3 2 3 0 BE Hendricks 4 0 36 3 9.00 10 4 1 0 0 AR Patel 4 1 18 1 4.50 12 1 0 1 0 R Dhawan 4 0 42 0 10.50 6 6 1 0 0 Shivam Sharma 4 0 32 0 8.00 5 2 1 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23224321104.547.5 Sehwag goes for it again, again Duminy bowls it full and wide, Sehwag can't get enough power on this one, which means he find the man at sweeper cover 84/242193543221.056.2 and Tahir has a wicket straightaway, flighted overpitched ball, Vohra looks to launch that out of the park, it's a good-looking shot but he picked out the man at long-off, end of another hugely impressive cameo from the 20-year-old 67/114111301127.278.6 Tahir has got the big one, the googly has crashed into the off stump, Maxwell misses the swipe, Maxwell has to go, Tahir has already gone off on his usual over exuberant celebratory run 92/39.5 the game is changing here, dramatically, Punjab have lost Miller now, he was looking to send that down the ground, he doesn't connect, the ball connects with leg stump, Punjab have lost four in three and a half overs 94/413132910100.0014.6 full ball outside off, driven to short cover, was that a bump ball? the third umpire is called for after much delay, there wasn't too much of an appeal from the fielder Parnell initially, but the replays show the batsman is out, hit the ball just after it bounced and chipped it straight to Parnell, another wicket for Daredevils 127/5not out42355251120.0067170085.7118.3 taken! this game is back alive, Bailey perishes, a needless big hit, don't think he picked the googly, and that flies off the inside half of the bat towards deep midwicket, where Jadhav takes a good diving catch, two rookies will have to finish the job now 155/6not out85710160.00Extras15 (lb 4, w 11)TOTAL165/6 (19.4 Overs, RR: 8.38)Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Manan Vohra, 6.2 ov), 2-84 (Virender Sehwag, 7.5 ov), 3-92 (Glenn Maxwell, 8.6 ov), 4-94 (David Miller, 9.5 ov), 5-127 (Wriddhiman Saha, 14.6 ov), 6-155 (George Bailey, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WD Parnell 3.4 0 42 0 11.45 9 6 1 3 0 Mohammed Shami 4 0 39 1 9.75 13 5 2 3 0 JD Unadkat 4 0 31 0 7.75 10 1 1 1 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 22 3 5.50 12 0 1 2 0 JP Duminy 4 0 27 2 6.75 7 1 1 2 0
Match Details
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (KP Pietersen 35, KD Karthik 15, Ex 3)
- Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
- KD Karthik: 50 off 35 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (KD Karthik 35, JP Duminy 15, Ex 0)
- Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils - 164/7 in 20.0 overs (MK Tiwary 10, Mohammed Shami 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (V Sehwag 14, M Vohra 33, Ex 7)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 12
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 15
Match CoverageAll Match News
Left-arm spinner 1, KP 0
Plays of the day for the match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in Delhi
Vohra, Akshar deliver for Kings XI
Kings XI Punjab became the first team to confirm their seat in the playoffs with a four-wicket win over bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils
Final-over stats
Number of times chasing teams have scored more than 10 off the 20th over in this IPL - KXIP need 9 today
Losing streaks
Delhi's longest losing streaks in the IPL. A loss today will be their 7th in a row
Maxwell v legspin
Number of times Glenn Maxwell has been dismissed by legspinners - out of 14 dismissals in IPL
Average partnership between Maxwell and Miller - the best for a pair in the tournament (min. 4 partnerships)
Not a happy home
Delhi's win % at the Kotla - the only franchise with a sub-50 win percentage at home - 16 wins in 41 games
First-wicket highs
Kings XI Punjab's best opening partnership before today in this IPL
Not good for Delhi
Shahbaz Nadeem, with 7 wickets, is Delhi's highest wicket-taker this IPL. There 25 bowlers with more wickets
Anybody's game?
Delhi's win percentage when defending 160-180 totals (they have won 3 and lost 3)
Three-wicket hauls
Record for the most 3+ wicket hauls in a season (Sohail Tanvir in 2008) – Sandeep Sharma has 4 this year
The finishers
Number of wickets Delhi have lost in the last 5 overs of an innings in this IPL - the fewest for any team
Maiden stats
Number of wicket-maiden overs bowled in this IPL. Akshar Patel bowled the fifth today
A dry spell
Number of fifties Kevin Pietersen has scored in his last 10 IPL innings
Dinesh Karthik is the 16th batsman to pass the landmark in the IPL


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New Book on Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) cooperate in many ways. Recently, USGS work with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has focused on mapping benthic ecosystems, determining the geology and sedimentology of ecosystem substrates, and understanding substrate stability. Some of the results of this work are now available in a new book published by the American Fisheries Society in September 2005, entitled Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing. The book's 60 papers and 100 abstracts cover a broad range of geologic, biologic, sociologic, and management research. The volume is an outgrowth of an Ecological Society of America Symposium, "Effects of Fishing Activities on Benthic Habitats: Linking Geology, Biology, Socioeconomics, and Management," organized and underwritten by NOAA and the USGS. The symposium was held November 12-14, 2002, in Tampa, Fla. (see December 2002/January 2003 Sound Waves article, "Symposium on the Effects of Fishing Activities on Benthic Habitats").
The new book identifies several information and research needs, including:
The full reference for the volume is Barnes, Peter W., and Thomas, James P., eds., 2005, Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 41, Bethesda, Md. Copies have been sent to USGS science centers and libraries and are available from the American Fisheries Society's online bookstore. The 890-page hardcover book with index costs $53.00 for American Fisheries Society members, $75.00 for nonmembers.
in this issue:
special feature:
Offshore Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
Sediment-Toxicity Studies in Western Long Island Sound
Sea-Floor Geology Off Massachusetts Coast
Alvin Dives to Deep-Water Coral Habitats
Study Links Urbanization to Amphibian Decline
San Francisco Bay Floor Explored
Briefing on Coastal Research in Hawai'i
USGS Research on the Kona Coast, Hawai'i
Third International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals
Award for USGS Map Hawaii's Volcanoes Revealed
USGS Citizen Soldier on the Move!
Native-Plant Landscaping in Florida
New Book on Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing
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The 2011 Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour hosted its first Tennis event of the year at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. The venue provided a spectacular location and unparalleled backdrop to watch the top ten players in the world battle for the BNP Paribas title. Donors of the pro/am tour and their guests were treated to the best center-court suite in the stadium to view the weekend matches, as well as, a magnificent dinner party hosted at the Big Horn residence of legendary Hollywood Producer Jerry Weintraub.
Many of the top doubles players in the world teamed up with the PCF tour amateurs for a weekend of tournament play. On Sunday, after the final two rounds, four teams emerged from the matches and advanced to the two featured finals. In the 1st final, returning 2010 PCF Tour champion, Sam Herzberg and his long standing partner, Jonathan Schneider, matched up against the team from India, ex Davis Cup coach Narendra Singh and current 10th ranked doubles player in the world and 2010 U.S. Open doubles finalist, Rohan Bopanna. In a hard fought battle, Narendra and Rohan emerged as victors in the final. Finalists Sam and Jonathan, regular competitors on the tour, earned valuable tour points towards the next tour stop.
In the 2nd final, veteran PCF player Joel Pashcow, also a returning 2010 PCF tour champion teamed with Serbian Davis Cup Player Nenad Zimonjic currently the 4th ranked doubles player in the world and 5 time grand slam doubles champion. They competed against amateur Fernando Sartorius of Spain in his first pro/am appearance and former French Open Doubles Champion Murphy Jensen. Joel and Nenad finally won the evenly matched final with an entertaining, hard hitting 9-7 victory.
Additionally, this year's pro/am competition featured by far, the strongest level of amateur play in 14 years of PCF Pro/Am Tour history. Tour points determined from the results of this event can be viewed on the 2011 leader board. The Prostate Cancer Foundation and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the sponsors, as well as the Indian Wells pro/am team participants.
We hope to see everyone on the 2nd Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour stop in Westchester, CT at the fabulous Westchester Country Club!
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PARIS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A European satellite that mapped the Earth's gravity has revealed the devastating Japanese earthquake of 2011 left a "scar" on Earth's gravity, scientists say.
The effects of the 9.0 earthquake that struck east of Japan's Honshu Island on March 11, 2011 are clearly visible in data gathered by the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite, an ESA release reported Wednesday.
Large earthquakes not only deform Earth's crust, ESA scientists said, but can also cause tiny changes in local gravity which can vary from place to place on our planet's surface and were measured by sensitive instruments aboard GOCE.
The quake in Japan had clearly ruptured the gravity field and left evidence of its effects, those instruments revealed.
Local gravity can vary because material inside Earth is inhomogeneous and unevenly distributed, and significant changes in its distribution -- as occurred in the 2011 temblor -- can cause additional variations in it, the researchers said.
The GOCE satellite mapped Earth's gravity with unrivaled precision for over four years, but nobody really expected the data to show changes over time, they said -- until the Japanese earthquake proved them wrong.
The satellite data proved large earthquakes not only deform Earth's crust, but can also cause tiny but permanent changes in local gravity, knowledge that can improve understanding of earthquakes and their consequences, the researchers said.


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Panama Passport Photo Requirements
There are many specific requirements for Panama passport photos.
When it comes to the application process, do not get bogged down by the details of their
requirements. It is as simple as following the points outlined below.
Panama Passport Photo Requirements:
- Two photos required for application
- 2 x 2 inches, square
- White background
- Applicant should be facing the camera from a front angle
- The camera should be focused on the face of the individual in the photo
- No Glasses
- In order for ears to be visible in each photo, hair should be pulled back
- Smiling in photos is acceptable as long as teeth are not showing
Panama Passport Photo Requirements for Men:
- No earrings or piercings of any kind should be visible
- Hairstyles should not be extravagant for men
- If hair is long, it should be pulled back for the photo
- A head covering is only allowed in photos for religious purposes, such as a turban
Panama Passport Photo Requirements for Women:
- There should be no pins or ribbons in hair for the photos
- No earrings or piercings of any kind
- A head covering is only allowed for religious purposes
- If a head covering is word for religious purposes, all of the face must be showing in the photo
- In photos, blouses should not be low cut as to reveal cleavage
- Shoulders should be covered
More information can be found at the Authority of Passports of Panama.
Panama Passport Renewal
Photo requirements for Panama passport renewal are similar to those listed above except that FOUR additional photos should be included in the application.
Visiting the U.S.
A citizen of Panama who plans to visit the U.S. will need a valid passport with the photo requirements listed above and must be valid for at least six months past the planned exiting date.
In order to travel to the United States, a Panama citizen will also need to apply for and obtain a U.S. Visa.
There are two types of visas for a Panama citizen to choose from when entering the Unites States:
- Nonimmigrant visa (B-2 Tourist Visa)
- Immigrant visa
A nonimmigrant visa (B-2) would be the right choice for a Panamanian citizen intending to enter the U.S. for temporary reasons, such as for tourism, education, or business.
An immigrant visa would be needed for Panamanian citizens planning to move to the United States to live on a permanent basis.
For more information about visiting the U.S. as a citizen of Panama, visit the U.S. Embassy of Panama.
Generally, it is a quicker process for a Panama citizen to apply for a nonimmigrant visa (B-2) rather than an immigrant visa. It is required that a potential applicant set up an appointment at the U.S. Embassy in Panama in order to apply for a visa.
For up to date information on visa appointment wait times visit the U.S. State Department and type in "Panama".


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"Sit with God as you might with the ocean. You bring nothing to the ocean, yet it changes you." –Sean Caulfield, from The Experience of Praying
Quote of the Day
Eat This Chart: The Catholic Church and Marriage Views
Quote of the Day
"Without solitude, it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life." –Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Ironies of Radical Grace
Marcus J. Borg, in his book The Heart of Christianity, which I am reading now, has a very interesting thought on grace and who / which religion has ultimate access to God:
Thus, "Jesus died for our sins" was originally a subversive metaphor, (in that it challenged the temple claim of monopoly over grace and access to God) not a literal description of either God's purpose of Jesus' vocation. It was a metaphorical proclamation of radical grace; and properly understood, it still is. It is therefore ironic to realize that the religion that formed around Jesus would within four hundred years begin to claim for itself an institutional monopoly on grace and access to God. (emphasis mine)
So true.
The Examen Of Consciousness
"In the examen of consciousness we prayerfully reflect on the thoughts, feelings, and actions of our days to see how God has been at work among us and how we responded. We consider, for example, whether the boisterous neighbor of last night was more than just a rude interruption of a quiet evening. Maybe just maybe, he was the voice of God urging us to be attentive to the pain and loneliness of those around us. Perhaps in the glorious sunrise of this morning God was shouting out to us his love of beauty and inviting us to share in it, but we were too sleepy or distracted to participate. Maybe we responded to the Divine Whisper to write a letter or call a friend on the telephone, and the results of our simple obedience were nothing short of startling," -says Richard J. Foster in his book on Prayer, which is ultra relevant even 20 years after it was written.
The Fate of Everyone
Rob Bell's book on this very topic comes out today:
Love Wins is not a book about who is in or out. That sort of talk is too small. It is a book that invites people to remember the life God is offering them and this encourages them to thrive as they joyously participate in that life. Bell challenges theologies that seem to have forgotten what it means to live this life and moves the conversation back to a placed where Christians have the freedom to say yes to the gift God continually offers. Christianity isn't about being right or wrong, it's about living joyously and transformativly for Jesus — and this is a message we can all benefit from being reminded of.
Quote of the Day II
"The question should not be 'What would Jesus do?' but rather, more dangerously, 'What would Jesus have me do?' The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human beings to do impossible things. He came to ask human beings to live up to their full humanity; he wants us to live in the full implication of our human gifts, and that is far more demanding."
-the late, great Rev. Peter J. Gomes
R.I.P. Peter Gomes
Sorry I'm a week late but heres his obituary. Here is a money quote by the late, great openly gay spiritual leader of Harvard:
Religious fundamentalism is dangerous because it cannot accept ambiguity and diversity and is therefore inherently intolerant. Such intolerance, in the name of virtue, is ruthless and uses political power to destroy what it cannot convert. It is dangerous, especially in America, because it is anti-democratic and is suspicious of 'the other,' in whatever form that 'other' might appear. To maintain itself, fundamentalism must always define 'the other' as deviant.
No Desire for an Islamic Revolution
Matt Yglesias translates a French article for us:
This new generation isn't interested in ideology, their slogans are all pragmatic and congrete; they don't speak of Islam the way their predecessors did in Algeria in the late 1980s. Above all they reject corrupt dictators and demand democracy. That's not to say that the demonstrators are secular, but simply that they don't see Islam as a political ideology to be used to create a better order, they're well inside a secular political space.
This is a continuation of Roy's work over the past several years on "the failure of political Islam." The basic idea here is that in part thanks to the example of Iran, you just don't have a mass constituency that's prepared to believe that Islam or Islamic rule offers answers to the concrete problems of poverty, corruption, and slow economic growth. People may be religiously observant or culturally conservative in ways that western liberals (or even western cultural conservatives) would find alarming, but the Egyptian people are asking "where are the jobs?" and don't think the answer is going to be found in the Koran.
Advent and the Church Calendar
Ryan Hamm, the associate editor of Relevant Magazine, reflects on his experience with Advent:
There's something comforting to me that things don't happen immediately with the church calendar. Because things don't happen immediately in life. We don't turn off the light on Thanksgiving evening and then wake up on the day after suddenly celebrating Christmas just like we don't go though a traumatic experience and get healed in a day, or fall in love in a day, or make friends in a day. There is value in truly being in the present, preparing for the future with what you're given. When we adjust ourselves to the timing of God, we find a breathtaking, faith-giving depth in the booming quiet.
One of yesterday's readings in churches around the world was Romans 13:11-14. Part of that passage reads "You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near." It's a reminder that the light is just on the horizon—but it's not yet here. We wait and yearn for the light. In the meantime, we're in the darkness but we live as if we're in the light. We spend our time preparing ourselves for the joy of Christ's birth and second coming. We wait, but we don't spend our time doing nothing. We wait expectantly, like those virgins who trimmed the wicks of their lamps. We wait like Simeon. And in the waiting, God moves.
The liturgy and church calendar were not been a big part of my life until about a year ago. Working at a Presbyterian church immersed me into the calendar and dating a girl with a religion major who happens to love spiritual formation and ancient practices of being got me into the lectionary.
As I woke up this morning at 5:30am and made my way to our desk and cracked open my Bible, lectionary, and journal, moving to a new week is exciting as it follows a path countless others are (and have) personally and corporately following.
'Why Biblical tends to be UnBiblical'
Kyle Strobel sees the labeling of "this" or "that" as biblical as more influenced by our backgrounds than being solely Biblical:
When I hear people use the word "biblical" today, more often than not it is a placeholder for: "what I find comfortable in light of my background."
It is usually easy to point this out, in light of the fact that these people's claim to "be biblical in all things" is, itself, extra-biblical. The call to be biblical itself is based on theologizing. That is not to say that the inclination is somehow unbiblical, but that the content of what it means to be biblical is based on a theological development (the Bible never states, for instance, sola scriptura – Scripture alone). I say this because I find that the term biblical is usually used in an unbiblical manner. It is an elitist tendency to write off other people who stand under God's word and to, instead, apply God's sovereignty to themselves. Rather than standing under the judgment of Christ, they stand at his side, pointing out people they think deserve his wrath. They often mimic, in other terms, the Pharisees.
Sadly, this happens in many contemporary cases. Judging others based off a bullshit bravado that "you aren't a Christian unless you put it out in the public and subsequently make it divisive" or believing in a conservative God and country narrative is in some circles growing more common. I can't tell you how tired I am of American hubris. This American exceptionalism is a nationalism that doesn't imbue a sense of humbleness, as many Christians wish to gravitate towards, but rather conflates superiority and the American flag.
For a timeless example of Biblical values being rooted in one's American values, look no further.
Reflecting on Zacchaeus and Economic Justice
Sojo collects some commentary by biblical scholars:
Joel Green finds, "Unlike the rich ruler, Zacchaeus does not employ his wealth so as to procure honor and friends; rather, he is a social outcast who puts his possessions in the service of the needy and of justice. Such a person would indeed be eager to welcome Jesus, anointed by the spirit to bring "good news to the poor (Luke 4:18-19), with joy!" (The Gospel of Luke, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, Eerdmans, 1997, p. 672).
Quote of the Week
"Not too long ago, a priest told me that he cancelled his subscription to the New York Times because he felt that the endless stories about war, crime, power games, and political manipulation only disturbed his mind and heart and prevented him from meditation and prayer.
That is a very sad story because it suggests that only by denying the world can you live in it, that only by surrounding yourself by an artificial, self induced quietude can you live in a spiritual life. A real spiritual life does exactly the opposite: it makes us so alert of the world around us, that all that is and happens becomes part of our contemplation and meditation and invites us to a free and fearless response."
-Henri J.M. Nouwen in Reaching Out
Think about this one as you enter your new week.
When Citing the "Values in the Bible"
Michael Coogan sees love as the core Bible value:
When talking about so-called family values, pastors, popes, and politicians routinely quote the Bible as if it were an unassailable divine authority — after all, they assume, God wrote the Bible, and therefore it is absolutely and literally true.
Although Jews and Christians, individually and collectively, have for the last 2,000 years accepted the Bible as authoritative in principle, in practice many of its values have been rejected. On issues such as slavery, no one today would maintain that slavery is acceptable, even though, according to the Bible, it was a divinely sanctioned institution. In the debates about slavery in the 19th century those opposed to its abolition cited the Bible in support of their position, but despite such biblical warrant, their views were renounced.
Individual biblical texts should not be appealed to selectively: Such cherry-picking is all too easy because of the nature of the Bible as a multi-authored book. Rather, as with another formative text, the Constitution, one needs first to understand it historically — what did its words mean when they were written — and then attempt to determine what its underlying values are, not just what it says in a specific passage. Only in this sense can the Bible be considered to have timeless relevance that transcends the historical particularities of its authors.
The broad brush approach of "supporting a Biblical family value system" is so vague when thrown around, it needs to be clarified and not kept in vague terms. Are we talking about the family lifestyle of the male having sex with his female servants, the man having concubines, or the more recent monogamous, heterosexual relationship?
As for the cherry picking approach, it indeed does strip any sort of context and is more often used in a controlling instance. Let's try a reverse, or a top down, approach to scripture: look at the topic from the OT or NT perspective, then category (law, prophet, gospel, letter), then book (author? time?), then chapter, then verse grouping.
Glenn Beck, Jesus and Mormonism
I am always confused when I listen/watch Glenn Beck. However, over the last few weeks, I have been wondering something. This may be a silly theological detail that I missed out on, but why does Glenn Beck go on and on about Jesus Christ and the God of Christianity? He rambles on and on about this political influence on the "spiritual" lives of Americans and went into deeper detail over liberation theology not too long ago. Doesn't he not believe the same God but the one revealed through Joseph Smith?
Update: This website helped me out, duh. This post was good for me though because I have been struggling with writers block a bit.
Restlessly After God
Restless: –adjective
I myself have never felt overly restless. I have had the luxury of being able to sleep at night, the ability to let go of things until the next day, and have had a life that hasn't itched from within, beckoning for a differing path to take up. That may still not fully describe the state of restlessness for the closest person I know. Only they could attempt to explain it and its day to day journey, but we all know life can take us to a point where words cannot bridge the gap past a certain point. Only a look in the eyes, a walk with a friend, a hand written letter, or the continual reminder that you are not alone grants a sliver of the pie known as life fully alive and not alone.
MJ and I visited a nearby seminary as prospective students. We looked into their Masters of Divinity and Religion programs, toured the campus, talked to some commuters, had some pizza, sat in on chapel and afternoon small group class on the epistles. At chapel, it was commemorating Saint Theresa of Avila and focused on Psalm 42.
I had never heard a sermon that dove into such a deep subject and came away with a sense of not fully comprehending the topic. That wasn't solely from my interpretation of the sermon but the topic in itself: restlessly seeking after God.
The worship leader connected through worship, prayer, and song the scriptures Psalms 42 and Romans 8:22-27. He played this video, showing the Hebrew and had everyone listen to the chant. The ELW hymn 698, titled 'How Long, O God', is copyrighted so I was not able to find the lyrics online. It was the most touching and to the point hymn I have ever sang. I felt it connected to my thoughts and feelings in no way a hymn has before all while being only 4 lines.
Many of the translations of Psalm 42 begin by describing the deer panting for water. The King James Version labels the deer as a hart, an adult deer. I can imagine that being mixed up with the heart but I believe it may take us to the same point even if we mix up a deer with an organ. Our hearts long for the water than nourishes and grants us life.
The Romans passage ties in to longing and hope and forms a good companion passage with Psalm 42. We "long for what we cannot see" as we seek after God. As was next said in the sermon, those seeking God may be restless simply because they are seeking God. Who can truly sit back and be rest assured that they have fully pursued and seen all of God? Not only is God infinitely pursue-able but we ourselves are quite deep creatures.
In the moments where there is no rest, no easy feelings, or an uneasiness about where one is in life, there is the eternal hope that we are on a journey. Often journeys are focused on the end point or where one is arriving. I have come to see lately that it is not about where one arrives but about the journey, not fully focusing on the endpoint in mind but the step by step path each day. Is it crazy to think of it as being more important to see who we are becoming than what we are working for, or does that go hand in hand?
(Pictured: Georgetown, which I was in today, at night).
City of God, City of Man
Kathryn Jean Lopez interviews Peter Wehner about his new book, City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era.
LOPEZ: I've seen City of Man described as an evangelical book, but you sure do quote a lot of Catholics. To what extent is it a book for anyone who takes religion seriously?
WEHNER: We sure do quote a lot of Catholics, and that's not accidental. There are obviously important theological differences between Catholicism and evangelical Protestantism. But the Catholic Church has a great deal to teach evangelicals when it comes to how to engage politics and the culture — to do so in a way that's both effective and faithful.
Among the things evangelicals can learn from Catholics is that instead of serially reacting to issues as they arise, it's crucial to stand back and analyze how we should approach politics based on a cohesive Christian worldview. Catholicism has helped deepen our nation's understanding about the proper role of government based on the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity with the poor. The encyclicals of John Paul II were extraordinarily impressive documents, both theologically and politically. They had a formative influence on Mike and on me. Our view is that the Catholic Church, while a flawed institution, has shown an impressive understanding of the proper role of government and the relationship between Christianity and politics.
Let's Rethink Church
Dave True has some suggestions for the comfort driven church:
It is less clear, however, that congregations are nurtured to think about the church's identity in relation to God. Without a clear theological identity, the church is left to battle over conflicting agendas, ideals, and aspirations. Too often, congregations seem like split personalities, lurching back and forth from one extreme to the other, a spa for spiritual clients versus a gymnasium for spiritual athletes.
Whatever one's vision of the church, the question remains whether the pastor can lead his or her congregation to embrace this same vision as their own. Unlike Moses, American pastors long ago ceased being able to command their parishioners. They operate instead by consensus, more like politicans than prophets. No one wants to return to the days of compulsion, but building and maintaining consensus is no picnic either, especially when a congregation lacks a unifying vision of what the church is. The question, then, is what is the church to be, a hospital for sinners, a gymnasium for saints, or some third thing?
Dave emphasizes the long process this way of being requires. "It can't be checked off at the end of the week" but in my opinion is a lifestyle that in a community helps if we come authentically yet as ourselves. So we are left to wonder, and to look at our church and or the ones around, if they are acting as gymnasiums for play, growth, and recreation, or as hospitals to heal, mend, and care for all?
Getting Organized
I have the next two days off from teaching so that leaves me with time to pay some bills, work on some side paper work, organize my schedule, vacuum our room, and some blogging.
Look for some posts related to our gigantic national defense budget, a part two to my theology and homosexuality piece, and some thoughts on how Glenn Beck and his followers may not be that crazy after all.