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VIVIFICATION OF SPIRIT AND BODY - by George L Rogers
(Romans 8:10-11)
VIVIFICATION delivers from the presence as well as the power
of sin and of death; from their power first, and finally from their
presence, and thus salvation is made complete. The subject of these
verses is vivification, or life in Christ Jesus, extended to us by the
impartation of the spirit of Christ by baptism in spirit (6:3-10). God
also is the Vivifier of our mortal bodies. This is
in harmony with the declaration of our Lord recorded in John 5:21: "For
even as the Father is rousing the dead and vivifying them, thus the Son
also is vivifying whom He will." In verse ten Christ vivifies our
spirit, and in verse eleven God Who rouses Christ Jesus from the dead
vivifies our mortal bodies. The Son lives in the saint and the Father
makes him His home, so constituting him a temple of God. Where the Son
comes, there also comes the Father (John 14:23).
Nothing short of vivification can be an adequate salvation for the
death-doomed sons of Adam. Salvation must rescue man from the extremity
of death. That Christ is a Saviour Who is qualified even for this is
shown in the claim that "the Son is vivifying whom He will," and in the
statement: "I am the Resurrection and the Life." Resurrection alone
would be insufficient, for though it is a great achievement which
demonstrates the power of God and of Christ, it does not confer that
life of Christ which He came to give, which the saints have from Him,
and which brings them into a higher relationship to God than Adam had by
his creation. Resurrection alone does not unite men to Christ and make
them members of Christ and of the new humanity. Spiritual life will not
be given to unbelievers by means of their resurrection. That there is a
difference between resurrection and vivification is evident from the
fact that saints are vivified on believing, and those who will not die
and be resurrected will nevertheless be vivified. Christ as the Life,
distinct from Christ the Resurrection, is presented in verse ten.
The two verses take up the theme of life in Christ and show why the
disposition of the spirit is life. Our present status with regard to
life in Christ is first stated and then our future vivification.
Notwithstanding that Christ is in us the body is said to be dead, while
the spirit is said to be life. Then this deadness and life are
respectively traced back to Christ's righteousness and Adam's sin. The
first installment of life is the vivification of the spirit; the
completion of vivification concerns our body. This is pledged by the
indwelling of His spirit Who roused Jesus from the dead, which is the
measure of His power to us also who believe.
10. Now if Christ is in you is a favorable
supposition, as the one "if anyone has not Christ's spirit" was
unfavorable. If, as I assume, Christ is in you, this is your present
status as to your body and spirit. Christ is in all those who are in
Him. This is unity of spiritual life. For one to have the spirit of
Christ is to have Christ. Two distinct personalities, His and mine,
remain distinct, but beneath personality He and I share one spiritual
life. Just so beneath different personalities all the sons of Adam are
common sharers of his sin and death. But Adam is dead and we may have no
intercourse with him, while Christ is our living Lord with Whom we may
have most intimate fellowship. Each saint may say as truly as Paul that
"Christ lives in me." This is not an attainment of a class, but a union
in which each saint has a part (Gal.2:20; 2 Cor.13:5). Christ is present
as our Resource and Sufficiency for all that pertains to life, walk, and
fruitfulness. The power of sin in the flesh which perpetuates the image
of fallen Adam can never be counteracted by resolutions, laws, or
ideals, nor even by the appeal of Christ's example. The energy of the
new life alone is sufficient to free from the power of transmitted sin.
There is a difference between the fact of Christ's
presence and its manifestation in one's walk. In some believers the
manifestation of sin is more evident. Then, too, the manifestation of
Christ has its varying degrees, its advances and declensions, its more
and less. At times it is easy to doubt that Christ is in us, and some
suppose that Christ is not in all saints because Paul prays that "Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith" (Eph. 3:17). They ask, Why
should Paul pray that Christ may dwell in our hearts if He is already
there? The truth is that in his prayer Paul is asking for something more
than that which all His members possess. All have Christ in their
spirit; not all have Christ in their heart. All are one with Him in
life; not all are one with Him in heart. Beyond the fact of vital union
with Him which all saints have there is a continuous and conscious
occupation of heart with Him which some saints lack. The realization of
God and Christ is an experience attained on fulfillment of certain
conditions (Col.1:9,10). In Ephesians 3:17, the verb katoikeoo, dwell,
is used. It is a stronger word than that used in Romans 8:9,11, and it
emphasizes the idea of settling down into a permanent abode in contrast
to a temporary residence. Christ is not always entertained in the hearts
of His saints. The heart may have other guests who occupy it so
exclusively that Christ has no permanent place. The heart is the seat of
thought, desire, affection. It is quite common to speak of those we love
as dwelling in our heart. One of Napoleon's soldiers, who loved the
general, was badly wounded. While a doctor was probing his breast for
the bullet, the soldier said, "A little further and you will find the
emperor." This is the language of love, understood by all lovers. That
Christ may occupy such a place in our heart is His desire. So He dwelt
in Paul's heart, and because He was there the saints were there also (2
Cor.7:3; Phil.1:7). So Peter exhorted his readers to "hallow the Lord
Christ in your hearts."
We are vitally united with Christ by baptism in spirit, but Christ
dwells in our hearts by an ever active faith. The arms of faith draw Him
to our hearts as the object of our supreme desire and affection. To this
end Paul asks that we may be "made staunch in the inner man," because
our desire for Christ is fickle and inconstant. We need spiritual
strength in the inner man that we may turn from other objects and cleave
to Christ. "Thou, O Christ, art all I want" should express our sincere
longing. Because He is love He desires to be loved, yet He cannot thrust
Himself upon an unloving and inconstant heart. Unbelief sneers at this
as mysticism. "Mysticism is immediacy." It is heart to heart fellowship
between God and man. "Not every mystic is a Christian, but every mature
Christian must be a mystic." Christ in the heart banishes all doubt, He
certifies His presence to our consciousness, He determines our interests
and our motives in study of the Scriptures. We see Him in our heart as
well as in the sacred page.
A passage similar to our text is found in John 14:23: "If anyone should
be loving Me, he will be keeping My word [note the conditions], and My
Father will be loving him, and We shall be coming to him and making an
abode with him." Both Father and Son come to dwell with those who in
their love are obedient. This coming is spiritual. As the Father and Son
are distinct we should not, therefore, identify as one the Spirit of
God, the Father, with the spirit of Christ, His Son. By the former we
are made temples of God, by the latter we become sons as well as saints
because we have the life of Christ and are sanctified in Him.
The body, indeed, is dead because of sin.
The word dead is usually said to mean that the body is dying. Had the
writer meant this, he would have written mortal instead of dead. It is
impossible to change a word of inspiration without losing some truth.
Dead in this clause is the antithesis of life in the next. The subject
is vivification by spirit. While the spirit has received the life of
Christ the body is dead because it is devoid of that life. Physically it
is alive, though on the way to death; spiritually it is dead. So
Abraham's body was said to be "already dead" as far as procreative power
was concerned. So the body of the saint is dead as far as life in Christ
is concerned. A spiritual body is attained only by change, or by
resurrection, which involves a change. Should we die, our bodies will be
sown as soulish bodies, and roused as spiritual bodies (1 Cor.15:44,51;
Rom.4:19). It is dead because of sin. This is not personal sin, but that
transmitted sin which brought death, sin which retains its seat in our
mortal body, and which can be put off only in death. It is not
resurrected. God does not patch up that which lies under His
condemnatory sentence, and which belongs to our old humanity. Apart from
the fact that sane habits and piety tend to promote health of body and
mind, the bodies of the saints are as subject to sickness and death as
those of the unsaved. Many saints will carry down to death the scars
left by their former evil life! The saint's body is part of the old
creation which has been subjected to vanity, but his spirit belongs to
the new creation. Thus saints are bound to both creations, and they have
the life and peace of the one and the groaning of the other (8:23).
The words indeed...yet serve to show that the upper
thought is that the spirit is life because of righteousness. Though the
body is dead, yet the spirit is life. Vivification begins in our spirit
and will also include the body. The human spirit has received life. It
may be asked how the living spirit can be given life. Two kinds of life
result from the gift of spirit. By spirit Adam became a living soul in
common with all other animals (Gen.6:17; 7:15; Job 27:3; Psa.104:30;
Ecc.3:19,21). The human spirit is God's gift to man by which the soul
lives. But the spirit which Christ gives is that of the last Adam Who is
a vivifying Spirit. It makes the human spirit a partaker of the new
life, the life which is in the Father and in the Son. "Even as the
Father has life in Himself, thus also He gives to the Son to have life
in Himself" (John 5:26). The life Christ gives is as much superior to
the life of the human spirit as the divine is superior to the human, as
Christ is superior to Adam (1 Cor. 15:45-49). The spirit is not only
alive, but it is essentially life, Christ's life. We might expect alive
in contrast to dead. But while the spirit is life the body is not said
to be death, for the dead may be given life, but death is to be
abolished. There are various kinds of life--vegetable life, physical and
soul life, and spiritual and divine life. Christ sustains all, but
between these differing kinds of life there are boundaries which mark
off one from the other.
The spirit is life because of righteousness. As the
body is dead because of Adam's sin, so the spirit is life because of
Christ's righteousness. Life and righteousness walk hand in hand as do
sin and death. In the life of Christ inheres all the value of what He is
and of what He has suffered and achieved as the second Man.
Righteousness inheres in His life, so that when He imparts His life He
imparts His righteousness also. Righteousness is prominent in Romans. To
those who believe the gospel God reckons their faith for righteousness
(4:24). Those who die with Christ are justified from sin, which is a
negative justification, acquittal, or non-imputation (6:7). Meanwhile,
the body is mortal and doomed to die. But when our spirit receives the
righteousness of Christ we are made positively righteous. This is the
"justifying of life" which will ultimately be given to all mankind The
imparted righteousness is as positive and actual as is Christ's. It
fulfills the just requirement of the law, and makes it possible for
those who walk according to spirit to obey every precept in the
epistles. Mixed conduct is seen in saints because flesh and spirit, the
dead and the living, exist side by side in the same person. The verses
following show us our duty with regard to these forces. To obey the
lusts of an unspiritual body is to allow sin to reign.
The world is weary of preaching. Truth is often lifeless and hackneyed.
There is no unction upon preacher or hearers. Languid audiences clamor
for the stimulus of novelty. Others look wistfully for a glimpse of
Christ, for a demonstration of the power of the evangel. Yet Christ is
in every real saint, His life is "the power within us, not ourselves,
that makes for righteousness." "Testimonies" are often false and
farcical, but the testimony of a life that is spiritual and righteous
cannot well be gainsaid. Failing this, let us hold our peace lest we
bear false witness.
11. The preceding verse promised nothing for the body as a result of the
indwelling of the Vivifier, and in this verse nothing is said as to
rousing or resurrection of the body. One who writes on this verse says,
"The resurrection of the saints is not in view at all in Romans." If
that were so, it would be a striking and serious omission, which would
be inexplicable in a passage the subject of which is deliverance from
the law of death. Is the body to be abandoned to death as some assert?
Or is death to be abolished by universal vivification (1 Cor.15:22-26)?
The deliverance of the individual saint is consummated by the
vivification of his mortal body, which will take place when the Lord
comes out of heaven. He then transfigures the body of our humiliation,
which is not the resurrection of a dead body (Phil.3:21). This is the
proper climax of the work of vivification.
The deliverance of our body is "adoption" for which we groan. We repeat
that it is simply incredible that an epistle which expounds the gospel
which is God's power for salvation should omit this most needed and
crowning part of our deliverance. Paul alone reveals the secret of the
change of the living, and it is not probable that he would ignore that
expectation in Romans even though he has fully expounded it in 1
Corinthians 15. This is the logical place to speak of deliverance of the
mortal body of those who will be living at the parousia, for after
reading in verse ten that the body is still dead one must ask, What,
then, is to become of it? Our question is satisfactorily answered by the
statement that our mortal bodies also shall be vivified. So we pass from
the partial to the complete.
Now if the spirit of Him Who rouses Jesus from among the dead is making
its home in you
is another favorable supposition. It raises no question that the Spirit
of God is in you. Assuming that you are saints, then the Spirit indwells
you, and then He Who rouses Christ Jesus from among the dead will vivify
your mortal bodies also. Jesus is the personal name of our Lord as a
single human individual, while Christ Jesus adds His official title,
indicating His relationships to those whom He saves. The personal name
emphasizes the historic fact of the rousing from the dead of the Man,
which fact is the supreme manifestation of the power and glory of the
Father. But Jesus was also the Christ, the anointed second Man, the Head
of the body and the King, Who stands in such relation to men that what
is done to Him shall be done in them. The holy unction flows down from
the Head to all His members. Thus His rousing is a pledge that we, too,
shall be as completely delivered from death as He. Paul frequently
argues from the resurrection of Christ to the deliverance of the saints
(1 Thess.4:14; 1 Cor.15; Eph.1:19,20). God will do as much for the
members of the body as He did for Christ, and the rousing of Christ is
not only a pledge of this, but a pattern. After reading "rouses from the
dead" twice we should reasonably expect to read that God will rouse your
dead bodies. But it is not so written, although the majority of
expositors assume that to be what Paul meant. Their reason for so
believing is that they argue that the vivification must be correlative
to the rousing. The deliverance which the introductory statements would
lead us to expect for our bodies must be of equal magnitude to the
rousing of Christ Jesus. They do not see that the vivification of the
mortal body is a change quite as great as rousing Jesus from the dead,
for it will make us like Him, with glorious and immortal bodies.
Instead of dead bodies Paul speaks of mortal
bodies, and instead of rousing he speaks of vivifying. There is a
physical life where men are devoid of spiritual life. It belongs to the
old creation. This is the case with our mortal bodies. Bodies may be
dead physically as well as spiritually, in which case they are ready for
burial. When one dies he is no longer mortal, but dead. We do not read,
It is sown a mortal body, for men should not bury the mortal, but the
dead. When enjoying their utmost vigor men are mortal and condemned to
die. There are two ways to escape from mortality. One is by death, which
consummates and ends mortality; and the other is by way of vivification,
in which this mortal puts on immortality.
The Greek word, zooopoieoo, is compounded of two
elements, LIVE-make, and means to vivify, or make alive. We get the word
vivify from Latin, vivus, alive, and facio, to make. It is to be
preferred to make alive because it is one word, and to quicken because
it has not yet acquired a secondary meaning. We will give every
occurrence of this word, and it will appear that it is never used to
describe resurrection only, though it sometimes may involve it. It
invariably means the making alive of what is dead or mortal. Scripture
gives examples of vivification in the vegetable, physical, and spiritual
realms. Never does it describe an accession or increase of life already
possessed. Indeed, the rule seems to be that, whatever the subject, it
cannot be vivified except it die. Our mortal bodies are proper subjects
for vivification because in contrast to our quickened spirit they are
said to be dead. When vivified they will become spiritual bodies.
Will vivify
is a promise. Your spirit is life and your mortal bodies also shall be
vivified. Also is quite unnecessary unless need of such an assurance
exists because it has not yet taken place. We are vivified and justified
in spirit, but the body is dead, is mortal, and is under condemnation.
When the sentence has been executed the penalty will be exhausted. Then
the body, too, may be given life that will make it spiritual instead of
soulish as it now is (1 Cor.15:44).
Such present applications of this text as are made by healing cults not
only weaken and change the meaning of the verb to vivify, but they cause
men to lose sight of the promised vivification of our bodies. There are
very few, if any, of the saints who most need it who experience such a
physical renewal as would be remotely comparable to the rousing of Jesus
from the dead. Like Paul, many saints do their work in spite of lifelong
physical handicaps. The common lack of physical renewal leads the
proponents of the view to deny that God's Spirit dwells in all the
saints. We quote: "The promised quickening of the mortal bodies is
conditional upon the indwelling of the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus
from the dead, and we cannot positively affirm that this spirit dwells
(that is, permanently abides) in every believer." Were such teachers
immune from the sickness and weaknesses which are common to other men we
might give their testimony some credence. Vivification is not healing,
but it entirely removes the causes of sickness and weakness by
conferring immortality.
A great commentator asks his readers to "observe
that Paul leaves out of view those living at the parousia. Their change
is not included in the expression zooopoieesei." He believes Paul is
speaking of rousing of the dead because he looks for a resurrection
which is a "correlation with the rousing" of Jesus. "What is here said
is with reference to the case of their being already dead at the
parousia." This author contemplates a future when the now mortal bodies
will be dead, and he ignores in this verse the difference between
resurrection and vivification. If "their change is not included in the
expression will also vivify," as this author asserts, we may ask how
they will be changed. They cannot be roused because they will not sleep,
nor can they be resurrected because they will not fall into the dust of
death. All that remains is vivification, by which the dying is made
alive. We shall all be changed. That which is sown in corruption shall
be roused in incorruption, and that which is still mortal shall put on
immortality. Mortality is never predicated of spirit, soul, or a dead
body. The dead who are roused must be vivified in order to resurrection.
Paul asserts that the seeds which we sow are not vivified except they
die (1 Cor.15:36). He declares that the rousing of the dead and their
coming with a body are analogous in some respects to a plant which
springs from a seed that dies and is quickened after it is sown.
When Paul refers to the snatching away of the
living with the risen dead at the presence of Christ he always speaks as
if it were imminent and as though he and his hearers might live till
then. Thus he keeps the expectation ever before us. "We, the living who
are surviving," are those who expect the vivification of our mortal
bodies. When he anticipates death he says "He Who rouses the Lord Jesus
will be rousing us also through Jesus" (2 Cor.4:14). He did not
positively assert that he should live till the parousia, nor that he
should die; but he presented both expectations. In 2 Corinthians 5:1-4
he contemplates three conditions: a present terrestrial tabernacle
house, our mortal body, which may be demolished. Then there is a
building of God, a house not made with hands, eonian in the heavens, or
our spiritual and immortal body, for which we are groaning, longing to
be dressed in our habitation which is from heaven. The third condition
comes between these two. It is the naked condition that would result
from the demolition of the earthly house before we were clothed with our
habitation which is from heaven. This we do not desire. We are not
wanting to be stripped, as we should be by the dissolution of the
present tabernacle before we get our new home. What we desire is that
the mortal, the present terrestrial tabernacle in which we live, shall
be swallowed up by life so that we shall not know the naked condition,
but be dressed in our immortal body. Vivification gives to us the house
not made with hands. When this mortal puts on immortality it is
swallowed up by life, or changed in an instant. The same change from
mortality to life is spoken of in Philippians 3:21 where the mortal body
is called "the body of our humiliation" which the Saviour Whom we await
out of the heavens will transfigure. Transfiguration describes the
change from the condition of humiliation that goes with mortality to
that of glory which belongs to Him Who only as yet has immortality.
Because of His Spirit making its home in you.
Students of the Greek text have given much attention to two different
readings. Through His Spirit asserts that the vivification is achieved
by means of the indwelling Spirit. What seems to be the genuine reading,
because of His Spirit, asserts that the reason that God will vivify is
that the body is already His home. As He made the body of Jesus a temple
so He has made ours. His presence in the character of "Him Who rouses
Jesus from the dead" is both the reason and the pledge that He will do
as much for us. Thus the contrast between flesh and spirit, between the
law of the spirit of life and the law of sin and death, is brought to a
conclusion. The salvation of God is shown to be an adequate deliverance
for those who have been subjected to sin and death.
A brief notice of each occurrence of the word
zooopoieoo, to vivify, will serve to show the difference between it and
the word anastasis, UP-STANDing, resurrection, which is a standing up
again of that which is fallen. It is instructive to note just what or
who is said to be resurrected. Though the phrase "the resurrection of
the body" is found in the best known creed, it is not in Scripture,
which speaks of the resurrection of persons. We read of "the
resurrection of the dead," of Christ, of Jesus Christ, of the Lord
Jesus. The verb egeiroo, to rouse, to awake, to raise, is in some few
occurrences used of bodily rousing. Usually persons are resurrected or
roused from the dead; bodies are said to be vivified, transfigured, and
roused (Rom.8:11; Phil.3:21; 1 Cor.15:44). Of course those who are
resurrected come with bodies. Christ is the Life to the dead. "The last
Adam is a vivifying Spirit," quickening whom He will. Thus He is a
contrast to the first man Adam, who became a living soul (1
Cor.15:44-49). The life which Christ imparts is His own. In every
occurrence, except two, vivification confers spiritual life. Inasmuch as
dying and soulish (psychical) bodies are to be made spiritual bodies,
vivification is extended to the body as well as to the spirit. There are
vegetable and physical analogies to the vivification of the body.
Vivification of the spirit sometimes precedes death and resurrection.
Some will be resurrected without spiritual life, in which cases there is
resurrection without spiritual vivification. Those who will never be
resurrected, because they will not die, will be vivified in body as well
as in spirit. Finally, there will be a vivification which will involve a
resurrection from the dead for some.
Saints are made alive in Christ immediately on
believing. This spiritual vivification takes place before death. Our
spirit is now life because of righteousness. The first occurrence in the
Greek Scriptures of the word vivify is very instructive. It is found in
John 5:21. It occurs in a discourse occasioned by the desire of some
Jews to kill our Lord because He healed an infirm man on the sabbath. He
said, "Greater works than these will He be showing Him." Then He
proceeds to speak of the greatest work, that of vivifying the dead. "For
even as the Father...thus the Son also is vivifying whom He will." If He
can vivify even as the Father, surely such a Person has authority to do
the lesser work of healing even on the sabbath. Then He tells how He
vivifies the dead. "He who is hearing My word and believing in Him Who
sends Me has eonian life, and is not coming into judgment, but has
proceeded out of death into life." These will go out of the tomb to a
resurrection of life because they have heard the voice of the Son of God
and live. Again, "The spirit is that which is vivifying. The flesh is
benefiting nothing. The declarations which I have spoken to you are
spirit and are life" (John 6:63). The word of life is received when men
hear the voice of the Son of God. This is so different from the law
which promises life only to those who do its commands. "If a law were
given able to vivify, righteousness really would be out of law"
(Gal.3:12,21). Because the law does not give life it does not give
righteousness. Only those who have Christ's life are righteous. "For the
letter [the law] is killing, yet the spirit is vivifying" (2 Cor.3:6).
In two cases the verb to vivify is compounded with the word together:
God...vivifies us together with Christ and rouses us together"
(Eph.2:5), and "in Whom you were roused together...He vivifies us
together jointly with Him" (Col.2:12,13). In both these cases
vivification and rousing are spiritual and are now ours because of our
present union with Christ.
There is resurrection without spiritual vivification. If one has not
received spiritual life before his death, he will rise without it. If
life and immortality were the portion of all who will be resurrected,
then all who die will be saved simply by resurrection and would not be
liable to the second death or subject to its authority (Rev.2:11;
20:6,14; 21:8). "He who has not the Son has not the life," yet all the
dead shall be resurrected (1 John 5:12; 1 Cor.15:21; John 5:28;
Rev:5,12,13). Resurrection saves the unbeliever from the death to which
he is doomed as a son of Adam. The first death is the penalty for racial
sin. The last Adam delivers from this death all who die. The second
death follows the judgment and is the penalty which will be inflicted
for the personal sins of those who have not been justified or pardoned.
For those who do not die there is physical vivification without
resurrection. Vivification will then be physical as well as spiritual.
Those saints who are alive at the parousia will be physically vivified.
The soulish body will be made a spiritual body without death, burial,
and resurrection. This is the secret of change which Paul revealed. Only
the dead can be resurrected, but all shall be vivified. In the ages to
come many will never die. When Christ said, "I am the Resurrection and
the Life," He added, "He who is believing into Me, even if He should be
dying, will be living." To them Christ is the Resurrection from the
dead. The next statement is not so well understood. It is, "And everyone
who is living and believing into Me should by no means be dying for the
eon." To these He is the Life, without resurrection. Some have thought
that this refers to those who survive till the Lord descends from
heaven. If this is so, the secret Paul revealed had been anticipated, in
which case it was no secret when Paul told it. Both in the kingdom and
in the new creation many will not die. When Christ says "for the eon" He
is speaking of the millennium, when only the wicked will die. He means
that some shall live through that eon when others are dying. But it is
revealed that none will die in the last eon and that before the
consummation all shall be vivified. Throughout the eon death will be
circumscribed and limited to the lake of fire into which the wicked were
cast at the great white throne judgment. Many of the blessings dispensed
to the ecclesia which is His body are anticipations of new creation
favors (1 Cor.10:11). The body of Christ really belongs to the new
creation and not to the millennium. Just as the pentecostal church had
many foretastes of the coming eon, so the saints who survive till the
parousia will enjoy a foretaste of the final eon when, without death or
resurrection, men will be vivified, and this is what Paul consistently
Though there is resurrection of those who have no
spiritual life, a physical vivification seems to be necessary in order
to their resurrection. Vivification may mean the impartation of
vegetable, physical, or spiritual life to what is dead. God is the
Author of all life of whatever kind. He makes alive also what is dead,
whether it is a dead seed, Abraham's body, or the bodies of saints. God
is vivifying ta panta, the all, the universe (1 Tim.6:13). This may
include vivification on lower levels than the spiritual. Two such
instances are given by Paul. Answering the double question, "How are the
dead being roused, and with what body are they coming?" he shows there
is an analogy between the vivification of the seed and vivification of
the dead body. The italicized words call attention to the fact that dead
persons are roused and that these come with a body. The questioner asks
about the kind of body, and Paul deals with the subject very fully.
Seeds that are sown are not vivified unless they should die. The seed is
not resurrected, but vivified. Frequently when potatoes are dug the dead
seed potato is turned up along with the living ones. This would
illustrate resurrection without vivification, if such a thing were
possible. The inspired illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:36-38 is based
on physical phenomena, and is given to correct erroneous thinking.
Primarily the saints are in view, but does not the illustration explain
also the resurrection of the wicked dead?
When Paul tells the secret of change it concerns
flesh and blood, or corruptible and mortal bodies. Understanding of our
text depends on what is written in 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, where
physical vivification is prominent. Dying (not mortal, thneetos) seeds
are vivified. There is as great a mystery about the germination of a
seed as about the vivification of a dead body, yet no intellect is
staggered by the fact. "You are not sowing the body that shall come to
be...God gives it a body according as He wills, and to each seed a body
of its own." Supporting the idea of a changed body, he shows that there
are different kinds of flesh and different glories. Thus also is the
resurrection of the dead (plural). Then following the analogy of seed
sowing, he says four times, "It [the body] is sown...it is roused." In
every case there is change of condition, for you are not sowing the body
that shall come to be, whether seed or a dead man. There is vivification
and change. The resurrected bodies of the wicked dead will escape the
Adamic condemnation. They are still soulish as Adam was before he
What seems to be another example of physical vivification is seen in the
case of Abraham, in whom certain physical powers had become dead. He
believed God in the character of One Who is vivifying the dead. By faith
in God's promise concerning a multitudinous seed he experienced, along
with Sarah, a vivification of dead physical vitality. This was not a
case of healing sickness or of giving strength instead of weakness, nor
of revival, but of making alive "his body already dead" (4:17). That
which is vivified is dying or dead--a seed, dead procreative power, or
deadness in the human spirit and in the mortal body. Vivification always
involves a change from one condition to another, from deadness to life.
The identical person who fell asleep is roused unchanged, but not with
the identical body.
Christ the Vivifier was Himself vivified because He
really died. A question before the writer reads thus: "Does not 1 Peter
3:18 teach that Christ was raised a spirit?" If He were "a spirit" in
the last clause, was He "a flesh" in the first? Let us read the Greek
with the sublinear of the Concordant Version: thanatootheis men sarki,
BEING-(caused-to)-DIE INDEED TO-FLESH, zooopoieetheis de pneumati,
BEING-made-LIVE YET TO-SPIRIT. The to- before flesh and spirit indicates
that those nouns are in the dative case. This is indicated in
translations by a preposition. The Greek dative like the other cases has
many uses. It indicates interest, position, or means. There is the
dative of interest or reference, the dative of location, and the dative
of the instrument or means. None of these uses would indicate that
Christ was raised a spirit. The instrumental dative means that Christ
was put to death by means of the flesh, with which Hebrews 2:14 agrees.
He became flesh in order that He might die. He was vivified by means of
spirit, as we shall be. It was not His spirit alone which was vivified,
but that which was put to death--He. Though He was resurrected and
roused, there is no mention of it here.
"Resurrection of the dead is through a Man also,
for even as in Adam all are dying, thus also in Christ all shall be
vivified." Here Christ is the Resurrection and the Life also. There may
be resurrection without vivification, but complete vivification must
include resurrection for all those who have died. That this is so is
made evident by the fact that as a result of vivification the last
enemy, death, shall be abolished. The three classes of those who are
vivified and the times of their vivification are clearly distinguished
(1 Cor.15:20-26). The results are the abolition of death of all kinds;
the abrogation of all sovereignty, authority, and power. This does not
result in anarchy, for all will be subject to the Son in a subjection so
loving that the exercise of authority and power would be superfluous. As
Christ will subject Himself to God, so all His creatures will also be
subjected to the Father that God may be All [plural, everything] in all.
This is brought about by Him Who is a vivifying Spirit. He does not say
I procure, but I am the Resurrection and the Life. Death of no kind can
survive before the vivifying energy of the last Adam.
There are other interpretations which excellent expositors give. The
present writer does not deny their truth. And there may even be an
apparent difference between this interpretation and a comment in the
notes of the Version. This is superficial rather than fundamental, for
both writers accept both the aspects presented. There is still much
light to break forth from the inspired Word, and when it is found it
will probably appear that apparent differences were only different
facets of one diamond. For instance, it is not easy to say how much "the
earnest of the spirit" includes. Nor should we arbitrarily decide what
is figurative and what is literal. Some positions are held tentatively
till more light dawns. The inexhaustible Word furnishes first the
fundamental and indisputable truth by which men live, truth which
permits no question or modification. Then there are other things for the
apprehension of which few or none have sufficient spiritual strength.
Each saint has his own apprehension of Christ, and all are more or less
segmentary. So also our apprehension of truth is so imperfect that we
should always expect more and be open to receive it.
By what means does Christ impart His life to His members? What future
deliverance is included in our salvation? Does resurrection give a
complete salvation? What is the body said to be in verse ten? In what
sense is it dead? In what sense is the spirit said to be life? Whence is
this life?
Is Christ in all men? Is He in all saints? Is Christ always manifest in
those who are united to Him? Is there something more than union with
Christ? Does Christ dwell in every heart? Because of what is the body
dead? How many men are involved in this death? Because of what is the
spirit life?
Are our mortal bodies of use to God? Can they be made instruments of
righteousness? Where does verse ten leave us with regard to our body?
What expectation for the body does verse eleven present? Does God even
now make His home with us? What does Paul argue from this fact?
Does any part of us belong to the old creation? What does vivify mean?
What other words may be used for it? What is the significance of "also"
in verse eleven? Is a mortal body a corpse? Is it proper to speak of a
corpse as "mortal remains?"
What does God pledge to us by rousing Christ Jesus? Does this verse say
anything of rousing or resurrection for us? Will those who are living
when our Lord returns be resurrected? Will they be vivified? What change
will vivification make at that time? Must all who are Christ's be
vivified? Will any others be vivified? How is death to be abolished?
What does vivify mean in the following verses? (John 5:21; 6:63;
Gal.3:21; 2 Cor.3:6; Eph.2:5; Col.2:13) Is there a present vivification?
Will resurrection give Christ's life to the wicked dead? Are they said
to be vivified when they are judged? Can those who are alive at the
parousia of Christ be resurrected, or roused? Is there then a
vivification which does for them all that is done for those who die? How
many resurrections are there? How many eras of vivification? (1
Cor.15:22-26) Can our salvation be complete without a vivified body?
Who is the Vivifying Spirit? What is His relation to all mankind? Has
any other man power to give life? What did Adam give? Is the last Adam
the Vivifier of believers only?
What will happen to the mortal body when the Lord returns, according to
2 Corinthians 5:1-4? What does Philippians 3:20,21 declare? Is the body
of our humiliation a corpse? What is it that humiliates? Will our bodies
be annihilated or be made glorious and immortal?
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People across the globe have gotten accustomed to the all-too-easy convenience of single-use, disposable items. Plastic straws, bottles, plates, bowls, bags, cups, forks, spoons, knives, Styrofoam containers, foil wrapping, cling film, nylon netting, boxes, cartons, balloons, razors, toothbrushes, toys, cell phone cases, headphones, candy and chip wrappers, the list goes on and on. Plastic was originally created to be durable and everlasting, but 33% of plastic products are used just once. Globally the creation and use of plastics is becoming a BIG problem. Here are some reasons why:
- Worldwide it is estimated that we use and discard 1 trillion plastic bags yearly. That's about 142 per person a year. In the US the average is about 300 plastic bags per person a year. What's your average?
- The average use life of a plastic bag is just 12 minutes! Whereas a reusable, cloth or even recycled heavy-duty plastic bag can last for years.
- We are throwing 5 trillion pieces of plastic into the oceans every year; the equivalent of a garbage truck pouring all its waste into the ocean every minute, continually. Recent studies say that the figure will change to 2 trucks a minute by 2050, some say sooner.
- By 2050, it is also anticipated that the amount of plastic waste will outweigh the amount of fish in the sea. Imagine what issues fishermen will face… or our health if we continue to eat seafood.
- Entanglement and ingestion of plastics kills over 100,000 sea turtles, whales, dolphins, sharks and other marine life a year (at least 54 of which are endangered species). On top of that 1,000,000 seabirds die yearly from ocean pollution and the ingestion of plastics.
- Only 8% of 30 million tons of plastic waste in the US get recycled (the worldwide average is just 5%). Furthermore, plastics can only be recycled one or two times before becoming unusable; inevitably, all plastics will end up in a landfill or the sea.
- When plastic does degrade, it is still present in microscopic forms called microplastics. In some parts of the ocean these microplastics already outnumber plankton, meaning even the primary level of the oceanic food chains are being contaminated.
- The chemical composition of microplastics means they repel water and are attracted to other additives and toxins (such as the infamous BPA). In the body, these toxins can cause hormone imbalances and an array of problems for humans and animals alike. In a study by the Center for Disease Control, 92% of people tested positive for BPAs and other plastics in their blood.
- Plastic uses valuable limited natural resources, such as oil. For example: plastic bottle production in the US uses 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel over a million cars for the year.
- Most importantly PLASTIC NEVER GOES AWAY! For decades now plastic waste has been piling up on the oceans, waterways, and coastlines; contaminating both freshwater and marine water resources. Every piece of plastic, unless incinerated or sent to space, still exists on the planet in some form. And every year we produce more of it… in the past 10 years more plastic has been made than in the entire century before it.
The good news is that there are two things that people can do to help combat all these problems:
- Stop contributing to the pollution. Refuse single-use items; plastic straws, bottles, bags, silverware, takeaway containers, etc. and start rethinking your everyday purchases. Are there bulk alternatives to your grains and cereals? Can you bring a reusable mug to your favorite coffee place instead of accepting another disposable one? Creating less waste is the first step to giving our environment a fighting chance. Explore the menu bar for ways in which you can reduce your waste output every day!
- Start cleaning up the pollution. Whether it was your mess or not, everyone can help tackle the problem! Make a habit of conducting your own mini-cleanups. At the end of any outdoor event whether at the beach, the park, or the mountains, spend some time picking up trash. Set a personal goal, 20 pieces, a 50m radius or a 2 minute clean; make it a habit and include your friends and family! The more hands the better 🙂

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Mecklenburg County Bar
Created in 1912, the Mecklenburg County Bar (MCB) serves the same geographic location as the 26th Judicial District. The MCB strives to be beneficial not only to the lawyers working in Mecklenburg County, but also to the local residents. Members help the Mecklenburg County Bar achieve the latter goal of aiding the local community by volunteering their services as part of one of the MCB�s many pro bono programs.
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The Mecklenburg County Bar provides several benefits for its members. Lawyers belonging to the MCB that want to become more effective leaders are given the chance to hone their leadership skills by attending the Mecklenburg County Bar/ Mecklenburg Bar Foundation Leadership Institute. Members that are looking to network with other local attorneys and have fun at the same time often sign up to participate in one of the MCB Sports Leagues.
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Cuban cuisine The Best Cuban Dishes: A Culinary Tour of The Island
A tour across the Caribbean's largest island from Bite to Bite
Traditional Cuban cuisine has been pleasing locals for generations, both at the dinner table and on the street. Here are some tips on places, plates, and even some recipes in order to enjoy this island and the tastes it has to offer.
Picture yourself seated at a trendy locale overlooking the Almendares River in the Miramar district of Havana. As you enjoy the view of the water and listen to the laughter and conversation of stylish young Cubans at nearby tables, you study the menu brought over on a large chalkboard on an easel by a friendly server. Choices might include grilled lobster, fresh ceviche, octopus, and lamb – plus a selection of fines wines, cocktails, and delicious desserts. And that's just the beginning. In other words, if you're expecting sandwiches with rice and beans, a trip to this very diverse Caribbean island will likely not only surprise and delight, but also will send your palate on a culinary adventure not soon to be forgotten.
But remember that it's not only in 'paladares' where the discriminating epicurean can find gastronomic treasures in Cuba. There are always the classics – for instance, the Santo Angel in the Plaza Vieja gets good buzz for its seafood, plus for its historic location and live Cuban music. And in the same neighborhood over on Calle Obispo, it's a must to stop in Ernest Hemingway's famous haunt, the fish restaurant and cocktail bar El Floridita, for a Papa Hemingway (a tasty and refreshing grapefruit daiquiri) and – yes – even a Cuban sandwich. For legendary Cuban coffee, there's Café O'Reilly, a cozy little spot in Old Havana that boasts freshly ground coffee beans on the premises and a decent, no-frills breakfast.
In Cuba, the beaches not only offer sunshine, white sand, and a clear blue surf, they're also the perfect place to find small eateries in tiki bars that, while appearing rustic, boast some of the most carefully prepared and presented seafood. You might even find yourself bringing your cell phone out to take photos of the succulent lobster tail, plump peel and eat shrimp, and juicy oysters on the half shell. Rent lounge chairs and let your servers set up your beach picnic for you, complete with an ice-cold cerveza or a mojito with Cuban rum, fresh lime, and muddled mint leaves.
Speaking of servers, how does the industry in Cuba measure up? You'll be pleased to know that not only is the food in Cuba a delight, travelers to the island often remark on how good the waiters and waitresses are. When you see all the mint-condition cars from the 1950s on the road, you'll feel you've stepped back in time; the same can be found when you're out for a meal – there's often an old-fashioned politeness and courtesy that's a throwback to another time – service with a smile. And especially in the 'paladares', pleasant surprises await. Guests might notice beautiful antique china, silver, and crystal that's proudly still used daily and taken care of lovingly, all indicative of the general attitude of treating the customer well.
Finally, the most important thing to remember for any food aficionado traveling to Cuba is to do plenty of research. To ensure the most of your Internet investigation, do all of your Googling before you get there. Speak with friends who have vacationed there and ask where they love to eat in Cuba. Once you get to the island, don't be shy – talk to the locals, the cab drivers, and the concierges and find out which local spot is getting the best buzz lately. And most of all, be bold – try the squid, the Ropa Vieja, and to keep up with the energy of Cuba, down plenty of strong shots of Cuban coffee throughout the day as you go from one culinary adventure to the next. Read reviews, check out recipes you might want to try, and find out where your favorite dishes are served.
A lighter option is the famous Cuban sandwich, which comes in several variations and complexities. It's a perfect quick lunch to make once you're back home, and there's no reason why you can't make yours a thing of beauty. Find good, white Cuban bread, perfect for grilling Panini-style. With this humble street food, simplicity is the key, with sliced ham and roasted pork as the main fillers. Don't skimp on pickles, and use dill (not the sweet kind), then add slices of emmental (or similar) cheese and a good slathering of mustard.
At one of your stops in Cuba, you are likely to find a version of 'Ropa Vieja', which means "old clothes" in Spanish, and yet another dish you can easily make at home. With an amusing name that reflects its modest roots, the highlight of this dish is strips of shredded flank steak. Market fresh ingredients are essential, like garlic, bell peppers, onions, jalapeños and tomatoes with their juices. To get that tenderness and flavor in the meat, slow roast all the veggies and meat together for about 8 hours. After, shred the flank steak with a fork, top with olives, capers and cilantro, and pour over a bed of yellow or white Cuban rice. This is authentic Cuban gastronomy at its best. And homemade, nonetheless.
If you have made your mouth water reading this article, then do not miss the opportunity and organize your trip. Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has a large number of hotels in Cuba. From the most well-known destinations, such as Varadero, to less touristy but equally attractive areas, such as Trinidad or the majestic capital of Havana.
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To work out a suitable way to divide a 1080p screen into pieces that a SPU could work effectively with for the diamond-square problem took some trial and error. First, some fundamentals.
The SPU interacts with the framebuffer through the use of DMA operations, which have the following characteristics:
- larger transfers are more efficient than smaller ones
- there are alignment constraints
- there can be a tradeoff between performing several small transfers to cope with DMA size/alignment constraints, and fetching a larger aligned area, modifying it and writing it back
- modifying a region of memory requires a DMA get and put operation — extra work, complexity (buffer management and time)
- a single SPU can have a maximum of 16 transfers in-flight at a given time, and will block if any more are issued
- DMA lists can be used to effectively issue more than 16 transfers at a time, but there are greater restrictions on the placement of data in local store
Data relationships
To calculate each point in diamond-square required the values from four others.
When calculating the centre point of a square, the four corners are located on two different lines and the centre point is written to the centre line between those two. (Reading from two lines, writing to one)
When calculating the centre point of a diamond, the four corners are located on three different input lines and the centre point is located on the same centre line as two of the points (Reading from three lines, writing to one of those)
For a given iteration of diamond-square, all input data has been generated in a previous iteration — that is, no point depends on another point calculated in the same iteration of the algorithm. This gives some flexibility as to the ordering of point calculation.
First attempt — whole lines
My first thought was to optimise for DMA throughput: large transfers are much more efficient than smaller ones, and the independence of points in a single iteration means that points can be calculated on a line by line basis. Pseudo this:
square(line_number, square_size) top = dma_get(line_number) centre = dma_get(line_number + square_size/2) bottom = dma_get(line_number + square_size) for(i = 0; i < line_length; ++i) calculate_square_centre_value(top, centre, bottom, i, square_size) dma_put(centre)
Whole lines are fetched, which is reasonably efficient (1920×4 bytes = 7680, 7680%128 = 0, so it's a fine size for efficient DMA), and there's plenty of scope for optimisation:
- lines may be prefetched
- lines may be reused between iterations: the bottom line for one row of squares is the top line of the next. For diamonds, two lines are reused from one row to the next
I spent quite a bit of time on this approach, to try and get it working to my satisfaction, but in the end I discarded it. The problem for me became one of complexity — the prefetches, special cases (sides, corners) and line reuse were all written and applied for the general-case implementation (i.e. parameterised by square_size like the pseudo code above). This made it extraordinarily cumbersome to write optimised cases for the smallest square sizes — where most of the pixels are calculated and thus most runtime is spent.
In summary, I was optimising the wrong things.
There were also aspects of the implementation that I had not fully considered with this method, and failed to make progress with, particularly proper handling of the side and corner special cases, and animation.
(In hindsight, I suspect I could have simplified this approach, solved the other problems and met the time budget — but probably only knowing what I know from my next attempt.)
Second attempt — tiles — problems
Tiling was an approach I had considered and discarded early on. Where whole lines are a clear win for DMA efficiency, tiles are much less so — the largest square tiles I could envision were 128×128 pixels, being 64KB (twice for a double buffered implementation), and the 512B line length is not a great performer. Additionally, the limit on the number of in-flight DMA transfers makes this method seem more risky — writing 128 lines per tile requires writing lines as the calculation of each is completed and hoping that computation is slower than DMA, which is probable but not assured.
DMA lists are promising — except that diamond-square requires 2n+1 pixel squares, so it's actually a 129×129 pixel tile (for calculation), and DMA lists still need to transfer those little extra inner parts between transfers.
On top of that, recall that diamond-square requires a large number of points from outside a tile to be calculated to be able to complete the points within a tile — if stored sparsely, 8 times as much space as for the target tile.
So I didn't start with this idea, but after discarding the previous approach I was able to work out ways around these problems and implement a basic and functional implementation in the time I spent flying and waiting in airports on my way home from GCAP. I'll expand on the implementation in a later post.


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As I may have mentioned in the past, part of my remit for Microsoft in Northern Ireland is to assist my Manager, Peter Russell , in delivering Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Programs in Northern Ireland. One such initiative is Fastrack to IT (FIT NI). It was officially launched this morning in the Belfast Harbour Commissioner's offices. Rather than re-write what's already been covered, I'll just copy in the release from the Microsoft Ireland Blogsite:
Fastrack to IT (FIT) expands into Northern Ireland with model which helped 6,000 Irish people access employment
Initiative launched for Northern Irish businesses to access candidates with ICT skills
Belfast: 4th June 2008 – Based on the model established in Ireland to provide unemployed people with ICT skills to access employment, FIT NI (Fastrack to Information Technology Northern Ireland) has launched a new industry initiative providing ready access to candidates with in-demand ICT skills in Belfast today.
Aimed at helping those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to upskill to new levels and access high calibre ICT jobs, FIT NI is based on the Irish model which was established nine years ago. The Irish initiative has a 64% success rate of progressing its participants with private sector employers.
Supported by major indigenous and international companies, FIT NI – is a unique private sector response to labour shortages of ICT skills across all industry sectors.
Launching the event, Billy McClean, FIT NI's Northern Ireland Programme Manager, said:
"As the recent US NI Conference demonstrated, interest in Northern Ireland as an investment location has never been higher, despite the global uncertainty sparked by the credit crunch and rising energy prices. But is the local workforce fit for purpose?
"Overseas investors will only locate in Northern Ireland if we can maintain a healthy flow of employees with key skills such as ICT. There are already worrying signs though that the local ICT labour market is beginning to overheat, despite the fact that at 27.5% Northern Ireland has one of the highest rates of economic inactivity in Europe.
"Given that employers are finding it increasingly hard to find ICT literate employees while there's a ready supply of untapped talent which has difficulty accessing job opportunities, FIT NI believes that it provides a solution which can tackle social marginalisation whilst also improving Northern Ireland's competitiveness."
Also speaking at the event was Fiona Mullan, Microsoft's Ireland's Director of HR: "In just nine years FIT has provided over 6,000 Irish people with the technical and software skills they needed to access employment opportunities in the Celtic Tiger's burgeoning ICT sector. Now that Northern Ireland is beginning to reap the benefits of a stable political environment it's vital that it has the people available to take advantage of any uplift in employment opportunities. Northern Ireland has a rare window of opportunity to sell itself on the world stage – it would be tragic if potential investments were lost due to artificial shortages in the labour market caused by a failure to engage effectively with those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds."
FIT NI has already run a number of pilot programmes in the Belfast area in collaboration with local training providers and community organisations. Over 250 people have completed the process with a significant number progressing into employment or further education. FIT NI now has plans to launch similar programmes throughout Northern Ireland and is looking to work closely with private sector partners and local training providers.
Roy Adair, CEO of the Port of Belfast, one of FIT NI's local supporters, said: "FIT NI is a great example of how businesses can help society at large while at the same time improving the economic conditions in which they operate. These are exciting times for Northern Ireland, but we want to ensure that as many people as possible can access the new economic opportunities which the future holds. I've heard it said that if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. That's exactly what FIT is and I encourage other businesses across Northern Ireland to get involved and support the scheme."
FIT partners across Ireland include firms such as AIB, Alchemy, AOL, Belfast Trust, CSC, Danone, Dell, Eircom, BT, Halifax, HP, IBEC, IBM, Kainos, Liberty, Lionbridge Technology, Allstate Northern Ireland, Microsoft, MyHoliday.ie, Oracle, Siemens, Skillsoft, Symantec, Uniphar, Origin Enterprises and Welocalise.
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Oftentimes it is a creditor's wage garnishment that is the final straw to break the back of a judgment debtor and prompting the filing for bankruptcy protection. As annoying as the collection attorneys may be when it comes to trying to get money from a debtor, for the most part, the larger collection firms do a good job at taking the appropriate steps upon notice of the bankruptcy.
Notification of Bankruptcy Stay
Immediately upon notice of the bankruptcy, a judgment creditor must take affirmative steps to cease colleciton activity. If a wage garnishment has been commenced pre-bankruptcy, the judgment creditor must inform the employer to cease further wage garnishment. Any money garnished after the date of the bankruptcy must be returned to the debtor and money garnished prior to the bankrutpcy will be delievered to the sherriff for turnover to the creditor. The Court Officer is instructed to no remit any money to the creditor that was deducted after the bankruptcy filing date.
The creditor will inform the court officer to take no further action and to hold the execution in abeyance. Oftentimes, the money remited to the judgment creditor in the 90 days prior to the bankruptcy filing may be recovered as well. This "claw-back" is referred to a voidable preference and a topic I have written about in earlier blogs.
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When the Worst Happens: Employee Crisis Communications Checklist
An essential checklist of what to do before, during and after an employee crisis.
Performance Review Form
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Employee Request Form
The more details you can provide about an employee request, the greater your chances of receiving qualified applicants. Use this checklist to make sure you've provided your staffing partner with all the important information.
Exit Interview Form
Formal Exit Interviews can help you uncover the reasons behind employee turnover. It also can protect you if there is an unemployment claim or an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) dispute.
Interview Evaluation
This evaluation is to standardize the recording of information collected during an interview and assist in evaluating and comparing different candidates when interviews are completed.


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Monday, July 4, 2016
Today is Independence Day in the USA
The Historically Challenged ask: Why is this important? And what is so special about July 4, 1776 --
To which Bill Federer answers with detailed information about WHY the people in North America in what is now the USA decided to stop being 'under the thumb and rule' of England and establish their own country.
The citizens of what is now the United States of America declared their Independence from England.
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June 12, 2019 - Germany
June 12, 2019 - Germany
In the exhibition halls, the participants will meet more than 300 exhibitors from 30 countries who will come to Stuttgart to showcase materials, advances in the production and processing of fibre-reinforced plastics, and innovative application examples – in automotive engineering, aerospace, mechanical engineering, construction, wind power, and the sports and leisure sector. Besides new products, a special focus of the trade fair will be on innovative process technologies, according to a press release by ICC.
In plenary sessions at the start of the trade fair on Tuesday, all trade fair and conference visitors will get a current overview of the composites markets in Europe, US and, specifically, UK – this year's partner country for the conference. Following the market overview will be the keynote presentation titled 'The future of automobility: insights from transport research' by Dr. Christine Eisenmann from the German Aerospace Center.
Afterwards, participants will be able to choose lectures from two parallel tracks: Building & Infrastructure or Mobility. On Wednesday, the track choices on the agenda will be thermoplastics or thermosets and later bio-based composites or the process-tech forum.
Thursday at the trade fair will be the day to learn about standardisation in fibre-reinforced plastics as well as about new applications. Closing out the day and the trade fair on Thursday afternoon will be the Young Innovators Poster Session featuring institutes presenting their research.
Guided tours and practical demonstrations in the exhibition halls will round off the conference programme. Themed guided tours centred on composites applications, materials and markets will lead visitors straight to the stands of selected exhibitors ready to explain the latest innovations in fibreglass, thermoplastics, automotive engineering and wind energy.
ICC will take place concurrently with the Composites Europe trade fair this year. The presentation of the AVK Innovation Award on the afternoon of the first trade fair day will mark another highlight this year. (PC)


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Stocks advanced Tuesday as the dollar turned lower once again, boosting commodity and other stocks.
The Dow is just a few points short of a record point gain for any one quarter—the current record is 1,339 points set in the fourth quarter of 1998. The Dow is up 1,332 points for the quarter right now with seven trading sessions remaining, and is within 200 points of the 10,000 mark.
The dollar hit a fresh one-year low against the euro, which in turn boosted commodity prices and again boosted the prospects for the stock market.
Crude oil gained more than $1, bringing it just shy of $71 a barrel.
Bank of America was the biggest percentage gainer on the Dow at the open after Rochdale analyst Dick Bove raised his price targeton the stock to $25 from $19, citing his confidence in the strength of the bank's position.
Alcoa and General Electric rounded out the top three.
Alcoa got a boost after Goldman Sachs raised its six-month price target, citing increase aluminum prices.
Citigroup shares rose after GIC reduced its stake in the company to less than 5 percent.
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Lowe's skidded after the home-improvement chain affirmed its full-year profit view—its fiscal year ends Jan. 29—but warned of charges ahead due to slow sales at stores hit by the economy.
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And ConAgra Foods skidded after the company beat analysts' estimates and raised its earnings forecast for the full year as commodity costs eased and price increases helped lift sales.
The Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day policy meeting today, with an announcement expected at 2:15pm ET tomorrow.
And the Treasury kicks off $112 billion in debt sales today with an auction of $43 billion dollars in two-year notes, with the results available shortly after 1 pm. The five-year auction is Wednesday and seven-year is Thursday.
The monthly U.S. Home Price Index for July is out at 10 am, with economists looking for an increase of 0.5 percent over the prior month.
Political matters will also capture investor attention today, as the Senate Finance Committee begins marking up the health care reform bill, and as world leaders convene in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.
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The Hunter is a military attack helicopter featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Internally, it also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, though unused.
3D Universe
The Hunter is based on the Boeing (formerly Hughes, then McDonnell Douglas) AH-64 Apache, more precisely the AH-64A Apache. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the Hunter is an aesthetically correct AH-64A, though in VCS, it's technically a YAH-64A, as the helicopter did not formally enter service with the United States Army until 1986. The version featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has a similar design. However, it omits the co-pilot gunner seat (CPG), uses an eight-bladed tail rotor, and has a canopy that swings open horizontally to the right, like the Hydra jet fighter.
The Hunter is also present in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, although it does not spawn anywhere and can be only obtained through third-party trainers and modifications.
In all its appearances, the Hunter always comes with a dark green color and has a Hughes M230 30mm chain gun mounted on the chin and dual Hydra 70 rocket pods, as well as a set of unusable AGM-114 Hellfire missile racks with 4 missiles each.
A special Vigilante Mission is available with the Hunter, the "Brown Thunder" mission. Despite being a military vehicle, it does not appear being military-operated in normal gameplay, out of missions or scripted events.
HD Universe
An unnamed helicopter assumed to be the Hunter can be seen in a trailer for The Simian during the showing for the movie Meltdown and a picture for Warstock Cache & Carry's Lifeinvader that details their equipment selection (located in the lower right). The Hunter is depicted with a desert camouflage scheme, similar to most military-owned vehicles in Grand Theft Auto V.
This helicopter looks like it's modeled after the aforementioned Apache with various elements from the RAH-66 Comanche. On the front, the nose of the Hunter features detailed cameras mounted in similar fashion to that of the AH-64 Apache series and its 3D Universe predecessor, while the canopy now resembles that of the RAH-66 Comanche. The Hunter's front suspension is raised in order to fit the Hughes M230 30mm chain gun mounted on the chin of the craft's fuselage when grounded and is equipped with 4 Hydra 70 rocket pods, while lacking the 8 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. On the back, the tail boom is briefly seen and has a build similar in appearance to that of the Comanche. The stabilizers have moved to the top of the tail fin and the rotor is removed and replaced with a Fenestron-style fan-in-fin. As an additional note, the engines have been modified slightly too, with the exhaust vents on the rear of them horizontal instead of vertical, as seen in the previous 3D models and its real-life counterpart. In the same trailer, the pilot is seen piloting the helicopter in the co-pilot gunner seat, like in previous renditions.
An alternate version of another vehicle, also assumed to be the Hunter, appears at the start of the Jack Howitzer series. Jack is pursued by 2 of these in a scene from Loincloth, one of his 80's action movies, therefore the Hunters used appear to be the previous 3D Universe renditions, as a sake of time sense.
The Hunter is, in all of its appearances, the fastest helicopter in the game. It possesses a stellar handling and easy to control, as well as being a good choice to fly between structures in cities. However, it has a wide turning radius and cannot automatically stabilize at 45 degrees when keeping the control thumbstick forward, as doing so will result in the Hunter getting upside down, loosing control and eventually crashing. The vehicle can easily get upside down when moving the helicopter at high speed.
It's highly resistant to damage in comparison to an average helicopter, due to its nature as a combat vehicle.
The Hunter has two sets of weapons, which consist of a chain gun mounted on the chin, and dual rocket pods. This weaponry makes the Hunter a deadly vehicle. The chain gun is autonomous and automatically lock/fire at targets in a 45 degrees radius. The rocket pods will fire two rockets (one from both sides) at once. These are unguided, but the high rate of fire of the rockets and the good handling of the helicopter make the rockets easy to use and devastating. Like the Rhino, the Sea Sparrow and the Hydra, all weapons have unlimited ammunition. Only the set of missiles are unusable.
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3D Universe
HD Universe
GTA Vice City
- Fort Baxter Air Base - Inside the base after completing either Keep Your Friends Close or collecting all 100 hidden packages, which will appear only after a certain percentage of the game is complete. Jacking the Hunter from here without a police uniform is not easy. The easist way is to fly another helicopter (purchasing the Hyman Condo is the easiest) to the rear of the base (where the Hunter is parked), then slam down and land right next to it, hop out, and then jack it. This must be quick because eventually guardsmen will spawn around the base with M4's, and will shoot the player down.
- Ocean Beach - At the helipad next to Lance Vance's house after finding all 100 hidden packages and completing Keep Your Friends Close.
GTA San Andreas
- Easter Basin, San Fierro - On a helipad inside the Easter Basin Naval Station after completing Pilot School with all golds. The player instantly gains a 5 star wanted level upon entering the base and therefore will be engaged by two NPC Hydras firing heat-seeking missiles, which makes obtaining it very difficult.
- Verdant Meadows, Bone County - At the airstrip after getting gold on all Pilot School tests. (Note: When both the Hunter and Leviathan are unlocked at Verdant Meadows, only one of them can spawn at a time. Arrive from the west to spawn the Hunter and arrive from the east to spawn the Leviathan).
- Used in Heli Hell - the player can keep it if take the Hunter to the aircraft hangar in Verdant Meadows instead of completing the course.
- May be found with the unknown twin-plane at both LSPD & SFPD's basement. [citation/verification needed]
- Can be spawned by inputting the cheat during gameplay.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- The Hunter aircraft itself is not available in the regular game, but left over code from GTA Vice City is, and can only be spawned in with a third-party trainer.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Escobar International Airport - At the southern part of the airport near the Biplane after completing Last Stand. Starts the "Skywolf" side-mission automatically upon entrance.
Notable Appearances in Missions
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City it makes a single appearance in the mission All Hands On Deck, being used by a french secret service agent, though only uses the chain gun.
- It also appeared in Learning to Fly, a race event (Heli Hell) and two flown by NPC in Up, Up and Away! (part of the casino heist mission) from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- The Hunter's most notable use is in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories missions Over The Top and Last Stand, when Victor Vance steals a Hunter (in Over the Top) in order to attack the Mendez Cartel (in Last Stand). It also appears in a previous mission, From Zero To Hero.
Although it isn't considered a mission, the Hunter appeared in a multiplayer match for the PSP version of GTA Vice City Stories named "Might of the Hunter".
Skywolf Mission
The Skywolf mission is a side mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories available after Last Stand, it is activated by simply entering the Hunter at Escobar International Airport. The mission requires the player to use the Hunter's weaponry and destroy a certain amount of targets while flying through some rings. The targets are boats, cars and for the last part, another helicopter. Completion of the mission gets the player a step closer to 100% Completion.
- The default radio stations for the Hunter are:
- In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas and GTA Liberty City Stories, the player is able to play the game's Radio Stations while flying the Hunter. However, this ability was removed in GTA Vice City Stories.
- The Hunter is one of the fastest helicopters in the 3D Universe and with the widest turning radius, on par with the Sea Sparrow and VCN Maverick/News Chopper.
- The name "Brown Thunder" is a reference to the 1983 action film Blue Thunder, which centers on a heavily-armed law enforcement helicopter.
- The Hunter's "Brown Thunder" Vigilante mission is the best way to earn money in GTA Vice City, and third best in GTA San Andreas (after the Inside Track betting trick and using the Rhino in Vigilante missions). The mission allows the player to take-out criminals in a specific time period, earning more time with each successful kill. Once at a high level (level 30 & beyond in GTA Vice City, level 150 & beyond in GTA San Andreas), the money earned can be massive, sometimes over 100K.
- The in-game chain gun, despite it was intended to be the Hughes M230 30mm chain gun, is seem to be very boxy and small for this helicopter in the 3D Universe, due to the low suspension of the main landing gears. However, the Beta Hunter from GTA V (the desert camo one) has a realistic model of the said weapon.
GTA Vice City
- The front wheels are designed in the same orientation. Thus, the black side is on the left side of both wheels and the wheel caps on the right.
- Even though the cockpit has the correct two personnel layout, the Hunter has the control stick in the gunner position. AH-64 Apache helicopters actually have control sticks in both the pilot and co-pilot gunner seats.
- Also, Tommy flies the Hunter from the co-pilot/gunner seat, situated at the front of the cockpit. AH-64 Apache helicopters are actually piloted primarily from the rear of the cockpit.
- Notice Tommy never flies the chopper since he never put his hands on the stick (cyclic) or the throttle (collective). Rather, he makes a cup shape with his hands as if holding a steering wheel. In fact, when he turns, he turns his hands as if turning a steering wheel instead, rather than "pitch" the stick.
- The Hunter's machine gun has a firing sound like the M-60, instead of a 30mm chain gun.
GTA San Andreas
- There's a visual glitch that might cause the inside of the cockpit to disappear. It often happens when viewing it from the left or right side or the view looking behind the helicopter.
- Using the turret to destroy any vehicles does not attract police attention, but killing people while grounded using the turret or rockets (unless they hit the ground, a structure, directly at criminals spawned by a Vigilante mission or explode in the air) does attract a wanted level.
- When entering a Hunter with a Camera equipped. The camera lens will show up when in first-person mode. This is useful, as the camera lens provide accuracy for targets.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Although it does not appear within the game, leftover Hunter files from GTA Vice City are present in the code of GTA Liberty City Stories. With the aid of third-party trainers, a fully functional Hunter can be spawned. It has the same design as the GTA Vice City model but cannot be used for Vigilante missions, nor does is it have a in-game name.
GTA Vice City Stories
- One must be careful when shooting the rockets from the Hunter, because if the helicopter strafes too much, the rockets will hit the chopper immediately after firing, thus, destroying it in the process. Same is true for any Hunters in other games when firing too close to the ground as the splash damage will instantly kill the player.
- In The Simian trailer appearance, the pilot seen is wearing an LSPD flight helmet.
See Also
- Buzzard, GTA TBoGT, GTA V, and GTA Online equivalent.
- Annihilator, a helicopter armed with regular miniguns in GTA IV and GTA Online. Armed with explosive miniguns in GTA TLaD and GTA TBoGT.
- Sea Sparrow, a similarly armed amphibious helicopter.
- Savage, a "Hind" based attack helicopter added to GTA Online in the Heists Update.


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Jacob deGrom injury update: Mets pitcher expected to come off DL Sunday, start vs. Phillies
Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom is expected to come off the disabled list Sunday and start against the Phillies, manager Mickey Callaway said Saturday.
Jacob deGrom is indeed okay to come off the DL and start tomorrow as planned. Mickey Callaway said the team is trying to get all their starters to wear braces over their throwing arm so they don't hyperextend their elbow.— James Wagner (@ByJamesWagner) May 12, 2018
deGrom has been on the DL since May 2, when he left his start after four innings because of elbow discomfort. Callaway originally said deGrom wouldn't miss any time, but a 10-day DL stint was needed.
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Who invented Geodesic Domes?
Richard "Bucky" Fuller invented the Geodesic Dome in the late 1940s to demonstrate some ideas about housing and "energetic-synergetic geometry" which he had developed during WWII. This invention built on his two decade old quest to improve the housing of humanity. It represents a brilliant demonstration of his synergetics principles; and in the right circumstances it could solve some of the pressing housing problems of today (a housing crisis which Fuller predicted back in 1927).
Although Fuller predicted that a million domes would be built by the mid-1980's, the number is closer to 50,000. Domes are nonetheless still going up in surprising places. A 265-foot-wide geodesic dome is part of a new pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center in Florida. A bright blue 360-foot-high dome houses a shopping center in downtown Ankara, Turkey. Stockholm, Sweden, boasts a 280-foot-high dome enclosing a new civic center.
How do geodesic domes behave under severe snow and wind loads?
The domes are used for past 50 yeasr in the most demanding conditions. Scott Amundsen Polar Station in Antarctica has been subjected to the immence snow loads, and strongest winds on the Planet.
The dome, compared to the regular (rectangular) house, is aerodynamic, thus creates no wind drag, and almost no resistance.
The snow loads are reaching 200lb per sq. ft. because of the domes ability to distribute loads equally to all of its' members.
What are the advantages (and disadvantages) of Dome Life?
1. Heating and cooling the home become more efficient due to the fact that there are fewer (even no) corners where heat may be trapped. The overall air flow in a dome is substantially better than in a conventionally constructed home (straight walls and such), and there is less surface area per square foot of living space = less heat loss.
2. Many dome home designs allow the option of using larger lumber for the dome. 2x6's or 2x8's instead of the usual 2x4's, although this is an option in ANY home, it seems to be more commonly done in dome home construction.
3. For those solar minded people, the placement of the solar collectors on the "roof" is less critical due to the curved nature of the top of the structure.
4. The inherent strength of the dome makes it suitable for either earth-bermed or even earth covered construction techniques. In the case of more common construction techniques, the structural members' dimensions usually need to be completely reworked in order to carry the extra weight.
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6. Mass producing domes is easy, greatly reduces the cost and could solve many of the housing shortage problems worldwide (especially emergency housing needs).
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Dr. John R. Brinkley, the most notorious quack in America, filed for bankruptcy in a Texas court on Jan. 17, 1941 in a last-ditch attempt to fend off creditors and lawsuits.
Traditionally susceptible to health-care charlatans, Americans between the World Wars seemed especially vulnerable to con men in white coats. But no one came close to Dr. Brinkley, who in less than 20 years fleeced the faithful for $20 million. A lowly railroad relief agent in his youth, the future master of the flimflam dragged his wife and three children from town to town. Searching for more than a hand-to-mouth existence, he enrolled in medical school around 1908. Unable to endure the academic grind, he dropped out and never set foot in another classroom.
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