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The lifeblood of an ecosystem
In the beginning, our earth was lifeless until the water came. The first living things were water plants and the origins of animal life lived in water. Today we are still water animals, forced to have access to water, or perish. The origin of water is as open to scientific speculation, as is the origin of the earth itself. What we do know is that water covers approximately three-fourths of the earth's surface and ninety-seven percent of it is in the oceans.
Nature's Hydrologic Cycle is the natural water purification process, ridding water of impurities, at least temporarily, before it picks them up again. The sun vaporizes water, breaking it down into individual H2O molecules, drawing it from the earth's surface into the atmosphere and leaving virtually all of its impurities behind. The vapor eventually cools in the clouds, condenses and falls back to the earth as rain, snow or other forms of precipitation. From there it collects as a glacier or some body of water, then runs, and pools in a place where it has an outlet; this is what is known as "spring water". It then runs and pools to a place where there are no outlets. There it sits and eventually becomes stagnant. Only to evaporate again, going back into the sky where the process begins again. Nature's Hydrologic Cycle illuminates water's indestructibility. Water cannot actually be consumed or exhausted; it is reusable and recyclable. The earth possesses a fixed supply of water to which, through the hydrologic cycle, used quantities will always return. Every glass of water contains water molecules that have been around since the earth began.
An innate purpose of water is to regulate temperature and to act as a solvent. In nature, it falls as rain, snow or other precipitation helping to moderate the earth's climate, keeping the earth from being parched and burned. As a solvent, it dissolves rocks and soil and transports nutrients to plant life. Three-fourths of the three percent available to us as fresh water is frozen in glaciers and icecaps, the remainder is found, in lakes, rivers, in the atmosphere and underground. There is approximately thirty-seven times more water underground than on the surface—it can be tied up for hundreds; even thousands of years before it resurfaces again to take part in the hydrologic cycle. This is known as ground water. Much of the water used in farm communities to irrigate crops is ground water; at one time, this was the only demand for ground water but as fresh water sources diminish, private water companies have tapped into ground water sources to meet demand.
Modern day agricultural demands implemented the use of chemicals, ironically to counteract a diminishing water supply, unfortunately these chemicals seep into and contaminate the groundwater compromising its quality; in time, it will require filtration and or treatment to be made consumable. We all need water directly for drinking, growing food and supporting industry and there is a fundamental need to address ecological requirements. Aquatic ecosystems invariably support our livelihoods and life styles directly and indirectly; water for ecosystems inevitably equates to water for people. The allocation and control of water rights is a politically charged issue. Property rights around water generally apply to the right to use an annual flow volume rather than simple ownership of the water. Prior appropriation, or "first in time, first in right", water rights are the most common form in western North America. Prior appropriation water rights typically also require that the water entitlement be put to a "beneficial use" or be forfeit. Where "first in time, first in right" water rights prevail, the environment is typically last in time. Consequently, to date, some 30 billion gallons of ground water is pumped from the earth everyday. So long as we pump no more than is recharged, we are using it sustainably, unfortunately, at this point, with the demands of our "modern" lifestyle, we are pumping up to 15 times more water than is being recharged which is in fact creating a global crises.1)Blue Gold – a film by Sam Bozzo
A deliberate and strategic design to optimize social well-being and resilient ecosystems across a broad array of water needs is long overdue. There is no substitute for water in any of its functions; it has an important role in the health of the planet as well as a multitude of public needs to include natural habitats. Sustainability in the management and allocation of water is intrinsically related to Global Warming. It is the major social-scientific challenge of the 21st century.2)Freshwater Biology (2010) 55, 147–170
Rivers exist as a continuum of interlinked surface and groundwater flow paths. They are important natural corridors for the flows of energy, matter and species. Natural changes in river flows, water quality and species, both within the river and on the floodplain, are all connected. Hydrologic alterations have impaired ecosystems on a global scale, and the pace and intensity of human development greatly exceeds the ability of scientists to assess the effects on a river-by-river basis.3)Freshwater Biology (2010) 55, 147–170 One of the most significant human interventions in the hydrological cycle is the dam. They support human socio-economic development by providing water for drinking, irrigation and electricity, but simultaneously have had a considerable impact on freshwater ecosystems. There are almost 50,000 large dams worldwide. Many of them have been created for hydroelectric power without any consideration for consumption or their impact on the overall changes to ecosystems and the hydrologic cycle. Impacts vary substantially from one geographical location to another and are dependent on the exact design and the way a dam is operated. Every dam has unique characteristics and, consequently, the scale and nature of environmental changes are highly site-specific.4)Living with dams: managing the environmental impacts, Matthew McCartney However, they all invariably have an impact on biodiversity. Dammed rivers fail to carry nutrients and minerals down stream, which compromises biodiversity. The result is more soil erosion leading to the eventual desertification of the Earth.
Climate change, droughts, growing population and increasing industrial demand are straining the available supplies of fresh water. As water becomes more scarce, people will search for ways to secure their water supplies. According to the United Nations, more than 1 billion people live in areas where water is scarce and that number could increase to 1.8 billion by 2025. One time-tested but expensive way to produce drinking water is desalination: removing dissolved salts from sea and brackish water. The world's oceans present a virtually limitless and drought-proof supply of water. President John Kennedy observed nearly 50 years ago, "If we could ever competitively–at a cheap rate-get fresh water from salt water that would be in the long-range interest of humanity, and would really dwarf any other scientific accomplishment." There are currently approximately 87 companies building new plants; GE, Procter and Gamble and DOWchemicals are among them. According to the latest figures from the International Desalination Association, there are now 13,080 desalination plants in operation around the world. Together they have the capacity to produce a mere 0.5% of global water use. Some environmental groups are concerned about the energy the plants will use, and the greenhouse gases they will spew. A large desalination plant can suck up enough electricity in one year to power more than 30,000 homes. However, based on the limited evidence available to date, it appears that desalination may actually be less environmentally harmful than some other water-supply options, such as diverting large amounts of fresh water from rivers, for example, which can lead to severe reductions in local fish populations. Nevertheless, uncertainties over the environmental impacts of desalination make it hard to draw definite conclusions.5)Tapping the oceans, Economist;6/7/2008
Contrary to popular belief in the developed world, every gallon of water we use has an economic value although we typically behave as if clean, on-demand water has zero economic value. Even though water has indispensable usefulness, the value inherent in water is hidden under a cloak of invisibility and it rarely has a price. Rather than create local more sustainable methods, our society grows crops in thirsty places and then export them long distances. For example, water from an ecosystem in Northern CA is transported to Southern CA to grow alfalfa (approx 70,588 liters of water per bale). The alfalfa is then shipped to place like Japan where it is fed to high-end beef, which is then shipped back to USA. When water is massively shipped out of an area, the ecosystem is disrupted, natural habitat is damaged, biodiversity is reduced and aquifers dried. Our soil is eroding and the earth is desertifying because of overgrazing, winds and flooding which damages the top layer of the earth, hardening it so that rainwater cannot soak into the ground. In addition, deforestation is a major contributor to soil erosion; there are no tree roots to absorb and hold the water on the land, which indirectly causes flash floods and a plethora of other environmental issues. The health of the world's ecosystems is presently so threatened that it is in society's best interest to promote regional environmental flow management for freshwater sustainability 6)Freshwater Biology (2010) 55, 147–170
Water is fast becoming a high-stakes business where there is money to be made everywhere you look, as is evidenced by the USA's trend towards bottled water. It is hard to believe that just a little more than a decade ago the thought of buying bottled water seemed ludicrous. Now bottled water is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. The average price for bottled water is $2 per liter verses approximately .0005 cents at the tap – and there is really no difference. The long-term effect of the bottled water industry's taking of waters from one region and shipping it elsewhere thereby dehydrating that area has yet to be fully realized. One truly arresting sign that our relationship to water is shifting in fundamental ways, comes not from the world of science or climatology, not from United Nations officials or aid workers desperately trying to get water to people in developing countries. It comes from businesses; water management is fast becoming a key strategic tool. Companies are starting to gather information that lets them measure not just their water use and their water costs but also their water efficiency, and productivity, how much work they get from a gallon of water, how much revenue, how much profit.7)A Sea Of Dollars, Charles Fishman
Currently the laws of most nations are not sufficient to protect the water resources and or their government is corrupt; consequently, one day, perhaps within our lifetime, every drop of water will be privately owned. The private drinking water business is a $4.3 billion per year business. Private water companies own about 16% of the nation's community water systems, producing some 4.6 billion gallons of water a day, about 1.7 trillion gallons per year. There are ten publicly traded water utility companies and nearly 73 million Americans receive water service from a privately owned water utility or a municipal utility operating under a public-private partnership. In addition, 20% of all wastewater utilities in the U.S., about 4,200 facilities, are privately owned 8)http://www.nawc.org/resources/documents/pwsp-quick-facts.html. Modern day management of water supplies and systems could be considered the "New Colonialism" creating scenarios whereby clean water will only be available to those who can afford its cost. The WTO (World Trade Organization) is conquering nations thru trade rules and restrictions, setting up the paradigm for water's privatization. Many governments have handed the impending global water crises over to private companies with no clear-cut rules or performance guaranties for water quality. These private water companies see the pollution of water as securing their positions. The World Bank, which is supposed to help underdeveloped nations develop by pooling the monies of developed nations and making loans, has begun working with the private water companies by relieving a nation's debt for water privatization. Suez, headquartered in Paris, France, has privatized the water in Buenos Aires Argentina, as well as Las Vegas NV, New York NY, Riverside CA, Houston TX and Atlanta GA. Veolia, also headquartered in Paris, France, has privatized the water in Puerto Rico, Santiago Chile as well as Chicago IL, New Orleans LA, Grand Canyon AZ and Tampa FL. RWE Thames, headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, UK, has privatized the water in Jakarta Indonesia as well as Seattle WA, Pittsburgh PA and Buffalo NY. Nestle which owns Perrier, Poland springs, Ice Mountain and quite a few other labels is a potential buyer of the Great Lakes, the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface and volume.9)Blue Gold – a film by Sam Bozzo One cant help but wonder where we are as a "civilization" if money is more important than water?
At the start of this century, the wars have been about oil, but by the end, they will be about water. Eventually the water crises will affect us all. The population continues to increase and the water supply continues to decrease. It is an inevitable necessity that existing political and economic systems be challenged by the Nation's citizens. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are all instrumental in comodifying water, which initially affects undeveloped nations but will eventually affect us all. Further, of the near 50,000 dams worldwide, many are obsolete and or provide less benefit to humans than damage to the environment and biodiversity. The only way that these dams will be decommissioned is through grassroots activism. On an individual scale, many simple solutions will collectively have short and long-term effects. Of course, conservation is key, but beyond that, growing your own crops or purchasing locally grown crops not only supports your community, but also indirectly reduce carbon emissions and demands from industrial farms. Know your water shed, where your water comes from and how it is delivered to you. Know where your wastewater goes and how it is treated. It is frightening to realize that in many US communities waste-waters are treated and pumped back into the consumable water supply, reemerging again from the tap.
Bottom line, the civilized world's relationship to water is rapidly shifting, at this point, not for the better. Eventually the devices that clean water, making it consumable will dramatically increase in value as water supply and quality diminish.
- Blue Gold – a film by Sam Bozzo
- Native American Northeast Give and Take – TBS
- Water and Waste Utilities of the World,ABSEnergy Research
- Water Markets, Licenses, and Conservation: Some Implications, Johannus Janmaat
- National Geographical Society Freshwater Initiative
- The Nature Conservancy: Rivers andLakesInitiatives
- Conservation International: Safeguarding Freshwater
- Living with dams: managing the environmental impacts, Matthew McCartney
- Freshwater Biology (2010) 55, 147–170
- Tapping the oceans, Economist;6/7/2008
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Owner Bob Rennie donates its use to Games' athletes
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The 120-year-old Wing Sang building in Vancouver's historic Chinatown has a long history of welcoming people who needed a place to call home until they found their feet in Canada.
So it is fitting that its owner, condo-king Bob Rennie, has donated the newly renovated heritage building as a home-away-from-home for any Olympians and Paralympians visiting B.C. for the 2010 Games.
"I learned [that] past world Olympians needed a home and to me, that just sounded like a really nice, simple use for our business and for our area," said Rennie, who plans to move his office and art-collection gallery to the location soon.
"If it is about diversity . . . the building speaks to that, the area speaks to that and the Olympics certainly speaks to that."
Rennie is also keen to bring the Games experience to the Downtown Eastside.
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Rennie had offered the Wing Sang for use as Canada House, but when a sponsor had issues with it, the deal soured.
So when Charmaine Crooks, the vice-president of both the international World Olympian Association and of Canada's chapter, asked if Rennie could offer up the building for WOA, it all came together.
"The great thing that I love about this centre is that we have someone in the community who has donated to us," said Crooks, who won silver for Canada in athletics at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
"Like many others, we rely on the kindness of our community partners, and in Bob Rennie we have found someone who really believes in what we are doing."
There are 100,000 known living Olympians in the world — 3,000 of them in Canada.
At each Games since 1992, there has been a hospitality house offered, where they can meet and reconnect and work on programs related to Olympic legacies.
"The hospitality centre will be alive with passion," said Crooks.
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Crooks plans to run outreach programs to the community, youth and others through 2010 partners, such as the Vancouver Organizing Committee and various levels of governments.
Already, 50 Canadian Olympians have signed up to volunteer at the centre. There will also be an international forum on sport tourism as a catalyst for development.
"If we can use some of the programs that we do through the centre to give back to the community, then we will have something that really resonates with the Olympic values, and that's what spirit of the Games is all about," said Crooks.
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$36?!?!?! Wow that is like (hang on a second whilst I head to XE.com to convert..) £22.47!!! I have paid more than that for a taxi on some weekends, well done! You look amazing too (as usual) I really like the colour of the dress against the colour of the necklace (which, by the way I am now lusting over, so will be on google later searching 'jade bib necklace' to see if I can find something similar)ReplyDelete
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$36 for that entire outfit is insanely amazing! I love that dress- the color is so vibrant. What a great look for such an inexpensive price.ReplyDelete
Thanks for turning off the word verification...it drives me nuts! Love the gorgeous color of your dress!ReplyDelete
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Loving this outfit! I would've never thought to put a turquoise necklace with red, but it looks great! I think the reason I never wear red because I thought that only black and white go with it. Awesome job on your outfit total too :)ReplyDelete
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You did a great job! I am so sorry I thought I had scheduled it to go live at 6:30 am and I didn't! It's posted out there now :)ReplyDelete
lovely outfits and that's a really nice challenge! And you did this stylish look with only $36. Amazing! :)ReplyDelete
I love Alisa! I will have to check out your post on her blog! I love your outfit too - that dress is such a gorgeous color!ReplyDelete
You always dress so nice for so little money. You are def. one of the Best-Dressed Teachers I have seen. I love Red especially a Red Dress. Red & Black is a favorite combo of mine.ReplyDelete
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I have turned mine off for a few months. I get lots of anonymous comments, but they are so easy to spot as spam.ReplyDelete
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*maybe you are a robot!!* i always get those wrong, too...not a fan!! i am a fan, however, of this red dress on you!ReplyDelete
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You look beautiful in this dress, so classy and pretty!ReplyDelete
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such an elegant look and an affordable price!! I love the combination of red and leopard print too! xoReplyDelete
Lovely dress, i don't like word verification on blogs, i find it had to get the correct word, the math type is so annoying lolReplyDelete
Another great outfit. I love the necklace, color of the dress and of course those fabulous shoes!!!ReplyDelete
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I had mine on for the longest time too and I thought mine was off! It is off...right? o.OReplyDelete
That red dress is beautiful. I feel it's so versatile. Dresses is something I really want to get into more. I need to do it now while I can still wear boots with them!
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TYPOLOGY PART TWO CHRIST AS THE WAVE-SHEAF AND FIRST-FRUITS Continuing in the book called "Feasts of the Lord" by Robert Thompson we shall now see what he writes concerning Jesus Christ as the resurrected wave-sheaf and first of the first-fruits to God the Father of all human beings born of women. " Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits are one of the major Bible types of the process of death, judgment, and resurrection......It is very important for us to remember that the prize towards which we are pressing is not ascension but resurrection......What we are pursuing is the resurrection. We are seeking after eternal life; and the route to eternal life is through death and judgment...... The Lord Jesus Christ came onto the scene of history in order that He might fulfil, in the kingdom-wide sense, the Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits......There was a period of three days and three nights, according to Jesus (Matt.12:40), during which Jesus was in the heart of the earth......If the Son of man had wavered in His faith and obedience, all would have been lost......He had to bear the judgment upon every man, for the Word of God had to be fulfilled. Christ bore away our sins......The leaven had to be removed from the camp, and it was removed in Christ. If we read the prayer of Jonah, we may notice that the prayer is a prophecy; it is the Spirit of Christ in Jonah foretelling His sufferings in the heart of the earth. ' And I said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice. For you had cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all your billows and your waves passed over me ' (Jonah 2:2,3). .......This is a type of our Lord Jesus Christ in the heart of the earth, dividing the waters of death from the waters of life through means of Himself......But continuing in Jonah 2: ' Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple ' (Jonah 2:4). And now we come to that part where Christ reached the climax of His act of redemption, in bearing upon Himself the heavy load of the leaven of sin of this world - your sins and mine, let us never forget that! ' The waters (of judgment) compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head ' (Jonah 2:5). What a picture of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane! He was going down into the depths of the earth......The only assurance He had of returning from that dread region was the promise of the Father...... ' I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet have you brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God' (Jonah 2:6). It was written of Christ that He would not see corruption. This was true even to the extent that His earthly flesh, which was in repose in the cave of Joseph of arimathea, was preserved against the day of resurrection and did not experience the ordinary process of decay and death...... God was satisfied. The cup of judgment had been drunk. Through His obedience, Christ had atoned for the disobedience of Adam and of all men. The Father was satisfied. His great heart of love and unbounded mercy cried out, 'It is finished! My Son has wrought redemption in the earth.' ......In that supreme moment Christ was changed from the most defeated of all men to the one Person in the universe, under God, with all power and authority in heaven and upon the earth...... Eternal life came into that flesh which had been so tired trudging faithfully along the dusty paths of the land of promise, and treated so shamefully by the Jews and the Romans...... Who did God pick to be the person who would be the first to see the Master of the earth and sea and sky? MARY! Why Mary? What a moment this was for Christ! What a moment this was for Mary! Will there ever again be a similar event? In this scene is contained the whole story of redemption. God did not choose one of the apostles, delegated by the other apostles, to be the first to see Christ, as we might have done, making it a an ecclesiastical event. We might have picked Peter, or maybe John. Why Mary? Mary represents all of that for which Christ died. The story of redemption is not one of ecclesiasticism, plans, programs, theology, what have you. It is a LOVE STORY, a romance, if you will (we are not speaking after the flesh, please understand). The story of redemption is a song, a love song, a WINNING OF THE BRIDE...... Isn't it great that God is this way? The story of Jesus Christ is the greatest story ever told, it is a love story......the first of the Firstfruits was fulfilled in the Person of Christ. He is the firstborn from the dead, the BEGINNING of the harvest of the earth......Many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out of the graves after the resurrection of Jesus, and appeared to many people. These also were a type of the firstfruits unto the Lord. We see then, that in three glorious days and nights the Lord Jesus fulfilled in His own Person the Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits......" End of quote from Robert Thompson. Jesus in His person was the WAVE SHEAF, the first of the Firstfruits harvest of the Father. It is written in the book of Hebrews that Jesus was our CAPTAIN of our salvation, the one to lead the way. It is written that He had PRE-EMINENCE in all things. He was the first in every way. And that wave sheaf offering that was the first cut of the first harvest of the new year in the land of promise, was fulfilled in Christ. What has been hidden from many for these passed two thousand years is the truth of when Jesus was placed in the tomb, and when He was resurrected. His resurrection fulfilled the time of the cutting of the wave sheaf. I have written and expounded in detail in another two other studies concerning the truth of when Jesus was placed in the tomb. The Gospel writers make it clear that Joseph did not come to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus unto "evening." The NT is its own interpretation of the use of the word "evening." And Luke was inspired to use a Greek word tense that has not been correctly translated and shows that the Sabbath of the 15th (the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread) HAD come and was CONTINUING when Jesus was placed in the tomb by Joseph. The Passover day of the 14th was over and it was the first hours of the 15th Sabbath day when Jesus was put into the heart of the earth. He was there for three days and three nights, for 72 hours, and then AFTER the weekly Sabbath was over, after resting fully on the Sabbath day, within the first hours of the first day of the week, a work day, God the Father went to work to raise Christ Jesus from the dead. Jesus was the first of the firstfruits harvest, hence it was proper for Him to be raised within the first hours of the first day of the week, what we today would call Saturday evening, Jesus was the wave sheaf offering which according to the practice and teaching of the Sadducees was cut from the first harvest (the Barley harvest) of the new year, shortly AFTER the weekly Sabbath during the days of Unleavened Bread, to be presented to the Lord in the Temple by the High Priest on the morning of the first day of the week. We know from the Gospels that Jesus went to heaven to appear before the Father on the morning of the first day of the week. In the Person of Christ the "wave sheaf" offering was fully fulfilled in all aspects. The historic story of the cutting and presenting of the wave sheaf has not been understood but by a few. It is here worthwhile to present it to the reader. The Pharisees differed from the Sadducees in how to count to Pentecost and hence differed in the day they cut and presented the wave sheaf in the Temple. They did it all around the Sabbath of the 15th of the first month, and not the weekly Sabbath during the feast of Unleavened Bread. We only have preserved for us the historic recordings of the Pharisees' wave sheaf cutting and presenting, but it is enough for us to see the clear type as then fulfilled in the Person of Christ. From the book "The Temple, Its Ministry and Services" by Dr.Alfred Edersheim, we read: " Already, on the 14th of Nisan, the spot whence the first sheaf was to be reaped had been marked out by delegates from the Sanhedrin, by tying together in bunches, while still standing, the BARLEY THAT WAS TO BE CUT DOWN. Though, for obvious reasons, it was customary to choose for this purpose the sheltered Ashes-valley across Kidron, there was no restriction on that point, provided the barley had grown in an ordinary field - of course in Palestine itself - and not in garden or orchard land, and that the soil had not been manured nor yet artificially watered. When the time for CUTTING the Sheaf (Omer) had arrived, that is, on the evening of the 15th of Nisan (even though it were a Sabbath), just as the SUN WENT DOWN, three men, each with a sickle and basket, formally set to work. But in order clearly to bring out all that was distinct in the ceremony, they first asked of the bystanders three times each of these questions: 'Has the sun gone down?' 'With this sickle?' 'Into this basket?' 'On this Sabbath?' - and lastly, 'Shall I reap?' Having each time been answered in the affirmative, they CUT DOWN BARLEY to the amount of ONE EPHAH, or ten omers, or three seahs, which is equal to about three pecks and three pints of our English measure. The ears were brought into the COURT of the Temple, and thrashed out with canes or stalks, so as not to injure the corn (barley grain); then 'parched' on a pan perforated with holes, so that each grain might be touched by the fire, and finally exposed to the wind. The corn (barley grain) thus prepared was ground in a barley-mill, which left the hulls whole. According to some, the flour was always successively passed through thirteen sieves, each closer than the other. The statement of a RIVAL AUTHORITY, however, seems more rational - that it was only done till the four was sufficiently fine, which was ascertained by one of the 'Gizbarim' (treasurers) plunging his hands into it, the sifting process being continued so long as any of the flour adhered to the hands. Though one ephah, or ten Omers, of Barley was cut down, only ONE OMER of flour, or about 5.1 pints of our measure, was OFFERED in the Temple on the second Paschal, or 16th day of Nisan." End of quote from Edersheim. Please remember that the above from Alfred Edersheim was concerning how the Pharisees practiced and taught the cutting and offering of the Wave Sheaf, and on what days they had it performed. The Sadducees though teaching very similar to the Pharisees, performed the cutting just after sun-set of the weekly Sabbath during the feast of Unleavened Bread, and offered the barley sheaf on the morning of the first day of the week. It may seem strange that there would be disunity in such practices of theology and religion. But as some Jews themselves say even to this day, "Ask three Jews a question and you will get four answers." There has never been full and complete unity of theology among the Jews since they returned from the Babylonian captivity two and a half thousand years ago. Certainly in the time of Christ there was no theological unity among the Jews. The Sadducees were the priestly cast and sect while the Pharisees were the common popular sect of the day. As most of the religious Jews belonged to the popular Pharisee sect and hence had the greater popular influence, the Sadducees felt obliged to follow their Temple ceremony wishes, as well as performing their own religious and Temple ceremonies and practices within their theological beliefs. Jesus of course in fulfilling the typology that was the correct theology as given by God, would sometimes be in line with one or the other of these two major Jewish sects (if they had it correct) and at other times, in line with neither of them (when they were both in error). As the NT shows Jesus was placed in the tomb just after sun-set, in the evening, and was then raised 72 hours later, after the weekly Sabbath, and presented to the Father on the morning of the first day of the week, He was in this case in line with the Sadducee teaching of the cutting and presenting of the wave sheaf, or it would be better to say, the Sadducees' teaching of when to cut and present the wave sheaf was IN LINE WITH GOD'S WAY AND TEACHING. Jesus fulfilled then the wave sheaf offering. He was the FIRST CUT of the FIRST harvest, ON THE FIRST DAY of the week, and was also presented to the Father as the first of the first-fruits on the morning of the first day of the week. All which typologically fits with the saints of the first resurrection through the Spirit, as the first fruit harvest to God, celebrating the first-fruit harvest of Pentecost also on the first day of the week, or on a Sunday. We shall now continue quoting from the book "The Feasts of the Lord" by Thompson, concerning more on the person of Jesus being the FIRSTFRUITS. " Jesus Christ Himself is the firstfruits of the entire creation of God......He is the first in all things: 'Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible.....who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence' (Col.1:15-18). The church is referred to as the 'church of the firstborn': 'To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all.....' (Heb.12:23). The Lord Jesus Christ is the first-begotten of the sons of God" 'And again, when He bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, He said, And let all the angels of God worship Him' (Heb.1:6). Jesus is the first-born of many brothers: 'For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren' (Rom.8:29). .......When Jesus Christ walked out of the borrowed tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea and spoke eternal words to the weeping Mary, He was the first Person in the making of all things new. What Mary beheld was something which can never be witnessed again in quite the same way: The Alpha of God's new universe. The importance and significance of the resurrection of Christ cannot be overestimated or overstated: 'But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them who slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterwards they that are Christ's at His coming' (1 Cor.15:20-23). The concept of the firstfruits is that if God will accept the waving of the first sheaf of the barley harvest, or the two loaves of Pentecost, then the entire balance of the harvest is sanctified. The firstfruits represents the whole harvest. God understands this, and by accepting the firstfruits He signifies His acceptance of the whole. 'For if the firstfruits be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches' (Rom.11:16)..... Our resurrection is tied to His. He arose, and we arose in Him.....He is the firstfruits, and we are the balance of the harvest. Christ fulfilled the Passover in His crucifixion. He fulfilled the week of Unleavened Bread in bearing upon Himself the sin of the world into the heart of the earth, thus removing leaven from the lives of those who will accept Him.Then, the mighty Son of God fulfilled the convocation of Firstfruits..... It is interesting to note that on the third day of creation the 'dry land' appeared. Christ is the first appearance of 'land' in the new creation of God...... Also on the third day of creation, vegetation and fruit trees appeared for the first time. We see in these the first signs of life as in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the beginning of life. He also is the tree of life, the eating of whom brings eternal life to those who were dead in sin. The third piece of the holy furnishings of the Tabernacle was the table of showbread. The table of showbread portrays the body and blood (there were cups of wine on the table) of Christ. The body and blood of Christ enters into us as the beginning of life. The 'dry land' of Christ appears in us, as the swirling waters of the turbulence of our life part and the firm ground of Christ appears in us.....He, the firstfruits of god's new work, becomes the firstfruits of our new personality. 'If any man be in Christ there is a new creation. Old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new, and all things are of God' (see 2 Cor.5:17)...... There must be a cornerstone, an anchor, a standard, a fixed point which is true and immovable; and then everything which is built is referred back to that point which was set originally. Otherwise, the builder can get into serious trouble in the whole undertaking because there is a lack of alignment, unity, and integrity in that which has been put together. It is subject to collapse. Christ Himself is our cornerstone, our anchor, our fixed point, our perfect standard. When we get in trouble we draw back to our original position in Him...... God has founded all of His efforts upon Christ. Christ is the beginning, the first-born of every creature, the Alpha. He is also the ending, the Omega. All things originate in Him, refer back to Him, and will conclude in Him. God's restoration of the heavens and the earth rests solidly upon Christ as upon a mountain of rock, an immovable foundation established so firmly and securely that no power in heaven or upon the earth can budge it in any manner whatever. He is perfect, true, faithful, without sin, absolutely holy. The heart of the Father abides in undisturbed contentment in His beloved Son because the Son meets every requirement of the Father. No other person could come close to meeting every requirement of the Father. But Christ has done it, and always pleases the Father. Therefore, Christ is our firstfruits, THE firstfruits of the harvest of the earth.....He rose from the dead, the firstfruits of the church and of all peoples upon the earth. From now on, every person and thing in heaven and upon the earth must be measured from Him. He is God's benchmark, God's standard. That which is not measured from Christ will be shaken, removed, and destroyed." So we end the quote from Robert Thompson. What wonderful typology we have seen as it pertains to the Person and Work of Jesus Christ in the Passover, Wave Sheaf, and feast of Unleavened bread. In the next study we shall see the Person and Work of Christ as it pertains to the great feast of Pentecost. ........................... Written by Keith Hunt, April 2000 All articles and studies by Keith Hunt may be copied, published, e-mailed, and distributed as led by the Spirit. Mr.Hunt trusts nothing will be changed (except for errors in spelling and punctuation) without his consent.
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Isaac was seven when the Germans invaded France and his life changed forever. First his father was taken away, and then, two years later, Isaac and his mother were arrested. Hoping to save Isaac's life, his mother bribed a guard to take him to safety at a nearby hospital, where he and many other children pretended to be sick, with help from the doctors and nurses. But this proved a temporary haven. As Isaac was shuttled from city to countryside, experiencing the kindness of strangers, and sometimes their cruelty, he had to shed his Jewish identity to become Jean Devolder. But he never forgot who he really was, and he held on to the hope that after the war he would be reunited with his parents.
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by Mike Harrison
For the ILC, 2014 was a year of progress in many areas, but the most important activities were centred in Japan, where Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has started deliberations to evaluate the physics justification as well as the scope and cost of the project. The past year also featured nice results from the ATF2 facility in Japan and the XFEL in Europe. Mike Harrison, associate director for the International Linear Collider in the Linear Collider Collaboration, didn't avoid the temptation to look back before looking ahead to 2015.
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The mayor of Ichinoseki city, Osamu Katsube, and the whole city sent a special gift to CERN for its for its 60th birthday, which it celebrated in 2014: a red chanchanko set. It consists of a red vest, hat and folding fan. "'Kanreki' is one of the ancient traditions of celebrating longevity. It is held to celebrate the long life and health of someone who has reached a certain age and to pray for their continued health. This age is 60 years," the mayor explains in the accompanying letter. "We wish CERN further progress with its motto 'Science for Peace'."
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達増知事は6日、今年最初の定例記者会見に臨み、改めて、震災からの復興の推進や、ILC=国際リニアコライダーの誘致に向け取り組む姿勢を強調しました。(Iwate Prefecture Governor Tatsuya Tasso said in the press conference on 6 January that he will promote the activities toward the recovery from the earthquake and invite the ILC to Japan.)
県国際交流協会(は2月、高校、大学生を対象にしたセミナー「いわて青年国際塾」を開く。国際リニアコライダー(ILC)の誘致が実現すると、本県に移住してくる研究者やその家族ら多くの外国人への対応が想定されることから、次代を担う「国際人」育成の一助と位置付ける。(Iwate International Association will hold a seminar for high school and university students in February. Many scientists and their family are expected to live around the area once the ILC project is approved. This seminar aims to nurture more internationally-minded younger generation to prepare for the ILC construction.)
To help ring in the new year, the BBC's science and environment journalists weigh in on the blockbuster stories heading our way in 2015.
The long wait is over: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will reboot in March after a two-year shutdown.
Sie wollen ebenfalls den grössten Beschleuniger beherbergen – mit einem Speicherring, der 80 Kilometer Umfang hat. Und in Japan ist der weltweit grösste Linearbeschleuniger geplant, der 31 Kilometer lange International Linear Collider (ILC). Alle Projekte dürften Kosten im zweistelligen Milliardenbereich verursachen.
一関地方の異業種交流団体・両磐インダストリアルプラザは、国際リニアコライダー(ILC)に関連するまちづくり座談会の報告書をまとめ、25日、勝部修市長に提出した。報告書は、ILC建設を見据え、▽教育▽食と文化▽魅力-の3分野で課題と対策を提案。(A cross-industrial association in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Ryoban Industrial Plaza, compiled a report on the city development associated to the expected construction of the ILC, and handed it to Ichinoseki Mayor, Osamu Katsube. The report pointed out the issues in education, culture and food, and attractiveness of the area, and proposed some solutions. )
The plan of the international conference in Ichinoseki and Oshu should have been communicated with local residents in the early stage. The public understandings toward the realization of the ILC won't be gained only by the lectures and classes. The key for success would be how much attention paid to the local people. the efforts not to build the emotional barrier between scientists/administartion and local citizen are expected.) 国際会議の開催は、いち早く市民に周知されるべきだったのではないか。ILC計画の実現に向けた市民理解は、何も講演会や出前授業の開催だけで築かれるものではない。日ごろから市民を意識し、丁寧に心を配っているのかが鍵を握るのだろう。研究者・行政サイドと市民サイドとの間に見えない心の壁をつくらないよう努めてほしい。


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Various religions, traditions, ethnic backgrounds and ages were represented in the nearly 200 people mingling Sunday in a packed room at St. Simon's Episcopal Church in Arlington Heights.
They brainstormed ways to actively build solidarity in their communities. They discussed the importance of respecting those who have beliefs different from their own. And through speeches given by local religious leaders, they learned the basic tenets of Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and Christianity regarding the treatment of immigrants.
"This is beautiful. This is America," said Rev. Corey Brost, co-founder of the Children of Abraham Coalition. "This is what we stand for in this country."
The Interfaith Immigration Forum, organized by the coalition, aimed to inspire its attendees to take action in light of new and more aggressive national immigration enforcement guidelines. Though President Donald Trump's orders call for widening the pool of undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation and hiring more enforcement agents, Brost said most religions believe refugees and vulnerable immigrants should be welcomed and protected.
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Remember the tragic farming accident that had struck my kitchen the night I taught you to make White Lasagna?
Well, it was NOTHING compared to the nuclear apocalypse that has devastated my kitchen for the past two weeks. My husband and I just don't handle our holiday break time well. We squander the days in laziness, we destroy our home by letting dishes and clothes pile up to waist-depth. In short, we don't lift a finger.
And then I begin to get frantic and go crazy because of the mess and I tell my husband, "We just need to move to a new house because I don't have room to walk, let alone find space for every dish in this kitchen." I can be rather dramatic at times.
But that's neither here nor there.
My point is that I am choosing to reject any shyness or embarrassment I might have about you catching a glimpse of our pigsty in the following photos. I just can't be bothered by such silliness, not when there's a pencil cake in the making!!
Yep, you heard me right. I am making a cake… shaped like a mechanical pencil. All in the name of love. (Specifically I refer to the love of a certain cousin of mine and his fiance. They're tying the knot in a week and I'm making his groom's cake. And it's supposed to end up looking like a mechanical pencil.)
Can't envision this idea? I'm having trouble myself. So its an adventure for us all!
For starters… let me tell you that my cousin is an adorable, lovable, super-genius. His mind never rests… He's the type of guy who (as a teenager) came up with the idea to tie golf balls to his ceiling fan blades with shoelaces and then spent hours teaching himself how to stand under the moving fan and weave his head in and out (narrowly missing getting nailed in the nose by a golf ball every time). Hours doing that. That takes genius-level drive and dedication.
So this pencil cake was his brain-child. He even sent me this link from Taste of Home as an idea for how to shape it! What a perfect idea… a cake roll!
The cake I'm showing you today is just the test cake. But soon and very soon I'll be whipping out a quintuple batch of these babies! (Catch that post here.) This means I need lots of sugar, cake flour, cocoa, chocolate (mini-chips, and Baker's bars) and heavy cream, among other things.
First things first… bake up a large (15×10) sheet of chocolate sponge cake. You'll want to make sure you've buttered and lined the bottom with parchment paper so it comes out easily.
The recipe can be found at the Taste of Home Link above. It contains very little fat, which results in a very light, airy cake. (Dare I say "dry"? Come on Taste of Home… ever heard of butter?!) I believe it's supposed to be light and airy so that it is easier to roll around the filling. But even so, I think I'll bake the next one for only nine minutes to retain more moisture.
But you won't let it cool here in the pan! No, no… you'll be doing something a little more special than that.
Spread a clean towel out on the countertop and dust it with powdered sugar.
And invert the cake out onto it gently.
Peel away the parchment paper…
Lightly dust the top side with powdered sugar as well… then roll the cake up in the towel to cool. How fun is that!? I guess it just helps the cake "set" in its rolled up form. Like hot rollers in hair!
Very good!
Now, testing recipes is all about deciding what you want to change to suit your preferences next time…
So after making the filling in this recipe, I've decided to change it completely! The filling in the recipe is basically minty whipped-cream… and I think this cake needs a little frosting! Not only for taste, but also because I very much doubt that a whipped cream filling would stand up well to a six-day waiting period (in which I'll be crafting this cake into a pencil.) A sturdy mint buttercream is going to be a much better choice for this purpose.
But if you elect to make the minty whipped cream instead… here's how ya do it!
Pour a cup and a half of cream into a bowl!
And whip it together with 6 T. powdered sugar, and some mint flavoring.
Here in the test kitchen, I was trying out four different varieties of mint flavoring…
Spearmint, Creme de Menthe, Wintergreen, and Peppermint. We'll see which kind the groom likes best!
You'll also need a few drops of green food coloring if you want your filling to look minty.
Whip it until you see stiff peaks… then fold in some mini-chocolate chips. (By the way, I just didn't think this stuff was sweet enough. Add more powdered sugar if you agree.)
The next step, of course, was to divide my filling and cake up so that I could have four different samples, one with each type of mint extract, for the groom to try! Yikes, a test kitchen is a messy place.
(My edges got a little dry. Again I blame the lack of fat in this cake! So I cut them off.)
I then spread each type of mint filling along each cake strip (using a separate spoon each time of course, to avoid mint confusion.) And then rolled them right up!
Here's Cute-Little-Mini-Pencil-Nub #1
(I simply smoothed out that extra filling that squished out the sides with a swipe of a clean finger.)
From here it got easier…
I won't say the ganache coating was a breeze (because chopping chocolate never is) but I will say that it is far from complicated! I used a ratio of 7 oz. chocolate / 7 oz. heavy cream. This makes a more pour-able ganache, and is just the right amount for this cake (especially if you don't make more work for yourself by chopping it into four mini-cakes!)
Quick ganache lesson: Heat cream in a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. When its hot but not boiling, remove it from the heat and add in the chopped chocolate. Whisk til the mixture is smooth and glossy. Add a teaspoon of pure vanilla. Whisk again til the ganache is cool but still pourable.
Then just pour the ganache over the top and sides of the cake. (If there are any gaps, you can smooth over them with a knife or spreader)
…and Voila!
A successful ganache-covered cake roll! Albeit a bit rough looking… but this is, afterall, only a rough draft.
Stay tuned next week for Part Two! We'll be making red ganache for the eraser and clip, as well as fashioning a gigantic pencil from this recipe, and making four or five back-up cakes to feed the rest of the crowd. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about it. (That also might be due, in part, to the fact that I was lying awake much of the night fanatically calculating and re-calulating my plans for the assembly, transportation, and ingredients for this cake. Don't worry, I drifted off eventually!)
Happy New Year everyone!
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The Making of the Pencil Cake: Part 2


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New designs of public transport tickets enter circulation. They will be introduced gradually. The old ones do not expire.
ZTM has just informed the media about new ticket designs.
"New are all types of cardboard tickets, from 20 minutes to 3 days, as well as weekend tickets and subway tickets. The tickets have a name in Polish and English, price, information about the communication zone and the Warsaw Transport logo Public or stylized letter "T", reminiscent of the shape of a Warsaw mermaid "- says Łukasz Majchrzyk from the ZTM press office.
We also learn from the information that the new "are color-differentiated" meaning 75-minute one-off transfer is green and the daily one is blue. Reduced tickets have a lighter shade of color for a given type of ticket."
The only pictures currently available is the low quality image included in the press release from ZTM. Warsaw Local will keep you updated when better pictures become available.
Introduced gradually
Tickets with the current model retain their validity. New ones are to be introduced gradually. According to ZTM, they can already be bought in ticket machines, and will appear in sales points in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Joined the founder at Sep.2013 and established Polymertal company.
Ran is a B. Sc in exact Sciences from Tel-Aviv University and MBA from University of Manchester Academic College. Ran is a leader from the time he served as a high ranking officer in the Israeli Air Force.
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Karl R. Leinsing, MSME, PE, President of ATech Designs, Inc., is a Professional Mechanical Engineer who specializes in Medical Device Product Development from concept to production. Mr. Leinsing has been granted over 32 patents (needle free IV valves, laparoscopic devices, needlescopic devices, suture lockers, catheters, mitral valve repair devices, knitting machines) and excels in solving the most complicated problems and design challenges. His company has a fully equipped medical lab with calibrated measurement and test equipment and all is fully documented with high quality reports with pictures and video to provide credible results and easy to understand compelling data. The winner of five design awards, Mr. Leinsing is recognized as one of the top 100 medical device professionals in the nation by MD&DI. For dedication to his industry, he was made the 2014 Chairman of the Medical Device and Manufacturing Conference in Anaheim, CA. Mr. Leinsing has also been acknowledged for his work in a publication by Life Magazine. Mr. Leinsing offers litigation support services to the legal community. He has extensive experience with Patent and Product Liability cases including report writing, depositions, and testimony. Areas of Expertise:
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Rob has commissioned literally hundreds of consumer surveys and is uniquely qualified to determine the results of all research. He has worked for attorneys on both the plaintiff and defense sides of his cases. He is effective and efficient with the average project report requiring between 10 and 12 hours.
Mark A. Jackson, PE, has over 35 Years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer. For clients around the world, he has successfully solved design challenges, analyzed designs, intelligently and quickly developed prototypes, and tested the designs for achievement of design intent.
Prior to starting Blue Dolphin, Mr. Jackson spent 17 years as an engineer at various companies in a variety of industries including: Abex Aerospace Division where he developed Hydraulic Axial Piston Pumps and Actuators for the Space Shuttle, the Stealth bomber and Boeing aircraft; Sunrise Medical® (Quickie®) where he designed the industry's first Titanium Alpha Alloy wheelchair and the world's first composite wheelchair; and Keiser® Sports where he designed one of the world's bestselling Aerobic Fitness bikes: the Power Pacer®.
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Background: Mr. Hall worked with CNH Global/Case Corporation for 34 years. He served as Vice President of Product Planning and Process Improvement from 2006-2009, leading a team of (17) Global Product Managers to create and maintain the Construction Equipment Product Evolution Plan and associated schedules and documents. He acted as the main interface between engineers and the CNH Global patent office, reviewing all applications from both internal and external sources before they were sent to the company Patent Office.
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