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Why prophecy is important (The world is unraveling)
I love prophecy. To me, it is the clearest identifier of God as sovereign over the universe, the earth, humans, and time. He writes history in advance, because He is king of all, and what He says will come to pass.
I also love studying the bible. I believe it is the highest and best use of time, to get to know the attributes of the LORD, to seek His face through what He has told us. If you want 'direct revelation', the bible cannot be beat for informing us of our Lord and King, Jesus.
The bible is knowable and understandable to the Christian. We have the Holy Spirit in us to illuminate His word to us. (Ephesians 1:17-18). The Holy Spirit teaches us spiritual things. (1 Corinthians 2:10-13). Of course there are some things in the bible we cannot understand, such as the Trinity, One God in three Persons. We cannot understand the Spirit's overcoming Mary and producing a child. We do not understand all the ways in which God thinks. However, for the most part, the doctrines upon which He has given to us, are understandable.
One such doctrine is the doctrine of eschatology. This is the doctrine of 'last things', or end times. Just because there are many people who won't or can't understand the various threads of prophecy does not mean there exists confusion about what He plans to do. The pre-tribulation rapture is one of these understandable doctrines, clearly outlined in the bible to those who care to learn. Some people say Revelation is difficult, I find it easy to understand. I do find Daniel difficult, but that does not stop me from studying it, nor from turning to other scripture to help me interpret Daniel's book. It can be done, and it has been done. Oliver B. Greene's commentary on Daniel is wonderful. John MacArthur's book "Because the Time is Near" is a clear explanation of Revelation.
Even this is a doctrine! It is called the Perspicuity of Scripture. According to the Theopedia, the perspicuity of scripture means,
The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture (often called the "perspicuity of Scripture") teaches that "the meanings of the text can be clear to the ordinary reader, that God uses the text of the Bible to communicate His person and will."
"The witness of the Church throughout the ages is that ordinary people, who approach it in faith and humility, will be able to understand what the Bible is getting at, even if they meet with particular points of difficulty here and there."
Yet there are some people who refuse to believe the doctrines of last things, because so many other people are mixed up over them. 'They can't be understood, so why try?' I was told by one man in church. "I'm a pan-tribber, it'll all work out in the end," he said.
Illustrator, Chris Koelle, The Book of Revelation
That is a highly offensive statement, and I said so to his face. It is a blight on Jesus, the Spirit, and God who inspired it, and all the Apostles who wrote the inspired word, and all the martyrs who protected it, to be so blatantly dismissive of 30% of God's holy doctrines. Jesus did not reveal last things to John, nor the angel to Daniel, so God's people could mock them.
Did you know that every NT book except Philemon mentions last things?
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (2 Timothy 3:16)
So I was so pleased when John MacArthur was asked about eschatology in his latest Q & A session at Grace Community Church. In Q&A session #62 it was stated by the interviewer that they had received more than a dozen questions regarding eschatology.
First, MacArthur noted that a church without a solid understanding of eschatology has got a huge loose end. Here are MacArthur's words on the importance of the church understanding and teaching last things:
a church without a solid biblical eschatology, meaning understanding of the end of history has got a huge loose end. It's huge. I said something about that this morning when I was kind of wrapping up. I said, the Jews wanted to force all the prophesies regarding the Messiah into His first coming. We have Christians who want to take all the prophesies concerning Christ and push them back into His first coming. They're called pretrerists, amillenialists. So they have this theology with this totally open end. It just has no closure. They don't seem to care particularly. It's almost like a badge of Reformed loyalty to be unsure about how everything ends.
I am running into this attitude more frequently, the badge of loyalty to uncertainty. "I'm super-spiritually humble because I refuse to state how things will end." Or, "I'm super tolerant of all the different interpretations, because who am I to say dogmatically? It's all just beyond little ole me." Uncertainty is the new loyalty. But is that right? Is that honoring to Jesus? Here's more from MacArthur.
I don't know about you, but that doesn't work well with me. First of all, I don't think God gave a clear beginning and just kind of lost Himself at the end. I don't think if Genesis 1 says that God created in six days and there's no question about it, and He lays out exactly how He did it; and you get to the book of Revelation and you hear about periods of certain weeks and certain months and certain years and a thousand year millennium, and then an eternal state. I don't think God lost His way at the end. I don't think He was confused at the end. I think the end is as precise as the beginning. To be honest with you, I am far more concerned about the end than I am the beginning. The beginning is over. I'm glad it was what it was, and it explains why things are the way they are.
This is an important point. God did not state it clearly in the beginning and then back away from clarity for the end. He is just as clear in Revelation as He was in Genesis.
As for the people who say, 'There are so many interpretations, it's just best to let go and let God. It'll all work out in the end, anyhow,' I say that's just a bunch of lazy hooey. There are not many views of last things. There is only one view, God's view, and He has shared it with us.
But I don't think you can over estimate the value of a church with a clear ecclesiology and a clear eschatology. Clear understanding of the church, and a clear understanding of what the Bible says about how things are going to end. It does say something. It doesn't say everything, and it doesn't say whatever you want it to say. It doesn't have ten views or five views or four views. There's just one view.
MacArthur went on to describe a wonderful moment in Kazakhstan some years ago. Kazakhstan is east of Mongolia and north of Turkey. It is around the world. He was asked to teach 1600 men at a pastor's conference. MacArthur taught 8 hours a day for 6 days a week. The men were hungry for the word, to be taught. They had been behind the Iron Curtain and now were released into more freedoms, including the freedom to practice religion, and to gather. They'd been denied a congregation, education, commentaries, access to internet or anything resembling study aids. They had each other, and the bible...and the Holy Spirit. So they wanted to know about all the doctrines, including eschatology.
MacArthur said,
I laid out; I went through the book of Revelation systematically and showed them the end. They said to me after that – I took a day to do that. The end of that day they said, "You believe what we believe." I said, "I believe what you believe?" Same Bible. Guess what? It's so clear that people with no training, no seminary, and no commentaries could understand what the book of Revelation said.
The reason I gave you the illustration about Kazakhstan is because that is as alien a place as you could ever be. Thirty-five hours to get there. You step off the plane. I've never been there. I don't know what's going on. I teach them a whole day on the end times, and they tell me that's exactly what they believe. How did they come to that? They don't have seminaries. They don't have books. They don't have anything. That's what the Bible says. You have to go to school and listen to somebody who deceives you to undo that because that's what's there.
MacArthur has said before that any believer who landed on a desert island with nothing else except his bible can and would understand eschatology. The 1,600 Kazakhstan men were as close to desert island as you can get in this modern world, and eschatology was made understandable to them- because they studied it.
As a note, what a glory it is that we believers have this unifying thread! What a moment of recognition between a Scottish-descended pastor from Sun Valley CA and Kazakhstani men isolated behind the iron curtain, to know each other as brothers! This unifying thread is the holy word, the Bible.
For men to say, 'Ack, it's all too much for me, it'll all work out in the end, anyway,' is a direct rejection of the wonder of being able to recognize and commune with brothers via a common and eternal understanding of God's word, wherever you are on earth.
Rejecting eschatology is also a rejection of the work that the Spirit has done in men that He has raised up. Many resources are out there, as I mentioned, commentaries, sermons, books, timelines...it is all there for us.
To continue what MacArthur said about eschatology,
I think it matters how it all ends. I think God is glorified when we acknowledge Him as the Creator, the beginning; and I think He is glorified when we acknowledge Him as the consummator, the end. I think that's a huge benefit for Christians looking at the world and wondering where is this going? Where is this going?
In talking to Al Mohler when I was back there a few weeks ago, he said he's more eschatological than he's ever been. He's almost apocalyptic because he sees a world that just there is no way to reverse this. This thing is in a massive free fall, and there is no way to stop this. He's pretty well-attuned to the way things are, and he says, "I've never felt so eschatological, so apocalyptic about the way the world is going." Well, if you want to understand where the world is going, you can as a believer. That gives us such a powerful confidence that all that is coming is laid out for us on the pages of Scripture. I think that's a treasure that a church can't underestimate.
Do not reject the treasure of eschatology. It is just as much a treasure as the Psalms and the Gospels. Do not reject the work we are to do through eschatology. We have the answer to how it will all end. Lost people are confused and frightened about where this world is headed. We know it. Do not be afraid to study, and then to share.
What message does it send when a mature man of the faith in church makes a public statement dismissing eschatology? It tells the next generation that it is not worth studying, and bible illiteracy increases, just at the time when the next generation may be the very generation to see these things come to pass and could have been more fervent and diligent about sharing the truth with lost and confused people.
John MacArthur is a unique individual and is in a unique position. It was common in the old days for a pastor to stay for decades. Not so any more, where the average pastoral stay is 5 years or less. MacArthur has been at Grace Church for 46 years. He is 75 years old. He has seen history unfold, prophecy fulfilled and apostasy rise. He said,
I'm seeing this world unravel. There doesn't seem to be any way back. I mean this is totally out of control. This is a free fall down a black hole. So, you can't just say, "Well, eschatology doesn't matter." That is not helpful. People want answers. Where is this thing going? It's not fair to God, it's a dishonor to God to say, "Well, the Bible is not clear." It is clear. It is absolutely clear.
Yes, it is sad and offensive that there are so many people who refuse to study last things. Those who dismiss the Spirit's work in inspiring that portion of the bible are simply missing out on so much glory. It is also sad that so many brethren have unfortunately come to different understandings of what God clearly laid out. But does that mean we reject it all? Does that mean that is is useless for us individually to study it? No.
I just wish that the church was unified on what the Bible says. I don't like it that there are Christians who don't believe in Creation, but believe in some form of evolution. I think that dishonors God and confuses people. I don't like it that there are Christians who don't accept what the Bible says about the end either. But I think it's wonderful that we do, and the answers are there.
God's word has all the answers, including last things. Please do not be afraid to jump in and read, learn, pray, and receive illumination from the Spirit. Do not be afraid to seek credible, quality study aids. Always remember the perspicuity of scripture. The bible is clear.
Academic Paper - The Master's Seminary: The Perspicuity of Scripture
Essay - Oliver B. Greene on the Pre-Tribulation rapture
Essay - Thirty-Six Pre-Trib Rapture texts
Sermon - Christmas Future: Last Things of Jesus Christ in Revelation
Sermon - The Clarity of Scripture, Part 1
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Hakam Adam December 27, 2014 at 4:13 PM
Bookmarked this. Probably going to print it out for safekeeping offline. This gives me the sense of world-war-era newspaper clippings. I'm imagining what it might be to look back at the warnings from good teachers we received in this generation, a generation or two hence.
I believe the end is soon, but it may delay a century or so. Who truly knows? I think it's a mark of obedience to God both to 'plan as if the earth goes on forever, live as if it will end today' (modified version of a popular quote). So a thought I keep in the back of my mind to reassure me against temptations of fatalism, that what I do might have no impact, is the possibility that several generations of offspring might be blessed by my personal archive of world history, Biblical theology and current events commentary by prominent people living today.
/ramble :)
I too, listened to that Q&A a few weeks ago when it first came out. When JMac was telling the story of the men from Kazakhstan, internally I resounded with a YES! It is not a surprise to me that they came to the proper conclusion, because there is ONE Holy Spirit who indwells all true believers. That is why I question when professed believers have such wildly wrong interpretations of end things, or don't want to study at all. It is my belief that those who have the Holy Spirit will be drawn to study all aspects of the word and WILL come the correct and only view of end things.
I also was audibly "amen-ing" JMac when he talked about churches having a solid understanding and how not is a disservice to Christ and confusing to others!
~Jennifer
Elizabeth, what do you make of Revelation 20:4,5 which says:
"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the FIRST resurrection - Revelation 20:4-5
Why is it called FIRST, if the Rapture's resurrection occurred before this event?
Also, this passage from 1 Corinthians 15: 51,52 which says:
"Behold I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMP, for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed. (1 Cor 15:51,52)
Is this LAST TRUMP is the same of the 7th Trumpet of Revelation 15, which says:
Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"
Finally, (for now) Jesus' promise to the church at Philadelphia truly sounds like they will not go through the Great Tribulation. How do we know that the end time church is Philadelphia and not Smyrna, some of which were to have "tribulation ten days"? To me, this last day Church might be better described as Laodicea. Does the present Church really correspond best with Philadelphia, the only assembly out of seven to receive that promise? Wouldn't ALL churches partake in the Rapture?
Admittedly, I've not studied this issue in depth as you probably have, but I find major obstacles (some of which I just mentioned) to a "case closed" certainty about a PreTrib Rapture.
Elizabeth Prata December 28, 2014 at 6:29 PM
I'm sorry you find obstacles.
here are some essays that address your concerns.
s the last trumpet of 1 Thessalonians 4 the same as the seventh trumpet of Revelation?
Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/last-trumpet.html#ixzz3NEjxZWdN
What is the first resurrection? What is the second resurrection?"
http://www.gotquestions.org/resurrection-first-second.html
When is the Rapture going to occur in relation to the Tribulation?"
http://www.gotquestions.org/rapture-tribulation.html
Oliver B. Greene on the pre-trib rapture
http://the-end-time.blogspot.com/2014/07/oliver-b-greene-on-pre-trib-rapture.html
More on why the rapture till be pre-tribulation
http://the-end-time.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-on-rapture-will-be-pre-tribulation.html
Anonymous, His church is not appointed to wrath,
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. Rev 3:10
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thess 5:9
Come, my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. 21For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; Isaiah 26:20-21
Thanks for the quick reply. Could you also address why you think that the end-time church is Philadelphia? Doesn't look that way from here. Maybe elsewhere, but isn't Laodicea a better representation of the western Church?
Also, why only one of the seven churches was giving this promise?
One more thing, if I may. If the Tribulation is the wrath (which God has not appointed us to, but rather to salvation), what of the multitudes saved during the Tribulation? Are they under God's wrath? If God is not pouring wrath on them, why or how would He be pouring wrath on the Church, if it were also present? Both are/would still be " but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ".
Elizabeth Prata December 28, 2014 at 10:30 PM
I don't think the end time church is Philadelphia. I simply shared one of the proof-text verse with you in answer to your questions.
There are elements of all 7 of the churches in Revelation present on earth today that Jesus wrote to. They were both actual, local churches, and they are symbolic of all the types of churches on earth at this point in time.
However, we see from the verse in Rev that I shared with you that the church at Philadelphia is a church that had no condemnation, only virtues, and because of their perseverance they were given the promise. More here
http://www.gotquestions.org/church-in-Philadelphia.html
I gave a quick reply so that you in turn can go slowly through the material in order to resolve the existing questions and concerns you'd had, rather than piling more questions on top of what you've already asked. Good luck and hopefully the material I shared plus other material you find on your own will help you to remove the obstacles you have toward faith in the promise of a pre-tribulation rapture..
In reference to your next set of theological questions, the last I hope because there is value in actually learning the answers to the first set at some point, yes, wrath is poured out onto the believers in the Tribulation.
The church age concludes at the rapture. The people who come to faith during the Tribulation were enemies of Christ at the moment of the rapture, and so were not part of the church, nor will ever be. There is a number of members Jesus has in mind for the church, (Rom 11:25) and when that number is reached, the church age of grace ends and we are taken to heaven.
The believers left behind will come to faith during the time of wrath are not part of the church and therefore are not church saints, they are known as Tribulation Saints. If they were part of the church, or if the entire church was to go thru the Tribulation, then Jesus' promise to Peter that the gates of hell will not over come His church (Mt 16:18) would be a lie, because in Revelation 13:7 power is given to the Beast to wage war against the saints and to overcome them- yet another reason the church will not go thru the rapture
More here on Tribulation saints-
http://www.gotquestions.org/tribulation-saints.html
I can't add anything to this, Biblically or theologically, because Elizabeth already responded perfectly. But just a few logical pointers:
1. Anon, you seemed to unnecessarily allegorize the 'ten days' of tribulation for one of the churches John wrote letters to. Why can't ten days be ten days? And seven years be seven years? Nowhere in Revelation is there an indication that the symbolism in the description of the Tribulation is in any way connected to the statements told to those churches, save perhaps the "hour of trial" language as the sole exception. As Elizabeth pointed out, the Rev churches are both literal and representative--not allegorical. What that means is that 1) that church literally had 10 days of persecution soon after the letter arrived, and 2) churches with similar characteristics to this one, throughout history, have on occasion suffered short periods of persecution as testing/refining of the faithful. What I mean by saying that it is not allegorical, is that the purpose of the letter is not to mysteriously impart some vague prophecy, such as that every promise and warning to each and every one of them somehow predicts an eschatologically significant epoch of time for the global Church. Not so. I caution you against moving so quickly from a literal reading, and from even a symbolic or qualitatively representative reading, straight into an allegorical reading. You might want to google "the historical-grammatical method" with regard to Scriptural interpretation. It may help.
2. The rapture is not a resurrection. Resurrection is making something dead alive. Everyone who is a believer and alive at the point of the Rapture is taken up without seeing death. They are "translated," you could say. But "the first resurrection" is just another term for "the resurrection unto life," and that name mainly helps distinguish it from the resurrection unto death. Those dead in Christ and alive in Christ at the rapture, as well as those who died in Christ during the Tribulation, and those who died in Christ and were alive in Christ at the end of the Millenium, ALL those people are partakers in "the first resurrection," which is the blanket term for God's plan of glorification and perfection of those who believe. Everyone who dies in unbelief, from the beginning to the end of history, remains dead, and all are "raised" only for the purpose of being publicly judged and sent to hell, all at once, after all of these other things have occurred.
So the answer to why the resurrection after the Trib is the 'first' resurrection is twofold:
the Rapture isn't a "resurrection," per se; though some are raised from death, many are not.
more to the point: the first resurrection is first with respect to the second one, that of the unbelievers. Even if the resurrection of believers is spread out over a thousand-year period, with some translated and others dying first, it's still before the resurrection of the unrepentant to everlasting condemnation. The term "first" doesn't have to mean "instantaneous" -- does it?
a final tidbit: the emphasis of the passage is on the people ruling Earth with Christ. Even though the Rapture and end-of-Tribulation-resurrection are separated in time, both culminate in glorified believers being Jesus' agents in the Millenium. So they are, after all, co-temporal. If that would satisfy you.
Any one of these would do. Hope it helps.
Hakam Adam December 30, 2014 at 9:48 AM
"I find major obstacles (some of which I just mentioned) to a "case closed" certainty about a PreTrib Rapture. "
I can't remember who said this, but look again at the promise to the philadelphian church: that they would be kept from the HOUR of trial.
I don't think post, pre-wrath or a-tribbers would assert that the Tribulation is God's judgment *against the Church*. Certainly they would agree that it is God's judgment against unbelievers, but they believe the Church is present on earth. But that would be true if the promise was "I will keep you from the trial that is to come on the earth"
But the passage says "I will keep you from the HOUR of trial," in other words, the Church will not only not be present in the wrath of God, but they will not be present AT THAT TIME, on earth.
That's one of many 'prooftexts,' and it is one of the closest you can get to a single-verse proof of the pre-trib rapture.
Elizabeth Prata December 30, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Adam, those are good comments and well said. As for the Anonymous who posed all those questions...he sent a barrage of queries, and several times promised that "this is the last one". Despite that, the questions kept coming. That is not a problem, except that answers were ignored, there was no informational exchange given, and he gave no acknowledgement of having actually read any of the material offered to help him solve his "concerns". or even of having received it. I didn't even publish the last barrage of questions. They kept coming with no attempt on his part to honestly delve, so I cut it off.
By this we know the questions were not honest. It is a TACTIC, one with which I am well familiar, wherein a person wanting to chew up our time in responding and our emotions in preparing for conversation doesn't honestly engage, but simply sucks us dry. It's a troll tactic. So I would not worry about Mr or Mrs Anonymous too much.
Here is the tactic explained at Rational Wiki: "Just Asking Questions"
"The purpose of this argument method is to keep asking leading questions to attempt to influence spectator' views, regardless of the whatever answers are given. the term is derived from the frequent claim by the questioner that they are "just asking questions," albeit in a manner much the same as political push polls. Additionally, this tactic is a way for a crank to escape the burden of proof behind extraordinary claims."
"A caveat"
"The Socratic method can be a legitimate means of stimulating critical thinking. Obviously not all questioning is done from a position of cowardice; in some cases, a person may simply not feel confident enough in their position to make an assertion, so they instead ask a question in order to gather more information or elicit others' thoughts before making up their mind about a particular stance."
"Just asking questions" takes over when the answers are already well known, where the question embodies a point refuted a thousand times, or where the questioner exhibits willful ignorance."
Hakam, You said quote ....2. The rapture is not a resurrection. Resurrection is making something dead alive. ...
The Bible says quite the opposite. The making alive of thousands of years' worth of Christians most certainly is a resurrection, and not just per se. In John 11:24 it says, Martha saith unto him, "I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus repeatedly tells us that He will raise up His sheep at the last day. Another is 1 Corinthians 15:42: "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption"
In fact, this very resurrection is the hope of believers. I think what you have said is extremely dangerous. God is not the author of confusion.
Hakam Adam December 31, 2014 at 10:57 AM
Hence why it was not the only thing I said, and I even emphasized the second and third explanatory alternatives as preferred. In a sense, the catching up itself is not part of the resurrection, much as salvation and faith in Christ are different concepts but outwardly indistinguishable or at least inseparable. The resurrection in context is referring more to the glorification of believers' physical bodies--being made like the post-resurrection Christ -- than to their removal from earth (which is something that only happens to a subset of those partaking in the First Resurrection).
Nevertheless, as I mentioned, it's not necessary to understand or agree on this in order to accept the fact that all resurrections (GotQuestions indicates the Jerusalem saints at Christ's crucifixion may also be included as a separate event) , such as the rapture and post-tribulation one, as well as any possible resurrection post-Milennium, all are part of the "First Resurrection," which is first with respect to the second, the resurrection unto death and eternal hell. The first resurrection is the resurrection unto life, and that is what primarily defines it, and hence, the specific time points of any particular resurrection of a group of people is not primarily the concern, and that is what I was hoping to elucidate in that comment.
Sorry for any confusion. As always, take what made sense and fits with the Scriptures and leave the rest. If something I said doesn't make sense to you how it could be Biblically consistent, obviously go with your knowledge of God's Word, because anything else would be sin. Blessings,
Reva December 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM
The world SURE IS unraveling!! I am SO READY to "go home"!! Where righteousness DWELLS & NO ABOMINATION is allowed to enter in!! Hey, you know how, after so long, every civilization always "goes south" with human depravity!! Well, that will NOT happen in heaven!! EVER!!!!!
Ready when He is!!
I agree the bible teaches one truth regarding the end times. My understanding of that truth is that Christ comes back visibly and raises the dead, and changes those that are alive in an instant. Either way we will all meet him the air. This is from Paul. Peter describes the day we are to be watching for as a day where the whole Universe will be destroyed with fire. Dispensational theology distorts and utterly complicates the simplicity of the final day and the very visible return of Christ on that day, when he raises the dead and melts the universe...
I agree, the truth is made plain as we lean on the Spirit's understanding.
There have been different ages, or different ways God interacted with man. There was His unique relationship with Adam and Eve, personal and intimate. Then came sin, and the age of conscience began, this was prior to the Law. That didn't work out so well and then came the Flood. Then Abraham. Then came Israel and His Law. Then came the Age of Grace where the Spirit was given to believers. Then will be the Millennial Kingdom, where Jesus returns, slays all enemies at Armageddon, and those believers left alive will enter the kingdom - which is the fulfillment of His promise to the nation Israel that He will rule and reign personally and that they are given lands. This is when they finally get all their land promised to them thru Abraham.
As to the final day, well it IS more complicated than that. The bible teaches that the Tribulation will be 7 years, with a rolling set of four series of judgments (Seals, Trumpets, Thunders, Bowls) and each judgment series has contained within it a LOT that is going on. This period is known as "The Day of the LORD" and it is not one day but a period of years.
Then comes the Millennial Kingdom of 1000 years, and then when that time is done he will melt the earth and Institute a new heaven and a new earth with no death in it.
Dispensations merely means different ages and we interpret the bible literally as we seek to understand the whole of God's plan for human beings on earth. Here is a really good essay explaining it
http://www.gotquestions.org/dispensationalism.html
"A dispensation is an administration, a system, or a management. In theology, a dispensation is the divine administration of a period of time, a divinely appointed age. Dispensationalism is a theological system that recognizes these ages ordained by God to order the affairs of the world. Dispensationalism has two primary distinctives: 1) a consistently literal interpretation of Scripture, especially Bible prophecy and 2) a distinction between Israel and the church in God's program."


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De Partij van de Eenheid is een Nederlandse islamitische politieke partij. Tijdens de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 2014 behaalde de partij één raadszetel in Den Haag. De partij kent een islamitische grondslag, maar noemt zichzelf geen moslimpartij.

Geschiedenis
De Partij van de Eenheid is mede opgericht door Abderazaq Khoulani. Khoulani, een Marokkaans-Nederlandse verzekeringsadviseur, was eerder raadslid bij de Islam Democraten (ID). Hij verweet het verenigingsbestuur een gebrek aan democratische waarden en bekritiseerde de wijze waarop de nieuwe kandidatenlijst voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen werd samengesteld. De raadsfractie van de ID nam de beslissing zelfstandig verder te gaan.

Khoulani ging verder als Lijst Khoulani en richtte de Partij voor Islamitische Democraten (PID) op, waarmee hij aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen had willen deelnemen. Het centraal stembureau van Den Haag vond die naam echter te veel op Islam Democraten lijken. Uiteindelijk nam Khoulani met de Partij van de Eenheid deel aan de Haagse gemeenteraadsverkiezingen, naast de ID en de Nederlandse Moslim Partij. Op 3 maart 2010 lukte het zowel de Islam Democraten als de nieuwe partij van voormalig ID-raadslid Khoulani om genoeg stemmen te behalen voor een zetel in de Haagse gemeenteraad. Daarmee werd Den Haag dat jaar de enige Nederlandse gemeente met twee islamitische raadsfracties.

In september 2013 sloot oud-PVV raadslid Arnoud van Doorn, die zich had bekeerd tot de islam en een duo-lijsttrekkerschap voerde, zich aan bij Khoulani. Van Doorn had zich in januari 2012 afgesplitst van de PVV-fractie en ging verder als 'Onafhankelijk Den Haag'. Daarvoor, in 2006, stond Van Doorn verkiesbaar op plek 9 namens de Partij voor Nederland. In 2014 behaalde de PvdE tijdens de Haagse gemeenteraadsverkiezingen één zetel. Sinds 2018 is Van Doorn gemeenteraadslid na de lijst te hebben aangevoerd tijdens de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen dat jaar.

Landelijke verkiezingen
In maart 2014 liet de partij weten mee te willen doen aan de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2017, maar dit kwam er uiteindelijk niet van. Bij de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2021 probeerde de partij weer in de Tweede Kamer, met Arnoud van Doorn als lijsttrekker. De partij haalde 804 stemmen, te weinig voor een zetel.

Standpunten
De standpunten van de Partij van de Eenheid zijn gebaseerd op de islam. Ze stelt op te komen voor minderheden en het welzijn van dieren. De partij stelt tegen discriminatie van homoseksuelen te zijn, maar de 'homoseksuele daad' te verwerpen.

Controversen
In februari 2014 werd partijlid Van Doorn veroordeeld voor het lekken van geheime stukken, het verkopen van drugs aan minderjarigen en het bezit van een verboden alarmpistool.

In juni 2014 haalde de partij de Britse imam Haitham al-Haddad naar Den Haag voor een bezoek aan het stadhuis. Die pleitte voor de invoering van strenge shariawetgeving en het stenigen van afvalligen.

In dezelfde maand liet de secretaris en beleidsmedewerker van de partij, Muhammet Yilmaz, weten dat hij twee jaar eerder uit het bestuur van de partij was gezet. Hij zou een liefdesrelatie hebben gehad die, volgens de fractievoorzitter Khoulani, niet overeenkwam met de idealen van de partij.

In juni 2014 raakte fractievoorzitter Khoulani in opspraak door te sympathiseren met de soennitische militie Islamitische Staat in Irak en al-Sham (ISIS) die in juni 2014 meer terrein won op het Iraakse leger. Khoulani liet op zijn Facebookpagina weten: "...leve ISIS en in shaa Allah op naar Baghdad om dat schorem aldaar aan te pakken." In het conflict kiest hij partij voor ISIS, dat hij ziet als een verzetsbeweging die een rechtvaardige strijd voert tegen het "terreurbewind" van Al Maliki, dat volgens hem veel moorden en verkrachtingen op zijn geweten heeft. Meerdere Haagse fracties bekritiseerden de uitspraak.

In juli 2014 noemde Khoulani de Islam Democraten een rafawidpartij (heidense partij die alwetende de islam verwerpt) en de partijleider een "opperrafidi". Eveneens in juli 2014 noemde Ahmed Marcouch zowel Khoulani als Van Doorn "in de ban van Saoedi-Arabië en het wahabisme. Zij zijn nu de megafoons van de As Soennah-moskee en zitten gewoon in de Haagse gemeenteraad."

In maart 2015 werd Van Doorn door de gemeentesecretaris berispt wegens het organiseren van commerciële bijeenkomsten in het stadhuis voor het Amerikaanse multi-level marketingbedrijf American Communications Network.

In 2019 werd oprichter Khoulani een celstraf opgelegd voor fraude, die hij had gepleegd tijdens zijn raadsperiode in 2014 en 2015.

Begin 2021 kwam de partij in het nieuws omdat de nummer drie op de lijst voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen, Jolisa Brouwer, taarten in de vorm van onder andere penissen en vagina's bakt in haar bakkerij. Dit zou volgens een deel van de achterban van de partij niet passend zijn.

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Laura Lee Hope
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"If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known."
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ON THE GROCERY WAGON
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue began to dance up and down, and to clap their fat little hands. They always did this when they were happy over some pleasure that was coming. And surely it would be a pleasure to go to Aunt Lu's city home.
"Oh, Mother, may we go?" cried Bunny.
"Please say we can!" begged Sue.
"Why, yes, I think we'll go," smiled Mother Brown. "I have been thinking for some time of paying Aunt Lu a visit, and, now that she asks us to come, I think we will go."
"And will daddy come?" Bunny wanted to know.
"Well, he can't come and stay as long as we shall stay, perhaps," said Mrs. Brown, "but he may be with us part of the time, as he was at grandpa's farm."
"Oh, goodie! What fun we'll have! Oh, goodie! What fun we'll have!" sang Sue, dancing around, holding her doll by one arm.
"And we'll ride in street cars, and on the steam cars," said Bunny, "and I'll see a policeman and a fireman and the fire engines, and we'll have ice cream cones, and--and----"
But that was all the little boy could think of just then, and he had to stop to catch his breath, which had nearly got away from him, he had talked so fast.
"There won't be any horses to ride, and we can't see the ducks and chickens," said Sue, "like we did on grandpa's farm in the country, Bunny."
"No, but we can see lots of other things in the city. I know we'll have plenty of fun, Sue."
"Yes, I guess we will. When are we going, Mother?"
"Oh, in about a week, I think. I'll write and tell Aunt Lu we are coming."
"She hasn't lost her diamond ring again; has she?" asked Bunny.
"No, I guess not. She doesn't say anything about it, if she has," answered Mrs. Brown.
"'Cause if she had lost it we'd help her find it," the little boy went on. "Oh, Sue! aren't you glad we're going?"
"Well, I just guess I am!" said Sue, happily, singing again.
She and Bunny talked of nothing else all that day but of the visit to Aunt Lu, and at night, when they were going to bed, they made plans of what they would do when they got to Aunt Lu's city house in New York.
"You'll come; won't you, Daddy?" asked Bunny, at breakfast the next morning, just before Mr. Brown was ready to start for his office at the fish dock.
"Well, yes, I guess I'll come down when it gets so cold here that the boats can't go out in the bay on account of the ice," said daddy.
"Oh, are we going to stay until winter?" asked Sue.
"Yes, we shall stay over Christmas," her mother answered.
"Will there be a place to slide down hill?" Bunny wanted to know.
"I'm afraid not, in New York City," Mr. Brown said. "But you can have other kinds of fun, Bunny and Sue."
"Oh, I can hardly wait for the time to come!" cried Sue, as she once more danced around the room with her doll.
"Let's go out in the yard and play teeter-tauter," called Bunny. "That will make the time pass quicker, Sue."
Bunker Blue had made for the children a seesaw from a long plank put over a wooden sawhorse. When Bunny sat on one end of the plank, and Sue on the other, they went first up and then down, "teeter-tauter, bread and water," as they sang when they played this game.
Soon the brother and sister were enjoying themselves this way, talking about what fun they would have at Aunt Lu's city home. Then, all at once, Bunny jumped off the seesaw, and of course Sue came down with a bump.
"Oh, Bunny Brown!" she cried, "what did you do that for? Why didn't you tell me you were goin' to get off, an' then I could stop myself from bumpin'."
"I'm sorry," said Bunny. "I didn't know I was going to jump till I did. Did you get hurted?"
"No, but I might have. And you knocked my doll out of my lap, and maybe she's hurted."
"Oh, you can't hurt a doll!" cried Bunny. "Pooh!"
"Yes you can, too!"
"No you can't!"
The children might have gone on talking in this unpleasant way for some time, only, just then, up the side drive came Mr. Gordon's grocery wagon, with Tommie Tobin, the grocery boy, on the seat driving the horse.
"Oh, he's got things in for us!" cried Sue. "Let's go an' see what they is, Bunny. Maybe it's cookies, and we can have one. I'm hungry, and it isn't near dinner time yet. It's only cookie time."
The two children went over to the grocery wagon. Tommie Tobin jumped off the seat, and hurried into the Brown kitchen with a basket of things. He did not see Bunny and Sue, as they were on the other side of the wagon.
Just then Bunny had an idea. He often got ideas in his queer little head.
"Oh, Sue!" he cried. "I know what let's do!"
"What?" she asked.
"Let's get in the grocery wagon, and have a ride."
"Oh, Bunny! All right. Let's!"
Softly the children drew nearer the wagon. Then Sue thought of something.
"But, Bunny," she said, "Tommie won't like it. Maybe he won't let us ride."
"Oh, he'll like it all right," said Bunny. "He gave Charlie Star a ride the other day. Anyhow he won't know it."
"Who won't know it; Charlie?"
"No, Tommie. We'll get in the wagon, and hide down between the boxes and baskets, while he's in our house. Then he won't see us. Come on, Sue."
"But it's so high up I can't get in, Bunny."
"Oh, I'll help you. Here, we can stand on this box, and then we can easy get up."
Bunny found a box beside the drive-way. He put it up near the back of the grocery wagon, and stood up on it. Then he helped Sue up on the box.
"Now you can get in," said the little boy. "I'll boost you, just like Bunker Blue boosts me when I climb trees. Up you go, Sue!"
Bunny raised Sue up from the box. She put one leg over the tail-board of the wagon, and down inside she tumbled in the midst of the grocery packages, the boxes and baskets.
"Here I come!" cried Bunny, and in he came tumbling. He fell between Sue and a bag of potatoes. Just then the children heard a joyous whistle.
"Now keep still--keep very still," whispered Bunny to Sue. "Here comes Tommie, and if he doesn't see us he'll drive off and give us a nice ride. Keep still, Sue."
Sue kept very still. So did Bunny. Tommie came out whistling. He tossed the empty basket into the back of the wagon, gave one jump up on to the seat, and cried:
"Giddap!"
Off trotted the horse with the wagon, taking Sue and Bunny for a ride, along with the groceries.
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A workflow consist of independent tasks performed in particular sequence determined by dynamic conditions. Very often a workflow represents a business process, for example the order processing steps in a ecommerce store.
At the end it works, but overcoming these technical challenges takes as much time as writing the actual code that delivers the business value.
In SWF terms, a workflow is the actual template that describes the distinct steps a process should follow. And a workflow execution is one run of this template.
Starter - the process that can start, stop and interact with a workflow execution.
Decider - the process that orchestrates and decides what is the next step of a workflow exection.
Worker - a process that executes a tasks from a specific type.
SWF Console - provides full visibility and control of the execution.
An example workflow execution can go through the following steps: a starter starts a workflow execution, SWF receives it, asks the decider what is the next step, then based on the decision passes the task to an appropriate activity worker. Once the result from the activity worker is received SWF asks the decider again for the next step, and depending on the response may execute another worker or not. This flow continues till the decider replies that the workflow is completed. You can see how the decider orchestrate each of the steps of the workflow and the activity workers perform the individual tasks. All that is managed by SWF and auditable at any stage.
Why use Camel? The amazon provided Java clients work by using annotations to generate proxy classes to access SWF services. The whole process of generating and using proxy classes combined with the dependency from the starter to the decider, and from the decider to the activity workers is not very joyful. And what can be better than using a Camel route for orchestration and another route for the actual activity worker? The result is a Camel SWF component that is in Camel master now. Camel-swf component has two types of endpoints: workflow and activity.
So any SWF application consist of a starter(workflow producer) that starts the execution, a decider (worfklow consumer) that receives decision tasks and schedules activity tasks (using activity producer) and the activity workers (activity consumer) that performs the tasks. And the communication between these endpoints is asynchronous, consistent and managed by SWF service.
It is not the easiest component to use, but it pays off with a simple and scalable architecture.
PS: Thanks to my ex-manager S. Wheeler for letting me contribute this component back to the Camel community.


We have recently negotiated compensation packages for several shop owners affected by the extension of a Northern town centre. Their properties were compulsorily acquired and we have been able to obtain appropriate compensation and help to smooth the route to a new location for the shop owner. In another case, we have managed to negotiate compensation for an owner who did not wish to move, but was old enough to qualify for a payment based on the total extinguishments of his business and this suited him very much.
In these cases, individual clients have to be handled sensitively, because often their whole livelihood is at stake and having a Compulsory Purchase Order placed upon you, or even just the threat of one, can be very worrying indeed. It is therefore essential to choose a surveyor with the experience to guide you through what can sometimes be a very long process stretching over many years.


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Pacing Effectively
Anne Greenwood Brown explains that pacing for a modern plot remains the same whether you are writing a short story, novel or screenplay. Most stories break into three acts. Act I is 25% of the story, Act II is 50%, Act III 25%. Using a beat sheet can be a helpful tool, but also a curse. Use it during the developmental stage of editing – not while writing your first draft. Whatever the length of the story, the pacing should be the same with the inciting incident occurring 25% of the way through, the midpoint at the halfway mark, and Act III at the 75% mark. Edit accordingly, killing darlings as needed in order to hit pacing marks. It's important to meet these marks because not doing so is the number one reason why an editor will turn down a novel.
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Christie Flies Flag Half Mast for Whitney, and You Should Get Over It
February 16, 2012 February 15, 2012 3 min read Brian McGovern
Ok, I had a long, long day covering that Rutgers Board of Governor's meeting. I was going to take the night off, but I just wanted to get this in there. I usually don't go on rants like this, I like to keep it either sarcastic or analytical, but this was just too much.
Governor Christie has decided that all flags on state land will be flown half mast in memory of Whitney Houston, who died this past Saturday night, as I am sure you are aware. The usual crowd of "Republicans" who criticize anything that the Governor does came out in full force on their Facebook accounts (where they seemingly spend all of their time) to blast him for it. For a number of reasons:
She was just a singer
She was a drug addict
She didn't write her own music
Blah blah blah blah.
Are you people kidding me? Sure, all of those above statements are true, but that does not change the fact that Whitney Houston was an incredibly famous individual from New Jersey who did a tremendous amount of charity work both in our state and around the world. Also, lets not forget to mention, that she is probably one of the best vocal performers of the last 30 years. Whatever-her-name-is from the Weight Watchers commercials could not even do her song justice the other night at the Grammy's. I'm not even a fan. I'm not defending her bad behavior. I just don't think we should waste time worrying about it!
The flag being flown half mast does not ruin your life in any way, shape, or form. Just get over it and move on to something more important. It does not disrespect our military (the flag is flown half mast every time a service member gives his life overseas) and it does not disrespect our fallen police officers either. I bet they care far less than you overly-sensitive whiners do.
And on a final note: remember that time that the Democrats pushed gay marriage as their single biggest legislative priority this year and you all moaned about how they were wasting time when they should concentrate on things that matter?
Yeah, me too. Take your own advice. At least until you become Governor, and then you can fly the flag half mast for whatever you want, too.
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64 thoughts on "Christie Flies Flag Half Mast for Whitney, and You Should Get Over It"
The Pagan Temple
February 16, 2012 at 7:07 ams
Get Over It? You're kidding, he's not doing enough as far as I'm concerned. He should put her face on the New Jersey license plates. Nothing says Jersey quite like a strung out, coked up, washed up, has-been black woman who wasted her money and her life on drugs.
Ginger Sister
Typical McGovern apologism for Chris Christie. Are you afraid of him or something?
It is the governors right to choose whom he bestows such an honor. She fell victim to a war that rages in our own state and country and only because of her accomplishments does any body even recognize the fact. If any of the critics had a gifted child who lost a similar battle they may be in support I belive we should be angry, but focus the anger on the thief that took such a gift away from us rather than on a Governor who honored an artist rather than disgraced her memory.
I guess you missed the 10+ articles I have written to fight the Governor's plan to force a merger between Rutgers and Rowan.
I go after the Governor when I think he is wrong (and I have on numerous occasions). I support the Governor when I think he is right (and I have on even more occasions).
This post (admittedly, a rant) has nothing to do with Chris Christie, but has everything to do with the whiny and hypocritical behavior of those making a big deal out of this issue at all.
Here's the deal Brian, you jackass. SSG Matthew Taylor of the 4th BDE 10th Mtn. Division was not famous. He wasn't "One of the best vocal performers of the last 30 years." But let me tell you what he did do. He defended the right for you to dispense your jack-assery journalism regarding a topic, which apparently, is beyond your scope of understanding. Flags flying at half mast have a meaning, they symbolize those who have served this country, and especially the ones paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom, just as SSG Taylor did. Both you and Christie are wrong, and don't even seem to grasp why. It's not some "blah, blah, blah" like you're suggesting, I assure you.
So while you sit there at your Macbook, thinking of creative ways to garnish your reader's attention, think about guys like SSG Taylor, who served in the Army for 9 years, who loved his fellow soldiers, and who died heroically defending you from the type of terrorists who would love to dismantle you, stuff you in a shoe box, and ship you to your family via Priority mail.
I think that reserving a ceremonious gesture like flying a flag at half mast for those who've served their country is the absolute LEAST we can do.
1. No need for name calling. Your argument would have been far more persuasive if you did not start out with the tone and vocabulary of an angry child.
2. Where was your outrage when the flag was flown half mast for Clarence Clemmons? No one is saying that the flag should not be lowered for Matthew Taylor. To even suggest that I am saying that is a dishonest reading of this post. Governor Christie lowers the flag when service members from the state of New Jersey are killed in action, and I find it hard to believe that Matthew Taylor would be left out of that tradition.
3. Flags are lowered for all sorts of reasons all over this country. It is not reserved for any one purpose. Should it be? Maybe, sure. There is a compelling argument there that I certainly sympathize with. But is it worth freaking out about jsut because you don't like the reason the flag was lowered this time? Well if you enjoy wasting your time, then I suppose it is worth it.
4. As I said, this post is not about the merits of Christie deciding to drop the flag for Whitney Houston, its about people moaning about it as though it was the most important decision he has ever made. And further, it is the same people yelling at the Democrats for making gay marriage their top legislative priority during a recession. It is hypocritical, it is whiny, and it is a complete waste of time.
Ed Sheppard
100% disagree with Brian. She shouldn't be honored, she should become a cautionary tale of how making stupid choices can ruin your life.
February 16, 2012 at 10:16 ams
Touché Brian, on the "angry child" comment. I guess we can both be guilty of that if your definition of angry child is; me (or you) calling it like we see it (and I see it as though you're a complete and utter jackass).
I guess that in the 45 minutes you took to respond, you combed through all blogs ever written, specifically those regarding Clarence Clemmons, and my reaction to Flags being lowered on behalf of him, impressive.
I wouldn't say that upholding the honor of lower Flags for those who actually deserve it is freaking out, but to each his own.
You may feel as though people are moaning about this event because of whatever reason you've convinced yourself of. But, I will affirm that I, my fellow vets, and wives and families of guys like Taylor are moaning for reasons we've convinced ourselves of; namely, reserving Flag lowering for those who have served their country.
Apparently the Federal Code regarding the Flag has convinced its self of this too:
No. Section 7m of the Flag Code authorizes a governor to half-staff the US Flag upon the death of a present or former official of the government of the state, or the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that state who dies while serving on active duty.
The President, by comparison, is authorized to half-staff the US Flag by proclamation upon the death of principal figures of the US Government and the Governor of a State, territory, or possession, as well as in the event of the death of other officials or foreign dignitaries.
We recommend flying the state Flag at half-staff.
Reference: (http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/faq.htm#q58) Near the bottom.
Let me put it this way Brian; SSG Taylor was never honored with a Grammy, because he never deserved one. It was not an honor that was fitting of his successes, his valor, or his sacrifice. Lowering the flag is reserved for honoring what SSG Taylor, and others who SERVED THEIR COUNTRY did.
I think the source of "whining" and "moaning" that you refer to is coming from a majority of us who actually know what it's like to have personally lost a brother/sister-in-arms while they were defending this great country. Aside from the regulations, the symbolism is far more important to those people alike.
But, by your reaction to my initial response, I doubt very seriously that you can imagine what that means.
February 16, 2012 at 1:31 pms
The basic meaning of Honor is respect. You practice honor by respecting others rights and beliefs If not there is no truth no faith no love. If one of our military heros returned home as an addict would you not respect his/ her virtues? Unfourtunately many do not. You see the truth can not be denied and is only in the heart of the individual. I am sure that there are many young people who saw the truth in this and can rise out of the ashes of loss to motivate the govenor to work as hard on social problems as economic ones. Fight the good fight
Charles Measley
There has been much controversy over Governor Chris Christie lowering the flag to half mast for Whitney Houston. There is something that I just learned. NJ flags are at half mast every time we lose a soldier who lived in NJ.
Governor Chris Christie 9th executive order signed as Governor on 01/21/10: Orders and Directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday, January 25, 2010, in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American hero, United States Marine Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek.Governor
Chris Christie 10th Executive Order signed as Governor on 1/27/10: Orders and Directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, January 29, 2010, in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American hero, United States Marine Lance Corporal Jeremy Kane.Governor Chris
Christie 16ht Executive Order on 3/3/10:Orders and Directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Friday, March 5, 2010, in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American hero, United States Army Sergeant Marcos Gorra.
Did NJ fly flags half mast for Frank Sinatra? No one was bigger in the music world than Sinatra! Period.
Angelisa
Dude, she wasn't strung out when she died OK, and for all we know, she may have died from undiagnosed hypoglycemia, which causes the same type of eratic behavior. maybe another acute hormonal disorder, or severe dehydration, QT syndrome (sudden death syndrome)or SUDEP (sudden and unexpected death from epilesy)and yes, some people actually drop dead. Don't assume she was high.
dont assume
As an 8 year military veteran, I am 100% offended by this. This is absolutely ridiculous. Was the flag flown half mass for lance corporal James Higgins? No, it wasn't. This is what's wrong with America, this is outrageous.
Governor Schwarzenegger today released the following statement regarding the death of Lance Cpl. James W. Higgins of Frederick, MD:
"Maria and I extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Higgins. We are indebted when someone makes the conscious decision to risk sacrificing themselves for our country and our freedoms. James and his family have our respect and gratitude."
Higgins, 22, died July 27 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA.
In honor of Lance Cpl. Higgins, Capitol flags will be flown at half-staff
I have two sons serving our country and I can't believe a celebrity – I don't care which celebrity it is – would have the honor of the flag flown at half mast – a celebrity???? This is ridiculous ! Wow! This country should realize that the freedom we enjoy is won by those who fight for our freedom, not those in the entertainment business. I enjoyed Whitney Houston's gift of a beautiful boice but she did not fight for our freedom. Wake up America!
Did Christie serve in the United States military?
David Ben Isaac
I think most people (like you) completely miss the point. Every honor has meaning. Service members who die for this country do not get Emmys! In the world of those who serve this country with their very lives, there are bronze stars, silver stars, and ultimately the Medal of Honor. You do not win these (as is commonly misstated),you earn them. They are not handed out like candy. We do not pass them out to our service members just to make them feel good or because a lot of people liked them. Sometimes those who die protecting our freedoms only receive that one honor, the lowering of the flag, for one day and that is all their family gets, the memory of that day. That and the folded flag. What has happened here is that the honor, the meaning, behind the lowering of the flag, has been removed or at least diminished. You might as well have given her the Medal of Honor and Buried her in Arlington. This was nothing more than a stupid ploy to attract votes from people with Hollywood values. I have to believe that even Ms. Houston would have objected to this particular honor. It is too late now because the deed is done. I do not object to honoring Ms. Houston but this one thing should have been withheld. When I see a flag at half mast I want my thoughts to be of my brothers, unsullied by the fact that it has now turned into an MTV award. And that is how I feel. An American Veteran….
I think we sometimes show too much respect for some and not enough for others who really are more deserving. I think Chris Christie is doing this as a political move, after all it will insure no loss of votes from some, but it could cause him to lose votes of others. I personally will fly my flag any way I want at any time I want, so how about that.
President Bush was an alcoholic, President Barack Obama used drugs. Whitney Houston boosted sales internationally,and made money for countless industries world wide. Whitney brought honor to America all of her life. People got married and went to prom and dances listening to er music she inspired young people to go for dreams and in death still continues to add to international economy.Celebrities take food medicine technology and build schools, housing, shelters, adopt orphans and disabled kids countless humanitarian ventures to people otherwise left for dead by their gods and governments in small quiet ways and amazing acts. They take on bullying, homelessness, aids, and spend time personally with sick and dying kids,issues of homosexuality they intentionally give and give us a distraction and entertainment.
WHAT makes a true hero?NOBODY is perfect. No matter how much we accomplish our self destructive weaknesses are right there as a part of us and we struggle with it. How many of us get to accomplish or contribute to humanity anything good before being overwhelmed by our imperfections?
NOBODY is perfect. No matter how much we accomplish our self destructive weaknesses are right there as a part of us and we struggle with it. How many of us get to accomplish or contribute to humanity anything good before being overwhelmed by our imperfections?
Celebrities take food medicine technology and build schools, housing, shelters, adopt orphans and disabled kids countless humanitarian ventures to people otherwise left for dead by their gods and governments in small quiet ways and amazing acts. They take on bullying, homelessness, aids, and spend time personally with sick and dying kids,issues of homosexuality they intentionally give and give us a distraction and entertainment.President Bush was an alcoholic, President Barack Obama used drugs. Whitney Houston boosted sales internationally,and made money for countless industries world wide. Whitney brought honor to America all of her life. People got married and went to prom and dances listening to her music she inspired young people to go for dreams and in death still continues to add to international economy.
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Such an honor should be reserved for real heroes, like those who serve their country in the military. This just cheapens their genuine heroism
Actually, if you're governor, you can't fly the flag at half-mast whenever you feel like. Apparently you're not aware that there is a federal code on when/how it's appropriate to fly the flag at half-mast and for a celebrity is NOT one of them.
Clearly you haven't served your country or else you'd have a different view on this. Ignorance and complacency, good traits you have there.
Ryan and Anonymous. Your claims of both presidents are unfounded and completely negligent. You fail to realize that no one here is attacking Whitney Houston, but you keep on with your idolizing rhetoric of her. Just do us all a favor and actually read what people are posting, from the beginning, all the way to the end. Once you have some that, then attempt to make a coherent post on your feelings. People have provided you solid facts regarding federal code, yet you try to equate our fallen warriors with slanderous accusations of our presidents! You are proof that logic is not a gift bestowed upon every individual.
Umm, arent flags supposed to be lowered in honour of people who died saving lives, or doing extreme good for no personal benefit? uuuhhhh, how many lives did she die saving? oh right, none.
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College football history: Remembering the 1926 Brown 'Iron Men'
Brown's "Iron Men."
89 years ago today, the Brown football team accomplished something truly astounding. For the second straight week, the Bears' 11 starters played every minute.
You read that correctly. Brown's starters played both sides of the ball and the team made no substitutions for two games in a row - both victories. Though it was common that players would play both sides of the ball, it was rare for the same 11 to go two games without a substitution. The group of players were appropriately nicknamed the "Iron Men."
Brown employed this strategy not out of desperation, but because it gave the team the best chance to win. Its starters were that talented and well conditioned.
"This group of players has one of the most unquenchable spirits I have ever seen," coach DeOrmand "Tuss" McLaughry told The Spokesman-Review on Nov. 17, 1926. The Bears shut out Yale and Dartmouth in the two weeks they made no substitutions, giving them a 6-0 start to their season.
McLaughry stumbled across the idea of making no substitutions by accident. According to the College Football Historical Society, McLaughry realized he had kept his starters in midway through the contest versus Yale and decided to keep them in because they were playing well.
The "Iron Men" didn't play a complete game the rest of the year, but they did log heavy minutes in certain contests. The 11 starters played 58 minutes of Brown's Nov. 13, 1926 victory over Harvard.
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It looks unlikely that there was any 20th century mining in the areas other than West and Wood Mines. For more detail on the history, refer to the history pages elsewhere on this site. The table below both lists the mines and tries to allocate them to periods: blank spaces mean "probably not". It is highly probable that this table will change over time as new information is obtained so don't quote me! The names are largely modern names, an explanation of their origins, where known, can be found HERE.
Opencast Canyon Probable: some stubs of passage are hand-picked Probably re-exploration Probable to extract malachite deposits.
Beacon Lodge Trial Likely to be part of the extension of Engine Vein along the main fault to the west Possible as part of proving ore deposit.
Straight Mine Could have been trials in this period ... ... or this period.
Cross Mine Could have been trials in this period ... ... or this period.
Brynlow Field Open Cast including Field Shaft Probable as it used the Hough level for ore withdrawal.
Because of the number of sites and the fact that many of them are not readily accessible, only a brief description of each will be provided.
There were several entrances but only one has been open in recent history. This leads into a low chamber used as a badger den at one time. Another lower passage connects through a small hole in the floor. There are signs that there are other passages and shafts in the area. One shaft was found in the last few years by the author Alan Garner.
A low entrance on the Stormy Point Fault leads into a short passage connected to a shaft to surface followed by trials ending in dead-end passages. Two shafts connect the level to Twin Shafts.
An opencast working on the Stormy Point Fault with two short levels and two shafts dropping into the further reaches of Reeking Mine.
Another shaft on the Stormy Point Fault with some shallow workings and then an inclined shaft down to the level of Doc Mine but (currently) with no connection.
There is a "rift" entrance where a small fault has been worked out and a shaft entrance, both of which lead into the chamber which is now partly filled with massive brick pillars. The chamber leads into a further chamber. The whole mine is very low and looks as if it was an extension of workings further down Stormy Point extracting copper from the join between a clay bed and sandstone. It seems likely that these working went underground at a level below the current chamber in Devil's Grave but the roof has progressively collapsed leaving the mine as it is now.
Smaller Stormy Point mines There are a number of probable mine sites and short trials between Devil's Grave and Doc Mine.
Outside Doc Mine, there are Bronze Age remains. Doc Mine itself is in two distinct parts with the upper cross-shaped section now the only section open. This goes down a sloping passage to a pair of crossed faults where copper was probably found. Just at the bottom of the entrance slope, there used to be a way into the lower mine which ran from outside the entrance of Pillar Mine right along the Stormy Point Fault. There is still a shaft entrance (sealed) into the lower section but the passage is now severely truncated since there was a collapse on an old shaft to surface. In the near surface sections, there are the remains of hand-picked passages in the roof. Beyond the collapse and now inaccessible, the mine extends right across Stormy Point in a trial passage until a large chamber is reached which has a passage at the top that might connect to Rock Shaft. The mine is now in a fenced enclosure.
WARNING: there is water in the upper section of the mine and this could create a risk of drowning.
Pillar Mine The large open entrance of Pillar Mine is well known as the main "cave" for visitors. Unfortunately, it has suffered over the years and the Pillar was demolished by vandals in the 1970s. Inside the large entrance, the passage quickly reduces in height, mainly because of silt that has washed in. The full height is not known but evidence suggests that the floor is raised some 2 metres under the main arch. The main passage leads to a round chamber with a second chamber up a little and to the left and a sloping passage down to the right which often contains water at the end. Because of the vandalism, the mine has been enclosed in an outer fence and also gated. Do not try to force the gate.
WARNING: the mine has abused by many of its visitors and fires, burning candles, broken glass and worse were often found in the inner sections. Fires and candles will lead to bad air and glass etc can be physically dangerous. Unauthorised and ill-equipped visits should not be attempted.
"Iron Gates" This is a small excavation near a footpath containing one chamber and a rock pillar.
The Canyon The Canyon stretches from Square Shaft (see the Hough Level) in the north to Round Shaft in the south. It has some hand-picked sections as well as some parts blasted with gunpowder. There is water in the wider part and a small submerged passage which leads to Square Shaft and was the means for removal of ore in the late-19th century.
Trials between the Canyon and Engine Vein There are a couple of workings in the wood between the Canyon and Engine Vein. One appears to be a small trial, a second is possibly a low level entrance to the Great Quarry and a third leads to a passage on a vein parallel to and north of Engine Vein.
Beacon Lodge Trial A small passage leads in from the main track into the woods from Beacon Lodge. The passage heads towards a now-blocked shaft (used for many years as a rubbish dump by a former NT warden). The passage is very low so the path must have silted up by 1.5 to 2 metres over the years.
Mines between Cobalt Mine and Finlow Hill The Cobalt Mine ends at the entrance to the current car park but we know of further passages and shafts between the car park and Finlow Wood. One passage was cut into by the Electricity Board many years ago. None of these features are accessible now.
Finlow Hill Mine In Finlow Wood, there is a compact mine near the south boundary. The mine resembles the Cobalt Mine in many ways and we presume that it is the southernmost extent of the cobalt exploration of the early 19th century. There are several entrances and one has now been capped as a secure entrance for the DCC. Inside, the mine is on two parallel "veins" and at least two levels.
Church Quarry Mine This tunnel at the back of Church Quarry, behind the Wizard, may not be a copper mine at all. It resembles the blasted passages in West, Wood and Engine Vein but it follows the join between a poor quality conglomerate and a good quality freestone. Until someone comes up with a better explanation, I believe that the tunnel was a trial planned to test the quality and extent of the building stone at a point in the quarry where removal of the overburden was probably becoming uneconomic. The tunnel is a straight passage with no branches. It was used at one time as a wood store by the part-time warden, John Evans, who had a hut in the quarry in the 1930s.
Straight Mine This passage is about 100 metres long and is straight (!) apart from a short branch near the entrance and a short T-shaped passage at the end. The mine usually contains water in the middle section and bad air is sometimes released because of the decaying wood left in the water by ignorant visitors.
Cross Mine Cross Mine has a straight and effectively level; passage in with a sloping cross-passage running down from right to left with water at the end of the left hand branch. At the end, there appears to be a blocked shaft.
Lost Mine Lost Mine is secured with a lid at the entrance which is normally covered with turf to protect the site. The mine is straight and slopes down steadily to a blind end. There is an interesting ventilation arrangement at the entrance with a small bore hole to surface just after the main entrance. The mine appears to be late 19th century but its purpose is difficult to understand: it could not be used for drainage out of the mines because of the slope.
Brynlow Field Open Cast including Field Shaft Within the Brynlow field, between Brynlow Dell and Windmill Wood, there is a large depression which was once an open cast copper mine. This has been partly filled and smoothed over. Around the perimeter of the area, we know of four definite routes for ore from the opencast to be loaded down into tubs on the Hough Level. One of the routes, Field Shaft, subsided in the 1970s and was dug open by the DCC. Two of the routes go into the Probationers' Series, part of Wood Mine.
Scout Hole Scout Hole is a bit of an enigma. There are definitely two mines in the vicinity, an 18th century one covered over now and the 19th century gated passage. The larger gated passage leads down dip to brickwork which appears to have been associated with the 19th century ore treatment works. If there was no other evidence, one could believe that the tunnel was related solely to the works however in West Mine, there is a section of similar passage that runs along the north side of the Main Chamber and down the Canyon Passage. This passage runs beneath or links with at least five shafts to surface within the confines of West Mine. My hypothesis is that Scout Hole was the pilot tunnel for the whole West Mine complex, started on the edge of Windmill Wood with access to the then engine house and works. Later, when the section beyond the works had been rendered obsolete, Scout Hole was converted into a culvert and air supply to parts of the works.
None of the mines described in this section are officially open to the public. Most of them are not leased by the DCC although we keep a check on safety of the mines for the National Trust. Any requests for access should therefore be made direct to the Cheshire Countryside Manager of the National Trust. We advise making requests in writing and giving adequate time for the National Trust to reply. If expecting a written reply, it is courteous to enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
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Last weekend (from Sunday to Wednesday) I took a trip by myself, to Shiobara Onsen. The idea was to recharge, and it seems to have worked.
Shiobara is in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, a little north of Tokyo. It takes about four hours on "normal" trains, but it's not expensive, and you only have to change trains once going from our flat. It might take a while, but it's no hassle. While Shiobara is a tourist town, drawing people to the hot springs, it's not on the normal foreign visitor itinerary, so most of the tourists are Japanese. I did see a handful of other foreigners, but only a few.
The valley of the Hoki River in the morning, with the sunlight just touching the top of Tengu Rock, in the centre of the picture.
Shiobara has eleven hot springs, and is strung along the valley of the Hoki River, surrounded by forested mountains. Near the centre of the town, Tengu Rock rises a hundred metres from the valley floor. The hot springs are reputed to have been discovered about 1200 years ago, and the area has been a tourist attraction for centuries. As a result, it has a lot of hotels and ryokan, some old, some much newer.
I stayed at a ryokan called Myogaya, which is located on the steep sides of the gorge through which one of the tributaries of the Hoki flows. It's a medium-size ryokan, serving standard ryokan food. The selling point is the hot spring baths. These are down ninety or so steps, at the bottom of the gorge, cut into a rock at the side of the river. While enjoying the water, you can watch and listen to the flow of the river, or enjoy the sunlight filtering through the trees. I enjoyed the baths several times, in the day, at dawn, in the evening, and at night, and it was always extremely relaxing.
I also found another very nice hot spring bath, near the Hoki River, called Fudo no Yu. In the valley of another, smaller, tributary, it sits next to a small waterfall, with views of the all around. The bath is completely open air, and the changing area only has one wall and a small roof.
Both baths are traditional Japanese hot spring baths, in that they are for both sexes, and you do not wear anything while bathing. I did see women in both, but there was a bias towards men, and towards older people. However, the latter bias is at least partly to do with the fact that I was there during the day on weekdays; most younger people were in work or school. I chatted to several people, and apparently Fudo no Yu is very full at the weekend, which I suspect does not improve the experience.
My original plan was to spend most of my time at the ryokan, reading and taking baths. However, once I arrived and saw the scenery, I decided that would be a waste. Add to that the near-perfect walking weather, and I spent the whole of Tuesday seeing the area. First, I walked along the Shiobara "Nature Trail". An English nature trail is aimed at children, and is an easy walk through pleasant natural scenery. The natural scenery was there. However, the trail was eight kilometres long, and went straight over the top of a mountain with a 1180m peak. If it was in Scotland, it would be a Munro.
It was a very nice walk, and, apart from around a marsh which had its own car park, I saw no-one. Large areas of Japan are not crowded at all, unlike the impression you might get if you just visit Tokyo and the main tourist destinations. The nature trail ended at another hot spring, where I was able to have another bath, which seemed to do my legs good, at least; they weren't sore the next day.
I then walked back to the ryokan, via the main town of Shiobara. In total, I think I walked about 25km on Tuesday, including over the top of the mountain, so I was quite tired that night, but it was a good walk through gorgeous scenery. Only my body got tired.
I definitely want to go back to Shiobara, with Yuriko and Mayuki. They wouldn't be able to do the walk, but there are plenty of places in the town I didn't visit, so we wouldn't be short of things to do. Now we just have to find time to do it.


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Q: Running DFS on large graph I am trying to find Strongly Connected Components in a large graph implementing Kosaraju's algorithm. It requires running a DFS on a graph in reverse, and then forward. If you're interested the list of edges for this graph are here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28024296/SCC.txt.tar.gz
I can't implement this recursively in Python, it exceeds its recursive limits and crashes if I increase them. I'm trying to implement through iteration.
Below is my code for 1. Loading the graph in reverse into a Dictionary, and 2. Running the DFS on it iteratively for each node from n -> 1.
This code runs perfect for small sample graphs but just doesn't run for this large graph. I get it's inefficient but any tips on how to make it work?
def reverseFileLoader():

    graph = collections.defaultdict(lambda: {'g': [], 's': False, 't': None, 'u': None })
    for line in open('/home/edd91/Documents/SCC.txt'):
        k, v = map(int, line.split())
        graph[v]['g'].append(k)

    return graph

def DFS(graph, i):
    global t
    global source
    stack = []
    seen = []
    seen.append(i)
    stack.append(i)

    while stack:
        s = stack[-1]
        j = len(graph[s]['g']) - 1
        h = 0
        while (j >= 0):
            if graph[s]['g'][j] not in seen and graph[graph[s]['g'][j]]['t'] == None:
                seen.append(graph[s]['g'][j])
                stack.append(graph[s]['g'][j])
                h += 1
            j -= 1

        if h == 0:
            if graph[s]['t'] == None:
                t += 1
                graph[s]['u'] = source
                graph[s]['t'] = t
            stack.pop()

def DFSLoop(graph):
    global t
    t = 0
    global source
    source = None
    i = len(graph)
    while (i >= 1):
        print "running for " + str(i)
        source = i
        DFS(graph, i)
        i -= 1

A: Kosaraju's algorithm probably requires that checking whether an element has been seen is an O(1) operation. But your seen data structure has O(n) time membership testing. Converting seen from a list to a set makes the code execute in a few seconds on my system (after also removing the prints which took up most of the remaining execution time).
For completeness the changes you need to make are

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*Change seen = [] to seen = set()

*Change each  seen.append(...) to seen.add(...).

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